From star gatherer to leader of humanity

Xu Bai's mining spaceship slowly flew out of the Shattered Star Sea. As soon as it came out, he heard the two major gangs hurling insults at each other on the public address system.

Both sides used extremely vulgar language, sparing no one from either side's ancestors for eighteen generations.

"The Big Iron Gang and the Full Warehouse Gang? What's the deal with those two?"

The mining spaceship flew towards the unloading port. Xu Bai listened to the information on the public address system and finally extracted the key factors.

"The young leader of the Iron Gang was killed by four combat ships from the Full Warehouse Gang?"

Xu Bai couldn't help but recall the four combat ships that followed him when he entered the Shattered Star Sea.

There were more mining ships waiting to be loaded and unloaded at the unloading port than before, densely packed together, with long queues forming at each compartment.

Xu Bai wasn't in a hurry; he listened to the insults being exchanged on the public channel with a smug expression on his face.

Four hours later, it was Xu Bai's turn to unload the mining spaceship.

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Bai maneuvered the spaceship to a steady stop in an empty spot in the public port.

At this point, the personal terminal received the list of items to be mined.

「灵肉暖玉140斤、炎金240吨、月晶石40吨、灵木碳300吨、月寒精铁350吨、星重石1200吨、辰铁520吨。」

"All sold, totaling 225,900 strands of spiritual energy, with 112,950 strands of spiritual energy after tax."

Looking at the statistics list, Xu Bai clicked to make a move, and his account subsequently received 112,950 strands of spiritual energy.

Xu Bai looked at his account balance and breathed a sigh of relief. He looked up at the bustling public spaceport, where many newlyweds had gathered, and felt that even the sunlight shining on the public spaceport had become softer.

Xu Bai waved to summon a service vehicle from the spaceport. To be transported from the port to a designated location, a fee of fifteen strands of spiritual energy was required.

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The maglev unmanned service vehicle came to a graceful stop in front of Xu Bai.

"To United Bank." Xu Bai boarded the service vehicle and was about to leave when suddenly shouts and curses came from afar.

Looking in the direction of the sound, Xu Bai saw a group of about a hundred new recruits gathering. One of them seemed to have been pulled out by the gang leader and was being punched and kicked.

"Let's go over and listen to the excitement." Xu Bai was in a good mood and had the urge to see some gossip.

The service vehicle nimbly turned and stopped 10 meters away from the queue.

"Skimming without permission, deserting the main force!" The gang leader lashed out with his whip, making the newcomer tremble all over.

"If you encounter a celestial beast, provoke it!" Another lash of the whip.

"After handing over the ore, they still haven't handed over their share!" Another lash.

Xu Bai watched from the side, wincing in pain. The gang leader was holding a magical whip; a single lash could cause pain to both the body and the mind.

The boy being whipped lay on the ground without uttering a sound, letting the whip fall.

"This kid's got something special~"

Xu Bai watched for a while, then had the service vehicle leave.

Xu Bai emerged from the United Bank after completing his temporary exchange transaction, his expression somber.

He just learned a little-known fact: each commoner has a quota of only 200 spirit stones per year. If they want to exchange more than 200 spirit stones using spiritual energy, they need to pay a 5% spirit stone tax.

"this……"

"That's enough, they tax everything!"

Touching the small bag of a hundred spirit stones in his arms, he felt the sun lamps above the space city grow cold again.

With 100,000 strands of spiritual energy in his pocket, Xu Bai simply ordered a super-sized beef noodle set meal with 50 strands of spiritual energy at the noodle shop he had visited before.

Back in the small private room, he quietly absorbed the hundred spirit stones, transforming them into elemental spiritual light.

"Take a day off and then get back to working hard."

"Nothing is more enjoyable than mining and cultivating at the same time!"

Just as Xu Bai was about to fall asleep, his personal terminal suddenly flashed red and beeped.

"What's going on?"

Xu Bai looked at his personal terminal.

An urgent message from Space City was playing on the personal terminal.

"All members of the satellite acquisition team within the space city, assemble immediately at the outer spaceport!"

"Any member who fails to arrive at the outer spaceport within one hour is to be immediately dismissed!"

Confused, Xu Bai quickly packed up and left the small room, heading towards the outer spaceport.

At this moment, the streets and alleys of Space Island were filled with members of the green picking teams rushing towards the spaceport, converging into a torrent.

Xu Bai followed the main force to the outer spaceport, and was subsequently assigned to a hundred-person formation by the spaceport's functions.

Hundreds of people stood in neat formations on both sides of the port, and the lights of the spaceport became colorful.

A giant light curtain, stretching for a kilometer, was projected over the spaceport.

Xu Bai stood in the middle of the line, straddling the front and looking straight ahead. Although he was curious about the words written on the light screen, he dared not look at them.

The space city's intelligence will monitor all members of the satellite acquisition team. If they fail to comply with the standards, they will be directly punished and the tax rate will be increased from 50% to 60% or even 70%.

"Who is this important person coming?"

Just as Xu Bai was wondering, a silver cruise ship appeared in the distance and flew towards the spaceport.

At first, it was just a silver dot of light, but as it got closer, it seemed to press down on the spaceport like a mountain.

A cruise ship, 10,000 meters long and resembling an orca, slowly docked at the main cabin of the spaceport.

Before even seeing the people disembark from the spaceship, all the high-ranking members of Team Caixing 185 already wore obsequious expressions and kept rubbing their hands together, revealing their nervousness.

"All members of the Star Gathering Team 185 welcome the Inspector to inspect our space city."

"Your arrival has brought great honor to our Space City. Even before you have set foot in our Space City, your brilliance has already illuminated every corner of our Space City!"

The voice of the Space City Lord, from Team 185 of the Star Gathering Team, echoed throughout the entire Space City.

A powerful figure dressed in a specially made Taoist robe from the Hundred Refinements Sect appeared at the bow of the cruise ship without any protective equipment.

A crystal-clear, nearly 100-meter-long dragon crawled out from inside the spaceship and bowed its head before the powerful figure.

The Glazed Dragon, carrying the powerful figure, was the first to disembark from the spaceship. Subsequently, several more streaks of light emerged from the spaceship and landed on the spaceport.

Immediately, all the senior members of the Caixing team bowed their heads in welcome.

"I've said it a thousand times, but if you dare to embezzle even a single cent of the sect's money, I won't show you any mercy."

The powerful figure stepped down from the dragon's head, his cold and arrogant voice ringing in the ears of the many high-ranking members of the Star Gathering Team.

"I wouldn't dare. In the three years since the Space City was built, our team has always been conscientious and dedicated, and has not dared to be negligent in the slightest."

The high-ranking officials and powerful figures were talking there, while Xu Bai stood in the group, like an ordinary passerby.

Strong people are all perceptive, so Xu Bai dared not steal a glance. Only when the higher-ups of the Star Gathering Team led that strong person and his subordinates past him in a floating vehicle did Xu Bai catch a glimpse of the strong person's face.

Perhaps the speed was too fast, or perhaps the powerful being's divine sense was too strong, blurring Xu Bai's vision.

Xu Bai only vaguely remembered what the strong looked like, but he remembered the obsequious expressions of the high-ranking members of the Caixing 185 team who accompanied him very clearly.

Tens of thousands of people rushed to this place just to welcome this powerful figure, which stirred a slight ripple in Xu Bai's heart.

"This is what a man should do."