Pretending to be a genius starts with the civilization advancement assessment.

Chapter 112 The Idea of ​​Taking Precautions and Proactive Intervention
The massive convoy drove along the deserted and dilapidated city roads, its tracks and tires grinding over gravel and debris with a monotonous and continuous roar.

Inside the armored personnel carrier, the light was dim, and the air was filled with the smells of steel, engine oil, and the tense sweat of the soldiers.

The trainees clutched their weapons tightly, most of them closing their eyes to rest or conducting a final check of their equipment. The air was thick with the oppressive silence that precedes a major battle.

Lin Yi sat in a front seat in the command vehicle, his body swaying slightly with the vehicle's bumps.

His eyes were slightly closed, seemingly resting, but his mind was no longer on the impending battle to wipe out the nest, a battle that would be a matter of life and death for others.

In Lin Yi's mind, there wouldn't be many changes in this operation to eliminate the three miniature abyssal nests.

After his personal training and intensive training, coupled with supporting tactics and regular troops, the trainees' abilities were greatly enhanced, resulting in a high success rate in eliminating them, despite some setbacks.

Therefore, he focused more of his attention on what happened after the battle.

The question is how to use the three "source energy condensers" that are about to be acquired.

Lin Yi silently calculated in his mind: “Three energy condensation devices.”

This item is undoubtedly a strategic treasure for Earth, where energy is scarce at present, and it can greatly accelerate the training efficiency of energy warriors.

From his personal perspective, he naturally hoped to use all three instruments at the Dongfeng Training Camp to immediately expand recruitment and cultivate as many qualified Origin Warriors as possible before the first wave of the Abyss truly arrived, forming a considerable defensive force. This was the optimal solution to deal with the current crisis.

In the past, he might have remained silent, waiting for the highest command to hold a meeting, weigh the pros and cons, and make a decision before asking for his advice.

At that time, he was more accustomed to playing the role of a pure "technology provider" and "high-end combat force" rather than a decision-making participant.

But now, after that epiphany, Lin Yi's mindset has quietly changed.

Moreover, Lin Yi knew that after his tacit exchange with Li Zhenguo and his recent attack at the stadium, his weight and influence in the eyes of the higher-ups had inevitably changed.

"Once this battle is over, it's time to offer my suggestions," Lin Yi decided.

He planned to propose directly to the Supreme Command after the war that the newly acquired energy condenser be used to significantly expand the recruitment of the Dongfeng Training Camp and establish a more comprehensive selection and training mechanism.

The first crucial step is to help Blue Star establish a systematic and self-sustaining mechanism for cultivating new energy cultivators as soon as possible.

This is not only to deal with the crisis of the Abyss Beasts, but also for the more distant future.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi's thoughts drifted to the vast starry sky, and to the small-scale border conflict between the human race and the neighboring Kunmo race that he had personally experienced and participated in, which had lasted for thousands of years and was still not over.

This conflict occurred before Earth entered the space age and continued until his later encounter with the Ziles family.

Among the human race, the main force responsible for dealing with this conflict is the Hengji Ring Cosmos, a higher-level administrative and military unit under the Purple Gold Star Alliance.

Although this is currently defined as a "small-scale conflict" within the vast territory of the human race, only a dozen or so star alliances under the Hengji Ring Cosmos that are closest to the conflict star field are participating in the frontal battle in the early stages.

However, the Astral Army of the Eternal Silence Ring had already issued a massive number of auxiliary missions through the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.

The range of missions is extensive, from patrol escorts and supply transport to outpost defense and small-scale raids and reconnaissance, and the demand is enormous.

Back then, the Leliat Mercenary Group accumulated its first pot of gold by taking on these military missions, which were plentiful, well-paid, and offered stable but not top-tier compensation.

Lin Yi himself, along with the mercenary group, had been active on that vast and dangerous border battlefield for over two thousand years.

It wasn't until the leader, Lelina, prepared to go into seclusion to attempt to break through to the Star Domain level that the entire mercenary group strategically contracted, allowing him to leave that familiar battlefield.

But Lin Yi has always kept a close eye on that war.

It wasn't just because he still had familiar Astral Army and mercenary friends fighting there, but also because the leader, Lelina, had clearly stated that once her realm was stable, she planned to lead the mercenary group back to the border to take on deeper battlefield missions with higher rewards and greater challenges.

Therefore, through information channels within the mercenary circle, Lin Yi vaguely learned that this "small-scale conflict" had not only failed to subside over the past few thousand years, but had instead shown a trend of gradually expanding and escalating. The number of Star Alliance members under Hengji Huanzhou who had officially announced their participation in the war had slowly but steadily increased from the initial dozen or so to more than thirty.

Based on this trend, Lin Yi predicted that it wouldn't be long before the flames of war would spread to his own Purple Gold Star Alliance.

Once the Purple Gold Star Alliance is officially included in the war effort, Blue Star, as its newly appointed administrative star, will inevitably have to fulfill its obligations as a member star of the human race, even if it is located in the most remote rear area.

One crucial aspect is that, when necessary, qualified Source Energy practitioners are dispatched to form external units to assist or even directly join the Astral Army's combat ranks and rush to the border battlefield.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi's eyes became even more profound.

Interstellar warfare has never been just a stage for the strongest.

The universe is vast and boundless, and the distribution of energy is extremely uneven, with many areas having scarce or even nearly barren energy sources.

In these regions, it is extremely inefficient for top-tier experts to engage in combat.

At the star-domain level or even higher, the amount of source energy they consume is enormous, and they mainly rely on drawing free source energy from the natural environment to recover.

The highest-level source energy crystals known in the universe currently have enough energy purity and total amount for even star-domain level powerhouses to supplement their daily needs, and cannot enable higher-level powerhouses to engage in prolonged or frequent high-intensity battles in such a low-source-energy environment.

Therefore, the strategic focus of high-level powerhouses is often on vying for those "rich mineral areas" with abundant energy, key shipping lane nodes, or star regions with special strategic significance.

Only in these high-energy regions can they unleash their full power; the aftershocks of their battles could easily tear apart stars.

In the vast low-energy battlefield, high-level powerhouses usually only exist as a strategic deterrent and support force. Unless there is a decisive turning point in the battle or a crucial objective is involved, they will never easily take action.

Their presence was more like a stabilizing force, preventing powerful opponents from launching devastating attacks that disregarded the rules. The real battle was left to starships of various levels and a large number of mid- to low-level cultivators.

These areas became the main battlefields for forces like Lin Yi's back then, primarily composed of Star Core and Star Swirl-level units.

The Leliat Mercenary Group mainly took on this type of mission back then.

"If Blue Star is conscripted in the future, the teams sent will most likely be deployed to battlefields in low-energy areas like this one." Lin Yi knew this perfectly well.

Given Earth's limited resources as a newcomer to interstellar travel, it was simply impossible for it to cultivate beings capable of participating in high-intensity battles between powerful individuals. Even providing qualified interstellar warships would take an extremely long time.

The most realistic option is to send marines or small commando teams composed of source energy warriors to cooperate with the main astral army to carry out missions such as planetary landing, space station capture, and reconnaissance and sabotage behind enemy lines.

These missions are equally perilous, and the Kunmo warriors are equally fierce and cunning. The harsh environment of the low-energy zone further amplifies these dangers.

"Time isn't as plentiful as it seems," Lin Yi thought to himself, feeling an even heavier sense of responsibility on his shoulders.

The Abyss Beast crisis is just the first hurdle facing Blue Star. Behind it lies a vast universe of stars, with both opportunities and dangers lurking within.

Therefore, we must start planning for the future from now on.

Expanding the training camp is not just about quantity, but also about quality.

Within the limited "assessment period," we must do our best to cultivate these promising talents not only into source energy warriors, but also to forge them into veterans who have seen blood, fought tough battles, possess an iron will, understand teamwork, and survive and fight in harsh environments.

They may need to become familiar with more than just melee weapons and basic energy skills; in the future, they will also need to master various interstellar individual soldier equipment and even the operation of small assault ships.

These items will drop in higher-level nests, after all, the contents of the "assessment" reward crystals are not random.

Only in this way, when the conscription order from the Purple Gold Star Alliance Executive Committee finally arrives one day in the future, Blue Star will not send a group of inexperienced rookies, but an elite force that, though green, has already experienced real combat, knows how to protect itself, and can truly form combat power, maximizing its survival in the brutal interstellar battlefield.

(End of this chapter)