Chapter 37 (2/2)

Lin Dong waited for a long while before the detector finally gave him the data, which was displayed on the virtual screen in front of him.

“Thousand star ore!”

This was a rare mineral. Its surface was filled with tiny dots that were the same color as starlight. Other than being used as decorations, it was basically useless and therefore, it did not have a high value.

However, the interstellar miners were very fond of it.

This was because the interior of this mineral was usually wrapped with mineral crystals!

In Lin Dong’s memories, 1 of the characteristics of that mineral gathering spot was the existence of the thousand star ore.

“Could it be here?” Lin Dong could not help but feel a little excited. He hurriedly controlled the explorer spaceship to get close to it and used the magnetic force to bind it. Then, he extended the mining equipment and began to split it apart.

Although he was excited, his hands were very steady. Before he was able to mine it, everything was unknown.

30 minutes later, Lin Dong used a small hand-made drill to cut open the last layer of the thousand star ore. Then, he looked at the fist-sized middle- grade mineral crystal within it.

Nearly 2 units of middle-grade mineral crystals!

In addition to the subsequent investigations, most of them were traces of thousand star ores.

Without a doubt, he had found the right place!

Lin Dong smiled. His hands sped up as he gathered all the nearby thousand star ores into the explorer’s cargo spaces.

As for further cracking and gathering the mineral crystals within, he did not need to do all of these at the moment.

Time was precious. Hence, he could not waste all of it on the process of manual cracking, which required a long time.

As long as he first gathered the thousand star ores and transferred them to his Black Dragon, Lin Dong would have plenty of time to slowly carry out this procedure in the future.

Lin Dong only left this place after he had completely mined all the thousand star ores nearby.

The thousand star ore was likely to contain the most mineral crystals. However, it was also possible for the other minerals to contain mineral crystals. However, the probability was relatively small, and Lin Dong did not want to miss those. It was safest to take all of them with him.

Moreover, the surrounding minerals would also be affected if the spot was rich in mineral crystals. The possibility of containing mineral crystals was far higher than other places.

Lin Dong was still willing to spend this little time if it was just rough mining.

After that, he piloted the explorer spaceship and went to his Black Dragon. It had already been 5 hours later.

Lin Dong had unloaded over 100 tons of minerals that might contain mineral crystals into the Black Dragon’s cargo spaces.

At the same time, he moved some of the more valuable minerals stored on the Black Dragon to the explorer spaceship. This time around, he had used up a lot of time to gather the thousand star ores. Therefore, he did not have enough time to mine. AS such, he decided to use this portion of storage as a normal harvest for this mining trip.

These minerals were prepared to be used to strengthen and upgrade the module of the Black Dragon. However, compared to the mineral crystals, they were nothing.

After a moment of hard work, the amount of minerals harvested was still a little less than usual.

Lin Dong still needed to collect some other minerals and ores.

He hurriedly rushed forward. Finally, before the normal mining time ended, Lin Dong had filled up 80% of the explorer’s cargo spaces with medium and high value minerals.

If he did not fill up most of the cargo spaces, he would have a lot to answer for when he returned.

On his way back, Lin Dong bumped into a few mining spaceships.

While chatting with each other, Lin Dong received an interesting piece of news. Someone was offering a reward for all valuable information regarding the Spark battleship and its onboard module.

Due to the nature of their work, the interstellar miners were a relatively closed group. Hence, they would not interact with outsiders.

What they needed was exquisite mining skills, and it was more than enough for the mining companies to hire them.

For such a closed group to receive such an interesting piece of news, it meant that the person who placed the reward had spent a lot of effort to gather information, and was quite powerful. The person did not care about exposing their own existence.

Such behavior and actions caused Lin Dong to think of Sylvester Dan. It might be him.