Dark Space was as dazzling and colorful as ever.
In Taiyi's control room, Qingyang studied the star map route.
Although their departure point lay on the outskirts of Alliance Territory, the journey to the frontier was still extremely long. They would need to pass through numerous Ordinary Nations and Elite Nations, so stargates and Star Ring Channels were far too scattered.
Many stargates were hundreds or even thousands of light-years apart. The closer one got to the frontier, the fewer Star Ring Channels there were.
In the end, only a few key strategic regions had military Star Ring Channels!
It could not be helped. Ordinary Nations made up the largest number within the Alliance, followed by Elite Nations.
Only by entering the ranks of the great nations could one truly enter the Alliance's field of vision and receive its immense funding and assistance.
Stargates and Star Ring Channels were merely the most basic support programs.
Ordinary Nations and Elite Nations, meanwhile, only received the Alliance's basic benefits, such as various optimizations at birth, basic extraordinary knowledge, basic medical care, education, and so on.
The benefits and living conditions they enjoyed far surpassed those of outside Level 5-6 Civilizations, though their actual level of civilization was only around Level 4 or 5.
Even high-tier Elite Nations were only barely comparable to Level 6 Civilizations, though they would be considered quite formidable outside the Alliance.
Even a Level 5 Civilization could dominate a region, with dozens of Level 4 Civilizations as underlings, becoming a local tyrant over an entire area.
Yet within the Alliance, even the most ordinary great nation possessed the power to wipe out a Level 7 Civilization.
Level 7 Civilizations were advanced civilizations that had mastered dimensional technology.
A nation's promotion within the Alliance depended not only on military achievements and Starfleet strength, but also on something else—Collective Will and spirit!
Most Ordinary Nations and Elite Nations within the Alliance were Pan-Human, with every variety of blood and skin color.
They had mostly descended from other Pan-Human civilizations encountered during the Alliance's expansion over countless years.
Meanwhile, the Four Super Nations that had originally formed the Alliance, along with those powerful nations, had mostly originated from the same home planet and possessed their own racial Soul Meridians!
Most of the Fortune and foundation of the vast civilization known as the Star Sea Human Alliance rested upon this group.
The remaining smaller portion was scattered among the various great nations. Quite a few powerful great nations had been founded by humans who had branched off from powerful nations.
Most other great nations, meanwhile, had been established by groups whose civilization had been optimized generation after generation by the Alliance's civilization rules, their souls elevated to near-Native Human levels.
As for these Native Humans, they were naturally the standard established by the Four Super Nations and numerous powerful nations.
The Alliance's Fortune was immensely powerful. Even if only a tiny fraction covered a nation, all kinds of prodigies and talents would emerge in an endless stream, and technological breakthroughs would not be particularly difficult.
Their rate of development would increase by hundreds of times!
Even their average talent would be optimized by the group generation after generation. That was the gap between great nations and those below them.
Of course, the souls of Ordinary Nations and Elite Nations would also be subtly optimized.
The closer their Collective Will and spirit came to Native Human standards, the faster this optimization would proceed, and likewise, the faster they would develop.
Eventually, they would become new great nations.
Only by becoming a great nation could they in turn nourish the Star Sea Human Alliance and strengthen its overall foundation.
Most of the Alliance Army was selected and assembled from the various great nations. Its primary duty was to expand Alliance Territory and wage war against other civilizations.
The Four Super Nations and powerful nations had to face the true dangers and horrors of the Great Universe—the Cosmic Wasteland and certain mysterious things.
Under the influence of the Alliance's civilization rules, it was impossible for great nations and those above them to betray the Alliance. Their citizens could even resist any mental pollution or mass manipulation.
Most Ordinary Nations and Elite Nations would not betray it either, though a small portion remained uncertain.
These were things everyone in the Alliance knew.
Therefore, whenever an Elite Nation was promoted to a great nation, the entire circle of Ordinary Nations and Elite Nations would become lively for a while.
Thinking of this, Qingyang could not help muttering, "Native Humans... could they be Earth humans?"
"Earth?"
Guxue vaguely caught that word and leaned closer, blinking her eyes.
"That seems to be the oldest name of the Alliance's home planet. Only the upper echelons of powerful nations and people from Super Nations call it that. You can't find it online at all. If my father hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't know either.
How did Brother Qingyang know?"
"..."
Qingyang immediately fell silent. However, he had long held a similar suspicion, so he was not shocked for long.
"Ah, I was originally from the Kyushu Republic."
"What?!! Brother Qingyang, you got a Kyushu visa!? What did you do?? The Stan Civilization? That wouldn't be enough either."
Guxue's eyes widened as she spoke in disbelief.
Qingyang calmly said, "No, I mean I have the Kyushu Soul Meridian."
"No wonder your talent is so good. So you're a native citizen of Kyushu." After struggling to process that information, Guxue suddenly understood.
Native citizens of powerful nations and Super Nations did not need identification. Verifying their Soul Meridian was enough.
Qingyang suddenly asked curiously, "What Soul Meridian does the Tianxing Empire have?"
"The Tianxing Soul Meridian. We're not part of the Earth human lineage. We appeared during the Alliance's Second Era, so we're also considered early members of the Alliance.
I've heard that it was a nation founded by some Kyushu ancestors and a powerful human civilization. It wasn't until the Alliance's Third Era that its Soul Meridian was born and it became a powerful nation."
As Guxue spoke, her bright eyes remained fixed on Qingyang.
People from Super Nations rarely appeared outside, and new Starship Commanders almost all trained in trial zones within their own territories.
Once they grew powerful, they would head to the frontier or the borders of the Cosmic Wasteland to fight.
Even she had only seen Kyushu diplomats a few times.
Qingyang shifted his gaze away slightly awkwardly. He truly could not stand Guxue's stare.
Why did it feel like she was looking at some rare animal?
Come to think of it, wasn't the Star Sea Human Alliance basically a super-enhanced version of the United Nations?
Aside from the Super Nations, the Alliance held command authority over everything, including powerful nations. Nations had been countries during Earth's era, but in the Great Cosmic Era, human nations were more like regions and lower-level administrative units.
And the Alliance was no mere figurehead. The military systems of every great nation in the Alliance were all built within the Alliance Army system.
The organization of a great nation's forces had to follow Alliance specifications, and after being formed, they held a second identity besides belonging to their great nation.
Alliance forces!
In terms of command authority, the Alliance stood above every great nation. The Alliance was responsible for assigning broad strategic missions, while each great nation could only command within that strategic scope.
That strategic scope consisted of frontier war zone modules, with different grades of war zones corresponding to enemy forces of different strengths.
Beyond that, the Alliance Army also had Elite Legions wholly its own. Every one of these legions possessed terrifying strength comparable to the military power of an established great nation.
There were even ace legions comparable to the military strength of an ordinary powerful nation.
Apart from the Alliance Army, the mid-tier force of human civilization, high-end military power was basically concentrated among the powerful nations.
They generally opened up higher-quality territory within the Cosmic Wasteland while resisting certain enemies that were difficult to understand.
The Void Zerg were only one of them.
Of course, the explored regions of the universe were also unimaginably vast, nurturing endless civilizations. Star Sea Human Civilization occupied only a tiny portion of it.
The Alliance Army's main responsibility was to handle problems in the explored regions and face the challenges of countless civilizations!
As for how such a vast system was managed, that brought them to the Star Network.
This was no simple virtual Data Network. In some respects, it fully counted as a Rule Level ability.
Its most basic function was this—the Star Network would exist wherever the Fortune of Star Sea Human Alliance civilization existed!
The Alliance's laws, command, security, benefits, and communication were all carried out through the Star Network.
Therefore, no nation could violate Alliance regulations. The moment they did, a Starfleet would arrive at their doorstep the next second.
It could be said that the Star Network was the artificial application of civilization rules and Fortune.
There was actually much Qingyang did not understand. Yet even this rough outline was enough to make him feel the Alliance's strength.
Sob, sob, I had something to do today. I finished writing these two chapters at dawn. Guess what time it was when I typed this part?
Five o'clock!!!
I love you all so much, so hurry up and give me follows and floating tickets, hehehehehehehehe
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