A Clan Granted Exceptional Privileges

The Federation still knew nothing about the Moy Union, eight hundred million light-years away.

At the same time, within the Bosnia Supercluster.

Aside from three attack groups left behind and three more serving as reserve fleets, a full thirty attack groups had been organized into six massive fleets, officially commencing the five-year military operation known as "Star Commander."

This operation was of extraordinary significance to the Federation. If it succeeded, humanity would officially enter the ranks of the universe's foremost powers.

Of course, this pinnacle referred to the top of conventional civilizations and did not include Super Civilizations or Transcendent Civilizations.

For this goal, the Federation was not merely working on expanding its territory. It was also investing tremendous effort into technological development.

With the help of the insect race's Minor Universe, the Flying Bird Research Institute, led by Li Lizhi, was fully focused on cracking the key to advancing to the ninth order: advanced applications of Time Technology.

Meanwhile, the Loulan Research Institute, led by Bai Zixuan, had taken over Wei's previous project and continued seeking breakthroughs in matters related to black cavities.

As for the Bailan Research Institute, it continued climbing the technology tree it excelled at most: Dark Energy.

Once all three of the Federation's major research institutes made breakthroughs, Lin Fan believed that even if the Federation still could not defeat a Super Civilization, it would become unmatched among conventional civilizations.

Of course, such breakthroughs were far from easy. In particular, despite the efforts of both the Bailan and Loulan Research Institutes, research related to black cavities remained at a complete standstill.

As for Dark Energy research, considering that humanity was only an Eighth Order Technological Civilization, the current results had nearly reached the limit of what humanity's technology tree could support. Further breakthroughs would likewise