Rebirth

Carrying a Warship Game Auxiliary System, he transmigrated into an interstellar era where warships represent the pinnacle of military power.

The interstellar era of Giant Ship Galaxy is, one might say, the ultimate romance for a man.

Wang Dong believed his journey of transmigration had a beautiful beginning and would surely have a perfect ending.

Regrettably, his life lasted for only a short thirty-four years.

At the age of twenty, Wang Dong encountered a stroke of luck, obtaining a warship capable of continuous evolution and growth.

However, due to his own lack of discretion and various objective factors, he invited a series of troubles upon himself.

Ultimately, after obtaining the warship, Wang Dong spent his life essentially in a state of being hunted down.

Relying on the help of the auxiliary system, he struggled bitterly for over a decade before finally being ambushed and beaten to death by a mob.

Fortunately, thanks to a one-time hidden function of the auxiliary system, he was sent back more than ten years into the past!

He was twenty again, right at the moment before obtaining that life-changing encounter.

Three minutes after his rebirth, Wang Dong had basically accepted the fact.

Fate is truly something one both loves and hates, for she who is usually so elusive will suddenly grant you the greatest surprise at the most critical moment.

One second he was experiencing the sensation of dying in a shattered warship; the next, he was bathed in a breeze smelling of rust, enjoying the solid, heavy feeling of his feet planted firmly on the surface of a planet.

"Brother Wang Dong, have you picked out a ship? If you're ready, hurry up and get to work; there are others waiting in line behind you."

The scruffy administrator smiled and urged him.

To the Mining Company, a high-quality miner like Wang Dong—who caused no trouble and maintained good efficiency—was a highly welcome client, naturally earning him a bit of preferential treatment.

If any other miner had been this dawdling, taking a full ten minutes to select a rental ship, they would have long since been spat on by a ferocious roar, rather than treated with such gentleness.

Over the course of decades, the auxiliary system had long since become an inseparable part of Wang Dong's life.

According to the data displayed in the top-right corner of his vision, Wang Dong picked out the best-conditioned ship among the dozens of mining spaceships in the docking bay.

Compared to the other ships, the hull of this Mine Overlord Type 2 appeared in green, indicating a healthy state for every component within Wang Dong's auxiliary vision.

There was also an overall assessment value.

"F-class Near-space mining spaceship

Status: 91%

No growth potential"

The Mine Overlord Type 2 near-space mining spaceship was a model over a hundred years old, but here, it counted as top-tier goods.

The rare streamlined body among near-space mining spaceships made it look exceptionally elegant.

An F-class rating meant that it belonged to the bottom tier of near-space mining spaceships.

But relative to this mining planet in a remote star sector, it was actually quite decent.

"I'll take this Mine Overlord Type 2. Sorry to trouble you, Third Brother, please authorize it."

Wang Dong smiled.

"You got it."

Administrator Old Third Zhou opened the portable optical computer on his wrist, cleanly and efficiently selected the Mine Overlord Type 2 that Wang Dong pointed to on the list, and then tapped it against Wang Dong's own portable optical computer to complete the authorization.

Wang Dong calmly brought up the ship's login interface and, with the help of the tractor beam, skillfully entered the cockpit.

Just like in the past.

Even though, in reality, he hadn't touched this type of old-fashioned mining ship for over a decade.

Don't ask; if you ask, it's just pure skill.

Recovering his body's muscle memory was not actually such a difficult task.

The fifty-three-meter-long hull, driven by four high-power industrial heavy particle engine nozzles, easily left the docking bay and soared upward.

Until it broke through the planet's atmosphere and stepped into the cosmos.

After adjusting the autopilot route, Wang Dong let out a slight sigh of relief.

Only at this moment, once again immersed in the vast, boundless, cold, and immense cosmic space, did Wang Dong truly allow his nerves to relax a little.

The rebirth had come too fast; he still needed to let his thoughts fly for a while longer.

This was Planet KQ-03, the only habitable planet in the mining star sector of the Baron Black Stone Territory, where Wang Dong had lived for a full twenty years in his previous life.

Yet, looking back now, he realized he still didn't know it well enough.

Before his rebirth, Wang Dong knew its orbital period, rotational period, and even its trajectory, as well as the Asteroid Belt Mining Zone nearby, which was rich in mineral types.

He also knew that KQ-03 had a population of thirteen million, was home to three mining companies, and possessed a relatively complete primary metallurgical industrial system on the planet.

The person with the most power was the governor appointed by the Baron, and there was a permanent garrison consisting of a twelve-warship escort fleet.

But beyond that information.

At the time, Wang Dong did not know that among the various factions on KQ-03, the Empty Shark Merchant Association had the loudest voice, the Sky Tiger Caravan was the shrewdest at business, and the Kingfisher Pavilion was the best-informed.

Without knowing any of this, even if he subconsciously tried to conceal the encounter he would later obtain...

Yet he had not expected that this so-called concealment would not only be laid bare before those with ulterior motives, but also become a traceable clue and a commodity of intelligence, sold everywhere.

Knowing neither himself nor his enemy, it was no wonder that the Wang Dong of his previous life ended up in such a state.

"Call up the Auxiliary System."

With a thought from Wang Dong, a familiar azure interface manifested within his mind.

Warship Game Auxiliary System

Permanent Function 1: Scan

Permanent Function 2: High-speed Human-Machine Data Interaction (Unavailable)

Optional Function 1: Spatial Signal Capture (Unavailable)

Optional Function 2: Module Growth Value Doubled (Unavailable)

Optional Function 3: Module Trait Self-Selection (Unavailable)

Advanced Function 1: Source Point Acquisition Doubled (Unavailable)

Advanced Function 2: Otherworldly Civilization Level Limit Removal (Unavailable)

The Auxiliary System possessed numerous functions, but currently, only the "Scan" function was operational.

This permanent function allowed Wang Dong to identify the quality and status of any starship or Shipborne Module within his line of sight.

At the moment of his rebirth, Wang Dong was relying on this permanent function to distinguish the ship in the best condition among a group of regularly maintained mining ships in the docking bay.

This was also the greatest asset Wang Dong had relied on in his previous life to become an excellent miner and accumulate his first pot of gold.

Every ship he selected was in better condition than those of others; as long as his technical skills were up to par, his harvests were naturally bound to be superior.

Aside from this permanent function, there was nothing else below it.

Everything was displayed as "Unavailable."

Unlike his previous life, where he had been ignorant and confused, the current Wang Dong knew that the main functions of this Warship Game Auxiliary System would only be able to exert their full effect once he possessed a suitable warship.

Its functions were highly practical and powerful.

The only regret was that the threshold for using them was somewhat high.

For an ordinary civilian, such as the current Wang Dong, a warship was basically a dream that was out of reach.

The system was intact, seemingly identical to how it was before his rebirth.

But Wang Dong knew that there were still some differences.

The system's only hidden function was to provide a single, brief instance of time regression.

Wang Dong had already exhausted this one and only opportunity.

This was the information provided by the system after his rebirth.

Fortunately, the timing of his rebirth was perfectly calculated.

None of the regrets had yet had the chance to occur.

Wang Dong had been granted a true chance to start over.

In his previous life, after transmigrating into an interstellar era where human civilization spanned the stars, and being equipped with a protagonist-exclusive system-type cheat, Wang Dong had been happy and full of ambition.

"Heaven has endowed me with talent for a reason," and as a transmigrator with a built-in cheat, who wasn't born to "do great things"?

Realizing one's self-worth was merely a drizzle; it was only true that one should be embarrassed to greet others without having made some contribution to the entire human civilization.

Unfortunately, reality would always slap you hard in the face like freezing rain.

It would keep slapping until you were beaten into a pulp, forced to face a bleak life.

The Wang Dong of this life would never dare to be so naive again.