The Polar Star Territory, although composed of Planets with ordinary resources, was renowned throughout the Universe precisely because countless dense celestial bodies were concentrated within a single star territory.
But now, as Michael looked out, even with just his naked eye, he found that the countless celestial bodies that once blotted out the sky were sparse by an unknown number of times!
The Steel Star, which previously only received sunlight during the rare intervals of special celestial body conjunctions, now bathed in sunlight at all times!
One can imagine how exaggerated the resource consumption in the current Polar Star Territory was under White's extreme troop production!
What disappeared was not... piles of materials!
What disappeared were entire celestial Planets!
Of course, even so, the celestial Planets within the Polar Star Territory were still far more numerous than in other normal star territories.
Otherwise, wouldn't the name Polar Star Territory be for naught?" "Prepare a clean room for me; I need to cultivate properly for a while."
"Just don't let anyone disturb me. Everything else remains as usual; you handle these external matters as you see fit."
Since things had developed to this point, Michael didn't intend to interfere further.
Although it was clear that these cosmic forces, while wary of the Machina civilization, also wanted to confine the Machina civilization led by White within the Polar Star Territory.
But since these forces only dared to surround and not attack, Michael didn't want to fire the first shot.
In fact, under White's control, the Polar Star Territory was almost entirely covered by White's fleets of cosmic battleships, making it Michael's safest location in the Marvel Universe.
Taking advantage of this time, Michael decided to thoroughly comprehend the Space Stone and the Time Stone right there on Steel Star! "Yes, Master!"
Regarding Michael's orders, White naturally prioritized their execution.
While not attracting too much attention from other external forces, White mobilized a dense, massive fleet of cosmic battleships, 'enveloping' Steel Star tightly, layer upon layer, preventing any force from having a chance to break through! Unbeknownst to the outside world, and without Michael's direct attention, Steel Star had already become a secluded haven where not even a nano-fly could penetrate.
"White."
"What's wrong?"
The changes on Steel Star might be unknown to the outside world, but that didn't mean Hela was unaware.
Moreover, Lady Hela herself was on Steel Star, so she couldn't possibly have missed such obvious changes.
"Lady Hela, there is no need to worry. Master has arrived at Steel Star and activated the first-level defense mode, that is all."
White's voice came from a household robot next to Hela, unhurried and calm.
"Hmm."
"Has my Master arrived?"
Hela didn't react as absolutely as White; she immediately jumped up, ready to meet Michael.
"Where is my Master now?"
With Michael present, Hela dared not use her power to snoop around, so she could only inquire with White.
"Master has entered secluded cultivation and requested not to be disturbed. Lady Hela need not inquire further."
White's voice remained calm and steady.
"Alright."
Hela paused, then had no choice but to sit back down.
Hela had long experienced White's 'iron straight man' demeanor; further questioning was useless.
"Does my Master have any other instructions?"
Hela asked.
"None!"
"Everything as usual!"
White replied.
"Oh."
"Alright then."
"Do I still need to continue injecting the power of the Soul Stone into the newly born Transformers?"
After a moment's thought, Hela asked again.
"No need."
White refused.
"Fifty thousand newly born Transformers have already been created with both the Allspark and the Soul Stone, becoming true intelligent lifeforms possessing both the Fire of Life and the Fire of soul."
"They are more than capable of serving as the top management of the Machina race."
"The remaining, more numerous middle management and grassroots warriors only need to be nurtured with enough Allspark to become Machina lifeforms possessing the Fire of Life; that will suffice!"
White didn't explain too much, but in fact, these fifty thousand brand new Transformers were already more than enough.
It's important to know that due to their different structures, one intelligent lifeform of the Transformer Machina race is enough to command a vast subordinate force spanning an entire galaxy.
Considering the size of the Polar Star Territory, even if it were filled with dense fleets of cosmic battleships, it wouldn't even consume one ten-thousandth of White's processing power.
In the future, White only needs to command these fifty thousand intelligent lifeform-level Transformers to perfectly control an entire expanding Machina race. One can imagine how terrifying a force the Transformer race would become once it fully erupts.
Once such a colossal power develops, annihilating the current so-called three top-tier cosmic empires would be like child's play.
Of course, the geometric increase in military strength naturally leads to a geometrically increasing consumption of energy, with energy consumption being even greater and more intense than other resource consumption.
In fact, this is why White only occupied the Polar Star Territory and didn't rapidly continue to mass-produce soldiers.
The daily energy consumption of such a massive fleet of cosmic battleships would be enough to cripple countless cosmic forces.
This kind of rapid military expansion is not something ordinary entities can afford to play with. "Alright, alright."
"Although Asgard was destroyed, my strength also plummeted significantly."
"Since there's nothing else you need me for, I'll go recover my strength."
"Afterward, I still need to resurrect my subordinates who were annihilated; there's still a lot to do."
Hela thought that since Master Michael had entered secluded cultivation, she, as his subordinate, couldn't fall behind. Moreover, her strength had plummeted due to the explosion of Asgard, so she absolutely had to recover her power as quickly as possible.
With the Soul Stone in hand, Hela had some confidence in quickly recovering her strength.
Of course, the most urgent task was to first heal her physical injuries. Previously, due to Michael's command, Hela had constantly used the Soul Stone to inject soul power into the newly born Transformers, and Hela herself hadn't had time to recover from her injuries.
Since White no longer needed her, it was naturally time for her to properly recover.
Thus, after Michael went into secluded cultivation, and the various major forces restrained their subordinates, the Universe seemed to return to peace once again.
Of course, this was only within Michael's sphere of influence; in the deep reaches of the Universe where Michael's reach had not extended, things remained as they usually were.
But amidst this calm, Michael's forces began to surge.
White secretly launched more blank Allsparks into more star systems to'steal' energy, while also recycling some Allsparks that had already absorbed enough energy to activate a sufficient number of Transformers.
On Earth, too..
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