"First, let introduce myself. I am the Imperial Chancellor of the Iridium Star United Empire, an interstellar civilization from beyond Earth, and also the owner of that fleet orbiting Earth recently. This fleet was here to welco back to Earth.
It seems that during this process, so misunderstandings with the countries of Earth have arisen, causing conflicts, for which I express my deep regret," Bai Zhongqi said straightforwardly.
At this point, the representative from the United States rudely interrupted him and loudly said, "Mr. Bai Zhongqi, you are clearly an Earthling, so why have you beco this so-called 'imperial chancellor' of aliens? Additionally, regarding the aggressive actions against the United States of Arica, we hereby lodge a serious protest!"
The US representative directly called out Bai Zhongqi's na, leading other nations to suddenly understand—indeed, the Aricans had more intelligence. The statent from the US that this alien was actually an Earthling sparked deep curiosity among the delegates and the reporters present, making it feel like an incredibly gripping drama was unfolding.
Bai Zhongqi's mouth curled up slightly, but his eyes conveyed a look of disdain. He now had the power to look down on anyone and any force on Earth, such was the power he wielded.
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"To the first question, which I also intend to explain to the delegates here, let just go with the flow and say it. Yes, I am indeed an Earth-native, but I am also an Iridian. I possess a long life and can continue it through reincarnation. Now I am born on Earth, so I am both Earthling and Iridian."
Zhong Zhiyan asked, "Is it similar to the reincarnated lamas in Tibetan Buddhism from my country?"
Bai Zhongqi laughed and said, "Exactly, only I retain the mories of my past and hold the authority to command the Iridian military forces."
He continued to address the US delegate, "As for the minor conflict with your country, the United States, it might have initially been described as a misunderstanding, but the events that followed were entirely provoked by your side.
The US disgracefully conducted torture on my friend, completely devoid of human rights and morality, and inflicted severe psychological trauma on her, which enraged deeply. Furthermore, the CIA carried out reprehensible sabotage on my residence on Earth, destroying a large amount of my personal belongings. All of these acts were provocations against the United Empire.
The United Empire, with a benevolent intention, administered only the lightest punishnt. Your country should be grateful, rather than distorting facts and slandering Iridium Star."
At this point, even the German delegate stepped forward to backstab the US, asserting, "Imperial Chancellor, we deeply sympathize with and regret the ordeal you and your friend have endured. However, we also hope you are aware that the majority of Earth's nations wish to engage in friendly and beneficial interactions with technologically advanced, prosperous extraterrestrial civilizations.
I believe most nations do not wish for a few discordant voices to spoil relations with Iridium Star."
Zhong Zhiyan also imdiately said, "Mr. Bai, Chancellor, as both the chancellor of the Iridium Star United Empire and a citizen of Earth, you are in a unique position to understand Earthlings' earnest desire for peace and friendship. We sincerely hope you can set aside differences and conflicts and turn weapons into gifts of peace. Please do not generalize against all Earth nations.
We also warmly welco Your Excellency to return to your second holand and develop relations with our country."
By now, many people had realized that this individual, who was both an Earthling and an alien emperor, probably didn't intend to trouble different nations of Earth unnecessarily. Otherwise, he could have just deployed his forces to annihilate Earth outright, instead of joining this bustling scene and appearing at the globally broadcast UN General Assembly eting.
As the United States was known as the most powerful military nation among humans, it has now officially beco history. The Iridium Star United Empire from the universe eradicated half of the Arican nuclear arsenal with little effort, and that too without deploying their fleet. Facing Iridium Star, Earth's nations had no capacity to retaliate.
Therefore, the attitude of the Aricans was being disregarded by many countries, as appeasing this new military superpower was crucial to avoid serious troubles in the future.
Bai Zhongqi smiled slightly and stopped the Earth nations' representatives, eager to express their friendship with the Iridium Star United Empire, before speaking again, "Ladies and gentlen, I am delighted that you all have a friendly and tolerant attitude and hope to establish friendly relations with our United Empire.
As a person from Iridium Star who grew up on Earth, I am also pleased to see this. To show our sincerity, the Iridium Star United Empire will invite a delegation composed of thirty diplomats and scientists from various countries of Earth to visit our space city, Ruyi City. The specific quota will be discussed by the nations themselves at the UN General Assembly.
Iridium Star will dispatch a spacecraft to pick up the delegation mbers outside the United Nations headquarters at two o'clock in the afternoon, Eastern Ti, tomorrow. Upon returning, the delegation may also bring back the astronauts we previously hosted at the International Space Station."
"However," Bai Zhongqi paused aningfully, "we do not welco diplomats and scientists from the United States, which is still in a state of conflict with the United Empire. Unless the Arican side is willing to review their poor behavior and apologize and compensate my country and my friends, we are also willing to make an exception, allowing Arican representatives to join the delegation."
The Arican representative, infuriated, slamd the table and shouted, "That's extortion!"
Zhong Zhiyan retorted, "If you don't want to participate, nobody is begging you."
This statent struck a sensitive spot for the Arican representative. Despite the conflict between Iridium Star and the United States, the Aricans were reluctant to miss such an excellent opportunity to directly observe Iridium Star technology and people.
With her vigor diminished, the Arican representative reluctantly asked, "May I inquire, Your Majesty the Chancellor, what exactly are the terms of the ceasefire agreent?"
Bai Zhongqi directly stated the conditions, "The United States must first express repentance and apologize for their acts of war, and this declaration of repentance and apology needs to be formally made and listed as the first item of the agreent; the Arican side must seriously handle personnel involved in illegal interrogation and detention; the Arican side must provide reasonable compensation to myself and my friends, totaling 12,653,037 US Dollars; furthermore, for the 2,280 Arican Navy personnel captured during the conflict, all expenses incurred during their captivity must be paid by the United States to the United Empire, calculated at 100 US Dollars per person per day.
All related paynts must be made directly in US cash. Once preparations are complete, our representatives will sign the ceasefire agreent and accept the paynt."
The Arican representative remained highly dissatisfied: "The United States will not pay compensation to anyone."
Bai Zhongqi laughed and said, "That's up to you, but it's not like you haven't done it before. After the Bay of Pigs incident, the United States paid Cuba in food and dicine to redeem their prisoners of war. You may choose not to make paynts or apologies, then the Empire will assu the war with the United States is still ongoing, and we do not rule out taking further military action."
Upon hearing this, the Arican representative turned pale. They couldn't defeat the Iridium Star people, who, positioned in outer space, were defensively unassailable. re skirmishes could cause economic damages far exceeding the compensatory sum.
Plus, the United States being capital-controlled, being in a constant state of vulnerability was dire news for Wall Street financiers, with financial markets continually declining over the past few days, from the US Dollar to oil to securities—all were falling. Not signing the peace treaty or refusing to pay compensation could lead to even greater losses.
Purely from an economic standpoint, if they apologized and paid compensation, capital might anticipate a surge based on the series of positives in future Earth-alien interactions. Naturally, this was their wishful thinking; Bai Zhongqi's actual plans were unknown even to the Iridium Star people at this point.
However, financial markets thrive on expectations, and good expectations lead to favorable market trends.
It didn't take long for a small note to be passed to the Arican representative, clearly showing that the superiors had rapidly decided to compromise. The Aricans could only swallow their pride.
In truth, Bai Zhongqi himself didn't think his demands were excessive; the so-called compensation he demanded was just a fraction of the cost of the military equipnt lost by the US in the Monunt incident. Of course, his demand for compensation was not aimless; although the amount wasn't significant, it was still useful.
Asking for more money from the United States was feasible, but Bai Zhongqi didn't want to make a bad impression on Earth right away. Moreover, with the advanced technology of Iridium Star, earthly money wasn't significantly aningful to him; he would reshape the Earth's economic landscape sooner or later.
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