Sorry, My Interstellar Fleet Only Recruits Women

The Elf King Oniens said slowly, "If back then, when our Holy Elf Empire faced a threat to order, there had been a group of people willing to stand up and shoulder this mountain for our Holy Elf Empire."

Then perhaps our Holy Elf Empire wouldn't have initiated that plan to isolate itself and escape all of this.

As it turns out, this method can only provide temporary relief, not a permanent solution.

Zhao Chen understood the meaning behind Kaguya Elf King Onyne's words.

It's simply because they envy the Dragon Star Empire for having the Machine Race as a good ally.

Without the support of the Machine Race as an ally, the Dragon Star Empire would have had to confront the threat posed by the Order.

Considering the situation at the time, Order dispatched its minions and fleets to the Dragon Star Empire one after another.

Such as the Dark Legion fleet, the Order Zerg fleet, and so on.

It's important to know that there are still battlefield remnants left behind when the Dark Legion fleet invaded the universe, within the Dragon Star Empire's space.

Those dark cosmic rifts were like scars left on the crippled body of the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire.

This serves as a constant reminder to the people of the Dragon Star Empire of everything this universe has ever experienced.

Fortunately, before the situation escalated further, the Machine Race single-handedly severed the connection between the Dragon Star Empire's universe and the established order.

At its own expense, it built a black Great Wall in outer space, which has been resisting threats from the order for the past five years.

This is why the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire has developed rapidly over the past few years.

The order was forced to allow the Devouring Civilization to invade the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire, and the outcome was predictable.

Through continuous efforts and development, the Dragon Star Empire has come this far.

“There are still five years... To grow to the point where you have the strength to fight against the Order...” Kaguya Elf King Onyons looked at Zhao Chen with a complicated expression.

Zhao Chen patted Kaguya Elf King Onyne on the shoulder and said with a light laugh, "I know this is quite difficult."

But how do you know you can't do something if you don't try it and push yourself?

When my Falcon Star Empire faced difficulties in the past, wasn't it always like this?

And it's not just our Xiaolong Interstellar Empire; haven't the rise of most interstellar civilizations always been a struggle against the current?

Hearing Zhao Chen's relaxed words.

Kaguya Elf King Onyons took a deep breath and said as if reflecting on himself, "Yes... it's like rowing against the current."

Sometimes you might find a rock to rest on for a while, but that rock can't stay there forever.

The water flow cannot be stopped, and the environment remains the same.

A brief escape won't change anything.

Only by rowing against the current and constantly pushing our own limits can we change the status quo.

We were truly wrong back then.

This may be the first time that King Onyne of the Night Elfs has truly admitted that their Holy Elf Empire's choice was a mistake.

It simply dragged them into a vortex of slow death.

Zhao Chen hooked his arm around the neck of the Elf King Onyne and laughed, "If you know you were wrong, then it's good that you've corrected it."

It's never too late to mend the fence after the sheep are lost.

As Kaguya Elf King Onyons listened to Zhao Chen's words, a look of longing appeared in his eyes.

Just then, the door to the private room was opened.

"Sir, our research..."

Dr. Peng and Dr. Aurora looked at the two people with their arms around each other in the private room, and their expressions became somewhat strange.

Dr. Aurora, in particular, knew that their Kaguya Elf King Onyons always maintained a distance from strangers, even when facing his own people and other Elf Kings.

He always has an icy expression and never shows any other emotion.

But now, she actually saw joy on the face of this Elf King.

The atmosphere was broken by the sudden intrusion of the two people.

The Elf King Onyneus, with lightning speed, created distance between himself and Zhao Chen.

Previously, the two were arm in arm, but now the distance between them is more than three meters.

This actually gives the impression of "protesting too much."

"Ahem, tell me about it."

"What are the findings of the research?" King Onyne of Kaguya asked, feigning composure as he immediately changed the subject.

With their experience and knowledge, the two doctors naturally didn't dwell on the matter too much. They immediately grasped the point and began to discuss the matter in accordance with the words of the Kaguya Elf King Onyons.

The research findings, in summary, are nothing more than things like white holes and positioning technology.

"Through this experiment, our space exploration technology has been proven to be feasible."

This time, we only scanned a sector-shaped area.

"Next, we can use our current universe cluster as the center and scan other directions around it. In this way, we will know how many universe clusters there are around us!" Dr. Aurora excitedly said about her research plan, completely forgetting what she had just seen.

The Elf King Onyneus frowned slightly and said, "I have no objection to your research."

However, we already know the most important aspect: the location of the conqueror civilization in the universe.

Your research can continue, but the funding may not be as substantial as it is now.

Upon hearing this, Dr. Aurora's eyes darkened, but she also knew the current situation.

The reason they were able to receive a lot of investment during this period was because of this experiment.

It wasn't because they wanted to know about the neighboring universes, but simply because they wanted to determine the coordinates of the conqueror civilization. That was all.

Now that we have the desired data result.

Other research, of course, is not so urgent.

Fortunately, at least their research wasn't halted, which is already a good outcome.

“Our Xiaolong Interstellar Empire is willing to make further investments in this area of ​​experimentation,” Zhao Chen said proactively.

The two doctors looked at the Dragon Emperor with delight; the absence of the Dragon Emperor had unexpectedly brought a glimmer of hope.

Although they are aware of the bigger picture, they would be very happy to continue their current experimental research if it would allow them to do so.

Kaguya Elf King Onyons frowned as he looked at Zhao Chen and asked in confusion, "Now we have the coordinates of the Conqueror Civilization."

Given the current situation, your Dragon Star Empire needs more resources to prepare for war.

Although the resources required to invest in this research are not very large.

But wouldn't it be more appropriate to use it where it's needed more now?

Zhao Chen could understand Onyrons's question, because he didn't know what Zhao Chen wanted more right now.

The Primordial Universe!

The initial state of the universe is the key to breaking through to T7 technological civilization.

Based on the current scans of the conqueror civilization's direction, it's unclear whether the issue is a matter of accuracy or if it truly doesn't exist.

They did not find the initial state of the universe.

Therefore, Zhao Chen needs to continue this experiment.

If this direction doesn't work, then keep looking at other directions.

Zhao Chen simply refused to believe that among so many universe clusters, not even a single primordial universe could be found.

Therefore, Zhao Chen is willing to support this research project even when resources are scarce.

Don't worry.

I have my reasons for doing this. Do I look like the kind of person who would waste resources? Zhao Chen did not explain the reasons behind this.

Seeing this, the Elf King Onyneus did not try to persuade him further.

Because Emperor Xiaolong was indeed not the kind of foolish emperor; he must have had his reasons for choosing to do so.

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The discovery of the new universe cluster was known only to the high-ranking officials of the Holy Elf Empire and the Wraith Dragon Interstellar Empire.

For other interstellar civilizations, it has basically no significant impact on their normal lives.

The Cosmic Military Alliance is operating normally, constructing military bases in various universes, urging interstellar civilizations to form alliance fleets, and providing the necessary military budget expenditures as agreed.

The Cosmic Trade Alliance continues to expand its basket of intergalactic trade, with more and more interstellar orders and agreements being signed.

The number of interstellar transport fleets using the intercosmic stargate network established by the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire is increasing.

As the location of two important trade and transportation hubs in this cosmic cluster, the Bailan and Yuhang star systems have become even busier, with monthly interstellar transport ship traffic repeatedly reaching new highs.

So much so that, considering future development, both galaxies are preparing to launch a second phase of construction plans, and have even established satellite galaxies in the surrounding galaxies to assist their normal operation.

The overflow portion will be handled by these galaxies.

This led to a new round of vigorous development in the economy of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, which had been developing to the point of nearing a bottleneck.

Although the profits earned from the continuous external investments of the four interstellar investment banks of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire have already flowed back into the market before even reaching the pockets of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.

But this also sows the seeds for the second wave of economic explosion for the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.

Commerce Minister Li Yaqi once predicted that the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire would usher in at least two periods of rapid economic development.

Both of these economic development periods will maintain a high-speed growth period of at least six months to a year. During this period, the monthly income of the Dragon Star Empire will increase at a terrifying rate of 10% per month and 300% per year.

This means that during these two economic development periods, the profits of the Dragon Star Empire could directly increase two to three times!

If this were a newly emerging interstellar civilization, it might just be a pleasant surprise.

However, it should be noted that the current size of the Dragon Star Empire is already terrifying. If it were to triple in size twice more on top of that terrifying size, what would happen?

The economic size of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire at that time would likely be equal to the combined size of the next nine of the top ten interstellar civilizations in this universe.

It will directly account for over 30%, nearly 40%, of the entire universe's economic output!

It will become the true hegemon of civilization!

By then, even if the Holy Elf Empire stood before the Wraith Dragon Interstellar Empire, it would have to carefully consider its own strength.

This means that the two development cycles are: one is the current phase where the Cosmic Trade Alliance has moved from its initial stage to a period of vigorous development.

The second development cycle occurred after the Oath Duel ended, when the Dragon Star Empire won the duel and the first batch of medium- to long-term investments from the four Dragon Investment Banks began to recoup their costs.

This will be the second period of rapid development for the Dragon Star Empire.

As for whether there will be a third time, that remains to be seen.

But even these two instances are quite terrifying.

If the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire really does go through these two development cycles, Commerce Minister Li Yaqi also presented a figure at an internal secret meeting.

That means the total economic output of the Dragon Star Empire will be about ten to fifteen times its current size in five years!

In just five years, it has increased more than tenfold!

The mere thought of it is terrifying, even somewhat unbelievable.

If it weren't for the current development data, most people wouldn't believe that such a situation could occur.

The increase in total economic output also signifies the development of various industries within the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, especially the military industry and its foreign trade military industry.

The latter, in particular, has seen an astonishing rate of development.

The Imperial Ministry of Commerce even had to discuss on several occasions whether to curb the expansion of this sector, fearing that overproduction would occur once this development cycle was over.

However, these proposals were rejected multiple times by Li Yaqi, the Minister of Commerce, who then issued a very lenient policy.

This allows export-oriented military enterprises to expand more rapidly, and even if they lack sufficient funds, they can obtain investment from the four major investment banks.

As it turned out, Li Yaqi, the Deputy Minister of Commerce of the Empire, was very farsighted.

Even with its unchecked development, the export-oriented military industry is still experiencing a supply shortage.

Some military enterprises even have orders booked up for up to five years ahead of schedule, without expanding their production lines.

This prosperity made everyone seem to forget the existence of the vowed duel, and everything was immersed in a thriving atmosphere.

But as the deadline for the vowed duel drew closer, some people began to take this into consideration.

Some people have even started to discuss this topic collectively on online platforms.

As the date of the vowed duel draws ever closer, other factors are gradually emerging.

The most significant impact was on the growth rate of intergalactic trade, especially with the Wyvern Intergalactic Empire.

However, some of them have developed rapidly.

That was an order from the Dragon Star Empire for resources to be purchased from abroad.

All of this was naturally for the purpose of preparing for war.

Some researchers have even investigated and found that, in the entire known universe, over 90% of the materials related to strategic resources are controlled by the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.

Fortunately, the Dragon Star Empire now holds an absolute position and also possesses the powerful weapon of the Cosmic Trade Alliance.

In addition, the Holy Elf Empire, which presides over the Cosmic Military Alliance, also stands with the Wraith Dragon Interstellar Empire.

This has resulted in a situation where, despite large purchase volumes, the prices of these strategic resources have not increased significantly.

In other circumstances, if a small or medium-sized interstellar civilization were to stockpile these strategic resources in preparation for war, the prices of these resources would inevitably rise, and someone would profit from it.

However, no one dared to make this fortune in the face of the monster that is the Dragon Star Empire.