Chapter 1350: Methods_4

As Chen Ming suddenly said that, it sounded strange no matter how you listened.

Although Chen Ming’s words sounded ridiculous at first, they were actually valid.

Restarting the era of expansion is already the major future direction decided by the Empire’s ruling class.

The restarting of expansion laws is also an inevitable matter.

As long as the war with the Mechanical Race ends, the Empire will continue to move forward.

Even if the era of expansion isn’t restarted, Chen Ming has the capability to demand such documents from the Empire.

This is the privilege Chen Ming possesses.

Chen Ming continued speaking to the head of Spiritual Energy: “And you must know, my side is quite far from the Empire, so the aftereffects of dimensional infection haven’t reached there yet.”

“In my colony, people can give birth to the next generation normally.”

Though with the advancement of cryogenic sleep technology, the age gaps between people in the Empire have led to irreparable damage in some close relationships.

Additionally, marriage is no longer the fixed process before reproduction it used to be.

While it hasn’t disappeared, people truly don’t emphasize it much.

To be precise, it’s the populace in more developed areas that don’t emphasize it.

In some underdeveloped areas, these things are still valued, as the people there don’t have many opportunities to leave their mother planet or use cryogenic sleep technology.

Some upper echelons of the Empire also value these relationships, just as Chen Ming himself was valued and pulled in for an arranged marriage.

After all, power allows one’s close associates to benefit, and a network of power is more stable than a solitary source of power.

However, reproduction is the instinct of living beings.

The vast majority of people are willing to leave behind their offspring, but if conditions are unsuitable, it’s acceptable not to.

As now, the entire Empire is still affected by the aftereffects of dimensional infection, yet in the context of Empire’s overall progress, it doesn’t seem to be a very serious matter.

And precisely for this reason, when the Empire was previously burdened by lethargy, it didn’t collapse directly due to the aftereffects of dimensional infection.

But that was when conditions were unsuitable.

Since Chen Ming’s territory can meet some people’s needs and conditions, why not go there?

Thus, Chen Ming’s colony is enormously attractive to many young researchers.

There’s even some support from the expansion laws.

The head of Spiritual Energy was momentarily unable to imagine how many people would follow Chen Ming if he really spread the word about what he could offer.

He had personally gone with Chen Ming to near the Wormhole and saw what preparations Chen Ming had made.

So he was very concerned.

And Chen Ming continued to add: “Additionally, I can open the Star Gate twenty-four hours a day.”

“Twenty-four hours?”

“Yes, I have the resources to open the Star Gate like this.”

“The headquarters also have a Star Gate; it takes only minutes to get to my place, faster than commuting to the research institute.”

“You can return anytime you want; I won’t impose any restrictions.”

Though Chen Ming said that.

The head of Spiritual Energy knew that everyone was aware that the world beyond the Wormhole held countless unknowns, and how many who went would truly return?

Although Chen Ming has opened up the passage, if someone really goes and comes back, their weight in Chen Ming’s mind would surely diminish.

Is anyone truly willing to bear the cost of going back and forth?

Chen Ming saw the head of Spiritual Energy seemed to be seriously contemplating something, and he continued: “Moreover, the climate there on my colony is pretty good, and remember the Immortal Spirit Tree I took previously? It’s growing now.”

“I remember you are quite old, right? Find a place to retire over there…”

“Stop.”

The head of Spiritual Energy hurriedly waved his hand and said: “You’re starting to poach me now?”

“I have to try, right?”

“Actually, I’m not necessarily trying to steal people from the Legion and your side, it’s just that the capable ones I know are all in the Legion, and I’m not too familiar with outsiders…”

The head of Spiritual Energy had no way around Chen Ming and took the opportunity to accommodate and said: “I’ll help you find suitable ones; you can screen them yourself then, but spare my people.”

“No problem.”