Two months later.

The night tour of Mars on New Year's Eve obviously relieved Lu Yongchang's tense nerves.

Thanks to this, the subsequent R&D process became much smoother.

In just one month, under the leadership of Lu Yongchang, the mining nanorobot R&D project has made a huge breakthrough!

...

Port 1 of Mars.

Three strangely shaped starships were quietly parked in the port.

The cockpit of the starship is very small, probably only one third of the size of the Xuannv 1 cockpit, so each starship has only one pilot.

But it has an extremely round "belly".

In the "beauty", in addition to the warehouses loaded with ore, there are trillions of mining nanorobots.

Two shiny big characters are printed on the outer shell of the starship.

Hummingbird.

This is the name of this starship.

The total length of the Hummingbird Starship is only 100 meters. Compared with the Luan Bird Type 1, its size is outrageously small.

But it is equipped with the same Hall thruster and fusion reactor as the Luanniao 1 Starship.

This design is also designed to meet its work needs: mining and handling minerals.

...

Inside the Hummingbird Starship, a blond man was wearing a space suit and sat quietly in the slightly narrow driver's seat.

"Bart, please answer when you receive it."

The voice of teammates shouting came from the radio.

The man quickly pressed the radio button and responded with a serious expression: "Received, please speak."

The voices of the two teammates came one after another.

"Captain, when can we set out?"

"Yes, Captain, I can't wait to go to the asteroid belt to mine! Which man can resist the temptation of a space excavator?!"

Listening to the not-so-standard Mandarin on the radio, Bart's eyes smiled bitterly.

The originally serious expression on his face suddenly loosened.

He turned on the radio again and scolded him angrily: "Hargens! What nonsense are you talking about!"

"What space excavator, this is a hummingbird-type starship!"

A burst of laughter suddenly came from the radio.

"Okay!" Bart smiled for a while and reminded again, "It's time to be scheduled soon, it's quieter."

As he finished speaking, Bart curled his smile a little and stared at the front through the window.

Deep in his eyes, there was also a lot of expectation.

That's right, which man can resist the charm of space mining?

Although there is no explosives, it is mining on an asteroid after all!

"Call Hummingbird No. 1, please answer when you receive it!"

A clear and familiar voice came from the radio.

Bart was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly responded: "Hummingbird 1 received it! Professor Chris, please speak!"

...

The flight time is extremely boring.

Looking at the unchanging deep view outside the porthole, Bart opened his mouth and yawned a big yawn.

He glanced at the screen.

It's half an hour away from the "target".

Three Hummingbird Starships have the same destination!

An asteroid with a diameter of about 200 kilometers.

Spiritual God Star.

As early as 1852, the asteroid was discovered by Italian astronomers.

Because it contains a large amount of minerals, it has always been coveted by humans.

According to observations and calculations, the main components of the Lingshen Star are iron and nickel.

None of these matters the most.

Most importantly, it contains a lot of heavy metals.

Gold, platinum, copper...

As a "walking core", the resources contained in the Spirit God Star are undoubtedly a timely help for today's humans!

"Hargens, Jason!" Bart turned on the radio and sent a message to the other two Hummingbird Starships, "Get up on your spirits, we're almost here!"

A few seconds later, two people's clear responses came from the radio one after another: "Received!"

...

As time goes by, the outline of the Spirit God Star gradually appears in front of everyone.

An asteroid with a pothole on the surface but shines with a little metallic luster.

"Everyone, we're coming!" Huggins's excited voice came from the radio!

Looking at the mission target ahead, Bart's heart couldn't help but beat violently!

In the deep and dark space, the three hummingbird starships slowly slowed down and gradually approached the lonely spiritual star.

"Attention! We're ready to land!"

As the captain, Bart took a deep breath to calm down and said in a deep voice.

After he finished speaking, he took the lead in pressing several buttons on the console in front of him.

Under the control of 1, the speed of the three hummingbird starships continued to decay and gradually leaned towards the uneven surface of the Lingshen Star.

The entire "landing" process took about ten minutes.

A slight vibration came from the soles of the feet.

Bart knew that this was a sign of successful landing.

The next moment, several hook ropes stretched out from the bottom of the Hummingbird Starship, hanging the entire starship firmly on the surface of the Spiritual God Star.

After both of his teammates' hummingbird starships stopped, Bart said with some anticipation: "1, start mining!"

The holographic images on the console quietly changed.

Modeling of the Spirit Star and the Hummingbird Starship appeared before him.

The sound of Weak Artificial Intelligence 1 followed: "The fuselage is fixed."

"The nanorobot delivery device is being deployed..."

Just below the cockpit, a hard drill bit suddenly stretched out in front of the round "belly" of the Hummingbird Starship.

The drill bit gradually stretched out and stretched towards the metallic surface of the Lingshen Star!

At the moment of contact, a strong vibration came!

This is an asteroid made of iron and nickel after all!

Under countless splashes of sparks and strong vibrations, the extremely hard drill bit gradually penetrated into the surface.

Through the porthole, Bart looked at the sparks splashing at the bottom of the other two hummingbird starships. He was excited and had a strange look in his eyes.

At this moment, he suddenly discovered the reason why the starship was named Hummingbird.

Round belly, plus a long drilling rod...

I have to say that from a distance, it is indeed a bit like a hummingbird foraging.

"The drilling is completed." The sound of 1 sounded again, "The mining nanorobots began to be deployed."

As soon as the words fell, the holographic projection screen in front of me changed again.

Countless silver-white substances rushed into the drilling hole through the drilling rod!

In just a few seconds, a line of Chinese was quickly brushed on the holographic projection.

"Metal iron was detected!"

"Metal nickel detected!"

"Metal gold was detected!"

“…”

Inside the Spirit God Star, countless silver-white nanorobots were frantically swallowing the minerals identified in front of them.

The size of the drilling hole expands at a speed visible to the naked eye!

After swallowing enough minerals, these nanorobots began to return along the original path of the drilling rod.

Their next stop is the Hummingbird Starship’s warehouse.

In the warehouse, they will spit out all the swallowed minerals.

Then, they will embark on the journey of devouring minerals again and begin the next cycle!ъìqυgΕtv.℃ǒΜ
Chapter completed!