Ai Mani looked at the strange expression on Ai Ben Ni's face and naturally knew what he was thinking.
"Ai Ben Ni, are you willing to continue being oppressed by the Purple Spirit Empire?"
"Of course not, but we have no choice. Any disobedience will only bring destruction to our civilization!"
"No!!! There was no choice in the past, but now there is! "
Ai Ben Ni suddenly shouted after hearing Ai Ben Ni's reply.
The Purple Cloud Empire was the current ruler of the Andromeda Galaxy. It was the powerful empire that was suspected to be a level 5 civilization.
Why was the word 'suspected'? It was because no one knew what level of civilization the Ziyun Empire was.
This was not because they suspected that the Purple Cloud Empire was a level 4 civilization, but because they were not sure if the Purple Cloud Empire was a level 5 civilization or even higher.
After all, the Andromeda Galaxy had no concept of civilizations above level 5. Otherwise, they would know that the Purple Cloud Empire was definitely not a higher civilization. Otherwise, they would have stepped out of the Andromeda Galaxy long ago!
Therefore, the Purple Cloud Empire could only be a level 5 civilization at most, and definitely not higher.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
He was startled by Emmanuel's sudden shout.
Ai Ben Ni asked in confusion.
"Ai Ben Ni, you have to understand that although we seem to be doing well now, we have to pay tribute to the Purple Cloud Empire every hundred years, and the amount of resources we have to pay tribute is becoming more and more unbearable!"
"Let's not even talk about continuing to develop the empire now. It's already very difficult for the empire to not collapse!"
"There are some things that you don't know. The empire can no longer gather enough resources for the next tribute. After thousands of years, the tributes have completely emptied the empire's capital!"
"And there are only three years left until the next tribute. Do you understand what this means?"
Ai Ben Ni's eyes widened, his mouth agape, his face full of shock.
The empire had to pay tribute every hundred years, and he knew that it was very difficult for them!
However, Ai Ben Ni had always thought that it was just a little difficult. He did not know that the empire's situation had reached such a stage!
Ai Ben Ni was very clear on how the Purple Cloud Empire would deal with civilizations that could not pay tribute.
After all, every hundred years, there would be countless civilizations that could not pay tribute, resulting in the destruction of their entire civilization!
Therefore, to the Andromeda Galaxy's civilization, it was like going to hell every hundred years.
One could imagine how difficult these days were.
"Your Majesty, why didn't you tell us about this?"
"Is there any point in saying that? Can you solve it? Other than causing chaos and causing the collapse of the Empire in advance, what else can it do? "
"I …"
The three questions left Eben Ni speechless.
The truth was as Emmanuel had said. So what if he said it?
Not only would it not be of any practical help, it might even lead to the upheaval of the entire civilization!
At that time, there might not even be a need for the Ziyun Empire to destroy the empire. The empire itself would collapse first!
"Therefore, rather than being forced to death by the Ziyun Empire, I might as well give it my all!"
"But I knew that even if I gave it my all, I wouldn't be able to escape the fate of destruction. It was because of this that I endured and continued to pay the tribute every hundred years!"
"However, things are different now. With the appearance of this level-6 civilization from another star system, I see a glimmer of hope that we can successfully resist!"
"Now do you understand why I'm doing this?"
Eben finally understood. He understood everything!
In the past, they had no choice but to rely on their old capital to continuously provide blood for the Empire to survive.
However, the appearance of the Human Federation was an opportunity for the Empire to defy the heavens and change their fate. It was worth it for the Empire to give it their all!
"I understand, Your Majesty!"
After he understood, Eben Ni nodded solemnly!
"It's good that you understand. I can interact with them more and even find out what the Human Federation's subsidiary civilization policy is like."
"If the situation is right, we can even directly propose to become their subsidiary civilization!"
"As long as they can protect us and allow our civilization to continue …"
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Three hours later, Lin Yu and the rest had arrived on the capital planet of the Glorious Empire. Accompanying them was the Empire's supreme commander, Eben Ni!
Speaking of which, the Glorious Empire's customs were very different from the Federation's. The so-called celebration was just everyone walking on the streets and greeting each other. There was no special program or anything like that.
This left Lin Yu speechless.
You call this a celebration?
In fact, this was not the Glorious Empire's fault. Just like how the Glorious Empire used simplicity as its fashion, over thousands of years, a dozen emperors had slowly adjusted the values of the Glorious Empire's citizens to their current state.
The goal was very simple. Under the circumstances where the citizens did not know about it, they did everything possible to establish a frugal mindset so that the Empire could continue to provide blood for a few more hundred years!
It could be said that this was an extremely sad situation.
"Sir Lin Yu, your civilization must be the most powerful in the Milky Way, right?"
Eben Ni who was accompanying them saw Lin Yu frowning and did not seem to be interested. He immediately started a conversation.
"Yes, the Milky Way has been unified by us. The Federation currently owns more than 20 galaxies!"
"What, the Federation's territory has more than 20 galaxies?"
"That's right!"
Lin Yu confirmed. At the same time, the corner of his mouth raised slightly.
The more shocked you are, the easier it will be to handle the rest!
"Moreover, even the Federation's subsidiary civilizations have 22 galaxies. Therefore, the number of galaxies under the Federation's rule has reached more than 40!"
This time, Eben Ni was completely stunned.
One must know that as a level 4 civilization, the Glorious Empire had already observed the full picture of the galaxy they were in. Naturally, they knew that there were a total of 50 galaxies in this galaxy group!
Did Lin Yu mean that in this galaxy group, other than the Andromeda Galaxy where the Glorious Empire was located and a few satellite galaxies, the other galaxies were all under the Human Federation's control?
This was too shocking.
"So the Federation is so powerful and has so many subsidiary civilizations. The amount of tributes they receive each time must be considerable, right?"
"Tributes?"
"Uh … Did I say something wrong, Sir Lin Yu?"
Looking at Lin Yu's strange expression, Eben Ni's heart skipped a beat.
He only wanted to find out more about the Federation's subsidiary civilization policy!
Could it be that he accidentally said something wrong?
However, just as Eben Ni was starting to panic, Lin Yu's next sentence turned him into an ice sculpture.
"The Federation never accepts tributes!"