Chapter 115: After the End (2)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Schools were built in the gray zone full of chaos, transactions, and crime. At the same time, there were people who used violence to force all people of the right age to attend school.
The talented ones among them would stand out at that time and be brought back to the country by the Khur Alliance to receive further education and become their research specialists.
That situation was undoubtedly a great way for those at the bottom of society who were in chaos to make a leap forward. Many children in many families worked hard to learn to get rid of that terrible environment.
Therefore, in the gray zone of other civilizations, the reputation of the Khur Alliance unexpectedly improved.
That was because some gray zones existed in those civilizations, and the presence of the Khur Alliance gave the people in those areas some hope.
That was something the Khur Alliance had not expected.
Although they had to bear the pressure from the ‘Voyager,’ they had the lost empire to back them up, which reduced the pressure from the outside world. They could develop their criminal industries in the colonies of other civilizations with peace of mind.
Therefore, the civilizations that were disgusted had no choice but to increase their investment in law enforcement and try their best to prevent the Khur Alliance from interfering. Even if there were gray industries, they had to be in control of them.
Of course, the ‘peace’ of the Milky Way was only in general. Although most civilizations that were originally in a state of war had signed peace agreements, those mortal enemies did not change because of the appearance of the ‘ring.’
The war between the Keen Empire and the Seculus Vengeance Crusade was about to end.
After the Turbulence Empire found a way to withdraw the troops attacking both sides, nothing else could hold back the vengeful and fanatical Seculus.
After entering the late stage of the war, the increasingly anxious battle situation made the Seculus unable to care about the safety of the ‘lost empire fleet’ and participated in many major battles in important galaxies.
Perhaps due to improper operation or lack of maintenance, that ‘lost empire fleet’ was only left with a somewhat tattered flagship battlecruiser and two frigates.
Even though it was a tragic sight, the Keen Empire had already paid a heavy price for the fleet to become like that – that was the failure of the war.
Now that their mother planet had been conquered, the Keen Empire’s government-in-exile began to move around to several other monarchical civilizations in search of a chance to restore their country.
A portion of the refugees from the Keen Empire had fled to a few other civilizations with good reputations that accepted refugees.
Unlike what they had imagined, there were actually many civilizations in the Milky Way that welcomed refugees.
A few refugees would not be a burden at the level of an interstellar civilization. Those refugees were also extremely useful for production.
The lazy ones could not enjoy life either. Every civilization had its means to force those people to be ‘industrious.’
Although there were interstellar space organizations like the ‘refugee protection organization’ that would request the civilizations that accepted the refugees to give them better treatment than their own people.
The reason given was weird, “These refugees have lost their homes. Don’t they deserve better treatment?”
However, those civilizations would not be affected by such powerless condemnation. They were all in interstellar space, and their species were different. It was already merciful of them not to turn the refugees into food. They still wanted better treatment?
Most of those refugees were aware of their status. They were just a group of wanderers. They were trying their best to show their value to obtain partial or even complete citizenship.
As for those idiots who were unaware of their own situation and had yet to change from their status as ‘superiors,’ there would naturally be professionals to teach them what ‘labor produces value’ was.
After destroying the Keen Empire, the Seculus didn’t replicate the treatment of their resort planet on one of the colony planets of the Keen Empire.
The citizens, blinded by the craze for revenge, strongly demanded that the people of the Keen Empire be gathered together and then blow up the entire planet.
However, that demand was suppressed. Now, all the Keens under the rule of Seculus had become slaves of the Seculus Vengeance Crusade.
The slaves originally controlled by the Keen Empire had also become their slaves.
Among the Seculus, only their own species were worthy of full citizenship.
Their past experiences and the bloody battle with the Keen Empire had made them understand that strength was the only asset. The so-called ‘friendship’ they had gained from being close to outsiders could not withstand a single blow under the deterrence of strength.
To become stronger, they needed more people, even if those people came from enemies.
The once-friendly civilization became extremely radical. They began to research neural implants and gene modification technology, aiming to control those huge numbers of slaves perfectly.
And that was also the method their recently destroyed enemy, the Keen Empire, had always used.
As for the Turbulence Empire, which was located near Seculus, its strength had been greatly reduced due to the appearance of the rebels. Many important production galaxies had been taken away, so they could not even use all their troops. Their remaining reserves were insufficient to support the troops’ operation and maintenance.
Therefore, after many confrontations with the ‘Turbulence Empire rebels,’ they had to sign an armistice treaty and seize the time to reverse the collapse of the domestic economy.
Although the Turbulence Empire did not recognize the legitimacy of those ’rebels,’ the civilizations that had long disliked the Turbulence Empire recognized the autonomy and independence of those rebels and established diplomatic relations with them.
Therefore, there were two ’Turbulence Empires in the current Milky Way.’
One of them had aquatic parasitic lifeforms as the main species, while the other had terrestrial lifeforms that were suitable for desert planets as the main species.
They all claimed to be the ‘Turbulence Empire’ and were the true masters of the ‘Turbulence Empire.’ Each gave its own explanation.
Aquatic lifeforms directly said that ‘turbulence’ was the environment they lived in, and they named their civilization after it.
On the other hand, the terrestrial lifeforms said that they had lived in the desert since ancient times and knew the preciousness of water. Therefore, they used the ‘spring water’ to symbolize their civilization.
Due to their opinions, the Milky Way civilizations treated the two ‘Turbulence Empires’ according to their diplomatic needs.
Thus, in the star map of the Milky Way, two closely connected civilizations appeared. Their borders were guarded by countless space fortresses and fleets, guarding against the enemy opposite it.
To distinguish those two civilizations, the Milky Way called the aquatic
Turbulence Empire the ‘First Turbulence Empire’ and then called the terrestrial
Turbulence Empire the ‘Second Turbulence Empire..’