Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 153 - 137 Set Up a Statue for Us!_1

"Parrot Messenger, isn’t the territory you’ve demarcated a bit too large?"

"Moreover, within this range you’ve outlined, we have two main roads and three mines under development. Can we discuss this further?" Zhang Ji took a deep breath and said.

For any location, land resources are extremely important.

Even many wars have erupted over territory.

Under such circumstances, how could they casually relinquish land.

"This range isn’t actually that large. As you can see, with continuous mutations, our size will keep increasing. Take the Mutated Eagle behind me, for instance; for it, this area is nothing more than a slightly larger zoo."

"As for the main roads and the three mines you mentioned, those aren’t a problem."

"Whether it’s the highways or the mines, members of our Dragon Hall will not go there. You can use them as usual, and if needed, we can even provide security in the wilderness."

"Lastly, the wilderness is so dangerous that you can’t freely come and go as you please. By taking this area over, it really doesn’t affect you at all."

"Step back ten thousand steps, isn’t it a little more reassuring for you if we’re staying in one place?" the Mutated Parrot said with a smile.

Listening to the other party’s reasoned argument, Zhang Ji fell silent for a moment, unable to believe that this Mutated Parrot not only could speak but was also so persuasive.

He couldn’t help but glance towards Xiao Hua and Cao Guangzhi.

But neither of them said a word.

Cao Guangzhi reached out, tapped his earpiece slightly, indicating that they should wait for the think tank’s opinion.

Zhang Ji nodded and said to the Mutated Parrot, "Please wait a moment!"

Chen Dalong, standing to the side, wanted to say something to facilitate the matter, but unfortunately, it wasn’t his place to speak at such a time, so he could only wait in silence.

An awkward silence fell upon the scene.

Fortunately, this silence didn’t last long, just a dozen seconds, before the think tank’s response echoed in everyone’s earpieces.

"Parrot Messenger, after an internal discussion, we believe this matter is of great importance and can’t be clarified in just a few words. We hope to discuss the details at a later time," Zhang Ji said sincerely.

Ye Feng understood what they meant; the negotiation was possible, but there would certainly be bargaining.

This was within his expectations, and the territory range he had offered was an initial high demand.

As long as the final territory they offered was a third of what it is now, he would be completely satisfied.

"Alright! Then let’s discuss this later. Now, let me state the second condition. I hope you’ll show some sincerity and not leave it for later negotiations," the Mutated Parrot said.

"No problem. We can give an immediate response for anything that’s settled," Zhang Ji said politely.

Implicitly meaning that for things that couldn’t be settled immediately, further discussions would ensue.

"The second condition is simple: give us positive image publicity and erect statues of us," said the Mutated Parrot.

At this moment, Ye Feng felt somewhat nervous.

Compared to the first condition, he cared more about this second one because it related to whether he could absorb the Power of Faith from humans.

When they heard what the Mutated Parrot had proposed, everyone felt it was somewhat ludicrous.

It was a condition they had never expected before.

And how to put it? Difficult? Certainly not, but it was... too sensitive.

"Parrot Messenger, there’s no issue with positive publicity, but as for erecting statues... You may not be aware, but we do not have a state religion," Zhang Ji said.

"But don’t you have temples and churches in your country?" the Mutated Parrot cocked its head and asked.

"Eh... We don’t oppose them officially, but neither do we promote them," Zhang Ji said.

"Then let’s do it this way. I won’t talk about statues anymore."

The Mutated Parrot pointed with its wing at the Mutated Giant Panda eating bamboo beside it and said, "Just make a few stone sculptures of it and place them in the squares of the city, and give it positive publicity."

"Present it as Panda Man, the Guardian of the city. There shouldn’t be any problem with that, right?"

Zhang Ji was momentarily taken aback. The two requests sounded similar, but practically, they were entirely different matters.

The latter request was much simpler.

Once both sides embarked on cooperation, they were going to engage in publicity anyway.

The Mutated Giant Panda, although 6 meters tall when standing, was just over 3 meters when sitting, now munching on a mutated bamboo shoot, looking rather endearing.

This was undoubtedly the best subject for publicity. Even without the other party’s demand, they would likely do this anyway.

Now it was just a matter of making some more stone sculptures.

Although they called the statues deities, they were just stone carvings. Sometimes changing the terminology completely alters the nature of things.

"No problem, we can agree to this condition right now," Zhang Ji immediately said.

Upon hearing the agreement, Ye Feng was thrilled; at least the most crucial first step was complete.

Now all they needed to do was make the Mutated Giant Panda work hard on boosting its presence. As long as someone showed a semblance of worship, the Power of Faith would be generated.