Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1403: Chapter 798: Savior or Usurper

“Letter to Disaster-Facing Compatriots”

To all Imperial citizens steadfast amidst the torrent of Subspace:

As you read this transmitted Star Language message, the Star Realm Tunnel in the Spiderweb Domain and Eastern Cosmos Domain has been reopened, and the Alliance has reformed. But this is not the end; under my leadership, the Alliance takes on a greater meaning: to save the entire Empire when necessary.

The support fleets from the Alliance have set off, possibly facing numerous dangers, but we are on our way to your world.

Remember—you have never been forgotten.

The Scarlet Scar has severed our connection to Holy Terra. We are now on the Dark Side of the Empire, but this does not constitute an “Empire-ending state.” All administrative units must immediately cease misuse of all kinds of temporary acts, strictly prohibiting unauthorized signing of any illegal political or legal documents.

The Empire’s majesty will not fade due to the obstruction of the Star Sea, nor will the will of the Emperor diminish due to Chaos’s whispers.

As the sole High Lord of the Empire’s Dark Side after the disaster, I represent the Imperial Supreme Council, embodying the Emperor’s will, to declare to all humans who can hear or see these words:

Effective immediately, the “Imperial Dark Side Control Committee” is established.

This committee is the highest legal authority on the Empire’s Dark Side, until the disaster concludes.

Current Planetary Governors, Star Zone Leaders, Star Domain Heads, Cosmic Domain Chairs automatically gain control authority, with vacancies filled by the highest-ranking military personnel.

Governments of planets, star sectors, star domains, and cosmic domains should protect territories, strive to minimize losses, extinguish or curb Chaos, and wait for the committee’s rescue. Upon the committee’s arrival, they must comply with all committee directives.

I swear in the name of the Emperor:

Whoever indulges Chaos worshipers, their bloodline will be traced and purified up to the third generation.

Whoever alters Imperial laws as a temporary constitution, their family’s lineage will be permanently marked with disgrace.

Whoever obstructs the landing of committee envoys, that star system will be subject to the “Simplified Process Regulations for Extinction Orders.”

When the stars vanish, we ourselves become mobile beacons; when the sacred hymns are silent, our heartbeat is the rhythm of resistance; when the codes burn, our flesh and blood are the final law.

The ships traversing the fierce Star Sea transmit the engine’s tremors through the Star Realm’s veins; the navigation beacons personally calibrated by me, each imprinted with humanity’s traces in the subspace storm.

We may have to travel a long night road, but remember—all breadcrumbs passed in the dark will eventually link into a galaxy of dawn. When you hear the resonance of gears and verses in the void, when you see azure threads piercing the scarlet sky outside the clouds, that’s me saying: Persist, persist like piercing Chaos’s eyes.

As long as you persist, I will surely reach you.

—High Lord of Empire, Alliance Leader – Gu Hang

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This “Letter to Disaster-Facing Compatriots” was like throwing a massive stone into a tranquil… er, originally already quite turbulent lake surface.

Compared to the Alliance’s cautious advance during the Dark Side Expedition, Gu Hang’s letter is far more radical.

His Spiritual Power connected almost instantly with the communication signals continually emitted by tens of thousands of worlds on the Empire’s Dark Side.

The “Letter to Disaster-Facing Compatriots” thus reached almost all worlds on the Empire’s Dark Side instantly.

Everyone could see that it was unrealistic, but over the past few months, those with the ability to send communication requests beyond planets—likely the aristocrats—could probably see it.

If this were a normal time, it would certainly cause a massive reaction, countless worlds would connect, countless ideas and thoughts would collide within, and ultimately, there would likely form an anti-Alliance alliance.

Who are you, to think you can call the shots?

Gu Hang undoubtedly has a certain reputation within the Empire, and he is quite powerful, but it is definitely not enough to make him the co-ruler of half the Empire.

Far from it.

However, this is definitely not a ’normal time.’

Taking the first phase target of the current Alliance’s Dark Side Expedition: the Magrey Cosmic Domain as an example, this domain with eight Star Domains and over five thousand worlds still largely remains isolated islands. The most connected place has only 37 worlds surrounding the Space Domain Government, having opened up navigation.

Even excluding navigation, just looking at communication, the Space Domain Government has only reconnected 136 worlds.

Compared to the entire domain of five thousand worlds, this is quite a small number.

What can this string together?

Compared to the already consolidated collective Alliance, those aristocrats, no matter how dissatisfied, cannot solve the problem. Once the Alliance arrives, they will be picked off one by one.

And their attempt to overthrow Gu Hang’s letter rationally… seems unlikely.

Disregarding the rhetoric, the core content of the letter is Gu Hang, under the dual capacities of High Lord and Alliance Leader, establishing the so-called ’Imperial Dark Side Control Committee,’ and declaring that until the Scarlet Scar severs the Dark Side’s connection to Holy Terra, the Control Committee holds the highest authority.

The meaning is, I am the highest authority on the Empire’s Dark Side; I call the shots on the entire Dark Side of the Empire.

The fleets claimed in the letter as heading towards each world of the Alliance could be seen as coming to save worlds, but equally they could be seen as coming to enforce martial rule.