Sera Empire Capital Sphere, in the audience room of the Emperor Star Palace.
Imran looked at the guard half-kneeling on the ground in front of him in a daze.
"Say it again!"
"Yes, I encountered a counterattack by Io Federation in Wien. It has 200,000 quasi-fourth-level warships. Later, an unknown force joined the battlefield and helped Io Federation attack our army. Its fleet of more than 400,000 warships are all Level 4 Civilization warships. I have ordered the entire fleet to retreat through Star Path. I hope Your Majesty will prepare early!"
"Bang!!!"
Imran slapped his hand on the table, making a loud noise, which frightened the guard who was half-kneeling and trembled uncontrollably.
"Go and call Minister of Military Affairs Harun to see me!"
"Yes!"
The guard stood up as if he was being pardoned and quickly retreated. After he exited the audience room, he discovered that his back was completely wet.
After more than ten minutes, Minister of Military Affairs Harun came to the audience room.
"Harun has seen Your Majesty!"
"Harun, you should know the news about Basel, right? Can you tell me what you think?"
"Your Majesty, if the content of General Basel's message is true, then our empire will be in danger."
Harun said cautiously while glancing at Imran.
"Your Majesty, judging from the information sent back by General Basel, there are three key points!"
"First, Io Federation has a large number of quasi-Level 4 Civilization battleships, which is quite disadvantageous to us. It is likely to level our advantage again, or even turn our advantage into a disadvantage!"
"Second, there is an unknown force behind Io Federation, and all the warships of this force are real Level 4 Civilization warships, not the Imported Warships sold by the Babawi Empire, otherwise General Basel will definitely explain."
"Third, Babawi Empire does not only sell Energy Shield devices. They only sell battleships, and Warp Drive Engine is prohibited equipment for sale. Therefore, Io Federation's Energy Shield and Warp Drive Engine are definitely not provided by the Babawi Empire. There is a high probability that they are supported and provided by this new unknown force."
"Taking all the information together, it is likely that a new Level 4 Civilization was born in Orion Arm, and this civilization is supporting and arming Io Federation. This is definitely not good news for us."
Imran also felt the difficulty of the matter after listening to Harun's words.
A Io Federation armed with a large number of Energy Shield and Warp Drive Engine, and a Level 4 Civilization who doesn't know the details. This is more than a Level 3 Civilization can handle.
If there was no Io Federation, Sera Empire would definitely come forward to be a bitch, but his empire and Io Federation have been enemies for hundreds of years, and this new Level 4 Civilization is supporting Io Federation in all aspects. No matter what, he has no chance!
Even if one of them fails, the crisis of national annihilation is just around the corner!
"Harun, how do you think we can survive this crisis!"
For a while, Imran couldn't think of any good countermeasures, so he had to ask Harun again, hoping that he could come up with some good solutions.
"Your Majesty, I have an idea!"
"Huh? Come on, tell me!"
As soon as Harun had an idea, Imran's eyes lit up and he immediately asked Harun to continue talking.
"Yes! Your Majesty should know that on our Orion Arm, there has always been only one Babawi Empire and one Level 4 Civilization. It can be said that Babawi Empire is the overlord and actual ruler of the entire Orion Arm."
Listening to Harun's words, Imran also nodded.
Although Babawi Empire has not actually ruled the entire Orion Arm, it has already conducted inspection tours every hundred years.
To put it nicely, it is an inspection, but in fact it is to collect tribute from various civilizations. Therefore, it is absolutely correct to say that Babawi Empire is the overlord and actual ruler of the entire Orion Arm.
"Your Majesty, Babawi Empire's dominance is based on the fact that there is only one Level 4 Civilization on Orion Arm, but now there are two. If this news reaches the ears of the Babawi Empire, then..."
Imran instantly understood the meaning of Harun.
Yes, why didn't I think of it? In the past, there was only Babawi Empire and one Level 4 Civilization, but now there is a second one. If Babawi Empire knew about it, would he be able to sit still?
I'm afraid that an army will be mobilized immediately to crush this newly promoted Level 4 Civilization to death in the cradle, right?
Imran seemed a little excited, but then he thought of something, and his face immediately pulled down.
"Harun, the method is a good one, but you also have to contact Babawi Empire!"
That's right, Babawi Empire is nearly 20,000 light years away from the Sera Empire. With Sera's communication level, let's not talk about whether it can send the message so far. Even if it can, I'm afraid it will take more than a hundred years for the Babawi Empire to receive it.
By that time, the daylilies will be cold, and Sera Empire will probably be history.
Another way is to wait for Babawi's next Orion Arm inspection.
However, it has only been 22 years since the last inspection, and the next inspection will not be until 78 years later!
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Conventional methods really won't work, but Your Majesty have you forgotten Babawi Empire's interstellar merchant?"
Harun's words were like a bright light in the dark night. Imran's eyes suddenly lit up, and he was reminded of the profession of an interstellar merchant.
Yes, there are interstellar merchants in Orion Arm, and they are all merchants of the Babawi Empire. After all, only Babawi Empire owns Warp Drive Engine. Other civilizations simply do not have the ability to be interstellar merchants.
The interstellar merchants of the Babawi Empire basically circle around the entire Orion Arm every ten years. The last time they appeared in the Sera Empire was two years ago, which means they will come again in eight years.
And those interstellar merchants have ultra-long-range instant messengers and can contact Babavi's base camp at any time.
But there is still a problem to be solved!
"Harun, but you have to know that even interstellar merchants will take almost eight years to arrive. We will still be in great danger within these eight years!"
This is what Imran is thinking about. In eight years, the other party has owned Warp Drive Engine. Eight years is enough time for the other party to destroy him several times!
"Your Majesty, what we have to do is to stabilize the other party within these eight years, cede territory and pay compensation, whatever it is, as long as we can stabilize the other party for eight years."
After Harun finished speaking, he glanced at Imran secretly again. Normally, he would not dare to make such humiliating suggestions, otherwise he would definitely be pulled out and killed!
But now there is really no better way besides this!
Imran's expression was very complicated. As the Serra Emperor, he was unwilling to cede territory and pay compensation, especially Io Federation, who was weaker than his own empire.
However, Harun is right. If we don't do this, the destruction of the country will really be around the corner.
"I agree!"
With reluctance, Imran gritted his teeth and said word by word.