NABC Chapter 14 Taking Stock of the Harvest
Chapter 14 Taking Stock of the Harvest
In the outer space of Tianlan Star, accompanied by a spatial ripple, the Sky Surveyer, which had stayed in an alien star field for more than 48 hours, officially returned.
Seeing the familiar blue sky below again through the porthole, Chen Yao's forced composure finally relaxed. However, instead of immediately controlling the Sky Patrol to return to Tianlan Star, he turned the ship around and headed straight for a desolate planet in the distance.
The Tianlan system is a single-star system. In addition to Tianlan Star, a level 3 habitable planet, there are five other planets in the system that are not suitable for human habitation.
Over the past millennium, the valuable minerals on these five planets have been completely mined by the Tianlan Chen clan. Apart from the one that was specially transformed into a family trial planet, the other four have long been abandoned.
The Sky Surveyer's current target is the one that is furthest from Tianlan Star.
The dimensional realm temporarily created by the "Secret Realm Card" is about to collapse. Chen Yao must retrieve the asteroids he collected as soon as possible, otherwise all his gains will be annihilated in the void turbulence that may be triggered after the realm collapses.
Before handing over control of the warship to the shipborne semi-automatic system and entering deep sleep, Chen Yao activated the Tianxun bracelet on his left wrist.
As expected, the bracelet was now full of missed calls and unanswered messages.
Mom's communication request *22
Brother's communication request *8
Jingyu Communications Application *3
Du Wenying's Communication Application *2
Dad's communication request *1
Grandpa's Communication Application *1
Chen Ke Communication Application *1
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Rubbing his forehead, Chen Yao realized he was pressed for time and didn't have time to look closely. He could only send a simple message to everyone, informing them that he had returned safely and that they didn't need to worry.
Finally, he added that he was in a hurry to catch up on sleep right now, so he wouldn't chat any longer.
In Tianlan City, at home, Gu Ping, who had been somewhat worried these past two days, finally smiled after receiving Chen Yao's reply. However, the next second her expression changed abruptly, and she gritted her teeth and said:
"You troublesome brat, just wait until you get back, I'll teach you a lesson!!!"
In the northern part of the Longfeng River system, in the area where the main fleet of the Chen clan is stationed, lies a level VI life-bearing planet—[Longding Star].
Inside a large manor, Chen Beihe's hearty laughter rang out.
"Haha, it's good that you're back safe and sound. The purple flame has the potential to be no less than Little Flame. You can be another promising prodigy of our Tianlan lineage."
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Chen Yao was unaware of his mother's reaction. After sending the message, he quickly fell into a deep sleep.
About half an hour later, the shipborne semi-intelligent "Sky Patrol" woke him from deep sleep. Although he had only slept for less than an hour, the quality of his deep sleep was very good. Although it did not bring him back to a refreshed state immediately, he no longer felt too tired.
A quick glance out the porthole revealed that the Sky Surveyer had docked on a grayish-brown planet—the long-abandoned Tianlan System Star 5.
Having found a deep rift valley, Chen Yao began his follow-up actions.
The entrance to the dimensional realm was opened to its maximum extent, and driven by the psionic energy within his body, small asteroids of varying sizes continuously floated out.
Compared to collecting them, retrieving these asteroids was significantly easier. It took less than ten minutes to retrieve all the asteroids from the dimensional realm.
Even though Chen Yao had deliberately chosen the section with the largest diameter of the rift valley, it was now completely filled with these asteroids.
Seven minutes later, the duration of the "Secret Realm Card" ended, and the dimensional mark on Chen Yao's palm quietly disappeared.
He paused only briefly before continuing his mining work.
The entire mining and excavation operation lasted for more than 15 hours. It should have been completed in about 12 hours, but extended veins were discovered inside three small planetary bodies, which took much longer.
Once the excavation and mining operations were completed, Chen Yao did not linger. The Sky Patrol quickly soared into the sky, heading straight for Tianlan Star.
He wasn't particularly concerned about the almost overflowing pile of broken debris in the planetary rift below.
First of all, the planet beneath their feet is a desolate, worthless dead star that has been abandoned for hundreds of years, so the Chen clan members would not deliberately come here.
Secondly, he deliberately chose this relatively secluded rift valley, so that even if some members of his tribe accidentally came here, it would be extremely difficult to find these broken remains without a deliberate search.
Finally, even if both of the above happen to go wrong, and the family's higher-ups eventually trace it back to him, Chen Yao had already prepared an excuse.
He could easily say that he was lucky enough to obtain a special "scaling" component that could temporarily shrink a certain number of designated objects significantly, which enabled him to bring back a small asteroid containing resource veins from another star system.
Alternatively, they could claim that their flagship is equipped with a ship-borne dimensional space component, which is also a perfectly reasonable excuse.
What... the family's higher-ups don't believe it and want to forcibly board the Sky Patrol to search it?
Not to mention that the Chen family is known for its good family traditions, making such a situation virtually impossible, even if it did happen, they would most likely be attacked before any high-ranking members could take forceful action. Do they really think their grandfather Chen Beihe and maternal grandfather Gu Lingxian were made of clay?
The energy possessed by a peak fourth-tier Nascent Soul cultivator and a fourth-tier Nascent Soul array master could indeed cause quite a bit of chaos within the entire Tianlan Chen clan.
"0.7 tons of Tier 1 Mithril Ore, 1.1 tons of Tier 1 Inkstone Ore... Based on preliminary estimates, the total value of the mineral resources I have harvested this time will exceed 4000 Low-Grade Planetary Origin Crystals."
Quickly estimating the value of the resources at hand, Chen Yao opened the attributes of the [Miracle Card Mother Pool].
Miracle Card Pool Level 10
Quality: Silver
Feature: Miracle Taskbar
"Cross-Tier Hunting: Activate the Alien Domain Drop function once. Reward: 300 Card Points upon completion (Completed)"
"Special Slots: The current special slots on the warship are full. Please unlock more special slots. Upon completion, you will be rewarded with 500 card points."
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Not long ago, he successfully killed the Tier 1 Star Rock Lizard, and the "Cross-Tier Hunting" quest was also completed at the same time.
Click to submit the task, and 300 card points will be credited to your account quickly.
Including this card point, he has accumulated 826 card points, which is not far from the 1000 points required for a ten-card pull.
That wasn't all. Reaching out, he took out a small pile of planetary origin crystals that he had just cut out, and added the crystal materials needed to strengthen the Firewood ship's hull. Chen Yao then began to strengthen the Firewood ship's hull.
10 low-grade planetary essences + 100g of elixir crystals + 1000 points of psionic energy, the Firewood ship body is upgraded to level 1.
After five consecutive upgrades, the Purple Flame hull of the Sky Patrol was enhanced to level 5.
At this point, the "Special Slot" task was also marked as completed and submitted immediately.
In an instant, Chen Yao's card points reached 1326.