Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1376: Chapter 520: Scheming on Their Own

Perhaps it was the universe’s favor, Zheng Tian’s lifespan was significantly longer than that of ordinary imperial humans.

Another full six months passed, Zheng Tian finally completed the entire strategic military treatise. After Ren Zhong personally reviewed and made numerous revisions, it was circulated among the military and academic departments. With everyone’s collective effort to patch up gaps and refine the wording, the final draft was completed.

Although by this time Zheng Tian had aged to the point where it was difficult to get out of bed, and his speech was weak, his mind was surprisingly still clear, with still a breath of life remaining.

Just as Zheng Tian had said back then, he would hold onto the last breath and enter cryogenic sleep, waiting for his old friends like Chen Hanyu and Wen Lei. He succeeded and became the first person born on Source Star to have a physiological lifespan exceeding eighty years. Zheng Tian’s longevity inspired many people.

After Zheng Tian entered cryogenic sleep, Ren Zhong personally arranged for elite members of the Expeditionary Army to escort, ensuring Zheng Tian’s cryosleep chamber was transported from the Shattered Star Ring back to Red Blade Star.

With this matter resolved, Ren Zhong shifted his focus to the governance of Red Blade Star.

Although he now led an increasingly mature and large administrative team to ease his burdens, and Sun Ai, the Super Network Node with personality, also became more proficient, he still habitually kept all affairs within his line of sight, continually ingesting information.

After half a year of diligent development, significant changes occurred on Red Blade Star.

Although the majority of merchant ships from multiple factions were still en route, and not many supplies had arrived at Red Blade Star in a short period, and most of Red Blade Star’s outbound ships were still on their way, not yet reaching their destinations, the new circumstances allowed Red Blade Star to recklessly unveil and utilize the numerous resources accumulated by the Expeditionary Army over the years.

Red Blade Star’s surface environment changed daily, with the number of surrounding space stations and satellites increasing. Even large space shipyards had two more built, with eight still under construction, and the space elevator had also begun construction.

As Red Blade Star revealed more resources, the Nanxiang Military and Political Center scored Red Blade Star’s development index according to imperial regulations, which steadily increased.

According to imperial law, all commercial activities between Red Blade Star and various forces must be reported to the Nanxiang Military and Political Center for tax payment.

The profit from every large order sold by Red Blade Star was reflected in the development index, making Red Blade Star’s financial status completely transparent.

Especially that invisible coating, a proprietary patented product of Red Blade Star, priced at astronomical figures, with its profits outrageously high, yet it sold effortlessly.

No matter how expensive it was, with the Expeditionary Army’s record of sweeping through the Shattered Star Ring clearly evident, who would not be tempted?

Although the Red Peak Commerce Department stated clearly that the sold technology would definitely not reach the level of the Red Peak Fleet’s own technology, with only a 5% improvement in camouflage ability, various forces were still irresistibly drawn to it.

The wars between the Mechanical Empire and the other Three Kingdoms never ceased, and the nobles of the Nanxiang Star Cluster could be summoned to the battlefield at any moment. On the front line, the 5% additional invisibility capability brought more than a 5% increase in combat and survival capability.

What others don’t have, I have. Within a certain range, when other fleets are clearly seen by the enemy’s radar, my fleet still remains hidden, not included in the enemy’s strategic plan. If a real fight breaks out, my chance of survival significantly increases, and there might be an opportunity to decisively influence the battlefield and rise to prominence.

Even the second-tier forces within the Nanxiang Star Cluster, including Nanxiang Marquis Liu An, were drooling after witnessing its power and instructed their subordinate forces to place offers with the Red Peak Commerce Department for purchase.

However, Ren Zhong already anticipated Liu An’s move and made it clear in the sales contract that obtaining the products was one thing, but applying the coating on the ships wasn’t as simple as merely spraying it on. Technical means were needed for the final modification process of the coating, a skill held tightly by Red Blade Star and not outsourced. Therefore, although the coating was sold, its final application on the ships required Red Blade Star’s dispatched technicians to complete it by hand.

A technical team accompanied every ship transporting the coating.

Furthermore, when signing the purchase and sales contracts, the Red Peak Commerce Department required the submission of ship hull numbers, specifying the use must be exclusive and forbade reselling.

Even for repair backups, the amount could not exceed much.

Liu An can have his subordinate forces buy extra coating, but each subsidiary could only acquire a small amount, not much more beyond. With the military strength and might of Nanxiang’s Earldom, dreaming of enough material to retrofit the entire fleet of Nanxiang’s Earldom was pure fantasy, even if all subordinate forces placed additional orders, it would be of no avail.