Him and their stars.

Chapter 2028 Commander Yu's February Voyage
This certainly doesn't mean that these two waterways have actually disappeared.

Theoretically, only the extinction of a star could cause a weight well to collapse or even dissipate. Before the advent of colossus weapons, this cycle was measured in hundreds of millions of years, far exceeding the oldest legends of civilizations.

So, having discarded all the impossibilities, there is only one truth.

Perhaps His Majesty the Emperor possesses some special treasure that can transform the shipping lanes in and out of the Dragon Realm into a subtle quantum state, which led to the creation of this private territory plan for the "Dragon Realm".

Anyway, given that there's a starry sky that covers the entire Dawn Starfield, it's easy to understand why there's a futuristic legacy of the Enlightened Ones with a quantumized navigation path.

And that is indeed the case.

Whether it has a Noble Phantasm or not is unknown, but the Gravity Well has indeed been quantized and can even be moved.

No ship can determine the location of a gravity well using its own instruments. Even the most skilled navigator could never extend their perception across the entire star system to search for a tiny point of gravitational entanglement.

Only a very few people know the cyclical patterns of weight changes; these are, of course, only the emperor himself and his confidants. Even the navigators and captains of ships entering and leaving the Dragon Domain only receive the coordinates of the weight well from the Celestial Domain on the day they arrive at the entrance star system.

Of course, it's instantaneous. Under the influence of that strange, mysterious force, the coordinates of the weight well change every twelve hours, and without any discernible pattern.

...At least, that's what most people think.

With such a treasure, the "Dragon's Nest" composed of these twelve star systems did indeed feel quite impregnable, resembling a smaller version of the Dawn Starfield, just like it was before the starry sky was destroyed.

Or, from a historical perspective, the Dawn Starfield is the "younger generation".

Or perhaps, a more defensible, more prosperous, and fertile enhanced version of the new Divine Land. Any power could rise again on such a chosen land.

If something truly unbearable happens in the future, Dawn Royal can indeed rely on this starry sky to continue its legacy.

As the saying goes, "parents' hearts are always full of love and concern for their children and grandchildren." Considering the future of the royal family, this approach is understandable, but it does seem a bit less than ideal.

The Tirelo people do not reject tyrants, but they despise incompetent and gloomy leaders. A leader who can lead the Tirelo people can certainly be a tyrannical and cruel villain, but he must be evil in a righteous and honorable way. To put it bluntly, even if he is evil, he must be evil in a frank and sincere way, evil in a passionate and intense way, and evil in a domineering and overt way.

This kind of planning for the future is not only not heroic, but it actually shows a bit of weakness.

Given the Galactic Empire's system, weakness would likely be its Achilles' heel. So, a group of influential elders actually began to coordinate, proposing legislation to expand the Senate's authority.

Then, these senators were arrested by the court on the charge of entering the Senate with their left foot, and the entire process of trial, conviction, exile, and coal mining was completed in a single day.

Then, the powerful figures backing these elders were also dealt with severely. Fines, reductions in titles, and other punishments were common, but some were even expelled from the country.

In this way, the royal family's expenditure on redeeming land was significantly reduced. From this perspective, it's really hard to avoid the possibility of being entrapped.

The empire's national policy was for the emperor to find ways to suppress nobles and feudal lords; everyone had become too accustomed to this practice.

We must understand that the one who enforced the policy of restricting the Dragon Domain was, after all, Emperor Resnat. His personal prestige and brute force alone were enough to suppress any disturbances.

And then came the Third Galactic War, which plunged the entire universe into war. Compared to this cosmic war that destroyed more than a dozen countries, severed the future of a rising civilization, and directly killed at least a trillion lives, the mere private domains of royal families were truly insignificant.

News about "Dragon Realm" gradually faded from everyone's view until Emperor Resnat died 237 years after his ascension to the throne and was placed in the mausoleum that had been built long ago.

Only then did the public belatedly realize that the star system known as the Kings Galaxy actually contained more than a dozen electors.

From then on, the "Eight Great King Star Systems" at the core of the Dragon Domain were regarded as the location of the imperial family's mausoleum. Most of the electors and all the emperors were buried there, and even an unfortunate man like Boro III, who was treated with paternal love and filial piety, at least had a cenotaph.

Since it is an imperial mausoleum, it should naturally be a restricted area; otherwise, how could it reflect the style of the imperial family?

Even most of the Privy Council leaders didn't know the opening cycle of the two routes into the "Dragon Domain," so the Imperial Army below them was even less aware of it.

So when the Silent One led the Earth fleet toward the Gaixian direction, no one expected that they would be heading toward a dead end in terms of navigation.

All of this, of course, began with Yu Lian's latest expedition.

After leaving the Gate of Glory, Commander Yu's fleet is no longer a lone old relic; it can once again be called the "Yu Fleet."

This well-equipped Commonwealth fleet didn't employ many fancy maneuvers; it simply sped forward along its original route, heading head-on towards the Fischl and Schwey fleets that had been lured away by the fleet signals simulated by the Silent Ship using the Bifang.

At this moment, Major General Fischlen and Vice Admiral Xiuwei had just received news from the Gate of Glory. After blaming and complaining to each other, the fleet commanders, who were respectively under the command of the Glory Gate garrison commander and Marshal Farrell, still hurriedly led their fleets back.

They had lost trust in each other, making a merger impossible. The two factions even maintained a distance of at least two to three astronomical units between them. This was the same safe distance they maintained when the Empire and the Alliance joined forces to beat the Ero during the Third Galactic War.

When the Fischlen fleet was attacked by the Silent at 5:26 PM on January 8th, their distress calls even had the effect of "crying wolf".

This guy was already complaining about being attacked before the New Year even arrived, but after a full New Year's Eve of shouting, he's still doing just fine.

However, he lived, but the Gate of Glory was gone.

Now, this guy is crying and begging for help again?
After the Xiuwei fleet confirmed that its allies had indeed been attacked, the aircraft carrier USS Iron Forest, where Rear Admiral Fischlen was located, was already set ablaze.

At this moment, Lieutenant General Xiuwei, Marshal Farrell's beloved general, a veteran who had experienced the War of Judgment, the Battle of Dawn Starfield, and the Battle of Nantianmen, chose to flee. He ran all the way out of three star systems until he was stopped by the arriving Sobyk fleet, at which point he stopped his escape.

"I must preserve our strength. My soldiers are all veterans who have fought their way through the battlefields of the New World; they cannot all perish here in confusion." The veteran general spoke with an air of conviction.

He was immediately relieved of his military command, and the fleet was brought under the direct control of Duke Barryen, who arrived later.

Lieutenant General Schewy was subsequently executed by the Duke, but this was at the end of January.

Before this, Yu Lian and his companions had already swaggered away from the Tailai Star Sector. Starting with the Silent Ship, the morale of all the soldiers had returned to its peak.

This wasn't just because they had broken through the encirclement again. In fact, they had received good news from the direction of the Gate of Glory immediately after their surprise attack and crushing of the Fesheron fleet. Under the witness of General Nobof, who had just arrived, Fortress No. 1, which had been built and expanded at great expense, was reduced to interstellar dust.

From then on, this stargate could almost be regarded as an undefended, open road.

"We have lost more fortresses than warships in the war!" This was a message that appeared on the Imperial Army's internal network.

The word "exceeding" here refers to the cost, not the quantity.

Furthermore, even the cost estimate is not scientifically sound. After all, no one can give an accurate assessment of the cost of the Unity Fortress.

Even so, this view was endorsed by many Imperial officers. Naturally, it became one of the sources of joy for Yu Lian and his comrades.

They all knew that since the fortress had been blown up, it meant that the allies of the Tajik Liberation Front and the People's Unity Organization had escaped safely.

The facts also proved this. On January 20th, news broke that Duke Barryn had commended Lieutenant General Nobof. The veteran's timely action saved all the civilians at the Gate of Glory.

Even a fool would know that this was not a timely action, but a successful transaction.

The fact that the mighty Galactic Empire could make deals with terrorists and rebels is so outrageous that it would cause the universe to collapse. Therefore, they can only keep it a secret and do so in private.

In short, this way, the Galactic Empire gained face, the rebels gained substance, and everyone had a bright future.

Then, just after February, the Silent Ship received a new message, this time from the long-absent Berry River.

His small fleet actually made it to the Gate of Glory.

After all, they were just a small fleet of small boats; they could easily hide on any dwarf planet. However, their escape from the Diamond Nebula was largely due to Yu Lian's pulling and tugging.

After all, even the Gate of Glory has been lost. If Duke Barryen were to still be stationed in Symoe with a large army, he would not be able to explain himself no matter how strong his connections were in the Heavenly Realm.

Thus, Peleliu's fleet, almost in close proximity to the Empire's main force, cautiously approached the stargate. There, they made contact with the head of the intelligence station left behind by the Unified Organization.

Considering that the Nobof fleet had embarked on a pursuit of the remaining forces after "saving" its civilians, the Stargate was indeed quite vulnerable.

They will pass through the stargate at the appropriate time, join forces with the Tower People resistance, and begin a new life and struggle in the new continent and new world.

As for the People's Unity Organization, Mr. Ai Meng, a promising imperial civil servant, was naturally no longer a viable candidate. He and a group of key members boarded a pre-prepared spaceship and headed to Cold Harbor Star. This was the planet where they first launched their armed uprising.

As Ai Meng left the Gate of Glory, he sent a message to Yu Lian: "That planet has 500 million people, more than half of whom are not human. There are shipyards, docks, and factories. I've decided to take action while thinking about the future of the working people."

A terrorist in his past life, he is now the most progressive of all the original organizations within the Empire.

And so, a new chapter in the revolutionary history of the Galactic Empire was about to begin.

However, this was no longer something Yu Lian could consider. After leaving the Tailai Sector, the Silent Ship continued its rapid advance, appearing ready to attack the Getter RX system. This was the Empire's largest heavy industrial base within the Getter Sector, and also the Empire's third-largest production site for high-compression warship energy packs.

In short, it is a typical military industrial hub.

This maneuver successfully drew in the Imperial fleet that had come from the heartland to provide support. They were forced to deploy their forces along Getter RX's inevitable route.

But before that, the Earthlings suddenly made a daring U-turn, weaving between the Sobek and Nobof pursuit fleets.

Not only did they successfully break through again, but they also took the Gelson 7 route, a military route reserved for the Empire. Theoretically, only the Grand Marshal's Office, the General Staff, and a few senior navigators and captains had access to all the gravity well data.

The Imperial Army has probably become numb to such abnormal reactions. After all, this dragon, whose name can't even be mentioned, has done so many astonishing things that they've long been used to it.

However, as the most powerful and efficient military group in history, while many became numb due to repeated failures, others were filled with a sense of responsibility to find the reasons and examine themselves.

Although the direction of the review seemed to have gone a bit astray from the very beginning.

"There must be a traitor within our army!"

"Nine times out of ten, the mole is a potential member of the original faction!"

"All officers with primary political leanings need to be vetted!"

The above three points were a compilation made by Lieutenant Hines and his team from the complex information gathered on the internal network. When reporting to Yu Lian, this young and excellent intelligence officer almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.

As for Yu Lian and his companions, they couldn't help but feel some sympathy for the Imperial Army.

“If there are any members of the original faction, they will most likely come from ordinary families or minor noble families,” Fei Fei said. “If the Tribunal truly intervenes fully in the military system, turmoil and divisions within this massive group will be inevitable.”

Of course, this is an ideal situation. However, the fact that they can create discord among themselves and cause the Grand Marshal's Office and the Court of Justice to clash is already a very welcome change.

Therefore, when the remaining fleet passed through Gelson 7 and took the shortest branch line through the Gaelson star system, it received the latest news.

The Senate believed that the Imperial Army should explain this series of distressing leaks and come up with practical solutions. They also suggested that all Imperial officers should submit regular reports on their thoughts and intentions.

The Grand Marshal's Office, however, believed that the Senate members were all idiots. But considering that all the previous developments had indeed been rather unpredictable, the Imperial Army certainly needed to provide some explanation.

Thus, in this atmosphere where the entire army was preparing to catch the traitor, the Imperial Army indeed displayed a certain degree of clumsiness. Even the fleets of Sobek and Nobov, who had been relentlessly pursuing them, remained stationary for at least 12 hours.

By February 20th, the Yu Lian fleet had finally reached the border of the Gai Xian Star Zone.

He told everyone, “Thank you for the vast territory of the Galactic Empire. These boundless star systems are the fruits of the Tyrellians’ three-thousand-year history of conquest, but now they have all become our battlefields. Thanks to their insatiable greed, most of the star sectors in the Galactic Empire’s central and outer rings are sparsely populated. Even with the size of the Empire, spreading our influence across these nebulae is like scattering pepper. Everything here is our battleground!”

"We are invincible!" This time, it wasn't just Captain Nemo leading the charge and shouting.