can not live up to

late autumn.

evening.

Twilight dawned.

The handsome young man stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, as if he was just admiring the afterglow of the setting sun.

His eyes are sharp and deep, and it seems that he wants to see through the sky that is smudged by the twilight.

In the 47th century of the Earth Era, human science and technology achieved a breakthrough.The antimatter engine provides more powerful power support for the warp speed spacecraft, and conquering the entire universe is no longer just a dream for human beings.

The strongest human empire with an average territory diameter of 60 light-years began to take shape.

There is everything in the vast universe.

Human beings finally no longer have to worry about the exhaustion of resources and painstakingly fight for and even go to war. They have also got rid of the constraints of so-called class and labor, and they no longer have to work under the pressure of survival.

For the first time in human history, freedom in the true sense has been realized, to live freely, to choose freely, to work happily in the field that one is best at... Hobbies and interests are the most authentic first considerations when people choose what kind of life to live .

So innate talent, which sounds a little mysterious, continues to strengthen the most superior genes of the elites in all walks of life through this kind of personal preferences and preferences. Over time, the elites in this field gradually appear in various fields. The trend of familyization and hereditary system, and they perform their own duties and do their own things.

This kind of talent choice is embodied in the management of the entire universe, and it is those human elites who are good at management who gradually explored and established a new set of imperial system.This monarchy sounds nothing special, it is the combination of the hereditary emperor and the hereditary ministers, and then realize the elite group management through the management and political council model.

However, the emperors and ministers of power in this generation are naturally different from those emperors and ministers of power in the long history of mankind.

The new imperial system led by these management elites is not only highly centralized, but more importantly, efficient and high-quality, which fully meets the needs of modern development.

The Central Council, composed of hereditary emperors and hereditary ministers, is permanently stationed in the central star area, and the capital of the empire is located on the third planet of the solar system in the central star area—the earth. After all, this place is still the most familiar and most suitable for human beings. planet.

The other interstellar regions are divided into six star regions: Jiaomu, Kangjin, Ditu, Xinyue, Weihuo, and Jishui, which naturally guard the central star region and accept the absolute leadership of the central star region.

After a hundred years of hard work, this new imperial system has developed and stabilized, leading mankind into an unprecedented period of peace and stability, and even leading the huge human empire all the way to its peak.

The pointer of time slipped quietly to the year 5332 of the Earth Era.

The central star area of ​​the empire is still singing and dancing, and it is a scene of peace and prosperity.

However, the moon waxes and wanes.

And under the prosperity, it seems that there are always shadows.

There are many terrestrial planets in the seven star regions of the empire, and they look the same on the surface, but the types of resources they control and the degree of abundance are quite different.

At first, this difference was inconspicuous.

Then, as the long years passed, due to the unchangeable nature of human beings, combined with the natural flow of population and the rapid development of trade, slowly, the superior resources gradually moved closer to the central star area, and then quietly appeared Out of the trend of concentrated development.

The good ones are better, but what about the bad ones?

As a result, some marginal planets far away from the center of each star region have gradually become like tasteless existences, and problems naturally arise.

In the final analysis, the core is still nothing but the word "resource".

Resources, an old problem that no longer plagued human beings, seems to be quietly brewing a storm hundreds of years after the establishment of the empire, hoping to make a comeback.

It's a pity that in the Land of the King, few people are willing to discover problems, and even fewer people are willing to face them.

What's more, the lack of resources that is about to move, to the huge human empire, now looks like nothing more than a small mayfly.

The high-level management of the empire in the central star region didn't care much, while most of the people under the empire's rule were busy with their own lives and rarely cared, and those who cared knew little or only half of it.

However, some people care, very much.

For example, the young man standing by the window at the moment.

The youth's eyes no longer miss the afterglow of the setting sun outside the window.

He turned around, his gaze was like a torch, and he scanned the dozens of high-speed screens built into the wall in the room one by one.

The content on the screen is complex, including the panorama of the empire, strategic models, star area distribution, planetary real scenes, resource analysis, trend models, and countless automatic data deduction.

The young man watched very carefully and seriously.

He has read these contents thousands of times, and he is familiar with them by heart, and he will never forget them.

Of course, he had already discovered the problem.

He is naturally always looking for a solution.

Because, he is Qin Xuan.

He is the eldest son of the Qin family known to everyone in the empire.

He is the first heir to the throne of the hereditary Qin family.

Yes, he is the current supreme ruler of the empire—the seventh emperor in the history of the empire—who has the highest mission and responsibility for the empire.

The year 5332 of the Earth Era is destined to leave a very strong mark in the history of the empire.

This year, Emperor Qin Xuan of the Empire secretly made up his mind that he would completely tear away the thin but deadly dark cloud of resources that had hung over the Empire for a long time.

The sun was setting and the sky was getting darker.Qin Xuan could turn on the lighting system in the study with a wave of his hand, but he didn't.So his figure slowly shrouded in the gradually dimming light in the study.

Qin Xuan's study room is very spacious, with a slightly grim tone, and surrounded by many cutting-edge technological equipment of the empire, the atmosphere is somewhat too tough.

Qin Xuan is tall and strong, but it is so, every time the lonely shadow is independent in this study, it will inevitably show a little frailty, but at this time today, Qin Xuan seems to be a little lonely The shadow of Xiao Suo.

It seems inexplicably painful.

But Qin Xuan didn't mind at all, he was used to it long ago.

Anyway, no one else was allowed to enter his study room, not even his beloved elder sister Qin Yuan, or his beloved younger brother Qin Ming.

But some people mind, very much.

such as……

"Sir..." The voice of the intelligent robot numbered TX001 suddenly sounded, and then the small subspace holographic image communicator was presented to Qin Xuan.

"Why don't you turn on the lights?"

"forget."

Subspace communication and human voice synthesis technology are now able to ensure a high degree of consistency between the information at the input and output ends. At this time, the sound from the output end of the sound wave sounds as if it is coated with a layer of metal-like luster, like It's the same as the one from the standby AI, it's a bit cold.

This is the person who really cares about the coldness and lack of warmth in Qin Xuan's study.

"I just admired the sunset for a while."

"It just so happens, so do I." After a short pause, Qin Xuan added, "The so-called tacit understanding?"

"It's just a coincidence. How can you speculate on your will?"

Obviously, people at both ends of the communicator are very familiar with this kind of verbal back and forth.

"It's a pity..." The voice was now mixed with a little naughty and joking.

"What a pity?" Qin Xuan's eyebrows relaxed.

"The setting sun is infinitely good, but it's almost dusk."

"Well, it's pretty good for you to use." Qin Xuan slightly frowned the eyebrows that had just relaxed, and the tone of approval in his mouth was also reluctant.

"Your Majesty, I'm ready. Dare I ask you, Your Majesty?" The man changed the subject in an instant, but he also raised his brows tightly, apparently dissatisfied with Qin Xuan's "barely matching" just now. look.

Qin Xuan now had a slight smile on his face, his brows were completely stretched out, and he looked in a good mood.

He didn't answer the man immediately, he tapped his right fingertips on the outside of his thigh a few times, and then said calmly, "Of course."

Two words, the voice is not heavy, the volume is not high, but firm and confident.

The two looked at each other and smiled, both in a good mood.

Some things are finally about to start.

"I'm looking forward to it!" On the other side of the communicator, those clear eyes sparkled with uncontrollable eagerness, and the voice also became excited.

Qin Xuan raised his eyebrows, "General Tang, you seem to miss me very much."

"Your Majesty, what I'm discussing with you is clearly a matter of great importance to the empire!" The man naturally refused to admit it, speaking quite righteously.

"It's about the emperor, it's a big deal." Of course, Qin Xuan spoke even more righteously.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, if there is nothing else to do, I will accept the order and resign!" The voice was still very light, but it seemed to be slightly tinged with anger?

"No!" Qin Xuan straightened his face, full of imperial aura, and stopped teasing in his words.

Naturally, the person on the other end of the communicator also became serious.

The two began to discuss in detail with tacit understanding.

After finishing the communication with that person, Qin Xuan stood up and looked out of the window again.

At this time, the sunset had completely set, the twilight was all together, and the sky had completely darkened.

The dark night finally officially draws the curtain to end the day.

However, one end will eventually become another beginning.

Tomorrow, the sun will still rise high, and some things are destined to happen...

The author has something to say:

I posted the first few chapters elsewhere, changed some, and tried to finish writing this time