Jiang Xingchen was sizing up the Queen of the Kante people in front of her, who was pushed to the throne by Luo Gang.
What should I say...
If it were just the author and could only see his upper body across the conference table...
Judging from human standards, she is indeed a beauty, even somewhat like a two-dimensional girl.
However, when the table was opened, Jiang Xingchen said he really couldn't accept those long legs.
Is this a long-legged tribe?
I couldn't help but complain in my heart.
"Queen, I heard that you have something urgent to do with me. What is it?"
After coming back to his senses, Jiang Xingchen also directly got to the point.
Opposite me, Lan nodded and immediately took out a small device.
Jiang Xingchen was not nervous about this behavior.
When approaching her and entering the Star, without her knowledge, the fleet had already scanned her body and determined that she did not carry any dangerous items.
What Lan took out was a virtual projection device from the Kingdom of Conte.
After a slight touch, a star map was displayed in the conference room.
Jiang Xingchen was not unfamiliar with this star map, because it was the Small Magellanic Cloud star map previously provided by the Kingdom of Kante.
About 60% of them are home to nearly 800 million stars.
The remaining 40% has nothing.
If it weren't for Ouyang Qing's speculation just now, Jiang Xingchen would still think that these places are areas that have not yet been explored by the Kingdom of Kante.
But now...
"Commander Jiang, this is the star map currently held by our Kingdom of Kante."
"Public..."
Looking at the star map, Lan explained.
Then, three more words were added.
Public...
It seems that Ouyang Qing's speculation is indeed correct. The Kingdom of Kante knows some of the conditions in that area.
"So, what about the non-public ones?"
"If it's not public..."
The next moment, the star map changed.
In that area where there was nothing originally, a large number of stars appeared, and the density was even higher than in other places, much higher.
"Your Majesty, could you please explain?"
"Of course you can, but before that, I hope that the Federation can agree to some of our kingdom's requests. After all, our kingdom may not be able to bear the consequences of making this part of the content public."
"Interesting, tell me?"
Jiang Xingchen nodded and said.
"Actually, except for one civilization in the Small Magellanic Cloud, all the information on the other civilizations is available in the information we provided."
"And the remaining civilization exists in this private area, and it is also the most mysterious civilization in the entire galaxy."
"The name of this civilization is...the Masar Empire."
Massar Empire?
Why is this name so familiar?
Wait, that's not the one in the Large Magellanic Cloud...
Jiang Xingchen frowned slightly.
The Marsar Empire was originally a fourth-level technological civilization in the Great Magellanic Galaxy.
Creator of nanomechanical life.
He is also the indirect creator of Ghost.
The reason why it is said to be indirect is because the actual creator of Ghost, Stanley Bennet, was born in the Massar Empire.
After he was exiled for violating taboos, he created the ghost clan.
At the same time, the outcome of the Masar Empire is something that the Federation has not figured out yet.
According to the records of Stanley's intelligence computer, after the Masar people created nano-mechanical life, they once defeated the ghost clan and were unable to fight back.
Even regained all areas except Alecta.
Before our eyes, the ghost clan will be completely eradicated.
But just as the troops were approaching the city, they were about to give Stanley the final blow.
The entire Masar Empire disappeared.
Not only the people, but also all traces of their civilization have disappeared.
And the nano-mechanical life received the final order from the Masar people.
All returned to the Diami star field and strictly abided by the three core instructions.
Everything is a mystery.
However, now Jiang Xingchen heard this name again from Lan's mouth.
His expression suddenly became much more serious.
That was a civilization that had reached the pinnacle of the fourth level ten thousand years ago and had even begun to charge towards the fifth level.
This is no joke.
"Your Majesty the Queen, how much do you know about the Massar Empire?"
"Not much is known, but the Masar Empire has existed since the recorded interstellar history of our kingdom, and it can be traced back to at least 3,000 years ago."
Lan shook his head and said.
"Commander Jiang, although we don't know much, we do know some things, and we also have some things that may be of great help to the Federation. So, what I just said..."
"What do you want?"
"We want to complete the demolition as soon as possible and leave this galaxy as soon as possible. At the same time, the key items we provide to the federation in the future can be exchanged for a part of the points according to their value to the federation."
"Can!"
Without any hesitation, Jiang Xingchen nodded in agreement.
He could roughly guess what Lan was worried about.
After all, even if something went wrong, the Federation could just walk away, but they couldn't.
This is human nature and is not an excessive request.
"Give us all the information you know about the Masar Empire, and I can make the decision to immediately start your demolition work in the Federation."
"At the same time, for the key items you mentioned, we will also give enough affiliated civilization points based on their value."
Hearing this, Lan felt happy.
That's enough!
"Then, let me tell you all the information our kingdom knows..."
With every piece of information, every piece of even very old images, coupled with Lan's constant explanations.
It took a full half hour before it was finally over.
After hearing this, Jiang Xingchen's expression became much more solemn.
"So, where are the key items you just mentioned?"
"Actually... our kingdom has secretly preserved a damaged warship from the Masar Empire. Although it has been hundreds of years ago, our kingdom's scientists still fail to understand the technology used on it."
As he spoke, under Lan's control, a battleship was also projected.
It was a silver-white double-pyramid battleship, and every section of its exterior was extremely smooth, like a work of art.
However, the data on the screen shows that this battleship is not large.
Only 300 meters in length.
However, Jiang Xingchen will not underestimate this battleship because of its small size.
Ever since he heard about space storage technology from Shen Yuhao, he had thought about it.
Does the birth of this technology represent the future development direction of warships, which will be a trend of miniaturization?
After all, with this technology, there is no longer a need to build warships very large in order to accommodate those large equipment.
Therefore, for Tier 4 civilizations and below, the bigger the battleships are, the more powerful they are.
As for the fourth-order civilization and above, to a large extent...
The smaller the battleship, the stronger it is!
After all, the smaller the battleship, the greater the civilization's utilization of space technology.
"Very good, hand over this battleship to us, and the Federation will reward the Kingdom of Kante with a large number of points."
"Commander Jiang, if possible, can you exchange these points for more star systems after the demolition?"
"Huh? You don't want points, but star systems?"
"Yes, to tell you the truth, after getting the points, we are also planning to use the half-price opportunity to acquire more star systems during this demolition, if possible..."
"How about ten times the compensation and giving it to you according to the star system?"
"Is this...really?"
Originally, Lan just asked casually.
See if you can get more by asking for star systems directly than by getting points and exchanging them for half the price.
Didn't have high hopes.
As a result, Jiang Xingchen's reaction was tenfold as soon as he opened his mouth.
Nine star systems become ninety star systems.
Is this really a joke?
However, he did not know that perhaps all affiliated civilizations believed that it would be more cost-effective to exchange all points for star systems during demolition.
But to the Federation, the star system is the least valuable.
After waiting for the expansion of a wave of satellite galaxies, the Federation will have twelve satellite galaxies on hand.
In addition to the Large Magellanic Cloud currently occupied by the Federation and the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy, which serves as the headquarters of the pioneering fleet, there are ten other galaxies.
What is the human population today?
About less than 800 billion!
To put it bluntly, this population is far from enough to fully develop the galaxy.
On this point, calculations have been made within the federation.
To fully develop the Milky Way, a population of at least twenty trillion is needed.
Therefore, within a few decades, the Federation...
There is simply no manpower to develop so many star systems.
What to do?
It's very simple. If you don't have the manpower to develop it, let the affiliated civilization do it.
What the Federation has to do is to "reasonably" and "legally" intercept a large part of their development results from the subordinate civilizations.
As for those star systems.
In the eyes of the Federation, this thing is the least valuable.
As far as the Small Magellanic Cloud is concerned, the number of star systems is no less than 10 million.
So, 90 star systems...
How would you feel about the Federation, which has two major galaxies and twelve satellite galaxies?
No, I don't feel it at all.
Even if you lose a hair on your head, it will feel much more obvious than this.
This is why, during the demolition, the Federation will add an activity to exchange for more star systems at half price.
In the eyes of the Federation, a civilization with ten star systems exchanged all its points for scientific and technological information.
But another civilization, which also had ten star systems, used all the points in its hands to exchange for ten star systems.
The Federation definitely prefers the latter.
The former gained nothing from the federation.
For the Federation, the latter is because they have obtained more star systems and developed them.
And in the end, the Federation will also get more resources from them.
It's like that, if you want to be rich, build roads first.
The former is a one-time transaction, and the federation gets quick money.
Although the federation cannot benefit immediately from the latter, the long-term benefits will be much greater.
Therefore, regarding this issue, Jiang Xingchen could make the decision directly without asking for instructions.
Don’t want points?
Want a star system?
No problem, I’ll give you ten times the price of the demolition!
So Lan was very excited and thought it was a pie falling from the sky.
Jiang Xingchen was also very satisfied.
This is what happens within the framework of the federation's subordinate civilization.
Many times, even if the federation takes away most of it, only a little bit of soup is left for the affiliated civilizations.
But these affiliated civilizations still think this is a win-win situation.
Even win more yourself.
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the next day.
After a closed-door meeting of federal high-level officials.
The following decisions were made.
First, give the Kingdom of Kant in the Small Magellanic Cloud a priority opportunity for demolition, and give it ten times the star system compensation, and at the same time, allow it to make its own choices within the specified area.
Second, the Small Magellanic Cloud requires Jiang Xingchen to slow down his actions and collect more information.
Third, the defense fleet and guard fleet immediately stationed in the Small Magellanic System to increase the federal military strength there.
Fourth, the Central Academy of Sciences immediately formed a team and rushed to the Small Magellanic Cloud to provide technical support to Jiang Xingchen.
Fifth, all Pangu-class battleships built by the Federation in the next three years will be prioritized and allocated to the direct fleet of the pioneering fleet, and the direct fleet establishment will be filled up as quickly as possible, which is 10,000 warships.
Sixth, just in case, the Federation began to recruit three million mercenary warships from affiliated civilizations to form the second batch of mercenary fleets.
As these orders were issued.
The entire federation was operating at high speed.