"When did all this start?" Xu Yan patted Che Zhen's shoulder. "Why did you keep it from me?"
"I didn't keep it from you, I just didn't tell you," Che Zhen smiled.
Xu Yan was speechless.
Was there any difference?
"Your work has nothing to do with satellite launches, so you don't need to worry about it," Che Zhen said. "The second and third groups are both military satellites. You're not an insider in the military, and you're also quite sensitive."
Xu Yan nodded, accepting the explanation.
"Two weeks ago, I received orders from the commander to excavate this area. At the time, I didn't know what it was for. But when an engineer was sent from Jiang Ye Star, I was shocked. I knew it was a big undertaking, so I didn't dare to say anything," Che Zhen said. "After the excavation was finished and construction began, I gradually learned that they were planning to launch satellites."
"Such a large area, which company built it?"
Xu Yan's face was full of vigilance.
Was her status in the martial world in jeopardy?
Did Jiang Ye have other real estate companies elsewhere?
"It's a satellite company, providing end-to-end services. Mainly because it involves a lot of their confidential information, so they built the site and facilities themselves," Che Zhen saw what she was thinking. "Don't worry, President Xu, at least for now, your company is still the only one."
"With a military of only tens of thousands of people, why launch so many satellites?" Xu Yan asked. "To scout global situations? To occupy space?"
"The uses are... quite numerous. Some are very useful, and some are not so useful," Che Zhen smiled. Da Feng Novel Network
Xu Yan rolled her eyes.
If you're not going to say it, then don't say it, why so much nonsense.
A staff member suddenly ran over and whispered something in Che Zhen's ear.
Che Zhen's expression brightened, as if he had received great news, and he left in a hurry.
Xu Yan frowned.
She looked around and suddenly felt isolated and helpless.
She silently chewed over the conversation they just had.
"Don't worry, President Xu, at least for now, your company is still the only one."
At least for now!
That meant there might be changes in the future!
Xu Yan suddenly felt very anxious.
No, she had to increase investment in Bi Rong Star!
The industrial chains established with investment now could be held in her own hands!
If other companies moved in later, there might not be such an opportunity!
Seize the time, earn as much as possible!
With her mind made up, Xu Yan also hurried away.
...
Jiang Ye sat behind his desk, drinking tea. Outside the window, the world was covered in silver-white snow.
The previously extinguished black screen suddenly lit up.
[Your adversary "Dan Xing Faction" has regressed to Tribe level 98% due to subordinate betrayal.]
[You have absorbed the forces of "Dan Xing Faction," launched a large number of satellites, your population has grown, and you have advanced to Village level 40%.]
[Your faction has come into contact with "Feng Hu Star Faction," whose development index is Tribe level 10%.]
[Your faction has come into contact with "Yang Ping Star Faction," whose development index is unknown.]
[Your faction has come into contact with "Margaret Star Faction," whose development index is unknown.]
Messages scrolled by in a rush.
In just two minutes, over a hundred messages had appeared.
Jiang Ye's eyes were starting to blur.
The military's assessment of faction development levels was quite lagging. Diao Zi's betrayal had happened so many days ago, and the military had only just updated it.
But it was understandable. The military could see changes in ground facilities, but they couldn't quickly know what everyone was thinking.
Originally, everyone was on an equal footing. With the rise and fall of one, the gap between Jiang Ye Star Faction and Dan Xing Faction instantly reversed!
Jiang Ye estimated that as long as Diao Zi could persuade her fiancé to defect, he could consider pushing through Dan Xing Faction.
After launching fifty satellites, Jiang Ye Star Faction was only assessed as [Village level 40%].
What kind of village could possess fifty satellites?
Jiang Ye was speechless. The military's level names were set too casually.
The subsequent messages were a long list of new faction names.
Jiang Ye knew very well how these new factions were contacted.
Satellites. Da Feng Novel.
Out of all fifty satellites, a full 20 were for military purposes.
They were orbiting at high speed, incidentally collecting information about the entire Bi Rong Star.
Jiang Ye had spent so much money just to get a full map perspective, to understand the distribution of forces on the entire planet.
Two days passed quickly.
The satellite coverage now extended to the entire Bi Rong Star.
Jiang Ye received the final faction report.
On the entire Bi Rong Star, there were a total of 365 different planetary factions.
This number far exceeded his expectations. After all, Jiang Ye Star Faction accounted for one-third, and he hadn't expected that over three hundred factions would share the remaining two-thirds.
It was truly a chaotic situation.
What troubled him most was that the development level of most planetary factions was unknown.
Out of the 365 factions, only 65 had their development levels known.
Among these sixty-five, the strongest was Zheng Hong Star in the Southern Hemisphere, at Great Village level 10%, a whole major realm higher than Jiang Ye Star's strength.
Fortunately, the two were located at opposite ends of the planet, so they wouldn't clash for now, and they didn't interfere with each other.
The weakest had not yet formed a level, perhaps they had only sent probes and hadn't landed yet, and might have already abandoned the competition.
Jiang Ye stared at the three hundred factions with unknown development levels, feeling worried.
He decisively called Li Nannan.
"What's up? I'm about to go to the art studio to take Forest to eat," Li Nannan answered.
Jiang Ye was stunned. That tone sounded like his wife.
For a moment, he felt like he had dialed the wrong number.
"My satellites have covered Bi Rong Star, scanning out all the planetary factions. There are 365 in total, and only 65 of them have known development levels," Jiang Ye dismissed his random thoughts and asked seriously, "Why is this happening?"
"Every question you ask is quite complex, and now I have a conditioned reflex. When I get your call, I feel tired just talking," Li Nannan complained.
"Take it easy, don't tire your mouth, speak slowly," Jiang Ye chuckled.
"The factions you know about weren't identified by satellites. Satellites just took pictures of buildings in those areas or received related signals. After the military captured the data, they determined that your faction had come into contact with their faction, and a message popped up on your Bi Rong Star app," Li Nannan said. "Do you understand that?"
"I understand. No one wrote their names on their faces," Jiang Ye said. "It's like in a game, when I send out a little dog, and the dog encounters a monster, the game gives me a prompt. If the game doesn't prompt me, I have no idea what the dog encountered. The satellites just provide vision."
"Exactly, that's the feeling. The military is the game operator now," Li Nannan said. "But after this game started running, it got out of control."
Jiang Ye's heart skipped a beat.
Out of control?
What did that mean?
"The military's two main indicators for judging a faction's development level are the scale of its buildings and its population. Building scale is determined by satellite photography, and population is counted by ship traffic," Li Nannan said. "Both of these methods have major loopholes."