Making Progress

Shame!

What a disgrace!

As that long eggplant-shaped ship fled the space station in a sorry state and flew toward the other side of the Milky Way Galaxy, the alien on the bridge kept waving its tentacles. Its reptilian, lizard-like eyes were bloodshot, and its tentacles furiously battered the walls, which looked as though they were made of stone, leaving scar after scar. Watching this, the other aliens said nothing, silently carrying out their own duties.

Just as Duanmu Huai had previously explained to Ann and the others, the Galaxy Business Alliance was a newly established entity.

Well, of course, that was only speaking on a cosmic scale. Compared to the Old Ones, the Eldar, the Necrontyr, and the Human Empire, these alien creatures were newcomers. But they did not see themselves that way. In their eyes, their two or three thousand years of history were ancient enough to make them a major force in the universe.

The core species of this alliance was an alien race called the "Lo." They were amphibious creatures capable of living both in water and on land. They had also established a rather remarkable civilization system. The Lo were formidable in the water, but not so much on land. Of course, they considered themselves a highly intelligent species and did not take pride in such violence.

In the eyes of the Lo, using force and violence was something only inferior species would do. They were incapable of solving problems through intelligence, so they resorted to violence instead. That was also why the Lo had established the Galaxy Business Alliance: they believed it would display their intelligence and wisdom to the greatest extent possible.

During this process, the Lo did indeed use their "intelligence and wisdom" to bring a number of alien species into their