142: Chapter 142 Basic Information about the Canglan Empire

Another day passed, and the black spaceship was also opened. Su Fan and the others couldn't wait to enter the ship.

Although the captain's quarters of the black spaceship were different from the silver-gray one, Su Fan didn't take the time to explore. Instead, he immediately had the robots begin sifting through the massive amount of sludge for bones.

Because they had a clear goal, the efficiency this time was excellent. In just a short while, a robot pulled out a section of a femur.

“Professor Wang, please test the gene sequence of this bone and see if it matches the genes of Black people,” Su Fan said, turning to a gene sequencing expert who had entered the cabin with them.

“Yes, Chief Su!” Professor Wang immediately began the gene sequencing.

The results of the gene sequencing came out quickly.

The Great Elder's hypothesis was correct; the skeletal remains in this ship indeed shared the same genes as the Black people of Blue Star.

Su Fan and the Great Elder looked at each other, both understanding the other's meaning.

“Are we doing it?” Su Fan asked.

“Be quick about it; give them a swift end,” the Great Elder sighed.

“Understood!” Su Fan nodded heavily.

Three days later, the people of the Xia Clan on Mars began to move back to Blue Star on a voluntary basis.

At this moment, the entire Blue Star returned once again to the rule of the Xia Clan!

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As time passed, the decryption work on the two spaceships progressed steadily.

A month later, in a small meeting room, Zhang Qiling, as the overall head of this alien spaceship exploration, began his work report to Su Fan, the Great Elder, and others.

“Hello everyone. The exploration of the two alien spaceships has reached a conclusion. Under the exploration of many scientists from various fields and with the assistance of Red Queen, we have completed the decryption of some information from these two ships.”

“First, let me clarify that the data modules of both alien spaceships are mostly damaged, so the decrypted information is limited.”

Zhang Qiling turned on the large screen and began his report.

“First, let's talk about the situation of the silver-gray spaceship.”

“This ship comes from the overlord of the Milky Way—the Canglan Empire.”

“The Canglan Empire is a Level 4 civilization, and the entire Milky Way is its territory.”

“The imperial capital star of the Canglan Empire is located in the central region of the Milky Way.”

“The fragmented data mentions that this is a planet even larger than the Sun, named Planet Canglan.”

“A planet larger than the Sun? How many people must live there?” Xia Feifei exclaimed in surprise.

“Planet Canglan has a permanent population of about 3 trillion. For such a large planet, 3 trillion people is actually not many.”

“Blue Star once held over seven billion people. Based on the average land area per person in habitable regions, it wasn't actually that crowded.”

“Using Blue Star as a base and calculating proportionally, the Sun's surface area is more than ten thousand times that of Blue Star. This means Planet Canglan, which is larger than the Sun, could house at least 70 trillion people.”

“Living with only 3 trillion people is indeed very sparse!” Zhang Qiling analyzed, then continued.

“The Canglan Empire is a nation with a long history, having been a Level 4 civilization for millions of years.”

“Long-term accumulation and management have allowed the Canglan Empire's territory to cover the entire Milky Way.”

“Besides territory, the number of class-c spaceships in the Canglan Empire is also terrifying. However, because it involves military secrets, the data modules do not contain detailed records, only some folk rumors.”

“Among these rumors, some say the empire possesses over ten thousand class-c spaceships, while others say hundreds of thousands.”

“Regardless of which it is, even if the Canglan Empire had only a few thousand class-c spaceships, it is not something our Xia Clan can contend with.” Zhang Qiling's voice was serious.

“To add to that, class-c spaceships possess curvature flight capabilities!”

“Dean Zhang, I have a question.” Xia Feifei suddenly raised her hand.

“General Xia, please go ahead,” Zhang Qiling signaled.

“Since the Canglan Empire's territory covers the entire Milky Way, why have they ignored us even though the Xia Clan has developed to this point?”

“Furthermore, why have we not discovered any Canglan Empire fleets or planetary civilizations claiming to be the Canglan Empire until now?”

Zhang Qiling smiled. “General Xia, those are two very good questions.”

“But these two questions are actually one and the same.” Zhang Qiling projected a star map of the Milky Way on the large screen, then marked the location of Planet Canglan and the location of the Solar System.

“Everyone, please look at the star map. We found a star map in the Canglan Empire's ship. From this map, we can see that the Solar System is located at the absolute edge of the Milky Way. The surrounding area is extremely empty, and star systems are very sparse.”

(As mentioned before, everything outside the Solar System is an original map; please do not apply real-world data.)

“Our Solar System, according to the Canglan Empire's geographical divisions, belongs to the Fifth Ring South District. And Blue Star is actually not considered part of the Canglan Empire's jurisdictional territory.”

“Because according to records, the Solar System is in the outermost border zone. The Canglan Empire's boundary marker is placed on Saturn.”

“According to universal territorial division standards, in the Solar System, only Saturn and the regions beyond it belong to the Canglan Empire.”

When Zhang Qiling mentioned the boundary marker, Su Fan and the Great Elder exchanged a glance and smiled at each other.

They had seen the boundary marker but hadn't told anyone. Zhang Qiling knew this news because of the data in the alien spaceship.

Zhang Qiling continued his report.

“We just mentioned that the Solar System is in the Fifth Ring South District of the Canglan Empire. Next, I will explain the geographical divisions of the Canglan Empire.”

“The Canglan Empire divides the entire Milky Way into five rings and eight districts.”

“There are the First Ring, Second Ring, Third Ring, Fourth Ring, and Fifth Ring, totaling five rings.”

“Each ring is divided into the East District, West District, South District, North District, Southeast District, Southwest District, Northeast District, and Northwest District, totaling eight districts.”

“The imperial capital star and its surrounding core area are the First Ring. Further out are the important prosperous areas of the Second Ring. The Second and Third Ring areas are the fiefs of imperial family members and meritorious subjects.”

“As for the Fourth Ring, because resources are scarce, the Canglan Empire doesn't manage it much. This area contains a large number of the Canglan Empire's vassal states.”

“Further out is the Fifth Ring. This area is far from the center of the Milky Way, resources are scarce, and there are few star systems. Aside from placing a boundary marker in each district, the Canglan Empire doesn't bother with this area at all.”

“Unless an intergalactic war occurs, the Canglan Empire will only then send its grand army to visit the Fifth Ring area.”

“The Fifth Ring area is essentially a strategic buffer zone. It's unloved and ignored; even enemies from other galaxies can't be bothered to occupy such a barren region.”

At this point, Zhang Qiling gave a somewhat helpless smile.

The others in the meeting room had expressions ranging from relief to displeasure.

“General Xia, do you understand now?” Zhang Qiling said with a smile.

“I understand.” Xia Feifei nodded.

“Good. Next, I'll talk about the system of the Canglan Empire,” Zhang Qiling continued.

“The Canglan Empire is a typical imperial autocracy centered on the emperor. The emperor is the supreme ruler.”

“It's somewhat similar to the ancient systems of the Xia nation.”

“In addition to imperial power, the Canglan Empire also has a system of enfeoffment and peerage.”

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