They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 82 The Wonderful Use of the Twelve Labors Formation (5000)

After Danlei finished communicating with the two generals, Moze picked up the communicator and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Dan Lei quickly spoke up to stop him.
"Moze, don't rush to leave. Let me teleport you to a safe place first."

After saying that, Danlei activated the Displacement Magic Array again.

However, this time, the replacement location was a safe house that Danlei found in the city, an underground security room in an abandoned parking lot of an unfinished building.

These safe houses and makeshift workshops were prepared by Danlei to prevent the Interstellar Peace Corporation from acting ruthlessly and directly capturing him globally to interrogate him for intelligence.

Before officially returning to the city, Dan Lei had already been preparing for this, ready to switch to a protracted war if things went wrong, and hold out until the Immortal Boat Alliance army arrived.

After returning to the city, Moze looked around and stared at Danlei, saying...
"Interesting teleportation method, I'll remember you."

After saying that, Moze instantly disappeared into the shadows.

Dan Lei really wanted to complain about Mo Ze's way of communicating. That last sentence was probably meant to be friendly, praising his strength and making him worthy of being remembered.

Why do these words sound like a death threat coming from Makze's mouth, as if he's about to kill you at any moment?

However, since everyone had already left, there was no point in dwelling on it anymore. In the end, Danlei simply shook his head and moved back to his hotel room.

Back at the hotel, Danlei carefully checked the room inside and out, but found that no one had entered his room after he left, and the detection spell had not been reactivated.

It seems that my room isn't being watched by anyone all day long using various methods.

Of course, this might be because Jade has put in a lot of effort. Whether the strategic investment department is a scam or not is another matter, but the three people at Jade are relatively good at valuing customer experience.

Since that's the case, I'll sleep until dawn.

The next morning, Danlei was having breakfast at a restaurant when our Miss Tingyun sat down opposite him with an air of nonchalance, ordered her food, and then said...
"Mr. Danlei, you will need to come with me after breakfast today."

The two generals will arrive at noon today. Lord Yukong will lead us in welcoming them. Afterwards, Mr. Danlei will need to attend the pre-war meeting between the Immortal Boat Alliance and the Interstellar Peace Company.

Dan Lei had no objection to the arrangement. Jing Yuan had already given him a lot of freedom. They were almost in a state of war, so naturally he wouldn't allow Dan Lei to run around recklessly.

However, Dan Lei immediately took out his phone and sent a message to his two bodyguards.
[The "Ranking Buyer" and her two professional underlings]

[Professional Big Two Player] (Dan Lei) "Gentlemen, you all know that the general from the Immortal Ship will arrive at noon, right? Remember to proceed as planned at the afternoon meeting."

[Gacha Master] (Gold Sand) "No problem, buddy, I'm fully motivated to rip off Osvaldo."

[Ranking Buyer] (Topa) "Received, but Danlei, what's with this group name? And the nickname you set is really weird. What ranking did I buy?"

[Professional Landlord] "Don't worry about the details. I'm just upholding the fine tradition of being considerate of ladies. Besides, both Sand Gold and I are treating you like a subordinate, and you're still not happy?"

[Gacha Master] "Sister Jing"

[Ranking Buyer] "..."

[Professional Big Two Player] "Alright, see you at the meeting. Remember to prepare the materials I need."

[Gacha Master] "OK"

After communicating with the two collaborators, Dan Lei put away his phone, quickly finished breakfast, packed his luggage, and left the hotel with Ting Yun.

However, when Tingyun saw that Danlei had such a useful tool as the Devouring Pouch, she kept pestering Danlei to give her two.

The shrewd and charming Tingyun didn't even need to cosplay as a fox spirit. Danlei, who was so captivated by her soothing voice that he almost awakened his reproductive destiny, quickly gave her two.

Of course, these two phage sacs weren't given away for free. Dan Lei said he would sell these things in Luofu later, and the two he gave to Ting Yun were samples and test specimens.

After all, my small shop is still affiliated with the Minghuo Chamber of Commerce, which is the normal procedure.

With the cloud shutdown resolved, the rest of the process went relatively smoothly. We then flew to the spaceport where the "emergency repairs" had been completed that day.

Jingyuan and Feixiao travel on two super-large warships, even larger than the Jingfeng warship. They fly over the city, and then the two generals disembark in smaller warships.

There was no other way; the Immortal Ship Alliance had the idea of ​​flexing its muscles in front of the Interstellar Peace Corporation. The two Immortal Ships dispatched troops, with the motherships' fighting ships being comparable to super-large star destroyers. They even deliberately flew into the planet's atmosphere to show off their agility under gravity.

However, the Interstellar Peace Corporation estimates that these two behemoths will have to demolish half of the city before they can stop, otherwise they'll have to make do with parking them in the wilderness.

Of course, Interstellar Peace Corporation could not choose either of these options, so in the end they could only arrange for the two ships to hover in the air, placing the entire city under their firepower.

When Jing Yuan and Fei Xiao disembarked from the small warship, they didn't bring many people with them, which wasn't surprising.

Jing Yuan led Fu Xuan and his apprentice Yan Qing, Fei Xiao led Jiao Qiu and Mo Ze, and the rest were some clerical staff and Yunqi soldiers who served as guards.

At the welcoming ceremony, Dan Lei saw Oswaldo. To be honest, he looked quite ordinary, but his smile was very friendly.

However, if half of his face is covered, Xiao Zizai's face recognition method will reveal the sinister look in the corners of his mouth and eyebrows.

Just as Tingyun said, he always regarded Danlei as a lucky nobody, so the two of them just shook hands in a very formal way.

However, Emerald, as the company's deputy representative, deliberately patted Danlei on the shoulder and said a word.
"I have high hopes for you. If you want to switch companies, you'll start at P40."

After finishing her sentence, Jade left with Toppa and Sand Gold, leaving Danlei surrounded by a group of onlookers (from both the Interstellar Peace Company and the Immortal Boat Alliance) who were unaware of the whole story.

Even Tingyun joked with Danlei.

"The P40 from Interstellar Peace Company is like a lifesaver, Mr. Danlei, are you really not going to consider it?"

Dan Lei could only glare fiercely at Ting Yun before retorting.

"I wish you would grow nine tails in the future."

Tingyun is very particular about her tail, and it takes her a long time to groom it every day.

Upon hearing that Dan Lei actually wanted him to grow nine legs, Ting Yun's face immediately fell, and he complained.
"Is Mr. Danlei a tail fetishist? I know my tails are well-maintained and look very pettable, but wanting nine tails just because of that is going too far."

Furthermore, the fox-people's tails are not to be touched by just anyone, no matter how long they grow.

Danlei didn't respond to Tingyun's complaints. She'll find out what it feels like to have nine tails in the future.

So Dan Lei ignored Ting Yun's complaints and followed Yu Kong directly to the conference room.

Upon arriving at the conference room, Danlei and Shajin met in the men's restroom and obtained the list of Oswaldo's subordinates who would be participating in the negotiations, along with a brief personality assessment.

As soon as the meeting began, Oswaldo saw a scene that made his blood pressure rise a little.

Since Danlei is key to this Zerg swarm campaign, he has a seat at the end of the long round table, unlike Tingyun, who can only wait in the outer lounge.

They were supposed to sit behind Emerald (similar to the two seats behind UN delegates), but instead they sat directly behind Danlei.

It's important to understand that the Interstellar Peace Corporation didn't send a single messenger this time, so Oswald is already under a lot of pressure facing two messengers.

The three-person strategic investment team, who possess some of the power of the Commander, are the strongest individual force among his non-technical personnel.

Therefore, Oswaldo, who was acting against the enemy, hadn't made things difficult for the three people in the strategic investment department these past few days, fearing that they might cause trouble on the battlefield.

As a result, now only one Emerald is left on their side that they can't control, while the other two have run off to the other side.

So Oswaldo suppressed his anger, forced himself to laugh, and said...
“Miss Topa, Mr. Sand Gold, are you sitting in the wrong place? That’s the seat for the representatives of the Immortal Boat Alliance. Please return to your original seats.”

As a result, neither Topa nor the Sand Bird paid any attention to Oswaldo; instead, it was Danlei who spoke up.

"Dear Mr. Oswaldo, there may be some misunderstanding here. Miss Topa and Mr. Sandkin are my newly hired guards."

I made some deals with Lady Jade; her [Jade Pawn] can be exchanged for anything, so I traded some money for these two guards. During this war, they are temporarily under the command of the Immortal Ship Alliance, a fact I have already reported to General Jingyuan.”

Upon hearing Dan Lei's words, Jing Yuan also smiled and agreed.

"Mr. Oswaldo, that's the situation."

It's normal for Danlei to be a little scared and nervous about the battlefield since he's never been on one before. So when he said he wanted to hire two guards, I didn't refuse.

However, I never expected that he would be able to hire such a guard.

Fortunately, Miss Topa and Mr. Sand Gold are not a concern in terms of combat strength. Danlei has already paid a heavy price, so I can't very well send them away.

With Dan Lei and Jing Yuan working together, Oswaldo realized that it was impossible for the Fairy Boat Alliance to bring Topa and Sand Gold back. He had underestimated Dan Lei; he actually had connections with the Strategic Investment Department.

Therefore, Oswaldo immediately turned to Emerald and said...

"Ms. Emerald, I hope you can consider the bigger picture and return the price Mr. Danlei gave you."

To this question, Emerald simply rolled her eyes at Oswaldo and replied...

"There's no way to return it. You know, the collateral for [Ciyu Pawnshop] isn't always a physical item. Once you get it, you can't just return it."

Seeing Jade's attitude, Oswaldo knew that further discussion was pointless; the strategic investment department simply didn't want to do things under his control.

In this collaboration with the Immortal Boat Alliance, she was the overall person in charge and commander-in-chief. She couldn't command Emerald, the deputy commander, so she sent her two subordinates who were unwilling to refuse her orders directly to the Immortal Boat Alliance.

After all, the strategic investment department's orders to the three were to assist in this war and ensure victory, but they didn't specify which side to assist.

The Immortal Ship Alliance would be a fool to refuse two combatants who can use the power of the Commander for free.

Moreover, with this shift in power, the Immortal Boat Alliance was more confident in its subsequent negotiations with the Interstellar Peace Company.

So Oswaldo could only grit his teeth and tell Emerald, "I will report this to the company's board of directors," before sitting down indignantly.

However, after Oswaldo sat down, the meeting still didn't start. Danlei then stood up and said...

"Ladies and gentlemen, I've noticed that the security of this conference room is quite problematic. It only has a high-tech signal jammer installed, without any other protection. Would you mind if I added two more layers?"

This was something Danlei, Jingyuan, Feicui, and others had agreed on yesterday, so Feicui asked directly.

"Oh? Signal jammers aren't enough, Mr. Danlei. What other protection would you like to add?"

Dan Lei replied with a smile.

"Of course, it's aimed at the spiritual aspect. As you all know, I am a traveler who remembers the path of destiny. For me, electromagnetic wave protection is the same as no protection at all."

At this moment, if a Memory Being, or some other spiritual energy entity, wanted to eavesdrop on the meeting, given the security here, they only needed to strain their ears; we would have a very difficult time even detecting them.

Dan Lei's words were not without merit, so the people in the meeting room agreed to Dan Lei's application after a short discussion.

Then, they saw Dan Lei draw talismans in the air, and several talismans disappeared into the wall. Although they didn't feel anything, the big shots discovered that all the items on their bodies that could communicate with the outside world through special means under signal shielding had become ineffective.

Even powerful figures like Jing Yuan and Fei Xiao found themselves unable to sense the movements of those outside.

Clearly, Dan Lei wasn't slacking off; he genuinely used a barrier to completely isolate the room from the outside world. After that, no one broke in or knocked, and even if someone did, they couldn't hear it inside.

However, Dan Lei added an extra element when setting up the formation. He also deployed the Twelve Labors Formation, which he had learned from Gao Ning of the Thunder Smoke Cannon.

Dan Lei has read all the information on Oswaldo and his group. Although there are some Destiny Walkers among them who are quite strong, none of them are skilled in spiritual cultivation.

The Twelve Labors Formation penetrates people's spirits silently and imperceptibly; Dan Lei is certain they won't notice.

Moreover, Dan Lei is much more flexible with this Twelve Labors Formation than Gao Ning is with it.

Gao Ning enjoys provoking people's anger and causing them to lose their temper.

But Dan Lei felt that using this method to induce extreme emotions in the enemy was too time-consuming and laborious.

Dan Lei likes to guide, giving those who have been tricked a push at the right time, making them dare to take risks they wouldn't normally dare to take, making them suddenly cautious when they could defeat an enemy with one move, and making them fearful when facing a strong opponent. These operations are much easier than putting people into extreme emotions.

After Dan Lei finished setting up the barrier, and everyone marveled at it, the meeting officially began.

In fact, the meeting had only one theme: the distribution of the spoils afterward.

The forces brought by the Immortal Boat Alliance are strong. A qualified Cloud Cavalryman, even if he is not a Destiny Walker, can easily take on a three-man squad of non-Destiny Walkers from the Interstellar Peace Corporation wearing the most advanced exoskeletons, relying on his own martial arts and equipment.

This is actually an understatement, because in actual combat, the three-person team from the Interstellar Peace Company would most likely be caught in close combat before they could even set up their heavy weapons. In that case, it would take seven or eight against one to defeat the Cloud Cavalry.

After all, the shields of the exoskeletons used by the Interstellar Peace Corporation's army are easily broken by the various shield-breaking weapons of the Celestial Ship.

As for who will be the one to navigate their destiny, that's impossible to quantify; it all depends on individual strength.

However, even Interstellar Peace Corporation itself admits that in terms of the quality of its Destiny Walkers, it is far inferior to that of the Immortal Boat Alliance.

The biggest advantage of the Interstellar Peace Corporation in this battle is actually its large number of people. According to the information they have released so far, they are preparing to send more than a dozen fleets, each with multiple Star Destroyers, to participate in the battle.

Oswaldo has really gone all out this time, sending a fleet comprised entirely of the main forces under the Market Development Department. He hopes to use this achievement to remove the "candidate" designation from his board member list.

It should be noted that the two celestial ships only brought a total of a few hundred thousand people, while the Interstellar Peace Company sent tens of millions of people this time.

However, to be fair, it's a good thing that a lot of people from Interstellar Peace Company came; more people means a denser firepower network.

Because who knows exactly how many insects are sealed in the insect temple of the Sea of ​​Quanta.

However, considering the various insects carried by the planetary mother insects that are still active in the universe, these fleets are actually not many.

In other words, as long as the Interstellar Peace Corporation can hold back the small insects, the Immortal Alliance's forces can easily decapitate the mother insect. Otherwise, if this fleet wants to eliminate a swarm with a planetary mother insect, its own losses will not be small.

However, as we all know, those who play support roles always earn less than those who deal damage. Therefore, if we follow the original principle of power allocation...

The Interstellar Peace Company, which was directly pulled into a huge gap in combat power by the two envoys, could only get 10% of the combat power by the whims of the Immortal Boat Alliance.

Oswaldo certainly wouldn't be content with just picking up scraps from this battle, so he needed to negotiate a price beforehand.

At this point, Dan Lei began to use the Twelve Labor Emotions Formation to manipulate the emotions of the negotiators on Oswaldo's side.

In this meeting, Dan Lei was basically not asked questions and did not need to speak, which made it convenient for him to perform his magic.

For example, one of Oswaldo's subordinates just proposed that the spoils of war should be split in half.

Fei Xiao glared, wanting to see who dared to offer such a price, but under Dan Lei's influence, this subordinate felt as if he saw a giant beast baring its teeth at him.

His excellent professionalism allowed him to continue speaking, but his voice was noticeably softer, and his eyes were unusually clear; anyone with eyes could see that he was scared.

So, when Fu Xuan suggested that since our side was the main force facing those powerful insects, we should take more kills, another subordinate of Oswaldo's side instantly became incredibly courageous (impulsive), saying that while the Immortal Boat Alliance was strong, their side was not to be trifled with either.

Those powerful insectoid interstellar peace companies can handle it themselves, so the Immortal Boat Alliance doesn't need to cover everything. Therefore, their own share of the spoils needs to be increased.

As soon as he finished speaking, Oswaldo's subordinates, encouraged by Dan Lei, were suddenly filled with courage and declared that this was exactly right, and that the Immortal Boat Alliance was looking down on them.

Jingyuan and Feixiao heard Shan Lei say last night that he could get the Interstellar Peace Company to willingly become cannon fodder. They didn't know how he did it before, but now they do.

Jing Yuan was starting to suspect that Dan Lei had given these people a special treat for breakfast, otherwise why were they all so brave, rushing to send their subordinates to their deaths as cannon fodder?

It's important to understand that for the Interstellar Peace Corporation to defeat powerful insectoids, victory is essentially achieved by sacrificing human lives.

(End of this chapter)