Global Crossing: Empire of Stars

The military's deployment was both coercion and protection. To destroy Dragon Soul in one fell swoop, the seven civilizations had committed their elite forces, accumulated over many years. In the end, their entire armies had been wiped out in a single battle.

The fortresses and strongholds within the civilizations remained, but without their fleets to support them, their defensive capabilities had plummeted.

The unexpected windfall delighted Lin Zhichen. He was especially pleased when he retrieved a computer and used it to read the data on the storage disk, revealing a vast array of technological trees.

"Hand the data disk over to the Academy of Sciences. Have them finish analyzing it as soon as possible and integrate it into our Technology System!" he ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xu Ping stepped forward and took the disk.

The Academy of Sciences had been extremely busy lately. It had all started with the search of the Corrupted Galaxy, which had uncovered a large number of Civilization Relics and a vast trove of technological data.

For the sake of "archaeology," nearly a hundred billion scientists at the Imperial Academy of Sciences had been working overtime as one, deciphering the essence of civilizations that had once existed.

With their solid foundations, they made quick progress. After all, the Empire had already reached the pinnacle of advanced Interstellar Civilization, with technological depth surpassing that of more than 99 percent of the civilizations in the Galactic Arm.

The only shortcoming was that they had developed too quickly, leaving them with insufficient breadth in their technology. Most of this data concerned new lines of thought; once those ideas were explored, technological development would naturally accelerate.

Lin Zhichen composed himself and turned to the second "creditor"—the Modoria Silent Guard.

This civilization was made up of a unique form of Silicon-based