It was not a simple matter for two Tier 9 civilizations to mobilize all their forces, not to mention in the current unstable situation of the civilization.
Most importantly, the Nerkenia Supercluster had always been suppressed by Faern and hadn't carried out any expeditions to the outer system. Thus, there were too many things that needed to be prepared if they wanted to send out an army. Without three to five years, it was impossible to even think about it.
Of course, three to five years was nothing to these civilizations that had existed for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years. They might even feel that this speed was very efficient.
In short, under Lasty's orders, the two Tier 9 civilizations began to get busy.
After all, if there was no war, the military supplies would be enough. However, when it came to large-scale expeditions, the military supplies and resources stored in the civilization were not enough at all.
Therefore, Lawrence and Essek both issued orders to mobilize the civilization for war. The entire civilization, except for the production forces that were necessary to maintain their lives, would use all other production forces to serve the expedition.
For a time, the originally unstable civilization seemed to be even more turbulent.
Of course, this had nothing to do with the humans for the time being. At this moment, Lin Fan was stepping up his arrangements according to his plan.
Although it was not difficult for the humans to exterminate the Insectoids with their current strength, they had to ensure a controllable low casualty rate and ensure that no Insectoids escaped from the Wills Supercluster Galaxy …
He had to be fully prepared. Otherwise, if Aliya were to escape, there would be no end to his troubles.
Therefore, in these ten years, Lin Fan had to prepare a defensive strategy against the Purgatory while completing the layout of the annihilation of the Insectoids.
The first step was to station a large number of troops in the Wills Supercluster Galaxy.
As for the reason, it was because the Purgatory Army could invade at any time. Whether it was for the sake of the joint defense agreement or for the safety of the humans, stationing troops in the Wills Supercluster Galaxy was absolutely reasonable.
Aliya agreed to Lin Fan's suggestion without hesitation.
She was really afraid of the Purgatory. At least for now, the Insectoids definitely did not have the strength to contend against the Purgatory Army.
If they did not allow the humans to station troops, once the Purgatory Army attacked, the Insectoids could only rely on themselves to defend. At that time, not to mention whether the humans would be willing to support them, even if they were willing, it would take at least a few months to assemble a large fleet and reach the Wills Supercluster Galaxy through the cosmic currents.
Therefore, Aliya had no choice and did not dare to choose. She could only agree to the humans stationing troops and even agree to Lin Fan's request to hand over the Xassar Sector and the cosmic current node Chels to the Federation.
According to Lin Fan, Chels was the passage to the Federation. What did they want to do with this place? Did they want to cut off the connection between the Xassar Star Zone and the Kempinia Supercluster?
Well, it was reasonable, and Aliya could not refute it at all.
Just like that, in three years, under Lin Fan's command, the entire Xassar Sector had been built into a fortress star sector. Not to mention the Insectoids, even the Purgatory Legio I of Ipnos would have to think twice if they wanted to rush in.
The starry sky defense network that covered the entire sector would make anyone's scalp tingle just by looking at it. It was simply too crazy.
More importantly, this was only a small part of the construction. As the closest to the cosmic current node and the future bridgehead that would be responsible for the node's defense line and attack, this was only the tip of the iceberg. It was still thousands of miles away from where Lin Fan was heading!
Of course, the Insectoids were not idle either. In the past three years, not only did they recover all the lost sectors, but they also began to cultivate them on a large scale.
It should be known that in the previous war, the losses suffered by the Zergs were not small. Even with the Zergs' huge numbers, it was still a bit of a loss. If they wanted to replenish their forces, it would take at least a few decades to a hundred years.
Fortunately, there was a small universe with a time compression effect, which could reduce the pressure on the Insectoids.
However, the cultivation of a large number of combat Insectoids made the indigenous civilizations in the small universe suffer. In order to obtain more resources and nutrients, a harvest operation that affected the entire small universe was being staged.
The Federation was still unaware of all this. Of course, even if they knew, they would not do anything. After all, those civilizations were not affiliated with the Federation, and the Federation was not a saint.
However, there was one person who was different. Three years ago, with Lin Yu's help, she entered the Federation's Interstellar Military Academy as an exception. In less than three months, she showed outstanding talent in the field of dark energy and was evaluated by the academy's instructors as "the Federation's future fourth A-grade dark energy manipulator".
After receiving such an evaluation, she immediately became the treasure of the entire Army. All kinds of resources were poured into her as if they were free.
She did not disappoint. In just three years, she had already become a B-grade dark energy manipulator and was one step into the realm of an A-grade dark energy manipulator. Her talent was not inferior to Lin Yu's in the past.
Most importantly, once she officially entered the realm of an A-grade dark energy manipulator, she would become the first non-human A-grade dark energy manipulator in the history of the Federation.
She was Zi Ling, the granddaughter of the Tarlac Clan's great elder, whom Lin Yu had brought out from the small universe of the Insectoids more than three years ago.
Originally, for an outsider, no matter how talented you were, the Federation could not go to this step and cultivate you.
However, according to the Federation's analysis, Zi Ling's dependence on Lin Yu was so great that as long as Lin Yu did not betray the Federation, she would never betray him.
Since this was the case, the Federation would naturally cultivate such a powerful combat force in the future.
It should be known that every A-grade dark energy manipulator was an existence that was the foundation of the Federation. Not to mention, this was an absolute genius whose talent was not inferior to Lin Yu's. It was very likely that she would grow into an S-grade dark energy manipulator within ten years.
Once the Federation had two S-grade dark energy manipulators, it would provide strong and powerful support for both the invasion of the Inferno and the annihilation of the Insectoids in the future!
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Year 157 of the Federation calendar, Federation Interstellar Military Academy.
"Brother Lin Yu, I estimate that I will officially be promoted to an A-grade dark energy manipulator this year. When I become an S-grade dark energy manipulator one day, can you accompany me back to Lancer to take a look?"
In a single dormitory, Zi Ling was lying on the bed and communicating with Lin Yu. She did not look like the two-dimensional goddess that was usually called by the academy.
"Okay, no problem. When the time comes, I will accompany you back!"
"Yes, Brother Lin Yu is the best!"
Nodding, Lin Yu agreed.
However, he also knew that even now, let alone when Zi Ling became an S-grade dark energy manipulator, the Tarlac Clan that he was once familiar with would have long been buried.
After all, three years was thousands of years in that small universe. With the lifespan of the Tarlac Clan, it was impossible for anyone he knew to still be alive.
However, it was good to go back and take a look. After all, that was where Zi Ling was born!