My battleship can be upgraded

KQ-The quality of the mineral veins contained in this asteroid belt mining area in the airspace near 03 is not high, but even if it is a low-level energy crystal, Wang Dong does not dislike it.

What's more, in the early stages, the system's demand for low-level energy crystals is even higher.

Continuing deeper into the mining area, after thirty minutes, the Mine Master II slowly slowed down.

"It should be almost done."

Wang Dong estimated the depth.

Going further in, even with the driving skills he brought back from rebirth, would be a bit reluctant.

In fact, if it weren't for energy crystallization, Wang Dong would not go deep into the mining area to this extent.

Like Energy crystals, a valuable mineral, are obviously more likely to be mined in the depths than in the periphery of the asteroid belt mining area. The periphery of the mining area is visited more often, and even if there are energy crystals, the chance of being mined is lower. Very high.

Switching the detector's mode to mineral exploration, Wang Dong patiently controlled the airship to cruise.

Keep the particle stream emitted by the detector's external antenna aimed at the target, and wait for as long as needed based on the size and texture of the celestial body being explored. A detection report will be generated in one time.

While Wang Dong carefully paid attention to the surrounding airspace environment, he controlled the spacecraft and maintained a relatively stable flight attitude to ensure that the detection particle flow did not break away from the target celestial body. This is a technical job.

Of course. , is also an individual effort.

Not every asteroid or asteroid fragment will contain minerals.

Moreover, the value of minerals is different depending on the type.

"With such a large volume, the results are available in 32 seconds, so there is a high probability that they are garbage. Sure enough, iron ore"

"28 seconds, ha, copper mine, garbage"

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Talking to oneself is one of the common habits of interstellar miners.

The complex celestial environment in the asteroid belt mining area makes long-distance communication very difficult.

In this case, using self-talk to relieve emotions such as tension or anxiety has become a natural choice.

Over the next hour or so, Wang Dong carefully investigated small celestial bodies that might contain minerals in the nearby airspace one by one.

The results are not optimistic.

Not to mention the energy crystals he hoped for, even relatively high-value mineral types have not been discovered.

However, Wang Dong was not discouraged at all.

A miner.

Even interstellar miners are still miserable.

Have you not seen the miner's song?

"One, two, three, four, five, mining is really hard. All the copper mined is copper, and the purity is five."

The same goes for interstellar miners.

In the interstellar era, conventional minerals such as copper and iron are really worthless.

However, these minerals are often the most abundant.

With this kind of cheap mineral alone, even if the cargo hold is filled every time , and there is no profit to be made.

Mining also requires capital.

Just spending a few hours on screening is nothing.

After exploring the nearby area, Wang Dong pushed the eight-directional rudder and began to shift positions.

Luck came.

Just change an area and the result will be much better.

"85 seconds, good guy, gas mine"

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"112 seconds, haha, look what I found, titanium ore!"

More than forty minutes later, Wang Dong made a good discovery.

Qi is a solidified gas ore, which is expensive, thousands of times higher than copper ore ore.

And Youtitanium Ore is even more unusual. After this kind of refining, The silver-white metal has extremely high toughness and hardness and is a high-quality material for battleship armor.

Its price is thirty times that of gas ore!

Judging from Wang Dong's experience, in addition to energy crystallization, titanium ore can be regarded as one of the most important materials in this field. One of the most valuable mineral types in the asteroid belt mining area.

Although Wang Dong’s main goal is energy crystallization, there are also some normal harvests.

This piece of titanium ore came at just the right time.

Skillfully adjusting the flight posture, Mine Master II The model aims its broad belly at the asteroid where the minerals are located.

This is a guy with a diameter of more than 300 meters. It is not too big, but it is close to the processing limit of the Mine Master Type 2.

The next step is the key.

Wang They had to get the Minemaster II closer to a distance of less than 100 meters, so that the magnetic lasso could capture the core of the asteroid. No matter how small the asteroid was, its mass was still huge compared to the Minemaster II.

So close. The distance and the gravitational relationship between the two are enough to affect the flight attitude of the Mine Master II.

If it accidentally hits an asteroid, it will be in big trouble.

This is inside the asteroid belt.

After the impact, Whether it is Mineral Master II or this asteroid, it is possible that it will be affected, change its trajectory, and fall into a certain gravitational turbulence.

Wang Dong is not a novice, and it has not yet reached the true depth of the asteroid belt. With his With his technology, he was able to do it with ease.

The eight-directional rudder in his hand was constantly micro-manipulating the eight directions on the hull to adjust the engine. The Mine Master II slowly and steadily approached the asteroid steadily and firmly.

The disturbance caused by gravity to the flight attitude, Often, it is offset by the micro-operations of the azimuth adjustment engine at the first moment.

There is no need to deliberately calculate or read the data prompts on the ship's optical computer. Wang Dong completes it perfectly by relying on subconscious reactions. The entire approach process.

The instinct of the interstellar miner has long been familiar to the body.

After aiming at and approaching the asteroid, the belly of the Mine Master II was wide open.

First, four large magnetic lassoes were used to capture the asteroid. Carry out magnetic binding.

This process takes five minutes.

After completion, Wang Dong slightly released the eight-way rudder in his hand.

Magnetic binding allows the Mine Master II and the target asteroid to temporarily become a whole, which is a prerequisite for the entire mining operation process.

Continue The process of coming down is much simpler.

From the belly of the Mine Master II, multiple large-scale mining drills protruded and began to destructively mine the asteroid in front of them along the distribution of minerals detected by the previous detectors.

No. You need to worry that during this process, the asteroid will deform or shift abnormally, or the fragments will scatter randomly.

With the assistance of magnetic binding, these are not problems.

The mining drill bit made of high-strength alloy is the entire Mine Master II The most expensive component on the asteroid.

Driven by a powerful engine, the mining drill peeled off the outer rock of the asteroid in a devastating manner, and penetrated deeply into the interior of the asteroid at a very fast speed. More than five hours later, With the assistance of the shipboard optical brain, the mining drill completed the operation of the entire asteroid.

In the cargo hold of the Mine Master II, there were more than a hundred tons of titanium ore.

One-eighth of the asteroid in front of us has turned into an aggregate of scattered rocks.

Although there is still a large volume left, the titanium ore contained in it has been completely mined.

Wang Dong operated the Mine Master II leisurely and contentedly, first putting away the mining drill bit, and then retracting the magnetic lasso.

Then push the eight-axis rudder and quickly leave the asteroid.

A few minutes later, the asteroid, whose magnetically constrained inertia disappeared, scattered a large number of scattered rocks around, and at the same time, its own orbit began to deviate.

This sets off some chain reactions nearby.

Wang Dong has already left.

This is the daily operation of interstellar miners.

Savage and direct, yet delicate and discreet.