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To be honest, Zhou Qing considered this way of communicating to be nothing short of primitive.
He really couldn't understand why an interstellar civilization would lack communication equipment and have to rely on such an ancient method of communication.
Putting aside everything else, even an interstellar civilization that has just entered the galaxy should have the ability to communicate freely across the entire galaxy.
What exactly is going on with this amazing human empire?
Did they go astray in their tech development?
If they didn't have the ability to communicate without delay, how did they manage to bring the entire galaxy under their rule?
Zhou Qing's doubts intensified. On one hand, he was criticizing the bizarre technology of the human empire, and on the other hand, he felt helpless in being forced to accept such primitive communication.
Zhou Qing arrived at the Star Language Hall quickly, but the scene there exceeded his expectations.
Even though he had activated his super-powered shield to resist the invasion of chaotic energy, there were still many Star Speakers in the Star Speaker Hall who had collapsed to the ground and were wailing loudly.
And that's considered lucky; those who were unlucky went completely mad, yelling and screaming like a lunatic.
When Zhou Qing stepped into Xinyuting, his pupils contracted slightly at the sight.
Inside the hall, dozens of Star Speakers collapsed to the ground, some curled up in a ball, clutching their heads and groaning in pain.
Some scratched their skin frantically, as if trying to tear open their flesh and dig out some unseen contamination.
The most severely injured had gone completely insane. They knelt on the ground, laughing wildly with their heads thrown back, chanting blasphemous and chaotic prayers, with black, foul blood seeping from their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
"The pollution of chaos..." Zhou Qing frowned and immediately activated the psionic scan.
In his perception, the entire Star Language Hall was permeated with chaotic energy, and the souls of those Star Language speakers were as if they were entangled and twisted by countless tentacles.
Their minds were torn apart by the turbulent waves of the warp; some had completely collapsed and become puppets of chaos.
"Your Excellency!" The head of the Star Language Hall—an elderly Star Speaker—barely managed to stay conscious as he stumbled over. "The warp... the warp is roaring! We heard it... we heard it..."
His words abruptly stopped, his eyes widened suddenly, a strange gurgling sound came from his throat, and then he spat out a mouthful of black blood and fell straight down.
Zhou Qing couldn't stand by and watch his citizens die in front of him, so he mobilized his immense spiritual power and began to annihilate all the chaotic energy around him.
When Zhou Qing unleashed his high-level spiritual power, all the chaotic energy around him was purified.
The chaotic energy was instantly disposed of.
A large amount of psionic energy then flowed into the bodies of these Star Speakers, restoring them to their original state.
But even with Zhou Qing's energy, they were still groaning.
After restoring most of his citizens to normal, Zhou Qing frowned and withdrew his spiritual power, then turned to his bodyguard and gave him instructions.
"Go get 10 purifiers and place them in the Star Language Hall to purify this chaotic energy and process it."
"This shit-like stuff must never be allowed on my planet."
"The super-powered shield is not turned off; it remains open to prevent any chaotic energy from entering."
All factories are now working overtime to produce subspace energy purifiers, which must purify this energy before it can be released.
Zhou Qing's expression was extremely unpleasant, as if he had bumped into a pile of shit.
And that's actually the case. When he releases his spiritual power to solve these problems, it's like he's directly stirring up a pile of shit.
Zhou Qing's orders were carried out swiftly.
Ten subspace energy purifiers were urgently transported to the Star Language Hall. These devices, shaped like giant metal obelisks, emitted a soft blue light as soon as they were activated, gradually decomposing and purifying the remaining chaotic energy.
The Star Speakers finally stopped groaning in pain, but their spirits had been severely damaged and they would not be able to resume their work for a while.
"Your Excellency, the purifier is functioning normally," the AI adjutant reported, "but chaotic energy continues to infiltrate, and the concentration outside the shield is still rising."
Zhou Qing stood in the center of the Star Language Hall, his gaze cold and stern.
Okay, now the only person who communicates and contacts the outside world is gone.
Zhou Qing really wanted to grab the person in charge of the Human Empire and give him a good beating. He really wanted to ask how this interstellar civilization developed its technology.
He could tolerate the fact that faster-than-light travel required subspace.
After all, warp space is decent; it can indeed be considered effective.
But why is it that even communication is not possible and we can only rely on the Star Speakers?
In Zhou Qing's view, the performance of the Human Empire, especially in terms of communication, was even inferior to that of an ordinary interstellar civilization that had just entered space.
Sometimes he really doubted how such a civilization could have survived for 4 years. Wasn't that absurd?
Chapter 42 Exploring the Surrounding Human Empire World
Zhou Qing had no idea what had happened, but he had to find out, otherwise it would be too dangerous to be in the Milky Way.
According to the star map collected by the human empire here, there should be another human empire colony next to this star system.
Since he can no longer find out the situation from his side, then he should ask other colonies for information.
Perhaps others know more than we do.
Driven by this idea, all the warships it could muster were deployed, totaling two cruisers, four destroyers, and eighteen frigates.
Some of the warships were brought from the Federation, while others were newly built by him.
After all, what is the first thing to do if you want to declare sovereignty over a star system?
The obvious choice is to build a star base!
Over such a long period of development, it has already built a star fortress-level stellar base.
During this subspace invasion, his own star base was spared, but he could only communicate with it.
The small exploration fleet slowly takes off from orbit around the nest world of the Betel Empire.
After all, this was just a fleet consisting of one cruiser, four destroyers, and sixteen frigates. Warships of this level could only be used as exploration fleets or to fight pirates.
The fleet set sail, and Zhou Qing was also on board.
He wanted to find out for himself what had happened.
Unlike the warships of the Human Empire, the warships of the Human Federation are capable of traveling faster than the speed of light.
Therefore, in order to find another imperial colony more quickly, the small fleet that was flying increased its speed to 60 times the speed of light.
They had only just set off, and within minutes they had arrived above another imperial world.
Unfortunately, before Zhou Qing could go down and investigate what was going on, he discovered that the whole world smelled like excrement.
The outcome of this colony is self-evident.
It must have been corrupted by the power of chaos.
Even in space, Zhou Qing could sense the energy emanating from the planet below.
The stench was like that of excrement, but despite this, there were still human citizens resisting inside.
It was these potential human citizens that made Zhou Qing decide against taking the fleet directly, and instead linger above this imperial world.
The Federation of Humans will not abandon human citizens.
Now that he has seen the existence of human citizens on this planet, Zhou Qing is willing to lend a helping hand to this world to the best of his ability.
The planetary defense forces had just completed their training.
How can an army that has never experienced war and spends all its time training in simulated warfare become a true elite force?
Since the enemy is already at our doorstep, let's fight!
Putting aside the fact that there are still human citizens here resisting and that you need to save them.
How can I allow others to sleep soundly in my own bed?
This had already made Zhou Qing determined to annihilate these chaotic demon armies.
In addition, it's also a good opportunity to assess the combat strength of these Chaos Demon armies.
Now that things have come to this point, Zhou Qing has finally figured it out: this new universe is nothing but a pile of crap.
It's practically an abstract toilet.
This subspace is completely different from the one where the Federation is located; it is inhabited by a host of evil gods.
Their power is influencing the entire warp, making warp energy as utterly incomprehensible as a pile of excrement.
At the same time, these warp gods also posed a threat to humanity.
As long as he remains in this universe, engaging in battle with the chaotic army within it is inevitable.
Now is the perfect time to use this war to test the enemy's strength.
"The fleet is returning to port. The cruisers will remain to conduct orbital bombardment of the enemy on this planet and to help the citizens on the ground to survive."
"The other fleets should immediately return to base and bring back 1,000 million planetary defense troops. The returning fleets will be responsible for escorting our transport forces in preparation for the landing operation, and will bring our Titan Legion with them."
Zhou Qing's orders quickly spread throughout the entire warship group.
The destroyers and frigates began to slowly turn their warships around, and then disappeared from their spots in the next second.
The escort fleet returned directly to the skies above the main planet, and the planetary defense forces also received Zhou Qing's orders to begin assembling. The Titan Legion also began to assemble.
These Titans were created by Zhou Qing himself after he obtained the research materials from the Cult of Mechanics.
In terms of combat power, due to issues with materials and costs, Zhou Qing only managed to place them at the same level as War General-level Titans.
This is a new type of Titan produced by combining some of the Federation's technology with the technology native to the Human Empire.
Don't be fooled by the fact that their combat strength is only at the War General level.
However, when supplies are fully available and production lines are operating at full capacity, 10 Warlord-class Titans can be produced in a single day.
This was achieved even when other production lines were also in operation, and a dedicated Titan production line was allocated for its production.
Although Zhou Qing had always wanted to unlock the Federation's military technology, he would not waste the technology of the Human Empire.
After all, homegrown technology should be incredibly effective against homegrown enemies, as proven by war.
And most importantly, it's cheap.
Compared to the combat vehicles in the Human Federation, the Titans of the Human Empire are clearly much cheaper. Simply add an AI to them, and a single pilot can operate a Warmaster-class Titan.
In reality, the Titan's pilot is unnecessary, since the AI can completely control the Titan; it's just a cover-up.