Rebirth of the Super Battleship

After settling on this strategy, Xiao Yu completely set the matter aside, deciding not to concern himself with it again until three hundred years later. For now, all his attention was focused on the various construction projects.

They were currently in the technology analysis phase. Over one hundred species' scientists were sharing the research workload for Xiao Yu, so the burden on him was not yet too heavy. However, once the comprehensive construction phase began, the pressure on Xiao Yu would become enormous. This construction effort would be more demanding than any previous era of large-scale building.

There were already over ten Nation-Class ships waiting for Xiao Yu to build, and these were just the combat-type Nation-Class vessels. To accommodate the growing numbers of intelligent lifeforms, Xiao Yu would also have to construct an even larger number of residential Nation-Class ships.

According to Xiao Yu's calculations, in three hundred years, the population of intelligent beings on this planet would quadruple, reaching forty billion. To carry so many, Xiao Yu would have to construct at least fifty supermassive residential Nation-Class ships. Even this was a conservative estimate, if only fifty were built, there would be no way to guarantee comfort for the residents. Moreover, with plentiful resources, the population would continue to expand rapidly. Therefore, Xiao Yu planned to build one hundred residential Nation-Class ships.

These one hundred residential Nation-Class ships could never match combat ships in terms of maneuverability and firepower. So, to protect these most precious assets, Xiao Yu also needed to build countless Province-Class, City-Class, County-Class, and even Village-Class escort ships, as well as various large material transport vessels. Such a massive construction mission was a first for him.

In fact, in Xiao Yu's overall plan, the number of combat ships would eventually reach two million, a conservative figure that could well increase during actual construction.

Three hundred years sounded like a long time, but compared to the scale of the task, it was truly not much. Xiao Yu would have to make the most of every minute and every second to even have a chance of completing it in time.

Confronted by this monumental project, Xiao Yu couldn't help but contemplate another development path: to change the current trajectory of interstellar wandering and instead establish a fixed planetary base somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Undeniably, a planet's carrying capacity far surpassed that of ships. With elemental decay technology as an energy source and proper planning, an Earth-sized planet, relying on no external resources, could comfortably sustain at least two hundred billion inhabitants.

The reason was simple: safety. Xiao Yu never forgot that although he was now a Level 5 Civilization and counted as an upper-tier presence in the galaxy, most of his enemies and potential enemies were still stronger than he was. Such a development model would make it difficult to relocate or flee, and could very likely result in his entire civilization being wiped out in a single strike.

"When I reach the stage of a Level 6 Civilization, perhaps then I can consider this path. Yes, I could learn from the development model of the Guardian Civilization. The Guardian Civilization managed to entangle with the Sweeper Civilization for nearly one hundred million years in the Milky Way Galaxy without ever being exterminated. They must have their own unique concealment methods. I remember the Taihao Civilization once told me that even they had to admire the Guardian Civilization's stealth. For now, I don't have their technological level, so it's better to keep wandering. Troublesome, but ultimately safer."

With this thought, Xiao Yu devoted all his mind to the enormous construction project.

But in front of him loomed an extremely serious obstacle.

Xiao Yu's computational power was once again proving insufficient.

However, this problem was not too serious. Back when the Specter elder was still sheltering Xiao Yu, he had already devised a new computer architecture plan. At the time, to save time, he hadn't carried out the corresponding research and calculations. Instead, he patched up the existing architecture and made do until now.

Now that he finally had a secure period of development, and the real situation was forcing him to once again improve his computational power, this matter was placed on the agenda.

"The computational modules of a Level 6 Civilization seem to use some kind of light-based technology. Their computers don't have physical components, but simply weave certain beams of light together, replacing physical components with light itself. Such computers must certainly be extremely energy-efficient and highly effective. Unfortunately, I don't have that technology yet. So, I'll just stick honestly to developing physical computers and focus on quantum computer research," Xiao Yu thought to himself.

He dispatched a portion of the construction robots and spent a month building a massive structure at the moon base.

Xiao Yu summoned all scientists specializing in computing to this base. Personally taking command, he led and coordinated them in the development of the new computer.

Meanwhile, in other areas, large space docks, negative matter cannons with stellar-cannon-level power output, all kinds of ultra-precise component foundries, and various large-scale laboratories, construction projects were launched simultaneously. Nearly fifteen thousand scientists had already been assembled under Xiao Yu's direction. All of them operated like clockwork, running tirelessly day and night.

At the same time, on this planet, the living patterns of the native intelligent beings underwent a complete transformation.

The arrival of hundreds of millions of multifunction robots thoroughly liberated them from all heavy mental and physical labor. Food factories, textile factories, and building material plants powered by elemental decay technology comprehensively resolved shortages in every aspect of clothing, food, shelter, and transport. Now, they no longer needed to work to be fed and clothed, and their material living conditions improved drastically.

Their entire way of life was fundamentally changed.

But of course, Xiao Yu did not intend to let them simply idle about. An excessively leisurely existence would breed a lazy social atmosphere, something Xiao Yu absolutely did not want to see.

Freed from labor, all of them were driven by Xiao Yu to receive scientific education. Those who studied well would be rewarded, while those who performed poorly would be punished. Xiao Yu had also found a very reasonable justification for this approach, a justification so simple that no one could refute it.

"Although I am protecting you, the perilous universe still requires you to have sufficient ability to protect yourselves. I have resolved all your resource problems so that you can free up your time to receive scientific education."

This explanation had been devised for Xiao Yu by Luka Two. In managing these native intelligent beings, Luka Two and the psychosocial scientists under its leadership had become Xiao Yu's full-fledged advisors.

This reasoning was accepted by all the natives, who felt endless gratitude toward Xiao Yu. Among them, conversations like this were common.

"The Great True God allows us to eat our fill, wear warm clothes, and live comfortably without having to labor. The Great True God has taken away all our worries. He has us study science for the sake of our own future. In these circumstances, what reason do we have not to study diligently?"

A fervent atmosphere of learning spread across the entire planet.

Drawing on the Earth era's weekly two-day rest system, Xiao Yu arranged a reasonable schedule of study and rest. But even on weekends, many refused to take a break. Every day, they clutched their study materials, self-learning relentlessly. When they encountered something they didn't understand, they would use the personal computer terminals Xiao Yu had issued to them to contact him directly and ask questions.

Xiao Yu also established an accompanying honor-reward system. Under these conditions, numerous 'study stars' emerged, so popular that their fame rivaled that of entertainment celebrities. Countless learning competitions and research contests sprang up one after another. Xiao Yu was thoroughly and profoundly transforming their way of life.

Of course, Xiao Yu was not doing this purely out of goodwill. There was one very important consideration, resource monopoly.

Xiao Yu quietly monopolized all their resource supplies, including food, transportation, clothing, housing, building materials, entertainment, and more, gradually stripping them of all these most basic capabilities.

Xiao Yu wanted them to grow accustomed to this lifestyle, to become used to receiving plentiful food and clothing without any labor, to living comfortably and contentedly without working. In this way, a certain phenomenon would inevitably occur.

If they ever left Xiao Yu, they would be completely unable to survive.

Once this habit truly took root, they would no longer be able to part from Xiao Yu. Even if Xiao Yu tried to drive them away, they wouldn't leave.

They would become beings with no ability to survive independently, knowing only science, practicing only science, possessing only scientific research capability, obedient tools contributing their efforts to Xiao Yu's technological development.

Xiao Yu knew this approach was highly effective.

He had already mastered it through long experience, and among the more than one hundred species now subordinate to him, it had achieved extremely obvious and deeply satisfying results.

Today, even if Xiao Yu tried to drive them away and grant them freedom, none of these intelligent beings from the hundred-plus species would go.

It was a truly frightening prospect, when things reached that point, it would mean their civilizations had become Xiao Yu's vassals in the fullest sense, losing all independence and autonomy, surviving only by relying on him.

But for now, they were utterly content in their situation. Not only did they feel no wariness toward Xiao Yu, they were instead full of gratitude, and their loyalty, in such circumstances, was steadily taking root.