Several shiploads of goods? Brilliant Star was out in space, with cargo from dozens of ships!
Some of those ships had already been drifting in space for more than two years. There was nothing they could do about it. They had been close to their destination when the Insect Race invasion broke out. Turning back would have wasted even more energy, so they could only retreat a little and hide.
The crew's food, drink, bodily needs, and sleep did not consume many resources anyway. The real issue was sailing the ships back. Forget the energy required for the journey—even the docking fees alone would be a huge expense.
However, Xuan Gao also knew better than to push things too far. After calculating for a moment, he replied, "I have eight ships, all carrying urgently needed supplies. I can free up eight docks. Will that do?"
Feng Jun strongly suspected that eight underground docks were all this guy could free up, but it truly did not matter to him. He nodded. "Fine. Just put them on the same asteroid as last time. Now, tell me about the secondhand warships you have."
This time, Xuan Gao's warships were not organized into complete units, but counted together, they amounted to roughly the equipment of a regiment and a half. The good news was that the ships carried quite a lot of ammunition, and two supply ships were even fully loaded with it.
Two of those eight cargo ships also carried ammunition, but it was specialized ammunition that Xingzheng Star could not produce. As for ordinary ammunition, Xingzheng Star truly did not lack it. Production had been running at full capacity during the early stages of the war, leaving ammunition supplies far from tight now.
This transaction took Feng Jun another three days. Just