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The months-long assessment of the garrison's reinforcement efforts has come to a complete end.

The Mechanic Church compiled all the quantitative indicators of the planet's defenses, fortification stability, hazard elimination records, and emergency response efficiency. After a comprehensive comparison, the superiority or inferiority of the two legions became completely clear.

The Fourth Army Corps' fortifications were solid, meticulous, and without any oversights or hidden dangers, safeguarding the bottom line of strategic defense and serving as a static barrier that would remain stable for millennia.

However, the Seventh Army Corps' advantage lies in its comprehensive strength, its ability to both attack and defend, and its unparalleled adaptability.

They not only completed reinforcement tasks far exceeding the standard, but also established a full-domain mobile patrol system, an emergency response mechanism for sudden distortions, and a subspace fluctuation early warning link. The entire defense system is capable of defense, patrolling, combat, and providing a safety net. Faced with various galactic-level emergencies such as chaotic attacks, alien infiltration, and subspace distortions, its fault tolerance and adaptability far exceed those of a single static defense.

According to Huang Feng's judgment criteria, the Pharos Beacon, as the core hub for maintaining stability across the entire galaxy in the future, needs not only a solid defensive line, but also a top-level defensive system that can cope with all kinds of changes, survive in the long term, and provide dynamic backup.

The final ruling has been made, and the dust has settled.

The Seventh Army Corps successfully captured the first-ever collective Eagle Flag Star Splendor of a main force army corps.

As the news spread, the five thousand soldiers of the Seventh Legion stood in solemn silence, their battle flags flying high, and the entire army's fighting spirit soared. This unique collective starlight was engraved on the legion's eagle banner, making them completely superior to all other main legions, securing the highest collective glory of the Great Expedition, to be passed down through the ages.

Although the soldiers of the Fourth Army Corps had regrets, they were completely convinced of their defeat. The data was clear, the merits and demerits were fair, there was no bias or false praise, and they lost with dignity and without a single complaint.

Huang Feng did not mistreat the steady and reliable Fourth Legion.

The Fourth Legion's exceptional fortifications, flawless infrastructure, and impeccably stable defenses are also indispensable core capabilities in the galactic strategic layout. Since they were not eligible for the Legion's collective starlight, Huang Feng exceptionally bestowed upon the Fourth Legion a collective starlight at the company level, recognizing their extremely rigorous defensive achievements and still granting them high-level merit records.

The First Legion received the highest collective honor, and the Second Legion received the reward of a thousand elite soldiers. After two months of legion competitions, both legions ultimately won merit and each got what they deserved.

After the merit assessment concluded, Huang Feng did not personally present the medals. Instead, he dispatched his Angel Legion to the planet to officially award the Starlight Eagle Banner to the two legions, inscribing their collective merits.

The Angel Legion, with its solemn regalia and awe-inspiring holy light, carried the highest-level reward documents of the Great Crusade and personally imprinted the new starlight mark onto the battle flags of the two legions.

The Primarch of the Angel Legion, watching from afar, sighed inwardly, feeling a mix of helpless envy.

He actually wanted this unique collective starlight more than anyone else, wanting the Angel Legion to win this top honor in the entire army, surpassing all the main combat legions. But he knew very well in his heart that his legion's combat strength could be described as unprecedented in the entire Great Expeditionary Legion, invincible in charge, and unparalleled in blood battle, but the only thing they were least good at wasting time, not good at infrastructure construction, and not good at the tedious work of garrisoning and fortification.

When it comes to frontal assaults, siege battles, and bloody combat, the Angel Legion fears no one; but when it comes to fortification, foundation reinforcement, comprehensive defense, and long-term stability maintenance, they are complete novices and simply cannot compete with the Fourth and Seventh Legions, who specialize in infrastructure and defense.

Not only the Angel Legion, but all the other main legions fighting in various parts of the galaxy were filled with envy after learning about the selection rules and final honors of this collective starlight.

Every legion knew that this was the first legion-level collective starlight in the history of the Great Crusade, extremely significant and rare, and capable of suppressing the achievements and glory of other legions for a long time to come. No one could resist its allure.

However, each legion has its own specialty. Some are good at lightning raids, some are good at frontal annihilation, and some are good at siege battles. Very few legions can settle down to do the tedious, lengthy, and extremely rigorous work of planetary reinforcement and all-area defense. Even if they want to compete, they know that they can't match the professionalism of the Fourth and Seventh Legions, so they can only give up regretfully.

With his achievements settled, Huang Feng's grand strategic plan was immediately launched.

The deployment of nearly a thousand Pharos beacons and the stabilization project across the entire galactic subspace are of unimaginable scale, far beyond the capacity of a single planet, legion, or war zone. To completely smooth the subspace turbulence across the entire galaxy, establish stable channels connecting the starry seas, and suppress global chaotic distortions, it is essential to pre-lay a massive number of foundational support points.

Huang Feng directly issued an order, commanding Dorn to take the lead in coordinating the entire army's surveying, screening, and planning, and to finalize thousands of strategic pivot points throughout the entire Milky Way galaxy in advance.

These locations will serve as the core foundations for future deployment of Pharos beacons, star fortress garrisons, military industrial bases, and starfield fortresses, with terrain solidification, rock reinforcement, anti-distortion isolation, and basic defense pre-laying completed in advance.

The Fourth Legion, specializing in extreme infrastructure, static fortresses, and permanent fortifications, will serve as the core supporting force for the entire galactic infrastructure project, working with Dorn to complete the basic defense of the vast and boundless star sea.

The order was transmitted to the front lines simultaneously, and Peturabo received Huang Feng's transfer order immediately.

He couldn't help but harbor some resentment and displeasure towards Dorne. The two had completely different styles of military command, operational philosophies, and offensive and defensive strategies, and their past collaborations had often resulted in ideological clashes. Perturabo had always disliked Dorne's overly rigid, conservative, and cautious approach to things.

However, Huang Feng's military orders were absolute and were the highest directives of the entire expedition, which no one could disobey.

Despite harboring resentment, Peturabo suppressed his anger and obeyed all orders.

He was well aware of the significance of this project.

This is not an ordinary planetary reinforcement or war zone garrison project, but a long-term infrastructure project covering the entire Milky Way galaxy.

With thousands of galactic pivots, nearly a thousand Pharos beacons, and a nationwide star network, the project is immense in scale and unprecedented in complexity. It involves the star field topography, subspace environment, alien threats, and chaotic fissures of the entire Milky Way, and cannot be accomplished hastily.

To secure humanity's future galactic dominance and end the chaos of the Long Night, we must calm down, investigate step by step, plan step by step, and solidify our foundations little by little.

Peturabo quickly contacted Dorn, and the two Primarchs put aside their ideological differences and personal feelings to formally connect on the overall infrastructure planning.

One person excels at building extremely stable, zero-risk, and permanently secure infrastructure, while the other is proficient in overall planning and strategic location layout.

The two complemented each other and began to calm down, sorting out each point and making comprehensive plans, making thorough preparations for this super foundational project spanning the entire galaxy.

The starry sky is vast, the road ahead is long, and there is still a long way to go.