Planetary evolution, how come you're Ultraman?

Lin Chen nodded; this was an unexpected surprise.

He was worried about how to quickly break through the bottleneck, but unexpectedly, a resource star was delivered to his door.

"By the way, what about the people from Black Crow's side?"

Chu Yao suddenly asked.

"Didn't they mark our coordinates before? Could they come and steal our resources?"

"Don't worry, they're still hiding on Iron Core Star in the west, they haven't moved."

Ye Zi pulled up the Black Crow Squad's signal and shook her head.

"The radiation crisis has just passed, and they are still recovering. They also know they can't beat us, so they don't dare to come over. Tie Tou's remaining men haven't made a move either, so we don't need to worry about them for now."

Lin Chen nodded. That's good. Now they can focus on their development.

The four piloted the spaceship and quickly arrived at the location of the unclaimed Iron Core Star.

This planet is entirely dark in color, with a thick crust that clearly indicates it is rich in iron core resources. Moreover, because it was not affected by the radiation wave, the core energy is well preserved without any loss.

"Let's stick to the same division of labor."

Lin Chen spoke up.

"I'll absorb the core. Chu Yao, you keep watch around the area to prevent other raiders from coming to steal resources. Ye Zi, analyze the earth's crust to see if there's any high-purity iron core ore. Su Qingyue, you stay in the spaceship and be ready to provide support if anything happens."

"no problem!"

"receive!"

Everyone immediately sprang into action. Chu Yao piloted her own Po Feng, patrolling the surrounding airspace. The energy cannon at the bow of the ship was on standby at all times. Whenever a star lord approached, she would issue a warning immediately. In just a few minutes, she chased away two individual investors who wanted to freeload off her resources.

Ye Zi then activated the detector and began analyzing the crustal structure of this iron core star in search of hidden high-purity mineral veins.

Lin Chen floated out of the Dawn and landed on the surface of Iron Core Star. He stretched out his hand and pressed it on the core of the planet. Light energy from his body surged out continuously, and he began to absorb the core energy of the planet purely.

Without the slightest waste, all the energy was transformed into pure, absorbable energy by his light energy, gradually merging into his own miniature planet.

Soon, his planet began to expand rapidly. Its original radius of 1.1 kilometers gradually increased to 1.15, 1.2, 1.25, and finally stopped steadily at 1.3 kilometers!

Nourished by the light energy, the earth's crust gradually strengthened into an alloy material, significantly increasing its hardness.

At the same time, two new facilities were also unlocked: the resource refining depot and the Dawn's exclusive weapons depot.

The resource refining warehouse can convert ordinary iron cores and silicon crystals into high-purity light-attribute resources, directly improving the conversion efficiency of light energy; while the weapon warehouse unlocks a light-attribute laser main cannon and a portable light shield generator, which can be used on teammates' ships to enhance their defensive capabilities.

As Lin Chen felt the surging light energy within his body and was about to withdraw his hand, the Evolution Trustee in his hand suddenly emitted a faint golden resonance!

A warm current flowed through the Evolution Trustee into his body, and the original restrictions of Nexus's juvenile form seemed to have loosened a little.

He was stunned for a moment, then immediately opened his personal panel and saw that the transformation time of the juvenile form had been extended from the original 10 minutes to 15 minutes, and the power of the light fist and light blade had been directly increased by 30%. Even the range of the hyperdimensional detection had been expanded from the original 100 kilometers to 150 kilometers!

Although the youth form has not been fully unlocked yet, this is already a significant improvement. With just a little more pure energy, a form breakthrough can be triggered.

"How's it going, Lin Chen? Did you break through?"

Su Qingyue's voice came through the communicator, filled with concern.

"Yes, I've made a breakthrough and unlocked new facilities."

Lin Chen replied with a smile, "Moreover, the Evolution Trusters also reacted, and the strength of the juvenile form has increased significantly."

"Very good!"

Chu Yao shouted excitedly.

"So, does that mean we can finally deal with Black Crow and his gang? We've been wanting to get rid of them for ages!"

"Don't rush, let's collect all the resources first."

Ye Zi's voice suddenly rang out, her tone somewhat solemn.

"No, I detected two unfamiliar energy fluctuations, about 300 kilometers to our east."

Oh?

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, then immediately looked up.

Ye Zi quickly pulled up the detection data and frowned.

"It's not the energy fluctuations of Earth's humans. It's unfamiliar and very stable. It should be scouts from the astral natives. They seem to have discovered us and are heading this way? No, they've stopped. They're observing and haven't dared to approach."

Aboriginal people?

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. This was the first time they had encountered natives of the Star Realm since they had transmigrated here.

Chu Yao immediately became alert and piloted the Po Feng to block the front of the group. The energy cannon at the bow of the ship was already fully charged.

"Indigenous people? Could they be enemies? Should I go over and chase them away? They're in our way, staring at us."

"Don't act impulsively."

Lin Chen immediately spoke up to stop him.

"Don't rush. We don't know their hostility yet. Let's not make a move yet and see what they want to do."

The native inhabitants of the astral plane are different from the transmigrators of Earth. They are the natives of this place. If we act rashly, it could easily lead to large-scale conflict. They are still in the development stage, so there is no need to create unnecessary trouble.

Ye Zi nodded and brought up the locations of the two energy fluctuations.

"That's right. Their energy fluctuations are very weak. They should just be scouts and haven't brought a large force. Let's be on our guard and observe their movements. If they make a move, it won't be too late for us to retaliate."

Lin Chen gripped the Evolution Trustee tightly in his hand. The silver device emitted a faint golden glow in his palm, as if responding to his emotions.

Ye Zi quickly pulled up the real-time monitoring data of the two scouts, pushed up his glasses, and said in a deep voice.

"They are still observing, neither approaching nor leaving, probably to assess our strength."

"Ignore them."

Lin Chen shook his head, withdrew his gaze, and looked back at the Iron Core Star beneath his feet.

"Let's collect the remaining resources first, then we'll move on to the next resource planet. Don't stay here too long."

Su Qingyue nodded and said softly.

"I've already adjusted the defenses of the hospital ship, so I can provide support at any time if they make a move."

Lin Chen responded and placed his hand back on the remaining ore veins of Iron Core Star. Light energy slowly surged out again, gradually transforming the high-purity iron cores into light-attribute resources that could be stored.

Beneath the starry sky, the aftershocks of the pale purple radiation were still slowly dissipating. In the distant east, in the shadow of the asteroid belt, two stone figures were gazing at this gentle yet powerful golden energy, their eyes filled with awe.