Li Yao's smile seemed to have been soaked in absolute zero. It was frozen at first before it fell apart.
"What — what did you say?"
Li Yao mumbled, as if he did not believe his nonexistent ears. "You are going to … destroy the Imperium?"
"Your slowness is truly surprising. Is time really so cruel to you? Or is the damage to your soul caused by your crazy training so severe that your computational ability has plummeted to the point that you are not even as good as an ordinary person's?"
Lu Qingchen looked at Li Yao, somewhat sorrowfully. "Tell me, did you really not think of the possibility, or were you unwilling to face the possibility and cut off your soul to explore the possibility? There is no need for thousands of years, and there is no need for countless gory battles. Right now, with only one battle and one beautiful annihilation, we will be able to completely crush the Imperium and make the Star Glory Federation the final victor of the tripartite war, the dominator of the universe, and the only leader of the civilization of mankind!"
"That — that's impossible!"
Li Yao said subconsciously, his every flagellum shivering.
"Hehe. It's possible. You and I both know that the possibility is very high."
Lu Qingchen waved his hands. The ocean of data behind him was stirred into swirls, which turned into the map of hundreds of Sectors and the dazzling, stormy information streams. He presented the information streams to Li Yao and said, "Judging from the data collected by Fuxi after hacking the crystal processors of the enemy, the Imperium of True Human Beings is truly in the most chaotic and feeble moment right now.
"At the peripheral worlds of the Imperium, countless warlords and local magnates are still hesitating and observing the situation. The specific situation of the capital and the territories of the four families hasn't been delivered to them yet. Even if it is, it will still take them a couple of years to realize what's going on and unite all their forces. Until then, they will be a tray of loose sand and nothing to be scared of.
"In the traditional sphere of influence of the four families, although the Yellow Dragon Sector, the palace of another emperor, 'Emperor Chengwu', has been besieged and captured alive, the reformists are short of troops and have not really conquered it yet. Even if the Yellow Dragon Sector is conquered, there is still a long way to go before all the worlds under the control of the four families surrender.
"You know that it is one thing to crush the enemy's main-force fleet in a space battle, but it is a whole other thing to occupy the hundreds of planets that the enemy has been working on for hundreds of years and bring them under our control. Also, we can restore the local order and absorb tremendous resources from the local areas.
"A space battle can take ten days to half a month, but the real occupation, digestion, and absorption will take at least fifty years or even a hundred years of hard work.
"In other words, the territories of the four families are also in extreme chaos, lawlessness, and desperation because they are unable to send troops to the outside world. Every world is like a lone island lost in the dark mist. Not even a single starship will be able to show up!
"Both the new Imperium led by your brother and the old Imperium that is catching its breath have lost the effective dominion over the entire universe. You can understand it as the behemoth that is the 'Imperium' has been paralyzed and is definitely not as strong as we imagine.
"Besides, on the new Imperium's side, in order to restore the effective dominion over the universe and revive the paralyzed behemoth, they have to count on the developed business network, namely the carriers of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, as' blood '. Right now, to deal with the Holy League, the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors has also put their last carrier on the line and will not be able to carry out regular missions for a long time. You can understand it as the blood of the paralyzed behemoth has run dry too!
"Hehe. Hehehehe. What makes the reformists claim that they are the dominators of the entire Imperium and even the entire universe? There are only two reasons. Firstly, they have just defeated the old Imperium and the main-force fleet of the Holy League. Secondly, they have an enormous fleet under their command. Theoretically speaking, the Imperial Guards and the Deep Sea Fleet are the most powerful violent groups in the entire universe right now.
"The two reasons, on the other hand, are highly compressed in the capital and in the tens of millions of kilometers around us.
"Therefore, a series of coincidences made the reformists ask for their own doom. They compressed and simplified the impossible mission of 'destroy the Imperium' into 'destroy the capital', or even just 'destroy all the fleets of the Imperium in the capital and kill all the Immortal Cultivators in the capital'!
"Look, after my analysis, have you noticed that our mission is much simpler?
"As long as we annihilate Lei Chenghu's fleet and the remnants of the Imperial Guards, we don't even need to really conquer the capital planet. As long as we suppress the orbit of the capital planet, cut off the communication with the outside world, and announce to the entire universe that the capital has been conquered by the Xing Yao Federation and that we have become the new masters of the Empyreal Terminus Sector, the seemingly enormous beast that is the Imperium of True Human Beings will collapse abruptly and completely!
"In the entire universe, whether it is the leaderless worlds in the capital circle, the territories of the four Kurfürst families that are mired in chaos and internal strife, or the peripheral worlds that are scattered like grass on the top of a plate of loose sand, there is absolutely no force that can compete with us.
"This is an opportunity. This is a rarely-seen opportunity that is enough to establish the glorious hegemony of the Xing Yao Federation in the next ten thousand years! Li Yao, do you have the heart to watch such an opportunity slip through my fingers and your flagella while doing nothing? "
Li Yao looked at his flagella and was lost for words.
But his soul was in excruciating pain, and countless possibilities were spurting out like venom.
Yes, there was no reason that he hadn't thought of what Lu Qingchen had thought of. He had even thought of it much earlier than Lu Qingchen did. However … However …
"Right now, there is only one critical question left. With our military strength, can we destroy the fleet of the Imperium and even suppress the capital planet?"
Lu Qingchen smiled more and more gloatingly and hideously. "The Federation's war against the Imperium seems to be a fantasy, but at such a rarely-seen moment, the scales of victory have miraculously tilted to our side.
"Look, the Immortal Cultivators of the reformists have all come out. Not only have the Imperial Guards and the anti-rebel army suffered heavy casualties in the fierce battles, even their little emperor has charged to the frontline in person.
"Haha. Your cheap brother is truly interesting. In the battles in the past half month, he has been in the limelight in front of everybody in the capital, gradually replacing Li Linghai as the soul of the new Imperium. If we can capture the 'soul of the new Imperium' alive in a short assault, do we need to fight the war in the future?
"Of course. Of course. Not just the Imperium, the expedition army of the Federation is also exhausted and cannot fight anymore.
"But don't forget that there is still us!
"Your two children, Xiaoming and Wenwen, right? They seem to control the war network of the entire capital planet. From the fire control system of the air defense base to the oxygen circulation system of the civil facilities, they can hack and sabotage everything, can't they?
"You also control the entire Gold Crystal Pyramid, a powerful piece of stellar magical equipment that can savor the entire galaxy with the power of the sun. If I can send your soul back to the Gold Crystal Pyramid, you can send the voice of the Cultivators to the entire Empyreal Terminus Sector through the sun, which will certainly shock all the Immortal Cultivators and the people. In particular, you just crushed the legendary Fuxi in the most glamorous performance in front of all the stars and billions of people! In such a state, you can scare countless Immortal Cultivators with a simple cough, can't you?
"In the end, it's me.
"Right now, the Fuxi fleet is only paralyzed and hasn't been destroyed by the Federation and the Imperium yet. How can such an enormous fleet be annihilated by an enemy who has run out of ammunition and supplies so easily?
"I can control the Fuxi fleet. As long as you buy me enough time to digest all the remaining data and permissions of the Fuxi fleet, I will be able to replace them as the 'mastermind' of the Fuxi fleet and control the enormous troops of the Holy League.
"Let me think. Let me think. You can send a message to Ding Ling Dong and the little emperor, saying that you've completely crushed the enemy's mastermind and are trying to clean up the mess. Ask them not to attack in a hurry but to take a rest and replenish their ammunition first.
"You just released a powerful spiritual tsunami, and the Fuxi fleet has stopped attacking and been paralyzed. There's no reason not to believe you.
"At this moment, the expedition army of the Federation and the defeated troops of the new Imperium are mixed together like a pot of rotten porridge. It is impossible for them to gather an effective battle formation and combat ability for the time being. They are struggling to hold on with their last breath. As long as you tell them that we have secured a great victory, they will certainly collapse and never be able to get back to their feet again after they take a rest on the ground.
"In the meantime, you will send secret letters to Ding Ling Dong, Boss Bai, and the leadership of the Federation in secret, explaining our strategy and asking them to be more vigilant.
"After we completely control the Fuxi fleet, the Fuxi fleet, the expedition army of the Federation, Boss Bai's team, and you, Xiaoming, and Wenwen will attack the war network of the Imperium on the ground. That will be the end of the deal. The Imperium will definitely not be able to resist our fatal attack. The entire capital and the enormous troops of the reformists will be obliterated in the blink of an eye. In the cruel war game, the laughter of the Federation will be the last utterance. Haha. Hahahaha!"
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