While Filo Dime was distributing rewards for achievements, Peixin also received his appointment, becoming the "Star Cluster Military Commissioner" of the Claw Star Cluster.

Peixin's information was that he was originally meant to be the Commissioned Area Chief, but the higher-ups had not yet finalized the bureaucratic system for the Star Cluster.

After all, this was a brand-new interstellar structure within Human Civilization.

Resources were abundant.

The density was high.

It would definitely become the center of an area later.

The position of Commissioned Area Chief seemed a bit too small.

Of course, Peixin also knew that he was affected by this attack.

The position of Commissioner for Peixin could also be bought with points, but he didn't have as much money as Filo Dime.

Buying points meant that the greater the difference between one's current position and the desired position after points influence, the more money was naturally required.

He originally wanted to be this Commissioned Area Chief, and he would have to donate over 400 trillion energy coin to the government and 300 trillion energy coin to the military, totaling 700 trillion energy coin.

When he got this result, Peixin felt that the patterns on his body had faded a lot.

He had indeed held a lucrative position as a Commissioner at Black Hole One before.

However, that couldn't compare to a Ship Supervisor.

The position of Ship Supervisor was actually considered the highest level in the Federation, with no room for further advancement.

Filo Dime's transfer was merely because he saw more opportunities to make money and more freedom here.

In fact, the position of "Claw Star Cluster Commander" after the change would be much further from the military's core, and on the grand scale of the entire Civilization Federation, his power would definitely be diminished.

Afterward, he could only influence the Claw Star Cluster, not the internal resolutions of the Federation.

However, each person has their own aspirations; Filo Dime wanted to be the head of a chicken rather than the tail of a phoenix.

And the position of Commissioner was actually third-tier.

It's like one is a company general manager, and the other is an office director.

Compared to ordinary people, both can certainly make money.

But Peixin was actually not even worthy of carrying Filo Dime's shoes.

He himself had stayed at Black Hole One for over 2000 years, and the actual money he got was only tens of trillions of energy coin, a lot of which was in real estate.

Placed in the core area of the Federation, he was considered immensely wealthy.

But 700 trillion energy coin, that would require selling 10 of him tied together.

However, Peixin was already very satisfied.

If he managed the Claw Star Cluster well later and earned some merits, he could still advance further.

After Filo Dime held the celebration banquet, the orders from above also arrived.

"That was really fast."

Filo Dime knew the speed at which decisions were made by the higher-ups; many times it took years or decades, which, for the interstellar age, wasn't considered delayed, but also not highly efficient.

This time, however, the command came down not long after the appointment, showing the importance the Federation's upper echelons placed on this area.

Filo Dime first called Peixin, and another promoted Star Region Consul, Qingqing, a female human.

The three of them — Filo Dime managing military affairs, Peixin managing public security, and Qingqing managing civilian affairs — were considered the three highest-ranking individuals in the Claw Star Cluster at this stage.

"From now on, you all are colleagues who will share hardships; we must manage this Claw Star Cluster to make it something to behold!"

...

Ella received the news of victory from the Claw Star Cluster.

"As expected."

Yan Xia had studied the data of the Claw Star Cluster for some time, and the only thing to pay attention to was the legacy of an Unknown Civilization from long ago within the Claw Star Cluster.

But it seemed he had overestimated what the various Civilizations of the Claw Star Cluster had inherited.

In his eyes, this war was bound to end with the loss of 1 million warships.

As a result, it was merely 200,000 warships.

"Actually, it's not that the Claw Star Cluster didn't have those Unknown Civilization legacies; it's just that those legacies weren't put to use."

Ella had been continuously receiving information from all aspects of the Claw Star Cluster.

From warship Hosts to individual Soldiers, all that information was equivalent to Ella's eyes.

Through these, Ella could be said to have already glimpsed a part of the customs of the various Civilizations in the Claw Star Cluster.

Among them were even some confidential documents found after the army took over.

Yan Xia had already merged with his clone that returned from the Eternal Reincarnation Star Kingdom, and he thought of Hossdi's words.

If one does not become such a massive machine, one can never truly achieve omniscience and omnipotence.

Such a thought merely flashed through his mind for a few seconds, but it was precisely captured by Ella.

"Perfect control does not mean perfect handling."

"My role is actually just to complete tasks; the scores might even be B, or even B- or C for some."

"And you, Yan Xia, can handle anything you touch to an A, some even reaching P, which is very difficult for me to do."

Yan Xia smiled.

"Is this encouragement?"

"I'm not that fragile, just a myriad of thoughts."

"What do you want to do with the Claw Star Cluster?"

Ella did not answer.

"Rather than listening to my boring ideas, why don't you, Yan Xia, tell me how you want to arrange the Claw Star Cluster?"

Its shining eyes stared at Yan Xia, always with a delicate tenderness.

Especially the white ponytail draped over one shoulder; one who didn't know might think it was an old mother looking at her child.

It was quite the opposite, so to speak.

Yan Xia thought very seriously and solemnly for a moment; he actually had a plan in mind, but it hadn't been clearly organized.

After about two minutes, he spoke his thoughts.

"Now is actually the time to concentrate our efforts on major undertakings; if we invest too much in the Claw Star Cluster, especially with its 400,000 Stars, it would at least drain more than half of the Federation's current budget, which is not advisable."

"However, I am also very greedy and don't want to proceed slowly there, so there's only one way: let the Zerg take action."

"The Devouring Zerg there are not strong, and their technological strength is even weaker; why not give them technology and let them continuously provide energy?"

"The Zerg are uniquely gifted in terms of energy; with a large number of swarms, plus some energy-storing bugs, we conveniently don't need to go through the trouble of setting up mining companies or energy companies; buying out their bug genes and their own production capacity will suffice."

Yan Xia was a greedy person.

But if he weren't greedy, he would never have been able to lead such a vast Civilization to this point.

He paused, then continued: "Calculated this way, that Zerg's production capacity is roughly equivalent to a 2.5-level Civilization; activating the internal production capacity of the Claw Star Cluster, ensuring 2.6-level, is still not a problem."

"Military aspects go without saying; this is a necessary thing."

"The main thing is actually to assimilate the people of the various Civilizations in the Claw Star Cluster, which requires some time and some cultural investment."

"In this era, promoting culture is also simple: build some immersive virtual worlds; first, let all Civilizations live in these virtual worlds, and then slowly return to reality; that way, it both eliminates their potential for resistance and can quickly help them adapt to Human Civilization and become standard Humans."

"We don't need to worry about the economy; just introduce some large companies, give them a bit of free rein, and there will always be a few who want to be kings and nobles; then we'll confiscate everything from them and take over."

Economy, culture, and military were all fine.

But what was truly important was not these things.

"Actually, in the end, it still comes down to technological power."

"The Human Civilization's vast Star Region, not to mention our current 2.7 level, even if we develop to 2.9, there's no need for expansion."

"Our true purpose for this expansion is fundamentally for diversity, for Imagination Resource Theory, so we still need to retain some of their own things and support a group of their own high-level personnel."

"Then establish a grand academy; eventually, when they truly become 'theirs,' we can decentralize power."

Ella chuckled softly.

"Sounds like planting trees, picking fruit after they become towering trees, and then letting them go wild after picking the fruit."

Yan Xia nodded.

"That's about right."

"Immigration isn't necessary, but we can send more scholars there."

"The recent task is to make a summary of the entire Claw Civilization's technology, meticulously, from daily necessities to military supplies, from things hundreds of thousands of years old to technologies still in planning, or even just pure theories—all must be collected."

"After doing all this, I think it will be pretty much done."

Ella asked a crucial question.

"No expansion?"

Actually, just as Yan Xia had thought before, Human Civilization currently doesn't lack Stars; Ella asking this, of course, isn't a question of lacking or not.

"We still need to expand."

"The Claw Star Cluster is relatively far away and can serve as a radiation station for Human Civilization, gradually radiating to surrounding Civilizations and then absorbing them."

"What needs to be noted is that, whether it's what was said before or what is being said now, the Claw Star Cluster must be self-sufficient, and not have us provide for them."

"Those guys need to work hard, and they definitely need incentives; we can't give them high scores or high positions now; we still need to give them something to look forward to, to make them feel there's still room for advancement."

So, the scores were set this way.

"Actually, one thing was missed."

Ella added.

"No matter what, the true decision-making power must still remain with us."

"So, Machine God is still needed."

"I think, given the density there, setting up 1227 should be enough."

"Of course, they also have to contribute their own efforts for these."

It was in line with what Yan Xia said.

"Hmm, more detailed things don't need us to consider; just let them do it freely."

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