Survival of the Stars: Rise of the Fourth Scourge

Chapter 431 Wake Up

However, this is a good thing.

Wherever you want to go in the future, you don't need to fly in subspace for several months.

You can go wherever you want, as long as you have coordinates, you can arrive in an instant.

"Marian, I'm back, I'll be waiting for you in the bedroom!"

Li Meng used psychic communication to send a message to Marianne, the message of his return.

The next moment, there was a flash of white light, and Li Meng disappeared on the throne.

Temple number, in the king's bedchamber.

There was a flash of white light, and Li Meng appeared in front of the glass wall.

As soon as it appeared, two figures, one black and one white, flashed past on the ground.

The white figure jumped onto Li Meng's body and turned into a white snake-shaped bracelet on his right wrist.

The black figure twisted strangely.

In the end, it turned into a woman wearing a blue palace dress and a veil.

"Owner!"

As soon as she transformed into a human form, Xiaoqing let out a coquettish cry, and threw herself into Li Meng's arms.

She tightly hugged Li Meng's bear waist with both hands, and arched her head on Li Meng's chest.

Feeling the softness of the delicate body in his arms, Li Meng smiled slightly, and naturally hugged Xiaoqing's waist.

In her ear, Li Meng whispered: "Why, miss me, Master?"

Xiaoqing raised her head, nodded lightly, and said, "Mm, master, I miss you so much."

Facing Xiaoqing's innocent and admiring eyes, Li Meng's heart was touched at this moment.

Although Xiaoqing is a fierce beast, that yearning is the purest.

Holding Xiaoqing in his arms, Li Meng sat down on the sofa.

"Xiaobai's cultivation has not fallen behind in these years."

When the master asked about Xiaobai, Xiaoqing pouted slightly.

She bumped her head lightly against Li Meng's chest and let out a muffled snort.

"Hmph, I don't know!"

Seeing Xiaoqing playing petty temper, Li Meng looked at Xiaobai.

In front of Xiaoqing, Xiaobai is like a newborn baby.

It would take hundreds of years to change form, to say the least.

Xiaobai is not Xiaoqing, it cannot bear too much force.

If Xiaobai was forcefully instilled with psychic energy like Xiaoqing did, it would only blow Xiaobai to pieces.

Take your time, it is not advisable to backfire.

Seeing the master's silence for a long time, Xiaoqing raised her head and took a peek at the master's face.

She whispered: "It's too small, it will be good if it can have 5% of my strength in a thousand years."

"Crack!"

At this moment, the door of the dormitory slowly opened.

This alarmed Xiaoqing.

Glancing at the door that was opening, Xiaoqing's body twisted.

In an instant, it turned into a small green snake and ran onto Li Meng's left wrist.

Looking down at Xiaoqing on his wrist, Li Meng showed a strange expression.

Every time Xiaoqing takes form, he always has a sense of unreality.

In this technologically-obsessed world, the existence of psionic powers is simply counterintuitive.

As the door opened, Marianne, dressed in a white nun's dress with gold patterns, walked in.

When she saw "Wang" sitting on the sofa, she quickened her pace.

"king!"

When she came to the "king", she performed the eagle salute.

Looking at the slim Marian in front of him, Li Meng smiled faintly.

He patted the sofa beside him and said, "Come here!"

Hearing this, Marian moved forward and sat down beside the "Wang".

When Marianne sat down, Li Meng turned over and lay down with ease, and pillowed on her lap.

Marianne breathed a sigh of relief about the move of "Wang".

The "king" is still the same "king" ten years ago, which is very good.

"Looking at the appearance of Xintera, these years seem to be very peaceful. How long has it been? What major events have happened in these years, please tell me."

Looking down at the "King", Marianne said softly: "Ten years have passed, and New Terra has been relatively peaceful these years, and has been developing in an orderly manner. Since the large-scale use of artificial human technology, the population of the empire has It has grown exponentially, and the population of the empire has now exceeded 20 billion."

20 million?

Hearing this number, a trace of surprise flashed in Li Meng's eyes.

Although this is a good thing, increasing the population only by artificial human technology gave Li Meng a very unreliable feeling.

Li Meng couldn't help asking: "How is the quality of those artificial humans?"

Marianne returned: "After years of observation, they are not much different from naturally born humans. Although there are some abnormalities, such as mental problems, this is a normal phenomenon. However, compared to naturally born humans Humans and artificial humans do lack some things. Fortunately, their descendants do not have this defect. Therefore, the Imperial Senate has made a decision. When the population of the empire reaches tens of billions, it will shut down the artificial human equipment and use naturally born If there is a population base of tens of billions, the population growth of the empire will not be too slow."

Li Meng recognized the decision of the Imperial Senate.

Indeed, artificial human technology is still rarely used.

Genetic technology is quite complex.

If you're not careful, you can cause mass genocide.

"The imperial navy has also gained some development. Due to the "King"'s order, the empire has focused on exploration in recent years and has not colonized the outside world. However, considering that the dark field is not a safe place, a strong military force is necessary. Therefore, the Mechanicus has optimized and improved a series of warships of the old empire to reduce the number of shipboard operators and improve automation, and some models of battlecruisers and battleship-level warships have also been designed."

Hearing this, Li Meng thought of when he was in the Novice Village in the S star area.

In order to obtain the blueprint of advanced warships, I don't know how many resources were wasted in exchanging trade currency.

Unexpectedly, Mechanicus would only need some time to design those advanced warships.

That's right, after all, he is a scientist with basic technology, so he can design warships as he wants.

"Considering the future carrier-based aircraft combat needs, the Imperial Navy has served some Mars-class battlecruisers in recent years. So far, the Imperial Navy has served a total of six types of warships, namely the Cobra destroyer, the Flamestorm-class frigate, Lunar-class cruisers, Mars-class battlecruisers, Emperor-class battleships, and Punishment-class battleships with powerful broadside firepower. Due to the huge resources required for battleship-class battleships, only one Emperor-class battleship has been in service so far. Battleship, as the flagship of the Imperial Navy's main fleet."

Battleships are, after all, behemoths wearing 8.5 km.

The required resources are extremely large, and the construction time is relatively long.

However, for an empire with a time gap, the long construction time is not a problem.

"The size of the entire naval fleet has reached 113 ships, including 60 Cobra destroyers, 30 Firestorm-class frigates, 15 Lunar-class cruisers, 7 Mars-class battleships, and 1 Emperor-class battleship. There are ten squadrons in total. .”

In just ten years, the size of the Imperial Navy can be said to have doubled.

This is only a limited development. If the military power is fully developed, the scale will only be larger.

"The development of the Forbidden Army is a bit slow. Since the battle barge is a battleship-level warship, the empire is not yet capable of large-scale construction, and the required resources are too scarce. Therefore, it is difficult to form an independent army. In a long time , the Forbidden Army can only fight with the Imperial Navy, and so far, 1.5 Primaris Space Marines have joined the battle order."