Planet No. 4 is completely different from before. The three huge shipyards in orbit are particularly eye-catching, and densely packed engineering ships shuttle back and forth like ants. Far away from the planet, there was a vague shadow. This shadow can be vaguely seen from Planet 4, and it is extremely huge.
A starship flies out of the storm clouds and heads toward the shadows.
In the starship bridge, Chu Jungui stood in front of the star map, quietly watching the battle situation across the line.
A deep voice sounded from the bridge: "Humans are really a race that likes war. If you can't find the enemy, you will fight with yourself."
"Other races are not necessarily much better, it's just that we haven't encountered them yet." Chu Jun returned.
"You still want to meet them? That's not a good thing."
Chu Jungui finally withdrew his gaze from the star map and fell on the shadows outside. From this distance, the shadow looks extremely huge, blocking the blue sun and making it look hazy.
The diameter of this shadow is more than 800 kilometers, which is almost the same as an asteroid. This is Brother Dao. After separating more than 4 million daughter bodies, its volume has not decreased but increased.
Chu Jungui looked at it for a while and asked, "Are there more sub-bodies?"
Brother Dao smiled and said, "It seems that two battleships can't satisfy you."
"That's for the military. We also need our own capital ships."
A big face hundreds of kilometers away appeared in Brother Dao's shadow, saying with a hint of sarcasm: "Human beings are always very jealous creatures. We behave so... fiercely. Aren't you afraid of being targeted?" "We are. If you don't act aggressively, you will still be targeted."
"That's right. After all, you are the one who brought the Federation to the negotiating table, so you can't keep a low profile even if you want to.
"Chu Jungui did not continue this topic, but asked: "How many more sub-bodies can you create?"
Brother Dao also stopped joking and said, "I won't know until I evolve to the next stage. There's no way to tell now. I won't be able to know the information blocked in the genes until I complete evolution."
"Are there any other conditions needed for evolution?"
"I need your permission." A flattering smile appeared on Brother Dao's face.
Of course Chu Jungui didn't believe it. He knew very well that since Brother Dao entered the universe, there was no good way to restrict him. Theoretically, Brother Dao does not have an organ to propel himself through the universe, but evolving similar organs is as simple as building a house for the Mist Tribe. Another limiting factor is distance. Even if organs are evolved to propel themselves through the universe, the speed of light will still be an insurmountable obstacle. Maybe it would take hundreds of years just to fly to a nearby galaxy. However, the concept of life and time of the Mist tribe may be different from that of humans. So far, the limit of the Mist tribe's lifespan has not been seen. Maybe a few hundred years is just a nap for them.
In any case, if Brother Dao abandons most of his body and all his sub-bodies and escapes in a small piece, there is really no way to capture him.
Brother Dao, who was still on Planet 4, could only start from the most basic mathematics by himself due to the limitations of his knowledge system. But now Brother Dao has come into contact with human technology. Although it is not clear whether he has obtained the entire system, the basic science is definitely systematic and complete. As for the rest, it depends on the private deal between the wise man and Brother Dao.
Chu Jungui didn't intend to beat around the bush and said, "I can't restrict you now."
"This restriction is habitual and a constraint of the soft environment. My evolutionary path has been fixed. In human terms, I am a general or marshal. My ability is to win wars, but why and what kind of wars are not What I'm good at. I need a goal, preferably a meaningful goal, and you can give me just that."
Brother Dao continued: "Humans naturally like war, and your history is a history of war. But compared with those in the Dynasty and the Federation, at least you are not annoying."
Chu Jungui said: "Your compliment... is very unique."
Brother Dao smiled and said, "The art of language is still very interesting."
Chu Jungui said: "If your evolution was restricted by me, then the restriction has been lifted now."
"as you wish."
Brother Dao's face was hidden, and the entire shadow began to shrink, gradually turning into a huge sphere. This process lasted for a whole day, and then the surface of the sphere began to change, turning into pure black without any reflection. Chu Jungui switched his field of view and saw that the surface of the sphere was made up of extremely small polygons, absorbing almost all the light and reflecting only an insignificant amount of long-wave rays.
There was no movement inside the sphere, but that was just an illusion. The real situation was that all information inside was blocked, so it looked so peaceful.
The evolution process lasted for ten days. During this period, the wise man came over once and inspected the sphere, but he was unable to break through the shielding on the surface of the sphere. According to the wise, the current Mist tribe has embarked on an independent path of evolution, each path is completely different, and it does not understand the process and principle of Brother Dao's evolution.
All Chu Jungui could do was wait. However, as Brother Dao evolved, those engineering beasts were not idle. Most of the time they were engaged in simple repetitive tasks. Some complex tasks were divided into simple tasks by wise men and then distributed.
In the past ten days, the engineering ships ordered by Chu Jungui have arrived one after another, and the operating rate of Brother Dao's engineering beast has finally reached more than 80%. Most of the new orders came from the dynasty, which was somewhat beyond Chu Jungui's expectation. Although the engineering ship is not a strategic material, the order is usually only a few thousand or tens of thousands. How can there be one like Chu Jungui who orders millions? Therefore, Chu Jungui's order encountered a lot of trouble in the Federation. Even with Kun and others secretly helping, only 200,000 vehicles were ordered in the end, and the rest of the orders were canceled or under review. However, Dynasty gave the green light and almost all orders were accepted and shipped expedited.
The reason why the Dynasty did this is very simple, that is to deliver the Frostwolf class. But if you think about it a little deeper, it won't be that simple. The Frostwolf class is directly competing with the Xu family. With the Xu family's status in the military industry, it can be done with a few obstacles. Why is it so easy to let go?
Chu Jungui didn't know what was going on behind the scenes and didn't want to know. In any case, the arrival of the 800,000 engineering ships from the dynasty meant that he could open two more shipyards. It would be great if we can get the follow-up order of 1 million engineering ships, but it doesn’t matter if we can’t, Chu Jun! Gui has already purchased a complete set of blueprints for the engineering ship and can produce it himself if necessary. It’s just that the current light-year production capacity is completely insufficient, so it’s better not to make it yourself if you can buy it.
While waiting for Brother Dao to evolve, the wise man quietly appeared next to Chu Jungui and said with envy, "It can evolve again."
Chu Jungui asked, "Do you want it too?"
The wise man said regretfully: "I have not reached the point where I can evolve."
"node?"
"To be precise, it's the critical point. I'm still quite far away from the critical point of the next evolution. I don't know how far exactly."
"How is the critical point determined?"
"It's engraved in the genes, but I won't know until that day." Chu Jungui nodded and asked, "Has there been any result from the last project?"
"We have reached a conclusion, but the certainty is not very high because there are too many uncontrollable factors."
"Tell me about it."
The wise man projected countless data and said: "The original topic was the development strategy of Lightyear. This topic was too big and not very practical. After collecting relevant data and consulting the staff of the Federation Lightyear, we got A short-term strategy with a higher probability of short-term success has been developed.”
"short term?"
"Yes, it is only effective in the short term. There are too many long-term driving factors and too many unpredictable factors. If I give you a long-term prediction and it comes true, it is mostly because of good luck. "
Before Chu Jun returned the answer, he heard a voice in his consciousness: "Maybe it's my performance."
Chu Jungui silently cut off the energy of the metaphysical components and continued to listen to the wise man.
The wise man said: "If you do not consider the factor of war, our core advantage lies in cost. The cost comes from two aspects, one is energy and the other is labor. After Brother Dao completes the evolution, our advantage in this aspect will become greater and greater . However, the space for cost reduction is limited, and lower is not always better. Another
The limiting factor is the supply of auxiliary equipment. A capital ship can require more than 500,000 types of auxiliary equipment, and many of them have low production capacity flexibility, so they must be purchased in advance to keep up with our production capacity expansion. Taking comprehensive considerations into account, we need to establish our own shipboard equipment production system to ensure the supply of most basic equipment. The current plan is to establish 270 new companies in the federation to produce 7,098 types of shipboard equipment. 100 trading companies will be established to be responsible for the procurement of 400,000 types of equipment; 20 logistics companies will be established to be responsible for the transportation and storage of purchased equipment. 「
"The entire plan will take eight months to implement, with an estimated total investment of 75 billion and employment of 1.1 million people..."
Chu Jungui interrupted and said, "The number of people hired seems to be a bit too much."
A wise man said: "1.1 million employees are 1.1 million votes. If you include their families, it will become 3 million or more votes. And their friends and life circle radiate far beyond that. Under the federal system , if these direct and indirect votes are concentrated in a certain star field, we will have an incredible voice. And our voice in the financial field is already very large, and it will become even greater. All investments this time will Go to the Commonwealth Bank for financing and believe that the financing will be completed smoothly. Once the financing is completed, these banks will become our loyal servants."
After listening to the wise man's explanation, Chu Jun'ergui took a closer look at the catalog of equipment to be put into federal production, and unexpectedly found a lot of sensitive equipment, and dozens more were on the control list. Although these devices are on the fringe of the control list, they are indeed on the list. Now is wartime, and the control will be particularly strict. But from another perspective, these devices are not very important, and what to do with them is often left to the whims of local officials. With millions of votes cast and the endorsement of financial oligarchs, all federal and local government officials can do is turn a blind eye.
