With 2,500 giant spaceships, the cooperation of three fleets, and 2.5 million mechas, facing such a desperate situation is not an easy task even if Mingyuan Star has the famous Star General who will be famous in the future of the Interstellar Federation.
It can be said that the reason why Lin Tao was able to win the war was because of the group of Kongli he encountered by chance.
If it weren't for this group of Kongli, even he, who possessed mecha technology far beyond this era, would have been stuck in the battle.
Star creatures!
Thinking of this, Lin Tao frowned again.
"Being able to become the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces of the three great families, you should have achievements that you can be proud of."
Lin Tao asked suddenly.
The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces who chose to surrender suddenly narrowed his eyes into slits, and then after a flash of his eyes, he lowered his head and sighed: "I lost, I lost, I have nothing to say."
Being appointed as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, he naturally had many achievements to boast about, but now he still lost after all.
The loser has nothing to brag about, and his past achievements are not worth showing off in front of the winner.
The commander-in-chief looked dejected.
"As long as you can help us train several outstanding commanders, I can let you continue to be the commander of this fleet." Lin Tao said softly.
"Lin Tao——"
Zheng Tuo had been standing behind Lin Tao. When he heard Lin Tao's words, he couldn't help but feel anxious.
That's 400 spaceships, how could they not be controlled by their own people? Lin Tao waved his hand to stop him from talking, his eyes fixed on the 50-year-old commander-in-chief in front of him.
Fifty years old is the age when a commander has the most experience. In other words, if there is no time for accumulation, how can one become an outstanding commander? Human life span is not long. Generally, a hundred years old is already the peak state. Fifty years old is also the peak age for an outstanding commander.
People in this period were not able to solve the problem of age, but in later generations, especially after genetic enhancement drugs were developed, age was no longer a big deal.
Normal people can live for hundreds or thousands of years. For example, Lin Tao in later generations, after he won many merits and became an important ancient martial arts mecha master of the Interstellar Federation, was also awarded a bottle of water of life.
According to official sources, once he took the bottle of water of life, he would be at least 500 years old! Due to the unexpected explosion, he had no way of knowing the truth about the bottle of water of life, but with Lin Tao's understanding of gene-enhancing drugs, if future humans really studied the way of life, they might be able to produce results.
"My people are researching genetic drugs." Lin Tao said, and took out a dynamometer from his pocket. This is an instrument that can be used to estimate personal strength.
The commander-in-chief said nothing.
Lin Tao clenched the ergometer hard with his right hand.
Beep beep beep!
The value on the 1034 ergometer kept jumping and finally landed on an incredible number. This was a specially made ergometer and would not be damaged due to excessive force.
"What unit?" Seeing this number, the commander-in-chief's pupils suddenly contracted.
Lin Tao didn't say anything, but handed the ergometer over with a smile.
The commander-in-chief took it quickly and clenched it sharply. Beep, beep, beep. The value was 63.
Seeing this number, the commander-in-chief sucked in a breath of cold air, as if he couldn't believe it. He used all his strength and grabbed it with both hands again.
But no matter how hard I tried, the ergometer remained outside 60.
The commander-in-chief looked up woodenly and stared at Lin Tao in silence.
"Most of our mecha pilots have taken genetic enhancement drugs." Lin Tao said, waving his hand and calling Zheng Tuo over: "Zheng Tuo, you give it a try."
Zheng Tuo took the dynamometer and clenched it fiercely. Although he was a martial artist of ancient Chinese martial arts, he had only taken gene enhancement potion No. 4, so his strength was still a little weaker than Lin Tao's.
The number 875 is more than ten times that of the commander-in-chief.
"We are now planning to conduct research in the direction of life. If we figure it out, the shackles of life span will be nothing to humans. You are only fifty years old. With your current experience, you are at the peak of your life. I can assure you that you can participate in many wars that are no less severe than today's." Lin Tao said softly.
His tone was extremely calm, as if he was talking about an ordinary matter.
These words were like a storm in the ears of the commander-in-chief. Originally, he thought that fifty was the limit and he could only participate in one or two similar battles at most, so he took up the position of commander-in-chief this time. Although he was defeated, he was still a commander who had participated in a war involving 2,500 spaceships.
But what he heard from Lin Tao now was no less than an earthquake, which completely shocked him speechless.
Gulp!
After a while, the commander-in-chief swallowed and said, "Are you... are you telling the truth?"
"I can guarantee that if you truly give yourself to me, your life span will not be less than five hundred years," Lin Tao said.
Five hundred years old!
Hiss! The commander-in-chief gasped again.
Not only him, but also Zheng Tuo who heard Lin Tao's words, his pupils contracted.
He also doubted Lin Tao's words in his heart, but he was also a person who had taken gene enhancement drugs, so how could he be qualified to doubt it? Moreover, Lin Tao had a nickname on Mingyuan Star, the son of miracle who made the impossible possible. It was also because of this nickname that many people chose to join him instead of leaving with the wealthy forces.
At the age of 500, if it were Lin Tao, he might not be unable to do it—
Zheng Cheng could imagine how much he could contribute to the Zheng family if he was also of this age. Not to mention the Zheng family, as far as the Interstellar Federation is concerned, their Zheng family can definitely leave a name of a wealthy family in the Interstellar Federation! Lin Tao did not speak. He took the ergometer from Zheng Tuo and shook it from time to time. The values were all over a thousand without any surprise.
"Can you call another ordinary mecha commander?" The commander-in-chief said suddenly in a low voice.
Lin Tao smiled slightly, waved his hand, and immediately asked Zheng Tuo to summon a Jifeng Phoenix mecha master.
This is a member of the Blood Wolf Gang who has just joined the ranks of the mecha division.
"Brother Lin, Brother Zheng." After arriving, he saluted Lin Tao and Zheng Tuo.
"You try the strength." Lin Tao didn't waste any words and directly handed the dynamometer over.
The mecha master clenched his fist, and the ergometer immediately showed a value of 850.
"Hmm?" Zheng Tuo raised his eyebrows when he saw this number. He secretly glanced at the mecha master and remembered him.
This time, the commander-in-chief no longer had any doubts. He sighed deeply and looked at Lin Tao: "Commander Lin, how long will it take you to come up with this gene-enhancing drug that can increase human lifespan?"
"It will take five years at the latest, and ten years at the longest." Lin Tao said as he asked the mecha pilot to retreat.
He has calculated the time to the limit. If Xinya had not encountered any accidents, perhaps this time could be shortened in her hands. But now, even with Lin Tao's memories of the future, it would take at least five years.
In order to avoid any accidents, Lin Tao offered a ten-year period.
For most people, fifty is the end of their career. Even if they are valued by the upper echelons, they will only have a command period of twenty years at most. Moreover, this so-called command period is more like a time limit for training younger generations.
If what Lin Tao said was true, then he could continue to serve as the fleet commander for at least a few hundred years.
For a fleet commander, leaving the fleet is equivalent to ruining everything.
Without hesitation or even a second thought, the commander-in-chief agreed. He said solemnly, "I, Gu Haiqing, am willing to sincerely join your Lin Tao side."
Gu Haiqing?
Lin Tao smiled. The commander-in-chief had surrendered only now before revealing his name.
"Gu Haiqing, I don't intend to judge you based on your experience, but from now on, you belong to me, Lin Tao. As for this fleet, I will continue to let you manage it, but you also have to help us train some outstanding fleet commanders." Lin Tao smiled slightly.
"It is not difficult to train fleet commanders. As long as they listen to my orders, I can train them in less than three to five years." After thinking for a moment, Gu Haiqing immediately gave an answer to this request.
"Zheng Tuo." Lin Tao smiled and waved at Zheng Tuo.
"Don't worry, I will arrange the right person." Zheng Tuo also made the same promise.
Zheng Tuo already had experience in personnel arrangements. For example, the 5,000 mecha divisions this time were also selected by him.
"Now that the battle is over, Zheng Tuo, you can assist Commander Gu in cleaning up the battlefield." Lin Tao smiled and waved his hand.
Cleaning the battlefield is, firstly, to clear the debris in the starry sky, and secondly, to recycle and sort the debris.
In this way, the loser can sort out the reasons for the failure from the wreckage, and the winner can also sort out the wreckage to clear out the usable parts and restore its pre-war strength.
Cleaning up the battlefield can demonstrate the ability of an excellent commander.
“Lin…Lin…”
Just when Gu Haiqing didn't know how to address Lin Tao, Lin Tao smiled and said, "Since you are also our commander, you can just call me by my name."
"Lin Tao." Gu Haiqing called out Lin Tao's name. "Cleaning up the battlefield is a basic ability of an excellent captain. If you want to train such talents, you should assign a few personnel to me."
Lin Tao smiled and nodded. With his experience in later life, he also understood this point.
As for the allocation of personnel, he completely handed it over to Zheng Tuo, whom he trusted quite a bit.