Meanwhile, a series of specially modified Iron Guards were released.
These Iron Guards retained no weapons, instead, they were equipped with many exploration devices, as well as multifunctional operational tools.
They carried the professional mining equipment to the centers of different pits to install and calibrate them.
They conducted tests on the remaining resource reserves.
Some of the Iron Guard Mechas, carrying operation tool packs, dispersed in different directions. They were to re-explore other areas of the planet to confirm if any resources were missed.
"Pick up the pace, act more efficiently," someone commanded.
Zhao Wushuang, Xiao Wen, and others directed the operations in an orderly manner.
Everyone was in motion, each person full of energy and drive.
In contrast, Su Mo became free, leaning back in his pilot seat, legs stretched out in front, and took a stretch, ready to rest for a while.
Without task assignments from the GT department, his responsibilities were rather simple, just to ensure operational safety; as for everything else, there was no need to meddle.
Sometimes being in command was indeed quite exhilarating.
Two days later, Su Mo was leisurely lying down, listening to music.
Suddenly, the holographic image of Zhao Wushuang popped up in the middle and enlarged.
"General Zhao Wushuang, what’s the matter?"
Su Mo asked, noticing Zhao Wushuang’s expression was somewhat grave, with a slight frown on his brow.
"We’ve conducted resource reserve tests on those pits, and the results are not very promising. Each mine does contain some residual resources, but the concentration is rather low; it’s like a sugar cane, the sweetest part has been gnawed away," Zhao Wushuang explained.
"Is this the case for every pit?"
"Yes, and that’s not all. We’ve also found that the grade of the mineral resources mined here is somewhat low. Principally Level 1 with a small portion being Level 2, and only an extremely limited part being Level 3 ores," Zhao Wushuang said, brows knit tightly.
Su Mo took a deep breath and asked, "What about the exploration teams that went out?"
"So far, the feedback we’ve received indicates no gains, which is to say aside from the resource-rich coordinates you provided, no other areas have been discovered to have resources," Zhao Wushuang explained to Su Mo.
After listening, Su Mo also felt a pang of annoyance, his previously good mood dissipated completely. He then asked.
"Based on what you’re saying, is it not very cost-effective to extract resources here?"
"Not necessarily. Although some resources are poor, there’s still something to gain, and careful mining can yield a decent profit. It’s just that it falls far short of expectations. I personally feel it is still necessary to mine, but we shouldn’t have too great expectations. Besides, during the mining period, we can see how the other exploration teams fare. If they achieve high returns, we can just abandon this place," Zhao Wushuang was actually setting expectations with Su Mo.
Su Mo nodded in response.
Zhao Wushuang saluted Su Mo and then terminated the communication.
Su Mo rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on. He hadn’t expected the reward given by Spade to lead to such an embarrassing situation.
He suddenly felt tangled.
Should he report the situation here to Spade?
But after giving it some thought, Su Mo decided against it.
Yet, if he didn’t mention it, he felt like someone with agonizing bitterness that couldn’t be expressed.
Suddenly, he remembered something Spade had said, that the Kativaro Star Sky was extremely resource-deficient.
His expression became somewhat unnatural, and so he quietly inquired with the Fake Owner·Swallower. This content belongs to novel★fire.net
"Xiao Shi, on our way to these coordinates, did you detect any planets with slightly better resources?"
The Fake Owner·Swallower replied curtly with two words.
After hearing this, Su Mo went silent.
Just then, Sun Duoxiang’s communication came through: he started off with a mournful tone, "Boss, this spot isn’t rich. I’ve been searching for a long time and haven’t found a thing, not even as satisfying as when we used to collect trash."
"We need to dig, even if it’s not rich."
Su Mo said with a headache.
Hearing Su Mo say that, Sun Duoxiang had no choice but to shut his mouth and end the communication.
Su Mo stretched, yawned several times.
He prepared to start searching by himself again.
Just at that moment, Su Mo’s cellphone vibrated.
Su Mo was slightly startled. What’s happening? He wasn’t on the ship right now, so why would his phone vibrate?
And the next second, a notification popped up on the Gluttonous Mecha’s operating interface.
"Alert, a new signal source has been received."
Su Mo was taken aback, then he took out his phone, to see it had received an official-looking message.
He instinctively opened the message.
"Dear Star Ring Summoner, we are pleased to inform you that the signal source of Star Ring City has been fully deployed, covering the following Star Regions without any blind spots: Galruk Star Domain, Xixilis Star Region, Donkye Star Sky, Kativaro Star Sky, Gray Scorpion Star Domain... totaling one hundred and seventy-two Star Regions. We will soon reopen the brand-new forum, Star Ring Official Forum."
Seeing this notification, Su Mo was dumbfounded. Was this even possible?
At this moment, Su Mo’s communication channel exploded.
"Boss, boss, did you get the message? The Star Ring Official Forum has opened? Star Ring City’s signal is covering us now; this is freaking awesome," Sun Duoxiang shouted with excitement.
"It’s true! I randomly searched with my mecha’s system, then did an identity verification, and I really logged into my old account," Mo Baoke said, thrilled.
"Quiet, let me look into this," Su Mo’s head was starting to feel a bit chaotic.