The central section of the [Tenth Empire] flagship.
Under orange-yellow lights, thick mist slowly churned through the compartment, revealing tall, cylindrical beings within.
After tens of thousands of years, the Empire High Council convened again-the last time it had met was to establish the Silicon-Based Alliance.
Bursts of powerful electromagnetic waves raced through the mist.
[Everyone, Human Civilization has discovered a four-dimensional cavitation bubble structure! This is the Empire's only chance to master dimensional ascension technology!]
[Then what are we waiting for? Why haven't we ordered the fleet to head to the bubble's location?!]
[Human Civilization's preliminary research indicates that the bubble structure can only exist for one year. The fleet... cannot possibly reach it within that time.]
[...]
The powerful electromagnetic signals abruptly ceased.
[But... Human Civilization has offered to share its research results with the Empire.]
The electromagnetic signals grew "heated" again.
[What are Human Civilization's conditions?]
[The Empire must establish a military alliance with Human Civilization... Human Civilization has previously clashed with both the Gardener Faction and the Cleaners to varying degrees. This means that, if we accept this demand, the Empire will very likely become enemies with both factions. To some extent, this would also violate the Neutral Faction's requirements.]
Silence returned to the compartment.
Every senior official of the Empire carefully weighed the gains and losses.
[First, dimensional ascension technology... is something the Empire must obtain!]
[Second, the Cleaners have already unilaterally torn up the agreement, and the Gardener Faction has also violated its terms. War is coming. Both the Neutral Faction and the Silicon-Based Alliance should prepare to fight!]
[Finally, and most importantly.]
[Human Civilization is a member of the Silicon-Based Alliance, and a civilization of great potential from the Milky Way Galaxy!]
As the electromagnetic waves reverberated, an exceptionally tall member of the