The position of Empress of Glamoth might seem glorious, but anyone who has actually experienced the job would agree that even putting a dog in that position would get the Universal Animal Protection Association to file charges of animal abuse.
Unlike most political systems, the Glamoth Empire, which essentially evolved from a hive mind, has a direct vertical management structure from the Empress down to avoid many unavoidable troubles. In this process, apart from some low-level support staff, all the power and responsibility of Glamoth are concentrated on the Empress herself.
This also means that most of the matters within the Glamoth Empire are reviewed by Firefly as the Empress.
The current Glamoth Empire's domain covers almost half of the universe, which means thousands of galaxies, countless races, planets, and creatures whose affairs she has to review and decide upon.
The number of political affairs generated every minute is unimaginable for ordinary people, almost as astronomical as the empire's territory.
Dealing with ten thousand political affairs in one-ten-thousandth of a second, and then in the next one-ten-thousandth of a second, millions more political affairs would appear, waiting for review and decision... Her Majesty the Empress, who has deeply experienced how terrifying this is, says:
"I can't finish it! I can never finish it!"
This level of workload, even for a mechanical lifeform, would require terrifying computing power, almost reaching the level of a large celestial body, just to barely keep up. And this would occupy more than 95% of the mechanical lifeform's threads. It can be said that once you take on this job, you're set for life.
—A never-ending job.
Even Miss Firefly, who has always been relatively gentle and accepting, has suffered greatly after taking on this position.
Compared to her previous simple, brainless life of just fighting and being cool, the position of Empress of Glamoth was simply not for humans.
But there was no choice, because this was entrusted to her by someone, a show of trust, and also the expectation of countless Glamoth citizens. Whenever she thought that every political affair she handled would personally affect countless individuals, she couldn't slack off at all.
However, when a certain someone was around, she could relax a bit.
For example, like now, she could dump all the tedious work on a certain someone... and then, Miss Firefly, lying sideways on the big bed, kicked her legs and enjoyed a rare moment of leisure.
Hmm~ She could leisurely browse the chat group and the Universal Interstellar Website jointly established by the Genius Society and the Company for Glamoth.
The Spatial Link series of products developed by Glamoth really came in handy at this time~
Normally, it would interfere with work, although Jiang Qiao probably wouldn't be affected. But that state wasn't very relaxing for her either.
But now, with the help of the spatial link device, she could do what she wanted without being so close~
Mr. Jiang Qiao, who was in a rather awkward situation, was somewhat used to it.
Although the cute girls around him seemed to be playing more and more tricks, it seemed to be fine. At least it could show more affection and make it much more convenient to handle other things.
"How have Mobius and the others been lately?"
"Dr. Mobius... she seems to be getting quite close to that Ruan Mei from the Genius Club lately."
"Ruan Mei..." Jiang Qiao glanced at the relevant documents. That genius seemed to have reached a cooperation with Glamoth, becoming a non-staff researcher of Glamoth.
It was a very loose agreement... she could use Glamoth's resources to conduct research, and the research results would also be shared with Glamoth.
It wasn't surprising. After all, for those geniuses from the Genius Club, although their abilities were great and they could get funding through various means when they needed resources, a patron of Glamoth's level was top-tier even in the entire universe.
Especially since Glamoth was quite respectful of geniuses and wouldn't make any rude or excessive demands, nor would they have any ideas of abusing technology... During his absence, Glamoth seemed to have contacted quite a few members of the Genius Club.
"I'll go see them."
"Hmm?" Miss Firefly puffed out her cheeks, a little dissatisfied.
"Alright, although it's fine for me to handle these tasks, I can't do them all. Otherwise, the result wouldn't be much better than letting a Droid head do it."
Jiang Qiao was a little helpless.
In fact, the reason he was fast at handling work was similar to that Droid head.
By using terrifying computing power to exhaustively list all the possibilities in the universe, he could determine all the outcomes and anchor the present.
Although this was a remarkable thing, in reality, it was a dead end that cut off all future possibilities.
If possibility was lost, the only outcome for the universe would be to usher in the end.
This was actually why he entrusted the position of Empress of Glamoth to Firefly.
He couldn't become the Empress of Glamoth.
Not only because Firefly was more suitable, but also because if he became the Empress, with his "size," no one in Glamoth, or even the entire universe, would have a future of their own.
It was wrong to view the Empress of Glamoth as someone who solved problems for others.
The true meaning of this position was to give the people of Glamoth more choices, thereby guiding them to their own true paths.
Firefly, who had paid special attention to Jiang Qiao's style of handling political affairs, had already vaguely understood something about this.
It was only now, hearing it from his mouth, that she finally realized.
"Alright then... but don't take that thing off!"
"I know, I know..."
Although he felt like he was being used as some convenient tool, Mr. Jiang Qiao didn't care too much.
After all, for Firefly who had embarked on the Path of Propagation, this was indeed a more effective way to de-stress than other forms of entertainment. Even though Firefly's body didn't get tired now, her mind would still get tired.
Besides, it felt pretty good. If he thought of it as wearing a strange pair of pants, it was quite fitting.
Leaving the Hall of Progeny, Jiang Qiao headed for the stargate.
For various reasons, although Glamoth's capital planet had some scientific research properties, its research facilities were more of a database for summarization, recording, and management. The real scientific research hub of the Glamoth Empire was located in a special star system called Mobius Star.
This star system was located in the gap between reality and the imaginary, and had been transformed and naturally possessed various environmental characteristics.
Paired with the super-scale miniature universe, the Millennium Star, which was powered by the imaginary space and the energy absorbed from stars throughout the universe, its computing power even faintly surpassed that of the scepter system held by Emperor Rupert at his peak.
Although it was still far from a certain Droid head, this thing was originally just an experimental product of Glamoth to meet experimental conditions and obtain sufficient computing power.
Taking the stargate and warping to Mobius Star, Jiang Qiao took a look at the whole planet.
This planet itself was a product of terraforming a super-large Gaia planet, with almost 95% of the universe's flora and fauna species transplanted onto it. There were also some completely unknown cosmic species...
For example...
"Meow meow~"
A cat that looked like a pastry—a unique species created by that genius from the Genius Club, Ruan Mei, the Cake Cat.
And those insects were undoubtedly the extremely scary type from the Universal Swarm Disaster. Jiang Qiao directly saw the Swarm King's Royal Guard among them.
However, they didn't react, just curled up on the side sleeping.
Of course, this wasn't strange.
After all, Glamoth was originally a nation that evolved from insects. Some insects, for various reasons, chose not to transform into humanoids and remained in that form. But since they still obeyed the Empress's orders, they stayed on Mobius Star to cooperate with the experiments.
"Why are you here?"
A gentle female voice, and in sight was a woman in a cheongsam with a cool expression—Genius Club member #81, Ruan Mei.
Her target was clearly the Cake Cat, but the moment she saw Jiang Qiao, she showed a strange expression.
"You are..."
"Oh my, look who it is? Our busy man finally has time to visit me~"
Another enchanting and youthful voice sounded. Mobius, sitting on a hoverboard, smiled, her words laced with a hint of sarcasm.
As someone who had also joined that group, she was very clear about what this guy had been up to.
"It seems you've adapted well to this environment."
Knowing Miss Snake's temperament well, Jiang Qiao didn't mind and just said so.
"Well, you could say that~ It's a pretty good place, the research environment is much better than that small place on Earth. By the way, MEI is here too."
"Oh."
"You don't look surprised at all."
"Isn't that obvious? Would any real researcher refuse a place like this?"
"Hehe, there are still quite a few."
"Mobius, aren't you going to introduce me to this gentleman?"
"Hmm? It seems you've taken an interest in him too."
Faced with Mobius's teasing, Ruan Mei didn't say anything, just stared at Jiang Qiao.
If a strange man were stared at by such a beautiful woman, he might have some improper thoughts. But anyone who knew this genius biologist Ruan Mei would understand one thing: Ruan Mei showing such an expression probably just meant she had found a desirable research subject.
Mobius also knew the thoughts of this kindred spirit, and snorted lightly.
"Even if I tell you, he probably won't cooperate with you~ After all, your type is precisely the kind he doesn't like to get close to."
"There are always exceptions."
Ruan Mei said calmly, but her tone was filled with a hint of certainty and affirmation.
As a genius, faced with a desirable experimental subject, she didn't mind spending a very long time on it.
And the moment she saw this man, she knew that this man named Jiang Qiao was probably worth spending a lifetime to pursue.
"That's indeed your style, but... even an all-powerful genius has things they can't reach."
After saying that, she gave Ruan Mei a provocative look and then left with Jiang Qiao.
Although Ruan Mei didn't take this to heart, she did show a thoughtful expression.
...How should I approach this man?
Just from that one or two glances, Ruan Mei was already certain that her usual methods would be difficult to work on this person.
As for Mobius's words, they had already made it clear that this kindred spirit of hers would not help her in this regard... Perhaps she could consider asking Herta? After all, she was indeed better at this kind of thing...
"What do you think of that woman?"
"What do you mean?"
"She's very interested in you."
"Didn't you already say it for me?"
"Tsk, how boring. This doesn't fit the personality of you and that woman."
"There are always exceptions."
"Although I don't dislike her and understand what she's thinking, and I even have a good opinion of her in some aspects, I... don't really want to get close to this type of woman."
"She'll probably resort to pestering."
"Hehe, it's the first time I've seen that person so attentive."
"A genius's obsession is equal to their thirst for knowledge, isn't it?"
"But... speaking of which, don't you feel pressured when you're with her?"
"Pressure?"
"After all, for someone like Ruan Mei, most geniuses are at best a threshold to meet her. A native genius meeting a great genius whose talent spans the universe, wouldn't they feel a lot of pressure?"
"That's true, but... someone who thinks like that isn't a so-called genius."
"A so-called genius is someone who is not afraid to compete with anyone... Although there are indeed many areas where I can't compare to that woman, and I have indeed benefited a lot from her, I am the immortal snake, the infinite Mobius."
Mobius narrowed her snake eyes, a disdainful arc forming on her lips.
"Genius Club? Renowned throughout the universe? That kind of thing is meaningless. Whether anyone acknowledges it or not, my desire for infinity will not change or retreat in the slightest."
She had respect for Ruan Mei, but that was only because the other was indeed superior to her. This respect was for her wisdom and obsession, not because of the so-called name of a genius.
"Well, it seems you haven't changed at all."
"Neither have you."
"...By the way, you seem to be carrying something interesting~"
Mobius's gaze suddenly shifted downwards, revealing a meaningful smile.
"..."
"How did you know?"
"Hehe~ Guess who made that thing?"