"What do you think? Am I right? The Star Pirates don't care what mecha you use. They only care about the results." Xu Yuanliang said with a smile.

Hearing his words, Zheng Cheng's heart skipped a beat and a strange look appeared on his face.

Although Xu Yuanliang is nearly forty years old, he is a chatterbox. Once he gets hold of something, he will talk about it without any scruples. Sometimes Zheng Cheng can't stand his chattering.

If I were to take over the conversation now, I would definitely talk for more than half an hour.

Zheng Cheng quickly shut his mouth and didn't dare to continue the conversation.

Lin Tao smiled without saying anything. In later life, he had read no less than twenty novels about star pirates and understood Xu Yuanliang's mentality very well.

As a star pirate, there is no safety at all. Maybe he can still drink and chat with his teammates today, but once he encounters a battle, the next moment will be a farewell, so Xu Yuanliang needs this kind of chattering to release the pressure in his heart.

The best way for this kind of person is to let him release his emotions freely at the appropriate time.

Of course, Lin Tao would not be the target of his chatter.

Seeing that Lin Tao and Zheng Cheng didn't take up the topic, Xu Yuanliang felt quite bored. However, no one took up the topic, which didn't mean he had nothing to say. "You have released two videos before. With the combination of these two videos, the Star Pirates can guess the model of the mecha. But since they guessed it, they won't worry too much. They can only hope that they won't encounter that mecha in the next battle."

"But once we really meet, they will not retreat. Death is commonplace for the Star Pirates. If my mecha had not been far away at the time, I would not be standing in front of you now." Xu Yuanliang said.

Zheng Cheng felt a headache after hearing this. He had heard these words more than once or twice.

Lin Tao shook his head secretly. Seeing that Xu Yuanliang was still planning to continue talking, he quickly opened his mouth and changed the subject: "How long will it take us to reach Mining Planet No. 5?"

Zheng Cheng quickly walked to the radar screen and after some operation, he zoomed in on the nearby star map. After taking a look, he said, "At our speed, we should be able to arrive in fifteen hours."

Lin Tao nodded.

At this time, Xu Yuanliang finally shut his mouth and listened to the two of them talking quietly. Zheng Cheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

There are two types of planets that become mining stars. One is a planet suitable for living, and the other is a pure mining star that is not even suitable for human survival.

The latter is easy to do, as once the corresponding technology is available, the mineral resources on the planet can be mined directly. The former, however, is a bit tricky. After all, humans have discovered many planets during this period, but not many are suitable for human habitation, so it is necessary to explore the mineral resources. If the mineral resources are important and the amount of minerals is large, almost occupying more than half of the planet, large-scale mining will be carried out. Otherwise, it will still be treated as an inhabited planet.

According to the data, of the five mining stars in the Mingyuan star field, the first four belong to the latter type of planets. Two of them are even composed of a single mineral source. The fifth mining star is quite special. This planet obviously belongs to the former.

In other words, Mineral Planet No. 5 is a planet suitable for human habitation.

After the Interstellar Federation reported the planet, the exploration team conducted several rounds of surveys before deciding to mine the planet. The mining period is only one hundred years. After one hundred years, no matter how much mineral resources are mined, the planet will be defined as a habitable planet. At that time, a large number of immigrants will move to it, making it the second inhabited planet in the Mingyuan Star Region after Mingyuan Star.

However, according to later information, Mining Planet No. 5 has never become an inhabited planet.

Because a special mineral resource was discovered on this planet, and there are only a few planets in the entire Interstellar Federation that can produce this kind of resource. Therefore, Mineral Planet No. 5 has always been classified as a mining planet in later data.

This special resource, called guide stone, is an excellent conductor. It can not only conduct electricity, but can even directly guide and transmit the energy of energy blocks.

Since humans entered space and began exploring, energy has also been updated and iterated, from the initial liquid energy to fuel cells. However, no matter which energy method is used, it is not suitable for mecha.

The design of the mecha focuses on lightness and small size. If the energy part takes up most of the volume of the body, it would be better to directly use a starship or spaceship for space combat.

This problem has been solved with the emergence of new energy sources.

Energy blocks are a new type of energy that combines extraterrestrial resources. The body that uses this energy only needs a small space and does not need to worry about subsequent troubles such as heat dissipation and leakage. It can provide energy very stably and convert it into electrical energy for the body to use.

It's a pity that the energy block is originally a kind of energy that can be used directly. After being converted into electrical energy, its efficiency is greatly reduced. A single block can only drive the mecha for four to six hours.

Even the new type of energy block that Lin Tao took out can only be regarded as a relatively medium-to-high-level energy block in the future. However, if it is only used to convert electrical energy, it will definitely be the biggest waste of energy blocks.

The emergence of the guide stone has freed the energy block from this dilemma and also enabled the mecha to develop in a modular way.

The guide stone not only replaced the position of cables and wires, but also allowed humans to understand how to directly use the energy of energy blocks.

"Guide stone." Lin Tao's eyes narrowed into a line.

This time when he came to Mining Planet No. 5, Lin Tao's goal was to analyze the guide stone so that the modular body could appear ahead of time.

Although the modular body is not as good as the optical circuit body of the thinking mode, it is also a more advanced body than the mechanical mode. Once this kind of body can be produced, not to mention Lin Tao, even a person who has taken genetic enhancement drugs can easily use it to deal with a large number of starry sky ships.

A day passed.

The spacecraft arrived at the outskirts of mining planet No. 5.

Looking from the starry sky, the shape of Mineral Planet No. 5 is very strange. Unlike ordinary elliptical planets, it is a flat spindle shape, like two plates buckled together, like an extra-large spaceship.

Lin Tao had only seen written records about Mining Star No. 5 in later materials, and there wasn't even a picture of it. When he saw the appearance of Mining Star No. 5, he couldn't help but feel curious.

"Lin Tao." Zheng Cheng came over: "We will land in ten minutes."

Lin Tao nodded and turned back to the captain's seat. Unlike large spaceships, ordinary spaceships and smaller aerospace bodies do not have large buffer systems, so they need to sit in seats and fasten their seat belts when entering and exiting the starry sky.

Just like when Lin Tao suddenly fell from the improved version of Tianjia God General to the interior of the planet, his body was almost crushed into a meat patty.

After sitting down, Lin Tao asked, "Where are we landing?"

"We landed at position seven." Zheng Cheng said, and tapped the radar screen with both hands, enlarging the mining planet No. 5. Position seven was located three quarters of the way to the left above the mining planet No. 5.

Mining Star No. 5, due to its special shape, is divided into sixteen regions, with eight regions above and eight regions below, based on the place where the two discs interlock.

The place where the spacecraft is going to land is the seventh area above.

"After confirming the mining planet, the entire planet needs to be shielded to avoid attracting the Star Pirates, so the mining planet is almost isolated from the outside world."

At this time, Xu Yuanliang found a rare opportunity to interrupt and couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha~~ If I'm not mistaken, the people on Mining Star No. 5 should not know that you have captured Mingyuan Star yet."

Zheng Cheng nodded: "On the fifth mining planet, the Davis family, the Wang family, and the Interstellar Federation each own two shares. The remaining ten areas belong to the Liu family, and the Liu family owns three shares. The other five shares were sold to the five major underground forces on Mingyuan Star."

Lin Tao frowned slightly. Such things were not recorded in the materials of later generations.

"Location No. 7 is exactly the area of ​​our Blood Wolf Gang. If we want to seize the entire mining planet, we need to deal with other forces on the mining planet." Zheng Cheng explained: "Among these forces, the Davis family, the Wang family, the Interstellar Federation, and the Liu family are all forces with big backgrounds. The number of engineering mechas they own is very large, while our five major underground forces not only have few engineering mechas, but also have low efficiency."

"Haha~ Do you really think the Liu family is stupid enough to sell the mining rights of a mining planet?" Xu Yuanliang laughed again on the spot: "This is because they were forced to sell the area due to the pressure from the Interstellar Federation. Otherwise, the Interstellar Federation would further encroach on the territory of the mining planet. Although it was only sold to you five major underground forces, it was also tacitly approved by the Interstellar Federation. Otherwise, how would you have the opportunity to obtain one of them?"

Zheng Cheng was stunned.

Lin Tao frowned slightly and said nothing.

There are quite a few records of mining stars in later historical materials. The Interstellar Federation occupies nearly half of the mining rights of every mining star. There are quite a few cases like Mining Star No. 5, but the prerequisite is that the discoverer of the mining star belongs to a wealthy family.

Some powerful forces have secretly concealed the existence of many mining stars in order to avoid attracting intervention from the Interstellar Federation.

As they were talking, the spaceship began to land.

As the spacecraft landed, the huge screen in the center of the bridge also displayed the appearance of Mining Planet No. 5.

This planet, like a normal inhabited planet, is also covered with an atmosphere. After entering the atmosphere, a lush green area suddenly appeared inside the planet, which was a thriving forest.

The potholes around are resource points that are being mined.