Galaxy Domination Guide

Stuck on the road of the Imperial Capital's third ring, Liu Zhe, who started his own business but was not much different from office workers, covered his mouth and coughed twice. The girl sitting in his passenger seat, speaking fluent Chinese yet slightly accented, expressed her concern, "Oppa, the air is still so bad today, maybe you shouldn't go to work."

Liu Zhe looked at his Korean girlfriend, who was very pretty, especially with her very fair skin, and said, "This is a critical time for the company. If we can't secure this round of VC funding, the company will fall into financial trouble. But if we can just get through this, your boyfriend could be worth hundreds of millions."Nôv(el)B\\jnn

His girlfriend, Liu Xiuzhen, furrowed her brows and said, "But Oppa, you already have a chronic respiratory condition and the poor air quality here in the Imperial Capital will only worsen your condition. I don't care about how much money you make; I just want you to be healthy."

Hearing this, Liu Zhe felt quite moved. Liu Xiuzhen was a South Rod student who hadn't been in Country C for long when she met Liu Zhe, who was still in school at the time. Unlike the South Rod men Liu Xiuzhen knew, Liu Zhe was a real man of the Imperial Capital, sometimes his jokes were poor, but he was righteous and especially good to his girlfriend.

Liu Zhe was quite satisfied with his girlfriend from a neighboring country; he liked girls with fair skin, and Liu Xiuzhen was exactly his type. Plus, she was a refreshing presence in South Rod, where plastic surgery was as common as eating; she hadn't had any surgery and was naturally quite pretty.

However, the next statement from Liu Xiuzhen greatly displeased Liu Zhe. She said, "Oppa, let's settle down in Korea instead. The environment and air quality are much better there, unlike in Country C where it's especially dirty everywhere. And your project, my father would definitely be willing to fund it."

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhe's face immediately fell. Liu Xiuzhen came from a well-off family, her father was somewhat of an entrepreneur in South Rod, part of the Samsons Corporation supply chain, and thus had some financial clout.

Their family's primary business over the years had been dealing with Country C, which was why they sent Liu Xiuzhen, who was also fond of Country C culture, to study in the Imperial Capital.

Liu Zhe felt his girlfriend was pretty and had a gentle disposition, but the only bad thing about her was that she would occasionally show a sense of superiority he found ridiculous.

Clutching the steering wheel and not even glancing at her, he responded, "Forget it, I do not think living in your country would be any good. Just the food alone; every meal is kimchi, it seems varied, but it's all the same thing, I'm not used to it, not used to it at all."

As he spoke, his girlfriend became upset, and as she spoke, tears began to form, "Oppa, this makes me very sad. I'm willing to compromise on anything for you, but can't you compromise for me?"

Liu Zhe usually indulged his girlfriend, always accommodating, but he was particularly firm on this issue, saying, "Other things are fine, but your father wants me to change my nationality outright and even talks about giving me a substantial share in your family business, to help support your brother. Seriously, I respect your father—he started from scratch and built a not-so-small fortune.

But he shouldn't look down on me, nor on our people from County C. If I can overcome this hurdle, I wouldn't give a dime for your family's wealth in three years."

At this point, Liu Zhe began to cough again. Liu Xiuzhen immediately stopped arguing with him and rushed to find water and medicine for him. Liu Zhe also felt a bit frustrated; he knew his own body well. He had mild asthma since childhood, not too severe, but sensitive to air quality.

The worsening air in the Imperial Capital over the past two years had aggravated his condition, significantly affecting his quality of life. If it continued like this, he knew he wouldn't live much longer.

After drinking some water and taking his medicine, Liu Zhe soothed his girlfriend again. The traffic on the third ring was completely congested, often not moving an inch, which could frustrate even the most impatient person.

At that moment, Liu Zhe leaned forward on the steering wheel and peered through the windshield at the sky, saying to Liu Xiuzhen, "Xiuxiu, look, does it seem like the sky is a bit bluer today?"

Liu Xiuzhen also looked and couldn't help saying, "It does seem like it."

Liu Zhe noticed that a chubby driver in the lane next to him had already poked his head out of the window, wearing a look of surprise on his face.

He also lowered the car window, and his girlfriend exclaimed in shock, "Oppa, don't open the window, your lungs can't handle it."

But the moment Liu Zhe opened the window, he didn't feel the usual suffocating murkiness, but instead a faint sense of clarity, which smelled... it actually smelled a bit like the forest.

He looked up puzzled, only to see a huge spaceship with a metallic glow of cyan and black passing directly above them.

"Holy cow, an alien spaceship!" Drivers and passengers running on the road exclaimed in surprise.

Liu Zhe was quite astonished, but like most people, he wasn't scared. Yesterday, the Iridium Star Chancellor visited the Imperial Capital, and the news was full of his fancy spaceship. The news had announced that China had officially established diplomatic relations with the United Empire.

Although people still didn't understand much about Iridium Star, everyone naively believed that since the two nations had established relations, and the Chancellor was actually our compatriot, there shouldn't be any risk of conflict. Many were actually assessing the impact of the diplomatic relations and that Star Alliance concept on China.

At the moment, Liu Zhe hadn't thought about these issues; his mind was mainly on the first round of financing for his internet company. To many, even if aliens appeared, it would be just a topic for casual chat if they didn't invade us and wouldn't significantly impact our lives.

However, Liu Zhe now knew that such an assumption was hugely mistaken.

The gigantic spaceship floated in the sky, continuously emitting fine blue electric lights from its hull. Large tubes extended from the body, visibly sucking black dust particles into the massive spaceship.

More numerous smaller vessels also joyously flew through the skies of the Imperial Capital, and people were astonished to find that these ships left behind black "snowflakes" wherever they passed. Some of the black snowflakes were sucked up by the massive spaceship, while others created a bizarre spectacle of black snow falling over the city.

Liu Xiuzhen also held her phone, pulling her boyfriend excitedly, "Friends' circles are full of little videos shooting this—the Imperial Capital is experiencing black snow."

Seeing this, Liu Zhe laughed mischievously, pulling his head back in from the window but not closing it, "This isn't black snow; it's the dirty stuff in the air, capturing everything from PM2.5 to PM10 all at once."

Liu Xiuzhen was also incredibly shocked, watching the flying spaceships, she asked, "Are the aliens helping the Chinese government control air pollution?"

Liu Zhe, holding his girlfriend's face with one hand and grinning mischievously, replied, "Exactly, that's it. I'm not worried anymore. I'm not going anywhere; I'll stay in the Imperial Capital."

As he spoke these words of relief, his mind was racing. It seemed that the arrival of the Iridium Star people on Earth was going to greatly impact people's lives. They were even tackling air pollution; this would not only endear the Iridium Star people to the ordinary folks of China, but it would also raise more expectations towards Iridium Star.

Who knows what kind of thrilling scene it would be when more of Iridium Star's advanced technology entered people's lives.