Commanders Heber and Krent knew that the empire would send surveillance troops, but they were not surprised and remained indifferent.

Tarrokov pointed on the star map and explained the precautions, and everyone listened silently.

After Tarrokov finished speaking, Commander Krent suddenly asked:

"We all understand what you said. I want to ask another thing. Our Broken Star Ring allies are the first advance team to participate in the exploration, and the empire will arrange for allies from other star regions to join in the future, so the next batch will participate in the exploration.

When will our allies arrive?"

The star field is too vast. Even though they seem to have a large number of people, thrown into a star field, they are just a wave in the sea, very small. With just these people, they will not know where to go after exploring the Glittering World.

The year of the monkey is the year of the horse, so the empire will devote more manpower to open up wasteland in the future, and the empire’s allies who will come later will be both partners and new competitors.

What Krent cares about is when the next batch of competitors will arrive and how much lead he has.

Tarrokov smiled.

"This depends on the arrangements of the empire's high-level officials, the progress of the gathering of allied forces, and the progress of our exploration. I have not received notification of the specific time. Let me estimate that the empire will dispatch the next batch of exploration teams at least half a year later. Before that,

The empire depends on you, and if the exploration progress is satisfactory, the empire will not be stingy with rewards."

A few people nodded. If the exploration goes well and the results exceed expectations, they will all take credit. The empire will take over the majority of the resources, so they will be given additional rewards based on the results of land reclamation. This is the focus of the competition between the two sides.

Whoever opens up wasteland more smoothly and has a richer harvest will have greater credit.

Tarrokov paused and asked: "Everyone has chosen the star cluster to explore. From what direction are you going to enter?"

The star cluster is vast and can be divided into dozens of galaxies, all of which are explored from the edge to the center.

The border is extremely long, so the direction of entry is very important. If you start exploring from a barren area and waste a lot of time without discovering many resources, you will suffer a big loss.

The exploration team's reference materials are only semi-finished star maps from astronomical observations. At best, they avoid the obviously deserted cosmic belt where planets are sparsely distributed, but the resource level of each planet is unknown.

Although Tarrokov only asked now, several people had already analyzed it in private and had plans.

Heboar and Krent are in the same group. They are preparing to divide their troops into twenty-three troops and enter a selected galaxy from the twenty-three positions. The troops are not too far apart from each other and are arranged in a comb shape. They are preparing to make twenty-three troops.

The troops move forward together, respond to each other, gradually converge at a certain point, establish a large transit point, and then continue to split up and explore, trying not to let the exploration scope of each troop overlap.

Han Xiao on the side listened to Commander Krent's plan and nodded silently.

Heboar made a good choice. The first area he explored was called the Geraldn Galaxy. In its previous life, it was a quite fertile galaxy in the Renault Star Cluster, and it was indeed rich in resources.

If the star map of Glittering World is flattened and connected with the explored universe, then the Morning Star Cluster is located at the westernmost end of Glittering World, and the three adjacent star clusters from north to south are Gaolu, Renoir, Crown Ring, and Renoir.

Sandwiched in the middle, the geographical location is advantageous, and the Geraldon galaxy that Heber and Krent first explored was the border galaxy to the southwest of Renoir.

Tarrokov nodded and turned to look at Han Xiao, "What about you?"

Han Xiao pointed at the southernmost border galaxy of the Gaolu Star Cluster, and then drew a line upwards, drawing a route that ran through more than a dozen galaxies, connecting the southernmost and easternmost parts of the Gaolu Star Cluster.

"What do you mean?" Tarrokov was surprised.

"Okay." Han Xiao smiled mysteriously and said casually: "I asked the large forces to explore the southernmost border system, and at the same time sent a task force to advance with the star gate equipment. Only the star gate was erected along the way.

Don’t stop the rest of the time, first build a star gate route to connect these dozen galaxies.”

"Do you want to build long-distance transportation routes first?" Tarrokov raised his eyebrows.

"More than that, whenever the task force connects to the next galaxy, I will continue to divide the troops and send manpower to explore other galaxies." Han Xiao shrugged, his expression unchanged.

Tarrokov frowned slightly when he heard this, and Commander Heboar and Krent also looked at each other, somewhat speechless.

In their eyes, the problem with the Black Star Exploration Plan is too obvious, that is, there is not enough manpower.

With such a small number of people, it takes a lot of time to explore a galaxy. Black Star wants to explore more than a dozen galaxies together. Can the manpower be used? The appetite is too big, and it has exceeded the upper limit of capabilities.

It would be a good thing for the empire to build a long-distance transportation artery first. Tarrokov had no objection to this, but it was not in the interest of the empire's allies, so Han Xiao's decision was beyond his expectation.

Because this is not about staking a claim, rushing to connect more than a dozen galaxies, and there is no point in exploring it all by yourself. Since the exploration efficiency is limited, then the long-distance star gate passages that waste manpower and set up will serve as wedding clothes for those who come after, because the empire is here

Here, it is impossible to occupy the passage without lending it to other allies, so it will make it easier for later forces to go to other galaxies to compete with themselves, which will do more harm than good to the forerunners.

Krent and War Realm prefer to play it slow and explore one of the galaxies first before moving on to the next area. In contrast, they are exploring in a range manner, while Han Xiao's side is exploring in a linear manner.

In order to balance the interests among allies, the empire's plan is also advancing gradually, slowly exploring the past, and is not planning to immediately lay a complete stargate transportation network in unexplored areas. Because astronomical observations have already given them a semi-finished star map, they do not lack the overall map.

The focus is on field exploration and data improvement, so the first phase of exploration targets only the three areas bordering the Morning Star Cluster to build a bridgehead.

In the process of slowly exploring, the exploration team has been setting up star gates, so long-distance star gate passages will appear naturally, and there is no need to send people to build them.

Then the Black Star Legion's move is a waste of its own resources and time, achieving twice the result with half the effort, which makes Tarrokov, Heber, Commander Krent and others very puzzled.

"Do you want to reconsider?" Tarrokov asked kindly.

Han Xiao waved his hand and smiled.

"No need, I like to try my luck. Maybe I can discover some fertile resource planets in advance."

Seeing that Black Star insisted on going his own way, Commander Krent looked on with cold eyes and sneered in his heart.

This kind of exploration plan that has not been carefully considered will definitely not go smoothly. They will probably be able to defeat the Black Star Legion this time and shine in front of the empire, eclipsing the Black Star.

"Okay." Tarrokov stopped trying to persuade him.

No matter what posture the allies use to explore, the empire has nothing to lose anyway. After all, the entire star field belongs to them. The only loss is the Black Star Legion's own interests. Since Black Star doesn't care, he doesn't care.

Han Xiao had a smile on his face, making it difficult for others to see through his thoughts.

In fact, this seemingly quick and easy exploration plan is in his best interests.

Why Su Yi said before that the forces that choose to explore the Gaolu Star Cluster are the least? It is precisely because there are obvious barren cosmic zones in the southern galaxies of the Gaolu Star Cluster, and the resources are not abundant. If he followed Heber and others, he would only

The results of exploring a border system are obvious, and you will definitely get little credit.

He adopted this exploration plan in order to be the first to develop those famous and fertile planets in his memory.

On this transportation route from the south to the east of the Gaolu star cluster, there are several galaxies that were very prosperous areas in the past life. There were many famous planets in the past life and were rich in resources. Only he knows about them now.

After the exploration line is lengthened, the empire's surveillance forces are likely to become disconnected, which will give them room for maneuver.

Han Xiao will not give up such a good opportunity.

If the Black Star Legion advances slowly, they will pick sesame seeds and lose the watermelon. They will enter the treasure mountain and return empty-handed, seducing a beautiful woman but not taking care of her!

Just one word, loss!

The second purpose is to create a cover-up.

Han Xiao hopes to head to the eastern part of the Gaolu Star Cluster as soon as possible without being abrupt.

Because the unowned cosmic treasure of the Shining World in his memory is located in another star cluster bordering the eastern part of the Gaolu Star Cluster!

Only by establishing this star gate line can you obtain the unowned cosmic treasure as soon as possible!

Tarrokov turned off the star map and said in a deep voice: "Then the matter is settled. You will stay here for two days. I will mobilize the troops to join your team and hand over the exploration equipment such as star gates and buoys.

Here you go, we will officially set off in two days."

"good."

Commander Krent responded.

Han Xiao and Heboar nodded and did not speak.

Everyone stood up and left the conference room.

After walking out of the door, Han Xiao and Heboar looked at each other, as if they were stabbing each other, causing sparks to collide. Then they turned their heads and left with the cadres in the opposite direction.

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"Tell me, what exactly does Black Star think?"

Heber and Krent were walking together. On the way, a pioneer officer couldn't help but ask the chief of staff beside him, Joad.

"What do you want to say?" Joad glanced at him.

"Don't we still know what Black Star is like? He is cunning, cunning, and scheming. He is not someone who is willing to suffer losses at all. He knows that there is no benefit in establishing a long-distance star gate channel first. He must have other intentions in doing so."

When Qiao De heard this, his eyes flickered, "Indeed, Black Star's decision-making is weird..."

"Chief of Staff, what do you think his purpose is?"

People around him pricked up their ears and listened quietly.

"I'm not Black Star." Qiao De was helpless, "The only thing I can think of is that Black Star is unwilling to explore the barren border galaxies of the Gaolu Star Cluster, but there is no need to waste time crossing a dozen galaxies at once.

I can't think of any other reasons...maybe his appetite is too big, or he really wants to try his luck?"

"Could he be trying to seize the planet that will serve as a transportation chokepoint in the future?"

"Think too much. The empire will not allow one power to control too many strategic locations."

Since Glittering World is an undeveloped new star field, everyone subconsciously presets the condition that no one knows the specific situation of Glittering World, so basically no one can guess Han Xiao's motives.

Commander Krent's eyes flashed, and he quickly approached Heboar and whispered: "Your Excellency Tyrant, do you think we should..."

"Just say it if you have anything to say, don't let me guess." Heboar didn't look away.

"...Should we send someone secretly to the Gaolu Star Cluster to monitor the Black Star's movements?"

"What's the point?" Heboar glanced down, glanced at him, and asked, "How dare you interfere with the exploration work in front of the empire?"

Commander Krent was stunned for a moment, then thought about it carefully and felt shocked.

Exploring the Glittering World is an important strategic goal of the empire, so even if they know what the Black Star Legion is doing, they cannot interfere. If they hinder the progress of the exploration for personal gain, the empire will not be lenient and will definitely kill the chickens and scare other allied forces that will participate in the exploration in the future.

Let's see what happens if you dare to disrupt the empire's strategy.

Thinking of this, Commander Krent stepped away and stopped mentioning the matter, his eyes flickering.

It seems that if you want to overwhelm the Black Star Legion, you can only compare the results of land reclamation between the two sides and compete openly.
Chapter completed!