Chapter 458: It's Not so Easy to Get the Advantage of the Empire

"Tsk tsk, it's worthy of the Kolov Empire that has ruled the other side of the stars for more than 100 million years. This palace is really luxurious to the extreme!"

Chester, the leader of the Stanlo civilization, was strolling in the palace of the former Kolov Empire. This huge palace was decorated with rare treasures from the entire Orion spiral arm, and various exotic flowers and plants were transplanted. After being meticulously carved by the skilled craftsmen of the Kolov Empire, the perfect fusion of high technology and pure nature finally formed this world-famous Kolov Empire Palace.

Even though the Kolov Empire was defeated and had to flee to the center of the Milky Way, the Kolovs were still reluctant to destroy the palace, and it eventually fell into the hands of the Stanlo civilization intact, unlike other places, which were more or less destroyed by the Kolovs themselves.

"Leader, there will be plenty of time to appreciate this palace in the future. The most important thing now is to confirm our Stanlo civilization's dominance over the Orion Arm."

Cardenas gently reminded that the Stanlo civilization had successfully driven out the Kolov Empire, but the situation was still unclear. Although it had announced its status, it had not been recognized by any civilization until now, especially the Yanhuang Empire had not made a statement.

"Yeah."

Chester nodded and began to think in his mind.

"The strength of our Stanlo civilization must be restored as soon as possible. Now there are only less than 100,000 fleets, which is far from enough. We must mobilize as soon as possible and expand to about 500,000 fleets."

The first thing Chester thought of was to replenish the troops. The 2 million fleets accumulated over the long years and the Kolov Empire were exhausted, and they must be replenished.

"500,000 fleets? Horrible. We no longer have the ability to maintain such a large army."

Cardenas shook his head helplessly.

"Even if there is no way, there must be a way. The next step is the real test. The Yanhuang Empire fought with the Kolov Empire's 800,000 fleets. Although they won, I think it was a miserable victory. Now they have no power to deal with us. What we really need to guard against is the civilization from the center of the Milky Way."

"Last time, the Kolov Empire came from the center of the Milky Way and successfully occupied the other side of the starlight. I think once the news of the Kolov Empire being driven out spreads in the center of the Milky Way, there will definitely be civilizations invading the Orion Arm."

Chester said very confidently.

"Well, we can only try our best. As long as we can survive, we can become the real overlord of the Orion Arm."

Cardenas also nodded, and he was very clear about this. Although the current Stanlo civilization has reached its limit, it must keep gritting its teeth and persevering. If it survives, there will be a bright future. If it can't survive, the Stanlo civilization will end here.

"Second, have the teams responsible for collecting tribute been sent out? We must collect the first tribute as soon as possible. If we encounter uncooperative civilizations, we will destroy them. At this time, our Stanlo civilization needs to establish its own dignity, and now we really need tribute from various civilizations."

Chester thought for a while and asked Cardenas again.

"They have all been sent out, but I think there will definitely be many obstacles. The situation is still unclear, and these civilizations will definitely not pay tribute obediently, especially those powerful level 3 cosmic civilizations."

Cardenas said in a very worried tone.

"These level 3 cosmic civilizations are nothing to be afraid of. We, the Stanlo civilization, still have a backup plan. What I am really worried about now is the Yanhuang Empire."

"We don't know how much power they lost in the battle with the Kolov Empire, and how much power they have left. Although it is highly likely that both sides will suffer losses, the Yanhuang Empire is too mysterious and is always full of variables."

Chester felt a headache when he thought of the Yanhuang Empire. The Stanlo civilization knew too little about the battle in the Xile Luo Galaxy. It is not known how much power the Yanhuang Empire has left.

"Don't offend the Yanhuang Empire first. We can recognize their rule over the sub-spiral arm. Well, send an envoy to the sub-spiral arm to ask the Yanhuang Empire's attitude."

Faced with the mysterious Yanhuang Empire, Chester can only think of appeasing it first.

"I guess the small secondary spiral arm may not satisfy the appetite of the Yanhuang Empire. After all, the secondary spiral arm is now ruled by the Yanhuang Empire. It doesn't matter whether we recognize it or not."

Cardenas shook his head. He thought it was too simple to appease the Yanhuang Empire in this way.

"Of course I know, but we don't have anything to appease the Yanhuang Empire now. We can't let the Yanhuang Empire extend its power to the main spiral arm. Moreover, sooner or later, our Stanlo civilization will have to fight the Yanhuang Empire. Now it depends on who recovers faster."

Chester nodded. He knew very well that there would be a war between the Stanlo civilization and the Yanhuang Empire.

"This is a delaying tactic. What we need to do now is to stabilize the situation. As long as the situation is stabilized and we have the Starlight Beyond, our Stanlo civilization will be able to recover its strength soon, and then we can deal with the Yanhuang Empire."

...

In the conference room of the Centauri Galaxy Imperial Palace, Li Fu, Tu Xueli, Chen Bin, Yu Liang and other high-level officials of the empire gathered again to discuss the current situation on the Orion spiral arm.

"Everyone, just when we were fighting with the 800,000 fleets of the Kolov Empire in the Xile Luo Galaxy, a huge event happened on the main spiral arm. The Level 3 cosmic civilization Stanlo civilization launched 2 million fleets to drive the Kolov Empire out of the Starlight Beyond, and officially became the overlord of the Orion spiral arm."

Tu Xueli had a solemn look on his face and succinctly said everything that happened on the main spiral arm of Orion.

"Stanlo Civilization? Where did they get 2 million fleets?"

When the high-ranking officials of the empire heard this, their eyes widened immediately. They didn't expect that there was a civilization on the main spiral arm that could dispatch 2 million fleets. Such strength is really too strong. You know, even if the Kolov Empire mobilized at full strength, it only had 1 million fleets.

"This Stanlo civilization is very hidden, and their history is very long. Basic intelligence shows that the Stanlo civilization controls hundreds of level 3 cosmic civilizations openly or secretly. It is precisely by controlling hundreds of level 3 cosmic civilizations that it can hide such a powerful force."

"However, according to the intelligence data we received, although the Stanlo civilization drove the Kolov Empire out of the Starlight Beyond, it also suffered heavy losses. Now it only has less than 100,000 fleets, but we don't know whether there are still hidden forces."

"However, as soon as the Stanlo civilization occupied the Starlight Beyond, it had no choice but to send out a team to collect tribute. It seemed very confident, and there may be hidden forces that have not yet been revealed."

Tu Xueli continued to explain some basic situations. On the virtual star map, a large area was marked out. These areas were all controlled by the Stanlo civilization. They originally belonged to level 3 cosmic civilizations.

"This Stanlo civilization really knows how to choose the time. We fought to the death with the Kolov Empire, but they picked the peaches before us."

Yu Liang raised his eyebrows and sneered.

"I guess they must have thought that we were fighting to the death with the Kolov Empire, so they dared to pick peaches at this time. The unprecedented weakness of the Kolov Empire really allowed them to succeed in one fell swoop. They really know how to seize the opportunity."

Luo Xiaoyao of the Imperial Military also analyzed, and he still admired the ability of the Stanlo civilization to seize the opportunity.

"The peaches of our empire are not so easy to pick. We worked hard to fight the Kolov Empire to the death, but we must not let this Stanlo civilization get away with it."

"The Starlight Beyond is in the pocket of our empire. This Stanlo civilization dared to touch the cheese of the empire. We must not keep it."

After defeating the 800,000 fleets of the Kolov Empire, the empire is now full of confidence. It has long regarded the Orion Arm as its own territory. Now there are civilizations coming out to pick peaches, which is absolutely intolerable.

"One Stanlo civilization is not a concern. It is easy to destroy them. What we need to consider now is how we should deal with the challenges from the center of the Milky Way and how to better manage the entire Orion Arm after we occupy the Starlight Beyond and become the overlord of the Orion Arm."

"Now that the Stanlo civilization has emerged, there may be dogs and cats jumping out in the future. We might as well clean up the Orion Arm once and for all, so that we will have no worries in the future."

Li Fu, who had not spoken, thought rapidly in his mind. The Orion Arm is too large. No civilization can monopolize the Orion Arm, let alone destroy all the civilizations on the Orion Arm.

In addition to the things on the Orion Arm, there are also civilizations from the center of the Milky Way. When the Empire truly occupies the Starlight Beyond, it means that it has stepped onto the stage of the Milky Way and will be concerned by countless civilizations in the entire Milky Way. The Empire needs to consider more.

After hearing Li Fu's words, all the high-ranking officials fell into deep thought. For the current empire, the Stanlo civilization is really not a concern, but what about the powerful civilization from the center of the Milky Way, especially the Milky Way War that happens once every ten thousand years.

Of course, there is also the question of how to rule and manage the entire Orion Arm, which is also a very worthy question. There must be many civilizations as ambitious as the Stanlo civilization.

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