Chapter 1830: Zhang Zunzhe Civilization Alliance
Next, the princess began to describe to Zhao Chen the situation of the universe group she belonged to.
Their universe is now divided into sixteen interstellar kingdoms.
Although they are sixteen different interstellar civilizations.
However, it established an alliance-like system.
They call themselves the Alliance of the Venerable Civilizations.
Under this alliance of civilizations, the rulers of each interstellar kingdom will be called Venerables.
This is how the title of the Sixteen Venerables came about.
The universe group they belong to is also known as the Venerable Universe Group.
Although everyone is a so-called Venerable Kingdom civilization.
Take, for example, the Ashes Venerable civilization kingdom.
Other interstellar civilizations also use similar titles.
However, the actual systems used may differ.
The Ash Venerable civilization kingdom, for example, uses an imperial system, with an emperor-like figure who controls the entire interstellar civilization kingdom.
This man, also known as the Ash Venerable, was the father of the twenty-fifth princess, Moqi, and the nineteenth prince, Mori.
Other civilizations of the Venerable Ones, however, are somewhat different.
For example, there is an interstellar civilization kingdom known as the September Venerable Civilization.
They actually use a parliamentary system, but according to the rules of the Venerable Civilization Alliance, each civilization kingdom can only elect one Venerable.
Therefore, the September Venerable Civilization established a September Council.
The September Venerable Civilization is primarily a small alliance civilization, composed of nine family alliances, hence the name September.
After merging with the Venerable Civilization, the September Council was established, and the people within the September Council called themselves Venerable Envoys.
Every so often, they would elect a Venerable One to represent their September Venerable Civilization.
In this way, their internal system is aligned with that of the Venerable Civilization Alliance.
Neither will affect the other.
Other civilizations with higher status have similar situations.
On the surface, they are all venerable figures, but their status within their respective kingdoms and civilizations is completely different.
There are sixteen Venerable Civilizations, some strong and some weak.
They are at the T6 technological civilization stage, possessing a total of one billion interstellar warships, but the quality of these warships varies greatly.
Although various interstellar civilizations have established alliances, they still maintain technological barriers with each other.
Although there were occasional exchanges, they were mostly about minor technological issues.
Such cutting-edge technology would naturally not be easily leaked.
Especially regarding interstellar warships, there is a rule that the sale of interstellar warships within the Venerable Civilization is completely transparent.
An interstellar civilization that possesses advanced interstellar warship production technology must allow others to purchase such interstellar warships.
At the same time, prices and production volume should be made public.
Furthermore, the number of interstellar warships to be released to the public also needs to be finalized.
For example, you possess the technology to produce a T6 interstellar warship, with an annual production capacity of fifty million interstellar warships.
If they themselves are also short of interstellar warships, they will definitely want to keep them all for themselves, or take the lion's share.
They took 30 million interstellar warships for themselves and sold the remaining 20 million to other companies.
Or they might simply conceal it, falsely reporting that their output was only 30 million interstellar warships.
This situation has occurred before.
However, the Venerable Civilization Alliance has a very low tolerance for this situation.
If this happens, other Venerable civilizations will launch a coordinated attack.
Within the Venerable Civilization Alliance, there is currently no transcendent interstellar civilization capable of facing other Venerable civilizations alone.
Therefore, no one dared to do such a thing.
It is under this system of checks and balances that this balance is maintained.
If an interstellar civilization were to encounter the situation described above...
There is a type of interstellar warship with an annual production capacity of fifty million units, in case other Venerable civilizations have a need for it.
The owner of this interstellar warship technology will receive 30% of the production share.
The remaining 70% of production is divided equally among interstellar civilizations that have demand, including the producing civilizations.
In other words, if all sixteen Venerable civilizations wanted this interstellar warship.
The manufacturer took 15 million interstellar warships first, and the remaining 35 million were divided equally among 200 ships each, and then distributed among the 16 interstellar civilizations.
The Venerable Civilization Alliance also has mandatory regulations regarding the price of these interstellar warships, allowing for a certain profit margin and prohibiting arbitrary pricing.
It was under these rules that the structure and system of the Venerable Civilization Alliance were established.
However, the current Venerable Civilization Alliance is not as prosperous as it was in its early years.
Although it is still divided into sixteen Venerable Civilizations.
However, these sixteen Venerable Civilizations are also divided into the Upper Four Venerables and the Lower Twelve Venerables.
This means that four of the Venerable Civilizations are stronger than the other twelve Venerable Civilization Empires.
They were essentially divided into two classes.
"This is basically the current situation of our Venerable Civilization Alliance."
Maintaining this order wouldn't have been a problem in itself.
Even though problems have arisen within the Ash Lord Kingdom, under this system, it would be very difficult for me to overthrow it, even with the help of external forces.
But in the last hundred years...
The Conqueror Civilization has clashed with us. At first, they only exerted diplomatic pressure, detaining our interstellar caravans and interstellar transport ships passing through the space territories controlled by the Conqueror Civilization.
Then they started having border conflicts and disputes with us under various pretexts.
For example, their interstellar transport fleet was attacked by an unidentified fleet within our large universe cluster, and they used this as a pretext to try to send a combat legion fleet into our universe cluster to investigate.
At the beginning, the Venerable Civilization Alliance naturally opposed it.
Military frictions then began.
From skirmishes between small fleets to clashes between large legions.
If I remember correctly, it was around thirty years ago.
The Conqueror Civilization declared war on one of our sixteen Venerable Civilizations.
That was a kingdom of the Lower Twelve Venerables civilization. Relying solely on its own strength, it was naturally no match for the Conqueror civilization, so it began to seek help from other Venerable civilizations.
According to the original agreement of the Venerable Civilization Alliance, everyone was in a joint offense and defense, so it was natural to send legion fleets to provide support.
But that's just the content of the agreement.
Before this, the Venerable Civilization Alliance itself was enormous. A single Venerable Civilization Kingdom was nothing special, but when combined, it was one of the top beings among other cosmic civilizations.
But this time, the one looking for trouble is the conqueror civilization, a civilization whose infamy we all know.
Nobody wanted to mess with this madman.
So initially, most of the Venerable civilizations, with the exception of a few, only verbally promised to send legion fleets to provide support.
However, in reality, the delays were repeated, which ultimately led to a critical situation on the front lines of that Venerable Civilization.
In the first year, more than a third of the universe's territory possessed by that Venerable Civilization Kingdom was lost.
At this point, those fools finally realized what was happening.
We know that this time the Conqueror Civilization is not just engaging in small-scale skirmishes, but has truly set its sights on our Venerable Civilization Alliance.
But who would have thought that even under these circumstances...
Those fools, their first thought was still to negotiate first, hoping to use the Venerable Civilization Alliance to threaten the Conqueror Civilization and achieve the goal of subduing the enemy without fighting.
Initially, the Conqueror Civilization did indeed halt its offensive and began negotiating with the Venerable Civilization alliance.
At this point, all those important figures believed that their decision was brilliant and wise.
This saved the Venerable Civilization Alliance from a war.
That negotiation lasted for five years!
During those five years, the conqueror civilization did not launch a large-scale invasion.
However, they did not relinquish the cosmic territories they had conquered.
And during those five years, they extensively developed the space territories they had conquered, establishing forward outposts and military facilities.
Numerous inter-universe teleportation channels, as well as various war-related facilities.
Those in positions of power only then realized something was wrong.
They began to truly mobilize large numbers of legionary fleets.
Perhaps because after the secret consultations of the four Venerable civilizations, they simultaneously put pressure on the other Venerable civilizations, and ultimately everyone agreed to immediately mobilize the legion fleet to prepare for war, without any negligence.
However, if you're slow at one step, you'll be slow at every step.
Moreover, they had fought so many wars against a warlike conqueror civilization.
They had long possessed the instinct for war; they were the hunting dogs of the battlefield.
They know exactly when to bare their fangs.
So, when the Venerable Civilization Alliance just started making preparations.
The conqueror civilization launched a second wave of attacks.
This attack not only involved the original Venerable Civilization, but also affected three other Venerable Civilizations.
In other words...
The Conqueror Civilization launched an attack on all four of our Venerable Civilization Kingdoms at the same time, one of which was one of the four Upper Venerable Civilization Kingdoms.
At the very beginning of the war, we suffered great losses because of the conqueror civilization's preemptive strike.
A significant amount of territory was lost in an instant, with the Venerable civilization that was initially affected losing nearly half of its cosmic territory this time.
But later, the situation gradually improved, after all, this was a battle fought on our home soil, and this was our universe cluster.
We may not be as powerful as the Conquerors in terms of Starfleet combat, but we have the advantage of terrain and popular support here.
Our interstellar warships have more convenient logistical support and transportation, and their maintenance costs are also lower.
In addition, during that period, the industries of various Venerable civilizations were also operating at full capacity to produce interstellar warships.
Due to a variety of reasons.
After nearly ten years of fighting, although we have generally suffered losses, the situation has eased.
Then came a nearly five-year rest period, during which the conqueror civilization was likely preparing for the next phase of their attack.
During this time, we also tried to reclaim some of the lost territories and universes, and we did make some progress.
During this period, we received news that several interstellar civilizations that had old grudges against the Conqueror Civilization launched attacks against it.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield where the conqueror civilization and the spellcaster civilization were at war, the conqueror civilization suffered another defeat.
Our leaders at the time probably took these factors into consideration, which is why they believed that the conqueror civilization was unlikely to launch an attack for a long time.
At this point, some of their inherent flaws begin to surface.
Because of this decades-long war, the balance within the Venerable Civilization Alliance has actually been somewhat disrupted.
Two of the four Upper Venerable civilizations have experienced a decline in strength.
Among the twelve lower-level civilizations, three have seen an increase in strength.
With this balance broken, some people will naturally want to take the opportunity to rise to power and gain more influence.
Furthermore, disputes have begun to arise regarding the ownership of some reclaimed cosmic territories.
No one is willing to easily hand over the universe they control to someone else.
A rift began to appear between them.
This led to another halt in the counterattack against the conqueror civilization, which lasted for several more years.
Then came ten years ago.
The Conqueror Civilization suddenly launched a third attack, this time with a wider reach, involving eleven of the sixteen Venerable Civilizations.
It was during this time that our Ashbringer Kingdom was also invaded.
At this point, the twenty-fifth princess, Mo Qi, looked at her brother.
The nineteenth prince, Mori, lowered his head, his fists clenching involuntarily.
"This time, my brother was also involved."
Because he was serving as a battlefield inspector at the time.
As I have said, our kingdom is already rotten to the core.
Even the top brass of the military are a bunch of useless good-for-nothings.
This resulted in our incompetent fodder in the border universe having already given up the fight when the Conqueror Civilization's fleet launched its invasion.
Those noble commanders, only worried about their own lives, all ran as fast as they could.
Ultimately, this led to the fall of several universes on the border with almost no resistance.
My brother reported this matter to our great and venerable one and presented a lot of evidence.
But what was the result?
The Venerable One crushed the evidence directly in the temple.
There is no accountability for those who deserve trial and execution.
Instead, they placed my brother under house arrest.
This time, my brother managed to sneak out. If he's discovered, he'll face the death penalty when he gets back.
After all, my Venerable Father had too many children, he couldn't even remember all their names, and it's not like he hadn't killed any of them.
These two more won't make a difference, and these two fewer won't make a difference either.
During the ten years my brother was under house arrest.
The conqueror civilization launched a fierce offensive.
They directly conquered the entire territories of two Venerable Civilization Kingdoms, and a large amount of territory of several other Venerable Civilization Kingdoms fell into enemy hands.
More than a third of our Ashbringer Kingdom's territory has fallen.
More than 25% of the territory of the entire Venerable Civilization Alliance is under the control of the Conqueror Civilization.
More than 20% of the territory is currently at war.
This is the current situation in our universe cluster!