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Galaxy Domination Guide-Chapter 474 - 464 War Trophy: Maquivina Destroyer
After paying a heavy price, the Star Alliance finally defeated the Slavers and achieved ultimate victory. Thirty million people on Earth were killed or wounded, coupled with more than nine hundred warships from the Universe Army and the Silver Feather Army being sunk or damaged, and tens of thousands of warriors fell in battle.
At the moment of victory, Bai Zhongqi felt an immense weight. He had never thought that achieving victory would cost so many lives, so much sacrifice. He even blamed himself to some extent because it was he who had led the Star Alliance down this path of war.
He even feared the reflection of the people afterward, questioning why the Star Alliance had gone to war against the three great Slavers. Combating evil civilizations could be a reason, as could protecting the safety of Danlu Interstellar Cloud or securing living space and strategic resources for two Star Sectors in the Star Alliance. But was going to war the only option?
Bai Zhongqi was somewhat reluctant to admit that perhaps the Star Alliance could have developed just fine in some form without resorting to full-scale war, without paying such a heavy price.
But in the end, he understood that the timeline he understood was a path that moved forward and did not look back, let alone branch off.
"Commander Xu, clean up the battlefield and don’t let down your guard. The Controllers may still be waiting to strike us. Deploy part of the Fleet back to Taoran Star; that place remains our top priority," Bai Zhongqi quickly made post-battle arrangements.
At this moment, Xu Lanzhou was still struggling to contain his excitement. The victory in this epic Star Battle was almost on the same scale as the Iridium Star people’s battle with Spiral Mosquito Star two hundred years ago. As a Commander, he was proud to have partaken in such an epic battle under the leadership of the Chancellor.
"Yes, My Chancellor. The enemy basically has nothing left. A few scattered Surrender vessels of the Shanaita affiliate tribes at the outskirts and a Maquivina Destroyer without the Whip of Annihilation are our spoils of war this time."
Bai Zhongqi was curious and asked, "Is there no Controller left on the Maquivina Destroyer?"
"Yes, when our crew boarded, everyone inside was already dead, and we did not detect any signs of the Controllers. We believe they may have committed suicide or been killed by their collective consciousness," the report came back.
Bai Zhongqi thoughtfully nodded, "Death either way, might as well take care of it themselves, huh?"
Regardless, a relatively intact Maquivina warship was preserved. After all, it was a warship from a high-level civilization, which was still very valuable to the Star Alliance.
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Aboard the Beiluoshimen, Taschwe and Diane met again.
Taschwe was a bit disgruntled and said, "I’m only short by three enemy aircraft, but you really are annoying, rushing in to claim kills when the enemy was already collapsing."
Diane was indifferent to Taschwe’s provocation, and without turning around, he said, "You can think that you shot down more enemy aircraft. I don’t mind if you call yourself the top ace."
The handsome Moon Pond Star resident still had a favorable opinion of Taschwe. He knew that Taschwe led a swarm of drones into battle and that if the drones’ accomplishments were counted, Taschwe would have downed many more enemy aircraft than him. Diane just wasn’t good at expressing himself, and his words, despite their intent, came off as boastful.
Taschwe’s nose was almost crooked with irritation, and watching Diane walk away, he asked, "What are you up to now, guy? The battle’s already over."
Diane said, "They found a Maquivina aboard that Maquivina destroyer who was still somewhat conscious. The Commander was very curious about this and went over with a team of duty soldiers and Miss Han, who is in charge of diplomatic affairs."
Taschwe exclaimed in surprise, "Why not bring that guy over here? Aren’t they afraid it’s a trap?"
Diane replied, "The physiological structure of the Maquivinas is different from ours; they might die if they leave the warship. His condition is unstable, so we must go to him. The Commander is very interested in this situation, and we have thoroughly scanned the destroyer already, so there shouldn’t be any trouble."
Taschwe nodded and said, "That makes sense, after all, we’ve kicked the enemy’s butt. If I were the Commander, I would also want to see the spoils of war we’ve captured."
Xu Lanzhou and Han Jiaxue, accompanied by more than a dozen duty soldiers, boarded the Maquivina destroyer in a shuttle piloted by Diane.
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Lv Zhinian and Yuan Lang were tasked with handling the mop-up affairs of the fleet, while Xu Lanzhou personally inspected the living Maquivina aboard the destroyer.
Of course, Xu Lanzhou, the General who had led an exploration fleet for many years, had more experience in dealing with communication with peoples of unfamiliar civilizations; moreover, he had just spoken with Bai Zhongqi, who also showed interest in the Maquivina warship, which is why Xu Lanzhou came over personally.
The two-stage warp engine installed on the Maquivina destroyer was very valuable; it was evident that this type of engine was faster than the current star energy engines used by the Star Alliance.
On the other hand, Bai Zhongqi also wanted to reach out to other Maquivinas to ally with this high-level civilization that had suffered from the Controllers’ invasion, to fight against their common enemy.
Xu Lanzhou looked at the lying very weak Maquivina with gray skin in front of him, feeling a slight poignancy that such a powerful civilization had fallen to having their homeworld occupied and over a billion of their people killed.
The Maquivina was female, not very old, and now extremely weak, barely maintaining her life only within a specially-made medical chamber. However, she had regained consciousness.
"Are you people from the Star Alliance? It was to fight you that the Controllers suddenly attacked our homeworld and obtained the technology for trans-space energy transmission," the Maquivina girl said expressionlessly.
Han Jiaxue looked at her, wanting to explain, but Xu Lanzhou spoke first, "Even without us, the technology you possess is too valuable to the Controllers; they would not have spared you."
The Maquivina girl nodded and said, "That’s true."
She looked at the two stunning girls and said, "My name is Shenaita. You may be curious why I was able to survive even though I was controlled by the Controllers. It’s because I am a Star Warrior with a special talent in psychic ability. The Controllers invaded my body and drained my soul energy, but they did not take away my consciousness. I fooled them and hid my thoughts until they all died, and then I recovered."
Xu Lanzhou found the girl’s story a bit hard to believe, but she wasn’t afraid of the girl lying. She controlled the warship now; the Star Alliance had opened up every joint on board, and the infantry had scanned every part of the ship thoroughly.
At this moment, Han Jiaxue stepped forward and said to Shenaita, "Miss Shenaita, we mourn and sympathize with the losses suffered by the Maquivinas. The Controllers are our common enemy, and we would be happy to take you back to your kin and hope to have discussions with your leaders."