Chapter 321: Expedition Meeting

Ye Cang said slowly.

"And the enemy I speak of truly exists; conservatively estimated, it has existed for 1,000 years, and it continues to evolve on its own."

"They are the Zerg."

"The Zerg?" the old man repeated with confusion.

At one time there was talk of the Ultimate Fear, and now a Zerg has popped up; it's a bit chaotic.

"Yes, the Zerg." Ye Cang nodded, then briefly explained the general information about the Zerg and his own experiences to the old man.

When the old man finished listening, his whole demeanor became serious.

"How did things suddenly become so severe? This is far more serious than the ethereal Ultimate Fear!"

"Little Cang, are you sure your judgment is not mistaken?"

However, Ye Cang's next sentence made the old man's eyes widen.

"I don't know if there's a mistake, but I can be certain that what I said is the best-case scenario. If it were the worst-case scenario, every war against the Zerg would sacrifice countless lives."

"Every battlefield would turn into a genuine meat grinder!"

The old man did not speak after hearing this; he just sat there quietly.

Ye Cang also sat quietly to the side, not speaking.

He knew the old man was thinking and could not disturb him.

After about 5 or 6 minutes, the old man finally spoke.

"Little Cang, tell me your method for countering the Zerg, and its relationship to the Expedition to the galaxy."

"Alright." Ye Cang agreed, organized his thoughts, and began to speak about his ideas.

"My current idea is very simple: to unite all forces that can be united. Currently, the Angel and Lieyang are under my control."

"It's just that there are two kings on the Angel side, and I still have to defeat the other one. As for Lieyang, Di Leina currently has no real power, so I must help her reclaim the throne."

The old man nodded.

"Hmm, I have no concerns about the Angel side. If nothing goes wrong, the other so-called king is like a freebie—dispensable."

"My only worry is the Di Leina side. If the cost of helping her reclaim the throne is too high, then we only need to secure Di Leina; the Lieyang behind her can be abandoned at any time."

"Don't worry, I have already thought about the Di Leina side," Ye Cang said.

"Right now, relying solely on these two forces to fight the Zerg is not enough, I feel. We must plan ahead! Therefore, we must launch an Expedition to the galaxy!"

"Only in this way can we obtain more resources and a larger population. Resources can be used for development, while the population is used to..."

Speaking to this point, Ye Cang gave a light cough.

The old man naturally understood what he meant.

"The idea is fine; I have no objections. Although it is a bit cruel, it is the best plan for now, after all..."

As he spoke, the old man picked up his water cup for a tactical drink.

After the old man finished drinking, Ye Cang said again: "Currently, in the Proxima Centauri System, there is a Stone Age civilization."

"You saw it when you followed along, so you should understand what I mean."

"I understand," the old man said without hesitation. "Later, I will send people there to have them learn the Shenhe Language and enter the Steam Age as soon as possible."

"This way, we can form a vanguard team!"

After finishing, the old man stood up and walked to the window.

Looking out the window, the old man smiled.

"I didn't expect it, Little Cang. In just these few years, we humans are actually about to step into the interstellar era. This gives me a feeling like I'm dreaming."

"Stepping into the interstellar era is a very important matter. Later, I will hold a meeting to discuss the next moves. In short, the entire Earth must be of one mind now!"

"You are right!" Ye Cang agreed. "For now, the priority is to develop the resources in the Solar System."

"Use the resources in the Solar System to start moving forward!"

The old man did not speak after hearing this, just silently looking out the window.

After a long while, the old man let out a long breath and took out his phone.

He pressed a number.

The call was connected instantly.

The old man said into the phone: "Notify everyone to gather within half an hour. There is an extremely important meeting coming up. Whoever is absent..."

The old man did not finish the rest of his sentence; he just silently hung up the phone.

After hanging up, the old man suddenly said: "Bring Kaisha and Di Leina to the meeting later."

"The two of them are no longer outsiders now; they are family. Since they are family, there is no need to hide or cover things up."

"Understood," Ye Cang said, then stood up and walked outside.

There was still half an hour left, enough time for him to go back and bring Di Leina and Kaisha over.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed.

Ye Cang brought Kaisha and Di Leina with the old man to a conference room.

And this conference room was actually underground, at a depth of a full 1,000 meters.

The old man explained: "This conference room is only used for major decisions."

Ye Cang did not speak, just followed the old man into the conference room.

He sat beside the old man, while Di Leina and Kaisha stood behind Ye Cang.

At this moment, the conference room was already full of people.

Ye Cang looked around and discovered... uh... this... he didn't recognize a single one.

It was more or less a bit awkward.

As the Huaxia Chief Engineer, he ended up only knowing the old man and a bunch of aliens.

To say it wasn't awkward would be a lie.

Although Ye Cang did not recognize them, they recognized Ye Cang.

When they saw Ye Cang appear here, they nodded one after another to acknowledge him.

The old man took a look, confirmed that everyone had arrived, and then said in a loud voice: "Everyone!"

"I have summoned you all here today because I want to discuss an important matter."

"Next, we are going to carry out comprehensive development of the planets in the Solar System, and then the Galaxy!"

"Do you all understand?"

After the old man finished these words, the conference room was deathly quiet; no one spoke.

The old man understood that this news was too shocking, and they needed time to accept it.

About ten-plus minutes later, someone finally raised their hand to ask a question.

"I would like to ask, I can understand developing the Solar System, but how are we to develop the Galaxy?"

"According to humanity's current understanding, the entire Galaxy has roughly hundreds of billions of planets; introducing probability, there are likely thousands of civilizations like Earth in the entire Galaxy, and that is a conservative estimate, and among them, there is no lack of civilizations that surpass Earth."

"So, how is this Galaxy to be developed?"

"Hmm, that is a key question," the old man said. "I will let Chief Engineer Ye answer it for you; he is the one who proposed this suggestion, and he understands it better than I do."

Just as Ye Cang was about to open his mouth to speak.

Suddenly, a man's voice appeared in the conference room.

"Oh my, my, my, you bunch of Earthlings thought that by hiding underground, this Heavenly Emperor wouldn't be able to find you?"