Chapter 2229: Chapter 2229: Outer Space Is Ours Now
The relentless pursuit ended with a staggering statistic: on the battlefield, fewer than a thousand enemy warships remained, barely visible. Let’s remember, this battle spans an incredibly vast world.
In this home world, countless cities existed, over half of the City Alliances, yet only this meager number of warships are left. On average, several dozen large cities, or even more, could barely preserve a single warship. Moreover, none of these warships are intact.
Most are damaged, with some barely able to remain airborne, and that’s about it.
In this war, the enemy’s warship forces have practically been wiped out. As for Mechas and Warplanes, which lack the warships’ capability for long-distance rapid flight, they were left here.
After the war, Du You’s side also lost a significant number of warships, but the total number is so vast that many still remain.
After accounting, only a third of the warships Du You utilized were lost. Moreover, as their production capacity increases, the speed of manufacturing warships will accelerate rapidly.
As for the Floating City, five layers of defense were directly breached, and the sixth layer was close to collapsing.
Some parts shattered, and many outer buildings were demolished. Fortunately, there were no casualties among the residents of the Floating City.
Moreover, the foundation of the Floating City is extremely solid, with no impact whatsoever, and the city remains airborne. This battle had a tremendous effect on the morale of both sides.
Many people began fleeing from their own cities through various channels, relocating to Du You’s cities. Humans naturally seek benefits and avoid harm, especially when they are the weaker party.
The scale of this war was indeed overwhelming. Now, even with minimal intelligence sources, people are aware that these cities are backed by an organization. They have nine-tier entities, nine-tiers with self-awareness, and numerous allied cities. In light of this massive-scale war, and their decisive victory, naturally, people defected to their side.
Most ordinary people are not particularly loyal to any organization, and when comparing such a formidable power to their own weaker standing, any rational person knows which side to choose.
As a result, a significant brain drain occurred, an issue beyond retention efforts. Of course, numerous spies and saboteurs infiltrated Du You’s cities, and no one knows when these individuals will reveal themselves.
Some reckless individuals frequently emerged to cause trouble, leading to deteriorating security in several cities.
With no alternative, city lords everywhere could only issue orders to manufacture more city protection robots to maintain order. Those caught disturbing the peace were eliminated directly, sparing no one.
War concluded, and Du You’s Command Center was buzzing again, with a substantial amount of work still pending.
"Master, it’s all good now. Their fleet is gone; the sky is ours to command."
Lin Yucha nodded, "My sister is right, but there’s a correction to be made. The sky isn’t ours; space is. Our focus now isn’t on building Floating Cities, but Space Cities."
"But aren’t Space Cities at risk of being shot down?" Lin Yushi hesitated slightly.
"In the past, there was fear, but no longer. The enemy has no warships left, and we only need to protect them with our warships. We may not even need to; the cities’ defenses are sufficient."
Du You also nodded, "Indeed, without attacking with warships, destroying a Space City would require a Tier 7 or even Tier 8 to attack. But with so many people in the city, taking action would be a massacre, which world will would not permit." This exemplifies the rigidity of the world.
Using technological weapons for slaughter results in punishing the technology, whereas human intervention results in punishing the individual.
Without this system, Lin Yucha wouldn’t dare to focus their next development phase on Space Cities. In reality, building Space Cities is much simpler than Floating Cities, needing no antigravity engines.
Transporting materials to outer space using warships suffices. With a base established, opening a space channel for delivery becomes more convenient. Thus, Du You’s focus shifted directly.
As people anticipated the construction of more Floating Cities by Du You, Space Cities emerged instead.
When the first UFO-like city was successfully built in outer space, it caused a world-wide sensation. It turned out, outer space could also be a habitat.
As long as the life-support system is completed, even ordinary people could easily reside there.
"We promise, every Space City will be guarded by a massive fleet, each Space City will host at least one Tier 7 as a garrison, ensuring no one poses a threat to our safety."
On television, the host excitedly shouted, urging more people to move to Space Cities.
Following the war, confidence soared in the security of their cities, encouraging many to eagerly sign up. Meanwhile, the Alliance could only watch helplessly.
As for information lockdowns, they might have been effective in the past, but not anymore.
With more and more communication channels available, information paths become pervasive. Regardless of the means, someone will learn and then tell everyone around them.
Hence, news of the Space City soon spread across the world.
From now on, humans can not only live on the surface, but in the sky and even outer space. By including these regions, human living space expanded several-fold, even tens of times.
Previously cramped cities now could appear quite spacious.
Across the rear lines, operations intensified, with numerous warships produced and dispatched to various locations. Moreover, foundational alterations began in many city bases, with new foundations continuously being constructed on the vacated city grounds.
Meanwhile, the construction of city buildings above quickened, marking the emergence of a new Floating City.
After just one month, the second batch of Floating Cities took to the skies. Not only one, but over a dozen launched simultaneously. This demonstrated Du You’s capability for large-scale Floating City construction.
As more Floating Cities took off, the social atmosphere here transformed completely.
"We can’t let this continue; we must accelerate internal integration, and swiftly crackdown on discordant voices."
Finally, the development across from them provoked dissatisfaction among the Alliance’s upper class. An eighth-tier powerhouse spoke out, silencing many previously clamorous eighth-tier voices, and internal integration began to accelerate.
Overall, in the course of this integration, several were unfortunate, with increasing numbers of city upper class members being captured and eradicated.
