# Chapter 2071: The First Step to Establishing a Foothold
In just an instant, Wenger's face flushed red, and his eyes lit up!
If humanity could really open up a third star route, that would be absolutely incredible!
After all, the Bose Star Navigation and Silicon Speed Star Navigation were controlled by the Bose race and the Silicon race!
They charged exorbitant tolls!
And if they wanted to let you use it, they would; if they didn't want to, they would just shut it down!
There were some resource-rich star domains where they simply wouldn't open a route, making it impossible for you to reach them!
Distances of hundreds of billions of light-years were daunting!
And for star domains like the Beimian Xingkong Kuangchang, the tolls were even ten times higher than other star domains!
If you used their star routes, you not only had to pay, but if it was cargo, they would also take a cut of your goods!
Otherwise, they wouldn't let you go!
Was there any alternative? No! You had to use their star routes, otherwise crossing interstellar distances was too far!
Even with warp engines, interstellar travel took an extremely long time! And you could be robbed along the way!
If humanity's Dimensional Star Navigation really came online...
Wenger swallowed hard:
( *ఠ△ఠ) "When... when will it go online?"
Jiangnan wore a worried expression:
(｡･ˇ～ˇ･｡) "Ah~ it's probably going to take a long time. We don't have enough manpower or startup capital!"
"I have no idea how long it will take to spread Dimensional Star Navigation across all star domains and build space stations on every planet of every race!"
"Plus, humanity's reputation isn't good right now. We're not welcome when we go to other races to conduct business. Setting up this Dimensional Star Navigation is going to be extremely difficult!"
What Jiangnan said wasn't untrue. Building and operating a Dimensional Star Navigation system covering all star domains required massive capital and manpower!
At present, humanity was sitting on a mountain of gold and silver but couldn't chip away at it!
If they relied solely on themselves, building Dimensional Star Navigation and opening all routes could take a hundred years or more!
Wenger was anxious: (งᵒ̌益ᵒ̌)ง "Damn! We have money! We have people! Why wait to develop this star route resource?!"
"Every second of delay is lost money!"
At this moment, Wenger seemed even more anxious than Jiangnan himself!
Was this the self-awareness of an ATM?
Jiangnan grinned:
(๑¯ิٹ¯ิ) "Oh? The Tianqi race wants to invest? Are you sure about this?"
"Cooperating so closely with humanity at this time is not a good thing for your Tianqi race!"
Wenger paused, then his eyes flickered!
"When the benefits outweigh the losses, it's worth doing. Our Tianqi race is, after all, the fourth sequence, and we're plastic allies with the Gamma race. We won't be shaken easily!"
"Do you know how many Star Source Points the Tianqi race spends on star routes every year? How many star domains we're strangled by? Whether we can go or not depends on the boss and second-in-command!"
"If we can truly develop unobstructed star routes, then it's worth the risk!"
"Besides, you brought me in to wander around, which implies an intention to form an alliance, right? I just didn't expect it to be a star route development project!"
Jiangnan smiled: "You're clever! Well? Does your higher-ups feel the same way?"
Wenger gave a bitter smile: "Nothing gets past you, does it? My higher-ups did instruct me accordingly!"
"Since humanity's momentum to enter the Star Sequence is unstoppable, backed by the Black God, we must consider long-term benefits and development!"
"Moreover, you are Carbon-based, and you also have the Incense Beads that Carbon-based need. During the Star Ruins War, combined with the Tianqi race's abilities, you also achieved unexpected results against energy-based life forms!"
All these reasons served as references for the Tianqi race's decision-making.
Besides, now all of humanity was Summoning-type, combined with spatial abilities, forming an alliance with the Tianqi race could even suppress the Bose race!
Overall, the benefits outweighed the risks!
Jiangnan beamed a bright smile: "Good, as long as your higher-ups aren't opposing it. It's easy to add flowers to brocade, but hard to provide charcoal in the snow!"
"I think in many years, the Tianqi race won't regret today's decision. Racial alliances are no small matter!"
"So, how about we start with the star route development project and try cooperating?"
Wenger was already rubbing his hands together eagerly!
(ʃƪ͡°̫͡°) "Alright, alright! How much shares? 50%? We can provide both people and resources! We can even operate it for you. You can just collect the money!"
Star routes were a sure profit business. Wenger was certainly willing to invest.
Jiangnan rolled his eyes:
(*꒪ั～꒪ั) "Daydreaming? A racial star route business, how could we let the Tianqi race hold perpetual shares?"
"After the star route is built and operational, three-tenths of the profits for the next three hundred years will go to the Tianqi race! Additionally, the Tianqi race will have the permanent privilege of free use of the Dimensional Star Navigation!"
"This privilege will remain valid until the galaxy fades and the starry sky turns barren!"
"Don't bargain with me, okay? The more you bargain, the less you get. And you won't win against me anyway!"
For star routes, all races in the starry sky would inevitably use them! The annual profit alone would be a massive figure!
And with three-tenths of the profits for three hundred years, the Tianqi race would definitely make a profit!
Humanity wasn't short on money from just the Tianqi race either. Giving them permanent usage rights was also reasonable.
As for why they chose to cooperate with the Tianqi race instead of the Dark Cosmos Entity?
The Dark Cosmos Entity was too powerful; they might bully smaller partners and be harder to control. Plus, they were energy-based life forms!
At present, cooperating with the Tianqi race was better for humanity than cooperating with the Dark Cosmos Entity!
Wenger's face darkened. Clearly, Jiangnan had already planned this out. There was no way to bargain with him!
But the permanent free usage privilege was indeed tempting. With this, the Tianqi race would have star routes that couldn't be restricted or blocked!
How much could the entire race save in expenses annually?
"Fine! It's settled! What do you need the Tianqi race to do?"
Jiangnan grinned: "We need you to withstand the resistance from the myriad races. Humanity just caused the Thousand Stars Catastrophe, so our work won't be easy!"
"Also, we need you to manufacture Dimensional Star Rings. The quantity is huge, but for the Tianqi race, it's not a big deal since your atomic restructuring makes creating Star Rings extremely easy!"
"The rest is building space stations on each planet across all star domains and installing and operating the Dimensional Star Rings!"
Wenger rested his chin on his hand: "That will take some effort. It won't be done in just eight or ten years..."
Jiangnan shook his head: "No need! I have a faster way. You get the Star Rings from me, and then go back to let the myriad races build their own space stations and operate them independently!"
"The ticket prices will be set by humanity. 0.5-tenths of the annual profits will belong to them, lasting for a hundred years!"
"I think they'll be very eager to build space stations and open routes! The more routes they open, the more they'll earn!"
"After a hundred years, when humanity is stronger, we'll gradually take back the operation of Dimensional Star Navigation from the myriad races! By then, humanity's manpower and resources won't be an issue!"
Wenger's scalp tingled: "Hiss~ You're using the myriad races to support the infrastructure of Dimensional Star Navigation? That's really saving you effort! This is truly a business with no capital! What kind of mind do you have?"
"With this approach, maybe in just a few months, Dimensional Star Navigation could be fully deployed across all star domains! All routes could be open!"
"But with this, aren't you afraid the myriad races will play tricks? Skim off your money? Or secretly withhold profits? And what if they don't give it back after the term ends?"
"And why the rush? We can wait the eight or ten years if we do it ourselves!"
Jiangnan laughed: "Of course! The Tianqi race also needs to send people to supervise operations. Skim off my money? Or not give it back? Do they dare?"
As he spoke, Jiangnan pointed at the endless Sub-Dimensional Wind Paths in the Dimensional Gap!
"I can stop the connection of the Sub-Dimensional Wind Paths at any time! The core of Dimensional Star Navigation! It's in our hands!"
"The myriad races understand the difference between having a meal and having meals forever. Just having the Dimensional Star Rings alone is useless!"
Wenger shuddered hard. Yeah! No matter how Jiangnan did it, the resource of Sub-Dimensional Wind Paths was always in humanity's hands!
Even if the myriad races didn't give it back, it wouldn't matter. More importantly... once inside the Dimensional Gap, it was humanity and the Black God who called the shots!
They had absolute control!
Jiangnan's expression turned serious: "As for why we need to be so urgent, even if we have to give up some profit to get Dimensional Star Navigation online as soon as possible..."
"It's because humanity needs to establish a foothold in the starry sky as quickly as possible! With Dimensional Star Navigation as support, a massive accumulation of resources will ensure worry-free development!"
"Moreover, Dimensional Star Navigation can gradually eliminate the myriad races' resistance toward humanity, which is beneficial for long-term development!"
Wenger covered his face. It's not just about resource accumulation! Once Dimensional Star Navigation goes online, humanity will be swimming in money!
Opening star routes – this was definitely the biggest business in the starry sky!
Jiangnan also had his own considerations. Once Dimensional Star Navigation was online, it would provide more convenient conditions than Bose Star Navigation and Silicon Speed Star Navigation!
As long as it was needed, it would exist!
The deadlock between humanity and the myriad races in the starry sky would gradually break. And that 0.5-tenths profit was still considerable!
This was a cake stuffed into their mouths after hitting them with a stick!
Driven by profit, past grievances would eventually be buried!
Most importantly, once Dimensional Star Navigation was fully online, even if Jiangnan escaped from prison, humanity's foothold would already be secure!
The impact would be minimized!
This Dimensional Star Navigation was humanity's first step to establishing a foothold in the starry sky!
Thus, the full deployment across all star domains had to be completed as quickly as possible! As for the resistance from zero to one, the Tianqi race would help humanity break through!
And such an important matter was already decided by Jiangnan and Wenger on the road. The details of the follow-up development plan would be discussed further between Wenger and Yang Jian!
In no time, the group arrived at the Lost Kingdom!
Seeing the boundless, enormous Dimensional Creatures everywhere in the Lost Kingdom!
A pair of scarlet eyes stared back at them, then looked toward the solar system floating above the kingdom!
Wenger swallowed: "Putting your hometown here should be the safest place, right?"
Who the hell could come and steal something like this?
"By the way, besides fixing those broken things, wasn't there another job? What was it?"
Jiangnan casually pointed at the mountain of junk piled up like stars!
☚(๑◔◡◔ิ) "Here~ Fix that pile too!"
Wenger's legs trembled, and his eyes went straight!
Σ(°△°|||) Damn!
Were these the spoils accumulated over hundreds of millions of years from the Dimensional Battlefield?
Dimensional Star Navigation? Plus these?
I feel like it won't be long before humanity charges into the top ten sequences!
(̿▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄ "I think I brought too few people..."