In the League of Stars, it was common knowledge that Sector M was the mining area. Many large families and consortiums had set up mining companies in Sector M. However, after so many years, the production of rare metals and precious metals in Sector M had fallen sharply since a long time ago. Therefore, it was common to hear of adventurers and hunters selling the rare metals and precious metals they found after their missions at a high price. There was no need to worry about not being able to find a buyer for those things, and many buyers did not hesitate to fight for those metals. This also showed the importance of those metals.
However, such things were not common. For example, the T13 mine Falvey and the others had found by accident during a mission. Rare minerals like that could only be found by luck.
Although there were a lot of minerals in Sector M, those common minerals were not Shotton and Falvey's target. Their target was Sector U of the Thirteen Backward Sectors.
As a laggard Sector among the Thirteen Sectors, the main reason why Sector U could not compare to Cillin's hometown, Sector X, was because of the habitability of the planets in this Sector.
Unlike Sector Z, Sector U wasn't filled with danger, and electromagnetic storms wouldn't erupt without warning. However, among the many planets in Sector U, planets with a Rank A habitability were as rare as a phoenix's feather, and Rank B habitability were all heavily developed regions. In Sector U, planets with a Rank C and D habitability occupied more than half of the planet population. This was why many commercial companies didn't invest in this place.
Without a market, there was not even a lot of cheap labor. Who would pay attention to this place? If this region was not one of the League of Stars's territories, they probably would not even bother with the formality of stationing troops here.
Since this was mainly a mineral exploration mission, their attention was completely focused on this area. They would not waste manpower and resources to pay attention to other areas.
Both the Third Team and the Sixth Team had a lot of metal detection machines, so they did not need to send people over personally. However, mineral exploration was a boring job. Back when they were searching for habitable planets in Sector Z, they had plenty to do because they had to be vigilant against high-speed moving objects and electromagnetic storms in space at all times. But now that they were in a relatively stable environment like Sector U. The rest of the Third Team and the Sixth Team, other than the technical staff, were all entertaining themselves.
Since there were a few new members in Cillin's squad, Cary, Xiao Shang and the others wouldn't be too bored. When they were looking for Udo, they would engage in virtual battles on the microcomputer and tell him jokes that were not suitable for children.
The animals would often gather together to play chess as well. Due to Huimao's leadership, they all had their own storage cabinets, and Kari's storage cabinets were no longer under threat.
Whenever he had time, Silin would study the liquid chips in the workshop, improve all the blueprints, and modify and upgrade the liquid core computer.
Modifying the program of the liquid chip isn't an easy task. Because of its complexity, the Robert Family usually requires a lot of manpower unless it's mass production. Although the people of the Robert Family are very capable in the field of robot manufacturing, and their individual computing ability is also relatively high compared to others, but it still requires more than three people to produce a robot to edit the liquid chip. Right now, Silin was doing the work of three people alone, and he was doing it with relative ease. His computing power was several times higher than the Robert Family members, and he was about the same as a computing machine.
Eudy and Beaver were upgrading the defense system, Dias and Assia were in their honeymoon phase, and no one would disturb them, and Likrabe and Tico were busy with their own research. All in all, it was not too boring.
"Beep — Beep —"
The internal communication devices of the various teams were activated, and the detectors that were sent out finally made a welcome discovery after more than a month had passed.
Shawton said on the other end of the communicator, "Based on the analysis of the detector and the data identification, there are at least two types of precious minerals on that D-class planet."
"Captain, can you send me a copy of the analysis?" Silin asked.
"Sure."
After connecting to the control microcomputer in the workshop, Shotton sent a detailed analysis to Silin.
Opening the analysis, Silin looked at the various data and pictures, and the relevant ratio analysis. His heart skipped a beat.
This kind of performance … is very suitable!
Silin wanted to build a special robot, and the external materials could not be lower than the first generation of Frunze materials. For this reason, he had specially studied the different products of various robot manufacturers, and studied the composition ratio and related properties of these materials. Based on the design theory, Silin calculated an ideal mixture of materials. This ratio could change its own properties under certain conditions, adjust its own magnetic field to adapt to different magnetic fields and gravitational forces on some planets, be able to switch between insulation and non-insulation flexibly, have a sense of temperature and decompression, and have good recovery ability.
Among the composite materials, there were a few minerals that were very difficult to find. If he were to buy them, it was estimated that even if Silin took out all the money he had, he would not be able to buy the ideal amount. Silin did not like substitutes, so he originally decided that if he could not find these ideal minerals, he would not be able to build this robot.
Unexpectedly, luck was on his side, and there was progress so quickly.
Looking at the data on the screen, Silin did some calculations and was quite satisfied with the analysis of the mineral samples that Shotton had sent over.
Because it was a D-grade planet, the dispatched team members had to wear protective suits. The good thing was that there were basically no signs of life on D-grade planets, and this planet was the same. After many probes, no signs of life were detected, and there would not be any unknown creatures attacking them. Although the size of the planet was relatively small, it was very rich in mineral resources. The more ordinary mineral resources were fine, and there was no need to waste effort to mine them. They only had to pay attention to the precious mineral resources.
Shotton had already discussed with Falvey and set up a few spots with the richest mineral resources, and each team would go to different places.
Silin took a few people in the aircraft and landed at the original coordinates.
Wearing protective suits was a little inconvenient, but there was no other way. For the sake of their lives, they had to be careful.
Sending out the mineral detector, Silin looked at the screen in his hand. The places with precious mineral resources in this area were all displayed.
After transmitting the detection information to the microcomputers in the hands of each team member, he opened the toolbox and sent out the mining machinery to prepare for mining.
Chifeng did not carry any tools. It was his first time wearing protective suits, and he was obviously not used to it. Coupled with the environment of this planet, Chifeng's movements were stiff. Therefore, Silin tried to let him familiarize himself with the process, and he could just watch and learn from the side.
Xueqiu was wearing a protective suit that was almost circular. Because he did not have any special protective suits, and because he did not want to be left on the starship, Silin made a protective suit to cover himself. Now, this white fatty was rolling around, looking very fresh, and did not seem to be out of place at all.
Huimao was the only one in this team who did not wear protective suits, but this guy was still jumping around in this area, making everyone jealous.
Because Huimao was free, Silin gave him some verification programs. If there were mineral resources that could match the verification program, he would collect some.
Watching Huimao running away, Silin waved his hand. "Let's start."
When the two kinds of precious minerals were mined, Silin used his upgraded scanner to scan them. The metal contained in the mineral resources was what Silin urgently needed to build robots, and Silin was very happy about this. Two of the mineral resources here were enough.
According to the internal rules of the Hunter Group, the mined mineral resources could be sold or kept for themselves. The choice was up to them. Silin would distribute the mined mineral resources to everyone, and they could decide for themselves. Part of his own would be used to make mixed materials.
While Silin and the others were busy mining, Huimao sent a message that they had found a mineral resource that matched Silin's verification program, but it was not on the surface of the planet. In short, they had to dig deep.
Silin looked at the information sent by Huimao and the rock formation scan. These mining machines could not complete the mining at that depth, but other machines that specialized in mining deeper could not reach that depth either. This was because before reaching the mineral resource, they would have to pass through a magnetic mining area. According to the data provided by Huimao, the strength of the magnetic field would seriously affect the operation of the machines, and deep mining machines could not reach that depth. Most importantly, it seemed that only a small area had the mineral resources.
"It seems that there is a relatively simple way."
And so, while no one was aware, Huimao transformed. This transformation did not happen on the surface of the planet. It should be known that everything that happened on the surface of the planet was displayed on the external satellite monitoring system of the two starships.
Silin had no intention of revealing Huimao's background to the Third B Squadron just yet. It was possible that Falvey already knew some things about Huimao, but there were some key things that he did not know.
Huimao first burrowed into the ground in cat form, and then transformed inside. The monitoring system would not detect the exact changes. At most, it would detect that there was a lifeform moving under the surface of the planet. But right now, everyone was busy mining, and the technicians on the starships were busy analyzing the mineral resources. As long as it was not a foreign lifeform or some other threat, the monitoring and scanning system would not sound an alarm.
It was true that Huimao did not discover a lot of mineral resources. After purification, it was probably only enough to build one robot, and the remaining materials were not enough to build the composite outer shell of a second robot.
Huimao had also released some crystals when he was mining the mineral resources. After the scanning system confirmed that Huimao had never seen this kind of crystal before, and when he was on the surface, he did not detect any signal or reaction related to this crystal. At first, Huimao thought that this crystal was a little strange, so he took a look at it out of curiosity and was about to leave. Before he left, he habitually used Silin's verification program to test this crystal, but who would have thought that a super compatibility would actually pop up.
Huimao was dumbfounded. The metal mineral deep inside the planet was only at "Excellent" grade out of a hundred percent, but this crystal actually had a super compatibility?!
He hurriedly told this news to Silin.
Silin was still a little stunned when he found out. The concept of "super" was just an upper limit that Silin set for insurance. According to Silin's theory, "Excellent" should actually be the upper limit. After all, there was a gap between reality and theory, but he did not expect that there would really be something that could reach the theoretical upper limit.
Huimao found that the thing was not easy to mine. It was a sphere with a diameter of three meters. Because of this crystal, Silin directly handed the mining over to Dias and went to where Huimao was.
He used machinery to expand the hole that Huimao had drilled. However, the surface was relatively narrow, and Huimao had drilled the hole in a different form, so there was no need for machinery to expand it.
Following the hole, Silin arrived at the place that Huimao had mentioned.
Opening the protective cover, Silin took off the protective suit and reached out to touch the sphere.
The moment he touched it, a large amount of data was cleared.
It really was the theoretical value!!
Because the theoretical value of this design was originally on the high side, some researchers even thought it was impossible to achieve. Silin did not expect to actually encounter something that could reach the theoretical value.
This crystal was spherical, but it was not a solid sphere. It had a core, and then countless branches extended from this core. Each branch was a strange and complicated thin crystal column. These thin crystal columns seemed to be covering the core with a thick layer of "fluff".
With a wave of his hand, Silin kept the crystal ball into the Leaf Pattern Ring. At the same time, he kept some of the minerals that Huimao had already excavated and held the remaining minerals in his hand.
It should be noted that most people's subspace containers could not be used on a D-class habitable planet. Therefore, even when Silin and Huimao walked out like this, no one suspected that Silin was hiding anything.
After dealing with the matters here, Silin returned to the surface and headed to the mining area of the small team. Meanwhile, Huimao continued its journey underground. It found that searching for minerals underground was quite interesting. At least it was better than the boring mining outside with the others.
However, to Huimao's disappointment, other than the spherical crystal, there were no other materials that had reached the "super" compatibility. There was not even any that had reached the "excellent" grade. There was only one other mineral that was of the same grade as the one they were mining. Even so, it was enough to make Shotton and Falvey happy.
Three types of precious minerals were enough for them to make a fortune. Yes, they could sell a portion and hand over the rest to the main team. This would greatly increase the influence of the two teams in the Vanguard Hunter Group.
After each team had finished mining, they returned to the starship. As for how these minerals should be handled, Silin had long since decided. After taking away his portion, Silin went back to the workshop and got busy.
The others all chose to sell it. They all chose to sell it together with the rest of the team, and then split the money.
Silin was assembling in the workshop.
Now that some of the other parts had been taken care of, the main thing was to choose the main material for the robot.
The spherical crystal that Huimao had found contained an unknown element. However, under certain conditions, it could be temporarily converted to a known non-metallic element or another known metallic element.
After a detailed analysis of its properties, Silin was ecstatic. This was the perfect material for his theoretical design!
Not only could it withstand pressure and restore memories, it was also the "triple defense" material that Silin had been looking for!
It could resist high-energy radiation, strong acids and alkalis, and electromagnetic interference!
Luck was a thing that was impossible to fathom.
It was true that their luck this time was too good. Many people might not be able to find such a material even after searching for a lifetime or several generations. The Robert Family, for example, had never found such a material.
Huimao was the absolute hero!
The team continued their search in Sector U. Since they had found three types of precious minerals, the psychological pressure on the two captains had lessened a lot. It didn't matter even if they found nothing else in the remaining time.
Ten days had passed since Silin went back to the workshop.
During these ten days, Huimao stayed in the workshop and watched Silin build the robot. He even dragged his own storage cabinet over, slept when he was tired, ate when he woke up, and continued watching after eating.
Huimao could rest, but Silin couldn't even sleep for a moment during these ten days.
An enormous amount of calculations, an enormous amount of work, and an assembly that could not be stopped once it started. Although they relied on some synthesizing instruments most of the time, the key parts were all led by Silin. There was no room for sloppiness.
Ten days later, Silin went out to replenish his energy before going back to the workshop and continuing the rest of the perfecting work.
"What on earth is lieutenant Silin doing right now?" Udoze asked while lying on a chair after exiting the virtual combat.
"Who knows, but this lieutenant has never disappointed anyone. Let me tell you a secret, Udoze," Kari moved closer and said mysteriously, "The last time this lieutenant stayed in the workshop for a few days, he went to destroy a planet the moment he came out!"
Seeing Udoze's mouth open into a big O shape, Xiao Shang curled his lips, "It's a pity that we weren't there when they went to destroy Poison Fang. We couldn't see the scene."
Ba Dao also echoed from the side.
The incident with Poison Fang had left a pretty deep impression on them. It was also that incident that caused everyone to feel a sense of reverence towards Silin.
"I wonder what will happen when lieutenant Silin comes out this time." Udoze's eyes were filled with anticipation.
Xiao Shang, Kari, and the others thought of something at the same time and wore odd expressions on their faces.
Right now, they were thinking — it can't be another parasite, can it?
They only had a rough understanding of the incident with Poison Fang, but they had seen the emblem on Poison Fang's members and the last skeleton of Skeleton King with their own eyes. Even without the parasites, they still felt chills run down their spines.
Rubbing his stomach, Kari stood up and stretched his arms, "I'm going to get some food. Do you want to bring it?"
"Of course, do you even need to ask?" Xiao Shang listed a few types of portable food in one go.
Kari returned a disdainful gesture, opened the door and walked out. Because of the food Ba Dao listed, Kari turned around and cursed a bit at them. He didn't want to bump into someone and even step on the person's foot when he backed out with his back facing the door.
"Oh, I'm sorry …"
Kari was about to turn around and apologize when he suddenly realized that he didn't know this person. Why would a stranger appear in this squad when no other members had been notified?!
Kari's body immediately tensed up and he entered a high alert state.
Why does this person not have any signs of life?!
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