The Rise of the Empire in the Age of Stars

Core Settings Overview Basic worldview anchoring This work is the orthodox sequel to "The Age of Stars". The timeline is set 120 years after the ending of the original work - 2869 AD, the 120th year of the revival of human civilization. 120 Years ago, Ling Zhan piloted the "Star Arbiter" to sacrifice his life to close the space-time rift, thwart the void arbiter's annihilation judgment, and gave mankind a new life. The Federation permanently banned singularity experiments and promulgated the "Cosmic Taboo Act." Human civilization put away its arrogance and embarked on a steady interstellar expansion. The number of colonial galaxies expanded from the original 17 to 47, spread across the Orion Spiral Arm of the Milky Way. But a hundred years of stability have worn away civilization's awe and fostered institutional decay. The nobles of the inner ring galaxy with the Terra homestar as the core have monopolized 90% of the interstellar resources and core technology of mechas, and are frantically squeezing the border colonial stars; the "Cosmic Taboo Act" is in vain, and the remnants of the Singularity Experiment formed the underground sect "Singularity Society" to secretly restart taboo research. Research; Ling Zhan's daughter Ling Nian piloted the "Pioneer" to sail to the Andromeda Galaxy. She has lost contact for 30 years, and her life and death are uncertain. Although the Arbiter of the Void has withdrawn the verdict of annihilation, he has always watched mankind as an observer. The unknown civilization deep in the universe has long since quietly awakened due to the expansion of mankind. When the decadent Federation can no longer carry the weight of civilization, and when the crisis in the depths of the star sea is approaching, Ling Chen, the seventh-generation direct descendant of Ling Ce and Ling Zhan, will rise from the wasteland colonial star on the edge of the galaxy. Using the fire of his ancestors as a torch, he will break the shackles of the old order, establish a star empire to protect human civilization, and fulfill his destiny that spans seven hundred years.