9: Astral Controller News

"Captain?"

Upon hearing the captain's words, everyone's faces showed expressions of anticipation.

Meanwhile, on the main starship, Captain Li Yang was sitting in his seat, watching everything happening on Blue Star with great interest.

"Pal, prepare yourself. I want to go down personally and discuss things with them."

"Captain Li Yang, it might be dangerous for you to go down personally. How about using a holographic projection instead, or a replica?"

Seeing that Li Yang intended to go down himself, Pal quickly spoke up to stop him and persuade him.

This was the newly appointed Captain, and a human Captain at that, who had come through the "New Fire" project. There could be absolutely no mishaps.

"A replica?"

He understood holographic projection, but this replica—surely it wasn't really copying himself...

"A replica is your clone. It has no consciousness of its own. By connecting its consciousness through the instruments on the fleet, you can control the replica as you wish."

After listening to Pal's detailed explanation, Li Yang finally understood what a replica was. To put it simply, it was just remote control.

"Alright, then I'll use a replica."

"Understood. Please follow me."

With that, Pal immediately led Li Yang through a teleportation device to a multi-functional starship.

This teleportation device could achieve arbitrary teleportation throughout the entire fleet, but the higher the authority, the wider the area that could be teleported to.

One was the Captain, and the other was the Vice Captain, so their authority was naturally high enough to teleport freely.

Arriving at the multi-functional starship, Li Yang saw a capsule-like instrument in front of him and asked curiously,

"Pal, is this the device for the replica?"

"Yes. You just need to lie inside, and the instrument will automatically scan and produce a replica exactly like you."

Hearing Pal say that, Li Yang walked in without a trace of wariness and lay down comfortably in the instrument.

As for why he didn't suspect Pal might harm him... that could only be explained by saying he'd have to have paranoid delusions.

Otherwise, in an imperial civilization centered on human supremacy, to harm a human military officer who had just been promoted to Lieutenant—if this were in ancient Blue Star, it would be a capital crime of exterminating nine generations of relatives... no, ten generations.

Just as the instrument fully closed, a mechanical voice sounded.

"Beep... Scanning... Scan complete. Replica generating... Hello, Lieutenant Li Yang, your replica has been generated. Would you like to control it now?"

At the same time, next to this capsule instrument, another identical capsule instrument slowly opened, revealing a replica exactly like Li Yang, even down to the military uniform.

"Ah, it's done already? Then let's start controlling it now."

Honestly, the replication speed was astonishingly fast! It felt like only a few minutes. As expected of an advanced civilization.

Just as Li Yang's words fell, in the blink of an eye, Li Yang's perspective had already shifted to that of the replica.

"I haven't even reacted, and it's already done?"

Standing up, Li Yang specifically went to look at his original body lying in the nearby instrument, his face full of disbelief.

"Yes. For the Xili Empire, these are just minor technologies."

Hearing Pal say that, Li Yang nodded repeatedly. Then he thought of something else and quickly asked Pal,

"Pal, can this replica be infinitely replicated? Does that mean I can achieve eternal life?"

"I'm afraid not, Captain. This instrument can only allow your consciousness to control the replica in real-time. It cannot directly transmit consciousness. Unauthorized consciousness transmission is against Imperial law."

Pal shook his head, shattering Li Yang's thoughts about eternal life.

"However, eternal life is indeed achievable with the Empire's technology, but our current rank is not high enough. Captain, if you wish for eternal life, please work hard to advance your military rank."

These subsequent words gave Li Yang hope again, as who wouldn't want to achieve eternal life?

"It seems I still need to work harder. Never mind, let's not talk about this for now. Let's go to Blue Star quickly."

"Intelligent Core, teleport to Blue Star's coordinates."

As soon as the words fell, the replica controlled by Li Yang was enveloped in a white light, and then the starship emitted a white light towards Blue Star...

In the Command Room, everyone was still eagerly awaiting the arrival of the so-called Captain.

Suddenly, a white light appeared out of nowhere in the conference room, flickering and then disappearing. As the white light vanished, a figure appeared out of thin air without any warning.

"Is this the Captain of that alien fleet?"

"Why does he look exactly like us...?"

As the white light dissipated, everyone clearly saw the face of the so-called Captain. He looked like a young man, indistinguishable from a Blue Star native.

If not for the strange white light and the elusive teleportation method, they would have truly thought some young person had trespassed.

"Reporting, Captain. All the Decision Makers of Blue Star's countries are here."

"Hmm, thank you for your hard work, everyone."

Seeing the alien Soldiers salute and report to Li Yang, everyone finally believed that this young man was indeed the Captain of the alien fleet.

After scanning the people present, Li Yang calmly walked to the podium on the stage.

Standing on the podium, Li Yang slowly stated his purpose.

"Friends of Blue Star, I am a military officer from the Xili Empire civilization, and also the Captain of the fleet in outer space. As for the purpose of our Xili Empire, I believe you all already understand. Since we are all humans, I allow you to ask me questions."

Upon hearing Li Yang say this, everyone present was shocked. It turned out that this so-called alien Captain was indeed human, not their imagination.

Although they were allowed to ask questions, everyone present just looked at each other, no one daring to speak first.

"Um... I'd like to ask, if Blue Star is incorporated into your system, what will happen to our countries?"

Finally, the first person spoke, and everyone's gaze turned to him.

This question was indeed what every country cared about most, as for a Decision Maker of a country, the vested interests involved were significant.

"That's a good question. All countries on Blue Star will be abolished, retaining only city divisions and establishing a single Decision Maker for Blue Star."

Li Yang's words were like a giant stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up a thousand waves, causing everyone present to immediately start whispering and discussing.

"Hmph, our Black Continent countries disagree with your statement! Why should our countries be abolished? This is unfair! You are discriminating!"

Seeing someone rise in protest, others quickly looked over, only to see more than a dozen Decision Makers from Black Continent countries gathered together, protesting loudly.

"Yes, my Xiong Country (Bear Country) supports the Black Continent countries."

The Xiong Country (Bear Country) Decision Maker immediately stood up to express support, but the person next to him quickly asked,

"Hey, you don't really support them, do you?"

"Just kidding. Do you really think us people of Xiong Country (Bear Country) are strong in limb and simple in mind? I'm just giving verbal support. Let those countries be the ones to stick their necks out. I'll just observe from behind. Don't you understand the principle of adapting to circumstances?"

After truly witnessing the technology of the Xili Empire civilization, especially the experience of being directly captured from an airplane,

The Xiong Country (Bear Country) Decision Maker had long lost his previous strong rebellious thoughts. They were all seasoned veterans of officialdom. Adapting to circumstances and letting others be the scapegoats was the wise move.

Just as Li Yang frowned, about to say something, Pal sent a message.

"Captain Li Yang, the Star Controller has been delivered. I need you to come over personally; I don't have the authority."

"Okay, got it. I'll be right there."

He was just wondering how to deal with these rebellious people, as the fleet's weapons were extremely powerful, and he might accidentally blow up Blue Star.

Since the Star Controller had arrived, he would use the Star Controller to give these rebellious people a warning.