After listening to Noah's explanation, Li Chen no longer felt quite so apprehensive.
He frowned darkly at Noah.
Then complained speechlessly.
"Noah, what is wrong with you?"
"Since you clearly knew that reckless exploitation of stellar resources could lead to such terrifying consequences, why didn't you say so earlier?"
"Were you planning to watch our Earth Civilization march toward self-destruction?"
At this moment, Li Chen was very displeased.
Truly very displeased.
He was not joking.
He questioned Noah in an extremely serious, even stern tone.
Noah hurriedly explained with an ingratiating smile.
Host, please do not be angry yet. Let me explain slowly!
First of all, according to my calculations, there are between thirty and fifty billion Star Systems in the Sixth Star Territory alone.
You should understand the scale of those numbers, so I need not elaborate further. Now look back at the number of stellar resources we have currently exploited...
From the time we finished exploiting the Solar System until now, we have only exploited and utilized the resources of roughly eleven Star Systems in total, Host.
We have not even reached the end of the tens place. Compared to the Sixth Star Territory's total stellar resource reserves in the tens of billions, does that not amount to less than a drop in the bucket?
Noah's rhetorical question did seem somewhat reasonable to Li Chen.
The stellar resources they had exploited so far truly amounted to little.
And before Li Chen could find anything to refute him with,
Noah continued explaining.
Host, there is another very important reason why I did not explain these matters to you immediately.
Earth Civilization is currently in a rare window of opportunity for development, and that window is very brief. Enemies are eyeing us covetously, powerful foes surround us, and we have