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Tony announced the end of the meeting and left the conference room, walking down the brightly lit corridor toward his studio.

But the further I walked, the stronger that uneasy feeling became.

At first glance, Steve's behavior today seemed normal; preventing the alien races from inhabiting Earth was the best option. Tony felt Steve was acting strangely because he agreed too decisively and too quickly. And he was unusually quiet.

Steve's choices have always been guided by principles. He had expected Steve to struggle, weigh the options, and try to convince himself to do things the way he thought was right during today's meeting, but he would never agree so easily as he did now.

"Something still doesn't feel right..." Tony muttered to himself, recalling the details of the meeting, Steve's every move, and even his expressions.

"...Jarvis," Tony suddenly called out.

"Sir, what are your orders?" Jarvis's voice came through the miniature headset.

Does Steve's behavior pattern match his past records?

"...Based on previous records, the behavioral pattern match rate is 67%, sir. I think there might be some problems here."

Tony scoffed, his expression gradually turning cold: "From now on, monitor Captain Steve Rogers 24/7. I need to know his real-time location and all communication records. Notify me immediately if there are any abnormal audio or energy fluctuations."

"Remember, don't let him find out," Tony ordered, his tone serious.

"Instructions confirmed, Sir. Advanced covert surveillance protocol activated. Target: Steve Rogers."

After giving his instructions, Tony closed his eyes and exhaled. "Hopefully, this problem won't be too big..." he thought to himself. He didn't want anything to happen to Steve at a time like this.

He put aside his doubts for the time being, as he had more important things to deal with.

Back in the studio, Tony connected to the faster-than-light communication base station and, after pondering for a while, called Jarvis again.

"Jarvis, prepare to broadcast a message to all alien transport ships orbiting Earth, using the StarNet's universal frequency, ensuring they all receive it!"

"Ready to go, sir. Please describe the message to be sent."

Tony cleared his throat and began to dictate the message, his voice being transmitted in a universal language via Jarvis's translation.

"To all interstellar visitors hovering near Earth, this message is sent by the Avengers."

"First, Earth rejects any application for large-scale settlement or residence by extraterrestrial races. This is a final decision and no negotiations will be accepted."

"Secondly, given that the survival crisis faced by all life forms is related to the invasion of a cosmic virus, the Avengers are willing to provide a certain number of cosmic virus isolation devices in exchange. The exchange conditions are: equivalent, verified rare data, technical data, universal energy, etc. A specific list of exchangeable items will be attached after this message is sent."

"Third, all exchange requests must be submitted and verified within twelve hours of the message being sent. Regardless of whether an exchange takes place, all alien transport ships must start their engines within twelve hours of the message being sent and leave the area of ​​the Solar System at least. Within the Milky Way, we will not accept long-term stays by alien races."

"Fourth, anyone who has not departed after twelve hours, or who is found to be attempting to hide or infiltrate Earth or engage in other clearly hostile acts, will be physically expelled by the Avengers."

After Tony finished speaking, he carefully checked the information and said, "That's all. Send it."

For the exchange list, Tony chose resources that weren't common in the StarNet but that the alien races would definitely have. It wasn't that he couldn't give them away for free, but Carol's rescue missions were a completely different matter from these offers.

Giving it to me voluntarily and coming to me are two different things. If I just give it to him because he wants it, wouldn't that make Lanxing seem easy to bully?

"Information encoding is complete. It is expected to cover the target area in one minute," Jarvis quickly reported to his superior.

"Very good. Notify me immediately of any replies or any unusual movements of the other party's transport ships..."

Soon, Tony's broadcast message echoed throughout the entire Solar System via faster-than-light communication base stations. The wide coverage ensured that transport ships en route would receive it the moment they entered the Solar System.

About half an hour later, the first reply arrived. It described an alien race with dog heads and human bodies, who looked cute but actually had sharp fangs and were incredibly powerful.

The other party offered to exchange the Leviathan's excrement for a cosmic virus isolation device, which immediately stunned Tony.

Leviathan, the giant beast, poop?

"Jarvis, is your translation wrong? Or are they joking?"

"Um, Sir, according to StarNet information retrieval, the Leviathan they're talking about isn't the same species we've fought before. The Leviathan dung they're referring to is actually an ultra-high-strength metallic material that Earth doesn't possess."

"Fuck, why don't you just say it's rare metals!" Tony rolled his eyes and cursed, but after hesitating for a moment, he still agreed to the exchange.

In fact, he was prepared to agree to any exchange that wasn't outrageous and treated the Earth like a fool. After all, the cosmic virus isolation device was now a mature technology for them, with costs under control and a large stockpile.

Moreover, adhering to the principle of avoiding conflict if possible, Tony was happy to send them on their way.

Next, several more exchange requests came in, some for energy conversion technology and others for star system mineral distribution maps, and Tony agreed to them all.

However, not all alien races cooperated in this way.

One of the replies came from a race that called themselves the Kargoros. Their transport ships were the most grotesque of the group, resembling ships pieced together from countless bone spikes. Rather than being transport ships, they were more like cobbled-together warships of biological remains.

Their responses were also full of dissatisfaction and even contained hidden threats.

The message claimed that they had gone through great hardships to find this safe planet, that their home planet had been completely destroyed by the cosmic virus, and that the harsh conditions set by Earth and the deadline for expulsion were extremely short-sighted and selfish.

Finally, they added that they intend to settle on Earth, and if Earth insists on refusing, they will have to consider other ways to ensure the continuation of their race.

This amused Tony. "The cosmic virus caused the complete destruction of the home planet? More like these warlike races fighting amongst themselves and turning the planet to smithereens!"

Tony immediately marked it, preparing to have Lin Yi go over and punch him to check the ingredients.