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Chapter 877: Chapter 478, The Long-Awaited Technology Lottery

Chapter 877: Chapter 478, The Long-Awaited Technology Lottery

Interstellar Warriors’ “superbirth” was something Gu Hang considered, but he still didn’t dare to do it blatantly.

Just take it slow for now.

However, it wouldn’t hurt to make some preparations in advance.

In this regard, Gu Hang had two strategies: quality and quantity.

Of course, these two weren’t in conflict and could be used simultaneously.

Gu Hang was already implementing the quality plan.

Whether it was the new Phoenix recruits trained by Gu Hang or the veterans, not all were fresh soldiers.

The cost of cultivating a Phoenix, from the Gene Seed to training the individual, was 100 for the seed, 100 for training, with an additional 200-300 for the elimination process, not to mention a roughly 10% chance of surgical failure.

The full cost of nurturing a Phoenix Newblood ran to about 400 to 500 Grace Points. Add in the urgency for superhuman organ growth acceleration, and that’s another 100 Grace Points.

Then came training everyone to at least the level of a seasoned veteran, costing an average of 200 per person.

But Gu Hang didn’t stop there.

He would spend another 300 to get each to the “Sergeant” grade.

At this grade, every Interstellar Warrior was practically a veteran among veterans. Compared to the seven who first arrived at Rage Owl Star after a century of penitential expedition, they were only slightly lacking.

Cultivating an Interstellar Warrior like this, a thousand Grace Points was the starting point, not to mention if you added a think tank team of about thirty people to scout for those newbloods with spiritual energy talents, the point consumption would be far greater.

If Gu Hang wanted to train the Phoenixes to the level of an ‘Company Champion,’ that was feasible too. Each would cost an additional four hundred points, totaling four hundred thousand to attain that level. That was equivalent to having undergone a penitential expedition, just one grade below Matins, who possessed the strength of an Interstellar Warrior Company Commander.

If that weren’t enough, Gu Hang could even use the [Heroes] panel to enlighten them, boosting their hero potential one by one and directly upgrading them with Grace Points as soon as they were eligible, instead of waiting for them to grow. However, to take this step, the cost in Grace Points per person would run wild like an unbridled stallion, completely out of control.

That was a bit too shocking and extravagant, and also the point expenditure was too high, Gu Hang was somewhat reluctant.

Yet if the number issue of Interstellar Warriors couldn’t be solved and a thousand was the limit, when Gu Hang had plenty of Grace Points at his disposal and really needed to use the Interstellar Warriors to confront a crisis, he wouldn’t care about the cost.

To pull each one up to the level of a ‘Company Champion’ and give a little push with the hero enlightenment. They might not reach the level of a Battle Group Champion, but if every veteran could take on five or even ten opponents, that was feasible too.

There was a solution for quality; actually, there was one for quantity as well.

Gu Hang thought about expanding another Battle Group, but after careful consideration, it didn’t seem feasible. Battle Groups were numbered, and each was officially documented with corresponding paperwork by the Empire. Starting one, naming it, designing its livery, creating a group on his own, that was definitely illegal, and if discovered, it would be a major crime.

It was also difficult to hide; it would be better to rely on Phoenix superbirth if discovered.

Nevertheless, Gu Hang could use the reserve force, under the guise of new soldier training, to create a Shadow Battle Group outside of the Phoenix.

The Gene Seeds of the Phoenix would still be used, as those were the only seeds Gu Hang could exchange for now.

But once the Interstellar Warriors were trained, he would hide them away and not use them.

Their most common use was to seamlessly replenish the Phoenix in case of personnel losses. The Empire wouldn’t have anything to say about this approach. They weren’t formal Interstellar Warriors, just a reserve force. What was there to say? It just happened that this reserve force was particularly strong.

But with this reasoning, Gu Hang could at most maintain an additional one or two hundred in size. Anything more wouldn’t be tolerated by the Empire.

Another use was more borderline. When necessary, these reservists from the Shadow Battle Group could have their Powered Armor painted to resemble the Phoenix’s and pretend to be them in operations.

However, if the number of Phoenix operative at the same time grew too large, it would end up similar to what happened with the Iron Armor Battle Group.

Though it was an idea, no matter how, the notion of absurdly expanding the number of Interstellar Warriors seemed very difficult currently.

First, the cost was exorbitant. Aside from an immense amount of Grace Points, equipping so many powered armors and a complete set of expensive single-soldier equipment would require a lot of money.

Secondly, the political risk was too high. If exposed, it would be indefensible and a serious taboo. His and the Phoenix’s reputation would plummet to the level of Iron Armor.

If Iron Armor was considered a hypothetical enemy, Gu Hang could not let his reputation fall to that level. If the Central Government of the Empire thought the conflict between the Alliance and ‘Iron Fury Stone’ was a matter of warlords biting each other, that would be very bad indeed.

Firstly, Gu Hang didn’t see himself as a separatist power;

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Secondly, he couldn’t let others think he was;

At the very least, even if others did think so, they couldn’t have concrete evidence against him.

The consequences of these three degrees of perception were vastly different. Most directly, if Gu Hang got into a real dispute with the Fury Flame Battle Group, would the official Empire support him or simply watch from the sidelines?

After much thought, Gu Hang decided to also put the idea of expanding numbers on hold as an alternative.