Chapter 464

Furthermore, they attached an outrageously long casualty list and warship damage report, with data accurate to two decimal places; just looking at it makes one's heart ache.

Finally, the report underwent a sublime upgrade, filled with the spirit of selfless civilism.

【To prevent such disasters from recurring and affecting innocent star regions, our Yanhuang Civilization is willing to transfer control of the blockade zone's external permissions free of charge to the Universal Alliance Council! To be jointly supervised by higher civilizations! Even if we shed all our blood, we will guard the peace of this universe!】

This script is edited so well, it's utterly seamless.

It portrays the Yanhuang Civilization as a brave, resourceful, big-picture-oriented, even somewhat tragic heroic figure.

As for that rule pulse that shocked the entire Alliance?

The report also offhandedly explained: it is the 'energy remnant generated by activating the Rule Altar,' a necessary sacrifice.

Everything seemed so reasonable and logical, a closed loop.

The old foxes on the Council, although their intuition told them something was off,

But looking at this report, with 'solid evidence' and 'sincere attitude' to the extreme, they couldn't find a single flaw.

More importantly, the Yanhuang Civilization 'voluntarily' handed over control of the altar.

Although it was merely an external permit, this gesture was fully carried out!

This directly silenced everyone; anyone who dares to question further is disregarding the bigger picture and breaking the hero's heart.

"Looks... we really underestimated their methods."

Wo Xiling looked at the report and let out a faint sigh.

She certainly didn't believe the Yanhuang Civilization had really become that miserable, but she was certain of one thing: the Yanhuang Civilization definitely held some trump card they couldn't comprehend.

Since they gave us a step up and even submitted a letter of allegiance, we might as well go along with it.

……

And deep within the Mist Corridor.

Inside the bridge of the Pangu, the atmosphere was completely different from that of the Alliance side, as if celebrating a festival.

"This move is truly brilliant! Brilliant enough to reach the atmosphere!"

Brother Han looked at the Alliance's sent 'special commendation order' and laughed until his thighs were about to swell.

"We not only stashed the biggest treasure in our own pockets, the meat rotting in the pot, and we even got a free cosmic peacekeeper's banner! This round we're winning big!"

Zhou Yunhai also couldn't help but lift the corners of his mouth, revealing a relieved smile.

At this moment, the enormous Rule Altar outside the window had fully opened its embrace to the Yanhuang fleet.

That will, which originally wanted to kill, now not only does not attack but has become a loyal guardian,

driving away all the dimensional mist around the altar, forming a safe zone.

The Yanhuang Civilization has become the sole 'insider' of this eighth‑level civilization relic.

Moreover, Qin Hao's system interface popped up a series of dazzling prompts.

【Mark identification successful.】

【The Rule Will has classified the Yanhuang Civilization as a native entity.】

【The mimicry agreement has been deeply optimized according to the altar's rules, with mimicry fusion degree increased to 100%.】

Most importantly, the last one is:

【Warning: A fragmentary piece of information about the "Time Rule" has been intercepted from the altar's core database, containing a high‑risk time‑reversal theoretical model; please handle with care!】

Qin Hao looked at the red warning about "time reversal", and his previously relaxed expression vanished instantly.

This is the real highlight of this operation.

It is not the altar itself, nor the Alliance's hollow accolades, but this key that can reach into the "time" domain.

Time is the universe's most fundamental taboo.

Only a ninth‑level civilization can possess this technology.

He gave a faint smile and casually closed the system interface.

"Time reversal……"

Qin Hao's fingers lightly tapped the command table, producing a rhythmic "duk-duk" sound.

This is a Pandora's box.

Once opened, it could bring either omnipotent power that overturns everything, or a causal‑law weapon that invites destruction.

That is why the system issued a high‑risk warning.

"Don't rush; haste makes waste."

He immediately encrypted and packaged this precious yet sensitive data and sent it to Qian Yin.

"Yinyin, put all those messy projects you have on hold for now."

Qin Hao's tone was unprecedentedly grave.

"Establish a top‑secret‑level "Black Box" project team to focus on chewing through this time‑rule data."

"Remember, the goal at this stage is only one: to understand it, not to reproduce it."

"I need to know its principle, its limits, and… all possible backlash."

"If this thing goes wrong, the consequences are unimaginable."

On the other end of the communication, Qian Yin's voice was filled with uncontainable fervor and excitement—the trembling of a scientist who has glimpsed the truth.

"I understand; this is our stairway to the eighth and ninth civilizations, surpassing energy and space to directly intervene in causality and time!"

It is a staircase, but it could also be an abyss.

Qin Hao finally reminded, "You must be careful, don't fall."

Don't worry, I've got it under control.

After ending the communication, Qin Hao turned his gaze back to the light point on the star map representing the Universal Alliance.

The incident in the Misty Corridor caused a great uproar in the alliance branch.

Yanhuang Civilization's brave and selfless image, through that nearly perfect script, quickly spread to all member civilizations.

At the alliance's next council meeting, Gua Xiling felt they had seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and again proposed a new motion.

She thought she was setting up a layout, but unbeknownst to her, she was giving Yanhuang Civilization a pillow.

"Considering Yanhuang Civilization's handling of the Misty Corridor crisis, it has demonstrated outstanding ability and responsible attitude.

"I propose, to commend their contributions and ensure effective ongoing supervision of that unstable region.

Gua Xiling looked around and threw out the final decision:

"Let us formally incorporate the Misty Corridor and its surrounding dozens of star clusters into Yanhuang Civilization's administrative jurisdiction."

This proposal was immediately approved by most councilors.

In their view, this is both a favor and a way to shift the burden.

That damned Misty Corridor—who would want to take it on? Since Yanhuang Civilization has the ability and willingness to handle it, it couldn't be better.

Thus, in a friendly and harmonious atmosphere, Yanhuang Civilization's territory was once again greatly expanded.

When this news reached Qin Hao's ears, he couldn't help but laugh.

You know, each star cluster there spans tens of millions of light-years.

To just give it away like that is truly extravagant.

"They thought they were tossing us a hot potato, but they didn't realize they were personally delivering a gold mountain to our doorstep."

Qin Hao, without hesitation, immediately issued a new order.

A massive fleet composed of millions of engineering and research vessels set out mightily for the Misty Corridor.

The outward pretext is "establishing a permanent safety monitoring station to maintain regional stability."

The real task is, around the Rules Altar, to establish a secret Rules Technology Research Base of Yanhuang Civilization,

At the same time, carry out a carpet-like mining of the region's "Condensed Crystals".