Tantalum Dark Alloy Vein

RR Star Region, the outermost region of the Galactic Federation Star Region.

Although it is not a marked Chaotic Star Region, in this extreme edge star field, the Galactic Federation's influence is very low, and there is no order to speak of.

Within this entire star field, the strongest civilizations are only two Level 1 civilizations.

These two companies can't even leave their own small territory, let alone control this entire star system.

The A01 large ship operating in this area is a true example of overwhelming force.

This caused widespread anxiety among the undocumented civilizations on every planet along the route.

"Captain, target planet detected. Should we dock?"

In the warship's control room, Lister turned off the independent virtual projection screen in front of him.

The above is a list of newly transferred officers in the Merrick Civilization Army over the past two months.

There are seven more in total. The requirements for the lieutenant colonel in the Fourth Advancement mission are even higher, while the requirements for the major are still far from sufficient.

I glanced at the holographic coordinates sent by the Navigation Department.

Lister calmly gave the order.

"Dock."

Dozens of frigates immediately moved away from around the Ship A01.

They flocked to Planet RR237 and placed docking facilities within the planet's outer orbit.

The behemoth A01 eventually docked safely, while only a medium-sized ship stood beside it.

Before long, the players excitedly landed on the planet's surface to begin exploring new missions.

In general, during conscription missions, sergeants and officers spend most of their time on warships.

However, only those within the group know their own situation; Lister never expected to be able to truly control the players.

Fortunately, this was Civilization Army, and all kinds of treatments were made available.

But in his mind, he was more concerned about the mastermind behind the game "Divine Revelation".

The progress of the "Divine Revelation" game in this life is much faster than in his previous life, at least several hundred or even thousands of years ahead in the timeline.

Furthermore, as the game progresses into later acts, the original real-world interaction points become increasingly larger.

Now, after the conscription mission, even interaction points have been opened to warships.

This made Lister wonder if, after a few more scenes, the game "Divine Revelation" might be completely integrated into this world?

While investigating in detail, Lister had already entered the temporary outpost on Planet 237.

The planet's surface is extremely barren, with no native inhabitants, making it a resource-rich planet.

This was checked when the Ship A01 arrived.

The planet contains a significant amount of Lanya Element, and it's rare for such a rare metallic substance in the Milky Way to appear in such a peripheral region.

Inside the meeting room at the temporary outpost, Lister led a group of officers behind him into the room.

The leader inside the house quickly stepped forward to greet them.

"Major General Lister, thank you for coming to participate in this recruitment."

"My name is Deka Kur, Colonel of the Third Central Army Group, and I'm in charge of this recruitment mission."

"Colonel Deka, hello!"

"Are you the captain of that SE77 outside?"

Lister gave Deka in front of him a quick look.

He was a burly man with a muscular physique; his federal uniform was stretched taut, and he had a thick beard.

Its strength is considerable, equivalent to the 18th rank, and its combat power is A-level.

Logically speaking, with this level of skill and the rank of colonel in the Central Army, he should be assigned to a position on a large warship or above.

If the captain is only a mid-sized ship, it's hard not to suspect that he made a mistake or was suppressed.

Deka immediately understood the meaning behind Lister's question and quickly explained.

"I'm not the captain of that warship. I'm currently the head of the intelligence department at the Third Military District headquarters."

"This time, I'm in charge of this mission on the orders of Commander Ying Boren."

"This is Lieutenant Colonel Mika, also a comrade of our Third Central Army Group, and the captain of SE77."

"Major General Lister, hello!"

A brown-skinned female lieutenant colonel stepped forward, her eyes filled with surprise and respect, and greeted Lister.

Seeing this, Lister also introduced the key officers behind him, including Zahn, to the other party.

Things are different now. When Lister participated in the conscription mission before, he shouldn't have thought about welcoming him.

As Civilization Army, it was difficult to even receive polite treatment from the Central Army. In the beginning, Captain Boren even had to endure some verbal grievances.

Now, with Lister's strength as the Quasi-Hegemon number one, even the Central Army treats him with utmost respect.

She even stood up to greet him at the conference room door.

This is the status that comes from strength itself.

"Major General Lister, please sit next to me."

Seeing Lister leading the group to sit down on the side of the conference room, Deka quickly extended an invitation.

In the end, Lister sat down at the very front, alongside Colonel Deka.

"Mika, please explain the specific tasks to Major General Lister first."

"Clear!"

"The reason for this invitation and mobilization mission is a mission that our SE77 undertook six months ago."

In fact, just as Lister had suspected, the cause of this was the sudden discovery of rare mineral resources in this star system.

It was unexpectedly discovered by some forces in the neighboring Maizhe Galaxy of the Milky Way.

Warships and Class Holder came to mine the land, and it was only after they slaughtered some living beings and civilizations in the vicinity that they finally attracted the attention of the Galactic Federation.

Lieutenant Colonel Mika was the main warship that was sent by the Third Central Army Group to be eliminated six months ago.

The operation was successful, and it led to the discovery of vast amounts of rare metal resources in this star field and on celestial bodies adjacent to the Maizhe Galaxy.

Upon receiving the report, Lieutenant Colonel Mika's fleet was reassigned to a guard duty assignment.

The Logistics Department of the Third Army took over the mining operations in this area.

Not long after, the forces from the Maizhe Galaxy returned, and this time their main force was rumored to have high-level experts among its members.

The Third Army itself currently has most of its fleets on missions, and even major generals don't have absolute certainty of victory.

Just then, Lister approached General Boren, requesting a military rank.

Ultimately, this force became the task that Lister had to deal with.

"So what are the specific task arrangements for this mission?"

Lister was willing to accept the offer of a military rank in exchange for a mission, even though it wasn't discussed with him beforehand.

After all, in a real comparison, General Boren would definitely be at a disadvantage, as the other side was clearly on his side.

Not to mention the current Hegemon of the Galactic Federation, Lister didn't trust any of them except for General Boren.

Establishing a relationship with the other party would be a good thing for him.

"As for combat missions, you can arrange them, Major General Lister."

These words were spoken by Colonel Deka, who seemed to have expected them, and Lieutenant Colonel Mika nodded in serious agreement.

"Me, make the arrangements? That's not appropriate, is it?"

Lister naturally preferred to assign tasks himself.

However, the Federation Military District has its own rules. When the Central Army recruits Civilization Army to participate in joint missions, the Central Army is the default choice.

This can be described as an unspoken rule, or as a law that the Federation Military District has always upheld.

For at least several thousand years, those in charge of conscription missions have always been officers of the Central Army.

There's nothing wrong with it!

"This mission is primarily carried out by the Merrick Civilization Army under your command, Major General Lister, so it's only right that you assign it."

"Before I came, the army commander specifically told me that I was only here to lead the mission and be responsible for the results; I would not participate in anything else."

Deka was quite outspoken at that moment.

Clearly, he was there to act as a mission taker.

It's an unspoken rule that the person in charge of the Federation Military District's recruitment mission must be from the Central Army!

The actual execution of the tasks was entirely led and overseen by Lister; as long as the tasks were completed, that was all that mattered.

Since the other party's meaning was so clear, Lister was more than happy to have no one to interfere.

The next step is to inquire about the details of the mission.

Where is the enemy currently stationed? What is their maximum combat strength?

"In the planetary belt of a neighboring star system, that region also boasts the richest resources of rare metals."

"As for combat capabilities, our ship has only engaged in one battle with the enemy so far."

"All we know is that the other side has several level 18 experts; other details are unknown."

Several level 18 powerhouses?

The fact that several of them can appear suggests that there must be higher-level beings dominating the hierarchy.

It's likely that you'll encounter Class Holder with Fourth Advancement power, which is quite normal, considering they are powerful figures at the level of the universe.

According to his memories from his previous life, the Maizhe Galaxy should be a public galaxy, meaning that there is no Overlord Tier figure within it.

If it were just an ordinary Fourth Advancement powerhouse, even if his combat strength reached A-level, Lister would not be afraid of him.

"I understand, but are there any rare metal resources in the adjacent celestial belts?"

"That they sent so many people."

Lister tentatively estimated that the other party was a Fourth Advancement powerhouse who had brought several level-eighth Class Holder and a group of warriors to mine.

This level of power is just the most common occurrence within a common galaxy.

But it's different in their territory. In such a remote star field, not even a second-level civilization can be born. Where would any force with Fourth Advancement powerhouse be willing to come?

Lieutenant Colonel Mika's fleet has also been reassigned to garrison duties.

Clearly, this discovered metal ore is of extraordinary value!

Upon hearing this, Lieutenant Colonel Mika glanced at Colonel Deka beside him, clearly not daring to bring it up himself.

However, Colonel Deka immediately and clearly informed him.

"It's a natural alloy vein of Tantalum Dark."

"In the planetary belt outside the Milky Way, the resources are mainly concentrated in seven resource-rich planets. The remaining forty-one planets have much lower reserves, but there are still some other rare metals."

"This is a map showing the interior of our Third Army, Major General Lister. If you are to deploy troops in the future, please try to preserve this area."

Colonel Deka made no attempt to hide it, even directly displaying the internal star map.

In his mind, there was no need to hide this information. After all, Major General Lister was mainly responsible for combat, and the detection capabilities of the large ships themselves would certainly be able to detect this information.

Informing them in advance will also allow them to preserve these seven core resource stars as much as possible.

Not to mention Admiral Boren Lister, and the fact that he already had plans in place; there was no need to hide this information.

Lister understood instantly.

No wonder!

Tantalum Dark Alloy, a precious alloy resource of the Galactic Federation, is extremely valuable.

The Shadowless Blade currently wielded by Lister is also made of Tantalum Dark Alloy.

Its ability to extend and conduct energy makes it extremely suitable for making weapons and equipment for various professions.

These two elements were originally difficult to refine and synthesize within the Galactic Federation.

Today, this region is found to contain natural Tantalum Dark Alloy veins, equivalent to the reserves of seven planets.

With this batch of resources in hand, it's likely that all officers in the Third Central Army will benefit, especially high-ranking officers who will probably be able to exchange their weapons.

Lister nodded silently; he was equally envious of these resources.

However, this was a private meal taken by the Third Army, and General Boren was standing behind them.

Naturally, he wouldn't even consider it. After some thought, he looked to the side again.

"Lieutenant Colonel Mika, will your ship be involved in any specific combat missions?"

"Participate!"

The conference officially concluded only after the task requirements, details, and directional work were confirmed.

Lister didn't leave immediately; Colonel Deka kept him behind, apparently having something to tell him.

"Major General Lister, there's something I'd like to confirm with you."

"Go ahead and say it."

"It concerns the specific military merits required for this recruitment mission. The current standard is 2.3 million military merits. If the opposing side has a powerhouse who has undergone four evolutions, the military merits will be accumulated additionally."

"You'll receive 40% of the basic military merits."

40%, or 920,000 standard military merits, is considered normal federal conscription military merit.

After all, this wasn't a combat mission between Mechanical Civilization and a Zerg civilization, and it didn't even count towards any extra military merits.

Furthermore, considering it was essentially a completion of the mission of exchanging military ranks, Lister immediately agreed.

"No problem!"

"Admiral Boren gave additional instructions: if your Merrick Civilization Army can complete this conscription mission independently, without the need for our Third Army's subsequent reinforcements..."

"Your Civilization Army will receive a share of this Tantalum Dark Alloy allocation."

"Is 8% of the seven resource satellites acceptable?"

"Certainly!"

What an unexpected surprise!

Obtaining a share of Tantalum Dark Alloy resources would be a huge boost to his own resources and those of the current Merrick Civilization.

Not to mention exchanging resources with other civilizations or attracting officers from other Civilization Armies.

Even rewarding players can have a greater impact.

Upon returning to the ship from the temporary outpost, Lister immediately ordered the commencement of operational preparations.

Unlike the annihilation of rebel forces and Zerg-like Zerg, this mission is more about seizing resources.

There are two things he needs to pay attention to most: first, to find out the enemy's strongest fighting force.

Secondly, it is to protect this natural Tantalum Dark Alloy resource.

Of these seven primary resource planets, the other side has only acquired control of two, and the remaining five have not yet been detected.

A few days later, Warship A01 set sail from Planet RR237.

Head straight to the first coordinate point, which is still located on Planet RR411 within the Federation territory.

This planet is a Class B resource planet with abundant veins of tantalum and lanthanum.

It is one of the few planets within the Federation worth mining, but it has already been occupied by the other side in the last war.

As Ship A01 was en route, the opposing forces immediately became aware of the situation and prepared accordingly.

Several oddly shaped warships, barely meeting the standards of medium size, were lined up in front of the planet.

Meanwhile, countless warriors from the opposing force were waiting in front of the warship.

Ultimately, it's a war mode between cosmic forces, and the method of attack has shifted from Galactic Federation warships back to individual battles between Class Holder.

Their warships don't have many offensive weapons; they focus more on defense, speed, and storage.

Essentially, warships only serve transportation and security purposes; combat is not their primary function.

Lister didn't hold back either; from an extremely long distance, the neutron cannon had already been launched.

Meanwhile, in the landing area on the lower deck of the large ship, the players and soldiers of the Landing Operations Department were already poised and ready to go!