Upon hearing Noah's words, Li Chen did not hesitate.
He immediately notified them to convene the Scientist Conference.
Improving the efficiency of energy resource extraction could greatly accelerate the development of the Star-Level Shelter—or rather, Earth Civilization.
Why not do such a thing?
Li Chen had always remembered something Noah once told him.
That one sentence Noah had said to him.
No matter how many energy resources were extracted, they only counted as real development once they were converted into actual combat power.
For example, the extracted resources could be used to raise Earth Civilization's overall technological level.
Or they could be used to develop more powerful combat platforms and so on.
They could even be used to safeguard Earth Civilization's people's livelihoods.
All of those were meaningful applications.
The Star-Level Shelter might have looked advanced and powerful enough at the moment.
But if they truly followed the standards Noah had described,
they would need to spend resources in every aspect.
With the Star-Level Shelter's current meager reserves,
it definitely would not last long.
Therefore, to better achieve a healthy, positive cycle,
Li Chen needed to take advantage of the abundant resources currently at hand.
He had to raise their overall technological level as quickly as possible.
He also had to deal with everything else he could think of,
anything that would help Earth Civilization's future development and could produce long-term benefits.
He had to resolve all of it.
Of course, the highest priority was improving the efficiency of energy resource extraction.
Otherwise, the Sixth Star Territory was so vast and expansive.
Casually mining a single Star System took ten days to half a month to complete.
How long would it take to mine all the resources in the entire Sixth Star Territory?
An even more crucial point was this.