The Legendary Mechanic (Transcendental Mechanic)

Commanders Heboar and Krent knew that the empire would send surveillance troops, so they were also not surprised and remained indifferent.

Tarrokov pointed on the star map, explaining the precautions, and everyone listened silently.

After Tarrokov finished speaking, Commander Krent suddenly asked:

"We all understand what you said. I want to ask another question. Our Broken Starlink allies are the first advance team to participate in the exploration, and the empire will arrange allies from other star fields to join in the future, so the next batch will participate in the exploration. When will your allies come?"

The star field is too vast, even though they seem to have a large number of people, thrown into a star field, they are just a wave in the sea, very small. With people like them alone, after exploring the Flickering World, they don't know that it will be the Year of the Monkey, so the empire will invest more people in the land reclamation in the future, and the allies of the empire who will come later will be both partners and new competitors.

What Krent cared about was when the next batch of competitors would arrive and how much time he had ahead.

Tarrokov smiled.

"It depends on the high-level arrangement of the empire, the progress of the assembly of allied forces, and the progress of our exploration. I haven't received the notification of the specific time. Let me estimate that the empire will send the next batch of exploration teams at least half a year later. Before that, The empire relies on everyone, and if the exploration progress is satisfactory, the empire will not be stingy with rewards."

Several people nodded. If the exploration goes well and the results exceed expectations, it will be their credit. The empire will take over the bulk of the resources, so they will be given additional rewards based on the results of land reclamation. This is the focus of the competition between the two sides.

The smoother the land reclamation and the richer the harvest, the greater the contribution.

Tarrokov paused and asked, "Everyone has chosen the star cluster to explore, from which direction are you planning to enter?"

The star cluster has a vast area and can be divided into dozens of galaxies, all of which are explored from the edge to the center.

The border line is extremely long, so the direction of entry is very important. If you start exploring from a barren area and delay a lot of time without finding many resources, it will be a big loss.

The reference materials for the exploration team are only semi-finished star maps from astronomical observations. At most, they can avoid the obvious barren cosmic belt with sparse distribution of planets, but the resource level of each planet is unknown.

Although Tarrokov only asked now, several people had already analyzed it privately and had plans.

Heboar and Krent are in a group, and they are going to divide their troops into twenty-three troops and enter a selected galaxy from twenty-three positions. The troops are not too far apart from each other, and they are arranged in a comb shape. Twenty-three troops are prepared to go hand in hand, respond to each other, gradually converge at a certain point, establish a large transit base, and then continue to divide the troops and explore in divergent ways, trying not to let each troop Exploration ranges overlap.

Han Xiao on the side listened to Commander Krent's plan and nodded silently.

Heboar's choice was very good. The first area he explored was called the Geraldton galaxy. In his previous life, it was a very rich galaxy in the Reynolds star cluster, and the resources were indeed abundant.

If the star map of Glittering World is flattened and connected to the explored universe, then the Dawn star cluster is located at the westernmost end of Glittering World, and the three bordering star clusters are Gaolu, Reynolds, and Crown Ring from north to south, and Reynolds is Sandwiched in the middle, the geographical location is superior, and the Geraldton galaxy that Heboar and Krent explored for the first time is the border galaxy southwest of Reynolds.

Tarrokov nodded, turned to look at Han Xiao, "What about you?"

Han Xiao pointed at the southernmost border galaxy of the Gaolu star cluster, and then swipe up, drawing a route through more than a dozen galaxies, connecting the southernmost and easternmost of the Gaolu star cluster.

"What do you mean?" Tarrokov was surprised.

"Okay." Han Xiao smiled mysteriously, and said casually: "I will let the large troops explore the southernmost border galaxy, and at the same time send a task force to go all the way with the stargate equipment, and only set up the stargate on the way. Do not stop for the rest of the time, first build a stargate route to connect these dozen galaxies."

"You want to build long-distance traffic arteries first?" Tarrokov raised his eyebrows.

"More than that, every time the task force connects to the next galaxy, I will continue to divide the troops and send people to explore other galaxies." Han Xiao shrugged without changing his face.

Tarrokov frowned slightly when he heard this, and Commander Heboar and Krent also looked at each other, a little speechless.

In their eyes, the problem with the Black Star Exploration Program is too obvious, that is, insufficient manpower.

With such a small number of people, it takes a lot of time to explore a galaxy. If Black Star wants to explore more than a dozen galaxies together, can he use his hands? The appetite is also too great, which has exceeded the upper limit of ability.

It is a good thing for the empire to build a long-distance traffic artery first. Tarrokov has no objection to this, but it is not in the interests of the empire's allies, so Han Xiao's decision is beyond his expectations.

Because this is not staking, it is useless to connect more than a dozen galaxies first. Since the exploration efficiency is limited, the long-distance stargate passages built by wasting manpower will be used as wedding clothes for the latecomers, because there is an empire. Here, it is impossible to occupy the channel and not lend it to other allies, so it will be convenient for later forces to go to other galaxies to compete with themselves, which will do more harm than good to the pioneers.

Krent and War Realm would rather proceed steadily, and explore one of the galaxies first before going to the next area. In contrast, they are exploring in a range, while Han Xiao is exploring in a line.

In order to balance the interests of the allies, the empire's plan is also gradually advancing, exploring the past slowly, not planning to lay a complete stargate transportation network in unexplored areas immediately - because astronomical observations have given semi-finished star maps, they do not lack the overall map However, what is lacking is field exploration and complete data, so the goal of the first phase of exploration is only the three areas bordering the Dawn star cluster, to build a bridgehead.

In the process of slowly exploring, the exploration team has been erecting stargates, so long-distance stargate passages will appear naturally, and there is no need to send special personnel to build them.

Then the Black Star Legion's move was a waste of their own resources and time, and it was half the effort, which made Tarrokov, Heboar, Commander Krent and others very puzzled.

"Do you want to reconsider?" Tarrokov asked kindly.

Han Xiao waved his hand and smiled.

"No need, I like to try my luck, maybe I can discover some fertile resource planets in advance."

Seeing that Black Star insisted on going his own way, Commander Krent looked on coldly and sneered in his heart.

——This kind of exploration plan that has not been carefully considered will definitely not go well in land reclamation. They will probably be able to compare with the Black Star Legion this time, and they will shine in front of the empire, making Black Star eclipsed.

"Okay." Tarrokov didn't persuade anymore.

No matter what posture the allies use to explore, anyway, the empire has nothing to lose. After all, the entire star field belongs to them, and the loss is only the interests of the Black Star Legion itself. Since Black Star doesn't care, he doesn't care.

Han Xiao smiled, making it difficult for the others to see through his thoughts.

In fact, this seemingly quick and quick exploration plan is in his best interest.

The reason why Su Yi said before that the people who choose to explore the Gaolu star cluster is the least powerful is that among the galaxies in the south of the Gaolu star cluster, there are obvious barren cosmic belts, and the resources are not rich. If he follows the example of Heboar and others and only explores one border galaxy, the result is obvious, and he will definitely not get any credit.

He adopted this exploration plan in order to preemptively develop those famous and rich planets in his memory.

On this transportation route from the south of the Gaolu star cluster to the east, there are several galaxies that were very prosperous areas in the past life. There are many famous planets in the past life, rich in resources, which only he knows at present.

And after the exploration line is lengthened, the empire's surveillance forces are likely to be disconnected to a certain extent, and there is room for manipulation.

Such a good opportunity, Han Xiao will not give up.

If the Black Star Legion were to advance slowly, they would have picked sesame seeds and discarded watermelons, entered Baoshan and returned empty-handed, but the beauty seduced her but did not take her away!

Just one word, loss!

The second purpose is to form a cover-up.

Han Xiao hopes to go to the east of the Gaolu star cluster as soon as possible without being abrupt.

Because the ownerless Cosmic Treasure of Glittering World in his memory is located in another star cluster bordering the east of the Gaolu star cluster!

Only by establishing this stargate line can I get the unowned cosmic treasure as soon as possible!

Tarrokov turned off the star map, and said in a deep voice: "Then it's settled, you stay here for two days, I will dispatch troops to join your team, and hand over the exploration equipment such as star gates and buoys to you." Here you go, we will officially set off in two days.”

"good."

Commander Krent responded.

Han Xiao and Heboar nodded without speaking.

Everyone stood up and left the meeting room.

Walking out of the gate, Han Xiao and Heboar looked at each other, as if they had stabbed a bayonet imperceptibly, and sparks came out of the collision, then the two turned their heads and left with the cadres in the opposite direction.

...

"Tell me, what exactly does Black Star think?"

Heboar and Krent walked together. On the way, a vanguard officer couldn't help asking the Chief of Staff Joad beside him.

"What are you trying to say?" Joad glanced at him.

"Don't we know what Black Star is? He is treacherous, cunning, and scheming. He is not someone who is willing to suffer. He knows that it is not beneficial to establish a long-distance stargate channel first. He must have other intentions in doing so."

When Joad heard this, his eyes flickered, "Indeed, Black Star's decision-making is weird..."

"Chief of Staff, what do you think his purpose is?"

The people around pricked up their ears and eavesdropped quietly.

"I'm not Black Star." Joad said helplessly, "The only thing I can think of is that Black Star is unwilling to explore the barren border galaxies of the Gaolu star cluster, but there is no need to waste time crossing a dozen galaxies at once. I can't think of any other reason... maybe his appetite is too big, or he really wants to try his luck?"

"Could it be that he wants to seize the planet that will serve as a traffic throat in the future?"

"Think too much, the empire will not allow one power to control too many strategic locations."

Since Glittering World is an undeveloped new star field, everyone subconsciously pre-set the condition, that is, no one knows the specific situation of Glittering World, so basically no one can guess Han Xiao's motives.

Commander Krent's eyes flashed, and he quickly walked to Heboar's side, and whispered: "Your Excellency Tyrant, do you think we want to..."

"Finish what you have to say, don't let me guess." Heboar kept his eyes on.

"...Do you want to send someone secretly to the Gaolu star cluster to monitor the movement of the black star?"

"What's the point?" Heboar glanced down, glanced at him, and asked back: "Do you dare to interfere with the exploration work in front of the empire?"

Commander Krent was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he was startled.

Exploring the Glittering World is an important strategic goal of the empire, so even if they know what the Black Star Legion is doing, they can't interfere. If they hinder the progress of exploration for personal gain, the empire will never be relentless. Let's see what will happen to the strategy that dares to disrupt the empire.

Thinking of this, Commander Krent shy away and stopped mentioning the matter, his eyes flickering.

It seems that if you want to overwhelm the Black Star Legion, you can only compete with the achievements of the two sides in land reclamation, and compete openly.

Fortunately, Black Star chose the Gaolu star cluster, and adopted an exploration plan eager for quick success and instant benefits. They and the War Realm are a sure win.

Thanks Wanzu ZW for the reward!