Federation Year 562.
After more than seventy years, Montero finally returned to Tailo Empire territory.
However, it would still take at least a hundred years before he could return to the imperial capital and take command of the assembled army.
It couldn't be helped. Third Generation Black Hole Engines were just that LOW.
This was also why the four strongest empires in the Kunsa Realm had each ruled only a few dozen universes, even after hundreds of thousands or even millions of years.
It wasn't that they didn't want to expand. One reason was the mutual restraint among the four great empires, while the more important reason was the limitation on travel speed.
The Tailo Empire only had these few dozen universes, yet a round trip already took more than a hundred, or even several hundred, years. If they expanded further, then even if they conquered new territory, they simply wouldn't be able to govern it.
If not for the fact that the empire had already built an experimental Fourth Generation Black Hole Engine and was testing it, Montero would never have proposed wiping out those eight civilizations.
After all, there was simply no point.
Still, Montero was exhausted at the moment. Even after the Fourth Generation Black Hole Engine entered mass production, the gap between them and the Human Federation would remain far too great.
A difference of several dozen times in cruising speed was enough to make any tactic nothing but empty talk, unless the Human Federation's commander was an idiot.
But clearly, judging from Lin Fan's operational deployment against the Teli Empire that Carmen had transmitted back, the other side was not only no idiot, but was absolutely no less capable than Montero himself.
That even made Montero begin to regret his decision. *Had he invited a