My empire of stars

Year 2215 of the Sisi Calendar

The empire passed a bill requiring civilian ships to be equipped with weapons with a range of less than 100 kilometers.

From the day the bill was passed, all civilian ships could be equipped with some electromagnetic rail guns with large caliber but small range. Overnight, modifying one's own spacecraft became popular among civilians.

People or companies with money purchased new civilian ship-based weapons from the imperial military, while those without money could go to the market to buy some old weapons from the period when the empire had just flown out of space.

The empire's war capabilities began to improve invisibly, which also gave Li Mingze the determination to fight against the Zerg troops.

On January 1, 2219 in the Western calendar, Li Mingze announced a national press conference.

All the people in the Sith Empire gathered in front of the big screens, TVs, and personal terminals and waited quietly.

No one knew what important news His Majesty planned to announce today, but some high-ranking officials in the empire looked heavy. They knew that Li Mingze was about to announce things about the Zerg to the citizens.

On the big screen, Li Mingze appeared on the screen wearing a black power armor with gold patterns.

He patted the microphone in front of him gently, coughed twice and then looked up at the camera lens.

"Dear citizens, this year is the 199th year that our Sith Empire has planted its flag in the starry sky!"

"On this important day of New Year's Day, I want to announce to you something important that will affect your future lives!"

"The empire has concealed this matter from you for decades. Of course, this is a well-intentioned concealment, but today, I have to tell you because we have no time!"

"As we all know, the Imperial Capital Ring World was built by a powerful ancient civilization, but now, the fleet that destroyed this powerful ancient civilization is approaching our galaxy!"

"Based on the information left by ancient civilization, we named this race Zerg!"

"The Zerg race is cruel! Bloodthirsty! They will not capture the defeated, let alone enslave the defeated, because they will devour all their defeated generals and use them as nutrients for their own growth!"

"Once we are defeated, our entire human race and all human vassals will be slaughtered, and there is absolutely no way we will survive."

"According to the information sent back by the monitoring station, the Zerg fleet will arrive in our galaxy in one year! We only have one year to prepare!"

"Starting from today, the entire empire will enter the highest level of war preparation. All currencies will no longer be circulated, and the entire empire will implement a rationing system of survival materials regardless of class."

"All private enterprises and civilian properties within the empire will be unconditionally converted into state-owned property today. After the war is over, they will be returned to you one by one according to their value!"

"From today on, everyone takes action and gets busy. Let us fight for the survival of the empire and for our descendants to live happily in this starry sky!"

"Those rebels and pirates, I hope you can put aside your prejudice against the imperial government, report to the imperial military base nearby, join us, and dedicate your strength to the future of everyone!"

After listening to Li Mingze's speech, the people in front of the screen became excited and stood up one after another to express that they would live or die with the empire. The bloody spirit of the people of the empire that had been dormant for decades was aroused.

The citizens of the empire remembered the battles decades ago between the empire and civilizations such as the Clem Empire, the Corruptors, and the Pilgrims. The empire had never defeated the many with less, and the weak had defeated the strong. Therefore, the citizens of the empire were very concerned about the empire. The future is still full of confidence.

Citizens have devoted themselves to work with great enthusiasm, and they have no regrets even if their work can only exchange for the most basic survival materials.

As the press conference ended, various private companies were approached by imperial officials. During the following war, all resources in the empire will be used in the war, and no waste will be allowed.

The debts owed by various companies to the Reichsbank were also automatically forgiven, which was equivalent to them using the money from the Reichsbank to develop themselves.

The funds of the Imperial Bank come from the deposits of the people in the empire. Once there is a battle with the Zerg, a large number of imperial citizens will surely be sacrificed. The deposits of these dead imperial citizens will be automatically confiscated. In this way, after the war is over, this fund will The hole will naturally be filled.

All entertainment activities in the empire were suspended starting that day, leaving only some battle-oriented games to continue to exist. All variety shows and movies and TV series being filmed were suspended.

At the same time, all citizens of the empire will receive living materials according to their respective levels. For example, citizens at level one can receive living materials for two people, while citizens at level two can receive living materials for three people, and citizens at level four can receive living materials for three people. It's for five people.

All unemployed citizens of the empire began to spontaneously go to various military bases for training. After all, mastering as much combat knowledge as possible would be very helpful for their own survival.

People also took out their usual collection of weapons from their collection rooms and placed them within easy reach. Some people began to buy armor plates to seal the windows of their homes in preparation for possible battles in the future.

But Li Mingze didn't tell them that once a planet was invaded by Zerg troops, it would be difficult for these people to survive! All they can do is to weakly reduce the strength of the Zerg troops.

On the fifth day, the imperial government issued a capsule to citizens. This capsule would release molecular robots after being swallowed by the people. Once the citizens died, these robots would kill the corpses before the Zerg devoured them. Break down into energy and dissipate.

In this way, even if the citizens of the empire die in battle, their corpses after death will not become nourishment for the development of the Zerg!

The entire Sith Empire seemed to be wound up and began to rush forward.

Time flies, a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the Zerg fleet has reached the outer reaches of the galaxy.

Just as the staff of the Empire's Cape of Good Hope Deep Space Monitoring Station were all evacuated, preparing to welcome the Zerg fleet's landing attack.

The Zerg fleet suddenly disappeared from Imperial radar.

Suddenly, the Imperial Command was in chaos, and all observation stations on the periphery of the entire galaxy were operating at full power, constantly scanning the surrounding starry sky.

"How's it going? Have you found the whereabouts of the Zerg fleet?" Li Mingze anxiously asked the officers in the room in the imperial headquarters.

"Your Majesty, we have activated all external detection devices, but neither gravitational wave detection, energy field nor optical detection has found the Zerg fleet."

"Their stealth capabilities are too powerful, and we can't effectively detect them at all!" An officer shook his head and replied to Li Mingze.