Xiao Ran had no interest in the Federation—half of that was true, and half was false. He did not want the Federation's territory, nor did he want its vast population. Even less did he want to take over all of the Federation's powers as either its nominal or actual ruler. All he wanted was the foundation the Federation had accumulated over so many years, its military, the authority to command it, and all the miscellaneous good things located within Federation territory.
But the Federation could only remain the Federation. It could be a new Federation or the current one, but it absolutely could not become Xiao Ran's Federation. At most, it could only be a Federation that Xiao Ran could make use of. Even if Xiao Ran took over the military forces that had originally belonged to the Federation, he would still ensure its independence and establish an unequal cooperative relationship between the two sides.
The same went for DC. Xiao Ran could even accept DC swallowing the entire Federation and becoming Earth's true ruler. He would even be willing to provide greater assistance during DC's annexation of the Federation, so long as Bian was willing to pay a sufficient price.
For example, the troops Xiao Ran needed, the technology he needed, and DC voluntarily becoming an independent yet subordinate force under Xiao Ran's Satellite Integration. In short, all Xiao Ran wanted was the full support of the entire Earth. As long as Earth's ruler was someone willing to obey, he did not care much about anything else.
But when it came to territory—or rather, land—he would never expand without limit. He would confine himself to the current Satellite Integration, along with that sole city and its attached territory on Earth that served as his ground territory. Aside from empty