A new goal means a brand new interstellar universe.

However, given the current technological capabilities of the Dragon Empire, it can only explore the universes of the Devouring Civilization Universe and the Holy Elf Empire.

To explore the far reaches of the universe, it may take much longer to do it on our own.

However, Zhao Chen already had a plan in mind.

The Dragon Empire itself cannot find new interstellar universes, but the Holy Elf Empire certainly cannot be without such capabilities.

Getting the Holy Elf Empire to provide this kind of technology is not easy.

However, Zhao Chen happens to possess a bargaining chip that would force the Holy Elf Empire to sit down and negotiate.

"Say hello to the Flame Elf Queen; I'd like to have a video meeting with her," Zhao Chen said, looking at Lilith beside him.

Lilith understood and began to take care of it.

Soon, a video window appeared in front of Zhao Chen, and a transparent shield appeared around him to ensure the confidentiality of this video meeting.

"Your Majesty, what brings you to me?" The Flame Elf Queen looked at Zhao Chen with interest, as she was gradually figuring out the emperor's personality.

He's the type who won't contact you unless he needs something; he would never contact you for no reason.

The fact that someone is contacting me at this time means there must be something important to discuss.

Zhao Chen smiled and said, "Indeed, there is something I would like to discuss."

"Please speak."

"I'm interested in technologies related to space exploration. I wonder if your country would be willing to provide them?" Zhao Chen asked directly, without any pretense.

At their level, there's no need to hide these kinds of conversations; everyone actually understands what the other wants.

As expected.

Upon hearing Zhao Chen's request, the Flame Elf Queen's eyes darted around, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly: "Your Majesty's ambitions are quite considerable."

The war against the Devouring Civilization is not over yet, and they've already set their sights on other interstellar universes?

They want to expand their territory.

Zhao Chen's expression remained unchanged. He said calmly, "I do want to see other interstellar universes, but as for whether we will eventually expand our territory, it is too early to confirm."

The main issue is that we are fighting against the civilization that is being devoured and the order behind it.

As Your Excellency the Elf King has also seen, this consumes a great deal of resources.

Our Xiaolong Empire is not like yours; it is a large and powerful nation with hundreds or even thousands of years of history.

If we continue fighting at this intensity, our Dragon Empire simply cannot maintain this level of intensity.

The solution to break this deadlock is, of course, to seek more resources.

We've basically exhausted all our resources in the Dragon Empire universe, making it extremely difficult to increase production capacity any further.

The only way is to focus our efforts outside ourselves.

As for whether the final decision will be to expand territory or to cooperate with the other party in all aspects, that depends on the actual situation.

The Flame Elf King smiled slightly at Zhao Chen: "Your Majesty really doesn't hide your purpose at all."

You should know that we elves are peace-loving, and you are now expressing the idea of ​​using force against other interstellar universes.

They want us to provide the relevant technology? That's asking too much of me..."

"Aren't you interested in the technology behind that supernova ultimate bomb?"

As soon as Zhao Chen said this...

The Flame Elf King's expression changed slightly. She smiled and placed her hands on her lower abdomen, saying, "Actually, this matter isn't something we can't discuss."

Zhao Chen's lips also curled up slightly at this moment. The two looked at each other and smiled.

"Tell me, how do you want to discuss this?"

Or rather, what would it take for you to give us the technology to explore the new universe? Zhao Chen paused, then looked at the Flame Elf King and asked, "May I ask here?"

Within the territory currently known to your Holy Elf Empire, how many other interstellar universes exist in the surrounding area?

"Consider this a favor you owe me," the Flame Elf King said, looking at Zhao Chen with a hint of teasing.

Zhao Chen shrugged.

The Flame Elf King didn't hide anything and said frankly, "At present, besides your Dragon Empire's universe and the Devouring Civilization universe, there are six other universes that {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} our Holy Elf Empire can directly explore and see."

While we cannot directly explore them, we can learn about thirteen universes through contact with them.

Currently, within the interstellar map depicted by our Holy Elf Empire, there are a total of twenty-one interstellar universes.

Twenty-one interstellar universes, or twenty-two if you include the Holy Elf Empire itself.

I didn't expect there to be so many.

"Are all these interstellar universes inhabited by civilizations?" Zhao Chen immediately asked.

He has not forgotten his opportunity to seek a breakthrough in T7 technological civilization.

That is a nascent universe.

The Flame Elf King thought for a moment and said, "Actually, every universe is very difficult, except for ordinary universes like ours."

There are also some rather unique universes.

For example, an aging universe often has very scarce resources, much like an old man, or the environment of a planet is gradually deteriorating.

There are also universes that are extremely small, perhaps only one percent the size of our Holy Elf Empire, and not even the size of a single star field. But although small, they contain everything a universe should have.

Or there are high-risk universes, which, as the name suggests, pose a very high risk to navigation and survival within.

This doesn't mean there are many space pirates or anything like that in its universe; those do exist, though.

But what truly makes it risky is the environment inside the universe.

For example, I know of the first high-risk universe, in which more than 90% of the cosmic environment is covered by different cosmic catastrophes.

It's not just the black holes, supernova explosions, cosmic storms, and cosmic magnetic storms that you know about; there are many other disasters that you have no idea about at all.

The existence of these cosmic catastrophes is something that even a T7 technological civilization cannot change.

This means that navigating in such a universe is extremely difficult. In addition, the large amount of unstable space makes building stargates very difficult. Even if a stargate is successfully built, it may only be open for a few hours a day.

You should know very well that in such an environment, let alone development, even survival would be extremely difficult.

Therefore, it is often filled with poverty, chaos, and disorder.

As Zhao Chen listened to the Flame Elf King's description, a scene seemed to appear before his eyes.

In a multidimensional space, bubbles representing the universe float there.

"Wait, then these universes haven't been invaded by the devouring civilizations?" Zhao Chen asked, voicing a doubt.

The Flame Elf King replied directly, "These universes are all on the list of invasions that devour civilizations."

However, the civilizations that are devoured will not choose those that are far away, so they usually choose based on distance.

And coincidentally, around the Devouring Civilization, besides the Holy Elf Empire, your Dragon Empire's universe is the closest to that damned Devouring Civilization.

"It seems we really are in the same boat," Zhao Chen said with a self-deprecating laugh.

The Flame Elf King shrugged and continued, "If you really want to expand your territory, even with our technological support, it's not worth it."

It is actually very difficult.

Leaving aside the civilizations we are currently facing, just the act of sending our interstellar fleet on expeditions into those interstellar universes carries considerable risk.

They would also not willingly acknowledge the dominance of other universes.

Furthermore, even if these civilizations haven't reached the T6 technological level, they are roughly at the T5 or T4 technological level.

And they are all paying attention to changes in the outside world.

Once it is discovered that you have launched an offensive against other interstellar universes, you will become a civilization-devouring entity and a target of their enmity.

It cannot be ruled out that they will besiege your starship.

Because many people dislike anything that disrupts the balance.

Long ago, our Holy Elf Empire was also like this.

We call ourselves peacemakers, and if we discover attacks between other interstellar civilizations, we will dispatch our interstellar legion fleets to stop and suppress them.

When these past events were mentioned, Zhao Chen saw a look of pride mixed with self-deprecation on the Flame Elf King's face.

It's clear that the Holy Elf Empire has a past glorious future and a present situation.

The Flame Elf King had very complex emotions.

Suddenly, Zhao Chen thought of something.

He stared at the Flame Elf King opposite him: "This reminds me of an agreement we made before."

You promised me that if my Dragon Legion fleet annihilated more enemies than your Holy Elf Legion fleet in the battle against the Devouring Civilization Invading Fleet, then...

Then you need to tell me the secret about your Holy Elf Empire.

The Flame Elf King paused, then quickly recalled the incident.

She scratched her head and laughed self-deprecatingly, "I didn't expect you to still remember this."

I didn't expect that your JF-17 Legion fleet would actually accomplish this.

To be honest, if I told you this secret...

For the Holy Elf Empire, that was tantamount to treason.

Zhao Chen frowned, not expecting this secret to be so important.

Zhao Chen thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "If this secret involves so much, then let's call off the bet."

This will offset the favor you promised me earlier.

Zhao Chen is not a heartless person.

If it were an enemy, Zhao Chen might not care.

However, after fighting side by side for so long, Zhao Chen had long regarded the Flame Elf King as his comrade-in-arms.

How could I let my comrade do such a thing?

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