Chapter 528: The Urgent Situation

In a distant Earth No. 1, inside a huge base.

"System is starting up."

"The boarding channel has been opened."

"The spaceship is starting to take off."

"I wish you a pleasant journey."

A cold mechanical voice rang out inside the spaceship. This spaceship, filled with people, began to fly toward the cold universe.

"Ma Kusi, tell me, what is the new Earth?" Jessica played with her doll inside the spaceship. The face of that doll was none other than Ye Nan.

"The new Earth isn't actually called Earth; it's just that when their language is translated, it becomes Earth. However, I suggest you'd better use 'Earth No. 4' instead, otherwise, with your IQ, after a long time, you'll be confused." Ma Kusi suggested.

Earth No. 1, Earth No. 2, Earth No. 3, Earth No. 4—only in this way could they be distinguished. Otherwise, if everyone was called Earth, after talking for a long time, one would get dizzy.

"Then how is Earth No. 4?" Jessica asked again.

"It's about the same as Earth before the end of the world. The environment is much better than Earth No. 1 and Earth No. 2, and the population is also much better. This time, when you go over, you are to pacify the people of the Human Federation and let them develop a sense of identification with the Space-Time Empire. Even if they don't develop identification, they must not be repelled. Of course, if some people are truly stubborn, just let them shut up forever."

Ma Kusi said aggressively.

On the planet Pandora, Ma Kusi was called the "Demon Queen" by the indigenous Na'vi people because she manipulated robots and launched cruel suppressions against the indigenous Na'vi people more than once. She was called the Demon Queen, meaning the most ferocious demon.

"These have nothing to do with me." Jessica hugged the doll and had no interest in Ma Kusi's words, "What I'm interested in is when I can see my brother."

"About a few days' time. After all, the Ion Spark technology has only just been applied to warships; the specific speed is hard to calculate."

"Long time no see, Mr. Peters."

Ye Nan sat on a chair. Standing in front of him was none other than Peters, the rescuer of the Human Federation stationed at the Pan-Galactic Alliance.

However, compared to the arrogant Peters from before, the current Peters was much more disheveled. Beneath his neat attire was an expression of sorrow and fear. Facing Ye Nan, he didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

"You weren't like this when you were in front of me before."

"Spare me." Peters suddenly knelt down, saying with tears in his eyes, "Please, spare me. I don't want to die."

Peters didn't want to die, so when he saw the situation was bad, he planned to take a space warship to escape. But unfortunately, he had just walked to the airport where the warship was docked when he encountered the robots who had been waiting there long ago and was brought back.

Even though he was in despair, he still didn't dare to die because in his heart, he was still hoping for a miracle, hoping that a miracle would happen and Ye Nan would spare him.

"It was my fault before. I shouldn't have been arrogant in front of you. I am just a dog, just a fart. Please spare me."

He really didn't want to die. Even ants cling to life, let alone a human like him.

"Do you know what those marshals in the military did?" Ye Nan didn't respond directly to Peters' plea but instead brought up an unrelated topic.

Without waiting for Peters to answer, Ye Nan said to himself, "They committed suicide by shooting themselves."

"Is it strange? Suspecting that I did it? Actually, no. To be honest, their suicide makes me admire them because they had the courage to commit suicide."

It wasn't just the military; there was also Councilor Kairisi. However, because Councilor Kairisi was under strict surveillance by Yilisi, the suicide didn't succeed.

"They all had this courage, but only you didn't. How do you think I see you?"

"Don't kill me." Peters seemed to realize his own end. He collapsed on the ground, his eyes dull, repeating that one sentence, "Don't kill me," over and over again.

Seeing him like this, Ye Nan couldn't help but frown, "You really disappoint me too much."

"What?" A glimmer of light suddenly returned to the depths of Peters' eyes. "Disappoint me too much" was a reprimand on the surface, but from another angle, wasn't it also holding a glimmer of hope for him?

Knowing that Ye Nan held hope for him, Peters suddenly became brave. The sorrow and fear on his face were swept away, replaced by a kind of hope.

Some people are just like this. No matter how dark it is, no matter how terrifying the abyss they have slid into, as long as they see a glimmer of hope, they will inevitably sweep away all their fear and then follow the hope, wanting to find it.

"As long as you don't kill me, I can complete all your orders." Peters said solemnly. Even if he were asked to kill Kairisi, he would do it without hesitation. Although he hadn't heard the saying "let the friend die, not the self," he understood the principle.

"Very good. You will continue to serve as your rescuer." Ye Nan patted Peters on the shoulder and encouraged him.

Because Councilor Kairisi had the courage to commit suicide, Ye Nan temporarily changed his plan. He converted the concept of merging the Human Federation into the Space-Time Empire into the Space-Time Empire merging into the Human Federation. In this way, no matter what Kairisi said outside, he couldn't stop this trend because the dominance had fallen from Kairisi's hands into Ye Nan's hands.

After the merger, on the surface, Councilor Kairisi was the supreme leader, and Ye Nan was a step below him. But in reality, everyone maintaining the operation of the entire Human Federation was Ye Nan's people. In this way, the real power was still in his hands.

It was like a constitutional monarchy; on the surface, the Emperor was the supreme leader, but in reality, the Emperor had no real power at all.

Once the situation was settled, Ye Nan would officially rename the Human Federation the Space-Time Empire, and he would become the Emperor. By then, this would be an internal political struggle, not a war between civilizations.

However, this method was very cumbersome and required a certain amount of time, and it also carried some risks. If he weren't afraid of Councilor Kairisi telling the truth in front of the people from the Pan-Galactic Alliance, he wouldn't have resorted to this desperate measure.

Peters heard Ye Nan tell him to continue serving as the rescuer and immediately looked at Ye Nan in disbelief. His lips trembled, and he made a trembling sound, "You said, I can continue to serve as the rescuer?"

What was a rescuer? It was a member representing a civilization stationed at the Pan-Galactic Alliance. This task, although not having much power, had a lofty status and also represented a meaning—a meaning that Ye Nan accepted him.

If what Ye Nan said was true, then not only would he not have a fatal disaster, but he would also have a trend of rising to prominence.

The status of a rescuer within the Pan-Galactic Alliance was determined by the civilization he represented. If the civilization was strong, he had confidence; if the civilization was not strong, he lacked confidence.

"Of course." Ye Nan nodded affirmatively. He also had no choice. Since he decided to let the Space-Time Empire integrate into the Human Federation, the candidate for rescuer would not change. And Peters had been a rescuer for so many years and could be considered to understand the Pan-Galactic Alliance. Replacing him rashly would require quite a bit of time just to get familiar with the environment.

Of course, the most important thing was that he had already beaten Peters into submission. He believed that Peters would definitely not have any second thoughts, at least not in the short term.

"However, you need to pay attention to some things." Ye Nan shifted his body to sit more comfortably, "Regarding the Pan-Galactic Alliance, Yilisi will come to ask you in a while. You need to tell Yilisi everything. You must not have the slightest concealment."

When it came to analysis, Ye Nan couldn't compare to Yilisi, so he directly let Yilisi ask Peters and then just looked at Yilisi's report.

"I definitely will." Peters promised. Having survived a disaster, he suddenly became active and, at a very fast speed, changed his stance, turning himself into a person of the Space-Time Empire, serving the Space-Time Empire in every move.

He deeply understood that just saying he pledged allegiance to the Space-Time Empire with his mouth wasn't enough. He understood the principle of "when the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked."

An outsider is always an outsider. Even if they have made contributions, they are still an outsider. Unless this outsider becomes one of their own, in this way, the tragedy of being settled accounts with after the autumn will not happen. This was Peters' survival wisdom.

"Your Majesty, actually, there is one thing I have always wanted to tell you." Rescuer Peters said, "Recently, the Pan-Galactic Alliance has increased its attack intensity on the Zerg, and they are calculating battle merits. You can use battle merits to exchange for technology."

Peters continued, "We have fought against the Zerg on Planet K many times and have defeated them many times. I think we can completely go to the Pan-Galactic Alliance to exchange for technology."

"But how should battle merits be calculated?" Ye Nan raised the question.

The Pan-Galactic Alliance didn't have anyone to monitor the killing of bugs, and they didn't have the bugs' heads either. Think about it, there were so many bugs on the battlefield. If all the heads of the dead bugs were cut off, the quantity would be so large that he wouldn't know where to pile them.

"However, the bug corpses on that planet can be utilized a bit." Ye Nan thought to himself. In the process of capturing the Brain Bug, he fought with the Zerg Lord Harris, resulting in the extinction of everything on a planet except the Brain Bug. If the Pan-Galactic Alliance could use bugs to calculate battle merits and then exchange for technology data, he would definitely transport those things over.

"Battle merits are calculated through two methods. The first is using high-level Zerg, including high-level Zerg like Brain Bugs. These living high-level Zerg count for more battle merits than dead high-level Zerg."

"The second is Zerg on a planetary scale. By launching attacks on planets occupied by Zerg, the Zerg on each planet are wiped out. Of course, when we launch a war, we need the intelligent brain to monitor it. However, the previous ones can be reported directly. It just so happens that the Pan-Galactic Alliance is sending people to handle the merger of the two civilizations. We can invite them to watch the Zerg battlefield."

"Can it be reported at will? It looks like the people of the Pan-Galactic Alliance are disguisedly improving our strength." Ye Nan thought to himself. If he wanted to, he could easily fake a few battlefields and then say the Zerg on this planet had been wiped out by himself, using this method to accumulate battle merits and thus obtain a large amount of technology.

If it were in the past, this would be almost impossible. One must know that whether it was the Zerg or other civilizations, for the civilization that organized the Pan-Galactic Alliance, they were all opponents. The former needed to be killed off, and the latter needed to be suppressed.

That was why there was a form of needing a large amount of resources to exchange for technology. After all, if they were sincerely wanting to help other civilizations, they would give technology for free, not sell it in a commercial form.

But now it was different. The Pan-Galactic Alliance allowed these civilizations to report at will. This would inevitably lead to major civilizations frantically lying about battle merits to exchange for technology data. In this way, the technology of the civilizations within the Pan-Galactic Alliance would be greatly improved. At the same time, their strength would also be narrowed. This was not a good thing for those highest-level civilizations.

But even so, they still did this. The meaning hidden behind this was something Ye Nan couldn't help but ponder deeply.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be that the Zerg have launched a large-scale attack." Ye Nan murmured.

All along, the Zerg and the Pan-Galactic Alliance had had small wars constantly but no major wars, and overall, it was still peaceful. But judging from the orders issued by several high-level civilizations of the Pan-Galactic Alliance, the two sides should have torn off their masks, and the situation of the local civilizations in the galaxy was not good. That was why this method of almost giving away for free to improve civilization technology appeared. Ye Nan believed that before long, these civilizations would let other civilizations participate in the war, and the bait for participating in the war would still be high-level technology.

"Harris, you finally couldn't help it after all." Ye Nan almost wanted to laugh out loud.

War is the graveyard of civilians and the battlefield of heroes. For Ye Nan, the more intense the war, the greater the benefits he could obtain from it. Don't you see the First and Second World Wars on Earth in the past life? Americans used various commercial methods to obtain gold and other precious metals from European countries.

Now Ye Nan could do the same, only what he wanted was not gold, but technology data.

"Fight, fight, the more intense the fight, the better. Only when you fight until both sides are injured can my Space-Time Empire rise and then devour you, becoming the true Master of Science Fiction."

"Harris, you want to kill me, annex my technology, and let yourself transcend many movie plots to become the Master of Science Fiction, but I just won't let you have your way. I will watch step by step as you fall into the abyss of war."

Ye Nan clenched his fists. On the surface, he had only one enemy, and that was the Zerg Lord Harris. But in reality, he didn't just have Harris as an enemy; he had many, many enemies—the high-level civilizations in the galaxy, and the endless movie plots. He absolutely had reason to believe that he had not yet jumped out of the big circle of movie plots.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Peters looked cautiously at Ye Nan, whose face was deep in thought one moment, happy the next, and then fighting spirit high the next. He was afraid that the backer he had just found had suddenly gone crazy, although this seemed like a fantasy, it couldn't be ruled out.

"Nothing." Ye Nan waved his hand and returned to his calm state. (To be continued.) ===== CHAPTER 529 =====