Galaxy Domination Guide

While Earth's C country was still secretly discussing the proposal from the Star Alliance, the United Empire of Iridium Star orbiting Earth was far from idle. Various construction works were in full swing, and planetary orbital structures were being built at an extremely fast pace, striking awe into the Earthlings observing from below.

The engineering capabilities of the Iridium Star people were simply beyond their understanding; massive orbital structures could essentially take shape within a matter of days, or even just several hours.

Although Iridium Star had only recently invited Earth nations for a visit, besides the good-natured contact, no substantive dialogue resulted, leaving Earthlings clueless about what the Iridium Star people actually intended to do—even disregarding the people of C country.

Many Earth locals, optimistic about the future, saw Iridium Star people's major constructions in Earth's orbit as a sign that they would maintain a presence on Earth, believing that interactions with extraterrestrial civilizations would become more frequent and ultimately benefit Earth.

Conversely, conspiracy theorists continuously claimed that Iridium Star's so-called non-aggression towards Earth was just a facade, and they were clearly preparing to invade Earth.

This period was one of great anxiety for Earth, and Bai Zhongqi, through accessing Earth's networks and media, was able to fully understand these developments.

If Earthlings knew what Bai Zhongqi was currently doing, they might feel even more uneasy.

Xu Lanzhou followed behind the Chancellor, somewhat distractedly. She was currently inspecting work with Bai Zhongqi, specifically reviewing the new forces. The United Empire of Iridium Star had a registered population of just over five thousand, so the newly recruited army naturally consisted of bionic troops.

Currently, one limitation in bionic human production was Atomic Substance Construction equipment, which Bai Zhongqi had planned to use for many different projects, making it impossible to dedicate all such equipment to producing bionic humans; another limitation was raw materials. Simply put, bionic humans were not made of metal and plastic but of carbon-based composite materials—Bionic Cells.

Producing Bionic Cells required a large amount of organic material, or a large amount of carbon compounds or elementary carbon, which was difficult to obtain on the lifeless, atmosphere-less Moon, prompting Iridium Star to build small to medium-sized mining vessels sent to collect from planets rich in carbon dioxide and methane, such as Mars.

Until production scaled up, the supply of carbon was still insufficient.

Even so, Bai Zhongqi managed to produce a reinforced battalion of bionic humans each day. Not all bionic humans were deployed for military use, some were also utilized in civilian service industries.

Upon arriving at the Fleet, the Chancellor initiated the Skull Orbital Airborne Corps and an all-bionic Assault Corps. The former was still in a conceptual phase, and Bai Zhongqi planned to recruit loyal Earthlings who had undergone Genetic Advantage Liberation and intensive training—naturally prioritizing ethnic Chinese.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The Orbital Airborne Corps would expand in scale as circumstances allowed, but Bai Zhongqi felt that it would likely never exceed a few divisions since he intended to use this force for special operations.

As for the Assault Corps, while it was also organized according to demand, it might grow very significantly in the future. Bai Zhongqi already commanded four Assault Infantry Batallions and was still growing them at a very rapid pace. For a lengthy period, the Assault Corps would remain Bai Zhongqi's primary military force.

The Assault Infantry stood in very neat military formations, saluting the Imperial Chancellor inspecting them. Bai Zhongqi did not belittle them for being bionic humans equipped with C-grade military artificial intelligence and still nodded his head in salute. Naturally, this thrilled Bai Zhongqi internally.

Every spirited youth harbored dreams of military glory, and even more so, dreams of commanding vast armies as a general, and the sensation of having thousands of soldiers willing to die at a mere thought of his was truly exhilarating.

Xu Lanzhou watched the Imperial Chancellor, who was even shorter than her, with some thoughts stirring inside her. Unconsciously, her other personality, Miss Xu Bestie, quietly appeared beside her.

"So mesmerized, huh," said Miss Xu Bestie, her voice thick with mirth, teasingly.

Xu Lanzhou's cheeks flushed, not realizing that she was speaking to herself when her other personality emerged. She did not actually speak aloud, nor did she consider whether others might see her 'bestie.'

Still, Xu Lanzhou was somewhat startled; Miss Xu Bestie usually appeared only when she was alone, and she had not expected her to emerge now. The Chancellor, like a child in an amusement park who had found a new intriguing toy, was enthusiastically handling it and hadn't noticed that Xu Lanzhou was still following behind, entering into a curious state. Discover more stories at empire

"Don't talk nonsense," Xu Lanzhou's rebuttal was somewhat feeble.

Xu's bestie, completely in a teasing manner, said to Xu Lanzhou, "When you were little, didn't you always fantasize about having a romantic story with him? Now that he's right in front of you, aren't you going to seize the opportunity?"

Xu Lanzhou grew even more embarrassed. Her bestie knew her secret all too well; stomping her foot in frustration, she said, "The Imperial Chancellor is supreme. I am his knight, sworn to be loyal to him for life. How could I entertain any impure thoughts?"

Xu's bestie laughed out loud, hugging Xu Lanzhou's shoulders even more frivolously and said, "You are a woman knight, after all. What if His Excellency the Chancellor makes some more intimate requests? Hmm, like asking you to serve him with your body? I bet he really likes you—I've seen him staring at you a lot. After all, our Lanzhou is so beautiful; no man could resist her."

Xu Lanzhou was so embarrassed her entire face turned red, but the possibility her bestie mentioned made her feel very uneasy. What if Bai Zhongqi really had some inappropriate thoughts about her? What would she do then? As a knight, would she obey all of the Chancellor's commands, or would she refuse him on moral grounds?

"Hmph, I, Xu Lanzhou, will devote my life to the Empire and the Chancellor's cause, without entertaining any thoughts of romance," she claimed, although she truly had no experience with relationships. Even during her school days, many boys had adored her as a goddess, with countless suitors, but Xu Lanzhou was never interested in any of them.

Xu's bestie laughed even harder, reaching out to pinch Xu Lanzhou's cheek. Caught off guard, Xu Lanzhou, somewhat annoyed, pushed her away.

"Really, saying one thing but feeling another, our little Lanzhou is just too cute. This is the Chancellor you've admired since you were little. Although he's a bit different from the handsome uncle you imagined, he's probably a decent person."

"The Chancellor is naturally a wise and benevolent ruler."

Xu's bestie clicked her tongue in amazement and said, "You just said you didn't care, but there you go, instinctively praising him. You say you have no feelings for His Majesty, but who would believe that?"

Xu Lanzhou felt her face was about to explode from blushing. Just then, Bai Zhongqi, looking around and failing to see Xu Lanzhou nearby, called out to her. Xu Lanzhou immediately snapped out of it, and her bestie vanished in an instant.

"Here, Your Excellency!" Xu Lanzhou hurried over.

Watching her, vigorous and stunning in military attire, Bai Zhongqi couldn't help but silently praise her, "Truly, a beauty in uniform."