The process of communication was actually quite simple.
The bond between Shen Yu and his avatar Shen Yu was much closer than other people realized.
Interstellar world Shen Yu directly told him about the negotiation authority he'd obtained.
The initial proposal given by the Goddess of Hope was to take half of the spoils, but the lowest acceptable limit for interstellar world Shen Yu was twenty percent, so Shen Yu chose the number thirty percent.
The reason he stated this figure on the spot, showing his stance, was for one purpose only.
—To strengthen his own influence.
Shen Yu didn't simply want the Association to become a relay station for messages, leaving the matter of changing fate and saving the world entirely to others; if that were the case, he had to increase the Association's influence among all civilizations.
Most importantly, obtaining Gray Mist was closely tied to how much Shen Yu contributed to rescuing others in this matter.
Therefore, Shen Yu had to make his position clear as early and as promptly as possible.
At this moment, his influence was already remarkably high.
After he made his statement, no one present raised any further objections.
The slightly chubby attendee went even further, declaring directly, "Our side agrees with the draft in principle and can sign the plan officially at any time."
He had the authority to make this decision, and he was thoroughly decisive at this moment.
Interstellar world Shen Yu immediately said, "The first batch of experimental weapons is ready to go and can be delivered at any time. I'll handle the training in use and the records of combat effectiveness. It's best to deliver directly to the frontline to save on transport."
"Alright, we'll arrange it right away!"
This meeting, surely to have an enormous impact, thus ended in an extremely brisk fashion.
Shen Yu and interstellar world Shen Yu boarded the military plane, heading straight towards the frontline.
If not for the restriction that Gray Mist Space could only travel to marked coordinates, they would have arrived already by now.
However, even en route to the frontline, the relevant information and orders had already been delivered ahead.
Furthermore, their influence was spreading steadily wider.
At this moment, near the border regions, you could see endless lines of vehicles on every road.
Divided into two distinctly different groups.
On one side were people evacuating from the cities.
They squeezed their entire families into vehicles, packed with all that was left of their possessions, uncertain and anxious as they continually drove farther from home.
On the other side were the military trucks.
Young warriors sat straight-backed inside, gripping their weapons tightly, passing by the civilians in opposite directions.
They were close enough to clearly make out each other's facial expressions and gaze.
One side was moving away from the battlefield, the other side drawing closer to it.
This scene was faithfully captured by cameras and broadcast to the internet, doing the utmost to lessen panic among people at the rear.
Letting people know that someone was advancing for their sake.
Many of the warriors actually understood in their hearts that they were heading out to face the enemy. At the same time, they were there to build the fortress of the country with their flesh and blood, with their lives; only when enough "targets" appeared in the cities up ahead, would those eye worms stop flocking ceaselessly towards the rear, would they no longer rampage and spread across this vast land unchecked.
This was their mission.
"There's nothing to be afraid of!" A young squad leader looked at his even younger comrades and said in a heavy voice, "All our training has been for this moment. Look at those people; think of the elders and kids back home. Letting them get hurt—unless we're all dead first. That's all there is to it!"
Yes, that's all there is to it.
No need for grand reasons; it's just about protecting all that we love, all that we cherish!
Honestly, compared to dying, what scares the warriors more is being unable to defeat the enemy.
The enemies in this war are unlike anything they've ever faced.
They're monsters beyond imagination, with no precedent in history!
In reality, the frontline commanders right now were under tremendous pressure—at the very limit of endurance.
All current strategies they'd tried proved ineffective against the ever-growing number of eye worms.
Whether it was blindfolding, remote-control operations, using bait and electric nets, or any other method, none showed significant results.
These eye worms were just too nimble!
And on top of that, they'd discovered that even at close range, blindfolding still wasn't enough to avoid a certain degree of influence.
Especially when the eye worms gathered in large numbers, they even formed a hopeless zone—where, even blindfolded, stepping inside led inevitably to uncontrollable suicidal behavior.
The vast majority of casualties so far had come from this!
With each sacrifice, the eye worm numbers grew even more.
If this continued, the defensive line wouldn't hold out for long. Once huge numbers of eye worms began spreading towards the rear, the consequences would be incalculable!
Thus, when the higher-ups sent word of extremely important, top-secret support arriving at the frontline, all frontline commanders were filled with anticipation.
This was the only good news they'd had so far.
For those few in the know, even more so.
Support, from the Otherworld Interstellar Civilization!
The highest-ranking commander at the frontline, named Jiang Hui, had been waiting anxiously, asking for the ETA almost every five minutes.
Finally, they saw the military transport planes flying in across the airfield; Jiang Hui, in his fifties, didn't even care about the wind pressure from landing—he ran straight for it.
But when interstellar world Shen Yu appeared before him, Jiang Hui was so moved he couldn't even speak a word.
In the end, he simply stood firm and gave a crisp military salute!
It was all real!
Although he'd confirmed it from the intelligence reports, only by truly seeing interstellar world Shen Yu, seeing the emissaries from the Otherworld, did Jiang Hui fully feel the overwhelming excitement.
This was more than just glimpsing dawn in the darkness, more than seeing hope.
It was seeing the brilliant light of the Great Sun, seeing victory!
Interstellar world Shen Yu raised a fist to his chest, returning a formal military salute in the style of the Interstellar Civilization, and then spoke quickly: "Prepare an open space, as well as a target zone with eye worms present!"
This was the strongest reply possible right now.
"That's here! In the city twenty kilometers from here, there are at least more than fifty thousand eye worms!" Jiang Hui answered promptly.
He instinctively glanced into the hold of the transport plane; it was nearly empty, aside from the accompanying weapons experts—there was nothing else visible.
But next moment, interstellar world Shen Yu simply lifted a hand, and a giant black container—twenty meters long, five meters high, five meters wide—materialized on the open ground.
Although Shen Yu had seen this container in the Gray Mist Space, only now, under the sunlight, could he make out the full details more clearly.