Chris's heart was practically bleeding.
They were only building houses and paving roads. Did those guys really need to use Ailuo Metal?
And most outrageously, the material used for the Landon Empire warships' hulls was actually ordinary material.
Chris was utterly speechless at that.
Simply put, the Landon Empire's nobles used ultra-high-standard Ailuo Metal for planetary infrastructure that did not require such high standards, while using inferior materials for interstellar warships that did require them.
Could you imagine the walls of a residential house being tougher than a warship's hull?
Was there something wrong with the Landon Empire?
Still, it was not all bad news.
The good news was that detailed exploration of this Star System had revealed Ailuo Metal reserves far beyond estimates, even more than ten times greater.
If the entire Weisi Star Cluster was like this, then this one cluster alone could satisfy the Federation's demand for Ailuo Metal for thousands of years to come.
At that thought, Chris's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
He was now a B-rank Dark Energy Manipulator, so he naturally understood the importance of Ailuo Metal and just how powerful the Nether-class General Warship was.
"Commander, the commander of the fleet Commander Liang Dong just captured wishes to meet with you. He claims to be the leader of the Landon Empire's Commoner Faction!"
"The leader of the Commoner Faction?"
Hearing his adjutant's report, Chris raised an eyebrow.
Nobles, commoners.
And now there was a leader of the Commoner Faction.
Come to think of it, nobles and commoners seemed to be opposing forces in every civilization.
Did he see our strength and want to borrow our power to resist the nobles?
This was getting more and more interesting. Meeting him might bring unexpected gains!
"Tell Liang Dong that I agree to the meeting.