Xiao Ran carefully carried out the tasks issued by Prometheus according to their requirements, guarding against any unforeseen accidents that might cause all his efforts to fail. He worked to develop New Jior, expanding it step by step. He also sincerely made deals with the nations that helped New Jior, giving up technical data that he did not care about but that was exceedingly precious to other countries.
Xiao Ran had also revealed the existence and special effects of GN Particles to nearly every nation, exposing to the world the secret of the pure human evolvers he spoke of—the Innovators. Yet the Solar Furnaces capable of producing GN Particles remained exclusively in Xiao Ran's, or rather New Jior's, possession, with no intention of sharing them for the time being.
The second stage of the Main Mission had been nearly halfway complete by the time the Galaxy Diva returned to Module 77. If things continued as they were, completing the second stage and opening the third, or even finishing the Ultimate Mission, would only be a matter of time. The only force that could be considered an enemy had already been dismantled by Xiao Ran. With the peace agreement in place, as long as Xiao Ran did not clash with other nations and start another war, the mission itself no longer held much difficulty. All that remained was development, development, and more development.
However, reaching the level demanded by the mission was far from easy. Population was the easiest requirement to fulfill, and the economic side was not particularly difficult either. The real challenge lay in industrial development, strengthening and researching their armed forces—matters that consumed immense amounts of time and energy. They could not be completed through a burst of passion alone. Thus, Xiao Ran could only endure and keep