"Of course, this doesn't involve much power from the Sherman Empire. They are still somewhat arrogant, having inseparable connections."
Yang Ming sat back in his chair, gently exhaled: "Why did they start targeting Wind directly? Logically, even if they noticed something wrong with Wind, shouldn't they first warn them and then take action? Wind has paid the Sherman so much money over the years, fattening up so many people in the Empire..."
"We might have misjudged the Empire's attitude towards the vassal states. But now the situation is as it is, boss, we can only respond strategically, give Wind more time to develop."
Yang Ming squinted slightly: "Do you think if the Old Emperor suddenly passes away, Sherman would fall into chaos?"
"No, boss, don't entertain such thoughts. The Sherman family is controlling things from behind the scenes."
"Right," Yang Ming removed his headset and tossed it aside, opening the list of Nonar Technology Company prepared by Lyu, "Remember to tell Edwan to set an astronomical figure for war reparations, ask them to offset it with scientific patents and high-precision equipment. Even in plundering, there must be a method."
"Boss, just to correct you, this isn't plundering! This is the reasonable exploitation of the defeated by the victor!"
"Alright then, this time I understand, the ones who ultimately suffer in war are still the common people."
Yang Ming shook his head, not too sympathetic towards the citizens of the Nonar United Kingdom, who are about to face an economic recession, and began picking through those technology companies.
Molly Miss Group should also take the opportunity to expand.
This United Kingdom has quite a few quality assets indeed.
"By the way, Lyu," Yang Ming asked without looking up, "In Intelligent Mechanic Dusk, I chose the civilization direction of mechanical and evolutionary. If we pass the second testing, obtain the various technologies needed for a Second Level civilization to rapidly develop into a third-level civilization, is it possible for Wind and Dark Star to develop quickly?"
"Wind needs time to digest, but our Dark Star absolutely can."
Lyu gave a definite answer:
"Currently, Wind Empire's development level is equivalent to Ilando Star 2.7. Its actual scientific capability is insufficient for a true third-level civilization. Only the core regions of the top ten countries in the Galaxy can be called third-level civilizations.
"Wind Empire is a human-centric force. To raise the civilization level, it needs to elevate social and human sciences, comprehensively improve the quality of its citizens, and increase the proportion of scientific researchers, which is a long-term plan of a hundred years to accomplish.
Our Dark Star is different, boss, the speed of mechanical expansion is exponential, not linear.
"Taking advantage of the now-available resources, if we acquire the technology for a mechanical civilization to advance from Second Level to third level, especially military technology, I can guarantee that Dark Star can build a powerful fleet in two to three years."
Lyu saw Yang Ming's expression was somewhat uncertain, and added: "Boss, Intelligent Mechanical Crisis is about machines replicating and becoming uncontrollable in a short period, or modifying other machines through various means. Even if we're planning for an Intelligent Mechanical Crisis, it's the most advanced level of such a crisis!"
Yang Ming turned his head towards Lyu.
"Where does your conviction come from, even claiming it's the top-level Intelligent Mechanical Crisis."
"Heh," Lyu explained embarrassedly, "Anyway, boss, why don't we prepare for the second testing ahead of time, so that we stand at nearly the same starting line as Levi Sherman, who failed the testing back then, and my main brain performance can be greatly enhanced, you won't have to worry about me being bullied by that predecessor."
Yang Ming lowered his head, pondering.
He actually didn't want to waste this remaining time, but the current situation has become very dangerous. Chapters fırst released on 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⁂𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱
Wind cannot lose, or else he loses everything.
Now is also a relatively good timing, allowing him to go to Intelligent Mechanic Dusk—Wind has just won, and there are no forces in the surrounding area that can threaten Wind, and the Sherman Empire also needs to find a new war agent.
"Lyu, prepare for voyage!"
"But before that, we must find ways to stabilize the Sherman Empire to prevent it from directly targeting Wind."
Yang Ming propped up his arms, lying in the chair lost in thought.
He has to think of a way to make the Old Emperor hold back Sherman Empire, to personally utter 'Wind is quite good,' in order to restrain the Empire's Foreign Affairs Bureau and Military Department.