For humanity, burn the stars.

Qin Heling sat in the captain's cabin, observing the players' actions through the Seed Fire system.

He nodded in satisfaction as he watched the players scatter across the planet and explore in all directions.

That's how you get a win-win situation – you have to fleece the players like this.

It can satisfy players' curiosity and desire to explore, and also make up for the shortage of labor.

Compared to most starting situations, Qin Heling's current situation is quite unique.

They start with a small population, a harsh planetary environment, and limited resources, but their advantage lies in their advanced technology.

They weren't really troubled by the technology tree; they didn't need to start from scratch and figure everything out by hand.

The existence of the Seed Fire System allows them to develop along the existing technology tree of humankind on Earth, while the manufacturing mother bed provided by the Federation further raises the upper limit of the manufacturing industry.

Therefore, they did not have to start from scratch like primitive people.

In other words, their most important thing right now is resources, which will be used for initial expansion.

After all, they only have one spaceship, which is really difficult to carry such a large amount of supplies, and their carrying capacity is limited.

Even if the current resources bring more than a thousand tons of basic metals, which seems like a lot, it is actually not enough.

If all of it were put into the mother bed, it would probably only be able to produce one or two medium-sized production lines.

Therefore, they must develop the planet rapidly and utilize almost all of its resources.

Only in this way can we develop and expand on a larger scale of production.

Given enough resources, they could quickly conquer this planet and gather the power of the entire planet to return to the Star Sea.

In fact, their human alliance started in a way that was anything but humble.

The players' presence solved the most pressing problem of manpower shortage.

With the supplies brought from the Starsea Federation, Qin Heling was even able to fully arm every player to the teeth.

Even just equipping each person with a small vehicle and a probe would undoubtedly greatly improve the progress of exploration.

But Qin Heling didn't do that; instead, he made the players start from scratch.

Playing games means you have to work hard with your own hands to earn equipment and resources little by little.

The task Qin Heling is giving players now is very simple: to learn about this planet.

Whether it's discovering minerals, or finding indigenous people or wildlife, it can all be considered part of the mission.

They can earn different amounts of points through exploration, conquest, and encyclopedia entries on flora and fauna.

Players can only feel satisfied and prolong the game's lifespan by using the points they earn to arm themselves.

Giving players equipment from the start can indeed greatly improve development efficiency, but it will also reduce the fun of the game.

After all, the players and the Fourth Calamity are a force capable of overturning the Star Sea.

Compared to the current situation, Qin Heling cares more about the long-term future.

Moreover, once there are more new players, new problems will arise.

If we send it to the players now, we have to send it to every new batch of players after that, otherwise it would be a clear planning error.

But what kind of business is it for a shady boss to give out so many new players equipment?

As a leader, Qin Heling must use these resources on more important matters.

For example, it can be used to manufacture assembly lines for the large-scale production of essential products.

While manufacturing machine beds are versatile and highly precise, their efficiency is far less than that of dedicated production lines.

Whether it's production and cultivation chambers to expand the player base or factories for smelting raw ore, these are far more important than equipment.

Therefore, Qin Heling only provides basic protective sets. Going forward, whether it's upgrading equipment or exchanging for other items, you'll need to use points to redeem them.

To put it more simply, under Qin Heling's plan, the future human alliance will be based on an absolute merit-based military system.

So, in any aspect, as long as you achieve results, you will be rewarded.

It is also the system that best suits the players' psychology and is the fairest.

As for how to use the points, that's up to the players to decide.

Qin Heling smiled as he watched the players who remained on the spaceship studying the production list.

In fact, players can all think of using engineering tools to modify them into weapons, so how could he not know that?

There's no need to talk about anything too high-tech; just some high-pressure rock-breaking cannons or high-power pulse discharge devices would be just right.

With just a few modifications, it can be transformed into a weapon with sufficient lethality.

However, Qin Heling did not provide any hints to the players.

After all, exploring the diverse weapon categories is one of the fun things we're offering players right now.

In this way, the shortcoming of not being able to systematically produce weapons in the short term is turned into a gameplay element in the early stages of the game.

Once the industrial system is fully established, unrestricted production lines will be able to mass-produce conventional weapons, allowing the industry to survive the mid-term phase.

Just as Qin Heling was planning his next development path, a notification suddenly appeared in the system.

Qin Heling raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"Has anyone already made any progress?"

"A good start."

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On the icy plains, the three members of the Battlefield Trio held their breath in concentration.

About fifty meters ahead of them, a creature was slowly pacing; it was a wild beast that was not small in size.

Based on the current distance and size, the other party's height is probably around 3 meters.

Their physique, coupled with their scarlet eyes, gave them a considerable intimidating presence.

Because of its enormous horns, the first impression it gives is that of a cow, making one wonder if the programmer simply copied a model from Earth.

However, upon closer inspection, the three realized that this was not the case at all.

The creature didn't seem to have a four-legged structure at all; it was standing upright.

Because of the hair covering their bodies, they had no idea what the other person's body structure was like.

Even its body hair wasn't the typical fur of mammals; instead, it had a fluffy structure similar to bird feathers.

As early as when Qin Heling picked up the shell from the ground, the players had already suspected that there must be life on this planet.

They simply hadn't expected that such highly evolved creatures existed.

"Is this thing considered a cow or something?"

While marveling at the wonder of life, [Atomic Bomb] used the camera function on his equipment to take a few pictures of the creature from a distance, preparing to submit the mission progress.

"Click."

The recorder has finished recording.

Almost simultaneously, a notification popped up in the three people's field of vision:

[Unrecorded species discovered - initial observations completed]

[Points +15]

With 15 points credited to their accounts, the three of them were immediately invigorated.

At the same time, all players received a message.

[Biological Encyclopedia - Planet Trent - Updated]

[New Task: Conduct behavioral observation and ecological analysis of the species (optional task)]

[Biological survey missions are not exclusive to discoverers; players who discover new habits of species can also compete for subsequent rewards.]