Galaxy Domination Guide

After the Emerald Sea left, Bai Zhongqi began to organize all the intelligence he had on the Fallen Empire, along with some information brought by Emerald Sea.

Lady Han Jiaxue, the wife of the Chancellor, perused the information before her, helping Bai Zhongqi devise strategies. However, she sighed softly, feeling slightly depressed. Ever since she had reunited with Bai Zhongqi, she had actually wanted to continue building a family with him. She planned to discuss this idea with our Chancellor. But now, not only had the issue with the Pilgrims arisen, but even the Fallen Empire had emerged. With such significant matters at hand, her personal family plans had to be set aside.

"...they claim to be the Galactic Empire? That's quite a bold claim," Han Jiaxue whispered softly.

Bai Zhongqi put aside the materials he had been studying for several hours, settled into a cozy sofa that adjusted its shape according to his figure, and said, "Unfortunately, we can't contact the other Elder Races now; otherwise, we could have learned about the state of the Remote Ancient Universe from them. All we know now is that the Fallen Empire emerged during the second flourish period of the galactic civilization in the Ancient Universe. At that time, the situation was similar to now; the Fallen Empire lay dormant in several corners. People regarded it as a civilization-style relic that had completely lost the desire for progression and movement, akin to a useless fossil, and thus, no one bothered with it."

Han Jiaxue sighed, "Who would have thought that a pile of ancient fossils would possess such formidable strength."

Bai Zhongqi said, "We hadn't paid attention before, and only discovered now that the Fallen Empire actually has only a scattered twelve Galaxy systems under its control, located in different places, and each civilization has its differences in form. This time they woke up, and we realized that these twelve branches of the Fallen Empire are essentially one Fallen Empire. The Fleet that subdued the ten behemoths isn't uniform in shape; obviously, each base of the Fallen Empire possesses its own unique technology."

Their daughter Bai Siying lay beside them, playing with Bai Zhongqi's pet cat-eared fox, which continually swatted at Bai Siying with its paws, but Bai Siying persistently chased after it.

As she played, she said, "Is it really as formidable as you say? Dad has at his command the Iridium Star United Empire and two huge Elder motherships. Homeland Titan is also quite powerful; can the Fallen Empire really be stronger than Dad?"

Bai Zhongqi responded very rationally, "Iridium Star is nearing the end of its technological integration; the United Empire will become the 11th Level 30 civilization in the Galaxy. But since we have developed multiple categories of technology and our tech tree is quite complex, the actual effect is stronger. It's difficult for all ten behemoths to match up against Iridium Star, but we can win if we face five or six of these behemoth civilizations at once."

Bai Siying widened her eyes and exclaimed, "But, the Fallen Empire has conquered all ten behemoths, and they aren't done yet; they will be soon. Adding up the ten behemoths and the Fallen Empire itself, wouldn't that make them much stronger than us?"

"What you are saying is not wrong," Bai Zhongqi said.

Bai Siying, holding her head, cried, "Oh no, this group of Fallen Empire is like a fallen dad, scary."

At this time, Ling, feeling indignant, said, "We have the Empire Army and the Swarm; we won't be easily captured even by ten behemoths. Even though they are nominally subdued by the Fallen Empire, almost every civilization has its own resistance forces. Right now, the Fallen Empire is dealing with those civilizations' resistance forces that haven't yet submitted. Hmph, they talk about combating disasters, but what the Fallen Empire does is not too different from those civilizations that attempt to claim kingship and dominance."

Bai Zhongqi sighed deeply, "The problem is that it's not just the Fallen Empire in front of us, but also the Pilgrims lurking beneath it all, possibly the ones orchestrating this 'Fishbowl Hunt.' Nan Ma could create big trouble for us at any time. We can only become stronger, continuously stronger, so that we can build up the capital to fight against the Fallen Empire."

Han Jiaxue, not involved in military or government affairs, held a document and said somewhat curiously, "From start to finish, it seems that no one from the real Fallen Empire has ever made contact with the ten heads. The ten heads surrendered following the commands issued by the Fallen Empire. Just what kind of civilization is the Fallen Empire, what race are they, that now seven heads have sworn allegiance to the Galactic Emperor as the master of the Galaxy, and yet no one knows? Isn't that very strange?"

Bai Siying's imagination ran wild as she said, "Could it be that the Fallen Empire doesn't exist at all, and that the Pilgrims have placed some kind of psychic suggestion on everyone in the universe?"

Bai Zhongqi pursed his lips, rebutting his daughter's wild ideas, "If they could do psychic suggestion, they might as well just suggest I commit suicide."

Ling said, "Perhaps the Fallen Empire itself might be a disaster like me? Perhaps it's an AI civilization, controlled entirely by one machine, or maybe it's the Swarm, just better disguised."

Bai Zhongqi thought more and more and felt a headache coming on, "It's not impossible. Setting aside AI, I think the chance of it being the Swarm is smaller. Logically, a universe should only have one Swarm. Now we have one here, and Chi Jia has another. If the Fallen Empire is also the Swarm, things would really be messed up."

Bai Siying added to the chaos, laughing, "No one has seen a person from the Galactic Empire, nor has anyone seen the so-called Galactic Emperor. Wow, it's all so mysterious, really fires up one's curiosity."

Han Jiaxue touched her daughter's head, and her scared child immediately clammed up. Han Jiaxue said, "Right now, it's unclear whether the Fallen Empire has the ability to enter Orion Arm, the territory of the United Empire."

Bai Zhongqi's expression became slightly tense. "This is what I'm most worried about. If it were just a space battle, it wouldn't matter. But if the Fallen Empire aims to eradicate the entire Iridium Star United Empire, and they have the capacity to enter the temporarily sealed Orion Arm, that would be very bad for the Iridium Star United Empire. We need to defend thousands of planets and might face significant losses. If the enemy conducts a war of attrition against our population and industrial capabilities, it would be very disadvantageous for us."

He crossed his hands, his expression solemn, "In this war, almost all civilizations might become our enemies, the entire Galaxy will be against us. We might find no allies, no other assistance, we will be the true pariahs of the Galaxy."

He gave a bitter smile, "This feeling of being the enemy of the world, it really is not good."

Finally, the Chancellor stood up, looking out at the vast planet outside the Iridium Star Ship, his second homeland, the Iridium Star, he spoke slowly but forcefully, "Well then, being the enemy of the world be it, pariah of the Galaxy or not, the people of Iridium Star will continue to fight for their survival and development in the Galaxy. I won't fall, and Iridium Star won't fall either."