58: How did you end up growing on my mine?

After countless times of opening and closing the interface,

Xi Hai finally calmed down from the fact that he had obtained the Full Module Great Emperor and the Full Module Storm.

"Warp Drive Module · Cooling down."

Just then, the Warship beneath his feet vibrated slightly.

A flash of white light passed outside the window, signaling the end of warp travel.

They had arrived within the Kuiper Belt of Ursa Major V12.22.

Small amounts of space debris and asteroids occasionally flew past the Bridge windows,

seemingly proclaiming the desolation of this place.

"night lamp, now that the Pathfinder restrictions are gone,"

"can I also directly blast mine?"

night lamp: "Yes."

(Blast Mining: A special gameplay mechanic of the “Prospector” protocol in the setting)

(By attacking a resource point with ship firepower, a certain amount of resources can be extracted in a short period.)

After receiving the affirmative answer,

Xi Hai looked at the massive asteroid diagonally above him.

He had just opened two great treasures,

and he was now in desperate need of resources.

Opening night lamp's "Command" interface, he gave the order.

"All fleet units!"

"Leave 8 FG300s to guard the base ship!"

"The remaining Warships push forward!"

"Begin blast mining on the asteroid 120,000 kilometers above!"

..."Captain!"

"They are flying over!"

The startled cry of the former Radar Operator, who was responsible for observing the surroundings, rang out again.

Salman frowned.

Had they been discovered?

That shouldn't be possible.

It should just be a coincidence, right?

Unless they had installed a specialized Void Wave Radar,

otherwise, it was practically impossible for a Warship hugging an asteroid to be detected.

As for the Void Wave Radars from several eras ago?

The entire Cloud Consortium probably couldn't gather a four-digit number of them.

"It should... just be a coincidence,"

"Maybe they are heading to the Void Channel..."

Before Salman could finish,

the Radar Operator, who still had an optical observation device hanging over his eyes, interrupted directly,

"A portion of the enemy starships have left the fleet!"

"They are currently heading toward our position!"

"..."

Salman paused,

and quickly stepped forward.

He took another optical observation device handed to him by the person next to him,

aimed it at the location, and looked closely.

Whoa!

Look at that small ship over there,

that dark green, that silver-white... wait a minute?

Isn't this that kind of ship,

the one that pinned him down and beat him senseless near the Z25 Sentry Post?

Damn!

They're still chasing me!

All I did was graze you guys!

The alarm bells in his mind rang frantically.

He would die! Absolutely!

If he didn't surrender, he would die immediately!

He immediately took a few large leaps toward the active communication station.

He turned it on, only to be met with static.

—It's broken?

What should I do, what should I do, what should I do, what should I do... holy sand?

No, that thing takes at least tens of minutes to take effect;

The command communicator?

Changing the frequency would give the opponent enough time for their shells and missiles to plough over his position several times!

No, no, no, he couldn't just sit and wait for death... At this moment, the genes left by countless generations before him began to exert their power.

In this extremely urgent situation,

he instinctively learned a method commonly used by people in the distant 2K Era when dealing with malfunctioning mechanical equipment—

using powerful external force interference to make the equipment vibrate violently.

In layman's terms, punching it.

"Sizzle—"

"CRASH!!!!!!"

"BEEP—"

"Drip—Drip—"

Instantly,

the communication station returned to normal.

Without a moment's hesitation, he immediately adjusted the frequency to full spectrum,

and maximized the power:

"Esteemed sirs ahead!"

"Our Warship has shut down all weapon systems!"

"We..."

————

"..."

"We surrender!!!"

Just a few minutes before the blast mining was scheduled to begin,

such a declaration suddenly rang out on the communication station's public frequency.

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Xi Hai quickly opened the star map scanned by his Warship,

and began searching.

Where was the fighting happening?

He needed to get away quickly.

After searching for a long time,

he finally saw an orange arrow marker representing a fleet right next to the asteroid he was about to blast.

Were they surrendering to him?

He pulled up the visual feed and took a look.

Whoa, wasn't this the fleet that threw torpedoes at him?

The fleet that actively opened fire on him at the Z25 Sentry Post?

Oh, it's the enemy.

Then never mind.

He closed the star map, closed his eyes,

and thought,

how come this asteroid is yielding metal ores with such high purity?

————

Watching the fleet continue to advance toward him,

Salman's brain spun frantically.

They didn't seem to intend to let him go?

This, this, this... Wait!

There were still over thirty cubic meters of void energy on the ship!!!

He couldn't worry about the sudden appearance of the opposing technology anymore.

He hoped they were wary of these things... He immediately spoke loudly into the microphone again, using the fastest possible speaking speed:

"Our fleet is carrying 39 cubic meters of void energy!"

"If your side continues the attack,"

"it could lead to severe, unpredictable consequences!!!"

...(The skirt is placed here, wear it if you want to)