From star gatherer to leader of humanity

"The limit is six additional attributes. I wonder if mining ships also have six."

Xu Bai put away the magic jade slip and went to the spaceport to his mining spaceship cabin.

Xu Bai, who originally intended to add attributes right now, suddenly stopped, boarded the spaceship, replenished the energy, nutrition, and ammunition compartments, and started flying towards the Shattered Star Sea.

Listening to the stories of love and hate on the radio, Xu Bai felt like an observer, someone who, though in the martial world, never interfered in its affairs.

After the mining spaceship flew into the Shattered Star Sea, Xu Bai mobilized the attribute spiritual light in his dantian and slapped it onto the spaceship's instrument panel.

"Give me a good attribute!"

After the mining spaceship fully absorbed the attribute aura, the spaceship's attribute panel appeared before Xu Bai's eyes.

Hummingbird-class Mining Spaceship - Attributes: Agile [Easy to control, speed +20%], Repair [Slowly recovers non-fatal damage to the spaceship], Spirit Points! [Inside the spaceship, amplifies spirit power by 5 times], Small Luck [A little bit of good fortune], Golden Spirit Shield [Absorbs spirit ore, transforming it into an automatically defending spirit shield; you can survive as long as you don't court death.]

Hakimi's voice rang out after the mining ship's green attributes were fully applied.

"Master, a new defense system has been detected. Would you like to activate it?"

"Activate".

"Activation requirements: 1000 tons of Chen Iron are needed. Other solid spirit ores can be absorbed to replace it later."

"Then let's collect 1000 tons of Chentie first."

The most abundant substance in the Shattered Star Sea is Chen Iron, especially in the depths, where Chen Iron veins with a capacity of thousands of tons are everywhere. The coordinates of celestial bodies containing Chen Iron recorded by Xu Bai alone amount to tens of thousands of tons.

Following the coordinates, Xu Bai easily located a 2000-ton-level Chen iron ore vein.

Before mining had even begun, they detected the signal of another mining spaceship, three thousand miles away.

"Friend, it would be impolite to get any closer."

Xu Bai glanced at the depth of the Shattered Star Sea where he was. The ships here were all modified mining ships, and only experienced pilots dared to come here.

To avoid any misunderstanding, Xu Bai sent a message, mainly because the spaceship's speed didn't seem like a sneak attack, so he sent it a message.

"Sorry, bro, I wasn't looking. I'll be going now."

Xu Bai sent a text message, but the other person sent a voice message in a very sincere tone. The coordinates of the mining spaceship also began to move away from Xu Bai's location.

"Wait, are you Cui Gang?"

"Brother Xu?"

Ten minutes later, a Hummingbird-class mining spaceship docked on the broken celestial body where Xu Bai was mining.

"As expected of Brother Xu, the spaceship has been modified in just half a year." Cui Gang's admiring voice rang out.

"Let's not talk about that. At this level, a newbie like you is just asking for death. Haven't you joined a gang?" Xu Bai asked.

"I joined a small gang, but it was later wiped out by the Mancang Gang. Other gangs took too much cut, so I thought about becoming a lone wolf."

"Brother Xu, it looks like you're a lone wolf too," Cui Gang asked excitedly.

"I'm confident being a lone wolf, but you're going to go this deep into the wilderness as a lone wolf. Have you never been taught a lesson?" Xu Bai said.

"Everyone says it's dangerous, but I haven't encountered any in the Shattered Star Sea," Cui Gang said, looking bewildered.

Hearing Cui Gang's words, Xu Bai thought of that bottle of pills. So, he sent Cui Gang the coordinates of the broken celestial bodies containing Chen Iron Ore and Heavy Star Stone that he had encountered on the outskirts of the Shattered Star Sea. He no longer cared about these spirit ores, so he might as well do Cui Gang a favor.

"Brother Xu, what is this?"

"I don't care about the coordinates of some high-content iron ore and heavy star stone mines. You can mine them if you have time. They're all in shallow layers and safe," Xu Bai said.

"How can you say that? Even if Brother Xu doesn't need these coordinates, he can still sell them for money," Cui Gang quickly refused.

"Take it if I give it to you. It's rare to meet a friend like this. I'll treat you to dinner when I come back from mining."

"Don't wander around the middle and deep floors unless you're sure."

"This broken celestial body contains more than two thousand tons of cinnabar iron. I only need one thousand tons of it. If you don't mind, you can mine the rest as well," Xu Bai invited.

"Then thank you, Brother Xu."

Two days later, Xu Bai's mining ship finished collecting 1000 tons of Chen Iron, bid farewell to Cui Gang, and flew to the deeper part of the Shattered Star Sea.

"Master, one thousand tons of Chen Iron have been converted into materials for the defense system, which is expected to be able to defend against most attacks from Golden Core stage Starry Sky Beasts," Hakimi reported.

"An attack by a Golden Core stage celestial beast?"

Xu Bai thought of the giant white jade serpent and wanted to test the spaceship's defensive capabilities, but the thought vanished as soon as it came to mind.

"The time now is to focus on cultivating spiritual energy, maximizing the attributes of the spaceship and the cultivation technique jade slip. There's no time to waste."

The mining spaceship continued deeper until Xu Bai detected a vein of Crimson Flame Iron.

They released surveillance ships to probe the celestial body containing the Crimson Flame Iron Ore Vein, emitting a special fluctuation to lure the alien beasts hidden within the celestial body.

After the induced fluctuations spread out, the mining spaceship detected abnormal energy fluctuations inside the broken celestial body.

A fire-spirited bird with a wingspan of nearly twenty meters burst out from inside the shattered celestial body and charged toward the mining spaceship.

A huge tongue of fire shot towards the mining ship. In the past, Xu Bai would have dodged it long ago, but this time Xu Bai did not dodge, wanting to test the defensive power of the Flowing Light Spirit Shield.

A massive shield, formed from thousands of tons of iron, appeared in front of the mining spaceship, firmly protecting it.

The enormous spirit shield, nearly half a meter thick and almost fifteen meters long and wide, gave Xu Bai a great sense of security.

"This power should be that of a top-tier Star Beast in the Foundation Establishment stage. The spaceship is just right to deal with it."

"Let the battle begin!"

Xu Bai placed one hand on the spaceship's joystick, and the heavy twin-barreled machine gun on the top of the spaceship began to slowly rotate.

The thousand-ton Chen Iron Spirit Shield opened up, and the heavy twin-barreled machine guns began to roar.

In just a few rounds, before even a hundred shells had been used up, the Fire Spirit Bird, at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, was blown in the head by a magic-piercing armor-piercing shell.

"Bringing back the complete corpse of the Fire Spirit Bird would yield tens of thousands of strands of spiritual energy, but unfortunately there's not much meat and it doesn't taste good."

The mechanical arm, carrying the corpse of the fire spirit bird, was shoved into the cabin, and the mining spaceship slowly docked on the broken celestial body containing the Crimson Flame Iron Ore Vein to begin mining.

Shortly after mining began, before Xu Bai could even enter a meditative state, a mid-level mining engineering robot detected two tiny life fluctuations.

Looking at the data feedback on the screen, Xu Bai instantly determined that the two life fluctuations were likely the young of the Fire Spirit Bird from earlier.

"Quickly, put these two little ones into the life box!" Xu Bai said excitedly.

The Star Gathering Team buys the cubs of celestial beasts at high prices, especially those with bloodline inheritance.

The Fire Spirit Bird, on the other hand, has a bloodline inheritance.