Hye didn't mind such a result, nor the time taken in doing this. At the end, he made them focus on mass producing them, and he ended up having tons of them after twenty years.
On the other hand, Hye started to focus on raising the levels of his forces. He learnt from Silverlining that U.Stat crystals, or the USC, weren't that easy to acquire.
Most of the races dealt with them as strategic weapons and assets for their people and forces. Even when Hye tried to make a trade with his bones, the offers he got from many races were really disappointing.
There were mines scattered all over the universe, ones that had tons of these USCs. but it was expected that all of the big races were already fighting and seizing most, and the rest fell under the control of many weaker races and empires.