My empire of stars

During the discussion between Li Mingze and Tianyi, the Spiral Federation's fleet jumped into hyperspace on the Ark, carrying the elites of various civilizations and all useful materials and equipment.

Their target is obvious, which is another river system not far from the Spiral River System.

At this point, the Spiral River System has officially become the property of the Empire, and there is no longer anyone in the entire river system who can challenge the Empire.

The reconstruction and colonization work for this river system began in full swing, and countless imperial citizens were transported from the empire to the spiral river system on colonial ships.

Considering that there were too many river systems that it might rule in the future, the empire renamed each river system.

The river system where the empire's mainland is located is called the Empire River System No. 1, while the Spiral River System is the Empire River System No. 2.

According to the time of empire's rule, for example, the next time the empire conquers the river system, it will become the empire's No. 3 river system.

With the development of the river system on track, the Empire began research on the fragments salvaged from the evil Sith Empire's space.

These fragments were different from Li Mingze's imagination. They did not possess super strength. Their strength was not even as strong as the Xin Crystal Stone discovered by the Empire.

However, these fragments contain a large number of unknown devices, which will be a stepping stone to uncovering the mystery of the evil Sith Empire's technology.

Imperial calendar year 2800.

More than two hundred years have passed since the Empire occupied the Empire II River System.

In more than two hundred years, the Empire has completely digested this brand-new river system, and basically all the planets that can be colonized have been colonized by the Empire.

A new high-speed network relying on the original Spiral Federation Wormhole Expressway has also been built by the Empire. The infrastructure construction in this river system has almost caught up with the Empire's native Empire No. 1 river system.

The Imperial fleet, which had suffered heavy losses in this battle, has completely recovered. Not only that, the number of all types of Imperial warships has doubled compared to before the war!

The number of white dwarf-class battleships alone has reached an astonishing 100,000, and the number of ordinary Zeus-class battleships has reached 20 million.

The number of drone swarms exposed in the first battle has reached 20 trillion, and the dense drone formation can already block one side of a star.

In the Imperial Academy.

Several scientists looked at the chip suspended in front of them with great joy and hugged each other excitedly. More than two hundred years of hard work finally paid off! This technology was finally developed by them!

"Quick! Call your Majesty!" The scientist shouted loudly to the assistant on the side.

After a while, Li Mingze followed his assistant and others to the laboratory.

"Is this the final result of your research? Demonstrate it to me." Li Mingze stood next to the test bench and nodded slightly. His eyes never left the chip floating on the test bench.

He knew that this chip represented a new era. If the Empire completely mastered this technology, no one in the universe would be able to stop the Empire!

The scientist turned on a switch on the console with a serious face, and at the same time reached out and placed an apple on top of the chip.

When the scientist released his hand, the apple fell into the chip, which was less than a millimeter thin, and disappeared!

That's right, this chip was manufactured using the space folding technology just developed by the empire!

The technology contained in the fragments obtained by the Empire from the evil Sith Empire has also been cracked by the Imperial Research Institute.

These fragments contain a brand-new technology, which is the legendary space folding!

This technology can be used to create folding spaces that can store a large number of items. It can also fold the space within a certain distance, greatly shortening the distance between two points.

What this technology brings is a technological revolution!

When the space folding technology is successfully cracked, the empire's fleet will be the first to undergo changes!

The size of a battleship is no longer the only criterion for measuring its combat effectiveness! The original size of a destroyer can accommodate the equipment on a battleship!

Of course, from the information he has learned so far, due to technical limitations, the larger the volume of the folded space, the higher the cost.

Therefore, the folding space technology pioneered by the Empire will only double the space.

In other words, the original Zeus-class battleship can accommodate more weapons and equipment.

The crew lounge that was once cut off to save space has reappeared in the battleship.

A large amount of space-occupying equipment and supplies have found new homes, and all Imperial warships will be returned to the factory for re-upgrading.

At the same time, because materials science has reached a bottleneck, it is difficult to increase the strength of the empire's battleship armor unless the size of the battleship is continuously expanded.

But this will greatly reduce the flexibility of the battleship, and will also cause the cost of the battleship to rise sharply!

Therefore, Li Mingze concluded that future warships, except for special-purpose motherships, must develop towards miniaturization. Advanced space folding technology means that these warships no longer need to be too large.

Similarly, because materials science has reached a bottleneck, the next warships will rely on ever-increasing shields to strengthen their defenses.

With the space inside the battleship being almost infinitely expandable, the imperial battleship can continuously accumulate shields to increase the upper limit of the shield's absorption.

Without thinking much, Li Mingze turned his attention to the chip again. At this time, the chip did not show any abnormalities after swallowing an apple.

A scientist reached out with gloves and took out the chip and placed it on a tray nearby. The weight of the chip was quickly calculated.

"The weight hasn't changed at all!" the scientist said happily after looking at the numbers displayed on the screen.

The scientist then turned the chip upside down, and an apple fell from it onto the test bench and was dragged up by the levitation beam and floated in the air.

"Scan the reading of the apple!" The scientist said solemnly to Zhi Nao.

"The data scan has been completed, there is nothing abnormal!" After a while, a green light swept across the apple floating in the air, and a female voice came from the laboratory speaker.

"Very good! Put this technology into mass production as soon as possible!"

"It doesn't matter even if the performance of space folding is not as good as in the laboratory!" Li Mingze applauded loudly.

Once this technology is put into use, it will be time for the empire's expeditionary fleet to set off for the second time.

Countless river systems around are waiting for the empire to visit. The empire's fleet will destroy all hostile civilizations in these river systems and turn these river systems into the empire's territory!