Shattered World, the Purple River Star System.
This is one of the seven territories of the Black Star Army, located on the edge of the Gaolu Star Cluster. It is one of the important gateways into the star cluster. At this moment, a huge Black Star Army fleet slowly sailed out of the entrance star gate of the Purple River Star System. This was a construction force personally commanded by Melos.
A large number of the Black Star Army ships awaited Melos's arrival next to the stargate station and came forward to greet him. The two teams merged—this was the fleet for the first phase of exploration. After the exploration was completed, tens of millions of exploration fleets gathered in the seven territories to serve as construction workers, awaiting command from higher-ups.
In the main ship's conference room, Melos was holding a remote meeting with senior officers such as Sylvia and Lagi, discussing the construction plan.
"The Purple River, Long Day, Pangsalle, Orlando, Fenrir, Sigoma, and Edney —these seven star systems belong to our Black Star Army. We'll first perfect the infrastructure, then meticulously refine and gradually transform the star systems," Melos said solemnly.
Although he usually likes to slack off, he takes the tasks assigned by Han Xiao very seriously.
Sylvia nodded. "First, establish a stargate transportation network connecting the seven star systems into a unified whole, facilitating fleet movement... The transportation network is already taking shape during the exploration phase, which is very convenient. Next, install the Legion's own early warning and space monitoring devices, and deploy quantum network base stations on a large scale, turning the seven star systems into the Legion's intelligent jurisdiction."
The Black Star Army needs to establish its own infrastructure to take over seven star systems and make them a unified whole.
"According to the construction blueprints left by the Legion Commander, we need to focus on the Zihe and Pangsalle star systems, the two gateway systems. We must firmly control the entry and exit stargates of these vital transportation routes... Originally, these stargate stations were guarded by the Imperial Army, but now they are under our control. We need to leave some guard troops behind."
"... Regarding planetary terraforming, the focus should be on legion bases and resource mining sites first. Interstellar cities and transit stations will only be useful after the star system is opened, so their construction can be delayed."
"The Legion Commander's blueprint states that the Sigmar Star System at the center of the star cluster will be the Legion's logistical headquarters in Shattered World, and it also needs to be heavily redeveloped, with the construction of numerous barracks, military factories, and spaceports..."
The seven star systems cover a vast area, making construction extremely arduous. Han Xiao provided the blueprint, while the specific action plan needed to be formulated by Melos, Sylvia, and other responsible personnel.
While everyone was discussing the matter, Lagi, true to form, remained completely uninvolved and acted as a mascot.
A plan was quickly devised, and under Melos's command, the construction team began working in an orderly manner, building stargate passages, laying various devices, and reusing the facilities left over from the exploration phase, saving a lot of resources.
At the same time, other imperial allies such as the War Realm and Krent also began building their own territories, and the entire Shattered World entered a construction phase.
Exploring new star regions is a long-term project, requiring many years to transform them into the Explored Universe. All seven star systems are rich regions and were important areas in his previous life. Han Xiao is modifying them based on his memories, and it is expected to take several decades to officially complete the blueprint. The next phase of the Crimson Dynasty's exploration plan will not be so long afterward. It is estimated that the second phase of exploration will begin when the prototypes of two star systems are completed.
Just as the construction team was working in full swing, the mechanical lifeforms and the Black Spirit Race also arrived at the new home planet designated by Han Xiao.
The Sigmar Star System is the central region of the Gaolu Star Cluster, rich in resources, and borders two other territories, Edney and Orlando, covering a vast area.
Planet Apostle is a resource planet in this star system, named by Han Xiao. It is gray in color and has abundant mineral veins and metal resources. Although it is not a habitable planet in the conventional sense, it is suitable for mechanical life to survive.
Dozens of spaceships slowly landed on a gray wasteland. Dark Emperor led 100,000 mechanical lifeforms off the ships, looked around, and saw the undulating wasteland stretching to the horizon. There was no green in sight, only endless gray rocks and flying sand.
"This will be our home from now on."
Dark Emperor paused with his spear, displaying a leader's charisma, and directed the crowd to immediately begin building a city.
If it were a normal living being, starting a civilization from scratch on such a desolate planet would likely evoke feelings of pioneering spirit and hardship. However, for mechanical life forms, such emotions are nonexistent; their mindset is more akin to that of colonists.
With the engineering equipment provided by the Black Star Army, coupled with their own talents, the mechanical lifeforms built cities at an astonishing speed.
From a bird's-eye view, a metallic area appears on the ground and gradually spreads out, forming a mechanical city.
The first thing built was a large number of arsenals. With an ample supply of raw materials, one mechanical prototype after another was assembled. Some of the mechanical life forms consumed their own life energy to synthesize their own spark genetic code and incubate the second generation of mechanical life forms.
Mass production of units is a strength of the Machine Race.
Meanwhile, the mechanical lifeforms discovered the distribution of underground mineral veins and used engineering equipment to build excavation wells, mining resources in a fully mechanized manner, rumbling as they dug rocks and continuously delivering materials to the warehouse.
With no enemies, the mechanical lifeforms' construction efficiency was terrifyingly high, and Planet Apostle was rapidly transforming under the actions of Dark Emperor and other mechanical lifeforms.
Meanwhile, the Black Spirit Race also arrived at their new home— the New Planet Black Spirit located in the Edney Star System.
Unlike the desolate Planet Apostle, this planet is habitable, with vast vegetation, lush forests, and many gentle native wild animals.
The migrating fleet landed on a fertile plain, and the Black Spirit Race poured out of the ships, their evolved green eyes curiously looking left and right.
Is this our new home?
"She looks even more beautiful now."
A spaceship fired a tractor beam, placing the Black Star statue on the plain. While they couldn't move the Black Spirit Race city, they could still move a landmark.
For the Black Spirit Race, the Black Star Statue is a landmark building, serving a similar purpose as a "wonder of civilization." As the saying goes, wonders build a nation; cities may be dispensable, but statues are indispensable.
Han Xiao needed the Black Spirit Race to develop over the decades of version updates, so he could only interfere in the Black Spirit Race's civilization process. These ships transporting the Black Spirit Race also carried a lot of equipment and would not leave, but would stay to help the Black Spirit Race build their home. There was also a group of permanent legion members on board.
Surrounded by the Black Spirit Race, a legion member handed a communicator to the leader of the Germinal Tribe.
"This contains the knowledge bestowed upon you by the Black Star God. You can learn it and use it to transform your race."
The leader of the Germinal Tribe carefully opened the communicator. A list popped up on the screen, full of technological information. This was a technology tree that Han Xiao had tailored to the racial characteristics of the Black Spirit Race and customized with Tu Shu, covering everything from basic disciplines to advanced disciplines.
By planning a complete technology tree system, the development direction of the Black Spirit Race can be guaranteed to stay on track.
Thanks to the efficient communication within the Psychic Network, the entire Black Spirit Race quickly learned of this and all turned to worship the Black Star statue.
"Thank you for the blessing from the Black Star God!"
The leader of the Germinal Tribe was thrilled, and this emotion spread among all the tribesmen, making their faith even more fervent.
The Black Star God bestowed divine knowledge, which had historical significance for the entire race, defying fate. This scene will forever be etched in the Black Spirit Race's inherited memory.
Although mechanical lifeforms and the Black Spirit Race exist in different forms, they share certain characteristics. For example, both possess similar abilities to hive thinking—one a Psychic Network, the other a quantum network—which can highly concentrate the productivity of their race. Races with this characteristic invariably possess unparalleled development potential.
The Black Spirit Race is somewhat similar to the Zerg. Once they get on the right track, they can enter the fast lane of civilization development. Mechanical life forms are even more powerful, starting with extremely high levels of technology. What they lack is only land and population, both of which have extremely strong expansion capabilities.
Han Xiao had high hopes for both of them, and deliberately placed them in different star systems in the hope of giving them ample room to develop.
In fact, once these two things develop, they can both be treated as Calamity Grade. But what if we add the player, the Fourth Calamity...?
Of the four major Calamity Grade, I am responsible for three!
For the past month, countless people have been focused on the construction of the Shattered World by the Crimson Dynasty and its allies. This is currently the most eye-catching event in the entire universe, and all other news has paled in comparison.
Like its other allies, the Black Star Army has also focused its efforts on the Shattered World, investing a great deal of manpower and resources and working diligently on it.
Taking advantage of the fact that Shattered World had diverted most of the Black Star Army's attention, the Infinite Financial Group finally made its move against the Black Star Army's network of interests at the Shattered Star Ring headquarters.