Galaxy Domination Guide

There are some people in the world who, just when you think you've figured out their limits, they keep on surprising you.

Star Warrior Master Nan Ma was one such person. After withdrawing a hundred thousand RMB from Bai Zhongqi's account, Bai Zhongqi had thought the man would quiet down for a while. The Imperial Chancellor was slightly worried because this human-shaped main battle ship was following him to the Imperial Capital, and who knew what trouble he could stir up.

However, it turned out that, as a character whose purpose in this book was to wreak havoc, Master Nan Ma could still cause trouble on Earth even when he was 200,000 kilometers away.

Bai Zhongqi was studying in his official residence because the Imperial Chancellor, who hailed from Earth, still had much to learn about the affairs of Iridium Star. Fortunately, even when studying on their own, the people of Iridium Star could cheat, so to speak.

The "Virtual Reality Deep Sleep Learning System" allowed users to enter a state of deep sleep, guiding their consciousness into a virtual environment. This virtual environment was completely different from the current VR on Earth—it let the user's consciousness detach from the body's senses and enter a highly simulated virtual environment.

Because a person's cognitive consciousness is much faster than their physical actions, in the deep sleep learning system, the user's perceived passage of time is completely different from real time. Studying for eight hours in this virtual environment was equivalent to one hour in reality, and the learning process was actually the same as sleeping, thus relaxing the body.

With some additional real sleep, it was even possible to free up other working hours during the day. Another advantage was that the virtual environment could simulate a variety of learning environments: those studying mechanical engineering could practice in a simulated factory, while those studying biology could come to a virtual wild environment.

In the five thousand years of their development, the Iridium people's basic education had covered knowledge that was dozens of times more than the higher education on Earth. Although the Iridium people had longer times to learn, the convenience provided by the Deep Sleep Learning System was indispensable for gaining professional skills in any field.

Bai Zhongqi was looking at the history of Iridium Star and some of its social development achievements when suddenly, in the virtual environment, he received a communication from Sacred Falcon.

"Your Majesty, in our surveillance of the Earth's internet, we have discovered a situation that may be unfavorable to us. We need your decision on this matter."

Bai Zhongqi took this very seriously, his first thought being that the troops sent to Earth to search for the Brain Worm might have obtained relevant information.

"Alright, I understand," he said and immediately exited the deep sleep learning.

"Send me the relevant content," Bai Zhongqi instructed. The Sacred Falcon, as the most powerful AI in the entire fleet, was not only responsible for its own affairs but also served as Bai Zhongqi's personal AI.

In front of Bai Zhongqi, a holographic screen emerged. He had expected something like a data report, but what appeared was far more lively.

It was a video screen, to be more precise, a live broadcast from a very popular mobile live-streaming platform in C country. Bai Zhongqi, out of curiosity, had once downloaded this app, glanced at the oddities, and then deleted it, so he recognized the interface.

But now, the figure appearing on the screen was someone he knew.

The shining bald head sparkled under the soft indoor lighting; the background was not any ordinary household interior but rather various types of home furniture and equipment found only on Iridium Star.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The entire wall was set to starry sky mode, with the azure Earth as the background, from floor to ceiling, the whole room was pitch black like the universe, yet under the indoor light, it looked ethereal and mysterious, providing quite a visual effect.

The bald figure in the live broadcast was sitting cross-legged, but the problem was that he was not sitting on the ground; he was floating in mid-air. Bai Zhongqi first suspected that he was sitting in a mag-lev chair, but soon confirmed that this guy was floating in the air on his own. Stay connected through empire

The public screen was filled with a crowd of astonished onlookers.

"Wife, come out and see God!"

"6666, is this a qigong master?"

"Can't you see, the background is Earth, this host is an alien TM!"

"Awesome, do aliens have superpowers that let them float in the air?"

Bai Zhongqi's face was covered in black lines. He had carelessly mentioned live streaming yesterday, and the attentive Star Warrior Master overheard him. Rather than going after internet celebrities with gifts, Nan Ma decided to start a live broadcast himself.

Bai Zhongqi felt both amused and annoyed, and was just about to forcibly manipulate the ship's communication equipment to cut off this guy's internet. But just then, Nan Ma began to speak.

"Old irons, hello there!"

Bai Zhongqi nearly stumbled and fell off his mag-lev chair. In just one day, Nan Ma must have watched countless live broadcasts to casually greet with "old irons," leaving Bai Zhongqi not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

And then the public screen started lighting up with comments.

"Hello, alien host!"

"Host 666."

"Anchor, anchor, are you guys here to invade Earth?"

"I heard your boss is one of our C-nation people, is that true?"

This was Nan Ma's first time live streaming, and the number of people in his stream skyrocketed. He was also having a blast and shouted, "Slow down, send one by one, I'll answer them one by one."

He introduced himself, "Hello, my dudes, I'm Nan Ma from the Iridium Star United Empire. Gender male, unemployed. I'm thrilled to be here on the XX streaming platform to meet you all. Show some enthusiasm, guys. If you have questions, just send gifts directly. No need for little roses and little glow sticks, start with sports cars, and rockets are best.

Okay, let's get a wave going, everybody send a fleet."

By this time, Nan Ma's stream had gained popularity, with many people rushing into his channel upon hearing that an alien was broadcasting live. Nan Ma was smart.

He knew that if there were too many people, it might cause the stream to lag due to traffic overload, so he technically hijacked the server of the streaming platform, making other channels lag while allowing his own stream to run smoothly even with increased traffic.

Many other broadcasters heard that an alien was streaming, and when their own broadcasts started to lag, they stopped streaming and hurried over to Nan Ma's channel.

On the live streaming platform teeming with tycoons, it wasn't unusual for a second-tier celebrity to have their gifts max out. But now, an alien baldie was broadcasting. Despite having no image or particular talent to speak of, his identity and the "streaming space" setup alone were enough to make the tycoons splurge.

All sorts of gifts started flooding in—sports cars, rockets, cruise ships, you name it. And what was magical was that no matter how much the tycoons sent, the stream just wouldn't lag, which made people believe even more firmly that the alien baldie anchor was using extraterrestrial technology, solidifying the belief that he isn't a scammer.

Bai Zhongqi watched the gift vouchers in Nan Ma's room skyrocket from single digits to the million level, causing his eyelids to jump in fright.

Over there, Nan Ma was going crazy with joy and kept saying, "Steady, my dudes! That wave was led well. Let's see who's my top donor now, oh, it's societal bro Jay. The rule of the stream now is that the top donor gets to ask a question."

Nobody knew how Nan Ma did it, but the messages from other people couldn't show up anymore. Only the messages from "societal bro Jay," who sent the most gifts, were visible.

"Anchor is awesome!" The top donor "societal bro Jay" typing in the public screen seemed to be feeling superior.

By this time, tens of thousands had streamed into the channel, and the numbers were increasing by the thousands every second. Many viewers were curious about the alien and had their doubts and fears. But seeing Nan Ma speak with a Northeast Chinese accent that wasn't quite standard, repeatedly calling everyone "my dudes," they suddenly felt there wasn't much to be afraid of.

Instead, they found it novel and entertaining.

Societal bro Jay didn't really know what to ask, so he picked a question someone had asked before, "Anchor, is your alien boss one of our C-nation people, is that the case?"

Nan Ma slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Yeah, my dude, speaking of which, people from C-nation and us from the Iridium Star are like kin! Our Iridium Star language is exactly the same as your Chinese. Regarding our Imperial Chancellor, ah, I won't state his honored name, but you guys probably know who he is from the internet.

He was indeed born in your C-nation, but now he has returned to our Iridium Star, and since C-nation seems not to allow dual citizenship, so now he's not considered a C-nation person anymore."

No sooner had he finished answering the question than messages began flooding the public screen, allowing others to speak again. For a time, all sorts of people were making comments.

Nan Ma laughed and said, "Come on, who's gonna become the top donor now? Top donor, come ask a question, or you can ask me to sing or perform, that's also cool! Don't go for the useless stuff, let's get those rockets flying, let's go!"

Half a minute later, despite societal bro Jay's efforts to keep up, someone else had surpassed him. The public screen froze again, and this tycoon asked, "Anchor, do you have superpowers? How can you float mid-air like that. Can all one-star people do that?"

Nan Ma responded, "This bro has a quality question there, spotting the key issue at a glance. Haha, let me give you all a little crash course. Don't look down on your broadcasters, even the laid-back ones are big shots on Iridium Star. Because, folks, I'm a Star Warrior. What's a Star Warrior? Oh, there's a story there.

A Star Warrior is someone whose body contains Star Energy. I know your web novels in C-nation are flourishing, with all that qi and yuan and whatnot, but Star Energy isn't any of those things. Star Energy is actually closer to the 'God Particle,' a concept posited in Earth's physics, though never discovered (mind you, 'God Particle' here isn't the same as the Higgs boson).

That's right, Star Energy isn't an energy, but a form of matter, yet possesses strong energy properties. Star Energy defies all established laws in the universe. It can grant mass, and mass determines the difficulty of accelerating an object in space.

At the same time, according to one of the core principles your Earthlings have deduced about the universe, the mass-energy equivalence, mass and energy are related. Therefore, the existence of Star Energy can directly alter the properties of objects within the material space. In practical terms, applications are vast.

For example, I've applied a force opposite to the ground to my body, balancing both forces, that's why I'm floating mid-air right now. Up to this moment, even us Iridium Star people don't know why Star Energy exists and why it's only present in some people's bodies.

Across the whole Galaxy, those with Star Energy are few and far between, yet all of them hold exalted statuses in their respective civilizations."

Bai Zhongqi hadn't expected that Nan Ma's livestream would reveal some content he had been very curious about. It turns out that Star Energy wasn't the sort of energy he had imagined but was more like a God Particle.

Although Nan Ma had shared the secrets of Star Energy with the viewers, it wasn't a big deal because it's not the kind of thing you can teach, like technology. Since there isn't a single Star Warrior on the entire Earth, people would most likely regard it as just an odd and mysterious tidbit, having no real impact.

As Bai Zhongqi pondered this, Nan Ma had started causing a stir again.

"Steady on, my dudes! Thank you for the rewards, folks. I'm deeply touched as a new anchor. Now, I'll present a new song I just learned yesterday, 'Mu Ziemysiai' (づ￣3￣)づ╭?～"

Next, Bai Zhongqi heard a sound that seemed to penetrate the soul—the wailing of ghosts and gods...

"Alone I drink till I'm drunk, intoxicated I dream of couples paired; with searching eyes, loyal companionship they share, only wishing that one day we also could unite—"