276: Chapter 276: Speculators Deliver Five Million Tons of Money, Two More Major Projects Launched!

On the holographic screen, Commander Erwin's lavender face still wore a standard merchant's smile.

"One hundred experts, no problem." He agreed very readily.

"However, Your Excellency Su Che, we won't be sending a fleet this time; it's too slow."

Commander Erwin's fingertips swiped through the air in front of him.

"I will dispatch an interstellar trade ship and initiate a Space Jump directly. Including the preparation time on my end, it will arrive within ten Earth days."

Su Che leaned against the main console without replying.

Commander Erwin's image suddenly leaned forward, and there was something extra in his smile.

"Speaking of which, I must thank you."

"After our last transaction, the Supreme Commander of the Union gave me high praise for facilitating this trade."

He straightened his collar, where the badge style had already changed.

"I am now the Chief Executive of the Interstellar Trade Department of the Karel Union, promoted three levels, all thanks to you."

Su Che's eyebrows twitched.

"So, to express my gratitude and for our long-term cooperation..."

Commander Erwin spread his hands, "I have converted half of the profits from this intelligence exchange into various rare resources needed for your civilization to break through to level three, totaling five million tons."

"When the time comes, the interstellar trade ship will deliver them to you all at once."

In the communication cabin, Commander-in-Chief Wang Xueshan and Zhang Zhiyue exchanged a look.

Five million tons?

Su Che also processed this in his mind.

The warehouse of rare minerals Kairos gave last time was pure and valuable, but the quantity definitely wasn't this exaggerated.

These five million tons would definitely be more mixed, and the value density might not be as high, but it was definitely a windfall of massive proportions.

"Chief Executive Erwin, you are very straightforward." Su Che changed his standing posture, "Appreciate it."

"We are allies, aren't we?" Commander Erwin smiled even more sincerely, "By the way, you should have formed an alliance with Rosernia as well, right?"

"Of course."

"That's great. With a four-party alliance, even if the Zerg expeditionary force comes out in full strength, it will be enough to give them a headache."

"I'll send you the coordinates. Same old rules: park five million kilometers away."

"Understood."

The communication cut off, and Engineer Yang Wanli had already sent the encrypted jump coordinates.

Su Che stood there for two seconds, then turned to Engineer Yang Wanli.

"Engineer Yang, connect me to the highest diplomatic officer of Kairos, Your Excellency Star Speaker."

He didn't use voice; he typed directly on another panel and sent the message via the basic communication method left behind previously.

[Your Excellency Star Speaker, every call has a delay of one and a half hours, the efficiency is too low.]

[Send a ship over with your instant communication equipment; we need to establish a stable communication anchor point.]

After sending it, Su Che led the people out of the communication cabin.

One and a half hours later.

Su Che was in the office cabin when Kaila's communication came in.

"Your Excellency Chief, Your Excellency Star Speaker has replied."

Su Che swiped open the screen in front of him, and a line of Kairos text was automatically translated.

[Respected Your Excellency Su Che, your proposal is very reasonable. The diplomatic ship has departed and is expected to arrive within three hours.]

This efficiency was much faster than he thought.

Three hours later.

The radar cabin reported that a Kairos Civilization interstellar trade ship had arrived at the designated coordinates and requested to dock with the mothership.

Su Che agreed and simultaneously instructed Engineer Yang Wanli to complete the deployment and docking of the quantum communication anchor point with the other party.

The other party didn't delay at all; once the mission was completed, the ship jumped away directly.

Days passed.

On the morning of the ninth day.

The Genesis radar system captured a familiar, high-energy Space Jump reaction.

A silver-white ship, slightly smaller than Genesis but still incomparably huge, appeared on time in the void five million kilometers away.

The Karel Union's interstellar trade ship had arrived.

The subsequent handover work proceeded in an orderly manner.

Ten technical documents were exchanged for ten dark energy cores and one hundred Karel scientists.

The five million tons of rare resources promised by Commander Erwin were ferried in batches by small transport ships from the trade ship to the spare storage area of Genesis, filling up three entire giant warehouses.

Su Che stood in front of the porthole, watching the transport ships coming and going, and dialed General Shen's number directly.

"General Shen, another one hundred experts have arrived from Karel, along with five million tons of rare resources."

General Shen on the other end of the phone was clearly stunned.

"Arrange for the Second Generation Luan Bird to go and assist." Su Che continued, "Transport the people to Su Family Village first. There are too many resources; have the luan bird make a few more trips, starting today."

"Alright, I'll coordinate immediately."

Hanging up the communication, Su Che dialed Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang again, and after briefly explaining the situation:

"Lieutenant General Peng, I will return to Su Family Village with those one hundred experts immediately. You prepare; I need to arrange specific work for them."

"Understood!"

Two hours later.

A Second Generation Luan Bird took off from Earth and flew to the far side of the moon, completed docking with Genesis, and picked up the one hundred Karel experts who had varying expressions.

Su Che then piloted the shuttle himself, followed behind the luan bird, and landed at the Su Family Village Interstellar Development Zone.

Development Zone Headquarters, conference room.

Su Che and Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang sat opposite each other.

"Chief Engineer Su, let me report the recent progress to you." Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang pushed a data pad over.

"At the lunar Dry Dock, the construction of the main body of the million-ton luan bird was completed a few days ago. According to the plan, the final assembly handover has been completed with Soren Kesh's Nantianmen Fleet R&D group."

"In addition, the third-stage tasks for the three project groups you assigned last time—Dyson Cloud, Southern Gate, and the newly established All-Scientific Field Breakthrough Project Group—have all started and are currently advancing steadily."

Su Che tapped his fingers on the table.

"Cancel the name 'All-Scientific Field Breakthrough Project Group'."

Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang raised his eyes, his expression somewhat surprised.

"All original members, including Talia Knox, Zhou Dehai, and Chen Shian, are to be merged into the 'Life Science and Consciousness Engineering' project group, focusing efforts on tackling the three-hundred-year lifespan technology."

"In addition, two new groups." Su Che drew two boxes on the data pad.

"Stellar System Celestial Engineering and Global Resource Development Group, and Basic Physics Unification and Engineering Application Group."

"Assign fifty people from this newly arrived batch of Karel experts to each group." Su Che pulled up a personnel list, "Now, call these two people for me."

On the list were the names of two Karel people.

Nolan Ames, Celestial Engineering expert.

Sibel Quinn, theoretical physicist.

Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang immediately arranged for people to convey the order.

A dozen minutes later, two Karel experts, who looked similar to humans but had long, pointed ears and purple skin, walked into the conference room.

"Sit." Su Che pointed to the empty seats next to him.

After they sat down, Su Che placed two encrypted data disks on the table and pushed them to them respectively.

"Nolan Ames, from today, you will serve as the leader of the Stellar System Celestial Engineering and Global Resource Development Group."

He looked at the other person.

"Sibel Quinn, you will serve as the leader of the Basic Physics Unification and Engineering Application Group."

Su Che stood up, walked to the holographic projection behind him, and brought up the first technical plan.

"Nolan, your group's mission is to truly spread human footprints throughout the entire Solar System."

On the screen, the grand engineering plan unfolded one by one.

"In the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt, we must establish a fully automated unmanned mining, smelting, and intelligent manufacturing system to completely solve our mineral resource limitations."

"On Jupiter and Saturn, we must realize mass production and mining of Helium-3 and hydrogen isotopes to provide supplementary raw materials for fusion energy and antimatter production."

"On Mars and Venus, we must launch full-cycle habitable transformation, reconstruct the atmosphere, stabilize geology, and implant ecosystems."

"Finally, we must establish an infrastructure network across the entire Solar System, including high-speed shipping lanes, gravity relay stations, space ports, and wireless energy transmission base stations."

Nolan Ames looked at the plan on the screen.

His originally casual sitting posture adjusted unconsciously; his body leaned forward slightly, and his gaze swept over several key nodes repeatedly.

Su Che switched to the second plan.

"Sibel, your group's mission is more fundamental."

"Complete the closed loop of the grand unified theory of the four fundamental forces, laying the final theoretical foundation for our civilization's leap in level."

On the screen, lines of core research directions emerged.

"Civilian-level gravity manipulation technology, covering all fields from artificial gravity to city-level Anti-gravity transportation."

"Downgrade nuclear-force-bound ultra-strength materials from military to civilian use, to support the Dyson Cloud and planetary transformation."

"Realize low-level applications of vacuum zero-point energy to provide permanent energy for all remote base stations and detectors."

"Finally, perfect the basic theory of the essence of space-time, completing the theoretical capping for our future Space Jump and faster-than-light communication."

Nolan and Sibel looked at the technical data in front of them, and the two exchanged a look that contained the caution and assessment that only professionals could understand.

These technical plans themselves were not top-tier for them.

But the systematic nature displayed behind them, as well as the grand vision of planning every stage of a civilization's development seamlessly, was what truly made them feel shocked.

More importantly, the leader of this low-level civilization in front of them had entrusted such a massive plan entirely to them, these "outsiders."

This courage and trust had already exceeded their perception of ordinary civilization leaders.

"Take the materials back, familiarize yourselves as soon as possible, and then come up with a specific implementation plan." Su Che walked back to his seat.

"Yes, Your Excellency!" The two stood up and solemnly took the data disks.

After they left, Lieutenant General Peng Zhenbang let out a long sigh of relief.

"Chief Engineer Su, your scale, opening up such a big layout at once..."

Su Che picked up the water cup on the table and took a sip.

His gaze passed through the window of the conference room and looked into the distance.

Dyson Cloud, third-generation Nantianmen Fleet, life science, celestial engineering, basic physics—five have been started so far.

There are only three left among the core fields that represent a civilization truly reaching the peak of Level 2.

When the experts from the Rosernia Empire arrive, leave the remaining three to them.

Plus, the rare resources and precious materials for breaking through the civilization level are all in place.

We can greatly accelerate Earth's civilization breakthrough process.