"If we could give the Sky Peng Horizontal another systematic upgrade before the war, wouldn't that be better?
"Especially the newly acquired legendary module, 'Power of the Demon Ape.' If we could raise its level by ten or twenty, the Sky Peng Horizontal's firepower would improve noticeably." Shi Zunhou suggested. "Source Points and titanium crystals aren't much of a problem.
"The key resources are Radiant Crystals and Dark Crystals, two important materials used to enhance a ship." Zhong Shiji shook his head with a wry smile. After Wang Dong acquired his own territory, he recalled Wang Jujun from the Black Stone Kingdom's Ministry of Government Affairs to oversee its domestic affairs. "We can't find any new Radiant Crystal deposits in this star domain.
"The old deposits have already been exhausted.
"As for Dark Crystals, they're even rarer.
"Within the territory of Kindling Human Civilization, wild starbeast groups that produce Dark Crystals are almost nowhere to be found. Most are kept in captivity and monopolized by powerful factions.
"The few deposits that do exist are mined out soon after they're discovered.
"I checked the records.
"The nearest Dark Crystal deposit was discovered a few years ago in the Southern Frontier Star Domain of the Purple Thorn Kingdom, but it's already been depleted.
"We can rule out the possibility of becoming self-sufficient.
"We'll have to look beyond our borders." Zhong Shiji was only stating the facts. Everyone had a good idea of the situation. The star domain where the Black Stone Kingdom was located lay on the fringe of the Changpan River System. It was an impoverished region. If it were rich in resources for enhancing kindling warships, powerful factions would have occupied it long ago. There would have been no room for small nations like the Purple Thorn Kingdom and the