Fang Zheng's Swarm was fighting fiercely outside, staining nearly half the universe red, while the Milky Way Galaxy was hardly peaceful either.
Although the Terran Zerg army had been blocked outside the Milky Way Galaxy by Fang Zheng's Swarm, Fang Zheng had not paid much attention to the Swarm already within the galaxy. As a result, those Swarm forces scattered like wildfire. Moreover, Genestealers had infiltrated the Milky Way Galaxy for many years, and now they were blooming everywhere, forcing the Imperial fleet to put out fires across the galaxy until it was overwhelmed.
Worse still, that was not the only problem.
While the Galactic Empire was busy putting out fires, trouble also erupted within its borders. Several evil sects had suddenly begun spreading across many planets in the Milky Way Galaxy. They were not merely deceiving people with words. According to intelligence gathered by the Empire, these Cultists possessed quite powerful and unusual abilities.
Not only could they mentally control others, they could even spread plagues and unleash terrifying power. Judging from the idols found in the Cultist nests that had been wiped out, these Cultists most likely worshipped the Chaos Demons that had appeared on Shadow Interstellar.
The Galactic Empire had no solution to this either, so it treated them all equally and simply burned them all. As for places beyond its reach, the Galactic Empire could only allow them to expand and persist. After all, while these Cultists posed a considerable threat to the Empire, they were also locked in an endless war with the Terran Zerg. Knowing that the Terran Zerg could not recycle these Cultists for reuse, the Empire was not especially concerned—perhaps Palpatine would rather let these Cultists occupy disobedient planets than allow the Terran Zerg to succeed.
At present, the Galactic Empire had