More than half an hour passed quickly, the light in Song Chi's eyes gradually dimmed, and his face turned green.
"Is it really so unlucky that I was dropped into the Star Sea Void Belt on my first star field exploration?"
Tens of millions of years ago, when the multiverse was broken, the remaining cosmic fragments from all sides were indeed countless, but the broken star sea was too large, so large that it could not be counted in light years, so the cosmic fragments scattered throughout the star sea could not completely cover it. The so-called Star Sea Void Belt is the product of this situation.
Generally speaking, a group of Star Sea civilizations call those star fields with a diameter of more than 10,000 light years, which have no floating land, asteroid belt, small debris belt or other stellar structures, or only a very small number of such star fields, Star Sea Void Belts.
This area is often not set foot in by any Star Sea civilization, because places without stellar structures also mean that various resources are extremely barren. If Song Chi was really dropped into such a star field, he could only admit that he was unlucky.
But the fact is not so. After cruising at the speed of light for more than an hour, the Sky Cruiser finally detected a large debris belt on its patrol radar. Seeing this, Song Chi hurriedly turned the shuttle's direction and headed towards the debris belt.
Even though the value of the small debris belt is the smallest among all the resource points—not to mention compared with the floating land—it is far inferior to the asteroid belt, but Song Chi was already very excited.
According to the official authoritative data of Xinhuo Human Civilization, the mortality rate of the Xinhuo flying ship that first explored the alien star field was only 5%, but behind this extremely small mortality rate, the remaining 95% of the Xinhuo flying ships that successfully returned accounted for more than 70% without any gains. So Song Chi knew very well how precious the debris belt he had discovered was.
Even though he knew that where the debris belt appeared, there must be a floating land in the sea of stars somewhere not far away, Song Chi had no intention of searching for this unknown floating land. His purpose was very clear pointing directly to this debris belt.
As a newly merged Xinhuo flying ship, even with the support of his parents and a round of strengthening and upgrading in advance, it is just a drop in the bucket in the star sea where the distance starts at light years.
One thing to understand is that the "there must be a star sea floating land not far from the small fragments" mentioned in the textbooks in the past, and the so-called "not far from the surroundings" is actually only relative. The actual distance is basically not something that a psionic shuttle can reach within 24 hours.
If he really wants to explore the unknown floating land, the result is likely that the 24-hour exploration time will end before he gets the exact coordinates. Even if he is lucky enough to reach the unknown floating land, he will not have much time to search for resources after such a delay. It is better to stay in the debris belt in front of him to explore.
Even if the resources in the debris belt are indeed not as rare as those in the planetary belt and floating land, this is what Song Chi can really get at the moment. Besides, don't forget that there are still Angry Tiger ① mining vehicles in the market. If the unit price is not comparable, then use quantity to make up for it.
Soon, the Sky successfully arrived at the periphery of the debris belt. It was confirmed that it was indeed the small debris belt introduced in the previous textbooks. Song Chi suppressed his anxiety.
First, he took out the "Basic Civil Exoskeleton" placed in the shuttle warehouse, put it on, and activated the only special component "Fire Sunflower Soldier Tree" on the Sky. After consuming a full thousand points of the psionic energy pool, ten Fire Sunflower Soldier Trees with a height of more than two meters and a red body were summoned.
Looking at the ten soldiers standing neatly in front of him, exuding a fiery breath, Song Chi's eyes showed a trace of satisfaction. These ten first-level Fire Sunflower Soldier Trees will be the basis for his next exploration in this small debris belt. Although they are only at the first level, even if they encounter less than five first-level alien creatures, they are completely enough to ensure the safety of the Sky.
[Name: Fire Sunflower Soldier Tree]
[Quality: White]
[Level: Level 1 (upper limit: Level 2)]
[Level: lv10]
[Active ability: None]
[Passive ability: Blazing like fire (as a fire-attributed terracotta warrior, attacks carry additional burning damage)]
[Description: a product of a lost civilization, of rather average quality.]
Ordering the ten Fire Sunflower terracotta warriors to evenly protect him, Song Chi's eyebrows flashed with a faint light, and the next second, the Sky under his feet suddenly disappeared and was stored in the ancestral fire hole in his eyebrows.
The next second, Song Chi and the ten Fire Sunflower terracotta warriors were all exposed to the outside starry sky. A feeling of discomfort instantly swept over his body, and he instinctively held his breath.
As a Xinghai human whose level of guidance is only lv4 and whose life level is still zero, Song Chi cannot adapt to the special environment of the starry sky. Only when the life level exceeds the first level can he stay in the starry sky for a long time. Fortunately, there is no gravity in the starry sky, and the results of the advance detection also show that there are no special spores or floating viruses. The eleven figures just floated quietly.
After ordering the Fire Sunflowers to wait, Song Chi disappeared quietly. Two minutes later, when he reappeared, he summoned the Sky again.
However, there were several large objects in the cabin of the Sky. In the cabin, after installing the "Special Exploration Instrument for Mining Vehicles" on the "Angry Tiger ① Floating Mining Vehicle" with two Fire Sunflowers, Song Chi controlled the Sky to slowly drive into the small debris belt ahead.
This debris belt stretches for tens of thousands of kilometers, and there are large and small stellar fragments mixed in the belt. If you are not careful, it will cause collisions. Therefore, it is naturally impossible to cruise at the speed of light as before.
Fortunately, there is no need to survey the fragments piece by piece. The on-board intelligence in the Angry Tiger mining vehicle, which has been equipped with the exploration instrument, will automatically detect. As long as there are special mineral resources in the fragments within ten kilometers around the Sky, the on-board intelligence will give a reminder at the first time.
Slowly moving forward, the reminders from the on-board intelligence came from time to time, but Song Chi did not stop the Sky.
"The radiation reaction of 'black copper' was detected on the fragment at the left coordinate xxxxx, and the preliminary estimate is about 100 kilograms."
"The radiation reaction of 'fine iron' was detected on the medium-sized fragment at the front coordinate xxxxx, and the preliminary estimate is about 50 kilograms."
"The radiation reaction of 'gold' was detected at the left coordinate... and the preliminary estimate is about 200 kilograms."
Although there are many prompts from the on-board intelligence, they are basically ordinary resources, and the reserves are pitifully small. Not to mention tons of reserves, there are not even more than 300 kilograms, which is not worth mining at all.
You should know that every time the psionic shuttle stops and the Angry Tiger mining car is lowered to start mining, it takes at least half an hour, and it is not surprising that it takes more than an hour. It is too cost-inefficient to spend such a long time to mine one or two hundred kilograms of ordinary mineral resources that are not worth even a strand of zero-level floating land origin.
As for directly pulling the fragments where the ore is located back to the shuttle—I'm sorry, that is a function that only psionic flying ships and above-level Xinhuo flying ships have.