Chapter 264: The Flickering World

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“The leader of the Alliance had officially announced that the crisis of the unexpected enemy that had ravaged the Milky Way had been completely resolved. Our reporter will give you an exclusive report…”

On a certain aboriginal planet that had received assistance from the Pyro Alliance, a native youth heard the widely circulated report. His face, which still had an incredulous expression, was instantly filled with joy. He could not help but dance and celebrate on the spot.

The country he was in briefly informed the people that a life-and-death battle was about to break out in the Milky Way, which would probably determine the survival of Milky Way civilization Way. They told the people to prepare for the end of the world.

The ordinary him did not manage to board the ark built by the coalition government. He lived every day in fear. He only hoped that the outcome of the war could be announced as soon as possible.

And just like in movies, justice would always triumph over evil. The Milky Way civilization, which shouldered the future, finally won.

Although he did not know the process, he believed that it must have been thrilling enough to make him curious like never before. He wanted to know what had happened in this Milky Way.

Just as he was celebrating, the cheers outside the house caught his attention. With interest, he opened the door.

The streets were filled with people dressed in costumes, and the ruined scene of the apocalypse seemed to be an illusion.

It was normal to celebrate Victory Day, but what really made them cheer was the spaceship that was slowly descending.

This was the spaceship of the alien civilization, the Pyro Alliance that had helped them. Although they had not appeared for a long time due to the galactic war, they were here again after the victory of the war.

“That’s great. I really want to see what the sea of stars looks like with my own eyes…”

The native youth looked enviously at the spaceship that was science fiction to him, but he turned away from the crowd and came to a bookstore. He read the Milky Way Encyclopedia with great interest.

This was one of the must-read books that the Pyro Alliance had printed and gifted to the native civilizations after deciphering their language. Due to the large number of books, almost every bookstore had such books, and they could even be read without spending money.

It was also one of the favorite books of the native teenagers. Even if he was not lucky enough to participate in the space travel program jointly organized by the government and the Pyro Alliance, he could still imagine the magnificent alien world with the help of books.

Time passed with the rise and fall of the stars. Unknowingly, he had already been here for a day. Even until the shop closed, he was still not satisfied.

“What a pity…I had no choice but to go back after reading the lost empire chapter. I seem to know the situation of these ancient civilizations…”

As he walked home, his mind was still recalling what he had seen before. At that time, he had just opened a page with the words Lost Empire when he was chased away by the bookstore owner.

That feeling of stopping an inch made him extremely uncomfortable. He wanted to pick up the book and run.

As a result, he, who was still fantasizing about the content, accidentally bumped into another person walking toward him.

“All, sorry, I didn’t pay attention to the road…”

He immediately apologized, but he realized that the person in front of him was an alien under the mask that had fallen off. Besides the members of the Pyro Alliance, who else could be here at this time?

However, the native educator from the Pyro Alliance made a hiss gesture and whispered that he had sneaked out to play under the surveillance of the bodyguards, asking him not to reveal his whereabouts.

In order to keep his mouth shut, he also took out a Milky Way Encyclopedia Collection Commemorative Version and used it as a bribe.

“I just heard that you wanted to read the lost empire chapter. We are already printing the new version. The book I have in my hand is a collector’s edition of the new book that I obtained through special channels.”

After saying that, the native educator from the Pyro Alliance brought back the mask. In the blink of an eye, he looked exactly like a local. Then, he began to observe the local customs with great interest.

The native youth watched him leave in a daze until his figure completely disappeared. Then, as if he had remembered something, he impatiently flipped through the Milky Way Encyclopedia.

“A special printed edition to commemorate the great victory a high tribute to all the participants? Was this the version to commemorate the victory of the Milky Way War? Hehe, then I might be the first person on the entire planet to know about this…”

Filled with anticipation, he flipped the first page of the encyclopedia.

Different from the ones he had read before, the opening of this book was a term he had never heard of before – the Awakened Empire. The texture decoration on the other pages was different, which highlighted the uniqueness of the content.

“Eternal Awakened Empire – the Administrator. It lasted for an unknown period of time. It was the main opponent of the unexpected enemy in the Milky Way crisis and made a great contribution to the Milky Way…”

He read the contents of the book and immersed himself in it until a new sun rose.

The seeds of new life were once again planted, and the torch of the relay would be passed down from generation to generation. The so-called extinction did not happen. At least this memory and motivation would be passed down with praise.

In the venue of the Galaxy Community, the representatives of the Pyro Alliance were packing their luggage and preparing to hand over the office of the Council Civilization to the staff of the community.

They had enough of arguing in the meeting. This position of power and responsibility was useless to them.

Instead of focusing on topics that he didn’t know if he could pass, it was better to seize the time to develop himself.

However, after this representative left, another group of representatives came up to congratulate the representative of the Pyro Alliance.

“Brother, you guys are going to be rich this time, you know? Your civilization has been evaluated as the Galaxy Guardian!”

The representative from the Pyro Alliance, who had been confused, immediately understood what was going on.

This was a reward measure implemented by the community in order to stimulate the determination of the Milky Way civilization to fight to the end during the crisis of the unexpected enemy. According to the contribution of each civilization in the Milky Way, they would be rewarded after the crisis ended.

The civilization with the greatest contribution would be awarded the title of Galaxy Guardian, and below that would be the titles of great crisis fighter and crisis fighter.

The representative from the Pyro Alliance did not expect that they would be evaluated, but he was very cold about it. After contacting the mother planet, he said directly,

“We can’t accept this title. Can the contributions of our entire civilization compare to a single strand of hair on the Administrator? It’s better to give it to someone else.”

Hearing his reply, the other representatives present looked at each other. Seeing that he was about to leave, one of them could not help but say,

“In fact, wasn’t the Administrator already known as the Galaxy Guardian during the Ring Crisis? It’s not impossible to have several Galaxy Guardians at the same time…”

“The technology that your civilization contributed during the crisis allowed all of us to contribute in the final battle. Even if you don’t want the title, don’t you want the reward?”

The representative from the Pyro Alliance finally stopped in his tracks when he heard the last sentence.

He recalled that the reward for the first contribution was indeed extremely important to them. It meant that they could choose one of the lost legacies of the Silent and the Civilization Annihilator.

They wanted to take over the torch of the Administrator, so this reward was necessary. Reaching the level of the lost empire was just the beginning.

Right now, they were still far away from the lost empire, and with the help of the lost heritage, they could shorten this distance.

In the end, the representative stopped and turned around. As he swept his gaze across the venue, he focused on the words Civilization Annihilator on the big screen.

To be precise, it was not the Civilization Annihilator, but the small words beside the Civilization Annihilator – the former Observer’s lost empire..