Wiping his snot and tears, Fei Qi said, "Under Jin Xinyue's threats and temptations, many members of the Heavenly Light succumbed and chose to lower their heads to the Federation, continuing to stay in the Uranian Ring Sector that had already fallen into the Federation's territory. Some of them were even shamelessly considering how to obtain the identity of 'citizens of the Federation'!
"However, how could the real members of the Heavenly Light bow to the lowly Earthly Brute and the shameless invaders of the Federation?
"The real members of the Heavenly Light chose to leave.
"We were forced to surrender all the main-force warships and disarm most of the weapons on the other starships. We also handed over part of the techniques and technologies that the Uranian Ring civilization had accumulated for thousands of years in exchange for some old carriers and tremendous assets and fuel of the Xing Yao Federation. Then, the Federation banished us to this place through a space jump.
"We — we were supposed to fight the wretched invaders to the death, but …"
"We were definitely not scared of death. It was just that the last essence of the Uranian Ring civilization was still on our starships. To protect the essence and treasures of the civilization, we had to swallow the humiliation and rebuild our civilization in the barren land, hoping that we could come back one day and take back everything that was ours! “
"We've known the arrival of the expeditionary army of the Norman Empire a long time ago. This has become our last hope. Finally, we've been waiting for you!"
The cells and nerves below Fei Qi's cerebral cortex had been stimulated by Long Yangjun. His feelings in his subconscious had been enhanced to the maximum. What he was thinking in his head would be magnified ten times on the surface.
Because Li Yao had talked to him for a while just now, he considered Li Yao to be the most 'friendly' of the 'Imperium's army'. He fell to his knees before Li Yao and burst into tears while holding Li Yao's thigh. "Fellow Cultivators, seniors of the Imperium of True Human Beings, please help the Uranian Ring civilization! We are willing to join the Imperium and provide all the resources for the Imperium. The Earthly Brute in the Uranian Ring civilization are the best miners and can all be exported to the resource planets of the Imperium to work! We are willing to provide everything as long as — as long as the Imperium helps us take back the Uranian Ring, eliminate the heinous she-devils such as Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue, and completely crush the Xing Yao Federation! "
"…" Li Yao said. "Now that the Imperium has come all the way here, we will certainly seek justice for the Sectors at the edge of the cosmos! What are the she-devils such as Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue? I don't think too much of them. It's not difficult for me to teach them a lesson! However, according to what you just said, the Star Glory Federation is rather strong, isn't it? And not just one of your Greater Thousand Worlds? "
"Also, let go of my thighs first. Kneel straight and speak properly!"
. "" Yes, yes. I will kneel straight. Let's talk! "
Fei Qi was overjoyed to see Li Yao's promise. Having no time to wipe his tears and snot, he began to explain. "The war between the Xing Yao Federation and the Uranian Ring Residence took place more than thirty years ago. It's been thirty years since we were exiled to the Dragon Snake Space Zone. Over the past thirty years, our understanding of the Xing Yao Federation grew deeper and deeper. We also met a lot of fellow Cultivators in the Dragon Snake Space Zone who were in the same boat as us. They were all outcasts who lost everything and had no home to return to because of the Xing Yao Federation.
"It was not until then that we learned that the Uranian Ring Sector was not the first innocent victim to be invaded by the Xing Yao Federation. Before us, three Sectors had suffered the wrath of the Xing Yao Federation, namely the 'Forest Ocean Sector', the 'Water Crystal Sector', and the 'Nether World Sector'.
"The situation of those three Sectors was similar to that of the Uranian Ring Sector. The Xing Yao Federation conquered them with shameless, despicable, and violent methods. Most of the local residents were slowly assimilated under the Federation's oppression. Only a few of them were still loyal and unwilling to join the Federation. Most of them were exiled to the Dragon Snake Space Zone."
"Then, how many Sectors does the Xing Yao Federation own right now?" Li Yao asked.
"Seven," Fei Qi said.
"When the new Federation was just established, there were three core Sectors. Then, it gradually swallowed the Forest Ocean Sector, the Water Crystal Sector, the Nether World Sector, and the Uranian Ring Sector nearby. Right now, there are seven Sectors in total."
Li Yao frowned. "The new Federation?"
"Yes. The predecessor of the Xing Yao Federation was a planetary civilization that originated from a single planet named 'Heaven's Origin Sector'. Although it was also named 'Xing Yao Federation' and had a history of five hundred years, everybody calls that period the 'Old Federation'," Fei Fei explained.
"Eighty-eight years ago, the Tian Yuan Realm where the Heaven's Origin Sector was located, as well as the Flying Star Sector and the Blood Demon Sector nearby, formally signed an agreement and established a country. They adopted a brand-new calendar of the Federation and officially joined the ranks of the universal civilizations. In order to distinguish themselves from the planetary civilizations in the past, they were known as the 'New Federation'. Therefore, according to the calendar of the Xing Yao Federation, it is now the 89th year of the New Federation calendar."
"That explains a lot. There are seven Sectors in total …"
Li Yao scratched his chin and mumbled to himself, "That's right.
Fei Qi thought that the senior of the expedition army of the Imperium was worried that the Xing Yao Federation was too strong to be conquered in a long time.
The exile aristocrat of the Uranian Ring Sector grew anxious. "Seniors, you may not know this, but although the Xing Yao Federation boasts seven Sectors, four of them were only conquered in the past hundred years. How can they be conquered and assimilated so easily?
"At the edge of the cosmos, although the Xing Yao Federation seems to be dominating and invincible on the surface, there are a lot of hidden problems and contradictions in fact!
"The three core Sectors that established the New Federation in the beginning and the four Sectors that were conquered later had deep contradictions. They are known as the competition between the 'Three Old Sectors' and the 'Four New Sectors'. Also, I'm told that Ding Ling Dong and Jin Xinyue, the two she-devils of the Federation, had a lot of disagreements, too. In the end, many outcasts who were unwilling to yield to the tyranny of the Federation fled to the Dragon Snake Space Zone like us. But a lot more of them were lurking in their hometowns in secret, waiting for the right moment to rise again!
"Therefore, although the Xing Yao Federation seems to be a dominator at the edge of the cosmos right now, as long as the magnificent army of the Imperium of True Human Beings presses on the border, together with the local Immortal Cultivators leading the way and providing support from the inside, the Xing Yao Federation will be nothing more than a clown that looks tough but is actually weak. It will be absolutely vulnerable and obliterated at any moment!"
Brutality flashed in Li Yao's eyes as he said, "Oh. So to speak, a lot of people who are dissatisfied with the Federation have gathered in the Dragon Snake Space Zone?"
Fei Qi did not know what was going on, but he replied dutifully, "Yes. The people from the Uranian Ring Sector, the Forest Ocean Sector, the Water Crystal Sector, and the Nether World Sector who are unwilling to surrender to the Federation have either been exiled or fled to this place voluntarily.
"When they were in their hometowns, most of them were powerful big shots and nobles who had accumulated tremendous wealth. Even though Ding Ling Dong looted them by force and Jin Xinyue extorted them, they still managed to get some of the wealth and brought it all to the Dragon Snake Space Zone.
"Therefore, although the Dragon Snake Space Zone is barren and narrow, the decades of construction in the past few decades have been quite impressive. If seniors and fellow Cultivators here are willing to enter Fish Dragon City, our main city, you will certainly be supported by a lot of intelligence and resources!"
Li Yao thought of something and sneered. "You are lying! If the Dragon Snake Space Zone is really the headquarters of the resistance against the Federation as you described, why doesn't the Xing Yao Federation send troops to annihilate all of you? "
Fei Qi blinked and said, "You may not know this, senior, but the Xing Yao Federation is the most hypocritical country. Everything has to be decided by the Supreme Parliament. Banishing us to this place is a clause in the surrender agreement that is written in black and white. It is the decision of their parliament! Although we are dissatisfied with the Federation, we have never done anything obviously hostile to them. Why would the Federation tear apart the treaty that it signed and attack us for no good reason?
"If the Federation really does that, what will the people of the four allied worlds think of it? Also, what will the rightful — no, the government-in-exile of the Star Ocean Republic think of the Federation? "
Li Yao raised his hand. "Wait. The government-in-exile of the Star Ocean Republic?"
Fei Qi nodded. "Yes. Firefly …"
"I know what Firefly is," Li Yao said in a hurry. "The remnants of the previous regime have fled to this place! Why? Have they joined the Xing Yao Federation, too? "
"Not yet," Fei Qi said.
"The guys of the government-in-exile of the Star Ocean Republic always consider themselves the rightful heirs of the sea of stars. They think highly of themselves. How could they possibly think highly of the 'bumpkins' in the remote areas such as the Xing Yao Federation?
"In the past ten years, 'Firefly', the flagship of the government-in-exile of the Star Ocean Republic, has been docked near the Dragon Snake Space Zone and engaged in trade with us and the federation. They traded the magical equipment, techniques, and technologies from the center of the cosmos for all kinds of assets and repaired the crumbling starship that was riddled with holes after they fled for hundreds of years.
"I'm told that a lot of people on Firefly are interested in joining the Federation after visiting the Federation's homeland.
"However, as the saying goes, it is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. How can it be so easy to ask the refugees from the center of the cosmos to abandon the pride that they have been holding on to for a thousand years and degrade from the leader of the 'central government' into a common member of a local force?
"The greedy Xing Yao Federation naturally can't wait to get 'Firefly'. However, the starship from the center of the cosmos, which carries the lost technology and the magnificent techniques of the Star Ocean Republic, is certainly not a soft persimmon. The Federation cannot attack it by force. It can only trick it.
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