Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 14 Sky Steel

Chen Ming sat down on the floor of the spacecraft, took off his helmet and threw it aside.

He breathed heavily in the oxygen that had just been replenished by the life support system.

Looking at the backpack in his hand and the few things in it, he couldn't help but smile.

Chen Ming adjusted his breathing, stood up, and gave the movement command to the spacecraft.

Then came to the work cabin, ready to start the transformation of the mining laser.

Chen Ming held two lenses of different sizes in each hand, and the largest one was placed in the temporary storage space of the smelting furnace in front of him.

The low-frequency cycle generator I found before leaving was also put aside.

Chen Ming pressed the confirmation button after confirming that the materials needed to modify the mining laser were sufficient and would not affect the subsequent repair of the landing module.

An extremely strong feeling of fatigue instantly surged into Chen Ming's brain, but...

The smallest lens in his hand turned into a pure and transparent liquid, and the low-frequency frequency generator also gradually melted.

The two streams of liquid, together with other metal materials flowing out of the storage cabin, were integrated into the Type II mining laser in the working cabin.

All the liquid was quickly absorbed, and the Type II mining laser transformation was completed.

The overall appearance has not changed much, except for an additional ring-shaped component on the edge of the transmitter, which is the laser restrainer.

At the same time, the panel of the mining laser equipment has also undergone some changes.

[Type II Mining Laser·Modification]

[Manufacturer: Cinda Rockwell Mining Company]

[Strength: Level 3]

[Applicable environment: high-grade metal ores]

[Modified components: advanced lens, energy-gathering ring, cycle oscillation]

[Durability: 100%]

[Available operations: Replace/Renovate]

The intensity and applicable environment of lasers have reached a higher level.

At this time, under the settings set by Chen Ming just now, the spacecraft circled back to the living area of ​​the mining space station again.

The traction equipment removed the dark blue ore that had been stuck in the loophole in the building in the living area.

At this time, Chen Ming was not sure whether the enhanced mining laser was strong enough, so he started the mining laser nervously.

The orange-yellow mining laser, which was brighter than before, was fired and successfully shattered the dark blue ore when it hit it.

"it is good."

Chen Ming couldn't help but mutter to himself, still nervously watching the ore fragments being pulled into the furnace.

All processes are like collecting ordinary asteroids. The furnace begins to heat up and the dark blue ore begins to gradually melt.

Only then did Chen Ming feel completely relieved.

Fortunately, the temperature of the furnace is enough, otherwise I might have to find a way to see if there are any furnace-related modification methods in the terminal book.

The smelting speed of dark blue ore is much slower than that of ordinary metal ore.

It wasn't until nearly two hours later that a total of five smelted metal ingots that turned sky blue appeared in the furnace.

Chen Ming had already eagerly opened the panel of the work cabin.

I saw the name of this metal in the object column.

"Skysteel?"

Chen Ming's tone was filled with uncontrollable excitement.

Unexpectedly, this is a very valuable metal material.

In Chen Ming's memory, he had learned about this advanced material.

It is a necessary material for some key components of the spacecraft, especially those that require very high structural strength. It is also the basis for manufacturing the spacecraft.

And more importantly, sky steel is a raw material for the hyperspace channel system.These few sky steel ingots are enough to meet the needs of manufacturing a hyperspace channel system.

Although it was difficult for him to gather other materials when he arrived at the pirate space station, at least with it in hand, Chen Ming could feel more relaxed.

Even if you don't need it to build the hyperspace channel system in the end, you can still find a way to sell it as a rare metal resource on the pirate space station.

Just like what I planned from the beginning, it would be my first start-up capital to start over.

Chen Ming rubbed his hands on the sky steel ingot, feeling the warmth that had just cooled down, as if he had gotten his favorite toy when he was a child.

This special sense of satisfaction made Chen Ming enjoy it very much.

But gradually, Chen Ming's excitement dissipated due to the outstanding results of his transformation and the excitement of collecting sky steel.

A feeling of extreme fatigue filled the brain.

The mental aspect of modifying the equipment feels much greater than the repair.

Chen Ming put the sky-blue sky steel ingot into the storage cabin and stood at the door of the living cabin. It was almost time to rest.

But just before walking in, Chen Ming thought for a while, then turned around and went to the captain's room.

I took the initiative to find an asteroid and planned to test the effect of the upgraded mining laser on ordinary asteroids and ordinary metal ores.

Traction, fixation.

Mining laser firing.

In less than three seconds, the asteroid was directly crushed by a level 3 mining laser, and the ore fragments were pulled into the furnace and began to be smelted.

This kind of efficiency makes Chen Ming very satisfied.

Although smelting takes up the majority of the entire mining process, the time required for collection is also not short.

If you add up a little in this way, you can save more than 01:30 hours of time.

The sooner he collects enough materials, the sooner he can set off for the planet the spacecraft orbits.

After confirming the efficiency of the mining laser, a somewhat irrepressible smile appeared on Chen Ming's face.

But soon, extreme fatigue emerged again.

Chen Ming reluctantly shook his head to wake himself up a little.

Then the instructions of the spacecraft were set so that it could continue to collect common ores around the space station.

He quickly returned to the living cabin and lay on the bed.

Before closing his eyes, Chen Ming opened the panel of the spacecraft armor and used the panel to repair the remaining damage on the armor.

About 70% of the overall durability was instantly restored to 100%, and the entire hull looked brand new from the outside.

Then Chen Ming passed out directly.

The next day, Chen Ming got up from the bed feeling a little groggy.

The first thing after getting up is the same as the day before, which is to go to the work cabin to collect the minerals smelted overnight.

During his free time yesterday, Chen Ming deliberately dismantled a shelf in the storage cabin and built a slope at the outlet of the smelting furnace.

This will allow the metal ingots that overflow when the furnace is full to slide to the side along the slope, so that more metal ingots can be stacked here.

And when Chen Ming got closer to the work cabin, he found that what he was doing was indeed effective.

Although the slope had been crushed, the extra metal ingots still blocked the mine outlet, causing the furnace to stop working.

But the number of metal ingots piled here is about 50% more than the previous day.

Chen Ming went back and forth several times to stuff these metal ingots into the storage compartment.

Looking at the iron ingots that took up almost half of the used space in the storage cabin, Chen Ming always felt that sooner or later some of them would have to be thrown away.

However, if you are lucky today and the efficiency is high enough, you might be able to directly collect the materials needed to repair the landing module.

Once the landing module is repaired, there will be no need to continue collecting iron.

As the landing module is about to be repaired, it is time to think about what happens after landing.

(End of this chapter)