After receiving the communication from the AI, Hao Ren sailed to Inferno to prepare for the acceptance of the project and contact the representatives of the Conglomerate Mining. Only Vivian and Lily went with him. Vivian wanted to see what the First Born was doing, and Lily … Do you think the latter needed a reason to join in the fun?
As it had been for thousands of years, the Scarred Nebula was constantly producing massive information fluctuations. Flashing beams of light and bright rifts were constantly born in the dense purplish-red gas. And on the edge of this 7.7-light-year-wide cosmic rift, one of the few star systems that could be counted on one's fingers had now gained a new member. The planet Inferno was like a beautiful white snowball orbiting at the edge of the Scarred Nebula, becoming the only scenery in this desolate area. The brilliant light of the new star shone on the surface of this white 'snowball', and the smooth top of the nebula emitted a large amount of golden light.
The Petrachelys arrived at the upper layer of the cloud top under the brilliant golden sunlight. The calibration equipment left behind before the last departure was still operating above the cloud top as a temporary monitoring satellite, constantly monitoring the state of the planet. Hao Ren let Nolan hover less than a few dozen meters from the cloud top and first connected the monitoring equipment. The MDT reported, "The data is normal. It has been half a month. It seems that the operating parameters of the planet are stable."
"After all, it is the first leg of a true god. There should be no problem," Hao Ren nodded. "When will the representatives of the Conglomerate Mining arrive?"
Nolan's holographic image appeared on the bridge. "They have arrived, but their spacecraft is parked at the outer edge of the Scarred Nebula's material belt. We can call them at any time."
As she said, her eyes involuntarily swept over the console. There was no other reason: a blonde girl formed by a holographic projection was sitting on the console, and she turned a blind eye to any outside gazes. The blonde girl's body was right under her butt: the brick stuck in the slot. Obviously, the brick had the upper hand in the battle between the two AIs. Of course, the reason had nothing to do with the so-called Pattianne girl's heart. It was purely because Nolan was not as thick-skinned as the MDT.
"Don't look at it. It won't move." Hao Ren looked at the MDT in the form of a Pattianne and could only shake his head and sigh. "Didn't I even use a crowbar just now? You'd better call the representative ship of United Mining."
Nolan curled her lips helplessly and sent a navigation signal to the Fairy Void merchants waiting at the edge of the Scarred Nebula, allowing them to enter the airspace of Inferno. A moment later, the group of profiteers and their mining fleet appeared on the monitor screen.
Light blue, door-like spatial rifts suddenly appeared in the low-Earth orbit of Inferno. After these portals opened, a fleet consisting of more than a dozen large mining ships and a pilot command ship jumped into the airspace. The Fairy Void Airships were painted in bright red, and the front armor belt was painted with a peculiar Fairy Void Airship coat of arms that looked like a queen bee. The command ship was a slender triple-hulled airship, in which three symmetrically distributed spacecraft were assembled around a common long axis. The size of this ship was one size smaller than the Petrachelys, but its unique position in the fleet and its complex and sophisticated antenna system made it obvious that this was the command center of all the spacecraft.
But Hao Ren's attention was more focused on the Fairy Void mining ships because they were larger and more eye-catching. The appearance of the mining ships looked like several giant boxes connected together, and there were running mechanical parts between the joints. After zooming in, Hao Ren could see that the mechanical parts were actually extensions of the mineral processing facilities. On the upper and lower decks of the mining ships, there were huge open portals for small mining ships to enter and exit. These mining ships were huge. Considering their special use, their long axes were basically more than 10 kilometers long, which was a real giant unit among the civilian ships in the Macroworld. Even the Petrachelys looked small in front of them.
While Hao Ren's attention was on the mining ships, Nolan had also connected to the data network and sent him the information about the mining ships. Hao Ren learned that these heavy industrial ships had a complete factory system that could complete the rough processing and conversion of minerals on the spot. At the end of the hull, which looked like a series of "big boxes", was a portal device with a huge throughput capacity. The hyperspace system could continuously transmit the processed crushed ore directly to the capital planet of Fairy Void Mining at the rear. Without this mechanism, it was impossible to complete the mining of an entire planet with a limited number of mining ships.
The Fairy Void Mining merchants were rich. In order to carry out activities in every universe, they always set up offices and bases everywhere. They spent a lot of money in this universe to buy several planets as commercial bases, and the mining planet was one of them. The Fairy Void Mining people built a mineral processing plant on an entire planet and a large area of space around it, and used it as a stronghold to continuously export all kinds of ores to the market in their neighboring universe. There was even a rumor that the mining planet had so far "eaten" 1% of the mass of the universe. Of course, this was nonsense, but the Fairy Void Mining merchants were happy to use it as a shocking advertisement.
Until the profiteers were investigated by the Material Dispatching Department of the Space Administration for "uncontrolled transfer of the mass of the universe without reasonable backfilling".
Hao Ren quickly browsed through the information. In order to ensure the smooth transformation of the planet Inferno, he had to understand the technical strength of the mining industry. He was very satisfied with the powerful mining ships. He felt that this group of profiteers was indeed capable of digging up a meteor cluster. Of course, they were also capable of polishing the planet Inferno.
A signal connection request came from the communicator. Hao Ren tidied up his clothes and returned to the captain's seat. After the communication was connected, a middle-aged man in a uniform with his hair combed back appeared on the holographic projection.
Nolan held up an additional holographic projection for Hao Ren. From the information, Hao Ren learned that the man in front of him was the representative of the mining industry, Vanske Creedon. It was said that he once led a team to dig through the largest solid planet in the universe, and his title was "The Man Whose Drill Bit Pierced The Sky."
Hao Ren always felt that there was something wrong with the title, but he thought about it and decided not to dwell on it.
"I am honored to have the opportunity to undertake this significant excavation project," Vanske Creedon said directly after introducing himself. "We have learned all the engineering requirements, and we can start work at any time."
Hao Ren nodded and asked, "Do you know the first requirement of this project?"
"Safety first." Like any qualified businessman, Van Secker spoke with a very reliable expression — regardless of whether this expression was sincere or not. "Each of our mining ships is equipped with a gravitational control device. The broken crust will be directly pulled into space, and we don't have to worry about anything falling down. Of course, considering that in the second half of the large-scale excavation, the entire planet's surface crust will become fragile, we have also mobilized a sufficient number of gravity-generating ships. When the time comes, we will directly pull the entire planet's surface crust into space. "
Vanske said as he sent their engineering plan to Hao Ren's spacecraft. The MDT confirmed the plan and ran a mathematical simulation. Finally, it came to a positive conclusion. "It can achieve what he said. Of course, this is certainly the most cost-effective solution. "
"There's no problem with the engineering plan, and the attached contract is also signed according to the original I sent you." Hao Ren looked up. "But you only brought these mining ships? Is it enough? "
"Of course, there's a follow-up fleet," Vanske explained. "We hope to start work as soon as possible to solve the urgent needs of our customers. So, before each large-scale project begins, we will send a group of vanguards to serve our customers in advance. This has always been our company's business philosophy: we would rather increase the cost of additional staffing than let our customers experience the perfect service as soon as possible."
Hao Ren suddenly felt that this group of profiteers seemed to be quite reliable. Then the MDT reminded him, "In fact, they are afraid that you will use your authority as an inspector to force the project to someone else. So, they will come to the site first and set up a thousand or eight hundred stakes. By then, you won't be able to sell it even if you want to."
Hao Ren was speechless.
"Ahem," Hao Ren coughed twice. "Let's not talk about anything else. You guys get to work: polishing this planet."
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