There has been a correction to the last chapter; the arrangement in the last paragraph was indeed a bit inappropriate.
The comments weren’t deleted, but after the content was changed, all the comments were swallowed…
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Another month passed, and Gu Hang had invested all of this month’s grace points into the construction of the interstellar warriors.
This time, out of the selected two hundred people, five new bloods were created for the battle group.
Seeing this, the interstellar warriors of the Phoenix no longer complained about the governor at all.
With eight new bloods awaiting growth, there would be more of them by the time they grew up than when they had first landed!
The brother in arms who used to mutter about why it wasn’t so smooth before, now had changed his tune to:
“Why didn’t we swear fealty to the governor when we landed? That way we would not have wasted the three gene seeds left by Schneider…”
“What a waste of half a year’s time, if only we had cooperated from the start, our new blood might already be able to don power armor and fight alongside us…”
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Gu Hang, however, could not hear the interstellar warriors’ private conversations.
Of course, even if he did know, it wouldn’t concern him too much.
Right now, he was just feeling pained.
Building the Phoenix Battle Group was an investment in the future for Gu Hang.
Like this time, with an investment of over 1,400 grace points, Gu Hang acquired three interstellar warrior new bloods. But for them to be truly useful, it would be at least half a year later.
Even after the implantation of the gene seeds and the growth of superhuman organs, time was needed.
In other words, in two months, after having dumped more than 3,000 grace points, indeed he got eight more interstellar warriors, but it would take at least half a year to a year for them to become effective.
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To be honest, it was a little painful.
But that’s how things are, always needing time to grow, the earlier you invest, the sooner you enjoy the benefits, and if you postpone, the maturity of the interstellar warriors is delayed.
Moreover, the 3,000 grace points spent in these two months didn’t just bring eight temporarily unusable battle group new bloods, it also brought over three hundred elite special forces soldiers.
Although on the younger side, their combat strength was no less formidable.
Building the special combat brigade was also his duty, and they were available for immediate deployment.
Since Hu Ke had already calculated the location of the Spiritualized Gas Field discovered by the Nature Salvation Society, it was certainly something that needed to be dealt with.
They didn’t act last month because the battle in the Beiqing Valley Region was in full swing and the air force couldn’t be spared. Additionally, the Central Group Army’s main forces were positioned towards the more northern areas.
If a special forces team were to be dispatched for operations at the southernmost tip of the Green Valley Subcontinent, and something happened, receiving support would be difficult.
But now, the situation has become much clearer.
The Central Group Army has almost annihilated the last sizable gathering of Aberrant Beasts in the Beiqing Valley Region, numbering half a million. Then, following the main thoroughfares of the Green Valley Region, they charged southward, ‘liberating’ many settlements and carrying out population migrations.
In the South Green Valley Region, the alliance forces didn’t delve into the jungles, but simply ‘liberated’ numerous plantations and settlements along their way. In one month’s time, they nearly completed the migration of around three million people.
It was a heroic achievement.
Relocating the scattered population of the South Green Valley Region to the north in such a short time was not an easy task.
Despite the migration of three million people, the current population under alliance control in the entire Green Valley Region was only about seven million or so.
According to the alliance’s last census of the global population, the Green Valley Region was supposed to have a total population of twelve million.
Even though this census data is quite old, dating back to the era of the second governor, it’s the last valid set of statistics.
Based on this data, there should still be about five million people scattered across South Green Valley.
Of course, in reality, this is unrealistic.
Given the current state of the Southern Green Lake Region, it’s very difficult for humans to survive once they’re away from major population centers. They face threats from Aberrant Beasts and also struggle to find a stable source of food.
Of course, it’s normal that some small, hidden settlements haven’t been discovered by the Central Group Army. But it’s unlikely that the sum of survivors in those places would amount to five million.
From this perspective, from the era of the second governor to now, especially since the recent catastrophic surge of Aberrant Beasts, the total population loss in the Green Valley Region is likely in the millions. Secondary are those killed by Aberrant Beasts, but more probably perished in the chaos and famine that ensued.
It’s truly heartbreaking.
The Central Group Army’s operations in the South Green Valley Region this past month couldn’t possibly have relocated all the population. The remaining hidden settlements, refugees in the midst of escaping, or others scattered for various reasons, the army simply didn’t have the time to systematically search every patch of land.
They could only erect many signboards in the more conspicuous places, with simple writing explaining alliance policies and directing them to flee north. To accommodate those who couldn’t read, the signs were also illustrated with simple drawings.
