Chapter 755: Eternal Military Outpost

Over 100,000 years of study allowed him to master all technological knowledge up to the Tier 8 realm. Whether it was composition, schematics, breakthroughs, synthesis, processing, application, etc.

If not for the restriction of becoming a Tier 8 Scientific Philosopher Saint, Nash could claim to be one.

While he was lost in thought, all the leaders, scientists, and professionals of the Eternal Star Alliance stood before a massive military outpost that sent everyone heart palpitations.

"So this is the complete form of the Eternal Military Outpost!"

"How magnificent, how imposing! Should this be comparable to the X-class battleship of the Mechanical Race?"

"X-Class? Who are you kidding? Based on the specifications, the Eternal Military Outpost could take on hundreds of those so-called X-class battleships without a scratch!" The scientist and professional who built them said proudly.

The Eternal Military Outpost was the culmination of their 25 thousand years of research. Its strength and defenses could even bring down a Tier 9 dark beast.

Of course, while its attack and defense were off the charts, its mobility was nearly nonexistent. If a dark beast or battleship bypassed its range, it couldn’t do anything but watch them go.

After all, it wasn’t built to actively engage the enemy, but to control and stabilize a certain area.

With this monster in place, the danger and chaotic influence of a dozen dark gates could be completely contained. That’s right, just one Eternal Military Outpost could control up to ten dark gates!

With the best defensive system, an integrated purification device, a Chaos Stone engine, and autonomous control and deployment, as long as it was placed near a dark gate, they no longer had to worry about anything.

"What about the cost? How long does it take to build? What is our current output?" one of the leaders asked impatiently, hearing its capability.

"The cost of the materials alone was about 1 million. The manpower to complete each runic engraving also took a toll. Currently, with 75,000 mother core ships and our current workforce proficient in runic engraving, we could build a total of 75 Eternal Military Outposts."

Hearing the cost and time to build them, everyone couldn’t help but gasp.

1 million Chaos stones per unit! Although it was cheaper than the X-class battleship the Mechanical Race sold, one had to know the latter was the selling price, while the former was merely the cost of materials.

If sold, it might even fetch up to 500 million, or even a billion chaos stones.

"75 Eternal Military Outposts a month? Does that mean we can completely stabilize the Forbidden Domain in a year?"

"That’s right! In two years at most, the Eternal Star Forbidden Domain would be under our complete control!"

"Our production is still too low. If we put all our resources into it, our Eternal Military Outpost production capacity wouldn’t be enough to fill the number of dark gates we can build."

If they went all out, they could build 15,000 dark gates simultaneously each year. However, the number of Eternal Military Outposts they could produce annually was only 900, enough for only 9,000 dark gates.

"Don’t be too greedy. Building 5,000 dark gates a year was already the limit. With our production capacity, the Eternal Military Outposts were more than enough."

While they could build tens of thousands, or even a hundred thousand of dark gates at once, they didn’t dare.

Such a large commotion was no different from building a dimensional-scale dark gate side by side at once. The aftereffect was simply too severe that it could even fracture the wild void area, leading directly to the outside forces in the universe plane.

Thus, copying the strategy of the other major teams, the plan was to simultaneously build 100 dark gates in each domain area. Counting all the unoccupied domain areas around the Eternal Forbidden Domain, they could build exactly 5,400 dark gates.

As for their territory back under the major teams, it was no longer theirs and could no longer be built up with dark gates. If they dared, it would be encroaching on their territory and declaring war in times of peace.

Fortunately, the Forbidden Domain still had unoccupied domain areas due to the harsh environment, which scared away all cosmic teams during the division of territory.

"What should we do with the remaining Eternal Military Outposts, Lord Nash? Do you have any suggestions?"

"Of course we reserve them for the dimensional-scale dark gate," Nash said with a smile.

During the last Altier Convention, they had gained a clearer picture of the dimensional-scale dark gate. It wasn’t equivalent to 100 or even 1,000 dark gates, but at least 10,000 or even 100,000, depending on the size of the Domain Area it was built.

Like the Eternal Star Forbidden Domain, if they built a dimensional-scale dark gate here, it would be equivalent to 150,000 normal dark gates! As for the core territory of the major-level teams, based on Nash’s estimate of the Chronos Alliance’s territory, it was at least 300,000!

Such a large disparity was truly despairing. The Eternal Star Alliance was only able to gather over 18 thousand dark gates with 511 top teams, while the seven major alliances could build one equivalent to hundreds of thousands.

Of course, building a dimensional dark gate in a Forbidden Domain not only cost hundreds of times more, but also carried far greater danger.

This was also why, despite having sufficient strength, the seven Major Teams had only just begun now, after inviting a few more allied top teams.

If they could accumulate at least 15,000 Eternal Military Outposts, they could build a dimensional dark gate as soon as possible.

"By the way, what about the mother core ships? Have you talked through the other major alliances?" Nash asked, turning to Teal.

Since they couldn’t waste the mother core ship’s production capacity to replicate itself, they could only buy them at a premium.

"Yes, I made an order through all nine of the other major team alliances," Teal replied.

After the Altier Auction, the God Emperor Knight Alliance had already conquered a Forbidden Domain. Although they still hadn’t cleared the area, it was as good as done. This made the number of Major teams reach ten.

"That’s good. After some evaluation, you can send the specifications of the Eternal Military Outpost to them." Nash said.

The Eternal Military Outpost was the only leverage they had to bargain with the other major-level teams. Chaos stones had long been relegated to an ordinary energy source and could only buy common items.

As for worrying about being copied, like the dark energy purification device, the other major-level teams had no hope of replicating them.

To build the Eternal Military Outpost, they needed countless runic engravings. Furthermore, even if they copied the technological structure, it would be nothing more than scrap metal because of all the runic encryption they had put into it.

"I wonder how much it could be sold for?"

Soon, after testing the full capabilities of the Eternal Military Outpost, everyone became more and more impressed. This thing was truly an eternal pillar that could drive a nail into the void.

Furthermore, as a dark technology, it resisted dark beasts better and even regenerated as the density of dark miasma increased.

If taken outside the cosmic competition, it could even rival the flagship of a galactic territory, like a Tier 9 dimensional battleship.

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A few days later, after testing the Eternal Military Outpost, they sent the data through the nine major team alliances to negotiate the price.

"How many mother core ships would they exchange for one?" Nash asked eagerly.

"They are willing to exchange 100 Tier 8 mother core ships for 1 Eternal Military Outpost."

"Just 100? What about the others?"

If converted to Chaos stones, 100 mother core ships were worth 1 million, which is just the cost of materials to build a single Eternal Military Outpost. Including the manpower they spent, it would be a losing business.

"The others seemed to have unified their price. Some even showed no interest."

"I see..."

After calming down, Nash quickly understood why they offered such a low price. The reason was simple: they didn’t want the Eternal Star Alliance to grow too fast.

With more mother core ships, they could produce more Eternal Military Outposts. Then, after selling them, they could snowball faster and faster.

"Since they’re not sincere, then sell it to those high-level teams. If they pool their resources together, they should be able to buy one." Nash decided with a glint in his eyes.

The Eternal Military Outpost was equivalent to a stabilizing pillar. If placed at the center of their territory, even a major-level team wouldn’t dare intrude.

When their numbers were sufficient, those high-level teams could even form a large force to stand alongside the major teams.

Initially, Nash didn’t want to do this, as it was creating another enemy, but with such a lowball offer from the major-level teams, he had no choice but to take the risk.

So what if he created an enemy? Weren’t they also equivalent to a customer? Who else would continuously produce mother core ships and buy from him?

As for the future, he would leave it to the future him to deal with. Since he could create the Eternal Military Outpost, he could also create a destroyer that could counter them.