The Jin Family Brothers

Resumed the identity of a miner.

Focused on mining.

Also searched for traces of Energy Crystals.

Of the three units of low-grade Energy Crystals originally obtained, one unit had already been consumed by the auxiliary system when it captured an interdimensional signal.

The remaining two units of low-grade Energy Crystals were used to double the enhancement function when strengthening the Quantum Entanglement Brainwave Control System.

They were essentially used up.

After more than ten hours of searching, Wang Dong found nothing.

The existence of Energy Crystals ultimately depended on luck.

Effort alone did not always guarantee rewards.

This was often the way of the world.

Wang Dong had originally approached it with a go-with-the-flow attitude and wasn't in a hurry.

Unlike before his rebirth, when he was forced onto the front stage to face the storm.

Now, he had successfully hidden himself behind the scenes, giving him plenty of time.

Low-grade Energy Crystals were still circulated in small quantities in places like mining star systems.

If it were just one or two units, Wang Dong could acquire them without arousing suspicion.

Everyone had a little collector's habit, after all.

Returned to port.

Handed over the collected minerals.

Wang Dong returned home to rest.

The next day, he went to the Meizu Internet Cafe again.

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Wang Dong's role-playing was perfect.

At the same moment, on the Jin Family's warship, which had been searching for days without finding any trace of the War Axe.

"Little Sixteen, why are you here?"

Sima Decao, with his sinister features, stared intently at the young man on the virtual screen and asked angrily.

"Thirteenth Brother, I was just afraid that Yuan Shu, that stray dog, would make a desperate counterattack and get you into trouble."

The young man's features were reasonably decent, but he spoke with a sarcastic tone.

Sima Decao's eyes twitched slightly as he suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice, "Yuan Shu has already fallen into my trap and suffered a fatal blow. How could he still have the strength to fight back? I appreciate your good intentions, Sixteenth Brother, and I will repay you in the future. This is just a simple search operation from now on, and I can handle it alone. Please return, Sixteenth Brother."

"Hahaha, Thirteenth Brother, if things were really as smooth as you say, you wouldn't need to be miserable, wasting your time in this godforsaken asteroid belt mining area. Even a rabbit will bite when cornered, let alone the fact that Yuan Shu's War Axe has been on the family's bounty list for many years. Let me help you."

The young man was unfazed by Sima Decao's anger and continued leisurely.

"Sima Delang! Don't think that just because you've been assigned an LV.12 destroyer, you can challenge your brothers. Let me tell you, you're still too naive!"

Sima Decao could no longer suppress his anger and roared.

"If you want to snatch the prize, you need to see if you have the ability. Combat isn't decided solely by comparing overall combat power evaluation grades! You'd better spend a few more years learning in virtual combat!"

"The family's bounty target is the War Axe and Yuan Shu, it doesn't matter who makes the first move. As long as I find the War Axe first, this family bounty will be mine, Sima Delang's!"

Sima Delang's laughter was filled with mockery and naked contempt.

"Sima Decao, I call you Thirteenth Brother out of respect. Without respect, what are you? You're just clinging to the edge of the direct lineage through nepotism, and you really think you're a direct descendant? You, wanting to repay me? That's hilarious, hahahaha..."

Sima Decao gritted his teeth.

He had long been annoyed by this cousin, Sima Delang, who was also in the "De" generation and ranked sixteenth.

After Sima Decao came of age, the family offered him a choice: an LV.9 second-generation Kindling Warship or a first-generation Kindling Warship.

If Sima Decao had sufficient family background and resources, a first-generation Kindling Warship would have been the best choice.

However, as Sima Delang had mocked, Sima Decao's entry into the Jin Family's direct lineage was thanks to his mother's influence after remarrying.

Therefore, an LV.9 Kindling Warship, which would save him decades of struggle, became his first choice.

Over the next decade and more, Sima Decao seized opportunities and worked hard, managing to painstakingly raise his flagship's overall combat power evaluation grade to LV.11.

But what was Sima Delang, anyway?

Just a spoiled brat, but relying on his good family background, as soon as he came of age, he got his hands on a second-generation Kindling Warship, LV.12.

And this was just a tool ship specifically prepared for others to practice on.

How could Sima Decao bear this?

Never underestimate the gap of a few levels between LV.9 and LV.12; it meant a difference of a thousand origin points, a gap that would take twenty years to bridge.

What's more, Sima Delang chasing after Sima Decao, arriving at this remote mining sector galaxy one after another, was clearly here to snatch the fruits of his labor.

Even so, competition was everywhere among the Jin Family disciples, and Sima Decao had snatched others' fruits before.

The most crucial point was that Sima Delang, this spoiled brat, didn't lack resources at all!

He lacked neither the merits from bounty missions nor tangible resources!

He was simply, purely, looking for trouble with Sima Decao.

Harming others without benefiting himself.

Sima Decao could no longer suppress his emotions.