189: Chapter 189 The Correct Way to Use the System

Over the next two years, Su Fan discovered many more habitable planets, not just in the eastern Alma Galaxy, but also continuing north to the northeast.

However, without exception, these habitable planets were all inhabited by Alma People!

"What a greedy race!" This was the evaluation given by other elders of the Xia Kingdom's Council of Elders after learning about the situation of the Alma Galaxy and the Alma People.

At this moment, they were discussing countermeasures, but the Xia Kingdom's strength was too weak; they couldn't even compare to the already crippled Black Dragon Empire.

Therefore, two years of discussion had yielded little practical use, with the conclusion always being: keep a low profile and develop!

Su Fan sighed inwardly; the system temporarily couldn't be upgraded, and the black technology was stuck, leaving him helpless.

"System, do you want me to upgrade the system quickly?" Su Fan chatted silently with the system.

"Yes!" the system replied flatly.

"Since you want a quick upgrade, why make the restrictions so strict?" Su Fan complained. "Look, both paths are now blocked."

"The independent research and development of black technology is progressing slowly and will take decades. As for influence points, although there's some progress due to the population, it's not enough to mass-produce troops."

"System, show me a clear path. I can't really just stay low for another few decades!" Su Fan said helplessly.

"A clear path has always existed; it's just that the host has failed to discover it," the system's flat tone carried a hint of disdain.

"Speak plainly."

"I cannot speak plainly, but I can provide the host with a piece of information."

"What information?"

"The Shenyuan Clan people have been influenced by the black technology products you exchanged and produced, providing some influence points. Although their population is negligible compared to the current Xia Kingdom population, they indeed provide influence points," the system said calmly.

"If the Shenyuan Clan can provide them, can other races on other planets also provide influence points?" Su Fan's eyes lit up as his mind suddenly opened up.

Countless ideas began popping out like machine-gun fire!

"The system's explanation for how to obtain influence points is by exerting influence on 'people' through the black technology obtained from the system. The definition of 'people' can be quite broad."

"Lizardmen are people, canglan people are people, Black Dragon people are people, and Watermelon People are also people!"

"This 'person' can refer to the human race, but can it also be broadly understood as humanoid intelligent races or other intelligent races!"

[Influence Point Acquisition Method: Obtain influence points by exerting influence on people through black technology obtained from the super god black technology system. Different levels of influence yield different amounts of influence points.

Specifically:

Raving Reviews: 1 influence points

Worship and Admiration: 10 influence points

Die-hard Fan: 100 influence points

Loyal Fanatic: 1000 influence points]

"Right! This might be the correct way to open the system!" Su Fan slapped his forehead hard.

"I'm so damn stupid!"

At this moment, the conference room suddenly fell silent. Su Fan's sudden action of slapping his forehead made everyone look at him.

"Su Fan, is something wrong?" the Great Elder asked with concern.

"Ah?"

"Oh!"

"It's nothing, it's nothing! I just suddenly thought of something." Su Fan was startled for a moment, then immediately reacted, giving the Great Elder a look and speaking with a smile.

"It's good that nothing is wrong. It's about time, so let's adjourn. Everyone, go back and think if there's any way for the weak to defeat the strong." The Great Elder stood up with a smile.

The others in such positions were all incredibly sharp; they naturally understood the Great Elder's meaning and left with smiles.

In the conference room, only Su Fan and the Great Elder remained.

"Su Fan, what did you think of?" the Great Elder asked with a smile.

"Do you know where our Xia Kingdom's current class-c spaceship production lines came from?" Su Fan suddenly asked.

"I'm not sure, but since you haven't mentioned it, it's not my place to ask. I believe this is your greatest secret," the Great Elder replied seriously.

"Thank you for your trust, Great Elder. I can't disclose the source of the production lines for now, but I've thought of a way that might allow us to have even more class-c spaceship production lines!" Su Fan's tone was solemn.

"Oh? What way?" The Great Elder's eyes lit up.

"I plan to deploy our Xia Kingdom's technological products to planets in the Canglan Empire Fourth Ring and Fifth Ring regions that have intelligent life but are only at Level 0 civilization or even ancient societies," Su Fan's tone was grave.

"Hmm?" The Great Elder looked at Su Fan with a face full of questions.

Seeing the solemnity on Su Fan's face, his expression also turned serious.

"I won't ask too much about why you're doing this. We are both elders and juniors, and partners for over a hundred years. I trust your decision!"

"When do you plan to start? What products are you preparing to deploy first?" A smile appeared on the Great Elder's face.

Hearing this, Su Fan felt a warmth in his heart; the feeling of being trusted was very comforting.

"Preparation starts immediately. As for which products to deploy, the Red Queen's database currently contains information and coordinates for many intelligent races on habitable planets."

"Tomorrow, I will convene the Think tank to analyze the technological products these races need most based on their information," Su Fan said with a smile.

"Good! Our Xia Kingdom has plenty of productivity right now, and our cheap basic mineral resources are countless. Build as much as you want!" The Great Elder waved his hand grandly.

"It's not just basic mineral resources. Over these years, while the three countries of the Canglan Empire were at war, we've plundered many cosmic rarities and other precious resources behind the scenes."

"It's enough for us to go full throttle and build class-c spaceships with all our might!" Su Fan also laughed; war profits were truly terrifying!

"Haha!" The Great Elder laughed. Now, the Xia Kingdom didn't lack resources; it only lacked military power and population!

The next day, Su Fan brought the Great Elder and convened the Xia Kingdom's Think tank for a discussion that lasted two days.

During the meeting, with the support of the Red Queen's database and her analytical processing power, they finalized 100 suitable planets near Blue Star to serve as pilot sites.

Furthermore, each of these 100 planets was assigned three technological products.

Of course, these technological products overlapped across different planets.

For example, Planet 1 was provided with technological products labeled a, b, and c, while Planet 2 was provided with products labeled a, d, and e.

Planet 1 and Planet 2 shared the technological product labeled a.

Just as the discussion was wrapping up, the Great Elder suddenly raised a question: "Su Fan, there's a problem that needs to be addressed."

"Please, go ahead." Su Fan nodded.

"Should these technological products bear the logo of our Xia Kingdom, or the logo of the Canglan Empire or the Black Dragon Empire?"

"Or perhaps, no logo at all," the Great Elder said with a smile.

Su Fan fell silent. This question seemed minor, but it was actually quite significant!

"For now, let's not put anything on them!" Su Fan finally decided. "Once we are stronger, we'll put the Xia Kingdom's logo on them!"

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