"Without the help of a Natural Person civilization, we can only spend a great deal of time learning how the NPC Faction is distributed across this unfamiliar galactic arm." Link watched the new galaxy's exploration progress crawl along and couldn't help shaking his head.
"The Empire needs time to consolidate its gains," Lin Zhichen said calmly. His gaze settled on the Magellanic Clouds. After several decades of development, the colonies were already showing signs of being able to control the entire galactic arm.
New technologies were being extrapolated and taking shape, accumulating the power to burst forth. What the entire Empire needed was time to consolidate its gains. It had plenty of time to wait.
More than sixty years passed in the blink of an eye. There were about fifty years left before the High-dimensional Demons arrived.
The gods, busy building their divine realms and comprehending the laws, all stopped at the same time and instinctively looked toward a corner of the Material Realm.
The Andromeda River System, a galactic arm completely occupied by NPC Factions, had seen its first colony, Glory, established decades earlier, after the Stellar Titan Empire Glory arrived.
Now, decades later, the colony had expanded to cover more than five million star systems. Outposts had been established as far as a thousand light-years from the colony's heart, and its population exceeded five trillion. It was a true behemoth.
The reason it had drawn the Gods' attention was that, after nearly a century of development, the faith in this galactic arm had undergone a qualitative change. At last, it had been covered by the divine realms, becoming the main stronghold of humanity's faith.
Becoming a main stronghold of faith meant a great deal. It meant the Gods' gaze could cover nearly the entire galactic arm, while the