This celestial body is elliptical in shape and its surface is covered with a thick layer of iron oxide.
High-resolution images transmitted by drones show that the planet's surface is covered with craters and gullies of all sizes, formed by long-term weathering and collisions.
These craters and ravines are like scars on the planet's surface, bearing witness to its long history and also representing its structural stability.
Inside celestial bodies, iron is distributed very evenly and is extremely pure.
Preliminary exploration results indicate that this planet has abundant iron ore reserves, enough to meet the needs of Chenyue Cave Heaven for an extremely long period.
Furthermore, this celestial body even has a weak gravitational field, which allows it to attract some debris it encounters along the way, eliminating the need to send spacecraft to mine it.
Overall, this celestial body is very valuable and more suitable for building a base.
Upon seeing the detailed information about this celestial body, Ye Chen exclaimed with delight, "It seems we're quite lucky; we've found a suitable asteroid so quickly."
Li Muyue also smiled and said, "Maybe God is helping us. Where do you plan to build the base?"
Ye Chen examined the 3D model of the asteroid and pointed to a spot in the center, saying, "This is it!"
The place he was referring to was a low-lying area in the middle of an oval shape, with a relatively flat area about fifty kilometers away at the bottom.
Li Muyue smiled and said, "Let's hurry up and get there."
Ye Chen nodded in acknowledgment and ordered the spaceship to head towards the selected destination.
Upon arrival, Ye Chen took out the stone bead and gently placed it on the spaceship's control panel, opening the entrance to Chenyue Cave.
As the entrance and exit slowly opened, five spaceships from Morning Moon Cave Heaven took the lead, flashing with dazzling light.
Immediately following behind were five enormous base platforms, each one massive, resembling a colossal beast.
Countless robots emerged from the Morning Moon Cave, lining up neatly behind the spaceship and base platform, awaiting further instructions.
At Ye Chen's command, the five base platforms quickly moved to the appropriate positions and unfolded on the spot, soon turning into a huge workshop.
The robots quickly entered and began their work, assembling the parts together efficiently and precisely.
In less than an hour, a base covering ten kilometers and already taking shape appeared before Ye Chen and Li Muyue.
Over the next three days, the robot collected ore on the asteroid. Four mining spaceships flew to nearby celestial bodies to collect different types of ore as needed.
After all the various ores were collected, they were directly moved into Chenyue Cave.
In the production workshop of Chenyue Cave, the robots are busy carrying out processing work.
They refined and processed the ore to create various types of mining vehicles and mining ships.
As time went on, more and more mining equipment was produced.
With the continuous increase in various mining equipment, the efficiency of ore mining has been greatly improved.
Three more days passed, and the number of mining equipment of various types had reached 10,000.
Ye Chen looked at the equipment and nodded in satisfaction; it was more than enough to meet his current needs.
Afterwards, he put away the stone bead, closed the entrance and exit of Morning Moon Cave, and turned to Li Muyue and said, "At the current mining speed, the base warehouse can store a month's worth of resources. I will come once a month to store the resources in Morning Moon Cave."
Li Muyue nodded in response, and the two smiled at each other, their eyes filled with confidence. With this base, their strength would be able to grow and expand more rapidly.
After spending another three days at the Kuiper base and exploring the surrounding area once more, they returned to the base.
Ye Chen inspected the base's resource reserves and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. He turned to Li Muyue and said, "Three days' worth of mining is enough to produce another flagship-level spaceship. I have a new idea."
As he spoke, he looked out at the endless starry sky beyond the solar system and continued, "Let's go and take a look outside the solar system."
Li Muyue, sensing Ye Chen's intentions, asked, "Do you want to explore outer space of the solar system?"
Ye Chen withdrew his gaze, turned to look at Li Muyue, and said with a smile, "That's right, besides exploring outer space, guess what my purpose is in going to the outside of the solar system?"
Li Muyue frowned and pondered for a while before hesitantly asking, "Outer space of the solar system is all empty space with no resources. Could it be for the Voyager?"
Ye Chen laughed heartily and nodded in approval, "Mu Yue understands me perfectly. That's right, I'm here for the two human spacecraft that have just left the solar system."
Li Muyue asked in surprise, "What is it about these two aircraft that has piqued your interest?"
Ye Chen shook his head and said in a deep voice, "There's nothing about them that interests me, but they might reveal the location of the solar system and attract the interest of aliens, which would be detrimental to humanity."
Li Muyue's expression changed in surprise, and she asked, "Is this the Dark Forest Theory you often talk about?"
Ye Chen nodded, his expression turning serious, and said, "Based on the information we have so far, the universe is not a friendly place, nor is it empty. These two spacecraft are very likely to have been captured by aliens. This time, I plan to capture them directly."
Hearing Ye Chen's words, Li Muyue also felt some worry, saying, "The farthest Voyager 1 is already almost 25 billion kilometers away from Earth, and Voyager 2 is approaching 20 billion kilometers away. At such a great distance, is it still possible to find it?"
Ye Chen said confidently, "The Voyagers' trajectory is predetermined, so it's easy to predict their next direction and path. Finding them shouldn't be a problem."
Li Muyue frowned and said, "The two spacecraft broke through the solar system from different directions. Which one should we start with?"
After a moment of contemplation, Ye Chen said, "Let's find Voyager 2 first. Its battery is almost depleted, so we can find it while there's still a signal. As for Voyager 1, it has been communicating with Earth, so we can find it through those signals as well."
Li Muyue nodded, agreeing with Ye Chen's statement.
Another day passed, and in the Morning Moon Cave, the latest spaceship had been completed.
Ye Chen opened the entrance, and a huge, fully equipped spaceship slowly emerged.
Looking at the huge, streamlined spacecraft before him, Li Muyue blurted out, "Since this is humanity's first spacecraft to explore the outer solar system, why don't we call it the Explorer?"
Ye Chen smiled and said, "No problem, I'll listen to you, let's call it Explorer."
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