From star gatherer to leader of humanity

After the welcoming ceremony, Xu Bai returned to his small private room, washed up, and fell into a deep sleep.

Upon waking up, feeling that my mental and spiritual state was at its peak, I headed to the spaceport.

Xu Bai closed his eyes and gently placed one hand on the hatch of the single-person mining spaceship. The spiritual light from his dantian flowed along Xu Bai's hand and covered the entire spaceship.

"Give me a good attribute!"

Silently chanting in his heart, Xu Bai slowly opened his eyes, and an attribute panel appeared before him.

Hummingbird-class Mining Ship - Attributes: Agile [Easy to control, speed +20%], Repair [Slowly recovers non-fatal damage to the ship], Spirit Points! [Inside the ship, increases spirit power by 5 times], Small Luck [A little bit of good fortune]

Upon seeing this attribute, Xu Bai licked his lips, and the light in his eyes, which had been shimmering with spiritual fire due to the amplification of his spiritual power, turned golden at that moment.

Xu Bai looked at his account balance of less than 20,000 strands of spiritual energy and opened his friend list.

"Fellow Daoist, I want to expand the spaceship's storage area and upgrade the mining engineering robots. I wonder if you can provide a loan?"

They found the salesperson who was originally in charge of installing and upgrading spacecraft parts.

"You can do it, brother! You can!"

"There's still one spacecraft to assemble the diversion module," the salesman on the other end said excitedly. Xu Bai's contact name in his friend list was "graduated early" and "has potential."

Send me your location, I'm coming over now.

After these mining operations, Xu Bai felt that the spaceship's cabin and mining robots needed an upgrade.

The spaceship modification factory is located at the bottom of the space city and occupies a huge area.

In a vast, empty factory covering thousands of square meters, Xu Bai's spaceship landed precisely in the very center of the factory.

Seeing this, the waiting salesperson's welcoming smile became even more enthusiastic.

The cabin door opened, and a salesperson jogged over from a distance, holding a bottle of spiritual drink in his hand. Although it only contained a few wisps of spiritual energy, Xu Bai felt very comfortable with his attitude.

"Mr. Xu, what modifications would you like to make to your spaceship? I'd like to give you a budget estimate."

The salesperson led Xu Bai to a showroom where they were showing the modified spaceships and their design plans.

"Add cabins and upgrade or replace mining engineering robots."

"We'll also procure some drones." Xu Bai looked at the numerous modified Hummingbird-class mining ships and found it quite interesting.

"I wonder what Mr. Xu's budget is, so I can recommend a suitable modification plan for you."

The salesperson touched the light and shadow, and after some adjustments, numerous mining engineering robot models and warehouse installation plans appeared in the light and shadow.

Xu Bai looked at these proposals and finally settled on the modification plan that used 500,000 strands of spiritual energy.

The mining robots have been upgraded to intermediate models, each increasing efficiency by 40% compared to the previous ones, with a maximum spacecraft capacity of 20 robots.

After the cabin is expanded, the capacity increases by 50% compared to before, and the spacecraft's energy cabin and power unit also need to be upgraded and configured accordingly.

"The plan for 500,000 strands of spiritual energy will take a few days." Xu Bai pointed his finger at the light and shadow, which revealed the 500,000 strands of spiritual energy project and the modified mining spaceship.

"It will take at most one day, but we still need to look into the loan details."

"The initial quota for newcomers is generally only 20. To increase the quota, we need to see your shipment manifests at the unloading port over the past three months."

"For a loan of 500,000, if you have a spaceship loan, you need to collect an average of 50,000 spirit ore per month." The salesperson then conjured up a ball of light and shadow, which showed the project of expanding spiritual energy by 200,000 strands.

"Is it 5 per month? Before or after tax?"

"Ah!" The question surprised the salesperson.

He then saw Xu Bai's projection of the unloading port spirit ore sales list in front of him.

"ah!!"

"Two hundred and twenty thousand strands of spiritual energy!!" The salesman looked shocked, then looked at Xu Bai with an even more fawning expression.

"Brother, how about we take a look at a renovation project worth millions?" The salesman quietly changed the 200,000 project to a million-dollar one.

"No need, a renovation project costing 50 is enough."

On his way here, Xu Bai researched the various spaceship modification plants in Space City through the forum. They all had clearly marked prices, and the quality of the modified spaceships was monitored by Space City's highest level of intelligence.

"If you sign the contract now, you can see the modified spaceship in as little as 10 hours."

The salesperson projected a light screen in front of Xu Bai, displaying a loan agreement: 50 strands of spiritual energy, 15% interest, annual repayment, and equal principal and interest payments.

Xu Bai slowly pointed his hand towards the light screen in the void. Just as the contract was about to be signed, his hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, and he looked at the salesperson.

"Send me something; it'll determine whether I come to you for the next spaceship upgrade." A smile appeared on Xu Bai's face.

"I'll give you two spaceship maintenance services, plus a hundred heavy machine gun shells that can penetrate armor and break through magic. Even a Golden Core stage alien beast in space can't withstand the continuous bombardment." The salesman thought for a moment and gave up his maximum authority.

"Oh, right~"

Suddenly, as if remembering something, the salesman took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and quietly handed it to Xu Bai.

"The gifts are alright, but what is this?"

Xu Bai took the small note and put it in his pocket.

"Brother, you'll know once you open it in the Shattered Star Sea," the salesman said with a mysterious expression.

After finishing his meal at the food street in the Space City Immortal Path Street, Xu Bai went to the largest magic hall on Immortal Path Street to attend a class, which cost 300 spiritual energy per lesson.

"Water polo is a versatile technique that combines offense, defense, and support, and can be surprisingly effective in times of crisis."

"It's best to keep the spell within three breaths, so that the flow of energy through the meridians and the transfer of spiritual energy can reach their maximum effect."

"Now, please follow my rhythm to form the hand seals, mobilize the spiritual energy in your dantian, and circulate it through your meridians."

In the classroom, Xu Bai began to perform the water ball technique, following the instructions of the virtual teacher.

After class, Xu Bai left the classroom with a hint of helplessness in his expression.

"With below-average aptitude, cultivation consumes a lot of spiritual energy, and the speed of learning spells is also slow, sigh~"

"Currently, I am practicing and learning magic inside the spaceship."

Ten hours later, Xu Bai saw the modified spaceship, with its stern lengthened by 15 meters and its power layout slightly altered.

"The spacecraft's cabin needs to be expanded by 50%, and its power layout needs to be adjusted, which will take the most time."

"One hundred armor-piercing machine gun shells have been loaded into the ammunition magazine. If you encounter alien monsters outside, we suggest you use them in a dispersed manner, mixing one armor-piercing shell into every one hundred machine gun shells," the salesperson advised.

"understood."

Xu Bai nodded, entered the mining spaceship and started it up. With the salesman seeing him off, he left the bottom of the space city and flew towards the Shattered Star Sea.

Inside the main control room, Xu Bai accelerated the spaceship, heading towards the Shattered Star Sea.

"Hakimi, play some more upbeat music. I have a feeling we're going to get a big catch this time!"

Xu Bai was in a good mood, feeling that with the added bonus of the spaceship's "little luck" attribute, the value of the spirit ore he collected would definitely be far greater than before.

Passionate music filled the control room, and Xu Bai started singing along.

Just as the spaceship was about to enter the Shattered Star Sea, a battle-damaged Hummingbird-class mining spaceship flew out from the Shattered Star Sea.

As soon as it emerged, the entire spaceship's power bay exploded and disintegrated in space.

Before Xu Bai could react, a loud bang came from the cabin area.

The spaceship had a repair function, so Xu Bai ignored it and flew directly into the Shattered Star Sea.

The area between Space City and Shattered Star Sea is strictly monitored by Space City. If anyone is found picking up the wreckage of an exploded spaceship in this area, they will face a huge fine from Space City.