Galaxy Domination Guide-Chapter 629 - 615 Third Universe
Lower city district, several mysterious vassals were holding a secret meeting in a windowless room.
The skinny man wearing a work cap asked his companion, "Did you see it this morning? It seemed like cheers were coming from the Inner City, and then the whole Inner City was completely sealed off, even the heads of the military families at the City Government were withdrawn into the Inner City."
The man with small braids and some fine, raised keratinous bumps on his forehead speculated, "Could it be that the Silver Feather Army is planning to give up control of Holy Star and surrender to the Zhalan people?"
The skinny man shook his head, "But that wouldn't justify cheering all morning as if they've gone mad."
Another muscular brute said, "No matter what, as soon as the fleets of the Zhalan Civilization arrive, the Silver Feather Army is finished. Our revolution will have succeeded by then, and we will be the ones in charge of Holy Star."
Yet the skinny man was far less optimistic. He said, "We can't be sure how the Zhalan people will deal with Holy Star afterward. Of course, the best outcome would be for us vassals to become the new lords of Holy Star, and slightly worse, we might become a direct vassal of the Zhalan Civilization. Either of these outcomes would be easiest for us to accept, but if the Zhalan's aim is simply to acquire the technology of the Silver Feather Army and treat us the same, or even worse, then we stand to lose more than we'd gain."
The man with braids voiced his alarm, "Could such a scenario really happen?"
The skinny man shook his head, "Who knows. We secretly collaborate with the Zhalan people to overthrow the Silver Feather Army. On the surface, the Zhalan people promise us many benefits, but whether they can deliver on those promises is another matter."
Finally, he added, "But as long as there's a possible way out, we must try it."
——Dividing Line——
Inside the Governor's Mansion, Bai Zhongqi was hosting a grand banquet with the high-ranking members and representatives of the Silver Feather Army. The Silver Feather Army now differed greatly from what he had remembered; it had absorbed a lot of things from the vassals, such as culinary culture. Bai Zhongqi was quite intrigued by the variety of foods presented at the banquet.
This banquet with nearly a hundred tables was both formal and informal. Bai Zhongqi began by encouraging the attendees, with many from the Silver Feather Army getting choked up during his speech. But Bai Zhongqi was very much into the Chinese banquet culture. After three rounds of drinks and five courses of food, he started to carry his cup and toast the representatives of the Silver Feather Army at each table.
The scene was quite comical, however, because every time he approached a table, the members of the Silver Feather Army would first kneel to pay their respects in a flurry, and in the end, they would carefully hold the cup with both hands to drink with the Chancellor.
Given Bai Zhongqi's current constitution, alcohol no longer had much effect on him, but the formality still had to be maintained.
After paying his respects, it had taken him more than three hours before he finally returned to his own table. Seated at this table were Zero, Han Jiaxue, Xu Lanzhou, and then the upper echelons of the Silver Feather Army.
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By this time, Qi Xiao and the other high-ranking members of the Silver Feather Army were much more composed than when they first saw Bai Zhongqi. Bai Zhongqi had taken them to see Earth in the Virtual Universe of the Golden Great Sail Ship, where he had assembled a new batch of Swarm Ships. After the conclusion of the Seventeenth Great Battle, the Swarm had lost more than ten thousand warships, but Zero replenished them quickly. Now, Bai Zhongqi had created five fully staffed Strategic Fleet groups, with a total combat vessel scale of more than fifty thousand ships.
Such a fleet size was unimaginable for the civilizations in the plane that Bai Zhongqi had now named the Third Universe, which were content with their lot. The situation in the Third Universe was somewhat similar to that of the First Universe, but this stellar system was not the Milky Way Galaxy, but an irregular galaxy called the Snow Dragon Galaxy, which had no apparent galactic core nor clear structure. The number of civilizations here might not match even a fraction of those in the Second Universe, and the level of civilization development was generally not high. There were a few High-Level Civilizations, but without exception, they were not aggressive. More were like the Mid-Level Civilizations of the Zhalan Civilization.
Bai Zhongqi had confirmed that there were no other Elder Races in the Third Universe. This was not his connected universe, but because of his arrival, it had already synchronized the time flow with the Second Universe. Originally, eighteen years had passed in the Second Universe, while a thousand years had elapsed here. Since his arrival, ignoring the distortion of time by large-mass celestial bodies, the average rate of time flow was now aligned between the two.
"From what I've heard," Bai Zhongqi said, "the Zhalan Civilization has exploited and driven the Silver Feather Army for a thousand years, which has caused me great dissatisfaction. The pain inflicted upon the Silver Feather Army by the Zhalan Civilization will be avenged by me on your behalf. After I find the last Knight of Destiny, I will restart the First Universe. At that time, I will also temporarily move Earth to the First Universe. If the Silver Feather Army is willing, I can bestow upon you one of the richest planets as your stronghold and take you to the First Universe."
Bai Zhongqi's offer of compensation was nothing if not generous.
However, Qi Xiao shook his head and declined, "Your Majesty, the Silver Feather Army is immensely grateful and we will remember your graciousness in our hearts. However, we have come to regard Holy Star as our homeland, where every city was built with the blood and sweat of our forebears. We are willing to shift Holy Star to the First Universe, but we also hope to continue to serve Your Majesty and establish our achievements in the Third Universe."
Bai Zhongqi nodded and smiled, saying, "Of course, now that we are here, we cannot let this Universe go to waste. After moving Holy Star, you can also leave behind some personnel to establish new strongholds here. For example, you can take over the Zhalan people's territory entirely."
Yet Qi Xiao declined this arrangement as well. He said, "The mission of the Silver Feather Army is to serve as Your Majesty's personal army and battle on your behalf, wherever you go. If we move Holy Star to the First Universe and set up other planetary strongholds for the Silver Feather Army in the Third Universe separately, over time, they will develop differences with Holy Star and may even break away from the Silver Feather Army. Moreover, I believe that is not the ambition of every Silver Feather Army member."
Bai Zhongqi, understanding their mindset after such communication, then stated, "Very well, let us first defeat the incoming Zhalan Civilization fleet at Holy Star, and then we shall conquer the Zhalan Civilization. Afterward, I will move Holy Star to the First Universe."
"Thank you for your graciousness," Qi Xiao said.
After some thought, Bai Zhongqi asked, "How do you plan to handle the vassal people here? After moving back to the First Universe, Holy Star can receive technological support from both the Iridium Star and the Swarm, two Level-27 Civilizations, and the overall economic structure of the planet can change, with a great number of robots replacing the workforce."
Qi Xiao's expression turned slightly grim, and he said, "Although not all the vassal people are disloyal to us in the Silver Feather Army, there are those who have benefited from us yet do not wish to be managed by us. It would be better for such vassal people to leave Holy Star. I respectfully request that Your Majesty properly discipline these blind fools."
