After releasing the video of Hope City's destruction, Gaia provided a response plan.
According to the star map sent by the advance fleet, there was a Resource Planet not far from Hope Planet. On the planet, there were all kinds of ores, coal, and oil resources. It was an industrial base that humans dreamed of.
The problem was that the Resource Planet had all kinds of resources except for biological resources.
The photos showed that the Resource Planet was a desolate, dead planet with no living creatures. The only water resources were located in the ice layer at the north and south poles.
The ice layer was extremely solid. There was no sunlight all year round, so naturally, there were no signs of life.
More importantly, because it was a desolate Resource Planet, the polar ice layer was rich in all kinds of heavy metal elements. It was seriously polluted and could not be drunk at all. At most, it could only be used in factories.
Otherwise, life wouldn't have been born.
This also meant that the Resource Planet could not be used as a new human settlement. Gaia's plan was to arrange for the interstellar fleet to temporarily stop at the Resource Planet. There were two main purposes.
First, to use the mineral resources of the Resource Planet to produce combat robots on a large scale to prepare for the second expansion of Hope Planet.
Without sufficient strength, it was impossible to establish a foothold on Hope Planet.
Second, to develop combat mecha.
This was another creative scientific result after Gaia's materialization.
Facing those top Direbeasts, even the strong adventurers could not face them easily. Gaia's solution was to let the players combine with the mecha and become the top combat power.
Of course, the materialized generals could also pilot the mecha.
The problem that needed to be solved was that the resources carried by the interstellar fleet could not last for too long, especially the nutrient solution for the players. It was nearing the limit.
Without the nutrient solution, the players could not survive in the fleet.
Since the Resource Planet could not obtain biological resources, it was naturally impossible to produce nutrient solution. The only way was to send another advance fleet to land on Hope Planet for the second time.
After landing, the nutrient solution would be produced on Hope Planet and sent to the Resource Planet.
The Resource Planet could continuously send combat robots and combat mecha to the advance base on Hope Planet, increasing the military strength of the base. This would form a virtuous cycle.
The ultimate goal was to establish a foothold on Hope Planet.
The problem now was, at this moment, who was willing to step forward and lead the second advance fleet to land on that extremely dangerous planet, risking their lives to establish a forward base again?
Gaia did not give an answer.
No one could give an answer. The mission was dangerous, and they had to maintain a positive interaction with the Resource Planet. Thus, they had to go there voluntarily. Otherwise, the plan would not be able to be carried out smoothly.
The time the interstellar fleet would arrive at the resource rich planet was estimated to be June of the tenth year of Gaia. That was to say, there were nearly eight months left for the players of the world to make their choice.
Due to the limited resources of the interstellar fleet, they could not afford to fail a second time. Not everyone could go if they wanted to. One of the conditions was that the participant had to be one of the current feudal lords.
Only the lords who had survived until now had the experience and courage to explore the wastelands.
In this way, the range was greatly reduced.
Faced with this dilemma, players all over the world were asking, "Who will step forward bravely?"
The 12 Lords, including Ouyang Shuo, all remained silent. They weren't in a hurry to express their opinions. It wasn't that they were cowards, but rather that this matter was of great importance and they had to think it through.
Recklessness had never been the character of a lord.
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October 25th, the capital.
Gaia's sudden revelation caused the entire game world to fall into an awkward silence.
Even the European battlefield, where the battle was the most intense, had a rare temporary pause. Faced with such an unprecedented impact, the domain lords had to slow down and properly organize their thoughts.
The only one that was still fighting was India.
Great Xia's opponent was an NPC dynasty, so naturally, there was no pressure at all.
Ouyang Shuo wasn't a sentimental emperor. Although the road to the future had been changed out of nowhere, it wasn't enough to make Ouyang Shuo afraid and stop on the road to hegemony.
No matter how the future changed, there was no harm in expanding Great Xia's territory in the game world. It was at times like this that the feudal lords needed to show extraordinary determination and courage. They also needed to have a long-term strategic vision.
Otherwise, they were destined to be eliminated.
The battle in India wasn't intense, and there weren't many variables. The only thing they needed to do was wait for the three armies of Great Xia to flatten the already fragmented Ashoka Dynasty.
On the morning of the 25th, news of victory came.
Under the command of Li Jing, the Great Xia Northern Army was the first to break through Delhi City and obtain a crucial victory in the battle in India. This basically meant that the entire India had been brought under the rule of Great Xia.
The remaining sporadic resistance was no longer enough to cause a huge wave.
In view of the approaching winter, Ouyang Shuo and the cabinet began to study the administrative division of India and the relevant personnel arrangements before the battle in India was completely over.
According to the previous plan, the imperial court would establish the Protectorate of South Asia in the entire South Asia subcontinent, which was also the empire's fourth protectorate overseas.
In principle, the South Asia Protectorate would be planned to have six provinces, three of which were named after the old dynasty, namely Ashoka Province, Peacock Province, and Modo Province. They were also the three core provinces of the protectorate.
The former Protector-General of the Western Border, Feng Qiuhuang, was transferred to the Protector-General of South Asia.
The situation in India was complicated, and the internal forces were complicated. The degree of recognition of Great Xia was also relatively low. However, its strategic location was very important, and it was densely populated and rich in resources.
It wasn't an easy task to govern the South Asia Protectorate well.
That was why Ouyang Shuo had chosen Feng Qiuhuang, who was outstanding and had once been Prince Jin, to be the Protector-General of South Asia and guard this vital place for the empire.
Guarding the South Asia Protectorate was basically guarding the entire Indian Ocean.
Feng Qiuhuang stepped down as the Protector-General of the Western Border and was promoted by the former Governor of Minnan, Xiong Ba. There was no doubt that this was an unprecedented important position that Ouyang Shuo had placed Xiong Ba in.
As a result, Xiong Ba also became the first lord who wasn't from the Mountain and Sea Alliance to take on the position of Protector-General.
There were two reasons for Ouyang Shuo to do this.
Firstly, Xiong Ba was capable.
Many times, Xiong Ba compared himself to Cao Mengde in history, saying that he was a capable minister who ruled the world and an ambitious man in troubled times. As an ambitious man, Xiong Ba had once been glorious, but he was defeated in the end.
As a capable minister, he did a good job as the Governor of Minnan. The key was that he didn't have any other thoughts.
Secondly, he wanted to win over the old aristocratic families.
Xiong Ba was one of the representatives of the aristocratic families. His promotion would be a clear signal. Ouyang Shuo would never kill the descendants of the aristocratic families.
He would only promote talent!
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