The spaceship began to return to Earth.

“The civilization protection period has ended, and Ambassador Tejano has returned. In the future, we can only rely on ourselves!” China’s representative said.

“Earth has always been under protection, but now… we will have to integrate into the cosmic civilization fully. There will definitely be a lot of discomfort,” the EU representative said. “We have to gradually make the citizens accept it.”

The United States of America’s representative said seriously, “That’s not important. Most importantly, the Black Moon civilization’s diplomatic mission will arrive tomorrow!”

“Black Moon civilization…”

The upper echelons of Earth’s civilization fell silent. Xu Jingming didn’t interrupt and only silently looked at the cosmos outside.

The Black Moon civilization was coming tomorrow!

…

Earth, China.

Xu Jingming returned home.

“Ambassador Tejano has left,” Xu Jingming said to Li Miaomiao as he sat down in the living room. His daughter, Xu Lixing, had already been brought out by the elders to play.

“With his departure, everything will be up to Earth to deal with whatever comes next.” Li Miaomiao knew a lot of information from her husband and knew that they had reached a critical juncture in her homeworld’s civilization.

Xu Jingming nodded and tapped his watch gently, producing a projection in front of him. Some information about the Black Moon civilization began to appear on the projection.

“Black Moon civilization,” Xu Jingming said. “Their diplomatic mission will arrive tomorrow.”

Li Miaomiao also looked at the information.

“The Black Moon civilization has flourished for more than two million years,” Xu Jingming stated. “In particular, a great scholar with an educational level exceeding Lv. 100 was born. That great scholar was raised to an Origin lifeform by the Cosmic Human Alliance through external forces. In the long lifespan of an Origin lifeform, this great scholar made plenty of achievements. He also spearheaded the transformation of the Black Moon civilization in the 30,000 years he was alive! The territory of the Black Moon civilization increased from 15 galaxies to 78 galaxies, and a total of six Lv. 9 Origin lifeforms were born during that period. It was a golden era in the history of the Black Moon civilization.”

Li Miaomiao nodded. “A great scholar has too much influence.”

“Technology and evolution are the two most important aspects of the Cosmic Human Alliance,” Xu Jingming said. “Great scholars with educational backgrounds exceeding Lv. 100 are all treasures of cosmic humanity.”

“In the years that followed, the Black Moon civilization didn’t produce another scholar with an educational level exceeding Lv. 100, but academia remained a very strong component to their existence,” Xu Jingming said. “The Black Moon civilization’s technological strength is extremely mighty, and their technological and military strength is more than 10,000 times greater than Earth’s! They have 109 legions publicly known! Any legion sent out… can sweep through the Milky Way.”

“It can be said that in terms of technological and military strength, they aren’t far from intermediate cosmic civilizations.” Xu Jingming also felt pressured. “At the same time, they also have two Lv. 9 Origin lifeforms in this era.”

It was too powerful. It made one unable to have any thoughts of resistance!

The Black Moon civilization had a very deep foundation in technology but was lacking in evolution. If a Lv. 10 Origin lifeform was born in evolution, the entire civilization could be upgraded to an intermediate cosmic civilization over some time.

“Jingming, what should we do?” Li Miaomiao asked.

“The difference in strength is too great. We can only rely on the Cosmic Human Alliance’s rules to intimidate them,” Xu Jingming answered.

Li Miaomiao nodded.

Their individual strength appeared very weak in the face of such a situation.

…

June 2, 2083.

In the solar system, a kilometer-long spaceship warped into existence. The spaceship’s hull had leaf patterns.

“Foreign spaceship detected!” Earth’s surveillance system immediately detected it. The large number of technological military weapons they had bought was enough to detect all movements in the solar system. They could even roughly investigate outer space beyond the solar system.

“Foreign spaceship.”

“From the hull’s logo, it should be a spaceship from the Huanliang civilization.”

In the monitoring hall, Earth’s staff had solemn expressions.

Buzz—

The spaceship that was docked around Jupiter attempted to establish a connection with Earth.

Immediately, a purple-haired youth with exquisite patterns beside his ears appeared on the monitor in the hall. He said coldly, “I’m Huanben Fengye, commander of the Huanliang Civilization’s visiting delegation.”

“Ambassador Huanben, welcome. Please proceed to Earth and get some rest,” Secretary General Angus replied. They had also received notice from the Huanliang Civilization and were prepared to receive them.

“That’s not necessary.” The purple-haired youth said coldly, “We are in charge of accompanying the Black Moon civilization’s diplomatic mission to Earth. We will wait here for their arrival.”

“As you wish.” Secretary General Angus was very polite.

It couldn’t be helped; the other party was the strongest civilization in the Milky Way. Earth had just officially integrated into the universe, so they had to put up with things most of the time.

******

Seconds turned to minutes.

Earth’s upper echelons waited nervously. Finally, 5 hours and 9 minutes after the Huanliang civilization’s diplomatic mission arrived, Earth’s surveillance system detected the appearance of an incomparably huge spaceship beyond the solar system.

Buzz.

The behemoth with a diameter of 325 kilometers crossed the wormhole and arrived. It was like a small planet in the shape of a disc.

“Here it comes.” Earth had detected the arrival of this cosmic mothership.

“This is a large cosmic battleship.” A higher-up from Earth confirmed this, and his expression changed. “Moreover, it’s a mothership. A cosmic mothership is a fortress in space, capable of carrying a large number of troops.”

“According to the diplomatic rules, military warships aren’t allowed to enter Earth’s territory.”

“The other party didn’t enter our territory! This cosmic mothership is parked outside the solar system. That’s nasty! It’s clearly a threat… but they didn’t violate the rules and didn’t invade our territory.”

Earth’s upper echelons felt threatened.

“A spaceship that can destroy the entire solar system is parked just outside. There’s nothing we can do about it.”

…

In the huge cosmic mothership.

“Captain Ennor.” The curled-bearded elder was extremely respectful. “Do you want to enter Earth with me?”

“There’s no need.” Captain Ennor shook his head coldly. “I’ll personally oversee the cosmic mothership, allowing me to deal with unexpected situations at any time. However… Commander Xefani, I’ll send my ‘smart robot’ to Earth with you! With the help of the smart robot, I can see Earth’s civilization with my own eyes.”

“Yes, sir,” the elder replied.

Moments later.

The Black Moon civilization’s diplomatic mission boarded three spaceships and arrived beside the Huanliang Civilization’s diplomatic mission using short-distance warping from beyond the solar system. Only then did the two diplomatic missions head to Earth together.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The three spaceships of the Black Moon civilization and one spaceship of the Huanliang civilization appeared outside Earth as if they had teleported.

The hazy light from Earth’s security defense system constantly enveloped the atmosphere. This was also a form of deterrence!

“Earth’s civilization spent plenty to buy this planetary security defense system,” the elder with the curled beard said as he watched from afar in the spaceship. “Even if the entire solar system is destroyed, the security defense system will probably protect this planet.”

“They’re quite willing to spend.” The tall and cold man was the smart bot that Captain Ennor remotely controlled with his consciousness. “However, there are still ways to destroy Earth.”

The technological and military strength of the Black Moon civilization was much greater after all.

Soon—

Earth’s welcoming party headed to welcome the Black Moon and Huanliang civilizations’ two diplomatic delegations.

“Commander Xefani, feel free to tell me anything you need. His Majesty has instructed me to fully cooperate with the Black Moon civilization’s diplomatic mission.” The commander of the Huanliang civilization, Huanben Fengye, was also very respectful.

Huanben Fengye was also a member of the royal family of the Huanliang civilization! After all, they had to accompany the Black Moon civilization’s diplomatic mission, so they naturally had to send someone of importance.

“Okay.” The elder nodded and looked at the welcoming party from Earth.

A light enveloped them.

The planet’s security defense system allowed the Earth’s welcoming party, Black Moon civilization, and Huanliang civilization’s diplomatic missions into the planet.

*******

There were more than 3,000 people in the two ambassador delegations, and Earth held a grand welcoming banquet.

Sitting at the banquet, Captain Ennor’s smart bot observed its surroundings from afar. This smart bot was his alone to use, so it naturally had extraordinary functions. In terms of strength, it was comparable to a Lv. 8 cosmic lifeform.

Before an evolver became a Lv. 9 Origin lifeform, their individual strength didn’t mean much. After all, Lv. 8 robots could be mass-produced!

Of course, Captain Ennor also knew very well that as a smart bot… he was helpless against Earth’s security defense system.

Buzz! 

Captain Ennor’s robot was gathering a large amount of information from Earth. Through light detection, this robot could observe almost every spot on the planet.

“Huh?” Captain Ennor suddenly noticed a city on Earth—a skyscraper with a strange eye pattern.

“The Magic Eye Group also has investments on Earth?” Captain Ennor suddenly asked.

Secretary General Angus—who was in charge of entertaining them—looked at the cold man sitting in the second seat beside Commander Xefani of the Black Moon civilization’s diplomatic mission. He vaguely realized that the other party’s identity was extraordinary, so he smiled and nodded. “Yes, the Magic Eye Group has many dealings with us.”

“Interesting.” Captain Ennor observed every corner of Earth and said, “The Magic Eye Group, the Barron civilization of the Three-Seas Star Alliance, the Nine Feathers civilization of the Nine Feathers Star Alliance. The latter is an intermediate cosmic civilization! There are quite a number of cosmic factions trading with you.”

His tone was filled with ridicule and disdain. This was because he was certain that the Nine Feathers civilization had only made a deal with Earth because it was only a faction within its territory. It couldn’t threaten the Black Moon civilization in the Oohook Star Alliance.

In normal trade competitions, the Black Moon civilization had no qualms competing with intermediate cosmic civilizations.

“There are only those few large corporations on Earth.” Secretary General Angus tapped the projection in front of him. “If the esteemed guests of Black Moon civilization are interested, you can peruse this information at any time.”

Commander Xefani nodded and tapped the projection to comb through the information. Suddenly, his finger trembled, and his expression changed.

“Captain.” Commander Xefani looked at Captain Ennor beside him.

Captain Ennor also glanced at the projection and saw a piece of information Xefani had opened. Redmond?

Captain Ennor read the information.

There weren’t many shareholders in those large core corporations, and there were only a handful of individual shareholders. Sometimes, there was only one individual: Xu Jingming!

This person was an Earthling! He had received the Evernight-level Redmond Medal!

“This is a native of Earth.” An invisible force enveloped Xefani’s surroundings as he whispered, “He’s actually a Redmond Medal recipient.”

“Could it be faked?” Captain Ennor found it unbelievable, nor was he willing to believe it. At this moment, his true body was in the virtual world, and he quickly entered the Redmond Group’s official world to check the detailed list.

He found the name: Xu Jingming (Hunter Cosmic Sector, Oohook Star Alliance, Earth Civilization).

“How did this happen?” Captain Ennor looked up at the name recorded in the Redmond Group’s official world, furious and powerless.

“Redmond Group!”

With Black Moon civilization’s strength, they understood what the Redmond Group represented.

The Redmond Group was terrifying, but the founder, Redmond, was even more terrifying! He was one of the core upper echelons of the Cosmic Human Alliance, an important figure that even the three advanced civilizations of the universe valued. With a word from him… the Black Moon civilization could be dismantled.

Why would the Redmond Group award a resident of an emerging civilization the Redmond Medal? Captain Ennor looked at the name ‘Xu Jingming’ in the Redmond Group’s official world and felt a headache.