Chapter 17
【Energy conversion completed.】
One hundred and fifty mining worms produced 1.5 tons of obsidian crystals in three days, converting to approximately 150 energy points. The current remaining energy value is 330 points.
Qi Heng used the system's energy to cut the black crystals he had left behind into five-gram pieces. He had just put them in his pocket when he heard A1's words, and his already good mood became even better.
The purity of the obsidian crystals mined by the mining worms is almost 100%. In addition, the energy conversion rate has been improved after the system upgrade, which is thousands of times higher than his original efficiency of directly converting raw ore.
Moreover, the error between the energy points obtained by the system and those calculated by simulation is not large, which means that the subsequent plans can continue to be implemented, so how can he not be happy?
Qi Heng was originally worried that he would not be able to replenish much of the mineral vein after depleting it, but now he can rest assured.
With such a high conversion rate, he at least no longer has to worry about the system suddenly shutting down due to lack of energy.
Of course, this is partly because the energy contained in the obsidian crystal itself is of medium to high quality. If it were replaced with some ordinary mineral veins, the conversion rate might not be that high.
However, if you calculate it this way, converting and absorbing 500 tons of obsidian crystals can fill up the current system's energy bar - the system's current total energy bar is only 50,000 energy points, which is far less than its peak period.
Traveling through different universes is not an easy task for the system. In addition to losing a large amount of data, it is also unable to maintain other functions due to insufficient energy. The technology tree and various functions that were originally painstakingly upgraded cannot be used and must be restarted.
Some functions require a lot of energy to reactivate and enable, and even more energy is needed to maintain them before they can be used.
If there were no problems with the system, Qi Heng would most likely not have chosen the current cautious development model.
"A1, consume one hundred energy points to create another batch of mining bug engineers." He said decisively.
【yes. 】
The system's energy was cut in half by nearly one-third, and the scene from three days ago was repeated.
This time there were a full three hundred larvae.
When the larvae were first created, they were a little confused and didn't know what to do, but after receiving the order, they quickly knew why they were created. They scattered to find the rock walls where there were no adult miners clinging, and began to eat and mine instinctively.
Qi Heng looked at the 450 mining bugs in front of him. At the speed they were digging, they would probably dig out all the ore around here in a few days... The mine tunnels here are interconnected. If they dug into a mine tunnel where other female bugs were, it would be a disaster.
The only way is to dig deeper into the veins.
The female insects are not as fast as the mining insects in digging the veins. As long as they are careful to avoid the surrounding mine tunnels, they will definitely not be discovered in a short time.
Qi Heng changed the instructions and required that fifty adult mining worms be separated from another batch of larvae after they grew up. Their role was to transport the ore from the excavation site to where they were currently standing.
It is actually a bit of a waste to let mining bugs be transport bugs, but it is not necessary. After all, there is no need to create transport bugs now.
Looking at the [Mining Bug Engineer/450] lit up under [Primordial Zerg] on the system panel, Qi Heng sighed in his heart.
It would be nice if the commander-in-chief was here.
With the commander here, a mental network can be established to communicate with the lower-level Zerg. I only need to communicate with the commander... Forget it, even if the commander is here, I can't communicate with the commander over a long distance with my current mental strength.
Calling a mining worm to push the stone away, Qi Heng took a last look at the mine that had already taken shape.
The mining worms obeying his instructions were digging deeper and did not stop during the time he stayed, and pieces of ore were continuously produced.
After he returned to the abandoned mine tunnel through the pile of rocks that was originally several meters thick but had now been eaten away by mining worms to only about one meter, the exit he came out of was quickly blocked.
Qi Heng left the abandoned mine as if nothing had happened and turned to go to other mines.
Although the abandoned mine had been abandoned for a long time and the piles of rocks could not be dug out by the Zerg by brute force, Qi Heng still felt a little worried.
The existence of the Primordial Mineworm must never be known to anyone other than itself, not even the Zerg.
After these days of investigation, he was very skeptical whether the current female insects could recognize that this was their comrade who used to stand in the same camp with them - if they failed to recognize him and then alarmed the one-horned man above, the consequences could be imagined how serious they would be.
The characteristics of the original Zerg are too obvious. Once exposed, they will inevitably attract the attention of the forces behind Tianyun Star.
The more shocking their notoriety is in the interstellar civilization circle, the more civilizations want to eliminate them as soon as possible.
From the perspective of a hostile civilization, they would rather kill the wrong person than let him go, and would even destroy Tianyun Star if necessary - no civilization wants to see a natural disaster resurgence.
...Although the possibility of exposure is small, now that we have taken the first step in using the original Zerg, we must take the risk of exposure into consideration.
He used the system to simulate several response plans, but he sincerely hoped that such a situation would not occur.
What does the original Zerg look like when it reaches full power and is extremely ferocious?
Even he had only seen it once in [Between Time], and for the safety of the universe, he chose to seal it away as a trump card.
"I'm back."
Qi Heng walked in and before he could finish his words, he was hugged by the little bug cub guarding the door.
He looked down at the little bug that was trying to climb up while holding onto its legs and flapping its small wings behind it in an attempt to fly, and he stretched out his long arms and picked it up.
The insect cub that was picked up leaned softly in Qi Heng's arms, tilted its head back and kissed him on the neck.
The untaught bug baby used the word "kiss" to express his closeness, and he especially liked to do that to him, and would make a babbling sound every time.
Qi Heng pinched the bug cub's face. He didn't dislike the feeling. He just said, "Didn't I tell you that the wind is strong at night, so don't wait for me at the door?"
The bug cub couldn't speak yet, and the one who answered him was Yan Ning's voice with a hint of smile.
"The sun hasn't even set yet, and the cub is already trying to crawl towards the door. I can't stop him."
The Zerg cubs grow faster than human children after they are born. Although they cannot walk yet, they crawl very fast. In order to prevent them from getting their clothes dirty by crawling around, Yan Ning simply moved the nest that was originally an egg to the door.
Qi Heng, who had always raised his cubs online, was surprised by the sweet, soft and harmless cub. He didn't expect that a real cub could be so well-behaved.
Chongzaizai, who was born only a few days ago, has successfully gained special care from Qi Heng by being well-behaved, obedient and clingy. In fact, he is closer to him than Yan Ning, who he knew earlier.
After dinner in the evening, I played with the young insects in the light of the still-burning fire.
He took out a piece of broken black crystal and fed it to the insect baby's mouth like feeding candy beans. He didn't let the insect baby swallow it, but just bit it and ground it with his teeth.
The insect cub opened its eyes wide, as if it instinctively sensed that the crystal was good for it, and refused to let go even though it was very difficult to bite.
"Mmmmm." The insect cub made a whimpering sound that sounded like a spoiled child.
It was meant to be given away. It is good for the body of higher Zerg to consume some minerals during their larval stage.
This was something that Yan Ning, the father, should have done, but Yan Ning obviously didn't know.
It just so happened that he came across some ore that could be fed to the insect cubs today, so it was not difficult for him to bring some back to feed them.
Qi Heng let go.
He held the baby insect in his mouth for a while, and finally swallowed it reluctantly while poking his cheek.
"Be obedient, one a day." Qi Heng laughed softly, and another one appeared in his hand like a magic trick, and he deliberately shook it in front of the insect cub.
The insect cub's big eyes instantly turned into puppy eyes, staring at the broken crystal without blinking, with the word "want to eat" written all over his face.
He knew that the bug cub couldn't understand what he was saying, but that didn't matter.
Qi Heng put away the thing in his hand. This thing cannot be taken in excess and the intake needs to be strictly controlled.
"It's time for you to go to bed."
He handed the insect cub to Yan Ning and took out the star stone placed beside the bed.
He is going to try to cultivate the power of the stars today.
The power of stars is a kind of energy that floats in the universe and can be captured and absorbed. There are many ways to cultivate it.
Qi Heng chose the simplest one, using his mental power to sense the power of the stars floating in the air, then capturing the power close to his body and finally integrating it into his body.
The master's body had already attracted the power of the stars, which made it much easier for him to do so again. In addition, the spiritual power that broke through the first level could capture a lot of star power, which tempered the body at a rapid speed after entering the body.
Qi Heng, who was practicing, had no idea that after the star power began to temper his body, the fusion of his body became faster.
Early the next morning.
Qi Heng's daily routine after getting up is to open the system interface and check his physical condition.
I stopped practicing in the second half of the night yesterday, and as expected, I wandered in dreams for half the night, dreaming about some past events related to Tianyun Star.
The moment he clicked on the personal attribute page, he immediately noticed that the degree of integration had increased by 3%.
This is more than last time. Is it because I practiced star power for the first time yesterday?
Qi Heng took out the star stone from his pocket. It was already filled with star power. After the system checked it, it said that it was equivalent to approximately 32 points of star power.
The quality of the star stone itself is too poor, so even if you want to store more in it, you can't do it.
The forces behind the current management of Tianyun Star are praised by black-hearted capitalists who say they are taking advantage of others. Empty star stones need to be exchanged for points, and there is a difference in price when choosing to 'keep the star stones' or 'only hand over the star power' during the final recycling.
Qi Heng thought for a while and decided to give the Star Stone to Yan Ning.
On the one hand, he didn't have time to exchange money, and on the other hand, it could also reduce Yan Ning's burden... and he could also exchange some meat to improve the diet.
After eating only vegetarian food for more than a week, he felt that his face was about to turn into the blue-green color of blue cassava.
Qi Heng thought that once the situation with the mining bugs stabilized, he would be able to take some time to catch some edible animals in the wild.
Yan Ning thought about the difficulty of replenishing the star stone's star power and subconsciously refused: "I can't accept it..."
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