The new starship completed its jump tests and did not return until fifteen days later.
There had been no need to take that long. As long as they confirmed the new jump point was stable, they could have returned.
However, stability could not be judged by intuition alone; it needed a large volume of data to support it.
Silver Fir and Xiao Hu spent that time collecting all kinds of data.
They could now confirm that the jump point on the other side was indeed exceedingly empty, and the space there was quite stable.
Based on what they knew, repeated jumps posed no risk whatsoever.
In addition, they had roughly determined the mineral star's location.
However, reaching that location would still take about half a month of travel.
"Let's find a new jump point once we get there," Qu Jianlei decided. "The two starships will head over together now."
After jumping again, they proceeded in the planned direction.
It really did take half a month before they found that celestial body.
The celestial body had a diameter of more than two thousand kilometers and a thin atmosphere. Its surface consisted mainly of Double Core Mercury Ore.
For such a small celestial body to possess a thin atmosphere was directly related to the density of the mercury ore.
However, Double Core Mercury Ore was rather worthless stuff in space.
Not only was it found everywhere, it had no mining value. A moment of carelessness during extraction could even result in mercury poisoning.
There were even trace amounts of mercury in the thin atmosphere. Anyone working here long-term would have to take proper precautions.
Someone had also dug mine shafts on this celestial body, trying to see whether they could find other ores.
Although this place was extremely far from Kunhai Star,