Star Sea Hunter

The imperial palace, the meeting hall.

It was very quiet in the hall, hundreds of people sat upright, silent.

After a while, near the throne in the center, the space rippled like water, and immediately a tall and tall young figure appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone looked refreshed, and quickly got up to salute.

Yun Haoyu nodded reservedly: "You are welcome, sit down and talk!"

After he was seated, Feng Lanxi who was beside him said, "Your Majesty, all the candidates who are scheduled to attend the meeting have arrived, and the relevant materials have also been prepared. Can we start now?"

"Okay!" He said sincerely, "All the ministers are leading figures in various academic fields of the empire, and they all have advanced attainments in their own professions that are difficult for others to match! This time, I have invited everyone here to listen to Listen to your opinions and see if there are any omissions in the upcoming plan of the empire!"

Looking around, the participants are all scientific giants with academic titles of at least second-level academicians in the empire!Hundreds of elites, covering almost all professional branches of the empire's military industry!

Among them, the oldest is more than four hundred years old, and the youngest is about a hundred years old. They are all national treasure-level elites who have made great achievements and contributions to the empire in their respective disciplines!Therefore, Yun Haoyu also respected them a lot!

In addition to them, Meng Xuan, Minister of Finance of the Empire, Su Shangqing, Minister of Security, Luo Hanxing, Minister of Defense Intelligence, Bernard, Minister of Logistics of the Imperial Army, and others were all present.

The entire hall is heavily guarded, and there are many powerful people who are secretly on guard, ready to deal with possible accidents at any time!

This meeting is mainly to discuss a super project about to be carried out by the empire. Its importance is even related to the rise and fall of the empire's future national fortune, and even the future fate of the entire human civilization!

An old man with gray hair slowly stood up and said to the emperor on the throne:

"Your Majesty, after half a year of intensive demonstrations and investigations since the ministers received the decree, all colleagues have agreed that, based on the current technological level of the empire, the domestic industrial manufacturing base, and the knowledge of ancient civilization technology, it is necessary to It is theoretically feasible to develop a super fortress!"

"Although there are still many difficulties in making this unprecedented strategic weapon come out, this is only a technical problem, and it can be overcome with hard work!"

Yun Haoyu said: "So, as long as the empire can make up its mind to carry out this project, it will definitely succeed, right?"

"Yes! But this requires the empire to invest a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as spare no effort in financial support, to ensure the smooth launch of the super fortress!" Another old man with a staid look got up and said.

Meng Xuan, who was sitting at the front of the crowd, immediately asked, "How much budget do you need?"

Feng Lanxi pondered and said: "This can't be said for sure, but according to the preliminary estimates of the wise group, if this plan decides to launch, choose to build a base, establish a stable resource transportation channel, allocate various materials in place, and recruit and arrange personnel. Security and confidentiality work, etc. require a huge amount of capital investment! The initial start-up capital alone requires [-] trillion source crystals, and as for the follow-up investment, there is no detailed budget yet!"

The face of the Minister of Finance couldn't help but darken. The initial investment is so much, and the follow-up funds must be rolling upwards!And the empire's war machine is about to start up again, and when the time comes, the battle will start, and money will be spent like water!For the Ministry of Finance, this amount of money is really a big burden!It's just that on this occasion, she was inconvenient to speak out against it, so she had to keep silent.

Yun Haoyu smiled and asked: "Financial and material resources are easy to talk about, but what I am most concerned about is, if the project progresses smoothly, can the actual combat power of the finished product catch up to the level of the Borosto people? "

Another middle-aged scholar with disheveled clothes stood up and replied:

"Your Majesty, according to our calculations, we can guarantee that the various technical indicators can reach 80.00% of that planet. However, the ancient civilization technology you gave us is still in the process of research and cracking. If these two projects can be combined, then completely It can guarantee that the finished product in the future will reach or even exceed the level of Borosto people!"

As early as half a year ago, when the imperial army was about to capture the Star Sea of ​​Prison Souls, Yun Haoyu instructed Feng Lanxi to convene a group of elite scientists in the military industry field of the empire to demonstrate a major topic: that is, to use the empire's existing technological level and industrial Manufacturing ability, is it possible to replicate the asteroid that Lord Borosto is riding on!

Yun Haoyu has personally seen the horror of this kind of killer!When the Gadley Federation destroyed the country, all the planets in the entire capital star field were destroyed. This is its masterpiece!If the later empire didn't have a few hole cards, it would be an impossible task to deal with it!

Moreover, being able to destroy two planets was already the limit of what the Imperial Legion could do at that time. If a third asteroid was thrown into the battlefield, then the history of the Empire would have ended long ago!

Such a super weapon has a fundamental impact on the strategic strength of the empire!As long as the empire has such an asteroid, even if it is slightly inferior in technical performance, it can completely change the strength comparison between the human world and alien civilizations, and thus become the supreme treasure to suppress human luck!

According to Feng Lanxi's original estimate, if the empire wants to have such a killer weapon, even if it invests at all costs from now on, it will not take 80 or [-] years to make a breakthrough!

Although all major human powers have the strength to manufacture large-scale mobile interstellar fortresses, the technical level of the two is not at the same level at all!These fortresses have high energy consumption, poor concealment, long charging time, high failure rate, and unbearably slow maneuvering speed!After all, they are nothing more than large mobile fortresses!

Only after the Xinghui Empire obtained the knowledge from Yuangu technology, did it really build a decent mobile interstellar fortress!The speed, charging time, and strike power have all made great progress, and it has become an important boost for the imperial army to attack cities and conquer territories and long-distance raids!

The latest "Ancestral Dragon" class mobile interstellar fortress launched by the Empire has greatly improved its maneuvering speed, concealment, and main gun power, and has initially possessed the power of some asteroids!

But in order to truly create a killer weapon comparable to that kind of asteroid, the empire still needs more investment!Only then can you get your wish!

Of course, Yun Haoyu knew in his heart that in fact, the technological inheritance he got from the second Yuangu base contained a lot of knowledge in this area, which made the empire truly have the possibility of reappearing this super weapon. !As long as he is willing to spend money!

"Alright then! Since everyone thinks this plan is feasible, then I will approve it!" He said.

"Your Majesty!" Meng Xuan said with some embarrassment, "The empire's financial budget for this year is already very tight, and even a lot of reserve funds have been mobilized. If there is another project like this, then it will be..."

"Qing is the richest person in charge of the Ministry of Finance in the galaxy, is there still a time when you are short of money to spend?" Yun Haoyu said slightly teasingly.

Meng Xuan said angrily:

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Finance of the Empire has not had any surplus in the past few years. All funds have been given priority to the military! About half of the reserve funds that could not be used have been spent due to various reasons. Under such circumstances , but also to ensure that domestic prices are maintained at a relatively reasonable level, the pressure on the Ministry of Finance is too great!"

Since the founding of the country, the war machine of the empire has never really stopped for a moment!Although the Imperial Legion is invincible, it is invincible in every attack!Up to now, the territory of the empire has surpassed any major country in human history, which also ensures that the imperial government has almost unlimited financial and material resources in its hands!

But the problem is, money comes faster and spends it faster!Today's empire has always maintained a state of wartime economy, and all kinds of social resources are given priority to serve the war!In the research institute of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, there are thousands of new weapons research projects, and the consumption of source crystals is already an unimaginable number!

Also, the production of warships today is in units of millions. The output of those mobile interstellar fortresses that cost hundreds of billions of source crystals and are known as "gold-swallowing monsters" are all calculated on the basis of warships!As for the formation and cultivation of a large number of supernatural legions, it has become a bottomless pit that consumes the resources of the empire!

That's why the young Minister of Finance feels that this family is getting more and more difficult.

Yun Haoyu pondered for a moment, and said: "Since that's the case, then the Ministry of Internal Affairs will pay for this money! All future project budgets will also be borne by the royal family!"

Speaking of this, he asked Feng Lanxi: "How much investment will be required for the entire project budget, can you estimate it now? How long will it take to see the results?"

"From the start of the project to the production of qualified finished products, if calculated in three years, the expenditure is equivalent to about one-third of the military budget of the empire this year!" She said.

"Three years? It seems too long!" Yun Haoyu frowned, "Can't it be faster?"

The imperial legion will soon go out again, and it will inevitably face the alien civilization head-on. At the beginning, it was okay, but in the later stage, when the opponent's ultimate power is dispatched, the empire has no corresponding means to restrain it, and it is inevitable to suffer!

Feng Lanxi lowered her head and quickly deduced for a moment, said: "Your Majesty can advance it if you want, if this time is shortened to two years, then the budget will nearly double! If it is one year, this number will be doubled." Doubling is enough!"

"And if some unforeseen accidents happen in the middle, the budget may also increase, so we need to prepare an emergency fund!"

"That is to say, I need to come up with a financial budget equivalent to two and a half years of the imperial military? That's all!" Yun Haoyu said with a faint smile, "Then it's settled like this! This killer weapon, just Call it 'Death Starship', I must get it!"

The family property of the aristocratic nobles confiscated in the great purge was basically in the hands of the royal family, and the imperial finance department got only a small part, so Yun Haoyu didn't care about money!

As long as the empire can win this unprecedented competition, the entire galaxy, including those alien civilizations, all belong to the empire, so there is no need to be stingy now!

Next, the ministers began to discuss the specific details of the project.

(Friends who have watched Star Wars are very impressed with the Death Star built by the Empire, right?)