Lü Yongchang's discoveries brought breakthroughs in tachyon communication research.
At the same time, however, a warning appeared in a detachment far from the Human Federation's main fleet.
The Planetary Resources Exploration and Mining Department.
It belonged to the Academy of Sciences.
As its name suggested, it was responsible for exploring and mining planetary resources.
The Planetary Mineral Resource Management Bureau, where Hope and Hansent had previously worked, also fell under its jurisdiction.
Academician Wang Man was the department's principal director.
As usual, he came into his office and deftly dealt with the various issues arising from planetary mineral exploration and mining.
After Zero's successive rounds of screening, nearly everything placed before him was a relatively high-priority matter.
But they were still only issues concerning resource mining and exploration.
For Human Civilization as it stood, extracting resources from ordinary planets had already become an extremely easy and convenient task.
As a result, his work rarely presented much difficulty.
Take, for instance, one warning glowing red.
Wang Man casually glanced at it.
The Human Federation fleet's remaining base metal reserves were below 10%.
After freezing for less than a second, he gave a violent start!
"Holy shit!!!"
"What the hell is this?!"
Startled by the message, Wang Man instinctively planted both hands on his desk and pushed hard.
Crack!
"Ow!!!"
Wang Man rubbed his lower back, his face contorted in pain.
Having only just grown accustomed to the artificial gravity aboard the Earth, he had instinctively forgotten about the Electromagnetic Adhesion Device on this aging starship.
But his attention remained fixed on the red warning before him.
"Didn't we still have 60% in reserve a little while ago?" Using his access privileges, Wang Man quickly checked the fleet's mineral resource expenditure records. "The Mineral Mining and Smelting Project hasn't stopped either. How