Him and their stars.

Chapter 2257 "A Thousand Years of Blooming Flowers" (Part 1)
A Thousand Years of Prosperity: The Era of Great Flourishing After the Mechanic Wars (Part 1)
Cosmic Standard Calendar 005, published by Dimensional Publishing House

Volume 1: The Legacy of the Omnic Wars
前言
The Omnic Wars, which took place in the ninth century of the Common Era, were perhaps one of the most profound turning points in the history of galactic civilization. This war lasted only ten years, far from being the most devastating war in civilization's history, and it was also far removed from the present day. However, it did profoundly influence the attitudes of most people.

The essence of the Omnic Crisis remains the autonomous action of this generation of civilization in trying to break free from the shackles of the Enlightened Ones.

This is a growing pain, not a devastating act of war.

However, when the war was truly coming to an end, and when the human military system was forced to complete its own transformation, and when human-made military AI entered the deep autonomous system of every warship, everyone finally realized that the past rejection of intelligent systems was a huge waste of productivity.

So, how did such rejection arise in the thousands of years of civilization?
Could this have already been written into the underlying code of civilization?
With such doubts in mind, a large school of thought emerged in the field of history that sought to interpret hidden meanings. They returned to the archives of ancient texts, tracing the school back to the beginning of the Age of Exploration in the Milky Way three thousand years ago, followed by another five thousand years of the era of their home planet, and finally even extending to all historical materials from all civilizations since the beginning of written records.

With thousands of intelligent races and an average of over ten thousand years of historical records, the Index School is destined to become the most vibrant school of thought in the entire universe.

In the postwar reconstruction, avant-garde philosophical thought also began to seriously consider the grand historical individual question of "what is life".

Regardless, with the rise of the primary color movement after the war, various avant-garde ideas followed, and the outbreak of the "war of the righteous insects" also led humans, as well as all carbon-based social intelligent life, to begin to view other forms of higher intelligence with a more open mind.

Of course, compared to these avant-garde ideas, the new political landscape that emerged after the war had a more profound impact on the history of the galaxy.

(The following is omitted: 200,000 words)
Volume Two: The Birth of a New Empire

前言
Before the war, the Holy Galactic Empire, as the greatest power, suffered the greatest losses in manpower, material resources, and military strength in the Omnic War and the previous year-long war with Earthlings.

After the war, they would face a situation of uprisings and warlordism. As it turned out, the Galactic Empire's election ceremony was based on compromise and cooperation among the Dragon King, feudal lords, sword-wielding nobles, and citizens.

Apart from the central imperial court in the Heavenly Realm, the chosen emperors and feudal lords already controlled independent military forces, finances, and bureaucratic systems, giving them the potential to carve out their own territories.

In the three thousand years since the Dawn Dynasty of the Galactic Empire entered the universe, there have been seven large-scale, all-out civil wars. Countless other political upheavals have also been caused by disputes over the selection of an emperor.

This civil war, initiated by King Velent, may well be just like that.

It is just one of countless traditional actions that have been performed.

However, when the civil war broke out, this kind of talk began to circulate.

"The one who sits on the throne is always the strongest dragon."

"It's not that the strongest person was chosen, but rather that the strongest person will become emperor."

The civil war allowed the rebel forces in the Frontier Sector and the New World Governorate to grow stronger, forcing the Empire to begin shrinking its strategic reach in Felmor.

Many commentators have argued that this is yet another period of strategic contraction for the Dawn Dynasty. Throughout the past three thousand years, the ebb and flow of power between the two major human powers has long been a traditional feature of the galactic political arena.

This civil war, which is far longer than imagined, is probably just a longer period of strategic downturn.

In reality, the resilience of the Dawn Royal Family exceeded everyone's expectations. Empress Brunhilde, the great empress who was later considered the founder rather than the successor, clearly reorganized the empire through a twenty-year civil war.

She used the factionalism among the feudal lords to continuously strengthen the authority of the central government. While firmly controlling the core star region, she also strengthened the authority of the Prime Minister's Office's administrative system.

She opened up strategic space for the Empire in the New World by reaching a tacit understanding with the emerging "Primary Forces" and the Second Blue Star Republic.

When the civil war ended, there were no longer any so-called "frontier lords" or "elected emperors" within the empire, and the concept of feudal armies no longer existed.

After she had been on the throne for 60 years, when her eldest son Heros succeeded her, the so-called election ceremony was just a formality.

Note: For the next thousand years, the imperial throne remained in the hands of Brunhilde's descendants without any change of succession, until the end of the empire's historical mission.

Brunhilde reorganized the Senate, bringing in a large number of civil rights representatives and even "dangerous primaryists." She forced the Senate to decide that more than half of the senators must be of peasant, worker, or technician origin.

She demanded that all emperors be psionicists of the eighth ring or higher, and that they abdicate after a full cycle of sixty years.

In the subsequent Galactic Empire, the Emperor will act as the arbitrator. Their sole task will be to execute judgments on behalf of the supreme imperial will when the Senate and the Chancellor's Office stray from the right path.

(The following is a brief history of the new empire, totaling 30 words, which is omitted.)

Volume Three: The Three-Pole Balance

前言
When exploration of the New World became possible again, the rulers of both the Alliance and the Empire demonstrated remarkable foresight and restraint. While cautiously expanding the jurisdiction of the Governor's Sector, they also began to vigorously encourage civilian explorers, merchants, and idealists to venture into that vast starfield.

It was an era of continuous progress and innovation, and an era in which all walks of life flourished.

The prosperous postwar reconstruction and expansion brought about a booming economy and ensured the continuity of the Free Galaxy Alliance's policies.

In the century following the war, although the League had four different presidents, the true supreme ruler was Ms. Amida y Berencaster.

Although she was known as the "uncrowned queen" and only served as the Grand President for ten years, she spent more than ten times that time as the behind-the-scenes planner and the real decision-maker.

Her authority is in no way inferior to that of Empress Brunhilde of the Galactic Empire.

She continued the alliance's core principle of "pluralism and unity" and began to reorganize the alliance's labor and tax laws.

She reclaimed governance of many constituent states, semi-independent space cities, and commercial fleets, but forced the propertied class to pay more taxes and passed minimum wage and working hours laws.

She passed the Civil Rights Act and completely eradicated the "de facto slave class" from the era without even having a civil war.

In just ten years, she survived double-digit assassination attempts, but these policies were still implemented.

As it turned out, capitalists who could not adapt to all of this became the nourishment for the new alliance, while pioneers who could judge the situation, along with the ambition of the "uncrowned queen" and the enthusiastic workers, became the beneficiaries of the prosperous era.

While the empire's traditional nobles and the new empress were still engaged in civil war, and the alliance's traditional commercial and financial enterprises were still debating whether to invest in either side, new commercial companies were already making continuous progress in the New World.

This is still the best of times.

As for Earth, they, who had once functionally perished, functionally revived and became the biggest winners of the One Year War and the Omnic War.

From the moment the heroic military group came to power, no one could stop this profound social transformation.

Those refugees who lost everything in the war, those idealists who distrusted both the Empire and the Federation, saw this newly established Second Republic as a true beacon of civilization.

Terra, the Far Shore, and the New China—immigration applications were everywhere. In that era, the idea of ​​"equality for all" was both the source of all conflict and the source of all vitality.

By the time this flourishing chaos gradually transformed into cultural ideals, the Republic of Blue Star had already gained the greatest advantage in the development and expansion of the new continent.

The formation of the three major powers was not the result of prior planning, but a natural product of the power struggle among various parties after the war.

Different political ideologies, different political beliefs, and conflicting interests, but cooperation and unity based on practical needs, have finally formed a remarkable balance.

After a year of war, the emperors had abandoned their plans to conquer the earth by force, let alone form an alliance.

The Alliance's governors also understood that they could not overthrow the imperial authority. The loyalty of the military nobles and the Tyreiro to the bloodline of the Dawn Dragon was already a futile act of religious devotion.

As for the republic... they were happy with this balance of power.

They are the largest original-color country after the war, but also a rather pragmatic one. Development is their only unwavering principle.

Thus, a peculiar pattern was formed.

The leaders, diplomats, and media of the three major powers accused and attacked each other.

At the same time, the high-level officials of the three countries maintained frequent communication and cooperation.

The security agencies of the three countries share intelligence on piracy and extremist groups.

Alliance commercial companies, imperial trading guilds, and republican state-owned enterprises will participate in the exploration of new continental planets and the construction of space cities.
As for those major issues concerning the fate of humanity, they always become the biggest news in academia and the cultural sphere.

In 870, the Agamemnon Award was awarded for the first time to a team from the Galactic Empire. Princess Tristana, the youngest daughter of Empress Brunhilde, became the youngest Agamemnon winner in history at the age of 13, making it the biggest event in the arts and culture world in the entire universe.

This pattern of "cooperation yet antagonism" lasted for nearly a thousand years.

This is the best of times, but it is by no means the worst of times.

Volume Four: The War of the Loyal Insects, The Rise of a New Concept of Intelligence
As the "Cold War"格局 (pattern/structure) among the three major human powers gradually took shape, another intelligent race was also quietly rising.

Insect swarm.

This race, which only came into the human consciousness at the end of the Omnic Wars, has been shrouded in mystery and fear from the very beginning.

Their biological entities can survive in a vacuum, perform faster-than-light jumps, and tear apart any fleet that dares to stand in their way with their tentacles.

They have no machinery, no factories, no cities or countries, no officials or wealthy people, and no workers.

There are only the Broodmother, Leviathans, and countless combat and work units.

The first to make contact with the Zerg swarm fleet were the pioneer fleet of the Republic of Minlan. Their mission was to explore the edge of the Lanza Channel to detect the presence of the Omnic fleet, but they discovered for the first time a massive swarm of Zerg Leviathans.

The fearful Minlan fleet launched an attack on the Zerg fleet, but was easily defeated.

The Minlan requested assistance from the Galactic Civilization Council, presenting complete battle records and proclaiming the danger of this peculiar "Leviathan" race—at that time, no one considered the Swarm dangerous; they all believed it to be a new and unique space race, a specialty of the New World.

Surprisingly, the petition from the Minlans to parliament did not receive much attention from the other major powers.

"When you attack the Dome Whale and Tiyangkai, they will retaliate," the Earth representative said.

"But, but this is different?"

"How is it different? Are you planning to wipe out Edelweiss?"

"No, what I mean is, the Sky Whale and Tiyangkai are so cute! And those big bugs look like villains! Horrible, so terrifying."

“Species discrimination is one thing, but appearance discrimination too? Representative Minlan, I must remind you that this is not in line with the principles of the Galactic Civilization Council.”

In short, because the major powers are at the most critical moment of the machine war, they only send out some small exploration fleets to investigate.

By the time explorers and pioneers discovered more and more sightings of the Zerg swarm, and the matter was formally discussed at the Galactic Civilization Council, it was already 865 years later.

“They are intelligent,” the imperial representative said.

“They are still in danger,” the alliance representative said.

“Oh, where is the danger?” the Republic’s representative objected. “In the past decade, our ships have had more than twenty encounters with them, but all have been peaceful. Shouldn’t we be considering communication? Your country raises dragons, and you are even chatting and laughing with the Void Realm Lord. We also have Edelweiss. Different forms of creatures can communicate.”

"Of course, intelligent beings of different forms can communicate, but what about intelligent species of different forms, or even civilizations?" The alliance representative remained skeptical.

"It sounds like we're discussing philosophy," the Earth representative said with a smile.

"It is certain that it is supplying weapons to dangerous insurgents," the Imperial representative said.

“Illegal transportation is still underway,” the alliance representative said.

"In short, this is piracy."

"And they're no longer ordinary pirates."

In the final vote, the Republic abstained. The Galactic Nations also prepared their armies, as if truly preparing for a military operation aimed at the extermination of this unique species.

However, after three months of war, the battle had stalled due to the failure to encounter any large-scale Zerg fleets. Everyone had to admit that the fight was no longer viable.

This is, of course, a cost issue.

Therefore, apart from maintaining patrols along the main shipping lanes, most of the allied forces from various countries withdrew back to their home galaxy.

It was later revealed that while the major powers had tacitly acknowledged the existence of the Zerg, they could not accept their "illegal transport" activities. In exchange for living space, the Zerg reduced the frequency of transport aid to the "Rebel Alliance" and the original nations, but perhaps due to a simple moral principle, this behavior never ceased.

Later, everyone finally realized that this was a very subtle act of war, and everything would change for the better.

Of course, by the time the representatives of the Zerg first appeared at the Galactic Civilization Council, it was already the year 940 of the Common Era.

She was a lord who had taken on a human form. She even participated in a television interview quite openly, explaining the biological morphology of the swarm to guests and viewers in detail.

Within the swarm, the boundary between the individual and the whole is blurred. Each insect is an extension of the dominant will, yet retains its own independent consciousness and memory.

This mode of existence, where "one and many coexist," makes it difficult to apply human legal and political concepts.

They have no fixed territory—Leviathan is their mobile home; they have no concept of culture—every insect is implanted with the entire memory of the swarm when it is born from the hive; they have no property or classes—all resources are uniformly allocated by the Overlord.

This uniqueness makes it difficult for the swarm to find a suitable place in a human-dominated political system.

The Empire advocated treating them as "alien races," allowing interaction but requiring strict security. The Alliance suggested treating them as "special member states," modeled after the Tos Merchant Guild. The Republic, however, believed they should be treated as "equal civilizations"—acknowledging the Zerg's uniqueness, establishing diplomatic relations, and incorporating them into the Cosmic Civilization Council.

(Note: After the Sand People and Lumina pioneers established an independent nation on the new continent of Lanert in 933 and were recognized by various major powers and civilization councils, the Galactic Civilization Council was officially renamed the "Cosmic Civilization Council".)
"We are the swarm, exploring, discovering, and moving toward the other side of evolution." The swarm lord demonstrated their boundaries to all their people.

The ambiguity of their identity ironically allowed the Zerg swarm to play a unique role in subsequent history. Not belonging to any of the three major powers-led "Cold War" blocs, they thus moved between the three camps.

Compared to human dominance, the newer races, smaller nations, and even various "rebel" organizations in the New World viewed the Zerg swarm as a more trustworthy partner than human fleets.

Even the snarling hydralis is more handsome than a human.

Throughout the millennium of flourishing, the Zerg never became a member of the Galactic Council of Civilizations, but all civilizations acknowledged their existence.

Thus, when explorers discovered new stargates on the other side of the "New World," when scientists finally developed space travel technology using subspace, and when the Galactic civilization finally stepped into its third "universe" and encountered a completely new Titan race, perhaps it was precisely because of their experience interacting with the Zerg that they were able to avoid war due to differences in life forms.

Perhaps this is precisely why the Cosmic Civilization Council was able to grow into the "Multiverse Council".

A prosperous era is indeed the best of times.