Chapter 141, The Rise of the Neighbors
In the void about 100 light-years away from the sea of stars, there is a relatively rich galaxy, the Suleiman Galaxy.
The Suleiman system is one of the richest planetary systems in the surrounding area, because the Suleiman system has three life planets, which makes the Suleiman Empire much stronger than the civilizations in the surrounding planetary systems.
For example, the Beirut Empire, which is closest to the Suleiman Empire, will be bullied by the Suleiman Empire, and every few decades, the Suleiman Empire will attack and expand the Beirut galaxy where the Beirut Empire is located, intending to be able to lay down another planetary system and become a powerful civilization occupying two planetary systems.
This place is far away from the sea of stars, the distance between the stars is too large, and it is extremely inconvenient to travel back and forth, and no strong civilization will come here at all, so this place has become a haven of refuge for weak civilizations, and the civilizations that flow here are actually not very strong.
But where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, and where there are civilizations, there will be fights.
Even in this barren star field, there is still constant competition between civilizations, and the Suleiman Empire feels that it is strong, so it also wants to continue to expand externally and occupy the nearest Beirut Empire.
For a long time in the past, the Suleiman Empire and the Beirut Empire had the advantage in the wars, because there were three living planets, so the population of the Suleiman Empire was several times larger than that of the Beirut Empire.
In the case of the same level of technology on both sides, the more people and more lives, which means that the stronger the strength, so the Suleiman Empire takes the initiative to attack the Beirut Empire every time and presses the Beirut Empire to fight.
The most glorious one almost hit Beirut, the old nest of the Beirut Empire, but in the end, the Beirut Empire relied on the advantage of local warfare to drag down the Suleiman Empire and keep its homeland.
This situation similar to that between the Suleiman Empire and the Beirut Empire is very common here in Xinghai, where the strength of civilizations is not much different, and it is difficult to help each other.
Even if there is a big difference in strength, for example, between a level 3 universe civilization and a level 2 universe civilization, this level 3 universe civilization has the strength to crush a level 2 universe civilization.
However, the starry sky is vast, the universe is boundless, and even though the density between the stars here in the sea of stars is very large, and the distance between stars is very close, it is extremely inconvenient to travel between them without a warp engine.
Even if a Level 3 cosmic civilization can agree to a Level 2 cosmic civilization and occupy their planetary system, if a civilization's territory expands too much, it is extremely inconvenient for various galaxies within itself to travel between them, and it is easy to breed internal divisions.
This point has already been too much in the sea of stars, not only in the level 3 universe civilization, but also in the level 2 universe civilization.
Once the expansion in the interstellar universe is too fast, it is extremely inconvenient for the internal communication between the central galaxy to control the galaxy in the frontier area, and in such a situation, the internal division forces will breed, and eventually lead to the split.
Some civilizations are divided into several parts, and they are still enemies of life and death with each other, and they want to destroy each other immediately.
There are too many things like this happening here in the galaxy, so the civilizations in the sea of stars, even if they are as powerful as the Black Yan Empire and the Purple Moon Federation, the scope of their control is also limited, and they will not occupy too many planetary systems, because they are also afraid that once the territory is too large, they will be divided internally.
Once there is a split within oneself, the power of one's own civilization will be consumed in internal friction, which will allow other civilizations to take advantage of it.
This is also the reason why subordinate civilizations and suzeraint civilizations are very popular here in the Star Sea, because it is impossible for a powerful level 3 cosmic civilization to occupy too vast a territory, but what if they are reluctant to give up the interests of these regions.
It is only possible to make some obedient civilizations its own subordinate civilizations by means of coercion and inducement, so that through these civilizations, they can still control large areas, and more importantly, they can still get something for nothing.
These subordinate civilizations are regularly required to pay tribute to the suzerain, paying vast amounts of wealth to seek refuge in powerful civilizations.
As for the weak civilization, there is naturally no choice, the level 3 cosmic civilization may not have a way to occupy too vast the void range, but the fleet of the level 3 cosmic civilization can easily destroy itself.
Since you can get a safe living environment by paying protection fees, you will naturally be attached to a powerful civilization and become a subsidiary civilization.
This is also an important reason why the Black Yan Empire and the Purple Moon Federation regularly wage wars.
Because these subordinate civilizations under his command are all developing rapidly, the level 1 civilization has developed to the level 2 civilization, and the level 2 civilization has developed to the level 3 cosmic civilization.
Once a civilization has developed to a level 3 cosmic civilization, it will have a conflict of interest with other old level 3 cosmic civilizations, and even threaten the status of the old level 3 civilization in the future.
The Black Yan Empire and the Purple Moon Federation each set up a camp, and the two camps constantly fought against each other, and in the process of this battle, they dealt a black hand to some level 3 cosmic civilizations below each other, and level 2 civilizations with potential and threats, and eliminated hidden dangers and threats.
Relying on such means, the Black Yan Empire and the Purple Moon Federation have always firmly controlled the Star Sea, and the number of Level 3 cosmic civilizations in the Star Sea is large, and it is when they launch a new round of war.
This point has long been known to many civilizations in the sea of stars, but everyone is helpless, the strength of these two civilizations is too strong, they have reached the peak of the third-level cosmic civilization, and they have joined forces to do such shameless things, and other civilizations are not their opponents even if they join forces.
This is the situation between the Chinese Ming and civilization of the Star Sea.
In most cases, it is difficult to help each other, but sometimes the situation is different, once the civilization adjacent to oneself advances by leaps and bounds, and its strength expands rapidly.
Then the situation will become very bad, and generally a civilization will become stronger, and its ambitions will continue to expand, and it will inevitably embark on the road of external expansion.
Adjacent to such a civilization often means disaster, obviously everyone in the last century was about the same strength, but in the next century the technology is far apart, even if you are beaten all over the ground to find teeth, it is difficult to even keep your own galaxy.
Once that happens, the days will be very miserable, either to join forces with other civilizations, or to find a way to find a stronger thigh.
But most of the time, it will be like the Beirut Empire, wandering from the sea of stars, until it comes to the most marginal area outside the star perimeter before settling down again, of course, some people are particularly lucky, and they can also grab the territory of the first-level cosmic civilization, but the first-level cosmic civilization will generally hug the thigh of a stronger second-level cosmic civilization.
If the strength is not strong, it will be very difficult to survive, endure exploitation, and continue to grow and progress in the midst of oppression.
In recent years, there has been such a feeling on the side of the Suleiman Empire, feeling that the Beirut Empire, which was not as strong as itself before, seems to have suddenly become much stronger.
The Suleiman Empire's originally tentative Beirut Empire sent a fleet to test the strength of this old neighbor, and by the way, to see if there was a chance to defeat the Beirut Empire and occupy the Beirut system.
However, this fleet was sent out, but in the end it was a miserable defeat, and it was defeated by the Beirut Empire's side, and it was really so bad that the Beirut Empire's fleet also killed the Suleiman system, looking fierce and ashamed.
This shook the whole country of the Suleiman Empire, and the little mouse of the Beirut Empire even fought back, and the scientists of the Suleiman Empire also made a new estimate of the strength of the Beirut Empire.
The Beirut Empire's weapon attack range has been directly doubled, and the speed and flexibility of the space warship have also increased a lot, and this technology seems to have made great progress in a short period of time.
The technology of the Beirut Empire must have developed by leaps and bounds, which kept the entire Suleiman Empire awake at night, because once the Beirut Empire consolidated its technology and its strength was comprehensively improved.
The future is that the Beirut Empire will crush the Suleiman Empire.
After all, the two civilizations are too close to each other, each other is the closest to each other, and the Suleiman System is a rich galaxy with 3 life planets, and the Beirut Empire will not let go of the Suleiman System, which is the fat meat in the mouth, no matter what.
What's more, in history, the Suleiman Empire repeatedly invaded the Beirut Empire, and the two civilizations have a deep grudge against each other, and now that the other party has strength, how can it not retaliate.
The Suleiman Empire is aware of a terrible fact, and the future may not be too easy, unless the technology on the Suleiman Empire's side is also advancing by leaps and bounds, and the strength between the Suleiman Empire and the Beirut Empire has been restored again, and even surpassed the Beirut Empire.