Dragon Emperor Star Command Ship - Bridge

After concluding all negotiations, a number of diplomatic personnel were left behind.

Zhao Chen's JF-17 fleet began preparing to head to its next destination.

This destination is not the JF-17 Interstellar Empire.

"Are we really going directly to the same universe Charlotte went to?" Lilith looked at Zhao Chen with some concern. "Going to an unfamiliar, high-risk universe without any preparation... your safety..."

This is completely different from the Flower Fairy {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Federation Tribe Universe.

The Flower Fairy Federation Tribal Universe is at least one place that has publicly declared permanent neutrality.

Zhao Chen sat in the captain's chair and said calmly, "If we return to the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire first, and then contact Charlotte's side, we can then go to Charlotte's universe."

The time spent on the road alone would take at least ten days.

We don't have that much time to waste right now.

If we set off directly from here, it will only take us three days.

Seeing Zhao Chen's resolute attitude, Lilith sighed helplessly, knowing that she couldn't persuade His Majesty the Emperor.

All he could do was quietly instruct Xiong Xiangxiang, the fleet commander, to make thorough preparations for the upcoming journey.

"Which universe are we planning to go to?" Lilith looked at Zhao Chen, waiting for his decision.

As originally planned.

The Dragon Star Empire has five objectives for its current territorial expansion.

Cancer Interstellar Civilization Universe, Mohadis Interstellar Empire Universe, Fire Emblem Interstellar Alliance Universe, Flower Fairy Federation Tribe Universe, Stone Kingdom Universe.

These five objectives were assigned to Charlotte and Lilith respectively.

Currently, Lilith has already secured the deals with the Flower Fairy Federation tribe and the Stone Kingdom.

That leaves only Charlotte's three targets.

As for the two targets on Lilith's side, they can negotiate by discussing their interests.

Those three universes all have a very high probability of breaking out into armed conflict, so a fleet of the Dragon Legion was dispatched early on to lie in wait in those three universes.

Zhao Chen looked at the coordinates of these three universes.

He thought for a moment, then said, "Let's go to the Cancer interstellar civilization universe."

This place lacks a unified government and is only at the T5 technological civilization stage.

Even if we encounter any danger, our Imperial Guard fleet should at least be able to protect us.

Zhao Chen is bold, but that doesn't mean he's not cautious.

Of these three cosmic goals, the Cancer interstellar civilization universe is currently the most suitable target.

"Okay, I'll go and make the arrangements."

"This voyage is expected to take three days." Lilith immediately went to make arrangements.

Zhao Chen wasn't idle either; he was still looking at the relevant information and cooperation plans of the Stone Kingdom and the Flower Fairy Federation tribe.

When Lilith returned after finishing her business, Zhao Chen was still watching.

"Lilith, just as you expected."

How far do you plan to develop Bailan Interstellar Trading Group?

How long will it take?

"How much benefit can it bring us?" Zhao Chen asked Lilith directly.

Since Lilith had already quickly formulated a series of details regarding cooperation with the White Orchid Interstellar Trade Group, she naturally had a general idea in mind.

Lilith stood beside Zhao Chen, and she raised her hand, causing a simulated image to appear in front of him.

This simulated image represents the development of a company, much like a sapling growing into a towering tree.

"According to our calculations."

Firstly, the entire first phase of investment takes about three months.

Within three months, make Bailan Interstellar Trade Group the largest interstellar trader in the Fairy Federation tribes, occupying more than 30% of the Fairy Federation tribes' market share.

This is actually not that difficult.

Hana-Ya Ranran's abilities and talents are undeniable; she was simply unable to fully unleash her potential due to limitations imposed by circumstances.

Now we've helped her remove these shackles.

They also provided her with various forms of assistance.

Interstellar transport ships, JF-17 series products, and food trade.

This is enough to allow Huaya Lanlan to rapidly grow the Bailan Interstellar Trading Group in a short period of time!

Lilith then added, "Currently, the net profit of the Bailan Interstellar Trade Group is around five hundred trillion star coins."

With our help, it took three months.

This number could grow directly to 30 trillion star coins, with an estimated average of 250 trillion star coins per month! This would capture 30% of the market share of the Fairy Federation tribes.

As an aside, the total net profit of all interstellar trade groups in the Fairy Flower Federation tribe is approximately ten trillion.

It can be said that it surpasses all T5-level interstellar civilizations and is even comparable to some T6-level interstellar civilizations.

Zhao Chen nodded; he was also aware of these small statistics.

It's important to know that the Holy Elf Empire, currently the most economically powerful nation the Dragon Star Empire has come into contact with, is only worth 30 trillion.

The Holy Elf Empire's cosmic territory is dozens of times larger than the Flower Fairy Federation's cosmic territory!

Of course, because the Fairy Federation tribe itself has a small population and a small territory, and does not need to build its own interstellar legion fleet, the related costs are greatly reduced.

However, in return, they need to spend a lot of money on all aspects of the arrangements.

Of those ten trillion star coins, less than one tenth could actually be saved and used to build up the Flower Fairy Federation tribe itself.

But even this one 'one' can make the Flower Fairy Federation Tribe Universe a prosperous place.

Lilith continued, "And after that, the profits of the White Orchid Interstellar Trading Group can maintain a monthly growth rate of at least 10% for three years."

This means that in the first year, the annual revenue of the Bailan Interstellar Trade Group will reach 80 quadrillion star coins, and the average monthly revenue will exceed 60 quadrillion star coins.

That's sixteen times the current five hundred trillion Star Coins.

After a pause, Lilith continued, "And in these three years, the annual profit of the Bailan Interstellar Trade Group will reach at least 50,000 trillion star coins."

Back then, the Bailan Interstellar Trade Group was equivalent to the combined wealth of several Fairy Federation tribes today.

Based on our current cooperation with Bailan Interstellar Trading Group, we can get half of the profits alone.

This does not even include the funds that the White Orchid Interstellar Trade Group will borrow from us now and in the future, the cost of purchasing our goods, purchasing our interstellar warships, and the technology licensing fees for producing the related interstellar warships.

If we take these into account...

Of the 50,000 trillion Star Dollars that the Bailan Interstellar Trading Group earns in the next year, at least 40,000 trillion Star Dollars will belong to us.

In just three years, they transformed an interstellar enterprise with an annual output value of 500 trillion star coins into a cash cow capable of providing 40 trillion star coins in profit.

This is absolutely a very good business opportunity!

It should be noted that even with its rapid growth, the current annual output value of the Dragon Star Empire is barely reaching 10,000 Star Coins.

They've just reached a point where they're on par with the current Flower Fairy Federation tribes.

However, since many of the technologies used by the Dragon Star Empire are developed in-house, they have little to no cost and can be used immediately after being manufactured.

The price is also very low.

Therefore, although its annual output value may seem to be only 10,000 trillion star coins, its actual value has long been comparable to that of the Holy Elf Empire.

The only drawback is still the lack of foundation, because the Dragon Star Empire has not been established for long and the resources it has stored up are far inferior to those of the Holy Elf Empire.

If the development of a universe does not connect with the outside world, it will eventually reach a bottleneck.

Take the Holy Elf Empire, for example.

Although the Holy Elf Empire did not isolate itself like the Stone Kingdom, the elven race's proud attitude meant they always believed that external affairs were not as good as those of the Holy Elf Empire.

This innate sense of superiority leads them to disdain engaging in trade with the outside world to earn their money.

In short, the elves don't have many desires.

In Zhao Chen's view.

The development potential of an interstellar civilization lies in the strength of its desires!

Order, a seemingly 'peaceful' interstellar force, whose motto is to maintain order among numerous cosmic civilizations.

But why would such an interstellar civilization develop to be so powerful?

It is because of its 'desire'—'maintaining order' is its desire, an incredibly huge desire—that it is because of the existence of this desire that it has become the 'order' it is today.

There is also the devouring of civilizations.

Their desires are also very strong: to survive, to become powerful, and even to one day challenge the existence of order.

Take the Zerg, for example; they also have strong desires: to hunt and to survive.

These are all their desires.

The Holy Elf Empire is now indulging in its self-righteous satisfaction and base desires.

The Holy Elf Empire, with its advanced technology, could have established a unified interstellar alliance long ago, but it did not.

If the Holy Elf Empire misses this opportunity, it will forever lose the chance to become a powerful civilization.

This trend can be seen from their previous choice to avoid war and use that technology to escape the invasion of the established order.

Therefore, Zhao Chen boldly cooperated with the Holy Elf Empire.

No matter how powerful such a powerless interstellar civilization becomes, it is impossible for it to pose a threat to the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire.

Let's get back to the main topic.

Because their own interstellar civilization has its own development bottlenecks, after all, the resources of a universe are limited.

The development speed of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire has now begun to gradually slow down.

Lilith had previously calculated that, given the current state of the Dragon Star Empire universe, even if T6 technology were fully adopted in the future...

It can only reach an annual output value of 80,000 trillion star coins.

Taking another step forward is extremely difficult.

The only way is to seek breakthroughs outward and find a 'new continent'.

Take, for example, the now-established Bailan Interstellar Trade Group. As Lilith said, it is currently just an interstellar trade group, but its platform is very large.

The interstellar trade market already encompasses dozens of cosmic civilizations, and it will only grow larger in the future.

With the backing of the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire, the wealth created by the Bailan Interstellar Trade Group will continuously benefit the Xiaolong Interstellar Empire!

Another one is the Kingdom of Stone.

Lilith then mentioned the Stone Kingdom: "The main wealth that the Stone Kingdom can create for us is actually those mineral resources."

Mineral resources can be used to produce interstellar warships, build more industrial facilities, and so on.

Currently, the Stone Kingdom's annual output value is 10,000 trillion star coins, mainly from the value of its mineral resources.

Compared to the White Orchid Interstellar Trading Group, their development potential is actually not that great.

After all, the Stone Kingdom's territory in the universe is limited. The main thing is for us to build more interstellar mining fleets for them and increase their production capacity.

Therefore, their growth rate is enormous in the short term, but in the long run, due to the limited resources, their annual output value can reach 30,000 trillion star coins within a year.

The rate of development will then gradually decrease.

But these mineral resources, worth 30,000 trillion star coins, can be transformed into a value exceeding 300,000 trillion star coins in our hands!

Listening to Lilith's story.

Zhao Chen seemed to already envision a future, even larger, interstellar empire of the Falcon Dragon.

Core technologies, interstellar trade, and resource production.

The division of labor is clear in all regions.

"Why do I feel like I'm getting further and further away from retirement?" Zhao Chen muttered to himself, looking at the excited Lilith.

Lilith, whether she didn't hear Zhao Chen's words or pretended not to, looked at him excitedly: "Your Majesty, if we can successfully take down the next three combat targets..."

After integrating the resources of these interstellar civilizations and universes.

In less than a year, those civilizations that devoured civilizations were no match for us at all!

We can then use this as an opportunity to formally confront the established order!

Zhao Chen felt helpless.

Although he didn't intend for the Dragon Star Empire to grow to this extent, it was inevitable in order to fight against the order.

Without sufficient resources, there is no confidence to resist the invasion of the established order.

Zhao Chen knew very well that a direct confrontation with the order would soon be coming.

Unlike the Holy Elf Empire, they couldn't stay hidden in a turtle shell and pretend nothing would happen.

"So, in that case..."

What's actually more important are the Stone Kingdom and the Flower Fairy Federation tribe.

In comparison, the other three interstellar civilization universes are not particularly important.

"We could have held back for a while; there was no need to attack three interstellar civilizations at the same time," the vice-captain of the Dragon Emperor couldn't help but interject.

Lilith looked at the vice-captain. To become the vice-captain of the Dragon Emperor, he was naturally a candidate for training as a future high-ranking officer of the Dragon Emperor Interstellar Empire.

Lilith explained, "No."

On the contrary, this is crucial for that interstellar civilization.

"Huh?" The vice-captain of the Dragon Emperor asked, puzzled.

Lilith continued, "Even the best seeds need fertile soil to sprout."

These three interstellar civilizations are precisely the right environment for this.

Although our Dragon Star Empire currently possesses a considerable number of technical talents, the reality is that once we develop the Stone Kingdom and the Fairy Federation tribes—the two pieces of the puzzle—we will be far more valuable.

We will not have enough talent.

Therefore, we hope to absorb these three interstellar civilization universes, and at the same time, we need these three interstellar civilization universes as sales locations for future products.

And... these three interstellar civilizations are all distinctive and renowned among various civilizations.

If we can control these three interstellar civilization universes, then in the future we can use these three anchor points to influence the surrounding interstellar civilization universes.

In the future, the interstellar universe we will control will not only consist of these three!

Looking at Lilith's excited and enthusiastic manner.

Zhao Chen felt that compared to himself, the usually Zen-like Emperor of the Dragon, Lilith was more like an interstellar empress!

They've already envisioned controlling multiple interstellar civilizations and universes in the future.

Zhao Chen could tell that Lilith was serious; she had really thought of these things and made corresponding plans!

"Cough cough cough." Zhao Chen coughed a few times, bringing the topic back on track as it was drifting further and further away; "Let's not talk about things that are so far in the future."

Focusing on the present is the most important thing.

We need to deal with the present issues first before we can talk about the future.

Secretary Lilith and the vice-captain of the Dragon Emperor nodded silently.

However, Zhao Chen may not have noticed that Lilith's secretary's eyes were filled with a kind of flame, and that flame was growing bigger and bigger.

It seemed as if the entire universe could be ignited at any moment.

...

Cancer Interstellar Civilization Universe

In a remote corner of the universe, the originally dark and peaceful cosmic space suddenly turned into a white jade color, like a mirror.

Soon, one after another interstellar warships emerged, as if they had entered this world from another dimension, hovering over this sea of ​​stars.

"Imperial Guard Fleet, Third Squad, immediately scout the surrounding environment and ensure the safety of the area." Commander Xiong Xiangxiang immediately went into battle mode.

All JF-17 interstellar warships have entered combat readiness, ready to respond to any possible combat situation.

"Report: No other starships or signs of other interstellar life have been detected in the surrounding airspace."

"Everything is safe."

Commander Xiong Xiangxiang confirmed that the area was safe.

She looked at the video window connected to the bridge of the Dragon Emperor interstellar command ship, then at the Emperor Xiaolong on the other side, and immediately reported: "Your Majesty."

We have successfully arrived in the Cancer interstellar civilization universe, and the interstellar airspace we are currently in is safe.

Please give your instructions!

Zhao Chen nodded: "Let's rest here for a while, and at the same time try to use our communication channels to contact the Dragon Legion fleet here in this universe, so as to understand the situation here as soon as possible."

"Send a few more interstellar stealth reconnaissance ships to scout the surrounding star systems, investigate our current cosmic coordinates, and determine the surrounding environment."

To date, the Dragon Star Empire has not mastered the technology for inter-universe communication.

Therefore, it is impossible to learn about the situation of other interstellar civilizations in the first place, in addition to the fact that this is an unfamiliar interstellar civilization universe.

Therefore, the most urgent task at present is to understand and grasp the intelligence here.

"Yes." Commander Xiong Xiangxiang received the order and immediately went to handle the matter.

Dragon Emperor Star Command Ship - Bridge

Zhao Chen retrieved the data and documents about this Cancer interstellar civilization universe.

The Cancer Interstellar Civilization Universe is an interstellar civilization currently at the T5 technological stage, and so far it does not have a unified political system.

To say that it is at the T5 technological civilization stage is not entirely accurate.

It is rumored that T6-class interstellar warships have been spotted here.

Strictly speaking, it should be said that this Cancer interstellar civilization universe itself does not possess the technology to produce T6 technological products and components.

However, through certain means, they can still obtain some T6-class interstellar warships from outside.

As for what price was paid, no one knows.

"The situation of the Cancer interstellar civilization in the universe is actually quite complex."

It appears to be in a state of chaotic fighting.

"But in reality, there are other interstellar civilizations involved," Lilith said from the side.

Zhao Chen nodded, noting that this point was also explained in the materials provided by the Holy Elf Empire.

This is because the Cancer interstellar civilization is located, coincidentally, in the middle of a dense interstellar universe.

Simply put, it's at a convenient intersection.

Given the ability to travel across the universe, this location is extremely convenient, making it ideal for both external warfare and interstellar trade.

Even the interstellar traders of the Fairy Flower Federation tribe have established several transit stations in the Cancer Interstellar Civilization universe because it is so convenient.

And now that everyone understands the value of the Cancer interstellar civilization in the universe.

Then the fate of the Cancer interstellar civilization in the universe would be tragic.

Lilith began, “Because of the unique nature of the Cancer interstellar civilization universe, many interstellar civilization universes want to support a puppet regime that is inclined towards them here.”

But other interstellar civilizations wouldn't allow it.

This led to a prolonged period of conflict here.

Simply put, everyone is against the emergence of a unified regime that is not under their control, but no one can do anything about the others.

The current chaotic situation is exactly what they can accept.

Therefore, this is also why the Cancer interstellar civilization universe has been unable to achieve peace for so long.

"Of the three goals, the Cancer interstellar civilization universe is the most difficult," Lilith added again, "but its value is also the highest."

Once we gain control of the Cancer interstellar civilization universe, coupled with our military strength and the interstellar trading capabilities of the Bailan Interstellar Trade Group...

This place will become a celestial gem in this region in the future.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Chen said, "In that case, this pearl must be in our hands."

This moment.

This long-chaotic interstellar universe seemed to be shrouded in a layer of black mist.

A colossal black shadow is looking down upon this universe, as if it were looking at a toy held in the palm of its hand with a kingly aura, its eyes blazing!

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