Swallowing the Stars: Starting from Late Bloomers

Chapter 009: Space Adventurer

In the cosmic sky, in another star system relatively close to Xuanhuang Star.

Just as Lu Qingshan and his group were fighting desperately against the Demon God Mengqi, a saucer-shaped spaceship was hovering on a planet on the outermost edge of this star system.

Inside the spaceship's main hall stood three tall figures, each about two meters tall, clad in silver-gray armor, with slightly pointed ears and incredibly fair skin.

In front of these three figures was a table laden with fine wine and delicacies.

"Big brother!"

One of the figures looked at the leader, 'Varus,' and said, 'Third Brother and the others have been gone for so long, why haven't they returned yet? Hopefully nothing bad has happened to them!'

"What kind of unexpected events could possibly occur on such a barren planet?"

The leader, Verus, said nonchalantly, "This planet is quite large, so it's understandable that they explore it a little longer! Anyway, the spaceship can monitor their life status, and so far there haven't been any problems!"

"Big brother is right!"

Another figure quickly spoke up, "No news might actually be good news! Second Brother, if Third Brother and the others manage to find valuable resources, we're going to make a fortune!"

"What resources could such a barren planet possibly have?"

The second brother, who spoke first, quickly added, "Even if we discover resources that can be mined, there are no suitable habitable planets nearby, and we can't even establish supply lines. How can we mine them?"

"That's true!"

Upon hearing this, the other figure nodded slightly in agreement.

In fact, many planets in the universe possess mineral resources, but unless there are other life-bearing planets nearby, they simply cannot provide sufficient supplies for mining personnel.

In such circumstances, unless it is a planet with extremely valuable minerals, no power would typically spend a great deal of money to mine them.

"That's not entirely true!"

Verus seemed to have thought of something, and then quickly spoke up: "I heard that an adventurer team from the 'Miantian Society' discovered a planet with abundant purple lightning stone deposits more than three hundred years ago. Even though there are no inhabited planets nearby, it has attracted the attention of many forces!"

"Grade C metallic purple thunderstone?"

Upon hearing Verus's words, the second-in-command, 'Einstein,' immediately exclaimed in surprise, 'Having discovered such a precious metal deposit, isn't that adventurer team incredibly rich?'

"Of course!"

Verus quickly nodded and said, "It's said that the planet has very rich deposits of purple lightning stone, including a considerable amount of purple lightning stone essence, and perhaps even extremely rare purple lightning stone mother, which is an invaluable E-grade metal!"

"That's why the Mitian Society eventually dispatched an interstellar fleet to transform a suitable planet near that planet into a truly habitable one, all to provide ample supplies for the mining crews!"

"My God, this is absolutely incredible!"

After hearing Verus's words, another figure couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Transforming a habitable planet costs far more than simply buying one!"

"What's a little terraforming of a habitable planet to those big shots?"

Verus laughed and said, "Besides, their main goal is to mine the purple thunderstone deposits on that planet! If our team can find such a planet, we'll be rolling in money!"

"Hey, the third brother and the others are back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Verus had a thought, and the spaceship's hatch opened directly.

Then...

Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh!

Several figures flew swiftly from a distance and rushed directly into the hall of the spaceship; they were the other members of the adventurer team.

"Third brother!"

Verus waved and offered a glass of wine to Mig, the team leader, before asking with a smile, "How were the results of the probe?"

"Very average!"

Miguel downed his drink in one gulp before speaking, "This planet does have some black iron deposits, but they're not very abundant. If there are other inhabited planets nearby, we could try mining them, but the profits wouldn't be substantial!"

"That's such a pity!"

Verus quickly exclaimed, "The nearest habitable planet is 'Wasteland,' over 800 light-years away. They couldn't possibly send a mining fleet here to mine black iron ore; the profits from mining this ore probably wouldn't even cover the cost of their fleet!"

However, Verus wasn't too disappointed, since coming away empty-handed was the most common situation for adventurer parties.

So he quickly said, "Then let's continue. You guys must be tired from scouting resources, so take a rest. From now on, the second brother will be in charge of the spaceship's safety!"

"Yes, brother!"

Upon hearing Verus's words, the rest of the adventurer's party members quickly and respectfully responded.

And so, the adventurer team soon boarded their spaceship and flew into outer space again.

But just as this spaceship continued forward, preparing to accelerate to the speed of light and enter the dark universe...

"Boss, something's up!"

Enstein, who had been observing the outside world through the spaceship, suddenly spoke up: "Unidentified flying object detected ahead!"

"Um?"

Where is the UFO?

Enstein's exclamation immediately alerted the other members of the adventurer's party.

Once everyone had reunited, they quickly used the spaceship's detection system to spot the unidentified flying object that wasn't too far away.

"Brother, what do we do now?" Enstein asked quickly.

"Don't worry yet!"

Verus quickly replied, "This unidentified flying object isn't moving very fast; it shouldn't pose any threat to us!"

"However, the distance is too great now, and the spacecraft's detection system cannot conduct a detailed investigation! Therefore, the spacecraft will slow down and then slowly approach!"

"Yes, Master!"

After hearing what its master, Verus, said, the spaceship's AI assistant quickly and respectfully responded.

In fact, if it were a regular spaceship, it would immediately move away in this situation, because they would all be afraid of encountering danger and trouble.

But Varus and others are different!

They are cosmic adventurers who seek endless wealth through adventure.

In addition, these people are all the best among the stars, so as long as they do not encounter large-scale space fleets or space-level powerhouses when they are adventuring in the universe, they are relatively safe.

Therefore, their first thought upon encountering an unidentified flying object is certainly not to avoid it, but to try to investigate and see if they can find any opportunities.

And so, Verus and his group soon piloted their spaceship slowly toward the unidentified flying object.

When the two sides were less than 100 kilometers apart, Verus and the others finally observed some details of the unidentified flying object through the spaceship's detection system.

"Big brother!"

Enstein quickly spoke up, saying, "This looks like an extremely rudimentary spacecraft. I wonder why it's here?"

"Let's ignore that for now!"

Verus immediately ordered, "Send out an unmanned probe to investigate and find out what's going on with this spacecraft!"

"Yes, boss!"

Upon hearing Verus's words, Miguel, the most skilled operator of technological equipment in the adventurer squad, immediately dispatched an unmanned probe to investigate the situation.

After the unmanned probe docked with the spacecraft, Verus and the others quickly learned about the specific situation on the spacecraft.

"Boss!"

MiG, who was piloting the unmanned probe, quickly spoke up: "There's no danger on that spacecraft; it's just a very rudimentary aircraft. However, it does have storage devices containing a considerable amount of data!"

Hearing this, Verus was finally completely relieved and immediately continued to command, "Slow down the spaceship, approach slowly, and then retrieve all those storage devices. I want to see what's going on!"

And so, under Verus's orders, the adventurer team quickly boarded their spaceship and approached the spacecraft.

The hatch then opened, and two crew members flew out, quickly removing the storage device from the spacecraft and bringing it back to the spaceship's main hall.

"This storage device looks pretty rudimentary!"

Looking at the numerous storage devices before him, Verus quickly ordered, "Mig, see what information is stored here?"

"Yes, brother!"

After receiving Verus's instructions, Miguel quickly began operating the various sophisticated instruments to conduct the probe.

A moment later, Miguel's face suddenly lit up with an expression of immense excitement and surprise.

"Miguel, what's wrong with you?" Verus asked immediately upon noticing this.

"Big brother!"

Miguel exclaimed excitedly, "We're going to make a fortune again!"

"Although I don't understand the language in these documents yet, I'm certain that the spacecraft we just saw was launched by life on a planet with life, and that these life forms haven't yet made contact with any other civilizations in the universe!"

"this……"

After hearing Miguel's words, both Varus and the other members of the adventurer team were instantly overjoyed.

Verus excitedly ordered, "Quickly find out how long that spacecraft has been flying, and use that information to locate the coordinates of that inhabited planet!"

"Yes, brother!"

Miguel responded excitedly and then began to probe as Verus had instructed.

Moments later, MiG's probe finally yielded results.

"Brother, according to my detection, that spacecraft has only been traveling in space for a little over a hundred years. Based on its speed and direction, the life-bearing planet should be in this direction!"

Miguel pointed to the left front and continued, "If we travel in a spaceship at near-light speed, it should only take a little over three months to reach its vicinity!"

"good!"

Upon hearing Miguel's words, Verus immediately declared, "Everyone, heed my command: full speed ahead towards our wealth!"

"Yes, brother!"

"Hahaha, boss, we're going to be rich again!"

The adventurer team members all burst into laughter.

Then, the spaceship carrying Verus and the others immediately flew rapidly to the left front.

And their direction of travel is precisely the direction of the Heng system where Xuanhuang Star is located!