Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz...
Ironblood warships streamed back and forth without end, bearing the emblem of the Ironblood Galaxy Civilization.
This Ironblood mineral source being developed within Death Star Crater was far larger in scale than imagined. Ironblood warships over two hundred meters long hovered in midair, maintaining combat readiness at all times, while scarred Ironblood warriors moved to and fro.
These Ironblood warriors were not merely warriors—they were also temporary miners, excavating the resources here with all their might.
Yet mining was not among the tests of an Ironblood warrior's coming-of-age trial. One could well imagine the mining efficiency of this site. Clad in heavy metal armor, they stomped across the ground with rumbling boom, boom, boom vibrations as they headed toward a mining factory on the surface, one that had been damaged and rebuilt time and again.
Searchlights swung frequently and irregularly, creating a tense state of readiness. Watchtowers and electromagnetic transmission towers stood thick around the vast crater, with patrolling warriors looming faintly between them.
Deep within the camp.
The Ironblood Inquisitor, dressed in black armor, sat imposingly upon a tall metal chair. Beneath his sun mask, his eyes shone with soul-stirring divine light. After manipulating the mechanical device on his right hand, a multicolored light screen appeared.
"This is the latest progress."
On the multicolored light screen, massive machinery and Ironblood warriors continued drilling deeper into the underground mine amid a rumbling roar, only to be blocked by a layer of unknown black energy.
Strangely, this black energy barrier resembled an enormous eggshell—smooth and hard—concealed deep beneath the Void Starfall continent.
Several Ironblood Inquisitors and Ironblood Hunters commanded large numbers of scarred Ironblood warriors as they assembled enormous surveying instruments. Each of these instruments was hundreds of meters in size, shrouded in layer upon layer