Machine War: Infinite Frontier.

Cruze's bad feeling came very suddenly, and when even Xiao Yun had a premonition, his premonition would only become stronger.

The fact that Xiao Yun was instinctively unwilling to stay on the Alliance Star at this time was enough to explain the problems there. Although Xiao Yun was so reckless and sometimes liked adventure, he was definitely not a brainless person who liked to go into dangerous places.

Even he was concerned and prepared for the situation, which only meant that if an unexpected situation occurred, the consequences would be very serious. Considering the very likely situation, Cruze felt that he also needed to go back to Fortress X to make arrangements in advance.

After Cruze was sent to Fortress X, Xiao Yun left immediately. Cruze went directly to the port area. In the port, he saw a huge battleship and many engineering robots controlled by Haro surrounding the battleship. He called the person in charge and started asking questions.

"This ship is not finished yet. When can it be used?"

"Lord Cruze, the ship is basically finished. There are only some finishing touches left. If it is needed, we will speed up the preparation as soon as possible."

Cruze nodded slowly: "Move faster, the faster the better."

This is a brand new battleship, which was built after the construction of Fortress X. It is a two-thirds MACORSS, which has a larger loading capacity than a quarter-class one. In addition, the hangar in battleship form is exactly of this size and length. On the left and right sides are two 800-meter-class detachable aircraft carriers, and the middle part is the main body of the battleship.

This battleship was not designed by Shuguang himself. In order to save time and put it into use in World 0 as soon as possible, the existing mature design plan of World 4 was directly adopted. That is, the battleship of the level that should appear in the triangle. This kind of battleship has been built and put into use in World 4. However, the quarter-level battleship is too small, and the standard-level battleship is too large and difficult to build. Although Fortress X has no manpower pressure at present, only this level is just right if it wants to be put into use as quickly as possible.

There are aircraft carrier-class hangars on both sides, which makes the ship's carrying capacity quite terrifying. The standard-class MACROSS can carry thousands of transforming fighters. This one is not so exaggerated, but its carrying capacity is also more than one thousand. It can be said that Dawn only modified the hangar parts of the two aircraft carriers, allowing the aircraft carriers to carry transforming fighters and MS at the same time, and they are mainly transforming fighters.

It has been a long time since the construction of this ship began, at least more than a year. After all, it has been more than that since the construction of Fortress X. However, the construction process of this ship is also a process of laying the foundation, and it is also a process of gradually improving the internal dock of Fortress X. Otherwise, it would not take so long.

So far, Fortress X has only completed the construction of this one ship, and will only be able to build three new ships at the same time. However, Fortress X is still expanding. As a base that is still developing and has not yet been completed, it will be their real base camp in World 0 in the future. The current situation is not enough to serve as a real base camp. Now it can only be regarded as a base, a transit center at most.

From the establishment to the operation of the entire X Fortress, a total of more than 200,000 people have been invested. These people are definitely not seen in normal areas. Xiao Yun would not hang out in the construction area. The fortress’s operating departments are only a few core areas. The first is the research area, the second is the transit area, the third is the living area, the fourth is the industrial area, and the last is the port dock.

So far, the main structure of Fortress X has been completed. The interior of the huge meteorite is still being hollowed out for construction, and the construction of the second meteorite has also started. According to the development plan, a total of four to five large meteorites will be developed, serving as military bases, ship and aircraft manufacturing plants, a large colonial satellite and a hive.

All the plans will be completed within five years after they are formulated, and Fortress X is the core supporting all these constructions. It is an engineering method that can be regarded as sharpening the knife before cutting wood. With the existing infrastructure of Fortress X, the construction work of all subsequent projects can be better completed. The five-year plan is the accumulation of the second step. When the first five-year plan is completed, the subsequent development will show a burst of diffusion, and the construction speed will only get faster and faster.

As for the manpower, there is really no shortage of it. Most of the millions of people in Galaxy are basically doing nothing, and there are a lot of technical personnel. After all, Galaxy is originally a research fleet, and all kinds of talents can be found in it. If it weren't for the capture of Galaxy, the progress of various tasks in Fortress X would not be so fast if it relied solely on Harrow and the Pseudo-Transformers.

Now, the first five-year plan has been implemented for more than a year, and with the replenishment of resources from several worlds and the asteroid belt, everything is going quite smoothly.

After Cruze confirmed the situation of the ship in detail, he began to confirm the combat troops. Now there are already a large number of transformable fighters, MS and the latest next-generation Titans in Fortress X. However, their appearance is very different from the ones used publicly by Xiao Yun and others. They are versions that use solar furnaces, but the solar furnaces are still equipped in a mounted manner, just like the 00 Gundam.

The organic bodies have combat capabilities and there is no shortage of pilots who can operate them, so it is easy to form a combat formation of several thousand people. However, compared with the Federation Army, the number is nothing. But in terms of combat capability, the performance of this formation is not that simple.

The full solar furnace body, even the mass-produced solar furnace, can run dual-furnace synchronous frequency. The mass-produced solar furnace requires electricity as the main reaction method. Each body is equipped with nuclear energy. How can the Federation compare with this performance?

It can only be said that the number of true super ace-level pilots is indeed a little less, but the overall quality is still very high. If all of them are transferred to Frontier, it will definitely make Frontier the fleet with the most powerful combat capabilities in World 4.

Unknowingly, the current Dawn has indeed become very powerful, but compared to the larger world, it does have many shortcomings. However, as time goes by, it will inevitably become an armed force that surpasses TMC, it's just that it is a little shady.

Therefore, the necessity of Dawn's existence becomes very important. They need an armed fleet that can see the light so that they can do more things under normal circumstances.

It seems that nothing is happening now, but there are still many things to do step by step. The burden on Gina's shoulders is still heavy. If Xiao Yun didn't have so many capable people around him, how could he live such an easy life? His ease is all due to the efforts of others, just like Luo. Although he doesn't have to work overtime every day, he really can't run around with Xiao Yun like before. At least in the next few years, there won't be many such opportunities.

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Alliance Star, after the Valkyrie entered the universe, it was arranged to enter the port of the space base. This base did not exist before, but it was a large base that appeared after the incident on the Alliance Star. However, it does not look like a newly built base. It is huge and has been there for some years. It was probably migrated from somewhere.

However, the facilities of the base are very complete, and it has two inner and outer spaceports. The outer spaceport is very simple, with only some plank roads connecting approaching ships, while the inner spaceport is a berthing port for small ships. This base is really big, and it feels bigger than the Tianren and Fortress X.

Later, Xiao Yun learned that this base belonged to TMC and was a very important space fortress of TMC on the border, but now it has been hung with the logo of the Federation.

Even though the ownership belongs to TMC, it has become a place under federal control, and the research institute mentioned by the ground commander is located in this base.

In addition to being a base fortress, this is also a huge activity center with many leisure and relaxation facilities. Places like bars can actually be found in many warships, but staying in the same place for a long time can easily cause mental problems for some crew members, so there is an area in the base that is specifically used for crew rest.

Previously, only crews from the Federation Army, TMC and the Freedom Alliance were allowed to come in and out for rest, but after gradually relaxing the restrictions, crews from other parties were also allowed to come in to relax, but reservations had to be made one week in advance.

After the Valkyrie was connected with the base, all crew members were given the right to enter and exit freely. Privileges are everywhere. In this base, Xiao Yun can go to most places smoothly.

As soon as the connection was made, Xiao Yun was invited to attend a meeting.

As soon as they walked out of the battleship's docking door, they saw the federal army personnel welcoming them outside. After inviting Xiao Yun and his party into the car, they drove towards the central area of ​​the base.

Soon Xiao Yun and Baki Lulu were sent to a not-so-big conference room. There were not many people in it, but they were all real senior executives here. Even the figure of the land commander appeared on the big screen in the conference room. At the same time, Xiao Yun also saw Dr. Kula, with whom he had previously conducted video communications.

A general who was about fifty years old, wearing a black federal army uniform with three gold stars on his shoulders, took the initiative to extend his hand to Xiao Yun after seeing him.

"Missy Hunter, Commander of the Border Division of the Federation Space Force, welcome to President Shizhen."

This is a big shot, equivalent to the highest person in charge of the federal army on the border, the real big boss, someone that both the TMC and the Freedom Alliance have to look up to.

I didn't expect that such a person would take the initiative to extend his hand to Xiao Yun. This attitude really made people feel valued.

Xiao Yun did not let himself go in this situation, and quickly shook the other party with both hands: "Hello, General Hunter, I am Shi Zhen Xiao Yun, the president of Shuguang."

"Young people are great. It is very rare for someone to have built such a great business at such a young age. President Shi Zhen is definitely a role model for young people." General Hunter smiled gently at Xiao Yun and raised his hand: "I like outstanding young people very much. Being with outstanding young people like you makes me feel young. Please come in."

"Thank you."

General Hunter sat in the main seat, but he also arranged Xiao Yun to sit next to him.

There were not many people in the entire conference room. Including Xiao Yun and Baki Lulu who came in with them, there were only seven or eight people, including Dr. Kula and his assistant.

After sitting down, General Hunter spoke directly: "We invited President Shi Zhen to come here because we want to confirm the specific situation on the Alliance Star. I have heard everything from our ground commander, General Zagel, but I still hope to hear your analysis in person."

Xiao Yun nodded, reached out to take a small computer from Baki Lulu and placed it on the table. With a light tap, a screen was projected by the small computer.

"This is some information that our Shuguang research department has obtained based on the cultivation of the branches of the World Tree. First of all, we can confirm that the World Tree has a very high growth ability and activity. After arriving at the Alliance Star, we Shuguang immediately obtained relevant samples and began simple research. However, due to equipment limitations, we can only carry out some basic preliminary research projects on our ship. At the beginning, the specific data analysis and deduction research were carried out by the Chimera Research Institute until we later transferred the research to Chimera."

General Hunter nodded. He was aware that some time ago someone from Dawn had come to Alliance Star to place a design order and then left.

"It didn't take long for a branch to grow from an arm-thick branch to a tree that needed both hands to hug. Although this was also related to our finding the most suitable environment for the growth of the World Tree, we also discovered a lot of things in the process."

"For example, we can study the genetic samples of the World Tree and determine that it has some genetic characteristics of plants, animals, and microorganisms. I don't understand much about this, but Dr. Kula should be able to understand it. I will leave this information to Dr. Kula so that he can slowly confirm it later."

"Finally, we at Shuguang started from the genetic cells, removed some plant genes and ripened the remaining parts, and finally analyzed them through some technical means and a new result emerged."

The picture changed and what appeared was a picture of an insect creature that Xiao Yun had seen before and was very similar to zoophytes.

"We have been studying for too short a time, and we can only do this much at the moment. This is just an experiment and deduction, but the results are already very clear. The genetic cells were all extracted from the branches of the World Tree and cultivated, and there are no other influences. In the end, this is the deduction result, an insect-like creature that is very similar to a zoophyte."

"From the current situation, our experiments and deductions must have some errors, but there is no problem in the general direction. According to the existing results, it can be shown that the zoophyte and the world tree are the same thing. There is a high probability that the zoophyte is directly produced from the world tree rather than completely naturally reproduced."