"From this moment on, the longest possible time before the third test can be no more than twenty standard Galaxy years.

"This extended assessment period was deliberately considered by the examiner, considering the predicament you are facing. With the explosive development speed of the Dark Star's mechanical civilization, the assessment period should be ten years.

"According to preliminary compilation, we have already obtained various technologies for a comprehensive upgrade of Dark Star. I will first implement these technologies rapidly in the virtual Dark City using time acceleration by a hundred times, spending only half a Galaxy year to train half a million experts in various fields in Dark City.

"The current problem is that we must enhance our infrastructure speed, or we will not be able to respond to our ensuing expansion of Dark Star's power..."

Lyu calmly reported.

The more Yang Ming listened, the more uneasy he became.

Is doing this really going to be okay?

On the day of the Wind Alliance press conference, he had lifted most of the prior restrictions set on Dark Star, allowing its exponential growth to continue, but now he couldn't help feeling a bit anxious.

There's no way around it; Dark Star's development potential is indeed too powerful.

At this moment, the Dark Star One base has fully occupied that planet and can develop into a strong planet with ten billion Mechanical Thought Bodies—abbreviated as Mechanoids—at any time.

Currently, in the Milky Way, a planet rich in resources, with a normal birth rate and an uncrowded environment, the cycle for the human population to double is roughly forty to a hundred years.

The cycle for the Mechanoids to double is only related to the resources obtained, the speed of producing mechanical bodies, and the completion of related facilities.

Under Lyu's coordination, Dark Star can double its mechanical population within a year!

With the full technology provided by Intelligent Mechanic Dusk, the mechanical civilization could secretly develop for decades and challenge the old powerhouses of the Galaxy. It is not an unrealistic dream.

But a plan that can truly be realized!

Of course, the larger the scale of Dark Star, the greater the exposure risk. Once it is identified as an ultra-large-scale third Natural Disaster, the Intelligent Mechanical Crisis, it will attract the attack of all regimes in the Galaxy.

Thus, the power of Dark Star can only serve as Yang Ming's last trump card, as well as a covert supplement to the military strength of the Wind Army.

"Boss."

The successive data in Lyu's report made Yang Ming feel dizzy. She paused her narration, and said softly:

"Are you not feeling well?"

"It's nothing, I'm just a bit insensitive to numbers."

Yang Ming leaned against the edge of the control console with arms crossed, lightly exhaled: "Did you hear my call with Edwan?"

"Yes," Lyu smiled, "His Majesty Edwan's stress resistance still needs to be further enhanced. This is far from our worst-case scenario."

Yang Ming said: "Planning is one thing, encountering pressure is another. Edwan is now extremely anxious. The achievements he has strived for in the past few years are on the verge of destruction by the Sherman Empire, anyone would be unable to withstand it."

Lyu blinked: "Boss, are you planning to implement some plans in advance?"

"Lyu, begin developing the three newly surveyed outer Resource Stars right away."

Yang Ming's voice carried a hint of hesitation:

"Let's first expand the Dark Star's fleet to the scale of a thousand ships, ensuring the capability to win a high-intensity localized war.

"The technology upgrade over at Wind also needs to keep pace, and try to procure some reasonable though not too prominent military black technology for the Wind, making it seem plausible to others."

Lyu pouted: "I've already picked them out earlier, Boss, you weren't listening carefully!"

"Is that so?" Boss Yang didn't feel embarrassed at all, "Then report again."

"Alright alright, who makes you the boss, and I'm just working here."

Lyu cleared her throat, now holding a folder, and began to report earnestly:

"The current technologies suitable for quickly enhancing Wind's military strength are of three types, each with a series of matching mature technologies.

"The optimal choice is cheap drones and their transport carriers.

"This is the best way for reasonably and rapidly boosting Wind's military power.

"We've obtained an integrated technology called 'Button,' which allows for the miniaturization design of mechanical bodies, producing drones with combat capability comparable to small attack boats, but only the size of a fist, requiring very few resources.

"In this way, every warship of the Luofeng Empire needs to install only a few container-sized cabins at the tail. When deploying these drones in battle, a hundred main warships can exert combat power equivalent to ten large aerospace carriers.

"Once these distributed firepower take effect, they can coordinate with the main warships to conduct asymmetric suppression on opposing ships."

Yang Ming's eyes lit up: "This is nice, get more of them, we can also use them in Dark Star."

Lyu adjusted her glasses.

—In order to complete this action, she first added a pair of glasses frames to her nose bridge.

"Boss, this is just for emergency use by Wind," Lyu queried, "We also have more advanced 'Swarm' technology, a dust-level suicide drone swarm that only a fully fledged third-level civilization can build. This kind of drone swarm can disguise as dust, envelop, infiltrate, and then launch suicide attacks against the opposing fleet, like a black cloud in space, under conditions of complete unpreparedness from the opponent."

Yang Ming:...

Damn, turns out he was ignorant!

Lyu laughed:

"Boss, the progress in the Dusk assessment has already caught up with Levi Sherman, which will bring about a series of changes.

"Moreover, you have chosen mechanics and evolution; we have acquired a vast amount of mechanical technology that Levi never obtained.

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