Galaxy Domination Guide

At the operational meeting of the Expeditionary Fleet, Bai Zhongqi sat at the head of the conference table, hands crossed, listening to Qi Xiao's report.

"According to the testimonies of surviving captives from the Zhalan Civilization, we learned that the Zhalan Civilization was suddenly attacked by an unknown civilization with extremely powerful military forces. The fleet of the Zhalan Civilization had almost no resistance and was completely destroyed. This civilization did not engage in any direct communication with the Zhalan Civilization from beginning to end. They attacked blindly and indiscriminately, and ultimately turned Zhalan Star into ruins. They didn't even occupy the planet; they just left afterward."

Bai Zhongqi asked, "What about the other planets of the Zhalan Civilization? Did they not react at all?"

"It's not that they didn't react; they were incapable of reacting. The invaders came too suddenly, and it was a full-scale invasion. After the destruction of Zhalan Star, the other planets of the Zhalan Civilization were successively destroyed as well. Now there might be some Zhalan people scattered in different places, but they have lost their civilization and become survivors on the apocalyptic wasteland."

Bai Zhongqi glanced at Qi Xiao's report and saw that the conditions on the other planets were substantially the same as Zhalan Star's current situation, with their atmospheres shrouded in dust clouds and the air filled with poisonous gases. He sighed, "These invaders are really terrible; planetary bombardment is one thing, but rendering these planets uninhabitable without even occupying them..."

In fact, Iridium Star was quite fond of performing planetary bombardments, but their bombings, in terms of precision and effects, were always within controllable limits. Essentially, they were like tailored hydrogen bombs. Afterward, there would be no negative impact on the local ecology, no radioactive contamination, and no toxic gases.

For planets with civilizations deeply rooted in hostility, the people of Iridium Star would completely erase any traces of their civilization with planetary bombardments, a process that was absolutely extremely bloody. Then, the Iridium Star people would start constructing their own civilization's buildings on the surface of the flattened planet. Some conquered civilizations would often choose total submission before getting flattened, and the Iridium Star people would evacuate the surrendering population and then level their buildings. The surrendering population would undergo cultural assimilation transformations to become entirely Iridium Star people.

This approach couldn't be considered gentle or civilized; it was indeed bloody and violent, but it was a common practice in the conquests among civilizations in the universe. The data intelligence of conquered civilizations would be preserved in archives, useful technologies would be assimilated, but their civilizational forms would be completely eradicated.

The events on Zhalan Star were out of the ordinary because from start to finish, no one landed on Zhalan Star, nor did they occupy it.

Xu Lanzhou carefully reviewed the intelligence materials, lifted his head, and said to Bai Zhongqi, "I think it's not that the invaders didn't want to occupy these places, but rather that these places are not suitable for their survival now. A rarely seen inhalable particulate organic toxin has appeared on all the planets, which is poisonous to the Primate Clan and many other species, but perhaps it's essential for certain species' survival."

Bai Zhongqi agreed with this statement, "You're suggesting that the planetary bombardment itself was meant to transform these planets into environments suitable for those unknown invaders."

"That should be the case because this substance is not unfamiliar to us Iridium Star people."

Li Cheng then intervened, "This is polycyclic hydroxyl biphenyl, a deadly poison for the Primate Clan and a highly unstable organic compound in the natural environment. But for Spiral Mosquito Star people, it's a necessary substance for their survival. Our war with the Spiral Mosquito Star people started when they used organic bombs on one of our colonial planets, artificially creating polycyclic hydroxyl biphenyl, which resulted in the deaths of our compatriots."

Upon these words, nearly all the faces of Iridium Star people changed.

Bai Zhongqi was also very surprised, and looking towards Li Cheng, he asked, "Do you think it was the Spiral Mosquito people who defeated the Zhalan?"

Li Cheng shook his head and replied, "The likelihood is slim unless the Spiral Mosquito people have, like us, mastered the ability to traverse the universe and come to the Third Universe. It might be another group with a similar physiological structure."

Qi Xiao said, "Full mastery is difficult, but stumbling into it by mistake isn't impossible."

Xu Lanzhou's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he spoke seriously, "If it is indeed the Spiral Mosquito people, then we've truly run into our nemesis in a narrow path."

Bai Zhongqi was also someone who had personally experienced the Spiral Mosquito Star Battle; it's just that at the time he was waging war through computer games, so it wasn't as immersive as it was for the people of Iridium Star.

At this point, Li Cheng mentioned something seemingly unrelated, "My grandfather and sixteen elders in my family all perished in the Spiral Mosquito Star Battle."

Although the expression of the young admiral remained calm as he said this, Bai Zhongqi could see a suppressed eagerness and a desire for revenge on his face.

The world war between the United Empire and the Spiral Mosquito Civilization was on an even larger scale compared to the great battle of 170,000 warships he had participated in. The Empire had committed 150,000 warships, while the Spiral Mosquito Civilization had committed 80,000. At that time, Iridium Star hadn't yet broken through Atomic Substance Construction to enter High Level Civilization, and this war left the people of Iridium Star with endless memories.

Several planets were destroyed, hundreds of millions died in the war, the United Empire lost thousands of warships, and forty million soldiers perished. The bloodiness of the war lay not only in the star battles but also in the terrestrial combat on the planets. To maintain the Empire's territory, a large number of Empire soldiers still fought in isolation even during disadvantageous retreats by the Fleet.

It could be said that the Spiral Mosquito Star battle was more epic than the founding dragonslaying start of the Iridium Star's United Empire.

The victors of the war were filled with pain, while the defeated had been missing without any news for over two hundred years.

Rationally, Bai Zhongqi wouldn't think that it was the Spiral Mosquito Civilization that had exterminated the Zhalan Civilization, but based on the nature of the events that unfold around his Elder Race, the most coincidental things often turn out to be the most probable.

"The Empire Fleet to enter the highest state of battle readiness, the Silver Feather Army to begin intelligence exploration of the surrounding Star Regions, we need to understand what exactly has happened. We also need to make contact with other nearby civilizations. Most importantly, we must confirm whether these invaders are indeed Spiral Mosquito people or not."

Xu Lanzhou then asked, "What about Zhalan Star here then?"

"Of course, we can't let these planets truly evolve into environments suitable for the Spiral Mosquito people. Prepare to start the planetary ecological reconstruction project; we want to restore these planets to the Primate Clan's homeland."

If this were usual, Bai Zhongqi would likely need to spend years stripping harmful substances from the air and reshaping the ecosystem. However, now he had the Virtual Universe, he could place these planets into the Glass Bead and accelerate time for their rapid restoration.