Hope suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he raised his eyebrows at Hansent beside him.

"Now, we have a boat."

"..."

After a short silence.

"No! This is not scientific!"

"Why did your ship arrive before mine?"

“And it’s the latest type 6 exploration ship!!”

Hope smiled and shrugged: "Who knows?"

"Maybe Zero likes me and puts my order in front of you?"

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the door. He wanted to go out and relax in the next moment.

Behind him, Hansent's shrill wail came.

…

the next day.

A small starship with a length of only fifty meters slowly left the Dawn Star City No. 1.

"Hey bro, wrong route."

Hansen's shouting voice came from the side: "The volcano is on the other side, you are going the wrong way!"

Hope glanced at the satellite map and said with a smile: "It's not the wrong way."

"Before prospecting, I want to go and see the water area next to City No. 1."

…

The mineral exploration ship slowly landed on a huge reef.

Reefs like this can be seen everywhere near the shore of the water.

Huge rocks divide this area of ​​water into small lakes.

Although it is a lake, its average depth is more than fifty meters.

As for the central area of ​​​​the water, the maximum depth there even exceeds 500 meters, which can be called a small ocean.

"laugh!"

With the sound of air tightness, the hatch of the mineral exploration ship slowly opened.

Hope, wearing a spacesuit, carefully jumped off the exploration ship, walked to the edge of the reef, and stared at the blue water below.

He raised his head, looked at the huge "moon" above his head, and said softly: "It seems that I have to take back my original opinion."

"What?" Hansent's voice came from the team's communication channel.

"This planet is quite beautiful." Hope leaned down, sat on the rock, and reached out to turn on the radio function of the helmet.

The sound from the outside world was transmitted to his ears through sensors and circuits.

The sound of the waves and the gentle sound of the wind made his eyes trance for a while.

Looking at the blue water in front of him, long-standing memories once again appeared in his mind.

That was a memory that couldn't be called a good one.

"call……"

Hope stood up, turned his head and glanced at the water behind him with a complicated expression, and whispered: "Let's go to the crater."

…

A2 Plain Central Volcano, as its name suggests, is located in the central area of ​​A2 Plain.

It is like a bulging pustule, standing extremely abruptly on the vast plain.

Gurgling lava slowly flows out of the crater, brazenly showing to others how active the planet's core is.

A mineral exploration ship drew a graceful curve and headed towards its mountainside settlement.

According to Hansent, they should land directly near the crater, which is the most efficient approach.

But Hope refused the offer without hesitation.

According to information provided by the Academy of Sciences, this is an active volcano with the possibility of erupting at any time - this can be seen from the continuous gush of lava from the crater.

He didn't want this new spaceship to challenge the power of nature!

So...the two of them drove a mineral exploration vehicle, starting from the mountainside and heading towards the crater.

…

"The composition of magma is slightly different from that of the earth." Hansent skillfully operated the instruments in the car and completed the sampling and inspection work. "It's just the same. It's basically composed of silicate."

"The heavy metal content is slightly higher."

"This should be considered good news." Hansent said with a smile, "After such a long time, there should be some heavy metal minerals near this volcano."

Hope nodded and carefully operated the mechanical arm to grab a yellow solid.

"sulfur."

Hansent glanced at it and said again: "It seems that there are quite a lot of reserves. The Academy of Sciences should be quite interested in these."

Hope rigorously analyzed the composition of the yellow solid.

"Not only is there sulfur, but there are also some chlorides and sulfides."

"These volcanoes can provide the People's Liberation Army with a lot of industrial supplies."

The two took samples while driving the vehicle along the path of the magma flow.

"etc."

Hope's eyes lit up and he stepped on the brakes.

Before Hansent could speak, he controlled the manipulator again to complete a series of samples.

"Copper, nickel, and a little gold."

"Get ready to explore the reserves. I have a hunch that this is a big guy!"

…

【Earth】

Perhaps it was because the plan proposed by Lu Yongchang inspired Tao Yuda.

In the next few days, Tao Yuda kept frowning, seeming to be thinking about something.

Lu Yongchang was happy to see such a scene.

After all, he is just a person.

Even with the help of the technology tree system, he can only bring the most cutting-edge technological progress to human civilization.

As for other various branch technologies, they all have to be completed by other scientists.

Making a plasma cannon is not difficult.

With several key technologies being solved, the first-generation plasma cannon was quickly produced.

Naturally, the new starship carrying the plasma cannon was also formed at the same time.

After being assembled, the new battleship named [Battering Ram] came to the weapons testing site under Zero's control.

It is said to be a weapons testing site, but it is actually in space far away from the human fleet and Dawn Star.

The experimental target was naturally the [Golden Crow] battleship that was equipped with magnetic field shields and plasma shields.

In front of the [Golden Crow] battleship, which is more than 1,500 meters in size, the [Battering Ram], which is only 500 meters long, seems inconspicuous.

At least, at first glance, the two do not belong to the same magnitude.

"Let the experiment begin."

Lu Yongchang stood in front of the holographic projection and issued the order: "The battering ram releases the drone swarm."

Four huge holes suddenly opened on the side of the cylinder's [Battering Ram].

That was the "port" for the battering ram.

Countless small drones equipped with magnetic field shield generating units swarmed out of it.

Under Zero's control, these drones quickly drove towards the front of the [Battering Ram].

Due to their small size and unmanned driving, the maneuverability of these drone groups has been improved to the extreme.

It only took a few seconds for a small number of drones to arrive at their locations.

The next moment, the magnetic field shield generation unit starts.

An invisible barrel composed of a strong magnetic field appeared in front of the [Battering Ram].

As for the other drones, they activated their magnetic field shields and slowly circled around the [Battering Ram] and the barrel.

Their main function is to provide some of the only defense for this warrior with high attack and low defense.
Chapter completed!