Titanium Ore Vein

The intense overclocked sound waves carried vast amounts of free energy as they swept over the Star Origin.

For the first time, the powerful shield visibly shook violently, like throwing a speaker into a lake and making its surface ripple at high speed.

Even the shield's capacity began dropping by 50 points per second. The power of such a wide-area group attack was already this terrifying—one could only imagine how miserable the outcome would be if an ordinary adventure fleet were hit by the sound waves.

Even with the Star Origin's durability, its hull and armor still suffered a degree of damage despite the shield remaining intact.

"Boss!"

Ilde looked at Feng Xiao.

Feng Xiao rubbed his ears, which ached from the vibrations, then ordered, "Their biological fields have at most around 400 defense. Activate the main cannon and take them out!"

Without the slightest delay, the Orbital Main Cannon almost instantly locked onto several Sonic Bats. As energy rapidly gathered, the Sonic Bats immediately panicked.

Based on their experience, they should have been able to deal with a starship of this size. Yet the main cannon fluctuations radiating from the Star Origin made them feel the threat of death.

A blinding beam blasted out. Two Sonic Bats had virtually no ability to resist as their massive, savage bodies were completely torn apart.

Another had its body blasted to pieces by two rounds of ship cannon fire, large and small bloody holes covering its body.

The remaining Sonic Bats scattered and fled, disappearing among the numerous celestial bodies in the blink of an eye.

After resuming normal travel, Feng Xiao turned and explained, "According to the Star Beast Catalog, Sonic Bats are extremely powerful when attacking in groups, but their defense is low and they are naturally timid.

If there had been a double-digit number of them, the Star Origin would probably have had to run with its head down."

The two nodded in understanding.

The Star Origin set off again, advancing steadily toward Star Lake. Along the way, it continuously dispatched robots to gather rare plant fruits and record them.

Aside from encountering two waves of Level Two and Level Three Star Beast attacks, they entered the middle region of Qiansen Star Lake without incident.

Two days later...

Roar!

The more than three-hundred-meter Six-Clawed Insect Star Beast let out a roar as vast amounts of biological energy continuously gathered, then howled toward the maneuvering Star Origin!

Amid a tremendous explosion and roar, the Star Origin's shield value abruptly dropped by 800!

However, the Star Beast was not having an easy time either. Its hard shell was severely shattered and dented, and in some places, pulsating muscle tissue could even be seen.

Countless streams of green fluid seeped from the cracks in its shell and drifted through space. Even so, the Star Beast showed no intention of retreating.

It continued launching fierce attacks!

"Damn, it took a main cannon blast head-on, plus several rounds of ship cannon follow-up fire, and it can still fight?"

Wang Hao glanced at the total shield loss of 1,300, unable to believe it.

And that was only because the Star Origin had relied on its powerful mobility to evade one attack!

Ilde, who was operating the ship cannons, was also puzzled. "They're both Level Three Star Beasts. Even if it's at the peak of Level Three, it shouldn't be this much stronger, right?"

The Level Three Star Beasts they had encountered before could barely withstand Fierce Star's high damage, much less still inflict some losses on the Star Origin.

Feng Xiao merely smiled. "An elite Star Beast."

The two, who had learned a little relevant knowledge over the past few days, immediately understood.

Beyond the basic knowledge of Star Beast levels, Star Beasts also had a special classification: their potential rank.

From low to high, they were divided into four life tiers: ordinary, elite, perfect, and king.

Within the same level, each tier generally possessed five to ten times the combat power of the previous tier. King lifeforms in particular possessed extraordinarily powerful traits!

Unlike the most common ordinary Star Beasts, these rare and powerful high-potential Star Beasts left behind high-value materials upon being killed.

The core shell on the abdomen of this Six-Legged Great Beetle before them could sell for at least one hundred thousand Alliance Coins.

Though that was not much to Feng Xiao, who had a mysterious father, it was still Alliance Coin he had earned himself, and it was not a small amount either.

In the end, the Six-Legged Great Beetle had half its insect body directly blown apart by the second main cannon shot. After collecting that small portion of shell from its abdomen, the Star Origin did not continue onward.

That was because they had not come to hunt the beetle Star Beast for one hundred thousand Alliance Coins, but because an even greater profit awaited them!

It was a type of mineral vein on the nearby planet—the Titanium Ore Vein!

It was a resource required to upgrade elite-grade starships and above, including the upgrades of purple-quality and higher Star Weapons.

Like Star Points, it was an essential resource for the future, precious enough to be counted only by the piece.

Ten grams was approximately equal to one piece of Titanium.

The Star Origin rapidly approached the planet as its advanced detection equipment began scanning.

[Strong magnetic field interference. Five hours required for detection...]

Feng Xiao frowned, suddenly recalling the Heart of Dawn's scouting function.

The moment the thought arose, the Heart of Dawn panel instantly appeared.

[Unknown Planet—Scan.

Useful resource: Titanium

Reserves: 0.68 kg]

Looking at the data Feng Xiao had displayed, Wang Hao could not help clicking his tongue. "A mineral vein stretching across thousands of kilometers can only produce sixty-eight pieces of Titanium?!"

Feng Xiao shrugged, then activated the particle mining equipment. Although its efficiency and functions could not compare to specialized mineral-extraction Star Weapons,

it was still active-duty equipment used by powerful human nations and purchased from the Star Net, so its performance was quite good.

A massive particle beam spread outward, covering one-tenth of the mineral vein like a searchlight. Then countless invisible particles rapidly seeped out and drifted toward the mining equipment.

That was right—the principle was to directly extract the material particles from raw ore, then send them into the equipment to condense.

However, the prerequisite was possessing the basic structural data of that mineral. Otherwise, it could not be identified.

As one of the necessities for starships, its basic structure had long ceased to be a secret.

In just thirty minutes, sixty-eight square pieces of Titanium were successfully compressed. Their crystal-clear luster was exceptionally beautiful, and special energy flowed within them.

Feng Xiao laughed. "At the current market price, each piece can sell for 5,000 Star Points. Converted into Alliance Coins, that should be around five hundred thousand."

Of course, that was the listed price. Whether others were willing to sell was another matter.

What elite-grade or higher starship lacked money?

Even if a piece of Titanium cost one million Alliance Coins, those big shots would probably buy it without hesitation.

The Star Origin continued onward toward other unexplored areas, while Feng Xiao quietly pondered.

"Sixty-eight pieces of Titanium. Exchange eight for resources to enhance my individual strength, and keep the rest for now."

If he were an ordinary low-level starship captain, he would probably already be jumping with excitement. Sixty-eight pieces of Titanium were a considerable fortune.

Unfortunately, Feng Xiao felt nothing.

His father was far more than he appeared to be. At least, that was what Feng Xiao had thought ever since recalling the moment he had seen over a hundred pieces of Titanium in Feng Xue'an's desk drawer.

But what did that have to do with his exploration...

Nothing happened for a long time...

"Ahhh! That damned virtual game server crashed again!!!

This is the interstellar age! The interstellar age!"

Wang Hao furiously withdrew from the virtual world, his face full of rage.

Feng Xiao was curious too. Could server technology in the interstellar age still crash?

"What game company?"

"I think it's called Yubi."

"Oh, then that's normal..."

"..."

Boom!!

Suddenly, intense energy fluctuations came crashing in from afar, startling all three of them.

"An attack? What's going on?"

"Boss, it's not aimed at us. There are quite a few starships fighting Star Beasts ahead."

Wang Hao explained.

"Their objective seems to be a Star-Land Class starship that was destroyed long ago..."

"Oh?"