Hydra's Destiny

What would a planet that had just suffered an invasion by a powerful alien civilization—one that had effortlessly crushed its defenses—do after suddenly receiving abundant funding and technological support?

The answer was obvious: sell everything they had and pour every last resource into military development.

Driven by immense security anxiety, countless developed nations that had previously sustained their economies through finance, services, and a handful of high-value technology industries began rapidly shifting back toward the heavy industries they had abandoned.

Even if they could not pursue comprehensive development like the three most powerful nations that firmly occupied the dominant positions within the Human Federation, they at least had to take on part of the supporting industries and secure enough benefits from this drastic transformation to ensure they would not become dispensable.

One absurdly massive project after another was launched in quick succession.

Whether it was building an orbital defense ring and spaceports around Earth, or the proposal by certain scientists and military theorists to completely fortify the Moon, ordinary people found it all intensely surreal.

It was as though the ambition of the bipolar space race during the Cold War, along with humanity's desire to explore the universe, had suddenly returned.

Only this time, it was no longer competition among humans, but unity and cooperation against threats from outer space.

After all, if another alien invasion occurred, only nations with significant space-industrial capabilities would receive the greatest degree of protection.

By comparison, if some insignificant little country disappeared, then it disappeared.

It was like how unrest in a developed country that killed dozens or even just a dozen people could become sensational international news, to the point where government leaders from many nations had to publicly express their condolences.

But for poor, weak nations plagued by war and lacking any