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The two warships spent more than a day using Sub-light Travel to reach the Asteroid Belt, then began decelerating over an hour in advance.

When the two warships came to a complete stop within the Asteroid Belt, several massive hatches opened on the pirate ship, and twenty-four mining Shuttles flew out.

These mining Shuttles were covered in protruding mechanical arms fitted with laser drills, cutting tools, and rockets carrying high-yield explosives for blasting large chunks of ore into smaller pieces.

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Li Qinwu piloted a mining Shuttle out of the pirate ship and flew toward a massive asteroid.

He had always believed in leading by example. Since mining workers had appeared as a unit in his warship roster, he needed to see firsthand how demanding the work was and what it actually involved.

The twenty-four Shuttles spread out, searching the asteroid belt for suitable minerals to harvest.

Li Qinwu guided his Shuttle slowly through the motionless sea of the Asteroid Belt, its probes sweeping out beam after beam of scanning light.

The minerals contained within each scanned asteroid appeared on the display before him.

Li Qinwu carefully read through the data, searching for minerals with both the highest value and the greatest concentration.

Before long, he found an asteroid weighing around twenty-five tons.

He maneuvered the Shuttle around the moderately sized asteroid.

The Shuttle's laser scanning probes thoroughly scanned the asteroid, and its mineral composition appeared on the display.

Useless inorganic matter: 30%. Iron: 65%. Copper: 3%. Silver: 1%. Other metal minerals: 1%.

This was a super-rich ore deposit. With even a basic refinement process, it would yield at least 55% iron ore.

Li Qinwu immediately began transporting it. The rich-ore asteroid was not large, and the Shuttle had a massive claw beneath its belly that could clamp onto