The asteroid with a very high aluminum content was quickly towed to the left side of the spacecraft under the control of the spacecraft computer, within the range of the mining laser.

Mining lasers break up the minerals, and haulage devices capture the crushed ore and transport it to a smelting furnace.

The internal ore is precipitated according to the different melting temperatures of different materials.

Finally, it is poured into the mold and cooled into a standard metal block.

Everything went as smoothly as yesterday.

The amount of aluminum provided by this specially selected asteroid is even close to one-tenth of the amount needed to repair the landing module.

This is a little more than the amount of aluminum we dug up last night.

Such efficiency made Chen Ming excited, and he let the scanner continue to scan the next asteroid.

However, after resuming the scan, there were no asteroids with such high aluminum content nearby.

But this is the normal situation. Although Chen Ming felt a little sorry, he didn't worry too much about it.

Continue to fly the spacecraft towards the next asteroid containing important metal minerals.

Today is going to be a busy day.

Scanning, analyzing, mining, smelting, and moving.

Although most of the work can be done by computers, Chen Ming still needs to be in overall control. At least the transportation can only be done by Chen Ming.

Moreover, Chen Ming also needs to concentrate on keeping an eye on the meteorites that appear from behind some asteroid from time to time.

At the end of the day, not only my brain and eyes, but also my hands and feet felt a little out of control.

But correspondingly, the gains are also quite a lot.

Mining in areas with dense asteroids is very efficient. Not only is the mineral content inside each asteroid very high, but the time spent moving between different targets is also much less than near the space station.

Even if we exclude the first asteroid with a very high aluminum content, the amount of minerals collected today is almost equivalent to the amount collected in three consecutive nights.

During today and last night, we collected half of the materials needed to repair the landing module.

At this rate of progress, Chen Ming will be able to find a landing site on the planet Ramu below by the day after tomorrow at the latest.

Chen Ming closed the panel in front of him that displayed the materials inside the storage compartment.

That’s almost all for today. My body and mind have reached their limits and I must rest.

I will continue tomorrow, and tomorrow I can try to enter an area with more asteroids.

Mining might be more efficient.

After making his plans, Chen Ming prepared to evacuate the area and return to the vicinity of the space station.

However, at this time, Chen Ming suddenly discovered that the scanner seemed to have found an asteroid that was densely surrounded by many asteroids and whose internal structure could not be scanned.

Chen Ming's expression suddenly became serious.

There are many possibilities for the interior of the asteroid not being picked up by scanners.

But the biggest possibility is only two.

One is that it has some kind of rare ore inside, which cannot be scanned by the more basic asteroid scanning detectors.

Secondly, there are things inside it that are similar to the asteroid whose internal structure could not be scanned and which was collected by the mining space station. Those seem to be bugs named Thorn Zerg.

Of course, Chen Ming actually knew that the probability of the latter was not that high compared to the former.

But Chen Ming had just seen the tragic situation of the space station, so he couldn't help but have such doubts in his heart.

Chen Ming thought about it for a while and decided not to miss this opportunity.

Now that I have made up my mind, I will give up my corporate identity and go to the pirate space station.

Then you definitely cannot use your personal terminal at will, and the same applies to the wages in your salary card.

But Chen Ming has always understood that being without money is absolutely necessary, so he needs some start-up capital.

Taking into account local conditions, these rare minerals are the best first pot of gold for Chen Ming.

Chen Ming also knew the danger involved.

Peel through the asteroid's rocky outer layer to see what's inside.

If it was a normal mineral, he could pull it to the vicinity of the spacecraft and collect it normally. If it was something else, then this distance was enough for him to escape.

The spacecraft gradually approached the asteroid that could not be scanned.

The machine guns on both sides of the spacecraft opened fire under Chen Ming's control, shattering the other asteroids that were closely surrounding the asteroid.

Then it slowly adjusted the hull, aimed the Type II mining laser transmitter at the mysterious asteroid, and fired the mining laser.

The laser's power weakened after traveling a certain distance, and it only shattered a small part of the asteroid's outer shell, while the asteroid's interior had no reaction.

Chen Ming stopped the mining laser upon seeing this, and then he saw a dark blue ore with a metallic luster at the place where the laser had shattered.

The spacecraft's mining laser has no way of breaking up these dark blue ores at this distance.

The asteroid also seemed to have lost some momentum due to the shattered debris, causing itself to be pushed further and further away.

Chen Ming immediately used the tractor beam to fix the asteroid in place.

As the asteroid rotates, lasers are used to remove all the rock layers that contain the internal minerals.

Soon, a whole mass of dark blue mineral appeared in Chen Ming's field of vision.

It doesn't seem like there's any problem.

The asteroid was not very big, and after the outer layer of rock was crushed, the remaining part was not large enough to accommodate a complete insect.

Even the half-human-sized insect eggs that Chen Ming had seen before could only be squeezed in with difficulty, and there was no telling where part of the egg's external tissue would be exposed.

This is indeed an asteroid containing rare minerals.

After confirming it again and again, Chen Ming put aside his worries, used a traction device to pull the ore back, and fixed it next to the spacecraft.

I am looking forward to what this deep blue metal ore will look like after smelting.

only……

Chen Ming looked at the mining laser that was almost right next to the dark blue ore. The continuous mining laser could not even leave a mark on the ore. He didn't know what to say.

The intensity of the mining laser on my spaceship seems to be a little insufficient.

Looking at the intact deep blue ore, Chen Ming opened the panel of the Type II mining laser.

【Type II Mining Laser】

[Manufacturer: Synda Rockwell Mining Company]

[Strength: Level 2]

[Applicable environment: basic metal ore]

【Durability: 89%】

[Available operations: Replace/Repair/Renovation]

Mining lasers are also a product of this subsidiary called Sinda.

The second level strength on the panel allows it to collect most basic minerals, but it obviously doesn't work for the dark blue mineral in front of it.

"Wait, what is transformation?"

Chen Ming suddenly noticed that there was an option in the column of executable operations on the panel that he had never seen before: Transformation.

Chen Ming subconsciously wondered if this was a result of reading a few transformation books before?

Chen Ming was a little uncertain. After thinking about it, he reached out and clicked it.

[Modification options: Type II mining laser]

[Advanced Lens][Energy Focusing Ring][Cycle Oscillation]

(End of this chapter)