After the meeting ended, Gao Gong once again became a hands-off manager. His mechanical body entered Mecha Frenzy mode, and the starlight around him began to twist wildly. The stars that had originally been scattered throughout the universe were no longer tiny glimmers quietly embedded in the dark sky. They seemed to be tugged by an invisible yet powerful force, beginning to converge in the direction of flight. The starlight no longer entered his field of vision in straight lines, but was bent and stretched to the extreme, forming dazzling bands of light, as if the universe were weaving ribbons for this faster-than-light journey.
This was a magnificent sight that only an "individual" entering faster-than-light mode could see—a romance belonging exclusively to the strong.
Soon, Gao Gong broke through the boundaries of the Alpha Star System and admired this "pseudo-nebula belt" from a higher dimension.
From a higher vantage point, the Alpha Star System truly resembled a nebula: a vast, hazy, glowing region. Petal-like clouds of gas and dust stretched outward in layers. Some resembled winding dragons, dancing through the universe with bodies formed from interstellar matter; others were like oceans of starlight, with the dozen or so largest points of light being "planets."
However, compared with the disorder and chaos before, the star system was now far more orderly. Vast amounts of gas and dust clouds were being absorbed and transformed, while tiny black dots and black lines began appearing throughout the star system. Viewed from within, one could see huge numbers of celestial machines operating.
Machines produced machines, and machines were then broken down into different production lines.
The dust and impurities in interstellar space were perfect raw materials for those "steel devourers."
According to Director Du's internal data, the faction's current production capacity was already equivalent to