Li Chen had indeed thought several steps ahead.
However, he was not actually as farsighted as Noah, S2K, and the other commanders were praising him for being.
His idea was actually very, very simple.
It was to consolidate the power of every civilization in District Ten, especially those Level 3 Civilizations and Gaia Civilization.
If he could achieve that, Earth Civilization's overall strength might rise directly from the early stage of a Level 4 Civilization to the middle stage, or even the later stage...
It might even reach the Level 4 Peak!
After all, once Orion Arm Tenth District was completely unified, population size alone would be more than enough.
Li Chen clearly remembered Noah once saying that Noah Civilization's population had reached the scale measured in "jing."
That was the level of hundreds of quadrillions.
The other civilizations were the same.
With such an enormous population, they might truly meet the definition of a Level 4 Peak civilization in terms of population alone.
With a population, there would naturally be more resources, more talent, and so on.
Of course, he would absorb those five civilizations and merge them into Earth Civilization.
They would become a powerful civilization led by Earth Civilization, one formed through the integration of multiple civilizations.
The most immediate benefit was that Li Chen could effortlessly take over their existing technology, economic industries, military forces, resources currently under their control, and so on.
Although the Star-Level Shelter's own productivity was already astonishing.
There was still a production process to go through.
It was far more convenient and faster to obtain things directly.
This time, Gaia Civilization had directly delivered more than 2.15 million Star Destroyer Motherships and large Interstellar Comprehensive Supply Ships.
If the Star-Level Shelter had to manufacture and build that many ships on its