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As the only existence in this star field second only to the Cygnus civilization, the cruising fleet has neither been threatened nor encountered any challenges.

It is precisely because of their long-term strength that they are conceited and arrogant.

"There are already enough civilizations in the cruising fleet. There is no need to add any more civilizations." The captain of the flagship said to the deputy captain beside him as he looked at the approaching Kuiper Belt on the screen.

The vice-captain of the flagship fluttered his not-so-long wings and said, "It's really not necessary."

"Instead of adding more primitive civilizations, it is better to further expand the living space of existing civilizations. Our living space has not been expanded for more than five hundred years."

As soon as these words came out, the focus of what the two people were talking about gradually emerged.

It is not that they reject the participation of primitive civilization, but they are dissatisfied with the existing living space. Although their Dalal civilization is already the fourth largest civilization in the cruising fleet, intelligent creatures will never be easily satisfied. They need to continue to gain in order to get the satisfaction of their original desires.

But now, after hundreds of years of stagnation, they are obviously not satisfied.

"If we can fund it ourselves."

When the deputy captain wanted to continue speaking, the captain who was standing calmly suddenly turned his head and glared at his deputy, "Be careful what you say."

"Well" at this time, the vice-captain of the flagship realized that the direction they were discussing had deviated too far and had touched upon the taboos of cruising fleets.

Resources, for affiliated civilizations such as the cruising fleet, are definitely close at hand, but they are absolutely not allowed to touch them.

Even the Kasakuk civilization has never crossed this red line.

Because they know that once they cross the red line, they will be struck by the thunder of the Cygnus civilization. Even if they are ranked as the fourth civilization, even if they have a population of hundreds of billions, they disappear from this universe in just a blink of an eye.

No civilization dares to challenge the authority of the Cygnus civilization. Even if all the affiliated civilizations were put together, they would not dare.

Just like the advance fleet at this time, their weapon systems are completely controlled by the Cygnus AI warship. As long as that ship wants to attack the flagship, the other 99 ships will turn on their weapon systems at the same time and destroy their ship. The flagship was blasted to the point where not even a scrap was left.

"Stop discussing these things." After the captain of the flagship stopped his deputy, he softened his tone and continued, "As before, make preparations for the relocation, especially the location selection of the star gate. Start now. Bar."

"OK."

After the conversation just now, the deputy captain seemed to be much more honest. After the captain finished speaking, he walked towards his own area and began to search for the most suitable area for star gate construction in the outer reaches of the solar system.

Stargate is the highest level of technology for the cruising fleet, but it is also the most basic and commonly used technology.

Since the weapons of the cruising fleet have been at an absolute advantage over other civilizations from the beginning, the cruising fleet has no sense of urgency when it comes to weapon development.

Compared with weapon systems, the cruising fleet and Cygnus civilization have extremely urgent needs for interstellar jumps.

In order to complete the Cygnus civilization's plan to incorporate the primitive civilization, the cruising fleet has squadrons sailing between the two cantilevers all year round.

It is precisely because of the need for long-distance interstellar jumps that Stargate has been optimized. It is precisely because of this continuous optimization that the coverage of the cruising fleet has been expanded to this corner of the Orion cantilever.

In fact, in the heart of the flagship captain, he still felt that the Blue Star civilization was quite lucky. Just after leaving the home star, he was greeted by the advance fleet and entered the interstellar era directly.

You must know that it was more than two hundred years after their civilization was replaced by the Kasakuk civilization in the cruising fleet. Despite more than two hundred years of progress, they are still unable to carry out a colonization mission on another planet in the same system.

"You are very lucky to be able to jump into the cruising fleet and directly enter the interstellar era." The captain called up the third planet in the solar system, Blue Star, and looked at the blue planet and said.

"It seems that our home planet is also blue and green?" When the captain looked at the blue star in trance, he suddenly thought of his home star that he had never seen before.

At the same time, in the asteroid belt, Luo Xiu was floating out of the Xia Yu-class spacecraft and headed for the largest star port in the asteroid belt.

Although the resources in the asteroid belt are scattered, they are easier to mine and utilize than on planets.

What's more important is that the material of each asteroid is relatively single, and engines can be directly installed and thrown into the smelting area.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Shangtang-class test ship is waiting at the berthing point."

Before Luo Xiu arrived at the star port, the sound of the base control system had already sounded in advance.

Just as the base control system said, Luo Xiu came here precisely for the Shangtang-class battleship that had just rolled off the assembly line.

Although it is only a test ship, it is also of great epoch-making significance for Luo Xiu's fleet.

If the Xia Yu -class battleships can only rely on wolf pack tactics against the advance fleet and use numbers to tear apart the armor of the advance fleet battleships, then the Shangtang -class battleships have the power to fight head-on.

Although this force is still weaker in comparison, the quality gap between the dual-reverse warships is not particularly large.

"How fast can it go now?"

Just when Luo Xiu was about to arrive at the docking point, he stared at the super giant ship in the distance that was almost eight kilometers in length, and asked the base control system.

"Two percent of the speed of light."

"Two percent." Hearing this number, Luo Xiu frowned slightly. Compared with the opponent's speed of 13% of the speed of light, this speed was simply not enough.

Although the two sides are already at the same level of battleships, the gap is still not small.

However, during the previous planning, the design speed of the Shangtang-class battleship should be about 6% of the speed of light. At this speed, the Shangtang-class battleship has been able to get rid of most of the opponent's weapon attacks.

However, due to the early arrival of the detection wave, Luo Xiu had to take the Shangtang-class warship off the assembly line in advance, which also caused its speed to be greatly reduced and unable to be tested in the design state.

"When will it reach six percent the speed of light?"

Although Luo Xiu could only use warships at 2% of the speed of light at this time, it did not hinder his vision for the future. After all, this warship will not remain unchanged after it is produced. As it continues to be produced and rolled off the production line, it will continue to be optimized until it reaches the design state.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the first batch of Shangtang-class battleships can reach at most three percent of the speed of light. If you need a Shangtang-class battleship of six percent of the speed of light, you can only wait for the third batch of optimized battleships."

The base control system answered after Luo Xiu asked the question.

"The third batch?" Regarding this time, Luo Xiu wondered whether this batch of warships could still catch up when the battle started.

After all, the opponent is about to enter the Kuiper Belt, and time is running out.

"Then step up the development." Luo Xiu said, and he had already floated in front of the Shangtang-class test ship.