Star Survival: The Rise of the Fourth Scourge

S-01888 star system,

Yuanxing No.

On the upper floor of the palace, in the hall outside the master bedroom.

After leaving the "Earth Home" space station, Li Meng did not return to the S-01888 star system with the fleet.

Instead, he traveled directly through subspace and returned to the S-01888 star system first.

It has only been half a day since he left the S-01909 star system.

Ralph didn't move that fast, so Li Meng didn't rush back.

"king!"

The water surface is rippling, and the space above the water surface is distorting.

Weird purple-red energy suddenly emerged, forming a vortex.

From the crack in the subspace, Li Meng walked out in a golden robe.

As he left the subspace, the cracks in the subspace behind him quickly collapsed and disappeared.

Erin and Ellie were already used to this scene.

They were sitting boredly by the pool in a daze.

A sudden vision caught their attention.

When he turned around and looked over, he saw the "King" walking out of the crack in subspace.

Ellie and Irene quickly stood up and came forward to greet them.

Arriving in front of Li Meng, the two women turned slightly sideways, lowered their heads and shouted in unison.

Looking into the hall, Li Meng asked: "Irina went back again?"

Hearing this, Ellie and Irene looked at each other.

Ellie curled her lips slightly and said, "Well, mother is back."

After looking at Ellie and then at Erin, Li Meng smiled.

Arriving in front of the glass wall, Li Meng looked at the Ark-1 and Temple in the starry sky outside.

"It seems that Mrs. Irina really likes her eldest daughter..."

Hearing what "King" said, Ellie pouted slightly. She wanted to say something but was stopped by Irene.

Turning around and looking at Ellie, Irene, who were making small movements, Li Meng said: "Bring your mother back, and call Otis as well."

Hearing this, Ellie and Irene quickly took a step back, then turned around and left in a hurry.

After glancing at Ellie and Irene's leaving figures, Li Meng looked at 001 by the pool.

"001, contact Donald, the great sage of science and technology, and ask him to come see me immediately..."

Then he turned around and looked at the starry sky outside the glass wall. Li Meng had a thoughtful look on his face.

There are so many things happening recently.

The Blue Devil natural disaster mission, the alien civilization "Ghost Tribe", and the star sector channel were also subtly opened at this time.

The events that happened one after another seemed to be connected by a certain thread, affecting the whole body.

In order to protect the foundation of his new empire, he must do some seemingly unnecessary things.

Mrs. Irina did not keep Li Meng waiting.

After a while, the three people summoned by Li Meng entered the hall together by coincidence.

The golden door slowly opened, and three people walked in one after another.

Otis, Donald stopped in front of the pool.

Mrs. Irina walked around the side of the pool and came to Li Meng's side.

She didn't say much, lowered her head slightly, and stood sideways not far away.

Standing by the pool, Li Meng looked at the three of them.

"A lot of things have happened recently. The S-01888 star system is no longer a safe place. There is no real shelter in the S sector. Otis, Ark One has to move and drive it into the darkness. Star field, the further away the better.”

The so-called dark star field refers to the empty star field between star systems.

It was far away from the stars, dark and dead.

Although hiding in the dark star field is not absolutely safe, it is at least much safer than being in the star system.

Hearing this, a trace of doubt flashed in Otis's eyes.

Did something happen to make the "king" so cautious?

In Otis's view, today's new empire is like a grain of dust compared to the empire of the old era.

But the ability to protect oneself is still there.

After all, the universe is very big, and many alien civilizations will choose to wander in the stars when their races are in danger to avoid being pursued by their enemies.

The Empire of Old Era encountered many such civilizations on its way to domination of the galaxy.

In order to completely eliminate those wandering civilizations that roam the stars like pirates, the empire often needs hundreds or even thousands of years.

The most representative wandering civilization among them is the "Spirit Race".

This race is older than the empire, and they have a very tragic history.

The evil god Slaanesh in the warp was truly born of this civilization.

It is said that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. It can be said that the existence of the Eldar has been throughout the history of the old empire.

In the end, they even turned from enemies into allies, although they were only a small group of Eldar among the Eldar.

Otis lowered his head slightly and asked: "King, once you leave the star system, how to obtain resources will become a big problem."

Regarding Otis's question, Li Meng looked at Donald.

"Donald, how's the construction of the engineering ships, transport ships, and mining barges going?"

Li Meng is still looking forward to these three new ships designed by the Mechanicum.

Once these two new ships are launched, they will be able to obtain resources from farther star systems.

Expansive engineering construction will also be much easier.

Donald lowered his head slightly, a hoarse, mechanical voice sounded from his hood.

"The first batch of industrial ships, a total of 12, is being completed and will be launched within half a year."

Calculating the time, nearly a year has passed since he made a request for industrial ships to Donald.

From design to online manufacturing and finally to the launch of the new ship, this all takes time.

This is a large ship nearly two kilometers long and requires countless materials.

When the Gate of Space and Time exists, one year can be used as ten years.

Is it fast to build twelve large ships in ten years? It is fast, but it is not fast either.

If there is an industrial base in the Gate of Time and Space, the population of slave workers can reach saturation.

If there is sufficient supply of mineral resources, with the production scale of the industrial base, there will be no problem with fifty ships a year.

But more ships are not always better.

Just having a boat is not enough, you also need people.

The empire's ships require a lot of manpower to operate, and what the new empire lacks most at the moment is population.

On a ship, there must be not only civilian crew members, but also a large number of slave laborers responsible for basic coolie work.

Take the "Cobra Destroyer" as an example. It requires at least 10,000 to 30,000 people to control it.

Only in this way can the combat capabilities of the "Cobra Destroyer" be fully utilized.

But did the empire have that many people?

Of course not. Each of the empire's warships currently has about three thousand crew members, including slave labor.

This greatly reduced the combat capabilities of the imperial warships.

Li Meng had thought about increasing the automation of the Imperial warships, but was dissuaded by Donald.

Considering that those things in subspace still seemed to exist, Li Meng gave up.

Yes, the demons of the Warp still exist.

The moment he first became a living saint, Li Meng felt peaceful in the subspace.