Although the monthly inco had been substantial when added up, it was still too slow.
Since the battle at Steel Wing Star had ended, nearly half a year had passed unnoticed, and Gu Hang had only managed to accrue about 200,000 Grace Points.
That wasn't a lot.
War was always the fastest source of Grace Points.
The battle at Steel Wing Star had granted him 930,000 Grace Points, and the Temir campaign would yield even more.
Although the naval portion wasn't as intense as that of the Steel Wing Star battle and hadn't caused significant casualties thus far, the land warfare on the two planets involved was on a larger scale than Steel Wing Star.
And then there were the over two billion Green Skins burned to death by the Skyburn Torpedoes on Temir II... Hmm, he wasn't sure how the system would calculate that.
But overall, if the Temir campaign ended in victory, it would certainly result in a substantial amount of Grace Points, no less than a million.
Furthermore, as the war dragged on, it could potentially increase even more.
However, in this regard, Gu Hang actually felt a bit uneasy.
As of now, the Temir campaign hadn't finished, and as he had thought earlier, this at grinder of a battlefield would beco prolonged. However, the war rewards wouldn't be calculated until after the campaign had ended.
What if they lost?
Defeats weren't calculated.
To date, Gu Hang hadn't been spared from defeats—especially now, with countless planets seeing Alliance soldiers battling it out with Mist Horses and Eagle Horses.
Though small in scale, a battle won would result in Grace Points; a battle lost would result in none.
With such massive and prolonged investnts in the Temir campaign, what would happen if they ended up losing and having to withdraw?
The large expected bounty of Grace Points would vanish.
That was distressing for Gu Hang.
But he imdiately reminded himself.
He couldn't be blinded by these things.
A million Grace Points is a lot? Of course it's a lot, a very large amount.
But are a million Grace Points a transformative force? Not really.
Military actions must be judged based on military conditions. If the situation truly changes, they must let go of what they need to let go, and not turn a local battle into a do-or-die war; that would truly be a waste and completely unnecessary.
Nor can they take unnecessary military risks just because they want the Grace Points to be calculated sooner.
Gu Hang understood all these principles.
But that step hadn't yet been reached.
Who said they couldn't win the Temir campaign?
Gu Hang believed that the Alliance had a clear advantage!
...
"Gu Hang, be careful, there might be changes with the Temir situation."
The speaker was Tan Jiuyi, the Star Domain Head.
That day, Gu Hang had received a call invitation from him.
Normally, the Star Language Hall in Yunluo couldn't reach Gu Hang; their Star Speakers weren't skilled enough.
However, this ti there was no other way, so they assigned Gu Hang an old acquaintance: Zhang Guang'en, A-grade Psychic and Star Domain Great Mage, to personally operate the Star Language Tower.
It took quite an effort, managing to penetrate the green waves of subspace and send the Star Speech information through.
Tan Jiuyi started the conversation by giving thanks.
He thanked Gu Hang for informing him about the outcos at Frost Origin IV beforehand.
At the ti, he was hesitant and unwilling to believe it, but given the gravity of the situation, if it were true, it would be disastrous.
Therefore, on one hand, he hastened to gather the latest information on the battle situation at Frost Origin IV, and on the other, he activated the corresponding contingencies, preparing for the worst-case scenario where Frost Origin IV was lost and the main forces wiped out.
These strategies included drafting a large number of comrcial ships from the Empire Comrce Guild, gathering more Defense Armies and Star Realm Armies, asking for assistance from other Star Domains, converting all local planets to military production, and setting up defenses around the outer worlds near Yunluo Star...
In fact, it was confird that Gu Hang hadn't deceived him.
When the situation at Frost Origin IV was confird, almost a month had passed since the war had ended.
Indeed, over that month, while Tan Jiuyi had been deliberately seeking out information, a fair amount of news had already suggested this. But until the Founding General of the chanical Cult, Chen Haixu, had escaped back to Jindi Star with a group of people and contacted him, did he truly learn the details of the war.
While it was a severe blow, there was at least one thing to be grateful for: he knew a month earlier and had prepared a month in advance, which prevented him from being caught completely off guard by the news.
Actually, these preparations had proven effective.
Forewarned defenses around the outer star systems of Yunluo Star held back and eliminated so of the smaller groups of invading Green Skins, preventing their forces from directly landing in the core area of the Yunluo Sector.
The war supplies prepared in advance also played a certain role.
The direction of the Beastman army was towards Jindi Star.
It was clear that the Green Skins had their primary target set on this chanical Cult's Foundry World.
Not attacking Yunluo was indeed a relief for Tan Jiuyi, but he also realized that the fates of Yunluo and Jindi were now more firmly intertwined.
Without Jindi, Yunluo would fall.
And it would fall quickly.
Those prepared military assets and gathered soldiers, aboard every transport ship they could muster, went to Jindi Star before the Green Skins could blockade the route between the Steel Fire Dragon Star Sector and the Yunluo Star Sector.
anwhile, the remnants of the Yunluo Fleet that escaped from Frost Origin IV—yes, the Yunluo Fleet had managed to escape again. When Frost Origin IV took a beating and the chanical Ark fell, the Yunluo Fleet was still orbiting the outer periter of the planet. Discovering the combat moon and realizing the chanical Ark was dood, they had no illusions and hastily fled.
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