The Emperor's Personal Expedition

The entire Blue Star Federation suddenly accelerated its pace severalfold.

Orders from the federal government came with virtually unlimited demand.

Thanks to technological progress, there would be no problems with basic material supplies.

Instead, insufficient demand was often what gave the federal government headaches.

Throughout this process, Maple Leaf Mining quietly made a fortune.

List and the others had completely changed their recent mission. Securing federal government orders and taking the opportunity to absorb the fruits of technology were now the most important things.

During wartime, even restrictions on the transfer of certain sensitive technologies began to loosen.

However... accidents always arrived right on schedule, never allowing anyone to develop step by step.

"What's going on?"

List hurriedly connected the call. Virut's expression on the other end was clearly wrong.

"One piece of good news and one piece of bad news."

Seeing that Virut was still in the mood to joke, List relaxed slightly.

However, he had underestimated Virut's mental fortitude—and even more so, the severity of the situation.

"The exploration of the Interstellar Passage has discovered a new exit. We're about to gain a complete planetary system," Virut said in an extremely calm tone, delivering news that should have been shocking.

"Tell me the bad news!" List was already prepared.

"The bad news is... we need to defeat two competitors first."

"The Colossus Civilization?"

List instantly guessed the truth. All the conditions matched too closely—how could there be so many coincidences?

"Yes!"

Virut nodded and said helplessly, "I think His Majesty the Emperor should have received the latest report by now. This is no longer something we can decide."

This truly was not good news. To put it bluntly, with the Great Xia Empire's scale, caught between two civilizations, it could easily be destroyed.

If even the slightest trace