But what kind of gap can be so immense that it cannot be filled in a short time, yet so urgent that it cannot be ignored?

Numerous scattered speculations surfaced in Ji Jue's mind, only to quickly dissipate.

In the brief silence, Ji Jue returned to calm.

Central City is too far away.

Ji Jue had never been there in his entire life, let alone been able to guess the thoughts of those high-ranking officials, let alone change anything, which was pure delusion.

The strength of Tian Yuan lies in aggregation. Once integration is completed, any obstructing individual wouldn't even count as dust; a mere breath could crush them to powder.

Currently, all he could do was prepare as much as possible.

Just like... wait...

He looked up suddenly at Lv Yingyue: it wasn't just himself who needed to prepare!

"Sometimes, I really don't know if being too smart is good or bad." Lv Yingyue seemed to understand something, sighing with emotion: "Smart kids aren't usually liked."

Ji Jue laughed at himself, "Can't help it, I've been annoying since I was a kid, used to it."

Even without saying anything, there was already a tacit understanding between the two.

"Sometimes I think it's good that you're a craftsman, focused on research, without concerning yourself with external matters, you'll be welcomed wherever you go, but I didn't expect you to stir up so much trouble even as a craftsman."

Lv Yingyue shook her head, sighing, and then abruptly changed the topic: "Next, Sea Tide Military Industry will undergo a new round of expansion."

"What do you need me to cooperate with?" Ji Jue asked.

"No need, one craftsman, whether there is one more or less of you, it doesn't matter, that's your teacher's business."

Speaking of this, a slight smile played at the corner of Lv Yingyue's mouth, "If you really want to help, then just do nothing, at least don't idly target Xu Chaoxian... that old guy really isn't very brave, he's already embarrassing enough, he's just started to pull himself together, and what if you break him again?"

Ji Jue was awkwardly silent.

"Take a look at this." She picked up a document from the table and pushed it over.

As soon as Ji Jue took it in his hands, he saw the top secret stamp at the top, a national-level secret, theoretically speaking, someone like Ji Jue, who skirts the edge of the system, shouldn't even be thinking about it, let alone looking at it.

The moment he touched it, he was probably discovered by the Security Bureau.

Yet in Lv Yingyue's office, the security seal remained silent, as before.

The document wasn't long, but its contents made one's skin crawl.

To respond to the increasingly intense international situation and so on, after a bunch of nonsense, various arguments, it proposed one point—construct a new port and military base, and undertake the maintenance of Leviathan Fleet and the construction of new warships...

As the top-level strategic deterrent of the Federation, the existence of Leviathan could be said to represent the destruction of the Federation. The entire fleet was completed with an unknown amount of funding and manpower, gradually becoming a weapon of war under successive maintenance.

Its maintenance tasks are not something that ordinary ships can undertake.

And constructing such a port and base requires pouring in resources... Just thinking about it made Ji Jue's scalp tingle, the bit he just earned wouldn't even count as a cell of one of the nine oxen.

The Federation is too large, so large that once it's integrated, it will become a real monster. Once such a monster feels hunger, the offerings it devours will be so vast that the world cannot bear it.

And construction of this port and base has already been put on the agenda.

So...

Connecting it to Lv Yingyue saying that Sea Tide Military is about to expand, it means—

Ji Jue suddenly realized: "Has the site selection already begun?"

"Do you understand now, Ji Jue, stability is meaningful to us, and it's crucial." Lv Yingyue nodded slowly: "Perhaps war is about to break out, but not now, at least not until the port and maintenance base are completed."

Hai Province is not the only choice, the Federation's coastline is long enough, and there are too many places to choose from.

Compared to Hai Province, which only occupies geographical advantages, other areas are equally competitive, with the strongest competitor undoubtedly being East City, the second economically strong among the Federation's four directly governed cities!

What about the convenience of the location?

It's just a location, moreover, once the situation changes, the advantage will turn into a disadvantage; being closest to Central Earth also means it's the first to be hit, without even the depth and defensive capabilities.

Indeed, from an offensive perspective, Hai Province is the best choice, but the best doesn't mean the most suitable... So-called politics is such absurd stuff, only looking at positions and sides, not whether it's right or wrong.

If in the disputes of Central City, Huang Province wins, maybe the military base could be directly built in icy cold snow.

And once the situation in Central Earth changes and friction increases, more people will lean towards moving the Leviathan maintenance base to the more inland East City.

Therefore, Hai Province needs time, it needs more 'sunk costs'!

And once the site selection and construction of Leviathan maintenance base begin, the whole of Hai Province will benefit, by then, the relationship between Hai Province and the Military Department will deepen again, and with the presence of the maintenance base, the discourse power within the Federation will naturally rise.

Compared to that mighty wave capable of lifting an entire province, Ji Jue's current opening isn't even a breeze!

From a utilitarian perspective, among all the people, the one who stands to gain the most is precisely Ji Jue himself!

Once this wave of opportunity arrives, it is New Spring, gradually controlling half of the wilderness order and countless scavenger manpower, that will instantly reap immense profits!

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