163: Chapter 163 Expedition to Canglan

In these hundred years, Su Fan accumulated over 3 trillion influence points!

He didn't keep many of these influence points; most were exchanged for black technology.

The single largest expense was the exchange for class-c spaceship production lines.

20 production lines, at 99 billion influence points each, totaling nearly two trillion influence points!

Of course, the results were gratifying; in a hundred years, a total of over 2,000 kongming motherships were produced!

In the first hundred-year plan, the population plan, education plan, and territory plan were all completed.

By the year 2200, Xia Country already possessed a total of 53 habitable planets in surrounding star systems, with a large population relocated to these other planets to branch out.

These 53 terraformed habitable planets were almost the limit of Xia Country's expandable territory.

Xia Country did not expand much to the north, instead focusing its main efforts to the south.

In that direction, star systems were sparser, but the region belonged to neither the Canglan Empire nor the Black Dragon Empire—it was a lawless no man's land.

Since the last incident, the Canglan Empire's patrols of the Fourth Ring and Fifth Ring regions had gradually increased over the past century.

Perhaps they believed there were signs of another invasion from the Black Dragon Empire.

In reality, the culprit, Xia Country, was currently hunkered down in its home base, quietly developing and accumulating strength.

Within the first hundred-year plan, one important plan was unfortunately flawed: the technology plan encountered issues.

The independent development of the kongming mothership progressed slowly; even with Su Fan's involvement, the research progress only reached halfway after 100 years.

The path of independent scientific research is long and arduous!

Of course, aside from the kongming mothership, there were significant breakthroughs in other relatively simple Level 4 civilization technologies, with many technological products being developed, injecting powerful momentum into Xia Country's society.

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Kyoto City, Xia Country.

Today is October 1, 2200. On this special day, Xia Country's new journey is about to begin.

2,000 kongming motherships floated quietly in Blue Star's outer space, but no one dared to underestimate this force.

"The Canglan Empire, the current rulers of the Milky Way, occupy the most fertile regions of the galaxy. The number of life-bearing planets under their rule is vast and enviable!"

"Why can't these belong to our Xia Country!" Su Fan delivered a passionate speech from the tower of the Great Square.

Today was the general mobilization meeting before the expedition. Once the meeting concluded, the 2,000 kongming motherships would head straight for Canglan, marking the beginning of the era of conquest!

"There is some news I must share with everyone: our development has been forced to stagnate due to resource issues!"

"The resources in the surrounding areas have been completely depleted because of our ship construction and technological discoveries."

"We must wage war externally to continue our development!"

Su Fan's gaze was firm, his eyes radiating a terrifying killing intent!

"One hundred years ago, the Canglan Empire bullied our weak Xia Country. Our only kongming mothership was surrounded and destroyed in space by dozens of Canglan Empire ships!"

"Back then we were weak, and we were powerless to resist!"

"But now, we have the strength to fight back!"

"Why are we facing resource depletion?"

"Because we didn't dare to expand northward!"

"To the north lies the Canglan Empire, a region of the Milky Way rich in resources!"

"For the past hundred years, the Canglan Empire's ships have been constantly patrolling the borders, severely restricting our development!"

"Now, after enduring hardships and biding our time in the shadows for a century, it is time to draw our swords!"

Su Fan's impassioned speech was broadcast live to every household on Xia Country's 53 life-bearing planets, igniting the hearts of all 500 billion citizens!

"God Su is mighty! We must resist the Canglan Empire!"

"March to the center of the Milky Way and crush the Canglan Empire!"

"Set out! We, the sons and daughters of Xia Country, have never feared anyone. We have lain low for a hundred years just to draw our swords against Canglan today!"

"Ahhh! I feel my blood boiling! Let's get fired up!"

"I want to join the army and fight for my country!"

"Going to Canglan, a journey of a hundred thousand light-years is a long way... our Xia Country soldiers must take care of themselves!"

"Don't worry, the ones going are all Androids; none of them can die!"

"Victory! Victory! This expedition will surely be a victory!"

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The mobilization ceremony for the expedition to Canglan concluded, and the engines of the 2,000 kongming motherships ignited, quickly flying out of the Solar System.

Su Fan and the Great Elder's ship was hidden among the massive fleet, appearing unremarkable.

"Great Elder, going to Canglan, according to the original plan, we need to split our forces into two routes," Su Fan said seriously.

The expedition to the Canglan Empire wasn't about recklessly charging into the heart of the empire and launching a mindless attack.

If their strength were sufficient, they could do that, but Xia Country's 2,000 class-c spaceships were far outnumbered by the Canglan Empire's class-c spaceships.

Therefore, based on consultations between Su Fan, the Great Elder, and the Xia Country military think tank, a discord-sowing plan was born out of necessity!

The 2,000 ships would be split into two groups of 1,000. Their paint schemes would be modified to disguise them as ships from the Canglan Empire and the Black Dragon Empire, respectively.

The ships disguised as the Black Dragon Empire would head to the eastern region of the Canglan Empire's Fifth Ring to harass and attack them.

Meanwhile, the ships disguised as the Canglan Empire would go to the Black Dragon Empire to provocatively attack, drawing the Black Dragon Empire's hatred toward the Canglan Empire.

Su Fan and his people would only need to sit back and reap the rewards of the conflict!

Of course, there was a prerequisite: the intensity had to be managed carefully. Otherwise, if the two empires discovered a third party was sowing discord, Xia Country would be in even greater danger!

"Let's focus on one side first, and don't deploy so many ships at once. Keep most ships on standby at a distance and send ten ships to provoke them first," the Great Elder said with a smile.

"Mm, that makes sense. This is the first time we've experienced a space battle of this scale; caution is best," Su Fan nodded.

"Zhao Jianguo is now the head of the First Army Group. Let's ask for his thoughts!"

"Alright, we also happen to need a small pre-war meeting," the Great Elder nodded.

"Red Queen, connect the communications for the head of the First Army Group, Zhao Jianguo, and the head of the Second Army Group, Zhang Weixia. Have them link to the Androids on this ship," Su Fan ordered.

In some important ships, Androids were placed for Su Fan, the Great Elder, and other army group leaders, facilitating face-to-face communication.

Soon, the Androids of Zhao Jianguo and Zhang Weixia arrived at the captain's quarters.

Zhao Jianguo was an old friend of Su Fan's, whom he had known since he first started his company.

Su Weixia was also an old general with extensive battlefield experience and unique insights into tactics and strategy.

Xia Feifei also came, but her strategic vision was too poor, so she was assigned to the Mecha Army Group.

This expedition also included 50 class-c mechas, which would execute assault missions at critical moments.

The five of them sat around a small conference table and began discussing the upcoming discord-sowing plan.

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