Chapter 739 Invasion of the Third River System

A few years later, the space folding technology has been mass-produced, and all the main battleships and ground forces of the Empire have been refitted.

The Zeus-class battleships installed space folding devices on the ammunition depots, material storage compartments and engine rooms on the battleships, which saved half of the space in the entire battleship.

The crew lounge that was originally deleted was reinstalled, and more shield generators and small reactors were installed for these battleships.

In this way, the shield defense capability of the Zeus-class battleships was increased to three times the original.

The crew lounge and the doubled hangar enable these battleships to have the ability to perform tasks independently.

The Hive Mothership uses this technology to increase its drone capacity to 8 trillion, which means that the Empire's existing 20 trillion Wasp drones only need three Hive Motherships to accommodate them.

A transport ship equipped with a space folding device can replace two ships. Similarly, a landing ship equipped with space folding can transport twice the number of troops to the ground at one time!

The ground forces were also not left behind. First, the ammunition depots of the mecha tanks and other components that occupied a large volume were replaced with space folding devices. The mecha tanks that were originally unable to carry people can now carry an additional six clone soldiers.

In this way, the Empire no longer needs troop carriers to transport soldiers, and can directly rely on mecha tanks to transport soldiers.

Space folding has directly raised the overall strength of the Empire to a higher level. Not only has the ammunition capacity of various weapons increased, but the shields of warships have generally increased by three times. More reactors in warships also make the weapons charge faster.

After all the warships were replaced, Li Mingze waved his hand and formed a new Imperial Expeditionary Fleet.

The number of the new Imperial Expeditionary Fleet reached twice that of the original invasion of the Spiral Federation!

There was also an advance fleet that was sent to the periphery of another river system through teleportation, and then a portal was built to transport the main force through the portal.

The only difference this time from the invasion of the Spiral Federation was that the advance fleet teleported 100,000 warships at one time.

Following behind were 900,000 warships, and these one million warships rushed directly into the interior of this new river system.

The various civilizations that did not react were caught off guard by the Empire.

The Empire took the opportunity to build a portal device in this river system.

When the various civilizations in this river system communicated with each other and knew that there was an invasion of foreign civilizations, the Empire's portal had already stood at the outermost edge of this river system.

In less than a week, the Empire's expeditionary fleet passed through the portal and arrived in this river system.

In this river system named Empire No. 3, the Empire gave up its once steady and cautious tactics.

20 million Zeus-class warships and 100,000 White Dwarf-class warships were divided into five groups and went straight into the heart of this river system.

The cruisers and destroyers in the Empire continued to advance outward in a plane-like manner with the portal as the core under the cover of the swarm.

The fleets of these civilizations were attracted by the Empire's main fleet at the beginning, and nearly 80% of the warships were sent out to prepare for a decisive battle with the Empire's five fleets.

At this time, the fleet formed by the swarm behind has already pressed over. Will the remaining fleet be a match for the swarm? There is no doubt!

Faced with the swarm that can cover an entire planet in an instant, these civilizations have no power to fight back.

The surrendered civilizations are fine, but the civilizations that do not surrender are turned into scorched earth wherever the imperial fleet goes.

Anyway, the empire does not need the manufacturing equipment and jewelry of these civilizations now, and the empire does not need the population of these civilizations!

So there will be nothing left wherever the imperial fleet goes, even if the surrendered civilizations will be put into hibernation chambers, allowing them to spend the rest of their lives in the virtual world.

Under the rapid offensive of the imperial fleet, these civilizations have not even had time to form a unified defense line to resist the attack of the empire before they have been beaten back to their hometowns by the imperial fleet.

It took less than two months in total for the imperial fleet to eliminate all the civilizations that dared to resist in this river system.

In less than two months, the imperial fleet has taken over a brand new river system! The efficiency and speed under the dictatorship of the Sith Empire are so terrifying.

If it were any other civilization, they would probably argue endlessly just about the policy of racial destruction against these aliens.

But these did not exist under Li Mingze's high-pressure dictatorship, and even within the government, there were no small groups that could threaten his rule!

Any individuals and groups with undue ambitions would be exposed in the mental network and eradicated by Tianyi.

This also means that even if the empire occupies more territory, the imperial family's rule over each river system is ironclad!

This efficient political system, combined with the mental network, gives the empire the terrifying potential to occupy the entire universe without internal crises.

If it were a democratic country, it might fall apart after controlling a few river systems.

There is no other reason. Once they are too far apart, the people in these river systems will have a desire for independence and freedom.

Therefore, maintaining the smooth operation of a huge territory is inseparable from an efficient dictatorship.

In future operations, the empire will encounter fewer and fewer democratic civilizations, and the larger the territory, the less likely it is to be a democracy.

The independent thinking of any race or planet may lead to the instant collapse of a democratic civilization.

So the only ones left are military civilizations, imperial civilizations, or theocracy civilizations that can suppress independence.

The imperial civilization of dictatorship, such as the empire controlled by Li Mingze, will be the most common form of civilization.

And theocracy is right behind it. Theocracy civilizations that can brainwash the people are undoubtedly less likely to split.

After incorporating the Empire's No. 3 River System into its territory, the Empire began a new round of development.

After occupying two river systems, the Empire's development capabilities were greatly enhanced, and both river systems could replenish population and materials to this new river system.

At the same time, since the Empire's fleet did not suffer too much loss, they began to prepare to attack the Empire's No. 4 River System after a simple repair.

As for the Empire's No. 3 River System, it will be developed in the process of attacking the No. 4 River System, and will be prepared to provide blood transfusions for the development and construction of the Empire's No. 4 River System.

In this way, as the number of river systems controlled by the Empire increases, the speed of the Empire's occupation and development will also be greatly enhanced!

The expansion speed of the Empire's territory will maintain a high growth trend before encountering a more powerful civilization!