An hour and a half passed. Exactly at ten o'clock, a group of five arrived at the border of the basin.
Considering they did not need to fight the ents head-on and only required simple communication, Su Mo brought mostly quick-witted villagers this time.
"Sun Di, you remember the script for communicating with them later, right?" Su Mo whispered as he pulled down his hat brim, hiding within the advancing crowd and looking at the several ents who had been waiting in the distance for a long time.
"Mr. Su, please rest assured. Absolutely nothing will go wrong!"
Sun Di was a senior executive who had performed quite well during the previous Freedom City interviews. Given his steady personality, his expertise in lying through his teeth, and his solid socializing Skill Points, Su Mo chose him to be the captain of this diplomatic mission. Su Mo himself took on a role similar to an assistant, responsible for supplementing the conversation.
