591: Chapter 590 Terrifying Vibranium Reserves!

This news instantly turned the previously relaxed atmosphere on the bridge heavy.

Everyone knew that deep space missions were a matter of life and death, but when the casualty report actually arrived, it still weighed heavily on their hearts.

This was not the first piece of bad news they had heard.

In the few short days since arriving at the Asteroid Belt, the "Luan Bird" had successively made contact with several "Xuan Nu" fighter squadrons that had been fighting alone here for months.

Without a mothership as backup, these pioneers had encountered far too many crises in the outer reaches of the Asteroid Belt that were completely impossible to predict based on calculations and simulations.

Incursions of high-energy particle streams, unheralded micrometeoroid showers, unpredictable gravitational traps...

Yet, not one of them retreated. They tenaciously carried out their Vibranium exploration missions, transmitting back countless data points more precious than gold to Huaxia, which lay hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

"Spare no cost. Initiate the highest-level medical protocol. We must save our heroes!"

Captain Zhou Yi's voice was somewhat hoarse.

"Yes, sir!"

Not long after.

An operator suddenly reported in a loud voice.

"Report, Captain!"

"Holographic scanning and modeling complete! Inside the Asteroid Belt, we have scanned a massive signal of raw Vibranium ore!"

This voice instantly shattered the stifling atmosphere on the bridge.

Everyone's gaze turned in unison toward the main screen.

On the holographic screen.

In front of the blue dot representing the "Luan Bird," a vast region of deep space was completely covered by dense golden dots.

Those were not sporadic signals.

That was a... sea of golden stars composed of signal sources!

"Magnify! Continue scanning! Calculate the estimated reserves!"

Captain Zhou Yi's voice carried a hint of tremor.

As the image continued to zoom in.

Everyone couldn't help but gasp.

Within a region tens of thousands of kilometers ahead of the "Luan Bird," countless scattered pieces of raw "Vibranium" ore floated in the void like stars in the galaxy.

The small ones were only the size of a fist, twinkling under the faint light of the stars.

The large ones were comparable to a mountain range!

"My god... this... how much Vibranium could this be?"

Many people couldn't help but exclaim.

"Good heavens..."

The Chief of Staff standing nearby had eyes full of shock.

"This... how much Vibranium could this be?"

The ship's Chief Scientist, an old academician from the National Center for Materials Physics Research, could no longer control his inner excitement.

"This is just the outermost periphery of the interior of the Asteroid Belt!"

"Extrapolating inward based on this density, the reserves deep within the Asteroid Belt... will be an astronomical figure beyond our imagination!"

Captain Zhou Yi made a prompt decision.

"Immediately dispatch ten 'Dragon Bee' mining drone squadrons!"

"All combat units, maintain Level 1 alert to guard the mining operations!"

"Yes, sir!"

As the order was issued.

The mountain-like ventral bay of the "Luan Bird" slowly opened, spitting out thousands of light points.

One thousand mining drones, resembling wasps, flew toward that golden "galaxy" like a swarm leaving a hive.

Over the next two days.

The "Luan Bird" slowly advanced deeper into the Asteroid Belt while frantically conducting mining operations.

The further they went.

Everyone's perception was refreshed and then shattered time and time again.

The reserves of raw Vibranium far exceeded their wildest imaginations before setting out.

Until the third day.

When the radar scanned an unimaginably huge signal source, the clamor and busyness of the entire bridge came to a sudden halt.

"Impossible... this... this is absolutely impossible..."

The radar operator stared fixedly at the terrifying values representing mass and volume on the screen, his voice trembling.

On the main screen, a dwarf planet with a diameter of over eighty kilometers suddenly appeared.

According to multi-spectral analysis, its composition was high-purity Vibranium!

An entire dwarf planet, all made of Vibranium!