Chapter 275 263 Smuggler

Chapter 275 263. Smugglers

M41.931

The 931st year of the 40th millennium.

Of course, this is what humans say. If we follow the Kalai Protoss, it is the 732nd year of the 10th millennium of the new era.

Like other intelligent races in the Milky Way, the Kalai Protoss also have their own unique era method. But unlike some races, the Kalai Protoss has two era methods, and this era method also has a certain historical origin.

We all know that for a long time in the history of Kalai, it was caught in a terrible civil war. A war of theory and knowledge successfully bathed this race in blood, and at the same time, it also dragged the entire eastern region of the galaxy into an endless abyss.

Of course, this eastern region refers to the human version, and if we follow Kalai's own version, it should be the western region. Perhaps some people will wonder why these guys fought from the western part of the galaxy to the eastern part of the galaxy at that time, and the main battlefield broke out in a region so far away from Aiur?

It is a pity that no one could record these precious history books, because the two major civilizations at that time, the Khalai and the Eldar, suffered terrible disasters at that time and afterwards. One civilization regressed due to its own civil war, and the other almost became extinct in the great fall tens of thousands of years later, so they had very little knowledge about the past. Therefore, no one knew why the scale of the war was so vast during that period.

But anyway, this terrible time was too unbearable for the eldest sons, so more than 10,000 years ago, after the sage Kaas ended the war and successfully united the Protoss at that time, all the time before unification was called the Old Era, and when the civilization lighthouse of Aiur was erected again, that period of time was called the New Era.

The time of the Old Era spanned a very wide range, because from the moment when Khalai was born in the legend to the tens of millions of years of time when it was unified again was called the Old Era.

After that, the years after the Protoss of Kara were unified were called the New Era. Even the Dark Templar and the Tal'darim who split off later still used the New Era. And this habit reappeared in their new territory due to the expansion of the Protoss again.

Just like this human now, his name is Black, and he was assigned to guard the border of Kara in this area. More than 20 years ago, when he was still a kid, his hometown, the small earth ball, was still the territory of the Human Empire. However, the Alien Empire included this land in their territory in the war more than a decade ago.

What surprised some of the old and young at that time was that the Imperial government did not even think how tragic it was to lose a planet. They did not even send a destroyer at that time, as if the planet was not theirs.

In fact, for the Empire, this weak and barren area, except for the tax collection once every few hundred years, has almost no time to pay attention to. Those humans living on the planets don't know that to the Empire, they are just a group of forgotten people and exiles. Their land is as small as a grain of sand to the sea of ​​sand. Dozens of such planets are destroyed and occupied every day, and hundreds of such planets are incorporated into the Empire's territory.

So, when this land was occupied by aliens, it was reasonable that the Imperial government did not even block it too much, because there were more and greater threats to deal with in the entire galaxy. Kalai was just an alien force with little hatred for the Empire. What the Imperial Central Government really needed to deal with was the enemy from the warp.

Just like usual, there are still no spaceships here, even the ships of the wandering merchants are very rare here. Due to the order of the High Lords Council hundreds of years ago, the entire Damocles has actually been blocked, and even merchants with foreign trade exemptions cannot come here.

Except for those smugglers.

Smugglers... are not a very good group of guys. Of course, if they are willing to give him something shiny, he will change his mind.

Here it refers to the glittering Imperial coins in their bags. Although these currencies are not universal in the territory of Kalai, the precious metals that are very valuable in the galaxy are the raw materials of these gold coins. As long as they can be obtained and melted into metal bars, it will be a valuable income.

Those smugglers like the goods on their planet very much, or the cheap goods from the Kalai Protoss. These goods are very popular in the hive city. Whether it is the civilians living in the lower nest or the nobles living at the top, there is always a kind of goods from the Kalai Protoss that suits them.

Unfortunately, due to the orders of the Inquisition and the High Lords, these goods can only be traded by smugglers in the end. When they finally reach those people's hands, the price has at least tripled, but it is still much cheaper than the same type of products of the Empire, and sometimes the quality is even better.

Driven by such huge profits, naturally a large number of smugglers take risks, cross the blockade of the Navy Assembly, and reach their destinations through various means such as bribery. If they pass through the blockade of the Human Empire, they will still need to pass through another line of defense, which is the border patrol of the Khalai Protoss.

At the beginning, some idiots really believed the propaganda of the Imperial Military Affairs Department, thinking that those creatures were just a group of primitive people, and even planned to plunder the planets they occupied to make a profit. However, after those idiots became space junk under the plasma cannon, no idiots tried it. Most of them paid money to the human guards at the border and let them go.

Compared with the Imperial Navy, the human guards on the side of the Kalai Protoss were much luckier, because their behavior was half-approved, and the superiors turned a blind eye to such things, and would not pull those officers out and collapse them at any time like the political commissars of the Imperial Navy. However, the situation was not so serious for the Imperial Navy, unless you forgot the copy you prepared to falsify, but the people from the Inquisition came... Then prepare another copy, usually there is no big problem.

Blake thought like this, waiting for the arrival of the smuggling ship.

Ah, as expected, they are here!