Today is the twenty-eighth day since the spacecraft landed.

The autumn season on Ramu is almost over.

Before the temperature dropped completely, Chen Ming harvested the second batch of oranges planted outside the spacecraft.

Completely fill up the last bit of space in the refrigerator.

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

In addition, there are orange fruits being grown in the hydroponic tanks in the planting cabins.

Even if the planting chamber of the spacecraft exploded on the spot, Chen Ming could still reach the pirate space station safely.

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

Chen Ming closed the door of the storage compartment.

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

Chen Ming did not take Xiao Shi away directly, but squatted in front of it and said, "Xiao Shi, I'm going to leave, do you want to come with me?"

Xiao Shi tilted his head, not knowing whether he understood what Chen Ming said.

But it must have seen the tender sprouts that Chen Ming had just plucked from the hydroponic tank, and immediately climbed onto Chen Ming's shoulders.

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

Apart from the surrounding fences, the entire makeshift camp seemed a bit empty.

There is nothing worth remembering here.

Looking at Xiaoshi on his shoulder chewing the tender sprouts contentedly, Chen Ming smiled and walked onto the spaceship.

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

The spacecraft did not fly directly towards the designated pirate space station, but stayed at a certain distance from the space station as before.

Before officially setting off, Chen Ming planned to make another trip to the asteroid belt to fill the remaining space in the storage cabin with ore.

After all, a place like the ring of Ramu, which has such a high density of asteroids rich in metal minerals, will probably not be encountered for a long time on the way forward.

Chen Ming activated 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 proportions of different materials stored are balanced to avoid the situation of 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 in an entire storage cabin should be enough to sustain the spacecraft for half a year as long as Chen Ming does not need to repair the spacecraft frequently.

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

Watching the spaceship gradually accelerate, Chen Ming sat down on the chair in the captain's room and relaxed.

Space travel, just like sailing on the sea, does not require so much maneuvering.

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

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

Waiting for half a year, waiting for the spacecraft to travel this half light year.

Chen Ming had long been accustomed to the boring life day after day, a life with no intersection and just for survival.

It would be better to say that now that Xiaoshi is with me, my 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 have learned from the book.

As long as it is not the kind of modification that could result in death if one mistake is made, Chen Ming can do it himself without relying on the panel.

Chen Ming opened the panel.

The panels of all cabins, all equipment, and all objects 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 of things to do.

However, all these changes have to be done gradually.

In Chen Ming's opinion, the top priority for renovation at present should be the living cabin.

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

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

Therefore, Chen Ming plans to transform a studio in the living cabin. Having a studio can make it convenient to do many things.

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

Chen Ming doesn't need to take up too much space in the living cabin to rest alone.

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

Transforming the studio and subsequent modifications to 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 made a small machine tool using the precision tools in the repair kit through continuous trial, verification, dismantling and reconstruction.

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

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

Chen Ming doesn't even need to do it himself, but can directly control the machine tool through his consciousness to work independently.

However, Chen Ming will not do so 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 grow.

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

Moreover, these days, when Chen Ming read books after work, he could clearly feel that he was learning and mastering knowledge much faster than before.

After all, for many things, you can only know how to do them after you actually try them.

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

Machine tools, inventory racks, tool racks, work tables, and tools from the maintenance kit that can meet almost all maintenance and modification tasks are all available in the studio.

The next step is to modify the spacecraft itself.

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

Every step needs to be carefully considered to avoid damage to the spacecraft and accidents.

Therefore, it was the second weekend after departure.

Chen Ming had just planned the overall modification of the spacecraft and produced some accessories that might be needed later.

It was not until the fifteenth day after departure that Chen Ming was completely prepared for the first transformation.

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

(End of this chapter)