Lord of the Sky City

In the eyes of many, Rocky's decision to start a war with Wild Horse City was simply madness.

However, in Rocky's view, his action was not mad, and even if it was, he had a mad reason for it, a reason that outsiders would definitely not know, only he and the Sky Alliance knew.

Currently, nearly a month had passed since Rocky and Xia Nai's competition ended. During this nearly one-month period, because there had been no further news about new technologies, everyone's attention to the matter had gradually cooled. Many who initially came to visit Rocky had also left during this process, so now there were few people left in Thunderhawk City.

But those who still remained in the city were all representatives who hoped Rocky would join their forces.

Among them was Farey and his group.

This period had been exhausting for Farey, as an Elder of the Sky Alliance, he had been constantly shuttling between Thunderhawk City and Eternal City; Aniye and others' new technology in Thunderhawk City, Sigma Corporation's New Armor in Eternal City, and whether it was new technology or New Armor, the Sky Alliance was very interested, causing Farey to have to travel back and forth between the two places.

During this time, Farey had already met with Rocky three times, and Rocky had taken these meetings as opportunities to propose his conditions for joining the Sky Alliance.

The conditions could be generally summarized into two:

Rocky's first condition was since he was bringing new technology into the Alliance, and would inevitably share it with the Alliance once the technology development succeeded, he felt the Alliance should reward him with something, such as Contribution Points.

As mentioned before, the operation of the Sky Alliance was entirely based on a Contribution Points system. The more Contribution Points a member had, the better their treatment would be. They could even be upgraded from an external member to a core member. Moreover, within the Alliance, Contribution Points also served as a form of currency, enabling the purchase of many items that were hard or even impossible to buy outside.

Since Contribution Points were so important, obtaining them within the Alliance would not be an easy task. Though the Alliance provided various channels for members to earn Contribution Points, they either required a lot of time or simply involved fighting wars for the Alliance. In short, there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Put simply, Rocky wanted to directly receive a significant number of Contribution Points upon joining the Alliance, thus saving a lot of time in his development within the Alliance.

As for his second condition, he hoped that upon joining, the Alliance could allocate him a piece of mineral resources.

Although land was now occupied by Demons, a behemoth like the Sky Alliance still had the capability to carve out some scattered territories on land. Of course, these territories were not wastelands; instead, they were areas like mines, forests, and lakes that possessed rich resources. After all, for such a vast entity as the Sky Alliance to operate normally, it required a large amount of resources, and the resources captured on land were key to its operation.

Rocky's second condition was his hope for the Alliance to allocate such resources to him, preferably mineral resources.

Of course, by allocation, it didn't mean he wanted an exclusive piece from the Alliance's resources; instead, he would manage it. In reality, the majority of the output would still be handed over to the Alliance. However, as a manager, Rocky could also retain a portion. Perhaps this portion would not be large, but it would be sufficient for Thunderhawk City. Additionally, acting as a manager would equate to making contributions to the Alliance, so he would continuously accumulate Contribution Points.

Rocky had presented these two conditions to Farey, but the two parties had talked three times without coming to an agreement.

Regarding the first condition, as soon as Rocky expressed his intent, Farey nodded in agreement. After all, Contribution Points, which were not a big deal for the Sky Alliance and Rocky's request was not high, just asking the Alliance to give him 1000 points.

Each year, the number of Contribution Points a member could earn was clearly calculated by the Sky Alliance, according to Alliance statistics. An external member could earn about 500 Contribution Points on average per year, while a core member could earn about 2000 Contribution Points annually. By this standard, Rocky's request was not excessive; it was merely asking for two years' worth of Contribution Points in advance, a trivial matter.

However, regarding his second request, Farey had consistently refused to agree.

Now that land was occupied by Demons, although people relied on Sky City to survive in the air, resources were extremely scarce. Therefore, any resource, especially those produced only on land, were extremely important and valuable. The only distinction between various resources was between important and more important, valuable and more valuable.

So even the Sky Alliance, which took this matter very seriously, was never ready to compromise easily. Thus, facing Rocky's demand in this regard, Farey had been quite firm, consistently disagreeing.

Of course, he also had his clear reasons, which was that Rocky was too weak.

This reason might sound like a cop-out, but it was a solid truth, because Rocky wanted land resources, specifically mineral resources. And everyone knew that mineral resources were not only among the most valuable and important resources but also the most difficult to obtain and even harder to protect.