At the same time, in the "New Hope" galaxy, 330 light-years away from Li Star.
Omar boarded the luxurious yacht with a sleek arrowhead shape.
He was in his fifties, with a bald head that looked formidable, a tall build, deep-set eyes, and severely darkened circles around his eyes due to dependence on psychotropic drugs.
At Apollo, Omar's position was the Head of the First Division. Apollo has developed rapidly in recent years, and the resource-rich Li Star is within the development scope of the First Division.
The cabin door closed, the yacht took off, gradually moving away from the "New Hope" space station where it had been moored.
This was Apollo's "homeland", the location of its headquarters.
The "New Hope" space station was enormous, with a diameter of 5 kilometers and a volume of 12 cubic kilometers. From a distance, it looked like a giant disk-shaped space city, with a large number of docks extending from the outer ring. Merchant ships came and went like weaving shuttles, and a large number of colorful holographic advertisements further deepened travelers' impression of the prosperity of this isolated commercial port city.
It was originally connected to the mother planet below by a space elevator, at a height of 40,000 kilometers above the ground, but the elevator and the planet were completely destroyed during the apocalypse. The radiation on the surface was extremely severe, making all automated equipment unusable.
Therefore, no one ever thought about repairing the space elevator or redeveloping the planet.
The survivors spent several generations repairing the space station, and then, relying on its excellent stellar sector location and port infrastructure, they made trade more and more prosperous, and various private companies and institutions opened up more and more. Apollo was one of them.
Currently, the permanent population of "New Hope" is 3.3 million, which is considered thriving, and unlike other human settlements, the public security is surprisingly quite good. Sometimes, not a single person dies from murder for an entire day, which is astonishing.
"It's a desirable place, if only I didn't have to deal with that difficult woman..."
Omar took one last look at the bustling space city, then turned to his assistant opposite him.
"Is the situation on Li Star sorted out?"
That was his destination for this trip.
"It's sorted out, please take a look."
Omar took the data pad, looked at it for a while, frowned, and then casually issued a command.
"Contact them over there, begin military action, and clear them out as quickly as possible. Also, reinforce from nearby star systems, at least 30 fighter jets."
"Ah?"
The assistant was very surprised.
"But they... should just be a group of primitives who luckily picked up some technology."
"No, I don't think so." A cold light was projected in Omar's sunken eyes. "Look here, a month ago, Red Iron Town received aid from the outside. Raiders who picked up technology wouldn't do this kind of thing."
"But... regardless of who they are, it is indeed possible that these people have obtained weapons of mass destruction. If we use force and the other side fights to the death, it might not be worth the loss."
"It's not a loss, it's completely worth it."
"Why?" The assistant didn't understand.
"Because the other side has already shown the characteristic that Apollo fears the most, which is the nascent signs of civilization spontaneously forming. If they just purely worship power, then no matter how rude or how Barbarian they are, I wouldn't even bother to look at them, but..."
Omar tapped the screen forcefully with his fingertip.
"This won't do now!"
"I understand..."
The assistant knew that this was indeed a rule set by Apollo's internal policy, to extinguish every spark that might grow into a competitor.
Civilized nations are more terrifying than Barbarian tribes.
"Then according to your instructions..."
"Gradual aerial reconnaissance, harassment, and approach. As soon as the location of the enemy stronghold can be determined, immediately summon the aircraft fleet and launch hypersonic nuclear missiles simultaneously from multiple directions."
"What if the other side launches a nuclear counterattack?"
"Don't worry, those guys don't have nuclear warheads. I've seen through that." Omar smiled. "This is a judgment based on experience!"
............
Waking up the next day, Lu Yuan found that he had completed an achievement.
【Achievement Achieved: Jump, Melt into the Blue Sky! Successfully executed an airborne operation, gained 5 Exchange Points】
Not bad.
He breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that the two generals he had sent out had at least settled down in Oasis City.
As the morning sun rose, a fulfilling day began again in the camp.
Recently, what players were most concerned about was how to spend the activity honor points they had on hand.
Guo Li Cheng directly exchanged the dark red power armor she had worn before, and also added some accessories to make up for the lack of long-range attack power.
Chang Kong and two other pilot players pooled 3600 honor points and exchanged them for a "hummingbird" reconnaissance aircraft and matching smart missiles, which were undergoing final assembly on the production line.
Among the remaining people, some customized their favorite "Ghost Fire All-Terrain Vehicles", which were equipped with various exaggerated aerodynamic kits, and some customized the Gatling machine guns that were the standard equipment for tough guys.
The rest were still holding cash and waiting, unable to make up their minds.
"Good Man Group opening! Only one spot left, we'll set off when we're full. Ma Lou is leading the team, trustworthy. Need someone with good marksmanship!"
Today was Saturday in reality, and some people were already organizing activities in broad daylight.
Mi Mang De Da Chui: "Asking for clarification, what is a Good Man Group?"
Coffee Cat: "It's a group that only fights Raiders, not Mechanical Desert Spiders. Those people with better skills think it's most interesting to drive around killing people."
Wo Yao Chi Dan Ta: "(✧◡✧) Got the Good Man itch! Looking for a group, I'm a sniper!"
Lu Yuan nodded with satisfaction as he watched the young players full of energy, and walked into the cafeteria.
Today's morning chef was See You On The Rooftop After School. The ground vine taro cakes and Desert Spider meat patties he made tasted quite good.
【Serve as Chef】 is the daily mission with the highest experience points for players, bar none, after all, food is the people's paramount concern.
Therefore, players who can cook in the real world are very happy to show off their cooking skills in the game, and often have to rush to take on this mission. The quick get it, the slow don't.
"Good morning, Executive Officer, this is the current construction progress of the camp, please take a look."
While eating breakfast, the Butler robot, wearing an old-fashioned black and white uniform, walked over with a straight back and handed the pad to Lu Yuan.
Quite impressive.
Honestly, with this AI, he finally felt a bit like a boss.
Before, Lu Yuan had to sit in front of the computer for long periods every day, arranging tasks for each player, tallying their experience, and pretending that there was a built-in system doing all this work so he wasn't tired at all.
He was more like a beast of burden than a beast of burden!
He savored the Desert Spider meat patties and looked at the report made by the Butler.
【Current Total Population: 26】
【Main Camp Power Supply: 142%, Sufficient】
【Main Camp Water Resource Supply: 951%, Abundant】
【Main Camp Food Reserve: 330 days; the first batch of soil-less rice will mature in 10 days, at which point the food reserve can be increased to 815 days, greatly exceeding the safety baseline】
【Suggestion: In the next two weeks, increase the population to around 120, and use 60% of the grain to feed livestock and make side dishes to increase employee happiness】
Hmm, seconded.
Lu Yuan approved the Butler robot's suggestion and continued reading.
【Red Iron Town Sub-base, Construction Progress: 100%, Completed】
【Underground Dungeon Progression, Area A, 100%, Cleared; Areas B and C, progression equivalent to 23% and 9% of Area A respectively, dungeon defense mechanisms not yet triggered】
【New dungeon area D found deeper underground, not yet started clearing】
【Completely clearing this dungeon cluster will recover at least 5 multi-functional production lines, as well as a large amount of supplies, the cost-effectiveness is extremely high】
【Suggestion: Appropriately increase dungeon experience points to attract players】
This suggestion also made sense.
Recently, there were quite a few players who got the Good Man itch. Although clearing Raider camps is beneficial for ensuring surrounding safety and is worth encouraging, it is also true that the underground dungeons have been somewhat neglected. It's time for a wave of incentives.
Continue reading.
【Red Iron Town Power Supply: 76%, Cold Fusion Nuclear Battery received, will be depleted in 14 months】
【Water Resource Supply: 35%, Shortage】
【Scrap Steel and Aluminum Reserve: 5300 tons, Abundant】
【Overall Production Capacity: 27%, Low】
【Food Reserve: 27 days; the first batch of soil-less rice will mature in 10 days, at which point the food reserve will increase by 7 days, becoming 24 days】
【Solution: Gradually increase the yield of the hydroponic farm from one mu per week to four mu per week, and build a freshwater circulation purification system within two weeks】
【Feasibility Report: With sufficient employees and resources, Cangyuan's productivity doubles weekly. This plan will occupy 87% of the remaining production capacity in the next four weeks, thus severely affecting the accumulation speed of weapons and equipment."
This won't do...
With Apollo as an opponent, not only can weapon production not stop, it must be accelerated significantly.