In the blink of an eye, Qu Jianlei's group had spent a month on the Mineral Star.
The minerals excavated by the robots... were not even worth mentioning. The returns fell far short of the expenses.
If the Energy Blocks consumed by the Gathering Spirit Array were excluded, there was indeed a meager profit.
Yet even that tiny profit attracted greedy eyes. Over the course of the month, three groups of people had snuck in.
One group had come to secretly mine ore, while the other two had simply come to steal ore. When discovered, they had even hurled threats and abuse.
However, Qu Jianlei's team did not indulge them. Every one of them had their legs broken and was thrown out.
Because of this, people from the management department came knocking, claiming they had been too ruthless.
—Those who dared openly steal mined ore usually had certain reasons behind their unscrupulous behavior.
However, Xiao Moshan and Xiao Qin displayed A-rank auras.
Tian Yin also released a B-rank aura—there was no helping it; she was the only B-rank member of the team.
In any case, the cultivation levels displayed by those three were more than enough to justify occupying such a tailings zone.
Those were all minor matters. The important thing was that Qu Jianlei and Sunset Glow carefully analyzed whether the cultivation environments of the Federation and the Empire were the same.
The two of them ran a great many simulations and ultimately reached an affirmative conclusion.
After one month, Claire officially began her breakthrough.
Her breakthrough was calm and collected. In just three days, she smoothly advanced to A-rank.
Next, she needed about ten days to stabilize her aura.
However, before the ten days were up, Tian Yin said that she too had sensed the signs of an