Chapter 377: The Imperial Capital in the Void

Celestial Domain, the capital of the Galactic Empire, means "the heavenly sanctuary where the gods live". Of course, the reason why the Tirero so arrogantly called their home planet was when they incorporated the 10,000th habitable planet directly into their dominance. And that's more than a thousand years ago.

As a result, the "Tiri Star" used by this galaxy in the earliest era of space exploration is now rarely used by anyone except historians.

All travelers from other galaxies, even the most experienced and well-informed travelers, would be unable to suppress their exclamations when they saw Skyland for the first time.

As we all know, this galaxy is simply the birthplace of a god-given civilization, it has eight stable transition channels, like a crossroads in the universe, and it should belong to the core of this galaxy by nature. The star is also in its prime, and continues to shine its warm orange glow across the twelve-planet thriving galaxy.

It's really a thriving yet crowded galaxy. Half of the twelve planets have appeared in life and ecological chains that are fully evolving, and those two blue and green planets like jewels are directly born to be the first civilization to step out of the cradle.

But now, more than 3,000 years after the children of these two planets walked out of the cradle, the two beautiful planets named Tirero and Ancient America are exuding a warm light full of vitality. Tranquil blues or quiet greens reveal a natural mystery from the soft whites.

It is a natural beauty that has not been destroyed by any civilization at all, as if it had not been cultivated.

Yes, since more than a thousand years ago, the ancestors of the Galactic Empire began to systematically relocate all the residents, cities and factories on the two planets here, and carried out ecological restoration in a planned way. By now, in addition to the palace of His Majesty the Emperor and a small number of villas and estates of great nobles, Tirelo and Ancient America have been completely restored to their former natural environment.

In other words, it is more lush and magnificent than the ecology of the past.

However, for this galaxy, or the imperial people of this imperial capital, these two cradle planets that gave birth to the entire Galactic Empire are just a larger ecological park in this cosmic city.

Yes, the entire Heavenly Domain is the imperial capital, just a city. The buildings that make up the city do not stand on the surface of a stable sector, nor are they connected by a pavement on the ground.

The buildings were all huge space structures, which were still relatively sparse on the outer periphery of the galaxy, but after crossing the orbit of the silver eighth planet, those space buildings gradually became denser, as if they had arrived in a thriving urban area from the deserted suburbs.

Looking at the universe through the porthole of the ship, what can be seen by the naked eye is all the lights of artificial creations, which make those shapes elegant and solemn, not like technological products, but more like pavilions and pavilions in the mythological era.

However, those are indeed space buildings.

The smallest is just a functional device that can accommodate several people to work, and the largest is the size of the moon. They rotate through their mass and the planet's natural gravity, and slowly orbit in the galaxy.

As a result, people who have just arrived in this galaxy seem to see a city in motion.

Because of this, the real-time location between these space creations is constantly changing, if it weren't for the old drivers who have lived in this "city" for a long time, or the navigation AI provided by the Imperial Capital Aviation Administration, ordinary people would definitely get lost here even if they drove a high-speed cruise ship.

I heard that there is a military consideration. It is said that every building floating in space in this imperial capital, even if it is civil, commercial, or even amusement and resort areas, is equipped with a large number of equipment. If one day, an enemy fleet does break into the imperial capital, every space city here may be turned into a fortress.

They will form a deadly labyrinth that will form the last defense of the Empire, tearing to shreds all enemies who try to get close to the heart of the Empire.

Perhaps because of this, this imperial capital, which was directly established in the void, has the "good name" of "Oro City". In the lingua franca of the Alliance, "Oroen" has the meaning of chaos and calamity, and it is self-evident that this nickname comes from there, right?

Of course, for the Tiriros, who have always considered themselves the greatest conquerors in galactic history, they don't feel at all wrong with being called a "calamity". To put it bluntly, the imperial military aristocrats with abundant martial virtues are more or less a bit of a middle and second disease, and they are actually happy to be regarded as villains.

"Demon King, isn't that great? We dominate half the galaxy, and the more the enemy fears us, the more secure our rule becomes! ”

Of course, the Imperial side rejected the rumor that the buildings in the imperial capital were military fortresses, and proudly stated: "Warships and knights are the fortresses of the Empire!" What's more, how could the imperial capital be invaded by foreign enemies? You actually think that the great Galactic Empire needs to stuff the emperor to survive, what is it that gives you such a stupid illusion? Is it the spirit of the universe? ”

Although they are very arrogant and second-in-the-second, they have to admit that they do have this qualification. Ever since the Tiriro stepped out of their galaxy of origin and embarked on an endless quest to conquer the universe, the imperial capital has never been invaded by foreign enemies.

In short, if the silver orbit of the eighth planet is the edge of the city, and the orbit of the first planet is the end of the near future, the "urban area" of the imperial capital will form a huge space city complex with an axis of more than 1.5 billion kilometers.

If the various facilities outside and around Planet 8 are called the outer ring of the city, then the space between the third planet Tiriro and the fourth planet Gumea can be regarded as the inner ring. The most conspicuous thing here are the three huge space buildings that exude a brilliant luster like the morning sun, and at first glance they really look like palaces where gods live. They are the Dawn Palace, the Boundless Palace, and the Dragon Landing Palace, which are the residences of the Emperor of the Galactic Empire, representing the highest supreme of the Galactic Empire.

After all, the Emperor of the Galactic Empire is the one who rules half of the galaxy, and he is definitely the most powerful person in the known universe. However, he alone can't live in such a big place, no matter how poor and extravagant he is. In a sense, this must be regarded as a kind of giant worship.

Fear of power can lead to virtue, and the Galactic Empire actually believes in this truth.

Not far from the three interlocking palaces is a much larger space battle, but the main structure is a flat domed city structure.

It is officially called the Xuanzheng District, but because the outer walls of the Space City are also painted in dark gold, it looks quite gorgeous in the sun, so it is also called the Huangcheng, which is the seat of the Great Senate, the Privy Council, the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Generalissimo's Palace, as well as the headquarters of the major government agencies of the Empire. It is the true ruling core of the Galactic Empire.

The palace of the eight elected emperors and the castle hall area where the major princes and lords are stationed in the imperial capital are also in this inner ring area. All of them are also resplendent space palaces, so large that they can no longer be called space stations, they can already be regarded as artificial planets.

The nobles of the empire like to convey their majesty to the whole universe with such unscrupulous waste, luxury, and the worship of huge things.

However, if the Galactic Empire weakens, their fleets are losing ground on the front lines, losing their teachers and humiliating the country, and even the most magnificent buildings will only become a counterproof of poverty and luxury, and become the laughing stock of the whole universe.

However, in fact, the Galactic Empire is still at its peak, and is being ruled by the god-like monarch of the current world, and the Imperial fleet is still invincible. Therefore, when everyone sees these magnificent artificial stars, everyone can only sigh with emotion, "so handsome, cool, and good", "it's really spectacular", "worthy of the imperial capital" and so on. At the same time, the empire is a great kingdom ruled by the gods, and the message of invincibility is really planted in people's hearts like a steel seal of thought.

The outer inner ring, that is, the space orbit outside the ancient American star, should be the so-called imperial capital central ring, right? This is the place where the most prosperous space city creatures in the sky gather. The official residences of the nobles and citizens of the empire, the dormitories of civil servants and military officers, the residential areas where ordinary residents lived, the administrative districts of the imperial capital, the space gardens, the commercial districts, the playground districts, and the academy districts were all located here. If you add a variety of small and medium-sized functional facilities, and even unmanned automatic floating equipment, there are millions of large and small creations. It's a huge artificial asteroid belt.

Countless traffic boats shuttle between these artificial asteroid belts, like the traffic in a metropolis.

However, except for the Generalissimo's Office, the rest of the military command departments and the rest of the secret departments are not in the inner ring and the middle ring, but outside the outer ring. The Imperial Academy of Science and Technology, the Academy of Engineering, and various experimental workshops were all around the silver planet that hung in the sky, like the gate of the imperial capital.

As for the famous Hands of Glory shipyard and the residence of the Imperial Royal Fleet of Imperial Guards, including four Titan ships, it is on that silver planet.

Yes, that silver planet, in natural times, it was actually a maroon ordinary planet, with abundant mines and ultra-high star mass, as well as a very strong natural magnetic field.

However, this was also more than a thousand years ago. Today, it is still a natural planet, and now it is also buried in the pile of old papers, but now it is known as the "Fortress of the Hand of Glory", one of the proudest planetary fortresses of the Empire.

The silver glow on the planet was not the hazy natural light reflected from the moon's surface, but the artificial light reflected by metal.

This impression is not an illusion. Now, all the natural beauty in the hands of Glory is long gone. The abundance of high-quality minerals and the extremely dense star composition make it extremely valuable for reconstruction, and as long as the technology is mastered, large-scale reconstruction can be carried out.

Ten centuries of renovation have led to the construction of factories and laboratories of various scales, and the surface of the planet has begun to expand into the interior of the planet. The steel-like rocks literally turned into steel, forming inner harbors, barracks, docks, and materials, and the minions that were mined were sent into the universe and became the driving force behind the continuous expansion of the Imperial Army.

Through the lookout window of the spaceship, Yu Lian looked at the silver "planet" at the end of his line of sight, or rather, the huge space fortress known as the "Hand of Glory", which was also the largest of the twelve Optimus Castles in the Empire.

Compared with it, the city of Kerna that was demolished by its own is simply the city of Xiangyang or Constantinople armed to the teeth, compared to the earthen enclosure of the landlord's house in the countryside.

Yu Lian knew that this silver planet, which looked about the same size as the Earth, was actually more than five times the mass of the Earth. Its interior has been dug into a honeycomb, and that is where the Imperial Guards are located, including the four Titans.

The command of the Imperial Forest Army does not belong to the Generalissimo's Palace, it does not belong to the Imperial Navy, and it is theoretically only the Emperor's private army.

In fact, the strength of the Royal Forest Fleet alone is more than twice that of the Outer Ring Fleet, which is the most capable of fighting in the Community. And that's with the removal of four Titan ships.

Of course, the most shameful thing for the fleet is to sink in the harbor. In fact, the Imperial Praetorian Fleet is often based on a Titan ship as the core, divided into four fleets, with the mythical beasts and gods of war in the classical mythology of the empire as the military trumpet, patrolling the huge territory. In the imperial capital, only one fleet was often retained to be responsible for the rotation of the garrison, and at the same time, it also took the opportunity to maintain and maintain the ship.

From this point of view, the Praetorian Fleet, which is directly subordinate to His Majesty the Emperor, except for this so-called "garrison period", can almost be regarded as being in fleet formation and marching training all year round.

Yu Lian wasn't too sure which one was the one that was now stationed in the Hand of Glory, but he was sure that there was a Titan ship parked there.

In addition, the Imperial Royal Navy fleet, which is unified by the Privy Council and the Generalissimo's Office, also has a fleet stationed in the Sky Domain all year round, and its scale and combat effectiveness should be equivalent to an outer ring fleet. However, it should be on the other side of the Skyland, on a slightly smaller fortress.

However, even if it is a little smaller, it is a super fortress armed to the teeth for other countries.

In short, even if all the imperial fleets in this galaxy are wiped out, the firepower and garrison troops on these two fortresses alone can make at least three outer ring fleets unable to take care of themselves......

He was tempted to observe more, but the passenger ship carrying them, under the command of the Imperial navigator, passed through the military and factory areas of the Outer Ring at great speed, and went directly into the Central Ring. This is also the area where the Embassy of the Blue Star Community in the Empire is located.

Looking at the man-made "asteroid belt" that is densely packed like a labyrinth, Yu Lian once again realized why Tianyu has the title of "Oro City".

It's really not going to be dark.

"Then, the question is, when there is only one outer ring fleet under his command, how can he pass through the encirclement and interception of the Titan ship and the Optimus Fortress, pass through the labyrinth of this asteroid belt, and go directly to the Dragon Landing Palace?"

The current Emperor of the Empire, Eransel the Great, resides in the Dragon's Palace. In fact, each generation of the Supreme of the Galactic Empire would only choose one of the three imperial palaces to live in, and the other two would naturally become palaces.

"You're in a good spirit, aren't you?" The old man on the other side said helplessly: "Although I have been thinking about this kind of thing, I am just thinking about it." And after all, this is the Heavenly Domain, although I don't think the Imperial Devil will go down to the point of installing bugs in the embassy, but it should be a little more restrained when speaking. ”

So, it's okay to just say "imperial devils", right?

"You are a soldier, and the old man is understandable. However, I'm a powerless literati, and I don't know much about what you fight and kill. Let's talk about your red maple factory, right? I think it's a lot more fun than fighting. The old man said again. He was obviously a handful of old people, but his eyes flashed with youthful enthusiasm and curiosity.

Yu Lian looked at the old man opposite, that is, Mr. Qi Bingwen, the ambassador to the empire, a little embarrassed, a little excited, and a little emotional.

So, sure enough, who in the world doesn't understand...... Uh, it's not red!