Under Zhuge's command, it took less than two days for humans to basically eliminate the Zerg on the Big Dust Star, and the fleet also landed on this desolate planet.
The human expeditionary force is indeed powerful, but if it wants to take root in an unfamiliar star region, it cannot rely solely on the fleet. It must also rely on the planet. The Red Manco Galaxy is located in a remote location, and almost no other forces except bugs are interested in it. It is the most suitable frontline base for the newly arrived humans.
After completing the occupation of the Big Dust Star, Zhang Lang immediately ordered to send expedition teams to several other planets in the Red Manco Galaxy to occupy and develop them.
Although those are uninhabitable planets and there is almost no possibility of transformation, it is still good to establish mining sites on them as mineral resource reserves.
There are six planets in the Red Manko galaxy. After all of them are occupied, the star Red Manko will default to human beings' sphere of influence. This is equivalent to occupying seven planets in one go, and the progress of the main line will be completed by 7%.
"Zhuge, how long will it take for us to gain a firm foothold in this galaxy?" Various data and work progress were constantly coming from the display screen. Zhang Lang asked the artificial intelligence beside him while checking it.
"The resources of the Red Manko galaxy are relatively poor, and there is only one planet with low habitability. The major forces are not very interested in it. Only the Zerg has a 42% chance of trying to take back the territory. But according to intelligence, the current Zerg The main force is competing with Kuangxue for a galaxy that is very rich in biological resources. At most, they will only send a small force to harass them. According to this assessment, it will take us about four to six months to complete the occupation of this galaxy."
Considering the practical significance of this world, humans must establish complete facilities in this galaxy and stabilize it before starting to expand further. This is a long process that requires steady and steady progress, and can easily take months or even years.
But Zhang Lang couldn't wait. The mission only lasted five months, and he didn't have the patience to waste too much time in this remote galaxy.
"Has the Zerg's star path been cracked?" Zhang Lang's eyes were on the star path exit sign in the star map.
In this world, civilizations rely on the stars to travel through the universe. If two galaxies millions of light-years apart were connected, they would only need to travel millions of kilometers to reach them. It could be regarded as a shortcut through space.
The Star Path was not built by a certain race. According to the theory of this world, the Star Path is a complex three-dimensional network structure that spreads across every corner of the universe. It seems to have existed since the birth of the universe. As long as the material density reaches a certain level, there will basically be an entrance and exit to the star path nearby. However, this entrance and exit cannot be seen with the naked eye. It requires a certain level of technological development to be able to observe it.
And even if you see it, you cannot enter such a "wild" star path rashly, because the original star path is often unstable and has strong space-time turbulence inside. Even the hardest material known to mankind cannot survive in such a path. environment remains intact. Therefore, after observation, the star path needs to be reinforced and the internal space stabilized before it can be utilized.
Therefore, any civilization that has reached the stage of cosmic expansion has countless star paths in its hands. In order to prevent the star paths they control from being used by other races, various races often encrypt the star paths so that only their own race can use them.
Now that humans have occupied the Big Dust Star, in addition to occupying resources, the most important thing is to crack the star entrance and exit controlled by the Zerg in this galaxy.
"Not yet." Zhuge honestly said: "The Zerg are a purely biological civilization. Their star path almost only recognizes the entry and exit of organic matter. It is fundamentally different from our human construction logic. It will take time to crack it."
"What about destroying and rebuilding one?" Zhang Lang asked.
"The Star Path cannot be destroyed." Zhuge replied: "Even if we destroy the stable facilities of the Zerg in this galaxy, it will only prevent us from entering the Star Path from this end. From the stable other end, the Zerg can still pass through. Coming from the Star Path, it’s just that due to the decrease in stability, there may be some losses.”
"The time and resources needed to find new star paths and re-establish stable facilities are estimated to be more than 25 times that of cracking them."
Zhang Lang touched his chin: "In other words, even if we crack this end of the star path, it will only be able to allow both us and the Zerg to pass. If we want to fully control a star path, we must control both ends. ,Right?"
"Yes, sir!"
Zhang Lang rubbed his chin, "Do you have the directions of all the star paths in the Proen star region in your database?"
"Not all, only what we have detected, but enough to connect all the known galaxies in the Proen sector."
"That's good!" Zhang Lang pointed, "Bring it out!"
"As ordered, sir, in order to facilitate your better review, please use a virtual reality device."
Zhang Lang put on the holographic glasses next to his seat. Soon, his surroundings became pitch black, and then densely packed large light spots shone. Among these light spots, there were faint thin lines connecting each other, intricate and complex, like a A big three-dimensional net.
Here, every point of light is a galaxy, and every thin line is a star path. Click to enlarge, and you can also see detailed information about the composition of the galaxy, the length of the star path, the degree of stability, the location of the entrance and exit, which race it belongs to, etc...
Ordinary people would only feel dazzled in such a complex three-dimensional maze. But Zhang Lang, as a monster with a maximum water attribute, his brain's computing power has already exceeded the limit of biological beings. With a glance, he memorized the information of each star path in his mind.
Zhang Lang took off his holographic glasses and said, "How long do you think it will take to completely crack the Zerg's star path?"
"Based on the current progress, it will take another one hundred and six hours."
"Okay!" Zhang Lang nodded: "Five days later, you send an advance force that is half combat unit and half operational unit, pass through the starway and occupy the Zerg galaxy at the other end."
Hearing Zhang Lang's order, the always rational artificial intelligence hesitated for a moment: "Sir, the other end of the star path is now the main battlefield of the Brood and Mad Blood. There are billions of troops fighting there. The main force of our expeditionary force may not be able to defeat them, and an advance force is the same as sending death."
"Don't worry, after five days, you just need to wrap things up." As he said that, Zhang Lang pulled over the console, tapped quickly with his fingers, and quickly drafted a set of combat strategies.
