Chapter 1: Starting Off as the Grand Marshal!
(From the book's release to failing the reincarnation and playing the resurrection match, a total of five resurrection matches were played, and this time it finally succeeded. Salute to the legendary Stellaris ban-proof king. In addition, there is a matching mod [Stellaris Military-Political Story Pack] for this book in the Steam Workshop, which you can download and play if you need to.)
Pre-reading reminder: Although this book has a Stellaris worldview, most of the plots are actually original content created based on the worldview. The narration will be very detailed, so don't worry about not understanding it; you can just treat it as a beginner's tutorial.
All organisms appearing or about to appear in this book are adults. Any characters, factions, nations, and ideologies involved in this book are fictional and belong to the game's worldview content. They have no relation to reality, do not represent any viewpoints, and everything is for plot foreshadowing. Please do not fail to distinguish between the game and reality ()
In addition, due to major modifications to the chapters, the original paragraph comments are still present, which will cause a mismatch between the paragraph comments and the text. New readers should not be too surprised.
Finally, this book contains a large number of plain Stellaris-style extreme xenocidal/genocidal ideologies and plots. If you cannot accept the kill-kill-kill content, then get out (Aquila voice).
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-----Brain Depository, Equipped with Cracking Cruiser Fleet and Extra-Dimensional Fleet for Protection (Ironman Save)-----
·(The front is foreshadowing, official space exploration starts at chapter 24, if you don't want to read the power struggle, civil war, and kill-kill-kill content, you can skip to chapter 24)
Xi Yan had a very, very long dream.
He dreamed that he had become the leader of an interstellar empire.
He dreamed that he led his empire from the scale of a single star system to a super empire spanning half of the sea of stars.
His fleets blotted out the sun, no matter how many suns there were in the sky.
His technology was ancient and peerless, no matter how long the history of those Fallen Empires was.
After defeating the three Crises, his empire became the new fourth Crisis.
Then came the cliché plot, which was nothing more than using the Aetherophasic Engine to drain the Shroud as fuel, ascending to a higher-dimensional world while blowing up the galaxy along the way.
Just as the Aetherophasic Engine released that world-destroying subspace backlash, Xi Yan's dream woke him up.
He tossed and turned, falling off the three-meter luxury bed and hitting the floor hard.
"The save I just played!"
Xi Yan let out an ouch, his head hitting the edge of the bed, and the pain made him bounce up instantly, squatting defensively by the bed with his head in his arms.
"So painful..."
"Huh? What's going on?"
Xi Yan, who had reacted, shook his head hard, driving away those memories in his mind that were so real he couldn't tell reality from the game.
As you can all see, Xi Yan was just an ordinary Paradox interactive game player, and the Stellaris player who loved peace, justice, and righteousness the most.
(Assured)
The memories in the dream dissipated exceptionally quickly, and Xi Yan didn't care too much about these things. He turned his head to look around and scratched his head.
"Where is this? This doesn't look like my home..."
"Maybe I time-traveled."
Xi Yan was surprised to find that he had extraordinary calmness. Perhaps due to playing Stellaris for many years, he had already formed a very rational way of thinking.
He looked out the window and found that the place he was in was a towering skyscraper, surrounded by clusters of pristine white buildings.
Xi Yan flipped over, lay back on the bed, and then rolled off the bed from the other side, sitting up steadily.
The architecture here was far too modernized, bearing no resemblance to any city on Earth, but rather looking like a futuristic metropolis with extremely advanced technology.
"Then I must have time-traveled!" Xi Yan clapped his hands and muttered to himself seriously.
And it was a sci-fi world! Judging by the place he lived in, the identity he gained from time-traveling was probably not ordinary.
Sitting on the edge of the bed for a while, no memories surged up, nor was there a ding sound from some system.
"This, this isn't right, is it?"
Where is my cheat?
Xi Yan stood up, but his peripheral vision caught a neatly laid-out set of clothes on the bedside table.
A white and gold military uniform, and judging by the look of it, the rank was not low.
"Still a military big shot, this is going to be a bit tricky..."
Xi Yan calmly accepted his fate and immediately began to ponder his identity and future.
At this moment, the bracelet on his bedside table suddenly made a sound.
"Lord Marshal, what are you doubting?"
This was a mechanical and intelligent sound effect, and Xi Yan was startled instantly: "What target?"
This voice continued: "I am Cybrex Beta, an old-age AI intelligence, and also your personal assistant. You can call me Beta."
"Good morning, Lord Marshal. If you have any requests, please call me through the nearest smart networking device."
Xi Yan approached the bracelet step by step, and the bracelet's display screen instantly lit up, projecting a holographic screen.
An image of a robot appeared on the screen, and he recognized this as the robotic species appearance from the game "Stellaris".
Good grief, it sent me into the Stellaris universe!
Xi Yan clicked his tongue inwardly.
He vaguely remembered the reason why he had time-traveled...
He had just finished a game of Stellaris, casually pulled the Star of the Galaxy relic in a single draw from the Artisan Troupe, and then came that bizarre dream; when he woke up, he was already lying on a bed in this sci-fi city.
Xi Yan could not help feeling somewhat puzzled. Did the Star of the Galaxy I just pulled not cross over with me?
Since he was already in the Stellaris world, did he really need to spend energy credits to roll for it again?
Seeing Xi Yan freeze, the AI named Beta asked in a magnetic voice, "Marshal, do you need me to contact the nearest medical team?"
"No need," Xi Yan replied, then instinctively looked around him.
"If something is missing, I can help the Marshal search for it."
"Thanks, no need," Xi Yan said.
Beta's voice carried no detectable emotion. "I am the Marshal's smart assistant, and my duty is to solve problems for you. You may command me if you have any needs."
Only then did Xi Yan notice its form of address.
"Wait a minute, so who am I?"
"You are the Marshal of the Interstellar Human Military Junta, the leader of the empire, Marshal Xi Yan. Are you truly all right?"
Beta was merely an artificial intelligence, and it dutifully answered Xi Yan's questions without finding Xi Yan's behavior particularly strange.
The Interstellar Human Military Junta. Ha, what a thoroughly Stellaris-style empire name.
Xi Yan nodded. "I see."
"Additionally, it is currently working hours. Please proceed to your office immediately to attend to your duties," Beta said unhurriedly.
Xi Yan was somewhat dumbfounded. "Wait, I need to check some information. Show me all the data in your database."
He did not even have the original body's memories, so he was bound to be exposed right now!
Being exposed to a mere AI was one thing, as the AI would keep its own secrets. But if someone else discovered it, things would get troublesome...
"As you wish, Marshal," Beta said.
Indeed, there was no doubt; this truly was a qualified artificial intelligence.
A large number of windows immediately appeared on the holographic screen of the wristband, every single one filled with data.
Xi Yan picked up the compact white wristband, and the holographic screen projected from it actually maintained its balance regardless of his movements.
He also took the opportunity to glance at the time.
December 28, 2199 of the Cosmic Era.
The starting game time for Stellaris was 2200. Crossing over at this moment and becoming the grand marshal of this interstellar empire clearly set him up to play the role of this fourth crisis well.
Xi Yan could not help rubbing his hands together, his mood surging like rolling waves.
I shall lead my empire to the pinnacle of the cosmos and civilization!
The vast universe offered boundless prospects. Just thinking about it made Xi Yan too excited to contain himself.
Who plays Paradox games without going crazy?
Fleets and Conquest (crossed out)
Love and Peace, initiate!
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