"What if they're still here?" Yue Yuan raised an eyebrow.
The question made Bu Lianshi's blood surge. If Yue Yuan hadn't been the one asking, she would probably have exploded.
After taking a breath, she patiently explained, "Judging from the surface conditions, we haven't found any signs of ground-based biological activity. Other than the tracks left by our ground probes, there isn't a single trace. And based on this planet's environment, it couldn't possibly have produced life. Even if aliens once existed here, they must have been outsiders."
"Think about it, Chief. If they really were outsiders, could their technology possibly have been inferior to ours? The fact that they could travel across the vast universe to mine here proves that their technology must have far surpassed ours.
Looking at it that way, if they were still here, they would definitely have discovered us by now. We've already deployed so many probes and caused quite a commotion on this planet, yet it still hasn't shown any response. From that, I suspect they either left for unknown reasons or have already gone extinct—though extinction seems unlikely."
Yue Yuan nodded, then gestured for her to continue, indicating that he was listening.
Seeing this, Bu Lianshi finally calmed down. She continued, "But a guess is only a guess. To confirm whether it's correct, we need to gather more data, send more ground probes to explore additional hills and those caves, perhaps even land personnel."
"If our guess is confirmed, then we'll have struck it rich. Since there are Gold Mountain, Silver Mountain, Iron Mountain, and Titanium Mountain, there could very well be other mountains of piled metals. Those are mineral deposits exposed right on the surface. As long as we find out why they exist, we can mine them without worry and haul