Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 40 Set sail
Seven days passed in a flash.

Today is the 20th eight days since the spacecraft landed.

Autumn in Ruimu is coming to an end.

Chen Ming hurriedly harvested the second batch of orange fruits planted outside the spacecraft before the temperature dropped completely.

Completely fill the last squeezed space in the refrigerator compartment.

All the food in the entire freezer is enough to last for more than ten months.

In addition, there are also those orange fruits still growing in the hydroponic warehouse of the planting cabin.

Even if the spaceship's cultivation cabin explodes on the spot, Chen Ming can still reach the pirate space station safely.

The food reserves are enough, so it's time to leave here.

Chen Ming smoothly closed the door of the storage cabin.

Outside the spaceship, in a field where crops had just been harvested, I found Xiaoshi, who was looking for something to eat.

Chen Ming did not take Xiaoshi away directly, but squatted in front of it and said, "Xiaoshi, I'm getting ready to leave. Do you want to follow me?"

Xiaoshi tilted his head, wondering if he understood what Chen Ming said.

But it must have seen the buds that Chen Ming had just pulled out of the hydroponic barn, and it immediately climbed onto Chen Ming's shoulders.

Chen Ming touched Xiao Shi's head and turned to look at the camp he had built with his own hands.

Except for the surrounding fence, the entire temporary camp seemed a bit empty.

There is nothing worth remembering here.

Seeing Xiaoshi on his shoulder happily nibbling on buds, Chen Ming smiled and stepped onto the spacecraft.

A few minutes later, the spacecraft's engines started, and the Iron Ore turned the ship's bow and flew into space.

The spacecraft did not fly directly in the direction of the planned pirate space station, but stayed at a certain distance from the space station as before.

Before the official departure, Chen Ming planned to make another trip to the asteroid belt and fill the remaining space in the storage compartment with ore.

After all, places like the star rings of Rui Jupiter, which have such a high density of asteroids rich in metal minerals, may not be encountered for a long time in the future.

Chen Ming started the asteroid detection scanner and found a high-density area in the asteroid belt.

High-intensity mining continued until four days later.

The remaining shelves in the storage compartment have been filled with various metal materials.

In order to ensure that the proportion of different materials stored in your store is balanced, to avoid the lack of specific materials in the future.

Chen Ming also deliberately threw a lot of ordinary iron outside to free up a lot of space.

The metal of an entire storage cabin should be enough to sustain the voyage for half a year, as long as Chen Ming does not need to repair the spacecraft frequently.

Everything was ready, Chen Ming set the navigation route on the navigation system, and the rest was left to the spacecraft itself.

Watching the spacecraft gradually begin to accelerate, Chen Ming sat down on the chair in the captain's cabin and relaxed.

Space navigation is just like sailing on the ocean, there are not so many things to operate.

At most, when an unexpected incident occurs, Chen Ming needs to handle it personally.

All that's left is waiting, a long wait.

Wait half a year for the spacecraft to travel this half a light year.

Chen Ming has long been accustomed to a boring life day after day, a life where there is no intersection and just survival.

It would be better to say that now that Xiaoshi is with him, his life is better than before.

The books in the terminal are enough for me to read for half a year.

If you get tired of reading, you can try to practice everything you learned from the book.The last mines I mined before leaving were just to do these things during this half-light-year journey.

As long as it wasn't the kind of modification that could kill someone if he made a mistake, Chen Ming could do it himself without relying on the panel.

Chen Ming opened the panel.

All cabins, all equipment, and all object panels are listed.

Looking at the panels in front of him that almost covered his entire field of vision, Chen Ming knew that he still had a lot to do.

But so many transformations must come step by step.

At present, the top priority for renovation should be the living cabin in Chen Ming's vision.

Because many modifications require some accessories, if the modification is done with panels, Chen Ming only needs to prepare the materials.

But if it were done manually, Chen Ming would have to find a way to make these accessories himself.

Therefore, Chen Ming plans to transform a studio into his living cabin. Having a studio can facilitate many things.

Moreover, the living cabin of the Iron Ore itself should be used by the four to six people equipped as standard on the Iron Ore.

Chen Ming does not need to take up too much space in the living cabin to rest alone.

There’s no problem converting extra space into a studio.

The transformation of the studio and the subsequent modification of the spacecraft will also be a long process.

Chen Ming has plenty of patience and time.

three days later.

The prototype of the studio appeared in the living cabin.

Chen Ming used the precision tools in the repair kit and through constant trials, verifications, dismantling and rebuilding, he made a small machine tool.

In this way, many of the molds and other equipment you need can be manufactured through machine tools.

Moreover, after the machine tool was manufactured, it appeared on Chen Ming's panel like the equipment in other cabins of the spacecraft.

Chen Ming can even control the machine tool to work by itself without having to do it himself.

However, Chen Ming will not do this for the time being, because in the process of manufacturing this machine tool, Chen Ming can feel that the memories of professional skills in his mind are gradually becoming his own abilities.

If you make things through panels, your abilities will never increase.

Chen Ming needs to practice to make memory truly become a part of himself.

Moreover, when Chen Ming reads a book after work these days, he can clearly feel that he is learning and mastering knowledge much faster than before.

After all, you can only know how to do many things by actually doing them.

So on the last day of the first week after departure, Chen Ming transformed half of the living cabin into the studio he envisioned.

Machine tools, item racks, tool racks, work tables, and tools from the repair kit that can meet almost all repair and modification tasks are all ready in the studio.

The next step is to modify the spacecraft itself.

The transformation of the entire spacecraft is not as simple as the transformation of a living cabin.

Every step requires careful consideration to avoid damage to the spacecraft and accidents.

Therefore, it is the second weekend after departure.

Chen Mingcai has just planned the overall transformation plan of the spacecraft and made some accessories that may be needed in the future.

It wasn't until the 15th day after departure that Chen Ming was completely ready for the first transformation.

The first object that Chen Ming wanted to modify was the spacecraft's temperature control system.

(End of this chapter)