Chapter 249: Shall the Divine Church Civilization Merge into the Federal?

The Church Leader's earth-shattering "assimilation and merging into you",

Like a supernova, it exploded with a boom inside the Federal military command center.

All the Federal high-ranking officials present fell into a crashed state.

What did they hear?

Does the other side's entire civilization want to merge into the Human Federal?

This sense of absurdity and shock left them somewhat at a loss.

They had imagined countless possible future relations with the Star Sea Divine Church.

From allies who used each other, to partners in name only, to outright enemies.

But they never imagined this.

A third-level civilization that has existed for hundreds of thousands of years actually proactively requested to abandon its independence and be wholly merged into the Human Federal?

This script can no longer be described as fantastical.

This is like rubbing the entire Milky Way Galaxy's civilizational history against the ground.

It's literally overturning the heavenly order!

"He... is he serious?"

Zhou Shaoqing was the first to break the silence; his voice was hoarse, his eyes full of disbelief.

"From his spiritual fluctuations, there is no component of deceit."

Intelligence Minister Kong Jie called up the data from the scan just performed on him, his expression equally grave: "His emotions are... fervent, and utterly devout."

"Crazy, these godmen have gone completely crazy."

Zhang Xianzhong slowly sat back in his chair, rubbing his temples, feeling his worldview struck by an unprecedented shock.

Only Lao Luo and Qin Hao could still maintain outward calm.

He looked at the screen, where the Church Leader still knelt on one knee, awaiting their reply, his mind racing.

Accept? Or not accept?

This is an ultimate decision capable of affecting the future course of human civilization.

Acceptance would mean the Human Federal would, overnight, swallow a colossal entity tens or even hundreds of times its own size.

The Federal's territory, population, and fleet size would all instantly surge to a terrifying extent.

This brings enormous benefits, as well as equally enormous risks.

How to manage such a massive external collective?

How to integrate?

How to ensure their loyalty does not deteriorate over time?

If any link in this chain fails, it could cause the entire Federal to collapse from within.

But not accepting?

Rejecting such a "sincere" request from a third-level civilization would likely turn this fervent student into a terrifying enemy born of love turned to hate.

This is a hot potato to the extreme.

"Come on, everyone, share your opinions." Lao Luo's voice broke the silence.

The meeting room immediately erupted into heated discussion.

The military hawk faction led by Zhou Shaoqing leaned toward acceptance.

In their view, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The risk is great, but the reward is greater.

Meanwhile, the prudent faction led by Zhang Yunfeng expressed strong concern.

They believed the Federal's current scale is insufficient to digest such a massive civilization; acting too hastily would likely cause it to burst from overfilling.

Both sides argued endlessly, neither able to convince the other.

Finally, everyone's gaze turned to Qin Hao, who had remained silent.

Qin Hao himself was also thinking, and the others' concerns made sense.

At bottom, what everyone worries about is actually just one question: Do we have the ability to subdue this new junior who is vastly larger than us?

If we have a trump card that can subdue it in one move at any time, under any circumstances,

then all the risks will cease to be risks.

He slowly raised his head.

"I agree, accept their request."

His single sentence instantly silenced the entire meeting room.

"The risk indeed exists."

Qin Hao's gaze swept over everyone: "But we cannot, for fear of bursting, give up this piece of meat delivered to our lips."

"As for the concern you all have about control..."

A confident smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Just yesterday, the Academy of Sciences sent me a new toy."

He reached out and lightly tapped the holographic screen.

An experimental video began to play.

The setting of the video is a secret weapons test site.

At the center of the test site, a previously captured Silicon-based Union warship hovered silently.

And opposite the warship, a Federal warship's hull was fitted with a peculiarly shaped device resembling a giant tuning fork.

"This is a space weapon—the Space Resonance Wave Generator—developed by Academician Qian Bowen and his team through reverse engineering, based on my initial ability to decompose matter at the microscopic level."

As Qin Hao explained, the huge "tuning fork" in the image began to emit a silent, invisible fluctuation.

No light, no heat, no energy release.

Everything was eerily silent.

However, the moment that invisible fluctuation made contact with the silicon-based warship,

a bizarre scene occurred.

That warship, tens of kilometers long and forged from sturdy material, the War Beast, disintegrated like a sand sculpture blown away by the wind.

Starting from the bow, it silently turned into a speck of the finest dust.

Then it vanished.

From every screw and plate of its construction down to the basic atomic level, it was completely disintegrated.

In just a few seconds, a massive main warship of a Third-level Civilization was destroyed like that.

The image playback ended.

The entire Federation Command Center fell so silent you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone's face was filled with a shock a hundred times stronger than when they had just heard the Church Leader's request to join.

If the might of the Divine Might Fleet were merely a matter of technology and tactics,

then this "Spatial Resonance Wave" would already be a kind of near‑rule, unreasonable dimensional strike.

"Qian Academician they… they… have done it…"

Zhang Xianzhong's voice was trembling.

"Yes, they have done it."

Qin Hao nodded calmly. "Qian Academician said this is the result of successfully weaponizing my original atomic decomposition ability through scientific means."

"The effective range of this resonance wave we have tested can cover an entire star system."

"Its frequency can be precisely adjusted according to the target material's atomic structure."

"Its energy consumption is far lower than that of a two‑dimensional foil, but its effect is devastating for any Third-level Civilization's material‑based constructs."

"Moreover, it can ignore low‑tech Spatial Shields and Energy Shields."

"Unless the opponent can transmute their matter into pure energy, or shield this resonance from the spatial rules level."

"Otherwise, before it, even the sturdiest warship or the mightiest divine body is no different from a pile of sand."

Every word Qin Hao spoke struck like a reassuring pill, hammering hard into everyone's hearts.

All those previous worries and anxieties vanished in an instant after seeing this Spatial Weapon.

Yeah, what is there left to worry about?

No matter how huge or troublesome you are, I have a button right here.

Press it, and you turn to ash.

In the face of such absolute power, any conspiracy or betrayal will be nothing but a joke.

In the end, Qin Hao stepped forward.

He rose to his feet, his face showing the confidence and dignity of the strongest of the Human Federal.

He walked to the communicator and connected with the Church Leader, who had been waiting silently outside the Command Center.

"Your Excellency, Church Leader."

"No, from now on I should address you as—Comrade Commander‑in‑Chief of the Interstellar Liberation Vanguard Army."

"Your request, I approve it on behalf of the Human Federal!"