Chapter 761 - 235: 700,000 Light-Year Indestructible Projection, The Difference Between Subspace and Reality! Encounter with the Ten Thousand Races’ Celestial Pride
Chapter 761: Chapter 235: 700,000 Light-Year Indestructible Projection, The Difference Between Subspace and Reality! Encounter with the Ten Thousand Races’ Celestial Pride
"Yeah, that’s still a long way off."
When the conversation turned to official business, Caesar immediately dropped his casual demeanor and grew serious.
"The Alliance’s current situation is a mixed bag, you could say.
On the bright side, over the past decade, the Alliance’s overall strength has experienced an explosive surge.
The amount of resources brought by the Machine Souls was simply immense. Many Martial Artists who were originally stuck at the peak of the Infinite Sea took this opportunity to successfully construct their Indestructible Projections and advance to the Constant Star-level.
The number of Constant Star-level Powerhouses in our Alliance has now surpassed ten thousand!"
"As for top-tier Celestial Pride like Cang and Flame Crow, their progress has been even more obvious. The scale of their Indestructible Projections has now generally reached the level of tens of thousands of light-years."
"But the bad news is..."
Caesar’s expression grew grim again. "The Mechanical Race in our two hundred-plus peripheral star systems have been developing for a full ten years... I just conducted a long-range scan with my Mental Power, and the situation is not looking good.
Almost every single star system within our Alliance’s territory is now occupied by the Mechanical Race."
"Moreover, I’ve discovered a very significant phenomenon..."
"And that is: the Mechanical Race will engage in infighting!"
"When the Mechanical Race in one star system has devoured all of that system’s resources, it will actively wage war on an adjacent star system occupied by another group of the Mechanical Race!
They will kill their opponents, destroy their Machine Soul Cores, and then take over all of their mechanical creations..."
When Caesar revealed the shocking intelligence that the Mechanical Race would engage in infighting, a sharp glint of light flashed through Qin Feng’s otherwise placid eyes.
In less than a second, he understood the crucial implications this phenomenon held for their Alliance.
"You mean, if we continue to delay and let these Mechanical Race factions occupying our territory fight amongst themselves first, the total number of Machine Soul Cores we can ultimately obtain will be drastically reduced?!"
"Exactly."
Caesar’s expression was incredibly grave. He nodded and said in a low voice, "And... I just went through all the public intelligence on the main warzone forums. The competition’s Jade Token clearly states that a total of ten of the ’Ten Thousand Races’ Celestial Pride’ were deployed.
But so far, only eight have made public appearances and registered kills across the various warzones."
"Of the two who have yet to show themselves, I highly suspect one of them is a Celestial Pride from the Mechanical Race.
It’s just been hiding itself perfectly within the endless mechanical army, secretly accumulating power and waiting for the right moment."
A chill ran down Qin Feng’s spine.
’That guess is both logical and highly probable.’
If a Mechanical Race Celestial Pride truly existed, its development speed and potential would be far beyond that of the ordinary Constant Star-level Mechanical Race units they had encountered before.
Once it created a massive army of mechanical constructs, it would be an absolute nightmare for every participant in the entire warzone!
"Looks like we have to pick up the pace."
Qin Feng’s voice also grew heavy.
"Right."
Caesar had clearly thought of this as well, and he quickly brought the conversation back to the strategic deployment at hand.
"I’ve revised the operational plan for what comes next.
My proposal is to treat every five star systems as a single combat unit. We’ll concentrate our superior forces and advance piece by piece.
Considering the Alliance’s current manpower and high-end Combat Power, if we want to balance our win rate with our cleanup efficiency, this scale of battle is our best option."
"Agreed."
Qin Feng nodded without hesitation. "You’re the expert when it comes to military command. You make the arrangements."
Qin Feng had one hundred percent trust in Caesar’s strategic abilities.
"Good."
After receiving Qin Feng’s approval, a flicker of confidence appeared in Caesar’s eyes.
He pulled up a star chart and, pointing at the dense cluster of light dots on it, began his strategic simulation.
"By my calculations, I’ll need about five hundred more Constant Star-level Machine Soul Cores of decent quality. That should be enough to shape my Indestructible Projection to a scale of ten million light-years, meeting the standard for the foundation of the legendary ’Eternal Singularity’.
The nearly three hundred remaining star systems in our Alliance’s territory are more than enough.
Even by a conservative estimate, each star system must be occupied by at least sixty or seventy Mechanical Race powerhouses whose strength far exceeds that of a newly-ascended Constant Star-level."
"On my end, I’ll need about three hundred Machine Soul Cores."
Qin Feng stated his own number.
"That damned Ten-Complete Hand."
Hearing the starkly contrasting numbers, Caesar couldn’t help but grumble again.
They were both top-tier Constant Star-level Martial Artists with the same grand objective. But just because Qin Feng had that ridiculously effective Supreme Nourishing Technique, the Ten-Complete Hand, his efficiency and speed at absorbing resources far surpassed anyone else’s.
This meant that on the path to the peak, he needed to consume far fewer resources than any other Martial Artist.
"My Nourishing Technique may be powerful, but my pure Combat Power isn’t necessarily superior."
Qin Feng looked at Caesar, smiled, and said pointedly, "If you were to completely unleash your Blood Angels Chapter’s ’Black Rage’ state, regardless of the cost... I might not be your match then."