Chapter 591 The Disappearing Zerg Fleet

2215 of the Sith calendar

The Empire passed a bill requiring civilian ships to be equipped with weapons with a range of less than 100 kilometers.

From the day the bill was passed, all civilian ships could be equipped with some electromagnetic railguns with large caliber but short range. Overnight, modifying one's own spacecraft became popular among the people.

Rich people or companies bought new civilian shipborne weapons from the Imperial military, while those without money could go to the market to buy some old weapons from the period when the Empire just flew out of space.

The Empire's war capabilities began to improve invisibly, which also made Li Mingze determined to fight against the Zerg forces.

On January 1, 2219 of the Sith calendar, Li Mingze announced the convening of a national press conference.

All the people in the Sith Empire gathered in front of the big screens, TVs, and personal terminals and waited quietly.

No one knew what important news His Majesty the Emperor was going to announce today, but some officials of the Empire who were of sufficient level had heavy faces. They knew that Li Mingze was about to announce the Zerg to the citizens.

On the big screen, Li Mingze appeared in a black power armor with golden patterns.

He tapped the microphone in front of him, coughed twice, and looked up at the camera lens.

"Dear citizens, this year is the 199th year since our Sith Empire planted its flag in the starry sky!"

"On this important day of New Year's Day this year, I want to announce to you a major event that will affect your future life!"

"The Empire has concealed this matter from you for decades. Of course, this is a well-intentioned concealment, but today, I have to tell you because we have no time!"

"As we all know, the Empire's capital Ring World was built by a powerful ancient civilization, but now, the fleet that destroyed this powerful ancient civilization is approaching our Milky Way!"

"Based on the information left by the ancient civilization, we named this race Zerg!"

"The Zerg race is brutal! Bloodthirsty! They will neither capture the defeated nor enslave the defeated, because they will devour all the defeated and use them as nutrients for their own growth!"

"Once we lose the war, then our entire human race and all human vassals will be slaughtered, and there is absolutely no chance of survival."

"According to the data sent back by the monitoring station, Information, the Zerg fleet will arrive in our galaxy in one year! We only have one year to prepare!"

"From today, the entire empire will enter the highest level of war preparation, all currencies will no longer be circulated, and the entire empire will implement a survival material rationing system regardless of class."

"In the empire, all private enterprises and civilian properties will be unconditionally converted to state-owned today, and after the war, they will be returned to you one by one according to their value!"

"From today, everyone will take action and get busy. Let us fight for the survival of the empire and for our descendants to live happily in this starry sky!"

"Those rebels and pirates, I hope you can put aside your prejudice against the imperial government, report to the imperial military base nearby, join us, and contribute your strength for the future of everyone!"

After listening to Li Mingze's speech, the people in front of the screen became emotional and stood up to express that they would live and die with the empire. The blood of the imperial people who had been dormant for decades was aroused.

The citizens of the Empire recalled the battles they had fought with the Clem Empire, the Corruptors, the Pilgrims, and other civilizations decades ago. The Empire always won with fewer troops and weaker forces, so the citizens of the Empire were still full of confidence in the future of the Empire.

Citizens worked very hard, even if their work could only earn them the most basic living materials.

With the end of the press conference, private companies were approached by officials from the Empire. During the next war, all resources in the Empire would be used in the war, and any waste would not be allowed.

The debts owed by various companies to the Imperial Bank were also automatically forgiven, which was equivalent to them using the money of the Imperial Bank to develop themselves.

The funds of the Imperial Bank came from the deposits of the people in the Empire. Once a battle with the Zerg occurred, a large number of citizens of the Empire would be sacrificed, and the deposits of these dead citizens would be automatically confiscated. In this way, after the war, the funding gap would be filled.

All entertainment activities in the empire were suspended from the beginning of the day, leaving only some combat-oriented games to continue. All variety shows, movies and TV series being filmed were stopped.

At the same time, all citizens of the empire will receive living supplies according to their respective levels. For example, citizens of level one can receive survival supplies for two people, while citizens of level two can receive survival supplies for three people, and citizens of level four can receive survival supplies for five people.

All unemployed citizens of the empire began to spontaneously go to various military bases for training. After all, mastering as much combat knowledge as possible is also very helpful for their own survival.

The people also took out the weapons they usually treasured from their collection rooms and placed them in a place where they could easily reach. Some people began to buy armor plates to close their windows in preparation for possible future battles.

But Li Mingze did not tell them that once a planet was invaded by the Zerg army, it would be difficult for these people to survive! All they could do was to slightly reduce the strength of the Zerg army.

On the fifth day, the imperial government distributed a capsule to citizens. After being swallowed by the people, this capsule would release molecular robots. Once the citizens died, these robots would decompose the bodies into energy and dissipate before the Zerg devoured the bodies.

In this way, even if the citizens of the empire died in battle, their bodies would not become nutrients for the development of the Zerg!

The entire Sith Empire was like a clockwork, and began to rush forward.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the Zerg fleet has reached the periphery of the Milky Way.

Just when all the staff of the Empire's Cape of Good Hope Deep Space Monitoring Station were evacuated and prepared to welcome the landing attack of the Zerg fleet.

The Zerg fleet suddenly disappeared from the Empire's radar.

Suddenly, the Empire's command was in chaos, and all the observation stations in the periphery of the entire Milky Way were running at full power, constantly scanning the surrounding starry sky.

"How is it! Have you found the whereabouts of the Zerg fleet!" In the Empire's command, Li Mingze asked the officers in the room anxiously.

"Your Majesty, we have activated all external detection devices, but neither gravitational wave detection, energy field detection, nor optical detection has found the Zerg fleet."

"Their stealth capabilities are too strong, and we simply cannot effectively detect them!" An officer shook his head and replied to Li Mingze.