After the virtual high-level meeting ended, Lin Yi did not rest.
He knew very well that once the Star Sea Cradle plan was fully launched, the explosive population growth would bring not only unlimited potential but also a possible short-term surge in demand for supplies.
Existing technology and upward expansion could handle the need for living space, but basic resources for survival and development had to be prepared in advance.
Lin Yi contacted the Purple Gold Star Alliance branch of the Human Race Chamber of Commerce through the Virtual Network once more. A massive procurement list was promptly submitted, covering everything from high-efficiency nutritional supplements, basic building materials, and modular ecological units to basic gene-optimization fluids, standard educational terminals, and large quantities of low-power environmental maintenance systems.
None of these supplies were rare, but the quantities were immense and the selection comprehensive enough to meet most ordinary needs during a civilization's early period of rapid expansion.
Lin Yi arranged for all the supplies to be delivered directly to the spaceport outside Silver Blue Planet, where a dedicated agency established by the Silver Blue Commonwealth would receive and distribute them.
The purchase cost him a great deal of Star Crystals, but it was enough to support Silver Blue Planet's rapid development for a century. Lin Yi considered it well worth the price, as it would relieve the civilization of a heavy burden and allow it to develop rapidly.
After taking care of these mundane affairs, Lin Yi once again settled into the cycle of cultivation and managing the mercenary corps.
Time flew by. Ten years passed quietly amid the East Blade Mercenary Corps' steady rhythm of carrying out missions, resting and consolidating their gains, then setting out again.
For the rapidly advancing Silver Blue Civilization, these ten years were a golden