Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 520 New Mining Model

If not found, replenish it and continue sailing after the replenishment is completed. The human fleet is already very proficient in all the processes involved in interstellar navigation.

After Xiao Hui was created, the supply speed of the Grand Fleet was obviously much faster than before. Even if the Grand Fleet now has 50 million more Red Flame Civilization spacecraft clusters, the total supply speed is still faster than before.

Just like the supply operation in this star system, after humans arrived and explored the rocky planet, they directly issued mining instructions to Xiao Hui.

One hundred and eighty million ships were successfully parked in the orbit of the planet. At the same time, Xiao Hui, who received the order, independently controlled hundreds of ships to slowly break away from the large fleet and lower their orbit.

Xiao Hui's consciousness was carried on a ship by the original group of nanorobots, while the other ships were extensions of Xiao Hui's body and were also carried on the ship.

A sea-class spaceship is very big, but a planet is even bigger. It is actually very difficult for Xiao Hui to mine efficiently with only the few nano-robots she has on her body. Therefore, humans have made extended connections for her and created massive amounts of energy for her. Nanobots for her to drive.

Due to the limitation of computing power, Xiao Hui cannot control an unlimited number of nanorobots. Even so, with her current computing power, the nanorobots controlled by her can barely cover a planet the size of the Earth.

After hundreds of spaceships arrived in the orbit of the planet, the hatches on the spacecraft opened, and then countless gray nanorobots swarmed out like locusts, then descended and swarmed towards the target planet.

Even when viewed from space from the perspective of a fleet, such a scene has the feeling of being blocked out. When Xiao Hui entered the interior of the planet, clouds seemed to appear on the originally atmospheric planet, instantly covering the entire sky. This makes the side of the planet facing the sun darken.

It got dark instantly.

A large number of nanorobots form a sea of ​​clouds in the sky on the planet. Such global coverage instantly increases the brightness of the planet by several levels. It is the reflected light of distant stars shining on the nanorobots. This situation seems to have covered the planet with A coat of bright gray color.

Immediately afterwards, gray clouds surged and swept down like the ground. Countless nanorobots formed gray tornadoes, with one end in the sky and the other on the ground.

Not long after, the nanorobots that were originally like clouds all arrived on the ground, coating the entire planet with a gray shell.

The detection of the distribution of mineral deposits on the planet had been completed before Xiao Hui went out to mine. Therefore, after Xiao Hui arrived on the surface of the planet, she did not need to detect the resource points again. She directly controlled groups of nano-robots and continued to attack them like a plague of locusts. Target point collection.

This is where Xiao Hui's first real mining operation begins.

Under the control of her main consciousness, the parts that make up her body began to dig mines on the surface of the planet, then decomposed various metal materials on the surface or deep underground, and transported them to the designated location bit by bit.

In just a few days, a metallic luster appeared at the designated location. Engineers who observed the entire mining process knew that the mine was being mined.

Just like the silver mist that humans encountered back then, Xiao Hui dug out all the mineral deposits that existed in the form of compounds on the planet, and sorted and piled them on the surface of the planet. I believe that soon, people will be able to see mountains of gold and silver. , Tongshan, Iron Mountain.
“I didn’t expect that such a mining method would actually be realized by us!”

Looking at the various metal mountains that gradually appeared, an engineer said with emotion that he was still a beginner in engineering design at that time, but now he has become a pivotal figure in engineering.

"Yes! Back then we were still thinking that we would go back to the Ross 154-4 planet and move away the metals when we were able!" An expert on mineral resources also felt deeply, "We couldn't even think about it back then. We have really realized the technology. It feels like a dream to think about it. ""If we had had this technology at that time, we wouldn't have been so embarrassed by the Silver Mist, and those soldiers and personnel wouldn't have sacrificed. After all, we didn't. Human civilization is still too young and thinks too well about the universe.”

Listening to the emotions of experts on mineral resources, other people watching Xiaohui's mining operations were also silent.

In fact, seeing the scene of Xiaohui Mining, most people who experienced the Silver Mist Incident were reminded of that horrific memory. The overwhelming sense of oppression and the helpless feeling are still vivid in their memories. new.

In the command center, everyone seemed to be caught up in the memories of Silver Mist. An engineer said casually: "I wonder what is happening with Silver Mist now, and whether it is still in that star field."

"What, you still want to take revenge on it?" A new generation glanced at him.

"Of course, my best friend died there. It's a pity that now that we have the ability to take revenge, we don't dare to return to that star field to search."

"There's a chance."

"Ok!"

While everyone was talking, Xiao Hui, who had already mined several hills for minerals, sent a message: "Hey! My family, the resources are piled up like mountains. Don't just look at it. Come and transport some transport ships to help transport them away. "

Her voice sounded in the engineering ships, and her image also appeared in the form of a projection. She looked like a two-dimensional girl, which was quite cute.

"It's moving, it's moving!" the engineering department personnel replied.

Just as what was said, when Xiao Hui sent back the communication, the transport ship from the resource management department had already flown towards the metal mountains. After they arrived near the metal mountain, engineering robots and various engineering equipment came out, loaded the materials, transported them to the space elevator, and sent them into space.

These resources will be transported to various related production workshops of the fleet and processed into various products to provide supplies to all aspects of the fleet.

The human fleet includes not only humans themselves, but also the largest number of people from the Red Flame Civilization. Moreover, since everyone’s lifespan has been greatly improved now, most people do not hibernate much during interstellar voyages, so the resource consumption is higher than It was much bigger before.

Basically, when sailing from one star to the next, you have to resupply. If you want to continuously cross two stars while stopping to explore the star system, you have to start the Great Hibernation.

The fleet is very large, and the total human population alone has exceeded the age of the earth, not to mention the life of several other races. Therefore, although the mining efficiency of humans has increased dozens of times, it still took almost half a year to complete the supply.

After completing the supplies, the human fleet set sail again. This time the target was a single star system 21.7 light-years away. Taking this as the navigation goal is mainly because most scientists believe that the environment of a single star system is more likely to have civilization.

(End of this chapter)