Chapter 454: Just joined the group and they're already asking me to be an admin

Inside the council chamber of the Heavenly Palace Microcosm.

Qin Hao quietly listened to Luoge's report.

Qian Yin, Lao Luo, Zhang Yunfeng and other core senior members were also present.

"Zero-Return Disaster… it really came."

Qin Hao's voice was low.

There was no surprise on his face, as if everything had been expected.

"Chief Commander Qin, she specifically mentioned you, saying you have mastered some means to counter the Zero-Return Disaster." Luoge said.

Upon hearing this, Qin Hao understood the other party's intention.

The alliance is probing, and also trying to win us over.

"System, analyze the information provided by Wo Xiling, especially the part about the Zero-Return Disaster."

Qin Hao issued the command to the system in his mind.

【Command received, analyzing…】

The system's voice sounded in Qin Hao's mind.

Shortly after, the system's voice came again.

【Analysis complete! The information provided by Wo Xiling is highly relevant to the Zero-Return Disaster the host once encountered. Preliminary judgment: this is a different manifestation of the same power.】

【But…】

The system's voice paused.

【The system currently lacks sufficient Energy Points to fully analyze the nature, origin, and the alliance's countermeasures for the Zero-Return Disaster.】

Qin Hao's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

Insufficient Energy Points once again became the key constraint on him.

"Old Qin, what should we do?"

Qian Yin asked anxiously.

She knew how terrifying the Zero-Return Disaster was.

Qin Hao's gaze swept over those present, and his face once again showed the confidence of a master strategist.

"Since the alliance has high hopes for us, we cannot let them down." Qin Hao said.

"Little Yin, immediately organize the research team to analyze and absorb all the technologies displayed by the alliance at the tech exchange exhibition, as well as all the public data Luoge retrieved from the database."

"With the core goal of finding and fixing gaps, identify our civilization's technological weaknesses and remedy them as soon as possible."

A flash of excitement crossed Qian Yin's eyes.

This is a huge opportunity.

The alliance's technology, especially those of the seventh-level high civilizations, is the best reference data for the Yanhuang Civilization.

"Yes! I guarantee to complete the task!" Qian Yin replied loudly.

"Zhou Shaoqing, Mao Xinyang."

Qin Hao looked at the two, "The development and defense work of the Wuxian Beiji Zuo star region must be launched quickly. At the same time, we must strengthen infiltration and intelligence gathering within the alliance."

"We need to understand the alliance's operating mechanism more deeply, as well as the relationships among the various civilizations."

"Yes!" the two replied.

Now the Yanhuang Civilization stands at a new starting point.

But he is not afraid.

The potential of the Yanhuang Civilization far exceeds everyone's imagination.

"Cosmic-level disaster…"

Qin Hao murmured softly, his gaze directed toward the distant starry sky.

However, more Energy Points are needed to decipher the secret of Zero-Return.

Also, how to gain more benefits within the alliance to accumulate strength for the future of the Yanhuang Civilization.

Not long after the meeting ended.

The Yanhuang research team immediately entered a busy state, with countless data streams surging through their supercomputers,

to analyze the technological data obtained from the Cosmic Alliance.

"Director Qian, this technical report on digital intelligent life is remarkably similar to our Fuxi AI's core algorithm, but they have gone further in consciousness transmission and individual immortality."

A scientist excitedly reported to Qian Yin.

Qian Yin's gaze was sharp; her data board displayed densely packed complex formulas and charts.

"Carefully analyze their consciousness mapping technology to see if it can be combined with our 'Mythic Gene' optimization potion to enhance our citizens' mental resilience."

Qian Yin said in a deep voice.

"Also, there is the technology for large-scale rewriting of universal physical constants; although we can also achieve small-scale interference, their understanding of the rule level is deeper, focusing on studying its energy conversion efficiency and the critical point of interference range."

These technologies of the alliance civilizations are the best way for the Yanhuang Civilization to quickly find and fill gaps.

Although Qin Hao's system can directly provide a tech tree, digesting and absorbing this knowledge and integrating it into his own civilization's system still requires a long time.

Meanwhile, the alliance's demonstration provides the most intuitive example.

At the same time, Zhou Shaoqing and Mao Xinyang also began work on developing the Wuxian Beiji Zuo star region and gathering intelligence.

"Old Mao, the preliminary survey report of the Wuxian Beiji Zuo star region has come out."

"As the alliance said, this star region is vast but has complex resource distribution and also contains unstable areas."

Zhou Shaoqing said in the communication.

"These unstable areas might be exactly why the alliance assigned this star region to us."

Mao Xinyang gave a cold chuckle, "They want us to become border guards."

But for us, this is also a great opportunity.

Zhou Shaoqing took over the conversation, "We can use these unstable areas to conduct some secret experiments."

In terms of intelligence gathering, He Ge has already obtained some information about internal factional struggles and conflicts of interest within the Alliance through the Alliance's internal network.

Mao Xinyang said, "It seems that this so-called Cosmic Alliance has many internal contradictions."

This is a good thing.

A gleam of sharpness flashed in Zhou Shaoqing's eyes.

Where there are contradictions, there are opportunities. We can exploit these contradictions to gain greater benefits for the Yanhuang Civilization.

Although the Yanhuang Civilization has now joined the Alliance, they are still outsiders.

To establish a foothold in the Alliance and gain more influence, one must learn to exploit the Alliance's internal rules and contradictions.

In the depths of the Heavenly Palace Microcosm, Qin Hao once again entered the energy-absorption mode.

He needs more Energy Points to decipher the secrets of the Zero-Return Disaster.

At the same time, he used the Heavenly Net System to lock onto several nearby natural black holes for directed energy absorption.

"System, how is the Energy Points progress?" Qin Hao asked in his mind.

【Host, the current Energy Points reserve still has a huge gap from fully deciphering the Zero-Return Disaster.】

【According to calculations, even if all those black holes were converted into Energy Points, it would only complete 30% of the deciphering progress.】

The system responded.

Qin Hao's brows furrowed tightly.

"30%…… This means the complexity of the Zero-Return Disaster far exceeds my imagination."

However, there's nothing to be done; we can only spend time.

Meanwhile, while Qin Hao was in seclusion accumulating energy, the Yanhuang Civilization was busy carrying out various tasks internally,

the Cosmic Alliance interior, however, erupted in a fierce argument.

In the conference hall of the Alliance branch, hundreds of representatives of Seventh-Level Civilizations gathered together.

Their forms varied, but at this moment, every civilization representative's face was filled with anger and resentment.

The focus of the argument was a resource star region named the Sea of Starlight.

The Sea of Starlight Star Region contains an extremely rare high-dimensional energy ore, which is a key material for manufacturing Seventh-Level Civilization core weapons and driving large-dimensional devices.

The ownership of this star region has long been an unresolved dispute within the Alliance.

"The Sea of Starlight has been the territory of our Blue Crystal Civilization since ancient times! We possess the most perfect mining technology and have invested the most resources!"

The representative of the Blue Crystal Civilization, a lifeform composed entirely of blue crystals, roared angrily.

"Nonsense! The Blue Crystal Civilization merely discovered it first!

The Void-Splitting Civilization's survey report shows that the energy fluctuations of the Sea of Starlight are directly linked to our civilization's origin star system! This proves it belongs to us!"

The representative of the Void-Splitting Civilization countered without yielding.

"You greedy lot! The Sea of Starlight is clearly ownerless and should be distributed according to Alliance contribution levels."

Another civilization's representative also joined the argument.

Inside the conference hall, various languages and energy fluctuations intertwined, the atmosphere tense and ready to explode.

Multiple Seventh-Level Civilization representatives have even begun to release faint regulatory fluctuations, which could erupt into conflict at any moment.

Wo Xiling sat in a high position, her face expressionless.

This kind of argument has lasted many years, but this time it has reached an unprecedented level of intensity.

Her gaze swept over the civilizations present and finally settled on the seat of the Yanhuang Civilization.

There, He Ge sat quietly, his face showing just the right amount of confusion.

Then she felt a stir in her heart.

"Everyone!"

Wo Xiling released her powerful aura, suppressing the clamor inside the conference hall.

All civilization representatives turned their gazes toward her.

"Regarding the dispute over the ownership of the Sea of Starlight, it has gone on for too long."

"Since no side can reach agreement, I propose that the newly joined Yanhuang Civilization act as arbitrator to decide the ownership of the Sea of Starlight."

As soon as she said that, all civilization representatives were stunned.

"Let a newly promoted Seventh-Level Civilization act as arbitrator?"

"This is simply unheard of!"

The representative of the Blue Crystal Civilization was the first to raise an objection:

"Chairman! This violates the Alliance's convention! How can a newly joined civilization arbitrate our dispute? Their understanding of the Sea of Starlight is probably inferior to ours!"

The representative of the Void-Splitting Civilization also expressed opposition:

"Yeah, we don't believe they can make a fair ruling!"

However, Wo Xiling remained unmoved.

"The strength demonstrated by the Yanhuang Civilization in this trial proves they are capable of making a fair judgment."

Wo Xiling said.

"Moreover, having just joined the Alliance, they have no deep entanglements of interest with any party, making them better able to remain neutral."