Planet Master

Then, slowly but surely, the UFOs began their landing approach unimpeded. The entity also slowly descended to the surface of the planet.

The Mushroom Emperor could only perceive the entity as something he could not even think of resisting.

‘That one entity is stronger than the entire Enoki Empire’s total military forces.’ The Mushroom Emperor thought with dread.

The UFOs then landed on the surface near the central governance palace one by one, letting out a strong wind. As for the entity, the Mushroom Emperor had never seen something like it.

It stood on two legs, probably like hind legs, while its forelimbs hung on both sides of the torso. But the Mushroom Emperor could see that the entity was holding something on its forelimbs. It was probably the weapon that it used to neutralize the bombardment.

The weapon had a strong smell of metal and bone. The Mushroom Emperor belatedly realized this point but he also detected something else from the weapon.

‘It is made from the finest metal and the finest bones from a creature we don’t dare to compare.’ The Mushroom Emperor thought.

Then something entered the connection between the Mushroom Emperor and the entire mushroom colonies.

‘Ahem…check one, two, three. Oh, you responded.’ Another connection was formed, and the Mushroom Emperor reverse-tracked it, only to be horrified to find that the source was the entity that had landed on the empire's soil.

‘Who are you? Who do you represent?’ The Mushroom Emperor used the communication connection that the Mushroom Empire used to communicate, since it was the only thing that they all could use while the entity and the forces behind it were communicating this way, because the Enoki Civilization only understood this kind of communication.

‘Even if I tell you, you will just go straight into testing us with your strength. Since it is so, then all of your strongest ones need to come out all at once and fight me.’ The entity said while pointing the weapon it held at the Mushroom Emperor’s face, if he ever had one.

‘No way!’ The Mushroom Emperor, for the first time in his existence, felt dread coming from the entity. He felt that even if he utilized the entire Enoki Civilization to elevate his combat prowess and strength, it would not even be worth the limbs of the entity he faced.

Even though there was some distance between the Mushroom Emperor and the entity, the former in the Palace of Mycelium and the latter was on the outside, it felt like they had no distance whatsoever.

Then the entity slowly walked toward the palace. Following that, the hatch from the UFOs slowly opened, and the numerous races came out of the spaceships.

Just a step later, the entity the Mushroom Emperor observed finally was face to face with him.

Even the ministers were unable to put up a fight against him.

'Come on. Let’s decide things right here, right now.’ The entity communicated and provoked the Mushroom Emperor.

‘You are clearly stronger than the rest of us combined. What is the point of fighting you?’ The Mushroom Emperor protested. He might be a battle maniac, but he still recognized that the entity in front of him was so much stronger than him that the chasm was practically insurmountable.

‘Come on, strength is the foundation of everything. The one with the greater strength has more say in your empire, correct? Then listen to me.

‘We come from beyond the heavens due to the circumstances. We might become enemies with you or become allies with you. All it takes is your attitude, every single one of you. Not just the Mushroom Emperor but every single being who lived in the Enoki Civilization.

‘We are representing the Hinon Federation and hereby declare that your civilization has encountered us and therefore has to choose. Choose whether to become our allies or become our enemies.’

The entity spoke with conviction and concisely explained their coming to the planet.

The Enoki Civilization was then thrown into jeopardy. They did not expect an extraterrestrial invasion at all and from the Mushroom Emperor’s silence, even he could not take the so-called Hinon Federation at all.

The Mushroom Emperor received numerous communications throughout the entire territory of the empire, which stretched from the central Palace of Mycelium to the outside, making it the empire where the sun never set.

‘So what is the requirement for us to become your allies or enemies?’ The Mushroom Emperor had to ask this. A sense of crisis gripped its consciousness.

‘To be our allies means that you need to abandon evil and do good, understand?’ the entity explained, which made the Mushroom Emperor and his citizens confused.

‘To be our enemies, you can just keep attacking us now. We have come out from the spaceships so maybe this is a chance for you to kill us here.’ The entity explained but the Mushroom Emperor knew that eliminating even an individual from the Hinon Federation would prove to be difficult, if not impossible.

‘We cannot make an enemy of them.’

‘Surrender!’

‘Surrender!’

‘They withstood the bombardment from Colonies 14 to 19. Might as well give up.’

Communications came from various parts of the territory of the empire and the Mushroom Emperor had to admit that becoming allies with these invaders might prove to be more profitable.

‘We formally surrender. I, the Mushroom Emperor Enoki IV declare that we will abide by the Hinon Federation’s laws and rules.’

‘That is quite fast of you. Here I thought that we needed to beat up half of the population before subduing you all.’ The entity communicated through the connection between the fungi.

‘Uhm…ah…I…’ the Mushroom Emperor stuttered in his communication to the entity. But then he steeled himself and asked the most important thing of the entity.

So far, he knew that the entity was likely the strongest the Hinon Federation had sent to the Enoki Civilization, so he wanted to know the entity's identification.

‘May I know your identification?’ the Mushroom Emperor asked.

‘Identification…oh, right. That…well…’ the entity felt a bit shy introducing himself. But the Mushroom Emperor knew that the entity was actually a bit unsure about introducing himself to a bunch of sentient fungi.

‘I am called Tatsumi, if that is what you want to ask.’ Tatsumi used his mental power to hijack the fungi's communication method.

‘As for how I can do this, it is a long story so I will save it for later. For now, follow the instructions from the Federation, alright. Otherwise, you will be treated as an enemy and will be eliminated from history.' Tatsumi suggested in a pressing tone about following the instructions.

Tatsumi looked around the inside of the Palace of Mycelium and realized that it was quite suitable for the mushrooms to grow and defend.

After giving the Mushroom Emperor some instructions, Tatsumi gestured to the others to form a perimeter around the palace.

“Form a group and encircle the palace. We need to show these mushrooms who is in charge of their empire in the foreseeable future.” Tatsumi said to the squad leaders behind him.

“Yes, sir!”

Then, from the spaceship, two more people came down. They went directly to Tatsumi.

Charlene quickly deployed her Formation Anchor to be able to make a formation in this place, while Ame was looking at Tatsumi with a slightly envious glance.

Then the Pioneer Fleet First Segment managed to subdue the Enoki Civilization quickly, gathering their manpower at the capital of the empire and centralizing the governance.

Twenty-four hours after the Enoki Civilization's planet, all the civilians and the military installations had been temporarily directed to power the technology of the mushroom. This was because the Federation gave the Enoki Civilization some blueprints for interplanar battle.

The Enoki Civilization absorbed the purpose of the blueprints quite well, creating a Helix Cannon Mushroom Edition as well as a nuclear fission blob. It functioned no differently than a tactical nuke.

Charlene was overseeing the technological advancement of the Enoki Civilization and was impressed by their progress.

“The mushrooms are actually capable of this much. They will be the greatest support for the Federation.” Charlene commented with a smirk.

Although the Federation had given some of the technologies to the Enoki Civilization, all of them contained weaknesses that the Federation had found. In case the Enoki Civilization rebelled or sided with the enemy, the Federation had arranged for this.

“Here you are.” Tatsumi flew down from the sky, landing right in front of her. His gaze was wholly on her form, as if he did not want to miss any part of her.

“Is the matter done?” Charlene asked.

“You created an entire formation covering the entire planet. Twenty-four hours is a bit cramped for a timeline but fortunately, it is done.” Tatsumi snorted when he said this, but there was an inquiring look deep in his eyes.

“It is necessary. They are quite a good source of materials.” Charlene said. But whether she referred to the formation material or something else, Tatsumi did not dare to delve deeper.

Then Ame came from the opposite direction from Tatsumi and also landed.

Seeing this, Charlene felt a surge of jealousy. She was still at the peak of the Revolutionary Realm and had not broken through to the Planetary Realm yet. The bottleneck felt like obstructing her from feeling the sensation of flying, defying gravity.

Ame could see the flickering jealousy from Charlene’s eyes and did not comment on it. Instead, she informed the completion of the large-scale formation.

“The formation served as a strengthening as well as a defensive formation. Sister Charlene, do you intend to use the Enoki Civilization as a springboard into a potential battle partner?” Ame said.

“Not really. They only obey the strong so if they perceive that we are weaker than our enemy, they will directly rebel and stage a mutiny. Therefore, I take insurance.” Charlene slowly connected the formation to the entire surface of the planet.

“The insurance is actually linking the life of the Enoki Civilization into the formation. If the formation is ever broken, all the members of the Enoki Civilization will perish.” Tatsumi blinked at the revelation.

Charlene held the formation and, by extension, the Federation.

Therefore, the Enoki Civilization's only path was to obey. At the same time, the Federation tried to see the interference from the higher civilization affecting the Enoki Civilization.

“They have the taste of renewed power so I don’t think they will do the worst-case scenarios soon. After all, they knew that the given gifts is actually something obsolete to our civilization.” Ame commented.

“There is no certainty but we can only do our best in our capacity. Let’s just hope that they will not hinder us. That is more than enough.” Tatsumi grumbled, but he scanned the entire planet with his mental power

He had to make sure that the formation was well-placed and functioning properly. Although he already trusted Charlene, verifying things for himself was part of his instinct to make his heart tranquil and calm.

“The Pioneer Fleet’s first division has been arranging things along with the Enoki Civilization. We are going to have a friendly exchange with them in terms of battle prowess.” Ame informed.

“Exchange, huh. They are truly battle maniacs, all of them.” Tatsumi shook his head gently.

He naturally could feel the emotion of the population and their emotion was unified: excitement.

The Mushroom Emperor had already informed his citizens and subjects about this, so it was no wonder they became excited. This would prove to be a learning and humbling experience.

“So, do you want to participate?” Tatsumi asked Charlene.

This was because he and Ame were of a higher realm and were not suitable for participating in the children’s squabbles.

“Yes. Can I really?” Charlene finished her task and turned her head to look at Tatsumi with excitement all over her face.

“Of course. This will make you able to loosen up your bottleneck, if not straight-up breakthrough.” Tatsumi said with confidence.

The formation would help Charlene with that and he could slightly assist her in her breakthrough.

“That’s good. I am worried that I will be left behind.” Charlene put her hand on her chest, her eyelashes trembling slightly. Tatsumi grabbed her shoulders and said with an unquestionable tone.

“You will be able to break through. I promise you that.”

Ame also got closer to the two and said, “I will also help in the effort.”

-

The Pioneer Fleet's second division was on the way to the second inhabited galaxy civilization. At this time, Chen Fei and the others could see that the planet was beautifully colored, with multiple spectra of colors filling the surface of the planet.

“How is the report on the Pioneer Fleet’s first division?” Chen Fei asked with concern.

It was because Tatsumi, Ame and Charlene went there to resolve it, so he was a bit worried and asked the captain on the second division’s flagship.

“Reporting to you, the negotiation went well. In twenty-four hours, we have established an embassy there and are even hosting the exchange of strength between the Federation and the Empire.” The captain showed the digital reports and documents to Chen Fei through the holographic projection.

“Hosting the exchange event? That sounds exciting.” Chen Fei had to admit that the idea was good. He even wondered whether his sisters-in-law were participating. After all, from what he could see, the criteria was quite strict and the transcendent who could participate was at most at the Revolutionary Realm.

‘I wonder if he and my sisters-in-law are going to be the supervisors for this event.’

Chen Fei was thinking about this when he and the captain heard the alarm go off.

“What’s happening? Sitrep, now!” The captain was competent and composed despite the sudden event.

“It looks like there is a comet in our route to the destination.” The officers responsible for the sensors gave the answer.

“How could this be? Have you truly investigated this comet?” the captain asked.

“Well, this was actually recently discovered by the sensors, and that is why the alarm goes off.”

Chen Fei closed his eyes and breathed out. He did not expect that a comet would be intersecting with their division. But it was also a good opportunity to rest for a moment and enjoy the celestial object moving at its own pace while the fleet division waited.

-

Dian was watching everything happening all at once throughout the entire territory light-up by the exploration spaceships of the Pioneer Fleet. As more star systems were visited, the more it belonged to the Federation and was less likely to be encroached upon by the enemy civilization.

“We have expanded the effort of expansion to the center of the galaxy using the referenced Star Chart. But we still have not discovered the enemy civilization.” Dian murmured. Whether that was a good thing or not, he felt that he should let the civilization knew to prepare for proper contact.

Then Dian saw that from the Rift near the Capital Planet, numerous spaceships belonging to different races appeared.

Overlord Spaceship belonging to the Gling, as well as several biological spaceships, were coming.

Then the Elf Spaceships, which were made from the core of the Sacred Trees, were moving closer to the Capital Planet and spread their Sacred Tree there.

There were also spaceships from the Merfolk and Crustacean in a joint venture, but it made them united in their endeavor of roaming in the sea of stars.

All of them came to the Capital Planet to inhabit it with their units, whether civilians or military.

“Here they come.” Chikara spoke excitedly upon seeing the Overlord Spaceship.

“We have moved most of our units to this galaxy. It should provide us with sufficient development period.” Frie commented as she oversaw the entire migration.

“From now on, the Capital Planet will become the center of governance in this Star Battle. Remember, this Star Battle is a long one. Different from the previous Star Battles, where it can be done within a few years to a decade. This will be done in a few hundred years to thousands of years.” Dian reminded everyone.

The migration of the Federation was done seamlessly; shifting from the Cerulean Planet to the Capital Planet was no easy task. The Cerulean Planet would provide backup while the Capital Planet would become the center of governance and military headquarters during the Star Battle.

Therefore, a constant link must be maintained at all times between the two planets through the Rift.

“The logistics are also coming.” Leif commented before large shipments came from the Rift, heading toward the Capital Planet.

One by one, the logistics which were filled with necessities needed to build and arm the Federation in the galaxy, came to the Capital Planet and started building large infrastructure, making the Capital Planet lively.

All of this was done within the first fifteen days of the Star Battle. The speed was quite fast and the speed at which the construction of the military headquarters was completed amazed Dian and the others.

Then came the period when the Pioneer Fleet discovered two civilizations and the decision the Federation made.

“A little demonstration of superior power, huh. That’s not bad.” Dian nodded after seeing the Pioneer Fleet’s first division move toward the Enoki Civilization’s planet without being impeded by their anti-space weaponry.

“But the exchange event is going to be the real eye-opener for those in the Enoki Civilization.” Dian said with confidence as he saw the exchange event unfold.

There, Dian saw that the Mushroom Emperor Enoki IV was also participating. As for the Federation’s side, Charlene also participated while using her formation plate to become her combat force.

That was something the Enoki Civilization had never seen so they were mesmerized by the way Charlene used the formation to defeat the opponent.

All in all, the event went well and everyone learned about each other’s characteristics.