Chapter 113

Topaz couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

The power of the Celestial Disaster Empire was not without reason.

Their civilization possessed an extraordinary passion for development.

Yet, Topaz still felt a bit strange.

"Does the Celestial Disaster Empire really intend to dismantle planets from over a dozen star systems to build a Dyson Sphere?"

Topaz couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Although she admired the enterprising spirit of the Celestial Disaster Empire, as a member of the IPC, Topaz cared more about 2.0 profits and returns.

Clearly, the Dyson Sphere project undertaken by the Celestial Disaster Empire was a massive investment; while the profits were equally enormous, it might not be worth it.

Topaz couldn't help but shake her head.

Such an engineering design would make investors choke with rage and construction crews want to commit suicide.

No wonder Dyson Spheres only existed in theory throughout the universe, with no civilization truly attempting to build one—

"Huh?"

Just at this moment, the scene on the light screen changed.

A ship, not particularly large, was dragging something as it slowly sailed into the star system...

Topaz hurriedly cast her gaze over, and then...

She widened her eyes.

"So this is the way they solved it?!"

"This is just too outrageous!"

107. 【I picked this up!】

"So this is the way they solved it?!"

"This is just too outrageous!"

Topaz stared in astonishment at the scene on the light screen.

It wasn't just Topaz; countless living beings across the universe were left dumbfounded by this sight on the screen.

"Too intense! This is just too intense!"

"This?! Isn't this scene a bit too exaggerated?!"

"What on earth does the Celestial Disaster Empire want to do?"

The sentient beings across the universe couldn't help but exclaim repeatedly.

On the screen, a not-so-large Celestial Disaster Empire ship was slowly sailing into the star system.

Behind it, a powerful containment field was released, dragging something along.

As the ship's silhouette gradually became clear, the beings across the universe finally saw what this tiny ship was dragging.

Behind the ship, being dragged into the star system by the containment field... was a massive, scorching, crimson star—the sun of another star system.

This blazing sun erupted with dazzling prominences, nuclear fire burning fiercely, its light brilliant and resplendent.

Although it couldn't compare to the massive and dazzling O-type star at the center of the system,

what the tiny Celestial Disaster Empire ship had dragged into the system was undoubtedly a real star.

"Holy crap, a tiny ship pulling a giant star!"

"The Celestial Disaster Empire actually captured a star and dragged it into this system?!"

"Why do they need to drag in another star?! Isn't one enough?"

The beings across the universe watched this chaotic scene, exclaiming in shock.

They had actually transported a star directly.

"It's a G-type star; the suns of most civilizations are stars like this."

Asta looked at the scene on the light screen with a somewhat confused expression.

"The Celestial Disaster Empire... where did they grab a sun from?!"

Just as Asta was speaking,

the scene on the light screen changed.

The view shifted to a star system.

The strange thing about this system was that it no longer had a star.

Having lost the star's gravitational tether, the planets within were rapidly cooling and drifting away from their original orbits, scurrying about everywhere.

One of the planets seemed to have once hosted a civilization.

Only now, the buildings and the inhabitants upon it had all been frozen into blocks of ice.

As the scene on the light screen zoomed in,

the beings across the universe saw the inhabitants frozen into ice blocks clearly.

They were a group of starfish.

These starfish still maintained the posture they had the moment before they were frozen, looking up at the sky with eyes full of confusion and bewilderment,

as if saying: Where is my sun? Where did you take my sun?!

"Now we know where the Celestial Disaster Empire found a sun."

"It's lamentable; the starfish are still such unlucky bastards."

"The Celestial Disaster Empire really can't forget about the starfish!"

The moment the starfish appeared, the beings across the universe couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Once upon a time, they would have pitied the starfish, thinking they were truly miserable,

but now, they only mocked the starfish for having such bad luck again.

Watching the starfish on the light screen, Topaz faintly felt she had spotted a business opportunity.

"Hiss, these starfish seem quite popular across the universe now, even if they are comic relief characters."

Topaz muttered to herself.

"If I invest in building a factory to produce a batch of starfish dolls for stress relief and beating..."

"... I might just make a fortune."

Just as Topaz was muttering, the sharp and annoying voice of a starfish rang out from the light screen.

【"The 23rd Republic of Starfish strongly condemns the Empire's actions."】

【"The Empire ignored the laws enacted by the Interastral Peace Corporation and forcibly stole a star within the territory of the 23rd Republic of Starfish."】

【"This has led to the deaths of a large number of starfish; it is simply lawless!"】

【"Condemn! Strongly condemn! We propose that the Interastral Peace Corporation sanction the Empire!"】

The starfish representative pointed at the indifferent Imperial representative in the massive parliamentary hall and scolded.

Listening to the starfish's clamor, the beings across the universe couldn't help but raise their eyebrows; they noticed something interesting.

"Why is it the 23rd Republic? Hasn't the starfish nation been wiped out twenty-three times by the Celestial Disaster Empire?"

"Could it be that every time the Celestial Disaster Empire wipes out the starfish, they deliberately leave a few behind, waiting for them to get fat before wiping them out again?"

"Has wiping out the starfish become a traditional project for the Celestial Disaster Empire?!"

"The greatest respect in the universe is to kill them all, and the greatest insult is probably not even bothering to wipe them out completely."

The beings across the universe mocked the starfish.

Just then, someone with sharp eyes noticed that

the hall on the light screen was filled with many seats,

and sitting in the seats were some aliens and humans, seemingly some kind of interstellar conference.

The beings across the universe couldn't help but feel curious.

Just at this moment, a line of text lit up on the light screen.

【Interastral Peace Corporation: A galaxy-wide, semi-administrative coalition where every member can vote on motions that affect all other member states.】

Seeing this, the beings across the universe couldn't help but be a bit surprised.

"The world where the Celestial Disaster Empire resides actually has such an interstellar organization?!"

"An organization formed by the union of civilizations across the entire star sector? Can it sanction the Celestial Disaster Empire?"

"Interastral Peace Corporation? Why can't we try something like this in our universe?"

The beings across the universe were all curious, wondering how the Celestial Disaster Empire's representative would respond to the starfish's condemnation.

And how would the Celestial Disaster Empire's diplomat strike back at the starfish?