Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1376: Chapter 783: May I Ask if the Empire Is Willing? (2)

What’s more, their fleet construction and mother planet construction can’t compare to Li Guang Star.

What if the Alliance’s target is them?

There’s even less of a fight!

Up to now, they deeply appreciate that during the previous conflicts between Yinbasim and the Alliance, they either maintained friendly relations with the Alliance or remained neutral, avoiding trouble.

Otherwise, since the Alliance was determined to destroy the Light of Dawn Sword, wiping them out would have been an easy task.

It would have just taken a detour for the Battle Group and fleet to visit their mother planet.

It wouldn’t have been much trouble.

The three battle groups shrank back like quails.

No one dared to provoke the Alliance’s temper, let alone stand up for the Light of Dawn Sword.

Forget it, they weren’t closely acquainted.

In fact, the Feeder Battle Group even strengthened their cooperation with the Alliance.

They themselves had the best relationship with the Alliance—for fifteen years ago, their situation was dire, their numbers once dropped below three hundred, and they had severe Genetic Seed issues, suffering from the traditional genetic ailments of the Blood Angel Subgroup. The issues of ’Blood Rage’ and ’Black Rage’ gave them immense combat power after entering a frenzy, but also resulted in greater casualties and irreversible genetic degradation leading to personnel loss.

The economic support provided by the Alliance was significant, and in recent years, they even began breaking from tradition, accepting new recruits sent from the Alliance’s New Blood Base.

It was through these means that their numbers gradually increased from less than three hundred to around six hundred over fifteen years.

Now, the Alliance displayed even greater strength and determination, and they in turn decided to intensify their cooperation and even mustered the courage to sign the Eastern Cosmos Domain’s temporary government’s declaration and send representatives to observe Cui Ru’s inauguration ceremony.

A rather bold statement, with potential repercussions if things go wrong in the future.

In reciprocation, the Alliance stated they are willing to provide more new blood and can dispatch a professional Dominant Bishop from the Sect of Mechanics to help them control genetic diseases.

A win-win!

Everyone was in harmony.

…

The father-daughter bond between Gu Hang and his daughter was always interrupted.

Even with a well-functioning Alliance Government working for him, many major issues ultimately had to be dealt with on his desk.

The related reports arrived quickly.

Serious matters are still urgent; the daughter is left to the wife and medical staff to take care of.

This time, the report was about the temporary proxy government of the Eastern Cosmos Domain sending a notification letter to Holy Terra.

The Alliance supports the uprising in the Eastern Cosmos Domain to show strength, determination, and intimidation. The Alliance is not afraid of actually waging a war with the Empire, although it assesses that if a war breaks out, the Alliance would certainly suffer. However, without such determination, how can the Central Empire be deterred?

Moreover, the Alliance evaluates that the likelihood of actual conflict is quite low. The Central Empire’s bottom line should be the inability to accept the Alliance’s open expansion. If this red line is crossed, war would be inevitable, come what may.

But, the Alliance treads on the edge of this red line without crossing it—isn’t that fine?

The Alliance has never considered taking over the Eastern Cosmos Domain directly, integrating it into the Alliance’s system for unified management. The Eastern Cosmos Domain will remain an independent political entity, retaining the Empire’s system, with positions from the Cosmic Domain Chair to the Planetary Governor, unchanged.

Taxes that the Eastern Cosmos Domain needs to pay to the Central Empire will follow traditional methods, calculated at 10% of the total output—of course, the normal loss in between, the Alliance doesn’t concern itself with.

The Central Empire can even continue dispatching officials to the Eastern Cosmos Domain.

None of these are issues.

However, the Central Empire can’t interfere with the Alliance’s business elsewhere, can’t impose blockades, or engage in hostile actions. Those planets doing business with the Alliance, introducing the Alliance’s industry, management model, even entrusting their planets to officials appointed from the Alliance while residing within the Alliance to enjoy a good life, are personal choices resulting from the Alliance’s economic and cultural influence.

In short, economic and cultural means are permissible; harsh administrative orders or military threats are not.

The Alliance hasn’t used military force to coerce the small and large governments within the Eastern Cosmos Domain, so why should the Empire use rigid policy directives to commit murder and stop all this?

The notification letter sent by the proxy government to the Central Government was extensive, filled with extensive rhetoric. However, the main idea was quite clear.

The initial part mentioned the wrongdoings of Yinbasim, briefly touched upon, as the purpose of the letter was not to provoke the Empire.

But, as the cause of events, a villain had to be portrayed.

Later, taking on the tone of Cui Ru, the temporary chairman of the proxy government, they delineated their objectives as being for ’the welfare of all citizens of the Eastern Cosmos Domain Empire,’ ’loyalty to the Empire,’ and ’bearing the responsibilities as citizens of the Empire.’

This part involved discussions about tax, official appointments, and other topics.

Finally, it discussed the relationship between the Eastern Cosmos Domain and the Alliance, emphasizing their differences, stating clearly that the Central Empire need not worry about the Eastern Cosmos Domain joining the Alliance system.