In the capital area of the Sierra Empire, in the audience room of the Imperial Palace.

Imran looked at the half-kneeling guard in front of him and was a little stunned.

"Say it again!"

"Yes, the minister encountered a counterattack by the Io Federation in Vene, which has 200,000 quasi-fourth-class warships, and then an unknown force joined the battlefield and helped the Io Federation attack our army, and its fleet of more than 400,000 warships are all fourth-level civilized warships, the minister has ordered the entire fleet to retreat through the way of the stars, I hope Your Majesty will prepare early!"

"Bang !!"

Imran slapped the table with a loud bang that made the half-kneeling guard tremble in fright.

"Go, Harun, the Minister of the General's Department, have called me to see me!"

"Yes!"

The guard stood up as if he were on the verge of amnesty, and quickly retreated, only to find that his back was completely wet when he exited the audience room.

After more than ten minutes, the Minister of War, Harun, came to the audience room.

"Chen Harun has seen Your Majesty!"

"Harlan, you should also know the news of Basel, tell me what you think?"

"Your Majesty, if the content of General Basel's message is true, then our empire is in danger."

Harlan said cautiously, glancing at Imran.

"Your Majesty, judging from the information sent back by General Basel, there are three key points!"

"First, the Io Federation has a large number of quasi-fourth-tier civilization warships, which is quite unfavorable to us, and it is likely to re-level our advantages, or even turn our advantages into disadvantages!"

"Second, there is an unknown force behind the Io Federation, and all the warships of this force are real fourth-level civilization warships, not the kind of foreign trade warships sold by the Babawi Empire, otherwise General Basel will definitely explain."

"Third, the energy shield device of the Babawi Empire is not only sold, they only sell warships, and the jump engine is a prohibited piece of equipment, so the energy shield and jump engine of the Io Federation are definitely not provided by the Babawi Empire, and it is very likely that this new unknown force supports and provides it."

"Judging from all the information, it is very likely that a new fourth-level civilization has been born in Orion's arms, and this civilization is supporting and arming the Io Federation, which is definitely not good news for us."

After listening to Harun's words, Imran also felt that things were tricky.

An Io Federation armed with a large number of energy shields and jump engines, and a fourth-level civilization that doesn't know the details, this is not something that a third-level civilization can deal with.

If there is no Io Federation, the Sierra Empire will definitely go up and be a licking dog immediately, but his own empire and the Io Federation have been old enemies for hundreds of years, and this newly emerging fourth-level civilization is supporting the Io Federation in all directions, no matter how you look at yourself, you have no chance!

Even if one is not done well, the crisis of national destruction is just around the corner!

"Harlan, how do you think we can get through this crisis!"

For a while, Imran couldn't think of any good way to deal with it, so he had to ask Harlan again, hoping that he could come up with a good solution.

"Your Majesty, I have an idea!"

"Huh? Come and hear it! ”

As soon as he heard that Harlan had an idea, Imran's eyes lit up and he immediately asked Harlan to continue.

"Yes! Your Majesty should know that in our Orion arm, there has always been only one fourth-level civilization in the Babawi Empire, and it can be said that the Babawi Empire is the overlord and the actual ruler of the entire Orion arm. ”

Listening to Harun's words, Imran also nodded.

Although the Babawi Empire has not yet actually ruled the entire Orion Arm, it has been inspecting every hundred years.

To put it nicely, it is an inspection, but in fact it is to collect tribute from various civilizations, so it is not wrong to say that the Babawi Empire is the overlord of the entire Orion arm, the de facto ruler.

"Your Majesty, the hegemony of the Babawi Empire is based on the fact that there is only one of them as a fourth-level civilization on the arm of Orion, but now there are two families, if this news reaches the ears of the Babawi Empire, then ......"

Imran instantly understood what Harlan meant.

Yes, why didn't I think of it, in the past, there was only a fourth-level civilization in the Babawe Empire, but now there is a second one, if the Babawi Empire knows, can it sit still?

I'm afraid that an army will be mobilized to pinch this new fourth-level civilization to death in the cradle immediately, right?

Imran looked a little excited, but then he thought of something, and his face immediately pulled his crotch down.

"Harun, it's a good way, but you also have to get in touch with the Babawi Empire!"

That's right, the Babawi Empire is nearly 20,000 light-years away from the Serra Empire, and in terms of the level of communication in Serra, not to mention whether the news can be sent so far, even if it can, I'm afraid it will take more than a hundred years for the Babawi Empire to receive it.

By that time, the daylilies would be cold, and the Serra Empire would probably have long since become history.

Another option is to wait for the next inspection of Babawi's Orion arm.

But it has only been 22 years since the last inspection, and it will be 78 years since the next inspection!

"Your Majesty, don't worry, conventional means really can't work, but Your Majesty, have you forgotten the interstellar merchants of the Babawe Empire?"

Harlan's words were like a light in the night, and Imran's eyes suddenly lit up, and he remembered the profession of an interstellar merchant.

Yes, there are interstellar merchants in Orion's arms, and all of them are merchants of the Babawi Empire, after all, only the Babawi Empire has a jump engine, and other civilizations do not have the ability to be interstellar merchants at all.

The interstellar merchants of the Babawi Empire basically make a circle around the entire Orion arm every ten years, and the last time they appeared in the Serra Empire should have been two years ago, which means that it will come again in eight years.

And those interstellar merchants have ultra-long-range instant messengers, and they can contact the Babawi base camp at any time.

But there's still a problem to solve!

"Harlan, but you have to know that even the interstellar traders will not arrive in about eight years, and we will still be very dangerous in those eight years!"

This is the question Imran is thinking, eight years, the other party has a jump engine, eight years is enough time for the other party to destroy himself several times!

"Your Majesty, what we have to do is to stabilize the other party within these eight years, cede the land and pay compensation, whatever you want, as long as we can stabilize the other party for eight years."

After Harlan finished speaking, he secretly glanced at Imran again, usually he didn't dare to make such a humiliating suggestion, otherwise he would definitely be pulled out and killed!

But there's really nothing better to do it than that!

Imran's expression was very complicated, as the Emperor of Serra, he was unwilling to do such a thing as ceding land and paying reparations, especially the Io Federation, which was weaker than his own empire.

However, Harlan is right, if you don't do this, then the destruction of the country is really close at hand.

"I agreed!"

With unwillingness, Imran gritted his teeth and said word by word.