Chapter 688: 130,000 Domain Areas
After deploying hundreds of millions of dark energy purification devices, the situation in the Sun Star Void Area began to stabilize.
Even in planetary systems where purification devices had yet to be placed, dark energy was beginning to thin.
Still, based on the assessments of various professionals, dark energy remained a persistent threat.
If left unmonitored, it could spike without warning one day, killing everyone.
"We still need to build a purification device for every single planetary system." Nash sighed.
With their current production capacity of over half a billion units a month, filling that gap would take two years.
Of course, as efficiency doubled and tripled, it would shrink to a matter of months.
Nonetheless, the order from the Azure Heaven Alliance would be heavily delayed.
"We need more people and mother core ships."
To increase production, population was, without a doubt, the most critical factor.
The mother core ship, on the other hand, was needed to construct more defensive weapons to mobilize in response to any danger.
Although it was a money-burning machine, the defense system functioned like an iron wall, one that would not fall unless they ran out of energy.
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A week later, Nash could finally step back and hand command over to the others.
Although they were still facing dark beast swarms, the situation was no longer as severe.
Most threats could already be handled by the battleships and the ground army, leaving them operating at an energy surplus.
With his hands free, Nash could finally make a call to Hanna, the deputy of the Chronos Alliance.
Taking out his Chronos communication token, Nash entered her communication ID and placed the call.
"I hope this reaches her..."
Stationed on the edge of the forbidden zone, he had no idea whether the signal would carry that far.
Fortunately, the worst didn’t happen, as the call connected just a few seconds later.
"Hello? Who is this?"
Due to the vast signal distance, the call could only be conducted via voice.
"It’s Nash, from the Neon Star Alliance. Regarding our previous agreement, when can you send a specialist to repair our Tier 8 mother core ship?"
"Oh, it’s you! The dark energy purification devices you sent to the Azure Heaven Alliance were quite impressive. When will you be able to provide us with some?" Hanna murmured with excitement.
Having an informant within the Azure Heaven Alliance, she had already seen the report on the dark energy purification devices.
They were like locusts, insignificant in small numbers, but capable of wiping out dark energy across an entire territory when deployed en masse.
"That’s precisely the problem. We’re still working through the order from the Azure Heaven Alliance, and even that will be delayed for a while. For one, we don’t have enough mother core ships to mass-produce the devices. For another, we’re short on manpower."
"Oh, I see. So that’s what’s holding you back. Don’t worry, we’ll send specialists to help you repair the Tier 8 mother core ship as soon as possible!" Hanna said proactively.
With a tier 8 mother core ship, Nash could establish an industrial mother hub capable of producing the machines that manufactured the purification devices.
It played a role somewhat similar to the tier 7 mother core ship, but was more specialized, more affordable, and faster.
"That would be for the best. As for the manpower problem, something has come up on my end. About a thousand high-level teams have decided to settle under the protection of the Neon Star Alliance, which means the territories they previously held will be left vacant. What would you recommend as a solution?"
"Simple enough. I’ll hand you control of the entire domain area you’re currently in, and relocate everyone else there to different zones. That shouldn’t cause too much trouble."
"You’re giving me the entire domain?" Nash was taken aback.
It had to be said that no matter how powerful a top-level team was, they were typically only allocated a single domain area.
Then again, thinking it over, a hundred high-level teams were typically distributed across a single domain area. With about a thousand joining him, shouldn’t he be entitled to a dozen?
"I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is no. Unless you have the capability and manpower comparable to ours, you’ll only be granted a single domain area."
"Oh? Why is that?"
"There are approximately 130,000 domain areas in this wild void territory, yet we occupy fewer than 30,000. Do you know why?"
"Why?" Nash asked, startled.
Recalling the map Primos had shown them, as well as the one they had been given, it had only shown around 30,000 domain areas. Where had the additional 100,000 come from?
"Because they are forbidden zones, uncharted by all previous generations. We have only ever occupied a portion of this territory, the southern region." Hanna said gravely.
Despite countless generations of cosmic talents, much less conquering the wild void territory, they had barely even scratched the surface of it.
This vast, untamed expanse was also the reason why major teams and top-level teams did not wage war against one another.
Rather than fighting over land already cultivated by past generations, it was far better to consolidate their foundations and push further into the unknown.
"But what does any of this have to do with me only receiving a single domain area?"
Even accounting for the fact that they only occupied 30,000 domain areas, that was still nearly three times the size of a regular galactic territory.
With all the major teams occupying hundreds of the resource-rich domain areas, and top-level teams each holding one, there were still over 15,000 domain areas unaccounted for.
As far as he knew, the number of high-level teams numbered only over a million.
Even with a hundred high-level teams per domain area, a substantial stretch of land remained unclaimed.
"Don’t be greedy. It’s already a struggle to defend a single domain area, let alone multiple. This distribution exists to keep everyone alive and developed at a sustainable pace. If you want more territory, then fully consolidate the one you already have first." Hanna said patiently.
"And what are the criteria for full consolidation?"
"Wipe out 50% of the dark beasts within it."
"That’s, that’s impossible!" Nash’s expression darkened.
"Relax. There’s another condition: utilize at least 70% of the domain area’s resources."
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