Autumn Chrysanthemum Pioneers

[Eliminated a sizable Taotie Fleet, Calamity Deterrence Points +200!]

[Successfully eliminated "Earth Civilization" and occupied the Solar System, Calamity Deterrence Points +115!]

[Successfully eliminated "Demon Legion", Calamity Deterrence Points +1000!]

[Calamity Deterrence Points: 11315+]

Chen Yu felt surprised.

After the entire Solar System was brought under the jurisdiction of the Human Federation, the Calamity Deterrence Points on the Civilization Template had actually broken through and risen by a small margin.

Doesn't the "Star Sea Heavenly Punishment" only have five stages?

Each stage unlocks new technology. Once the Calamity Deterrence Points in the Starry Universe are maxed out and the fifth stage is reached, accumulation stops.

Could it be that new stages and new technologies can still be unlocked later?

Is there technology even more powerful than the "Aether Phase Engine"?

Chen Yu chose to wait and see.

The Calamity Deterrence Points were rising quickly, after all, the Federation's one hundred and fifty fleets had launched a great expedition across the entire Milky Way Galaxy.

While he led the First Federal Fleet to capture the Solar System and eliminate this universe's native Earth Civilization.

On the other side, the other one hundred and forty-nine fleet groups were also eliminating other native civilizations within the Milky Way at an extremely high efficiency.

Eliminating one civilization added 100 Calamity Deterrence Points.

Occupying one star system added 10 Calamity Deterrence Points.

Conquering one habitable planet added 5 Calamity Deterrence Points.

The Milky Way Galaxy has a diameter of about 160,000 light-years and contains approximately 400 billion star systems.

These countless star systems contain trillions of planets and moons!

Even if only one in ten thousand star systems had a planet capable of giving birth to life, and only one in ten thousand such planets developed a native civilization of a comparable level, the Milky Way should conservatively have at least ten thousand native civilizations.

According to the latest data compiled by the Federation's Sentry Array.

In this universe's Milky Way, the number of life-bearing planets where species originated and evolved was precisely 156,893.

Among them, planets like Earth, which had developed native civilizations of a comparable level, numbered 38,498!

"Life in this universe is really scarce." Chen Yu looked at the data above and sighed.

In the Starry Universe, the number of Alien Species was incredibly high, almost to the point of filling the entire galaxy.

Every time the Human Federation expanded in that universe, they almost always had to engage in brutal, bloody battles with some civilization.

The Milky Way in this universe was relatively much weaker.

Still, that was fine. It was precisely because of this that the Federation's great expedition in this universe could proceed with unprecedented smoothness.

It was just that the number of Alien Species available for the Federation to slaughter was a bit smaller. No matter.

Conquer the entire Milky Way, occupy all star systems, and enslave or eliminate all native civilizations!

With such a grand and vigorous great expedition, realize the Human Federation's Manifest Destiny!

Their civilization would be like a calamity, thoroughly cleansing the universe!

After such a great expedition, Chen Yu estimated that the Calamity Deterrence Points on the Civilization Template would skyrocket to an unimaginable value.

Turning his mind back to the present, Chen Yu's gaze softened as he looked at Planet Earth.

Earth in a different universe was still the Earth the Federation dreamed of.

This mother planet of human civilization, the origin of their species, held a status in the hearts of every Federal Citizen equivalent to the Federation's capital, "United Star".

In another universe, they had failed to successfully reclaim Planet Earth from the puppet regime of the "Earth Alliance"...

Under that puppet regime, which advocated xenophilia, Planet Earth, which should have been revered as the holy land of the human race, had become a paradise for alien scum.

A group of human traitors who forgot their ancestors, in order to protect the rights of a bunch of alien scum, did not hesitate to engage in a brutal war conflict with the Federation.

Ultimately, due to a mistaken command, Planet Earth, along with the entire Solar System, was accidentally destroyed by the Federation's interstellar strike weapons.

In that universe, the destruction of the Solar System and Planet Earth became an eternal wound in the hearts of all Federal Citizens.

But they never repented for it.

Because as the holy land of the human race, the Federation's citizens would rather see Earth destroyed than see the holy land polluted again by a bunch of grotesque alien scum.

Now, in this universe, they had successfully filled that void, successfully liberated the Solar System and Earth Civilization.

This was a momentous and joyous event.

After the Solar System war ended, Chen Yu's first order was to have the accompanying Federation Engineering Ships establish a Stellar Outpost in the Solar System to declare Federation sovereignty.

At the same time, he urgently ordered the construction of a "Faster-Than-Light Communication Forum" on Planet Earth.

Although these projects were massive, under the Federation's powerful engineering capabilities, they were completed perfectly in just one day.

Then, a grand ceremony began.

Aboard the command ship Da Ming Palace, Chen Yu, dressed in a military dress uniform, stood with Gray Wind by his side.

Thousands of Federal Fleet captains gathered together, their gazes solemn, the entire scene steeped in an unmatched gravity.

The communication channel connected to every planet within the Federation in the Milky Way Galaxy, every Stellar Outpost, every vessel, and even the communication devices carried by every Federal Citizen.

"My fellow citizens, this is a momentous occasion."

"In the name of the Grand Marshal, I, on behalf of the First Federal Fleet, announce to you a piece of heartening news!"

"After 930 years, the Federation has finally fully reclaimed the sacred birthplace of human civilization and lineage—Planet Earth!"

"This is a belated celebration..."

"930 years ago, our ancestors, bearing the future destiny of humanity, traversed wormholes, endured trials of life and death, arrived at United Star, and established the Federation..."

"For 930 years, we have fought side by side in the blood and ashes of our enemies, executing slaughter and conquest against countless Alien Species, all to prove one thing..."

"That our existence is worthy of humanity's future, and worthy of our human ancestors!"

"Now, let us stand at the same point in time, in place of the human Pioneers who once arrived at United Star aboard the Autumn Chrysanthemum—"

"Salute Planet Earth, and welcome them home!"

Across the Federation's five hundred star systems, approximately 300 trillion citizens gazed upward in unison.

In this moment, they shared in the glory.

Countless eyes brimmed with tears.

In a daze, they seemed to hear the souls of countless ancestors weeping.

Without those Pioneers who left Earth aboard the Autumn Chrysanthemum, there would be no prosperity in the Human Federation today, nor the stellar miracles they had forged.

Once upon a time, those displaced Pioneers gazed repeatedly toward the Solar System, dreaming of one day returning to their long-lost homeworld.

The Human Federation was once weak; the Pioneers suffered exclusion from Alien Species, struggling to survive.

Now, we stand tall in the vast starry sea, no longer fearing those dust-mice from beyond the stars.

Alas... in the earliest stages, the technical conditions mastered by the Human Federation were far too limited to greatly extend the human lifespan.

Those aging Pioneers could only, amidst the long river of history, carry their unwillingness and disappointment into eternal slumber on United Star.

When the Imperial army reclaims Earth, do not forget to tell your father in the family sacrifice.

Within the Federation's Manifest Destiny to conquer the galaxy, reclaiming Planet Earth to let the souls of these Pioneers rest in peace was an indispensable step.

Now, this step has been fulfilled in another universe, deepening the sense of mission within every Federal Citizen's heart.

In this moment, on every Federation world, aboard every Federation warship, they shouted in unison in the human tongue:

"Long live humanity! Long live the Federation!"

"Long live the Pioneers, long live the Grand Marshal!!"

True unity can only be achieved when a civilization and its people share a single goal.

Brothers may quarrel within the walls, but they unite against outside threats.

In this moment, the Federation was of one heart and mind, their cohesion enough to overturn everything.