Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1281 - 487: Scars on the Heart_2

But for the time being, Ren Zhong rejected this proposal.

The overly narrow activity area is not conducive to nurturing the new generation.

In high-speed space travel, the cost of communication between different ships is also high. Every time a small ship departs from a large ship, it is mostly to execute important military and scientific research production tasks. Personnel cannot communicate seamlessly as they did on the ground, which is not conducive to the system of executing comprehensive education and then categorizing, screening, and promoting for children and adolescents.

Therefore, at this point, it is necessary to appropriately control the population, forming a new concept that values elite soldiers over sheer numbers.

Ren Zhong proposed the broad strategy, and the specifics were to be refined and implemented by Isu Rock.

Isu drafted several plans, including relaxing contraception measures, and temporarily implementing a plan combining quota for childbirth strategies.

After Ren Zhong read them, he said, "This is a feasible interim plan. During these eighteen years of crossing the Black Mist Zone, we must control the population scale to within 3.2 billion. After the Black Mist Zone affairs are finished, I will consider whether to change the strategy."

Since Liu An has already shown clear hostility, becoming a huge threat the fleet has to face, it is obvious that the Source Star Fleet must temporarily disconnect from the Empire Super Network at the latest in five years, and cautiously advance as an inconspicuous solitary force.

After leaving the Black Mist Zone, the fleet will need another five years to reach the Shattered Star Ring.

This Shattered Star Ring is a giant planetary belt revolving around the Nanxiang Star Cluster, visually reminiscent of Saturn’s ring in the Solar System, but magnitudes larger.

The entire Shattered Star Ring contains at least millions of varying-sized small planets.

Furthermore, near the area of the Shattered Star Ring close to the Nanxiang Star Cluster, there are many space pirates hiding, choosing different small planets as bases.

Some space pirates have even existed and developed for over five thousand years, seemingly thriving in the manner of a space civilization.

Their military scale even exceeds that of the Source Star Fleet.

On the normal route, there is an officially stamped navigation channel by the Empire in the Shattered Star Ring, prohibiting any space pirate intervention.

If any space pirate dares to raid ships along this route, they will be severely punished by the military and political department of the Nanxiang Star Cluster.

Outbound Tracker Spaceships and colonization fleets returning from Source Star usually follow this passage and file reports in advance.

Along this official route, dozens of supply rest points with functions like stations have been built.

For other Trace-level colonization fleets and merchant ships, reaching this route is basically akin to arriving home.

Just need to proceed along the route continuously, take three years to safely pass through, and then another three years to reach the edge of the gravitational area with fold jump channels in South Nine Star.

But for the Source Star Fleet, things are obviously not like this, they must bypass the Shattered Star Ring and reach South Nine Star unnoticed, then negotiate quickly with the higher-ups of the Mechanical Empire, hand over the giant reproductive cells, and enter the Empire’s management sequence, so Liu An is deterred.

So collectively, it takes Source Star Fleet fifteen years to reach the destination after leaving the Black Mist Zone.

If population explosion is really necessary, Ren Zhong thinks fifteen years is already enough.

Of course, in the next eighteen years, he is not absolutely prohibiting childbirth.

Normal families can raise two children, those who show talent in academic, production technology, military capability and other special abilities could have their limits of raising children increased accordingly.

This policy may seem somewhat cold and cruel, but with Ren Zhong’s authority today, it wouldn’t face any backlash.

After setting everything in order, he spoke no more and went back to sleep.

...

A year later, Ahmed Sammy sits upright in the cockpit, eyes fixed steadily on the simulated star map in front of him.

In the star map, the oblong Black Mist Zone is simulated into a pale yellow semi-transparent structure.

pale green vertical data lines are extending upward from the center area of the Black Mist Zone, stretching out beyond it.

At the lower end of the data line, there’s a slightly larger green dot, upon focusing on it, detailed data is displayed.

"Simulation Workship array, current quantity 997, average damage status 0.004%, information stability 99.9%..."

At the upper end of the data line is the Fleet Headquarters.