Chapter 1982: Zhang Gaia Starfield
Five months later
Dragon Star Empire Universe: Gaia Starfield
The Gaia Starfield is one of the military control zones of the Dragon Star Empire, and it is also one of the few dual-control zones.
The Gaia Starfield is jointly governed by the Dragon Star Empire and the Dragon Machine Race.
The reason it was named Gaia Starfield is because this was originally the site of the Gaia Gate, as a way of commemorating it.
Furthermore, this place was once the stronghold of the Machine Race.
It is now one of the main gathering places for the Xiaolong Machine Race arranged by the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
Here, no one is allowed to enter except for members of the Xiaolong Mechanical Race and official personnel of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire who have permission to work here.
Originally, this place only contained some ruins of the former mechanical race.
But in just five short months, this star system has been revitalized.
Towns inhabited by mechanical life forms can already be seen on some planets.
The city here is still temporarily isolated from the outside world.
As for when it will be opened, that depends on the discussions between the Dragon Emperor and the Dragon Machine Race.
Zhao Chen granted the same high degree of autonomy to both the Xiaolong Mechanical Race and the Xiaolong Insect Race.
Apart from the military and diplomatic restrictions, everything else is left to them to handle themselves.
"How about it?
This is the city prepared for you.
I specially hired top designers to build the city, incorporating the style of your mechanical race.
This is still one of the first batch of cities.
"If you don't like this style, you can take charge of the design later, and we'll arrange the equipment to build it. We'll make sure you're satisfied." Zhao Chen looked at Ah Yin, who had returned to her original appearance.
Compared to her previous bulky appearance, she is much more pleasing to the eye now.
Ah Yin looked at the city before her.
The city has a strong punk vibe because the mechanical race doesn't need sunlight and focuses more on efficiency.
Therefore, the cities are relatively dense, and their internal structures all adopt a mechanical style.
It felt as if I were truly in a cyberpunk world.
"To date, one billion mechanical life forms have settled in the Gaia star system."
There are 300,000 people in this city alone.
They all obtained citizenship in the Dragon Star Empire.
Although we cannot leave the Gaia star system for the time being.
But if you're willing, I can grant you authorization very quickly.
At that time, you will be able to move freely throughout the entire Xiaolong Interstellar Empire and even the Xiaolong Universe Cluster, as long as you abide by the law, your status as citizens of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire will guarantee your safety.
Under the current system of our Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, there is no longer any need to worry about the issue of alien identity.
Even if you see a Zerg mothership wandering around in the JF-17 space cluster, no one will care.
We even had the Jhinagon Zerg hold exhibitions throughout the Jhinagon universe.
People no longer have any hostility towards the Xiaolong Zerg; in fact, they've gained a group of fans.
After all, there are many races in the universe, and people don't actually have much hostility towards other races; what they have more of is fear of the unknown.
When they learn more about your differences, they will naturally lose their fear.
Zhao Chen said with a smile.
Ah Yin looked at Zhao Chen beside her: "Your Majesty, these past few days since you returned..."
I also got involved in the local network and learned about what has happened in the Dragon Star Empire universe over the years.
You did a really good job.
Even if we, the mechanical race, were to do this, we couldn't guarantee that we could achieve this result in such a short time.
"So, welcome home." Zhao Chen smiled at Ah Yin.
Ah Yin nodded slightly.
"Since you can restore this body."
"Can the Cherubim also recover?" Zhao Chenxun asked.
Ayin replied, "The Cherubim's modification was quite profound, although it is theoretically possible to restore it."
However, once restored, the combat effectiveness of all the current defensive systems of the Black Wall will be significantly reduced.
"Our JF-17 Star Legion fleet is willing to take on this responsibility."
"I believe my interstellar battleship can take over and guard this gate well." As Zhao Chen spoke, he looked up at a dazzling ring in the distance of the sky.
That ring is the Mechanical Dragon King's Gate, built by the Dragonflight Interstellar Empire to connect to outer space.
From the ground, it looks like a ring suspended in the air, somewhat dazzling.
"I actually asked Cherubim about this question."
She thanked Emperor Xiaolong for his concern.
But she still believed that until the external crisis was completely resolved, she could continue to protect things in this manner. "A-Yin said.
Hearing this, Zhao Chen nodded knowingly: "Since it was the Cherubim who requested it, then let's do it that way."
Please pass on this message for me.
I believe that day is not far off.
After that, Ah Yin traveled around the Gaia Starfield and the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire for a period of time.
Experiencing firsthand this world I've been away from for several years, I'm amazed at how quickly everything has developed.
Especially considering the technological capabilities currently possessed by the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, including its mass-produced T7 interstellar warships.
After seeing all this, she returned to the Black Wall in the outer space, where she would continue to hold her ground until the Mechanical Lord returned.
Regarding the disappearance of the mechanical lord Mili, Zhao Chen also began to use his own channels to find her whereabouts.
Don't underestimate the influence of the Dragon Star Empire now.
It should be noted that the arms trade of the Xiaolong interstellar warships has made the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire a rising star that has quickly gained fame among many universe clusters.
Emperor Xiaolong directly issued a bounty.
As long as valuable information about a mechanical life form named Mili can be provided, and it is confirmed to be accurate.
Based on the value of the information, one can directly obtain a T3 or even T4 level interstellar warship of the Xiaolong series for free.
If you can provide direct clues such as the location of the rice grain, you can directly obtain a T5-level Xiaolong series interstellar warship.
If you can safely bring the rice grain back to the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, you can directly obtain a T6 Xiaolong series interstellar warship, or even the right to purchase a T7 Sun God-class super starship (which can be delivered directly)!
Especially the last one.
The moment it was released, it shocked many forces that were paying attention to the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
Who exactly is this carbon-based life form called "Mi Li" that the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire is willing to offer a T7 Sun God-class super starship as a bounty?
Although this only applies to purchasing privileges.
However, it should be noted that if the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire were willing to sell this T7 Helios-class super starship, no matter how high the price, there would be people willing to accept it.
Therefore, because of this bounty issued by Emperor Dragon.
This sparked a frenzy of searching for the person.
The Conqueror Civilization stood out among them, using every means at its disposal to search for this mechanical life form called Rice Grain.
With such a wide net cast for the search, we should be able to get some valuable clues no matter what.
Meanwhile, the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire was busily preparing for various development matters and vigorously cultivating its territory.
However, a message arrived.
It's about the conqueror civilization.
The Enforcer Civilization, in alliance with the Saintess Civilization and the Soul Apostle Civilization, will launch a campaign against the Conqueror Civilization.
Everyone knows that the Enforcer Civilization and the Conqueror Civilization have always been at war.
There are even rumors that the two have some unspeakable connection.
Before this, the battlefields of both sides were spread across several universe clusters, and basically each side could only gain a slight advantage and could not directly defeat the other.
As is well known, this was due to the previous battle between the Dragon Star Empire and the Conqueror Civilization.
This caused significant losses to the conqueror civilization.
This also hindered the offensive on all fronts. Although the Conqueror Civilization now claims that everything has returned to normal, and even had previously put on a show of preparing for war due to negotiations with the Wyvern Interstellar Empire.
But in reality, the aftereffects of that war are still lingering.
How could law enforcement officers, in a civilized manner, possibly pass up such a good opportunity?
Preparations had already begun quietly long ago.
That is, right now.
In just three days, the Law Enforcer civilization, together with two other Divine Envoy civilizations, assembled a fleet of nearly 1.5 billion interstellar legions and launched a three-pronged attack.
The surprise attack directly destroyed a large military base of the Conqueror civilization and threatened two other military bases.
Military researchers have analyzed that once the two large military bases of the Conqueror Civilization fall, the Conqueror Civilization's fangs will be broken, and even its native universe cluster will be threatened.
Therefore, the conqueror civilization is now standing on the edge of a precipice in an instant.
Those interstellar civilizations that had conflicts with the conqueror civilization were naturally happy to see this happen, and some even began to stir up trouble on some of the front-line battlefields where they were locked in confrontation.
They wouldn't mind taking back the conquered territories now that were under the control of the conquered civilization.
When this matter reached Emperor Xiaolong's ears, he was not very happy.
He urgently convened a meeting of the three leaders.
"You all know about the Conqueror Civilization, right?"
"Tell me your thoughts." Zhao Chen looked at Charlotte and Lilith in front of him.
Lilith cut to the chase, saying directly, "We are enemies of the Conqueror Civilization, and we will inevitably return to the battlefield one day."
But the current conqueror civilization cannot fall.
Once it falls.
Those three divine civilizations will now target us.
We have a deep-seated hatred for those three divine civilizations.
In the Black God civilization universe, we just annihilated 150 million of their interstellar warships.
This is equivalent to one-tenth of the number they mobilized for this military operation.
In a way, we're lucky.
The three divine messenger civilizations chose to retaliate against the conqueror civilization first, not us.
Lilith shared her views and thoughts.
Charlotte then added, "Lilith is right."
We currently need a conqueror civilization as a target.
This applies to both the Divine Messenger Civilization and other interstellar civilizations.
It's important to understand that the reason we've been able to quickly build closer relationships with interstellar civilizations in other universes through recent diplomatic efforts is because...
It's not just because we have the reputation of the JF-17 interstellar warship.
Another major reason is that we all share a common enemy: the conqueror civilization.
People tend to fear an aggressive enemy.
We also fought against the Conqueror Civilization before, and we won.
From the perspective of those interstellar civilizations, we are on their side.
They are naturally willing to establish a good and friendly relationship with us.
But if the conqueror civilization is gone, who will they fear?
They will be afraid of us.
Because we are on par with the conqueror civilization in terms of strength, even if we do not have a history of actively invading other countries, we still possess advanced technology and military power.
It will still frighten them.
At that time, our foreign diplomacy will be hindered, and they may even isolate us and resist contact with us.
Zhao Chen listened to Charlotte and Lilith's opinions.
He nodded; those were basically his thoughts too.
"So it seems we only have one choice."
That is, we cannot stand by and watch the conqueror civilization fall. We can accept a weak conqueror civilization, but we cannot accept the demise of a conqueror civilization.
So what should we do?
Direct military intervention?
That would be tantamount to telling others that we are helping the conqueror civilization, which would also cause controversy.
"And to be honest, this doesn't offer us any real benefit," Zhao Chen said thoughtfully.
"Then let's do something that will be of real benefit to us."
"The Saintess Civilization has what we want!" Lilith said with a smile.
Zhao Chen's eyes lit up.
It should be noted that within the native universe cluster of the Saintess Civilization, there is a certain universe that contains the essential raw materials needed for the current T7 Sun God-class super starship of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
Although currently only through clandestine methods can they be secretly transported over.
However, even with this clandestine approach, the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire still faced a shortage of raw materials for its large-scale construction of T7 Helios-class super starships.
Therefore, the issue of finding the raw materials for this T7 Helios-class super starship is now a pressing concern for the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.
Prior to this, relevant personnel had proposed various methods to increase mining efficiency.
However, none of these methods are as straightforward and efficient as directly controlling the universe.
We had considered using force directly, but going to war with the Holy Maiden Civilization would still be risky for the Dragon Star Empire.
But now, the Holy Maiden Civilization has launched an attack on the Conqueror Civilization, and once this attack begins, it is unlikely to be easily stopped.
That would be equivalent to weakening a portion of the Holy Maiden Civilization's strength and attention.
Combined with the fact that the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire cannot allow the conqueror civilization to be completely wiped out, the idea of taking military action against the Saintess civilization can naturally be brought to the forefront.
"If that's the case, then it's decided."
Charlotte, your military must formulate a battle plan for deploying troops against the Holy Maiden Civilization within one day, analyzing all possible scenarios.
"yes!"