Through the footage transmitted by the camera, Bart clearly saw that in the starship warehouse, with the efforts of countless mining nanorobots, a pile of objects with a silvery white metallic luster were slowly taking shape.

The surface of the silver-white object is still shining with golden light!

These are pure heavy metals from within the Spirit God Star.

Bart looked at the scene in front of him with excitement.

Suddenly, Professor Chris's clear voice came from the starship radio.

"Call Hummingbird No. 1, call Hummingbird No. 1, please answer when you receive it!"

Bart instantly woke up from the mining scene in front of him.

A somewhat embarrassed smile appeared on his face.

Too bad, I was so engrossed in watching it that I forgot to report my work for a while.

He quickly pressed the radio switch and responded quickly: "Hummingbird No. 1 received!"

"Professor Chris, the mining nanorobot is operating normally."

…

Mars City No. 2, command center.

Professor Chris stood on the podium anxiously, reaching out to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Even though the temperature in the command center was at the most comfortable temperature under zero control, he still felt a little too hot.

There is no other reason.

A famous boss was sitting nearby, staring at him.

Professor Lu Yongchang, Chairman of the Assembly...

It can be said that the trial operation of the Hummingbird mining ship attracted the attention of most high-level officials in Mars City.

This is related to a series of plans for the future of mankind.

The idea of ​​breaking out of the solar system and colonizing Proxima Centauri would be empty talk if there were not sufficient mineral resources.

After all, without resources, they simply cannot build a super-large starship capable of traveling across star systems.

As the original person in charge of NASA's Mars Pathfinder program, Professor Chris is actually a scientific researcher who has held important responsibilities.

But the burden this time is really too big.

While looking at the three Hummingbird starships that were motionless after arriving at their destination on the holographic image in front of him, he kept reaching out to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

"Hiss..." Professor Chris glanced at Lu Yongchang and said to himself with an uneasy look on his face, "Why hasn't the news come back..."

"Calculate the time, it should be enough..."

Lu Yongchang didn't speak, just sat quietly in his seat, eyes closed, facing him calmly.

But this attitude undoubtedly increased the pressure on Professor Chris.

He reached out to wipe his sweat more frequently.

While he glanced at Lu Yongchang from the corner of his eye, he sighed with a wry smile in his heart.

When the People's League was not yet established, he regarded Lu Yongchang as his old enemy.

The dispute between the United States and Xia in the aerospace field was started by Lu Yongchang.

But now...

Looking at Lu Yongchang, who was sitting in the seat far away, exuding a strong oppressive aura even with his eyes closed, Professor Chris felt even more bitter.

He couldn't help but whisper in his heart to complain about the three starship pilots.

I don’t know what I’m doing...

It's been more than twenty minutes since we arrived at Spirit Star, and I can't even fart.

As for proactively asking about mining progress... Professor Chris glanced at Lu Yongchang and gave up the idea.

He didn't want to be labeled as an impatient person.

After all, this experiment of the Hummingbird mining ship was also the ladder for Chris to climb up.

…

As for Lu Yongchang, at this moment, he did not care about the experimental progress of Professor Chris and the Hummingbird mining ship.

While everyone was waiting, his consciousness had returned to the technology tree space again.

Against a fluorescent green background, a tree-like figure flashing with crystal white light came into his eyes.

As time goes by, the technology tree of this first-level civilization becomes more and more full.

The technology tree that originally only had a trunk now has countless small "branches" extending out.

Those are all subsidiary technologies of first-level civilization.

With the main technologies already in place, it is only a matter of time before these detailed technologies are completed.

only……

Lu Yongchang frowned and looked to the upper left of the technology tree.

There is a relatively large gap over there.

It corresponds exactly below the energy weapon technology of the second-level civilization.

Lu Yongchang focused his attention on the empty space.

After a short wait, some realizations flashed through his mind.

…

He slowly opened his eyes, revealing some thoughts deep in his eyes.

"Yongchang, will something happen to the Hummingbird Starship?"

A slight questioning voice came from the speaker's side.

Lu Yongchang was stunned and looked in the direction of Professor Chris.

He was sweating profusely as he looked at the holographic image in front of him, like an ant on a hot pot.

"Professor Chris." Lu Yongchang glanced at the time, frowned slightly, and shouted.

"Here...here!" Suddenly hearing Lu Yongchang's voice, Professor Chris' expression changed slightly, and he responded with a hint of panic in his tone.

"Professor, don't worry." A gentle smile appeared on Lu Yongchang's face and he said softly, "Ask them, I guess I forgot about it because I was busy with mining."

"Okay, okay."

Facing Lu Yongchang's gentle expression, Professor Chris' anxiety gradually eased a bit.

He cleared his throat and sent a question to Bart and others who were far away in the asteroid belt.

At the same time, the chairman of the council turned his head and frowned slightly and said: "Yongchang, why does this Chris look a little unreliable?"

"I remember that something happened to the Pathfinder project that he was originally responsible for, right?"

Lu Yongchang was stunned for a moment, and then a thick smile appeared on his face.

"President, don't worry."

"We should leave small things of this level to them and treat them as cultivating talents." The smile on Lu Yongchang's lips became stronger. "With Zero's existence, there won't be any big problems."

The congressman understood and nodded silently.

"By the way, after the mining project is successful, we should start preparing for the research and development of the interstellar starship, right?" The congressman seemed to have remembered something, and turned around again and asked, "We don't have much time left, right?

?”

Lu Yongchang frowned slightly, and the reminder he just received flashed again in his mind.

"The research and development of starships... can start with the power system."

"My first priority now is to research weapons suitable for interstellar civilization."

"Currently, our weapons are too backward."

"When we get to Proxima Centauri, no matter what the opponent's attitude is, in the end we still have to rely on our fists to do the talking."

The Councilor nodded with understanding.

Truth is everywhere within cannon range.

This is not said for nothing.

The People's League is not established just by shouting.

at the same time.

"Hummingbird received it on the 1st!"

"Professor Chris, the mining nanorobot is operating normally."

Bart's voice came over the radio.

Lu Yongchang's face showed a bit of relief.
Chapter completed!