130: Chapter 130: Space Fluctuation, Gravitational Anomaly

Sosein was also a cunning fellow; after he sent the message to Cecilia Star, the other party rushed over without delay to negotiate.

They must have greatly valued this planet, and Cecilia Star could only last for another two or three hundred years at most.

Now, the number of deaths due to environmental degradation was increasing year by year.

Within a few hundred light-years, they had no suitable planets for colonization, mainly because the conditions for the emergence of life planets were extremely harsh.

Planets in nearby star territories that could sustain the human race had already joined the Galaxy Interstellar Federation.

They couldn't colonize them, which led to Sosein daring to demand an exorbitant price!

Sosein fully understood what it meant to name one's own price; he held up three fingers!

"General Cesi, 30 billion Galaxy credits, and this planet, even larger than our Mesolas Star, will be yours!"

General Cesi's expression immediately froze. Generally, a life planet with a slightly harsh environment could sell for seven to eight billion Galaxy credits.

Even those with good environments were only around 10 billion, but Sosein asked for 30 billion right off the bat.

This was simply robbery! Their Cecilia Star's annual GDP was only around 5 billion galaxy credits.

They also had to pay 2 billion in federal management fees each year.

Coupled with the current severe environmental conditions on the planet, requiring large purchases of supplies from other planets, they could save less than 1.5 billion galaxy credits per year.

Buying this planet would cost Cecilia Star the entire planet's income for 20 years. This was an outrageous demand!

(Note: The orbital periods of planets in the universe differ, so a year's time also varies. For ease of understanding, a year in this story is calculated as one Earth year.)

If it weren't for Mesolas Star being protected by the Interstellar Federation,

General Cesi would have wanted to rely on his civilization's higher level than Mesolas Star to colonize their planet!

But he didn't dare to do so.

The Galaxy Interstellar Federation was founded by three Level 5 civilizations in the central star territory of the Galaxy.

The first principle of the Galaxy Interstellar Federation was that any planet registered with the Federation and above Level 1 civilization

would enjoy the protection of the Interstellar Federation; higher civilizations were not allowed to arbitrarily invade or colonize other civilized planets that had joined the Federation.

However, once registered with the Interstellar Federation, an annual federal management fee had to be paid.

This amount was linked to the planet's civilization level and productivity, essentially acting as protection money.

Of course, joining the Interstellar Federation also had benefits, allowing for interstellar trade with other Federation planets.

Only by earning enough Galaxy credits could they afford the management fees.

Once they could not pay the management fees, they were highly likely to be invaded and colonized by higher civilizations, facing the danger of extinction.

Therefore, planets that joined the Galaxy Interstellar Federation worked, traded, and earned money very diligently.

They earned Galaxy credits to pay tribute to those three Level 5 civilizations.

For years, Cecilia Star had been exploring deep space for habitable planets, but had always found nothing.

The Galaxy was too vast, with 400 billion stars alone. How many planets were there among those stars?

Therefore, searching for a life planet was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Sosein, don't try to challenge my bottom line!"

Sosein was not anxious; he was confident that this price would definitely sell.

"General Cesi, as you just saw, that planet named Earth is in its most vibrant period of life, perfectly meeting your Level 3 civilization's colonization requirements. In the future, it will likely have hundreds of millions of years of habitable period. This price is not expensive!"

General Cesi was trembling all over.

"Don't think that just because our Cecilia Star's environment is deteriorating, you can name your own price, Sosein. I warn you, don't push your luck!"

"General Cesi, are you perhaps trying to threaten us with force?"

Cesi sneered.

"Heh heh, although we cannot invade your Mesolas Star, our Cecilia Star is the closest Level 3 civilized planet to you. If we frequently harass you, the Interstellar Federation will only turn a blind eye. Sosein, do you want that to happen?"

Sosein was immediately speechless!

"Hmph, General Cesi, your behavior is rather unseemly. If you act like this, I will appeal to the Galaxy Interstellar Federation, and then we will not sell this planet to you. Oh, and the Level 3 mid-stage civilization in the M40 Star Territory, Nicol Star, also seems to be looking for a colonized planet. If you can't afford it, we will consider contacting them!"

Cesi frowned immediately!

"Alright, alright, Sosein, I will go back and report to our Head of State. I hope you will secure that planet as soon as possible. Our Head of State will come to trade personally next time!"

With that, General Cesi flicked his sleeves and left.

After seeing off the people from Cecilia Star, Sosein looked at the sky and smiled, having achieved his scheme.

30 billion Galaxy credits was their Mesolas Star's GDP for over a decade.

Their annual Interstellar Federation management fee was around 1 billion Galaxy credits.

If this deal was successful, they would get decades of breathing room.

At that time, they could use the extra money to buy more advanced technology from other civilizations.

Perhaps they could even advance to a true Level 3 civilization.

Sosein was calculating his plans.

...

Three months later, Earth, Huanyu Technology Park.

In these three months, Chen Yu had extensively built Level 3 civilization warships.

The raw materials, hulls, etc., for these warships required some special elements, which were extremely scarce on Earth and the planets of the Solar System.

Synthesizing those elements was too slow, and many elements, given Chen Yu's authority, he did not have the permission to synthesize.

So Chen Yu used metallic materials from Earth as substitutes.

He didn't demand that these warships have amazing anti-attack capabilities; they just needed to be able to eliminate incoming Level 2 civilization warships.

The main focus was on quantity over quality; build more, and it wouldn't hurt to perish together with them when the time came.

In these three months, Chen Yu's interstellar shipbuilding factory could complete an Attack Ship every three days.

Equipped with small nuclear-powered thrusters, they could only perform conventional flight and could not achieve light-speed flight.

Because Chen Yu did not have the technological authority to manufacture superluminal Warp Engines.

Nor did he have the most important raw material, which could only be found near black holes.

However, as long as they could fight, the weapon systems of these Attack Ships

were equipped with laser cannons, electromagnetic pulse cannons, and traditional high-energy electromagnetic railguns.

The energy was provided by a small controllable nuclear fusion engine carried inside the Attack Ship.

It's no exaggeration to say that Chen Yu's current ordinary Attack Ship could dominate Earth and rule the entire globe.

...

At this moment, one light-year away from Earth, in the Oort Cloud, a deep and terrifying space was irregularly wriggling.

Behind it, the starry sky showed a distorted image, clearly indicating spatial fluctuations and even gravitational anomalies here.

Suddenly, a bright light shot out from that distorted space, disappearing in just an instant...