The Serra Empire's capital circle, within the audience room of the Emperor Star Palace.
Imran looked at the guard half-kneeling on the ground in front of him in a daze.
"Can you say that again!"
"Yes, I encountered a counterattack by the Io Federation in Ween. It has 200,000 quasi-fourth-level warships. Later, an unknown force joined the battlefield and helped the Io Federation attack our army, and its fleet of more than 400,000 warships were all
For the fourth-level civilized warships, I have ordered the entire fleet to retreat through the Star Road. I hope Your Majesty will make preparations as soon as possible!"
"Bang!!!"
Imran slapped his palm on the table, making a loud noise, which frightened the guard who was half-kneeling and trembled uncontrollably.
"Go and call General Minister Harun to come see me!"
"yes!"
The guard stood up as if he was being pardoned and quickly retreated. After he exited the audience room, he discovered that his back was completely wet.
More than ten minutes later, Military Minister Harlan came into the audience room.
"Chen Harun has met His Majesty!"
"Harun, you should know the news about Basel, right? Can you tell me your opinion?"
"Your Majesty, if the contents of General Basel's message are true, then our empire will be in danger."
Harun said carefully while glancing at Imran.
"Your Majesty, judging from the information sent back by General Basel, there are three key points!"
"First, the Io Federation has a large number of quasi-fourth-level civilized warships, which is quite disadvantageous to us. It is likely to level our advantage again, or even turn our advantage into a disadvantage!"
"Second, there is an unknown force behind the Io Federation, and all the warships of this force are real fourth-level civilized warships, not the kind of foreign trade warships sold by the Babawi Empire, otherwise General Basel will definitely
Will explain."
"Third, the energy shield device of the Babavi Empire is not sold alone. They only sell warships, and the jump engine is prohibited equipment for sale. Therefore, the energy shield and jump engine of the Io Federation can never be Babavi's.
There is a high probability that what the empire provides is supported and provided by this new unknown force."
"Taking all the information together, it is likely that a new fourth-level civilization was born in the Orion Arm, and this civilization is supporting and arming the Io Federation. This is definitely not good news for us."
After listening to Harun's words, Imran also felt that the matter was difficult.
There is an Io Federation armed with a large amount of energy shields and jump engines, and a fourth-level civilization whose details are unknown. This is more than a third-level civilization can handle.
If there were no Io Federation, the Serra Empire would definitely immediately become a slut, but its own empire and the Io Federation have been enemies for hundreds of years, and this newly emerged fourth-level civilization is supporting the Io Federation in all aspects.
No matter how you look at it, you have no chance!
Even if one of them fails, the crisis of national annihilation is just around the corner!
"Harlan, how do you think we can survive this crisis?"
For a while, Imran couldn't think of any good countermeasures, so he had to ask Harun again, hoping that he could come up with some good solutions.
"Your Majesty, I do have an idea!"
"Huh? Come on, tell me!"
Imran's eyes lit up when he heard that Harun had an idea, and he immediately asked Harun to continue.
"Yes! Your Majesty should know that in our Orion Arm, there has always been only a fourth-level civilization called the Babavi Empire. It can be said that the Babavi Empire is the overlord and actual ruler of the entire Orion Arm."
Listening to Harun's words, Imran also nodded.
Although the Babavi Empire does not yet actually rule the entire Orion Arm, it has conducted inspection tours every hundred years.
To put it nicely, it is an inspection, but in fact it is to collect tribute from various civilizations. Therefore, it is absolutely correct to say that the Babavi Empire is the overlord and actual ruler of the entire Orion Arm.
"Your Majesty, the dominance of the Babavi Empire is based on the fact that they only have a fourth-level civilization on the Orion Arm, but now there are two. If this news reaches the ears of the Babavi Empire, then..."
Imran instantly understood what Harun meant.
Yes, why didn’t I think of it? In the past, there was only a fourth-level civilization, the Babavi Empire, but now there is a second level civilization. If the Babavi Empire knew about it, would it be able to sit still?
I'm afraid they will immediately mobilize an army to crush this newly promoted fourth-level civilization in the cradle, right?
Imran seemed a little excited, but then he thought of something, and his face immediately dropped.
"Harun, the method is a good one, but you also have to contact the Babawi Empire!"
That's right, the Babavi Empire is nearly 20,000 light years away from the Serra Empire. With Serra's communication level, let alone whether it can send messages so far away, even if it could, the Babavi Empire would probably be more than a hundred years away.
I won't be able to receive it until next year.
By that time, the day lilies will be cold, and the Serra Empire will probably be history.
Another way is to wait for the next inspection of Babawe's Orion arm.
However, it has only been 22 years since the last inspection, and the next inspection will not be until 78 years later!
"Your Majesty, please don't worry. Conventional methods are indeed not enough, but Your Majesty, have you forgotten the interstellar merchants of the Babavi Empire?"
Harun's words were like a bright light in the dark night. Imran's eyes suddenly lit up and he was reminded of the profession of an interstellar merchant.
Yes, there are interstellar merchants in the Orion Arm, and they are all merchants from the Babavi Empire. After all, only the Babavi Empire has the jump engine, and other civilizations simply do not have the ability to be interstellar merchants.
The interstellar merchants of the Babavi Empire basically circle around the entire Orion Arm every ten years. The last time they appeared in the Serra Empire was two years ago, which means they will come again in eight years.
And those interstellar merchants have ultra-long-distance instant messengers and can contact Babavi's base camp at any time.
But there is still a problem to solve here!
"Harlan, but you have to know that even the interstellar merchants will not arrive until almost eight years later. We will still be in great danger within these eight years!"
This is what Imran is thinking about. In eight years, the other party has a jump engine. Eight years is enough time for the other party to destroy him several times!
"Your Majesty, what we have to do is to stabilize the other side within these eight years, cede territory and pay compensation, whatever we do, as long as we can stabilize the other side for eight years."
After Harun finished speaking, he glanced at Imran secretly again. Normally, he would not dare to make such humiliating suggestions, otherwise he would definitely be dragged out and killed!
But now there is really no better way besides this!
Imran's expression was very complicated. As the emperor of Serra, he was unwilling to cede territory and pay compensation, especially for the Io Federation, which was weaker than his own empire.
However, what Harun said is right. If we don't do this, the destruction of the country will really be around the corner.
"I agreed!"
With reluctance, Imran gritted his teeth and spoke word by word.