432: Chapter 431 The First Mystic Maiden Squadron Arrives in the Asteroid Belt! The First Vibranium Exploration Report!

The sudden ascetic pilgrimage in North America was truly very abstract in its behavior.

But because it was naturally harmless, and the overall scale was not large—only a few thousand people intermittently—it did not stir up any major waves.

Meanwhile, on the other side of Blue Star, the positive effects of the Fourth Industrial Revolution had already erupted in a 'fission-like' manner across the vast land of China.

As global resources continued to converge toward China, and following the first Quantum Industry Conference, every emerging industry track representing new quality productive forces now had a 'leader' and a concrete action plan.

All walks of life officially entered the fast lane. The tremendous changes across the vast land of China could only be described as 'changing with each passing day.'

In terms of development speed alone, even some tier-18 cities in the Western Development regions had a growth rate that was even more exaggerated than Shenzhen in the past.

It made everyone personally feel what a truly 'developing' country was.

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Days passed by one after another. Time arrived in December. The turbulent year of 2013 was about to end.

Lin Mo, who was currently devoting himself to the final breakthrough stage of the Jiuzhang Quantum Supercomputer, temporarily set aside his research work due to a piece of good news.

"Comrade Lin Mo!"

"Good news! Extremely good news!"

In the conference hall of the Jiuzhang Quantum Supercomputer R&D Center, seeing Lin Mo walk in, General Yun Feijie rushed forward anxiously, his face full of joy.

"The first Xuan-Nu Fighter Jet combat squadron has successfully arrived at the Flora Asteroid Family in the Asteroid Belt (124.46.12)!"

"They are currently executing exploration missions!"

"After the most preliminary shallow exploration scan, just the shallow surface of those dozens of small meteorites in the Flora Asteroid Family contains more than 10 times the total amount of Vibranium raw ore on the Moon!"

Upon learning this news, Lin Mo was also delighted.

"Where is the complete exploration report?"

General Yun Feijie quickly replied, "It hasn't been transmitted back yet, but it will be soon. They previously said they would complete the exploration within one hour."

"Calculating the time now, the radio signal should already be on its way!"

"In at most half an hour, we will be able to receive the first complete exploration report!"

Lin Mo nodded gently.

Although the location of the Flora Asteroid Family in the Asteroid Belt, where the first Xuan-Nu Fighter Jet squadron had arrived, was closest to Blue Star, it was still over 400 million kilometers away.

For the radio signal to be transmitted back to Blue Star, it would take at least 30 minutes.

"There is no time to lose!"

Lin Mo gave a few instructions to his subordinates on the left and right, then said to General Yun Feijie, "Let's return to the Space Force Base together!"

"You got it!"

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The Jiuzhang Quantum Supercomputer R&D Center was located to the west of the Lin Mo Research Center, not far from the Space Force Base.

By the time Lin Mo and his party arrived at the Space Force headquarters, a large group of Space Force senior officials had already gathered there.

Lin Mo directly took the comprehensive Vibranium exploration report for the Flora Asteroid Family handed to him by a staff member.

After quickly browsing through it, he was immediately shocked.

Beside him, General Yun Feijie shouted out loud after reading the report, "The estimated reserves of Vibranium raw ore in the Flora Asteroid Family exceed 1,000 tons???"

"Is there a mistake?"

"If I remember correctly, there are only 10 tons on the Moon, right??"

Deputy Commander-in-Chief Tang, who was specifically responsible for commanding the exploration mission, replied excitedly, "Commander-in-Chief Yun!"

"The first detachment's exploration report was sent in three parts; we received and compared them all, and confirmed there are no errors!"

"We are also currently re-verifying with the first detachment!"

"But it is highly likely that this is accurate!"

Hearing this, General Yun Feijie was overjoyed.

"Good!"

"It's far more than expected!"

Others were also pleasantly surprised.

"In the Asteroid Belt, only a little over 400 million kilometers away from Blue Star, there is actually such a huge reserve of Vibranium!"

"We've stayed on Blue Star for so many years; does this count as walking out of the newbie village?"

"Damn, heaven gives it to us, and if we don't take it, we'll be blamed!"

"We must immediately organize a new round of mining missions!!"

"That's right!"

"The Luan Niao Mothership must also be sent over to directly empty the Asteroid Belt!!"

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Lin Mo's face also revealed joy.

The total mass of those scattered small meteorites in the Flora Asteroid Family only accounted for about 0.7% of the total mass of the Asteroid Belt.

Who could have imagined that there would be such an exaggerated amount of Vibranium raw ore!

And on those dwarf planets in the Asteroid Belt like Ceres, Flora, and Eris, how much more would there be? At the very least, it would start at one million tons!

Based on a simple proportional conversion, if all this Vibranium raw ore were smelted into corrugated steel, and then all of it was used to build a new generation of "Luan-Niao" aerospace motherships, "3,000 ships!"

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