I farmed in military academy and crushed the entire intergalactic world.

Chapter 178 Voting
To curry favor with Elder Megalodon, one must naturally cater to his preferences.

Lin Xiaohe led the group to search the entire Black Domain for crayfish, small crabs, and various other creatures.

The baby whales, being more familiar with the Dark Domain, volunteered to lead the way without hesitation.

“The elders said we cannot go to the Yu River; the other side is too dangerous.”

Lin Meimei and Lin Xiaohe stood by the Yu River, stopping in their tracks.

The direction of the flow of the Yuhe River is the same as the direction of planetary rotation and galactic motion, but it is so wide that the opposite bank cannot be seen.

Lin Xiaohe had never seen such thick darkness before; it was so dark it made her heart race.

"Alright, we'll listen to the elders."

A pod of giant whales accelerated through space, their shimmering starlight acting as the most beautiful lure, attracting other creatures from the dark realm.

Lin Xiaohe and the others spent two years searching but still couldn't find the crayfish's lair. All the wormholes that the elders had complained about had vanished.

Weasley scratched his head, looking at the three or five scattered crayfish with a troubled expression.

They've been catching people for two years, and they still can't even gather enough ingredients for one dish.

What to do?

Lin Xiaohe sighed: "Since it's not in the Black Domain, let's go check near the Stardust Wall."

Dong Yuxuan raised both hands and feet in agreement. He hadn't seen his older brother for a very, very long time.

Stardust Wall, Brother Dong's days are a mix of tension and a touch of comfortable slacking off.

Every day, besides eating and drinking, I find all sorts of things to do.

During his rare moments of leisure, he couldn't help but think of his good-for-nothing younger brother.

Who could have imagined that a family outcast, deemed useless at birth, would have such a remarkable turn of events and defy fate?
Brother Dong sat at the front of the cabin, gazing at the vast starry sky outside the window, and raised a glass of wine: "To myself, I've always been a qualified elder brother."

Suddenly, he blinked, a look of disbelief appearing on his face.

Good luck!
He was going crazy from being suffocated and started hallucinating!

He seemed to see many giant sonar whales swimming on the other side of the stardust wall, with people standing on their backs.

Most importantly, it seems like he spotted his younger brother!

"Big Brother!" Dong Yuxuan recognized his brother's spaceship from a distance.

He hasn't changed a single spaceship in all these years; he truly lives up to his reputation as a stingy older brother.

Baby whales swam around the spaceship, their colorful bubbles creating a dreamlike scene.

Brother Dong looked like he was questioning his life choices, until Dong Yuxuan knocked on the porthole, signaling him to open the ship's door, and then he realized what was happening.

His little brother, Dong Yuxuan, really did emerge from the Black Domain!

Brother Dong opened the ship's door and looked Dong Yuxuan up and down, left and right, front and back, clicking his tongue repeatedly: "He really is my little brother! He's grown so much."

As he said this, he was both proud and a little sad.

He reached out and patted Dong Yuxuan on the shoulder; the kid was almost as tall as him now.

Dong Yuxuan chuckled and boasted smugly, "Big brother, I'll protect you from now on!"

"roll!"

He's barely grown up yet, and he dares to speak so arrogantly, trying to steal the position of the eldest brother.

The two brothers laughed and joked for a while, then Brother Dong suddenly slapped his forehead and, like popping beans, rattled off a long string of questions.

"How did you get out of the Dark Domain? Why are you riding on the giant whale? Is Lin Xiaohe here? When we met last time, I forgot to tell her that someone named Guo Hai wanted to see her."

Lin Xiaohe was spreading her mental energy to search for traces of crayfish when she heard Lao Dong's question. She then connected with her spaceship: "Guo Hai? Who? What do you want?"

Old Dong: "He didn't say anything, just that he asked someone to deliver something to you. I was busy at the time, so I conscripted a man and sent him to Wasteland Planet 7 to receive supplies. Sigh, I don't even know if those supplies were wasted!"

Those damned Zerg have caused immense damage to the Dong family. Almost every planting planet has been hit by wormholes, resulting in astronomical economic losses. Lin Xiaohe didn't recognize Guo Hai, so she didn't pay much attention to it: "What's going on here? Why are there so many fewer wormholes?"

Brother Dong shrugged: "I don't know either."

Lin Xiaohe pursed her lips; Melina had sent her quite a few more messages.

About a month into the Commonwealth period, the Commonwealth, the Empire, and the Zerg reached a certain balance.

The war situation has stabilized. All the Void Devourers within the Federation's First Star Ring have been eliminated.

Planets with wormholes in the second three-star ring have established safe zones. The black beetles have slowed their offensive and attacked the safe zones once every 7 days.

The wormhole that had been hovering above the star did not produce any new Zerg.

The most dire situation currently lies with the Sixth Star Ring, which requires a two-pronged approach.

The Empire wanted to seize the Federation's fourth, fifth, and sixth star rings in one fell swoop, so it intensified its offensive against the sixth star ring.

To make matters worse, more and more wormholes are appearing in the Sixth Ring. On the war trend map, the Sixth Ring is covered with dense red dots.

Even with the expansion of the conscription scope, the Sixth Star Ring military still cannot support a two-front war.

Space warships and weapons are all running low and urgently need federal support.

While Lin Xiaohe was reading the news, the fifth federal wartime emergency meeting was convened.

"We have to choose between resisting the Empire or dealing with the Zerg."

At the federal meeting, the commander of the sixth star ring and the commander of the military region both looked visibly exhausted.

As the highest-ranking strategist of a star ring, choosing either option would be devastating and heartbreaking.

Nuwa sent the information about the damage to the sixth star ring to the AI ​​of each participant.

Chu Huaizhi frowned as he looked at the report.

The Sixth Ring consists of three star systems, 72 habitable planets, a population of over 540 billion, and a permanent military force of approximately 7200 million (excluding war robots).

The current situation is that wormholes have appeared on 56 habitable planets, 12 have been completely destroyed, and 10 of them are wasteland-based plantations.

More than half of the population died.

The 4000 million planetary protectors found themselves isolated and helpless, with more than two-thirds killed in the battle against the Zerg.

With fewer than 1000 million guards, they are struggling to survive on the planet.

With 10 million orbital defense troops and 20 million interstellar fleet, more than half of the force was lost in the fight against the Empire's offensive.

Of the 16 surviving habitable planets, 13 were occupied by the Empire.

After reading the battle report, everyone gasped in surprise.

The federal government proposed: "This is a critical juncture for the survival of the Federation. We should concentrate our forces and preserve the surviving strength! I propose abandoning the Sixth Star Ring and shifting the battle line back. We should merge the remaining forces with the Fifth Star Ring to strengthen its defenses, trading space for time!"

"I second that! There's no point in persisting in the Sixth Star Ring anymore. All fronts have collapsed, and we only have three habitable planets left under our control, making resupply difficult. Rather than spending enormous manpower and resources to maintain this dilapidated mess, it's better to just abandon it."

The commander of the Sixth Star Ring Military Region gritted his teeth, and veins bulged on his forehead: "We still have more than 40 planets, and the people and guards on them are waiting for our rescue."

The Security Department representative advised, "Given the strength of the Federation and the Empire, even if we drive the Empire out of the Sixth Ring, these planets would probably have already fallen."

"Yes, rather than letting these planets become a burden to the Federation and drag us down, we should just dump this mess on the Empire."

The Empire has taken the Sixth Ring, so they'll have to deal with the wormholes and the Zerg, right?
Otherwise, it's easy for trouble to break out in your own backyard.

The commander of the Third Star Ring Military Region advised, "This is not abandonment, but a strategic retreat. Once the Federation recovers, we can retake the Sixth Star Ring."

[Nuwa]: "The meeting voting begins!"

　I woke up to find the sky falling! I had overslept; no wonder I slept so soundly.

　　(End of this chapter)