Global Crossing: Empire of Stars

Setting aside the intelligence advantage we gained in battle, Lin Zhichen had immediately noticed at least one benefit of the updated star map. "The Empire must have captured a lot of resource asteroids and the like, right?"

"That's right. Since the Sentinel Array came online, its greatest benefits haven't been limited to military intelligence. The wandering asteroids drifting through the dark vacuum, often newly spawned resource troves, have truly become the Empire's treasure houses."

Conilia cheerfully picked up the thread. "In the name of the Empire Government, the Administrative Council sends the locations of some wandering asteroids to reputable civilian Mercenary Groups.

"They're responsible for finding and capturing the asteroids, then sending the relevant intelligence to the Empire. The Empire's Engineer Team then installs Planetary Engines and anchors them in a star system to serve as mineral deposits.

"Using methods like this, the Empire's reserves of rare minerals have multiplied several times over the past few years, and the total amount of ore continues to rise at an astonishing rate. The outlook is very promising."

She smiled at them. "Speaking of which, there's another piece of good news. We recently captured a valuable Psionic Gem mining planet and found a total of thirteen Hearts of the Psionic Gem there.

"One of them was a rare, particularly large Heart of the Psionic Gem, enough to power a 100,000-kilometer-class main-battle Xuanwu Star!"

The news delighted the Star Spirits.

"Thirteen Hearts of the Psionic Gem in one mining planet? That sounds like quite a lot." Wei Peng smiled optimistically. "Does that mean we can solve the shortage of Hearts of the Psionic Gem just by finding a few gem planets?"

"These things are nonrenewable resources, though they don't wear out," Link said, shaking his head. "The Empire doesn't need just thirteen. It needs