usenovelonline Chapter 205 - 181: Exploring Yamero Star 2
Chapter 205 - 181: Exploring Yamero Star 2
"We’ve found a rich mining area!"
Wang Yi quickly ordered Frank to land the Galaxy Airship next to an "Ice Crystal Flower."
From the sky, the "Ice Crystal Flower" didn’t look large, but up close, it was comparable to a three-story building.
Wang Yi observed it carefully.
Based on the information from his Eye of Insight, he realized the surrounding area was an open-air "Crystal Steel" mine.
Those "Ice Crystal Flowers," or to be more precise, Crystal Steel clusters, were pale blue, crystal-like formations with fine cracks on their surfaces. When shattered, shining, glowing gemstones would appear among the fragments. Those Gemstones were Crystal Steel, a rare metal material.
’A metal that’s as transparent as a Gemstone and glows brightly... this Crystal Steel is clearly something special...’
Wang Yi was instantly intrigued. He immediately had the group of Beastman Ladies grab small hoes and start clanging away, striking at the Crystal Steel clusters.
Piece by piece, Crystal Steel was rapidly collected.
Wang Yi, however, ran to a nearby spot to get a closer look at a ribbon of starlight mist that resembled a river.
Within the mist, specks of silver starlight darted and flowed like steel needles, giving it a surreal appearance.
Wang Yi’s Eye of Insight activated, and to his surprise, he could see the Attribute Information of the starlight mist.
[Starlight River: A peculiar energy aggregate within the Chaotic Cosmos, a product of Space Law and Time Law under a mysterious power. Also known as an external manifestation of the Starlight Law. It flows in a ceaseless cycle and is only born in certain special environments.]
"Starlight River!"
A product of Space Law and Time Law!
An external manifestation of the Starlight Law!
Wang Yi’s spirits soared!
He didn’t care about the grandiose descriptions; what he cared about was that this was a river!
’If it’s a river, maybe it can be refined!’
Wang Yi reached out and touched the misty Starlight River in front of him. With a thought, he was surprised to receive a system notification: "DING! The current Starlight River is 4.6 kilometers long and composed of 2.4 million streams of starlight. It cycles endlessly and has no Star Vortex. Its energy level is relatively low. Refinement will consume 2,400,000 Chaos Energy. Do you wish to proceed?"
"Holy shit, it can actually be refined!"
A rush of excitement surged through Wang Yi. He laughed heartily and said, "Today, I, the Lord, will defy the heavens and refine this Starlight River!"
"DING! Consuming 2,400,000 Chaos Energy. Now refining the current Starlight River. Calculating..."
"DING! Refinement successful. Through Refining River into Soldiers, you have forged the [Star River Sword - Qiankun Universe Blade] and obtained a breath of Mountain and River True Qi!"
"DING! The river has been refined into your body, initiating Starlight Body Tempering. Your Physique has been greatly enhanced!"
"DING! By consuming 5,000 Chaos Energy, you can summon the Qiankun Universe Blade and launch one attack. When unleashed, the blade will transform into 2.4 million Starlight Flying Swords, inflicting a powerful piercing attack on a target or an area. This attack has a spatial damage effect and is not affected by conventional physical defenses..."
"DING! Please note, the Qiankun Universe Blade is a consumable item. It will disappear after use, similar to the effect of cutting water."
Following the system prompts, the ribbon-like Starlight River in front of Wang Yi rapidly condensed into a point of light and flew into the spot between his eyebrows.
Wang Yi suddenly felt a cool sensation spread through his entire body. It was as if a powerful force had taken root within him, illuminating every cell. A light shone from his eyes, and an unprecedented feeling of comfort washed over him.
’This feels so good! It’s like I’m about to become a god!’
Wang Yi was thrilled.
Finally, it wasn’t the Great Flood Spirit Blade!
It had become the Qiankun Universe Blade!
It seemed the First Emperor’s personal sword also had this name!
It sounded good, was totally badass, and felt awesome!
Too bad it was a consumable!
’So what if it’s a consumable? 2.4 million Starlight Flying Swords... the power must be incredible! Besides, I don’t have to use this Qiankun Universe Blade to fight. I can take it back to the territory and use it as a decorative light strip, haha!’
With this thought, Wang Yi ran toward another, smaller Starlight River.
Soon, he received another system prompt, informing him that this Starlight River was only two kilometers long, contained 1.62 million streams of starlight, and required 1,620,000 Chaos Energy to refine.
Wang Yi refined it, obtaining another Qiankun Universe Blade.
There were more Starlight Rivers in the distance, and Wang Yi wanted to refine them, but he lacked the means.
Refining two Starlight Rivers in a row had consumed 4,020,000 Chaos Energy. He now had only 720,000 Chaos Energy left, which wasn’t enough to refine any of the remaining Starlight Rivers.
"Damn it, where are the wild Chaos Crystal Stones? Show yourselves! This Lord is in urgent need of a refill!"
Wang Yi shouted, then turned his head to search for Chaos Crystal Stones.
But Chaos Crystal Stones were not so easy to find. After half a day, Wang Yi finally found one of low-grade quality. It seemed to be an associated mineral of Crystal Steel, smashed out from a Crystal Steel cluster. He had found one with great difficulty; who knew when he would find a second.
"You all continue gathering here. I’ll go check other places!"
Wang Yi thought to himself that he still had too few miners. At least in this current resource area, it would be difficult to obtain a large number of Chaos Crystal Stones in a short time. He piloted the Galaxy Airship to explore farther away and soon discovered another open-air mining area.
The main resource in this mining area was also Crystal Steel, but there were also some dark gold-colored "Crystal Clusters." What these "Crystal Clusters" produced was not Crystal Steel, but a metallic material called [Amber Copper].
Amber Copper was translucent with a crystalline luster on its surface. It looked like pale yellow amber but was extremely hard.
Wang Yi couldn’t judge the value of Amber Copper, but his initial impression was that it was rarer than Crystal Steel and might have better metallic properties.
Continuing his exploration, Wang Yi discovered open-air [Tao Steel] mine caves, [Light Cone Iron] mountains, [Dewdrop Silver] mineral flats, [Snowflake Copper] mountains, [Ice Red Iron] mountains, and [Vein Gold] mineral flats.
He stopped at the [Vein Gold] mineral flats.
These mineral flats looked like a golden beach washed out by a great river. It was three to four hundred meters wide and stretched beyond the horizon, its length unknown. Fist-sized pieces of [Vein Gold] were scattered on the ground like pebbles, ready to be picked up.
There were also Chaos Crystal Stones on this golden flat. Wang Yi rummaged around for an hour and picked up 112 pieces of [Vein Gold] and four Low-Level Chaos Crystal Stones.
’Four stones per person per hour... a hundred people would be four hundred stones an hour... a thousand people would be four thousand! Give me a hundred thousand miners, and energy independence won’t be just a dream!’
Wang Yi felt this was already a bountiful harvest. He immediately piloted the Galaxy Airship to pick up the Beastman Ladies. A moment later, the ten Beastman Ladies were busy at work on the [Vein Gold] mineral flats, finding Chaos Crystal Stones from time to time.
Wang Yi was overjoyed. He found a wide, flat area next to the mineral flats and used the [Shanhai Pass Construction Drawings] to build a Shanhai Pass.
This Shanhai Pass was, without a doubt, an "Alien Shanhai Pass."
Wang Yi had discovered that as long as Shanhai Pass wasn’t built within his territory, it was incredibly powerful. The Alien Shanhai Pass before him now occupied a large, flat area, becoming an ancient city similar to the one on top of Black Stone Mountain, with four gate towers, four gates, and a vast space inside.
Looking at the ancient city under the Starry Sky, the Shanhai Pass stone monument before the gate, and the "First Pass Under Heaven" plaque above it, Wang Yi had a dreamlike, unreal feeling.
’Building Shanhai Pass a billion light-years away is pretty absurd. If one day, the technology on Earth Star develops enough for interstellar exploration and they come here to find a Shanhai Pass... I wonder what they would think...’
Wang Yi rubbed his chin, musing, ’In the future, I can banish targets into this Shanhai Pass. Then I won’t have to worry about not being able to find them after they’re exiled...’
After that, Wang Yi happily went back to picking up ores.
About an hour later, Wang Yi tallied their harvest. The ten Beastman Ladies, Frank, and he himself had collected a total of 404 pieces of Vein Gold and 30 Low-Level Chaos Crystal Stones.
The yield was a little lower than he had imagined.
Still, Wang Yi was quite satisfied.
Low-Grade Chaos Crystal Stones were worth 60,000 Chaos Energy. To get that much in an hour was already very good.