# Chapter 2609: Drawing a Pie That Can Be Eaten
However, Jiangnan's voice suddenly appeared in the alternate dimension!
"There's no need for welcomes or lack thereof. All who come are guests. Anyone who can make it here today is giving me, Jiangnan, face!"
"So consider us friends!"
As soon as the words fell, Jiangnan had already appeared in the void starry sky with Chong Feiyu!
He plopped down in the main seat opposite Black God. After being dragged away by Li Bing for two days, even though there were kisses as rewards...
It had truly been a great ordeal. If not for today's dimensional summit, Li Bing wouldn't have let Jiangnan leave at all!
As for Chong Feiyu, she coldly glanced at Chong Qianjin.
Chong Qianjin looked somewhat embarrassed and couldn't help but turn her head away, not daring to meet her gaze.
Chong Feiyu snorted coldly, tilted her head, and said nothing more.
Seeing Jiangnan arrive, all the Star Devourers' expressions turned serious.
Jiangnan looked down at his wrist:
( ͡°～ ͡°) "Time's up. Anyone who comes after this, don't bother coming anymore."
"Let's start with just us here. I thought the Chaos Clan would send someone, but it seems they didn't give me that face?"
If a Chaos Clan Star Devourer wanted to come, they could have sent a Divine Control body, not needing to worry about being completely lost in the dimensional gap.
Now not even a shadow was seen—clearly they didn't want to get involved with Jiangnan, or perhaps they had found a better option...
But Bane mi's mouth twitched. You don't even have a watch on your wrist, what are you looking at? Just say let's start!
Noah glanced at Qingnong and spoke first:
(◕･ˇกˇ･) "I was thinking of inviting you to my Dark Cosmos Star Domain for a visit, to properly thank you for your righteous help during the Cosmos Grand Hunt!"
"But you wouldn't come? Instead, you went through all this trouble to call everyone to the dimensional gap for a meeting? What are you really up to?"
"The Star Devourers at home refused to let me come no matter what. It took countless arguments for me to force my way here. After all, I have to give Jiangnan face no matter what."
Behind him, Ye Jinshe couldn't listen anymore. Wasn't it clearly that none of the clan's Star Devourers wanted to come, and Lord Noah only came because he lost the lottery and was forced to volunteer?
Manti's gaze swept around: "Such a big setup, even calling Chong Qianjin here, it shouldn't be a small matter, right?"
Jiangnan grinned: "Calling everyone here today is naturally about the matters weighing on your hearts."
Bane mi narrowed his eyes, his heart tightening: "Oh? How do you know... what exactly weighs on our hearts?"
Jiangnan smiled: "Because the matters weighing on your hearts are also the matters weighing on mine!"
"You are all decision-makers of your races, qualified to make decisions for your own kind!"
"So I'll get straight to the point. I want to invite you all to join the Carbon-Based Alliance, to move forward hand in hand, and establish a place for us to call home in these turbulent starry skies!"
"What do you all think?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the Star Devourers' gazes all sharpened. So it really was about forming an alliance?
Carbon-Based Alliance?
Quite the bold move!
However, upon hearing this, Chong Qianjin's face turned ugly and she stood up directly.
(ꈍ益ꈍ๑) "You all chat. I'm checking out."
With that, she raised her hand to pinch her own neck!
Form an alliance? With the relationship between the Insect Race and humans, plus the grudge with Chong Feiyu standing right there, what kind of alliance could there be?
Even if they formed an alliance, the Insect Race would just be used as cannon fodder, right?
Chong Qianjin wasn't stupid. There was no point in her staying any longer.
But before she could check out, she found her body couldn't move. Black God looked faintly in her direction, his gaze deep.
Jiangnan smiled: (๑⁼̴‿⁼̴) "Since you're already here, no need to rush off? Besides, you can't check out anyway. I said before, the future lies in choices."
"If you listen to the end and still want to leave, I won't stop you. Just don't block your own path."
"Today you represent not just yourself, but the Insect Race! As the Insect Emperor, you need to be responsible for your kind, don't you?"
Chong Qianjin's face was sour. With Black God here, she couldn't die even if she wanted to.
She could only obediently sit down and listen.
Noah said calmly: "Not entirely unexpected, but forming an alliance is no small matter. It depends on what kind of alliance you want."
"If we do ally, what do we get?"
Manti also spoke: "As you said, we represent our respective races today, not individuals. All decisions we make need to be responsible for the billions of people in our clans. We cannot decide rashly."
"Carbon-Based Alliance, huh... Jiangnan, what exactly do you want to do? Tell us your thoughts..."
Jiangnan smiled: "The idea of building a Carbon-Based Alliance has been brewing in my mind for a long time. It's just that the timing is right now."
"What I want is an extremely deep alliance—not like the plastic allies of the Apocalypse and Gamma races. A relationship of alliance where we stand on the same boat, prosper together and suffer together."
"The Carbon-Based Alliance will continue as a community of shared destiny in the starry sky, sailing across the sea of stars."
Both Manti and Bane mi's faces darkened. There's no need to use examples, alright?
Dammit, plastic allies. But it was indeed true—their alliances were only useful when they needed each other.
The reason for forming alliances was only to stabilize each race's position.
Bane mi spoke up: "You still haven't said what we get by joining the Carbon-Based Alliance."
Jiangnan said calmly: "Deeper commercial cooperation, exchanges and interactions, assistance in difficult times, full cooperation in Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battles, an unbeatably strong backing."
"The confidence to face any challenge, and a voice in the starry sky no less than the Sacred Law Council."
Upon hearing this, Jiangnan smiled, and so did Noah, Manti, and Bane mi.
Noah couldn't help but laugh: "Jiangnan~ I have to say, when it comes to painting big pies, you're second in the starry sky, and no one dares to claim first!"
"Fear no challenge? How is that possible? Black God is indeed an extremely strong backing, but only within the dimensional gap!"
"In the starry sky, Black God can't reach. Everyone's foundations are all in the starry sky!"
"We can't exactly move everything into the dimensional gap. Besides, how do we deal with that old monster of the Bose Clan and the Ultimate Star Weapon of the Silicon race?"
Manti's eyes turned serious: "Right now, the Bose and Silicon races haven't made a move against us because they think we don't threaten their strength, that we're still obedient."
"Once the Carbon-Based Alliance is established, do you think Bose and Silicon will let us grow big and strong? If we form an alliance, we'll immediately face opposition from both races!"
"We'll be standing directly against them. Either race has the capital to severely wound or crush us!"
"Such an alliance won't help us go further; instead, it will bring disaster."
Yang Jian scratched his head. It really wasn't going to be this smooth, was it?
When major races form alliances, there are too many things to consider. The interests of each race are intertwined, with power struggles. One move affects the whole situation.
Just thinking about it was enough to kill brain cells.
Jiangnan snorted with laughter: (˶‾᷄↼‾᷅) "Looks like the previous Bose-Silicon War really scared you all, huh?"
The fig leaf was torn off, and several Star Devourers' expressions turned unpleasant.
Chong Qianjin gritted her teeth: "The human base is in the dimensional gap, protected by Black God. Of course you can talk without your back hurting!"
But Jiangnan didn't argue. Instead, he continued: "What? If you don't form an alliance, you won't be targeted? Do you really live or die based solely on the moods of the Bose and Silicon races?"
"The fate of your races is in your hands. Let me give you some advice."
"Never place your hopes on the mercy of others. That's being irresponsible to yourselves."
But Bane mi smiled bitterly: "We want to? This isn't something that can be solved by Star Devourers!"
"Ultimate Star Weapons, old monsters from the previous era—these are all power beyond Star Devourers. I'm not afraid to show our hand. Even if our entire Gamma race goes all out, we don't have the strength to fight against that kind of ceiling-level power!"
"Not only do we not have it, of all the starry sky races, who does?"
Manti shook her head bitterly: "The Apocalypse race can't contend with that kind of power either. Without a comparable level of power to hold the line, it's all empty talk. The gap can't be bridged."
"We're like unarmed people facing a strong man with a giant axe. We could be chopped to death at any moment. Even if we all band together, we'll still be chopped to death."
Noah's expression was gloomy: "The gap is something we have to acknowledge. It can't be closed in a short time. Even a million years, ten million years don't seem long in the face of such a gap."
Jiangnan looked at Noah with interest. He didn't respond directly. Could the Dark Cosmos Entity have some unknown trump card?
But that didn't matter. What mattered was that Noah came today!
That already showed he lacked confidence.
Jiangnan smiled: "That's exactly why we need to establish the Carbon-Based Alliance. I can bring everyone the power to contend with the Bose race, even the Silicon race!"
"Let our Carbon-Based Alliance have a voice no less than those two races, and not fear the threat of ceiling-level power!"
"I'm indeed good at painting big pies. But what if the pie I paint can actually be eaten?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Noah, Manti, Bane mi, and even Chong Qianjin all tensed up, their gazes shooting over like lightning.
Even Qingnong was startled. What could they use to contend? You can't mean the Child of Destiny!
Noah swallowed hard: Σ(°△°|||) "What method? Is it to create a peak vessel, so that Black God's power can be channeled into it, allowing that puppet to break free from the dimensional gap and enter the starry sky, becoming an ultimate weapon to fight against the Bose and Silicon races?"
Jiangnan: (•́ω•̀٥)...
"Huh? C-can it really be done like that?"
Black God pointed his little finger at Noah:
(◕͡°͜ʖ͡°)☛ "This gentleman has a great idea. I think it's completely feasible. How about lending me your body to try? Let's see just how much power I can unleash before your body can't handle it and collapses?"
Noah's face turned white:
(′◔﹏◔`◕) "I... my body is probably not a good idea? I've been weak since childhood. How could I possibly bear your power?"
Dammit! In the end, you still want to make me into a figurine?
Black God rolled his eyes:
(꒪ั～꒪ั◕) "I'd like to, but don't think it's so simple. There's no body that can carry my power in the three-dimensional starry sky and unleash that level of force."
"Besides, above Star Devourer is already another level entirely. It's not that simple."
Manti also breathed a sigh of relief. At least it wasn't the figurine method.
"Then what method are you talking about?"
Jiangnan smiled...