It was indeed an interstellar empire.
According to data the Silver Heart Civilization had unilaterally stolen from them, this empire had been established through Star Gates spread across various Star Systems, and its breadth spanned one billion light-years.
Within this empire, they called themselves the Holy Great Glorious Empire, which was pretty cringe. After the relevant information reached Human Civilization, humanity did not refer to them by their own chosen name, but instead gave them a name directly based on the physical traits of their species: the Carapace Empire, also known as the Carapace Civilization.
This was a vast empire made up of a single species.
According to the data obtained by the Silver Heart Civilization, this species was covered from head to toe in hard carapaces, somewhat similar to the Nair People humanity had encountered back then. However, their bodies were not as large as the Nair People's. They were only sixty to seventy centimeters tall, with two hands, two feet, and a pair of beetle-like wings, giving them a round, plump appearance.
Life-forms like this, capable of walking upright and also flying, were truly rare, so when the Silver Heart Civilization was peering into their database, it conveniently carried out a deeper scan as well.
In the end, it discovered that there were different "races" within the Carapace Empire, somewhat similar to humanity's various skin colors. The carapace beings within the Carapace Empire were also divided into many types, with four carapace colors: gold, red, green, and black.
They had originally been born on the same planet; the differences in color were merely differences in gene expression.
In the history of the Carapace Civilization's development, they had also gone through a stage of color discrimination, and had even seen racial wars and racial massacres. Fortunately, after they later