From star gatherer to leader of humanity

The conference room had over 1000 people. Nearly 80% of the mining team members had signed contracts, while the majority of those who hadn't signed were high-ranking members and leaders of various gangs.

"Members who sign the contract will be required to go to the inner city within five days. Housing has been prepared for you in the inner city, and your benefits will be improved accordingly."

"If you have any further questions, you can consult the inner city management supervisor once you arrive in the inner city," Li Shengming said before adjourning the meeting and leaving.

"We lone wolves are all solo travelers, so we won't invite you to team up and go to the inner city."

"See you in the inner city in five days." Qiao Meng patted Xu Bai on the shoulder and left.

After leaving the conference room, Xu Bai returned to his residence.

"We've just settled down, and now we have to move again. But that's alright, ordinary spirit mines can't satisfy my appetite anymore." Xu Bai touched the white ink robe he was wearing.

The magical spaceship needs to have attributes, the white ink robe on the body also needs to have attributes, and the storage bag also needs to have attributes.

Remembering his storage bag, Xu Bai took it out from his pocket. Inside the storage bag was a crystal ore worth more than 200 million strands of spiritual energy.

"Let's go to the inner city first. We'll be there, and we can avoid the commotion."

Xu Bai had very few belongings; they could be packed into a single box.

At the spaceport, Xu Bai piloted the spaceship towards the Shattered Star Sea, heading towards the coordinates of the inner city.

The inner city is located in the deepest part of the Shattered Star Sea. The deepest place Xu Bai has ever been to is less than one-third of its depth.

With plenty of time and no need to prospect for minerals, Xu Bai amassed many small spirit orbs along the way, and even fought off some Foundation Establishment stage star beasts he encountered.

During the two days of travel, six more corpses of Foundation Establishment stage star beasts appeared in the cabin. Xu Bai also put the crystal ore from his storage bag into the cabin.

"As expected, the deeper you go, the richer the spirit ore becomes."

Although Xu Bai did not activate the mineral exploration fluctuations, the colors of some broken celestial bodies made it easy to tell what kind of spiritual mineral they contained.

As he continued to venture deeper, Xu Bai felt that he was encountering more and more alien beasts from the starry sky, and occasionally he could even encounter alien beasts at the Golden Core stage.

"Boom~~~"

A lizard-like beast, covered in golden barbs, lashed its tail against a massive shield of thousand-ton iron. Xu Bai used the shockwave to propel his spaceship forward and escape.

The place was still far from the inner city, so Xu Bai dared not use up all his armor-piercing bullets. He simply fled without fighting and recorded the coordinates of the place.

Four days after venturing deep into the Shattered Star Sea, Xu Bai arrived at the coordinates of the inner city.

The entire inner city was built on a massive, flat, broken celestial body. The entire city was hundreds of miles long and wide, and was shrouded by a huge array.

At the very top of the formation, a simulated sun is revolving around the inner city.

Within a thousand miles of the inner city, a mysterious force seemed to push aside all the shattered celestial bodies. As soon as Xu Bai piloted his spaceship into the blank area, he saw the inner city in the distance.

From a distance, the inner city resembles a miniature city.

"We've finally arrived!"

At this moment, Xu Bai's personal terminal showed that the signal had been restored, and Hakimi also indicated that he had received the spaceport position information specifically for Xu Bai's spacecraft.

The unloading port and spaceport are located outside the inner city.

As Xu Bai piloted the spaceship into the unloading port, he quickly scanned the area and found that the entire port had at least 5000 unloading bays.

"It seems that the Hundred Refinements Sect is going to focus on developing the inner city."

They piloted the mining spaceship directly into the unloading port and unloaded all the alien beast corpses and crystal ore from the ship's hold.

"The eight Foundation Establishment stage corpses are worth over 100 million, and with the crystal ore included, the total spiritual energy is a staggering 400 million strands."

Looking at the list on his personal terminal, Xu Bai chose to sell everything.

Originally, half of the tax was deducted, but this time only 40% was deducted, and Xu Bai received 240 million strands of spiritual energy.

A smile appeared on Xu Bai's face as he maneuvered the spaceship to dock in his designated bay at the spaceport.

"Xiao Ai, haven't you received any information about my residence in the inner city yet?" Xu Bai asked in confusion as he prepared to disembark from the spaceship.

"Master, I just received a message saying that your butler will be coming to pick you up?"

"Butler?" Xu Bai looked puzzled upon hearing Xiao Ai's words.

At this moment, Xu Bai saw a hovercar approaching the spaceship's location in the distance.

As Xu Bai disembarked from the spaceship, the hovercar stopped right in front of him. A woman with striking features, dressed in a butler's uniform, got out of the car and bowed to Xu Bai.

"A robot?" Xu Bai asked, noticing the glint in the woman's eyes.

"Love Nest Type 3 robot reporting for duty." The robot butler's voice was gentle.

"I thought I'd get a real butler~"

Xu Bai boarded the hovercar, left the spaceport, and flew towards the inner city not far away.

"Let me introduce the inner city."

"The Twenty-Nine Shattered Star Cities are shrouded by the Second Generation Lesser Heavenly Dao Array, which covers an area of ​​11304 square kilometers and is divided into the outer city, the inner city, and the core city."

"The owner's current home is in the outer city, on the 36th street of the outer city..."

Listening to the robot butler's introduction, Xu Bai looked at the approaching Shattered Star City 29 and couldn't help but purse his lips.

At the entrance of the second-generation Lesser Heavenly Dao Formation, there is a magnificent white jade gate that is a hundred meters high, with two huge statues with strange painting styles standing on either side of the gate.

A long queue had formed outside the white jade gate, all of them newly joined members of the Star Gathering Team in Shattered Star City. Xu Bai saw several familiar faces through the car window.

"This is the first time the master has entered the Twenty-Nine Shattered Star Cities. His identity needs to be verified and his spiritual energy fluctuations need to be recorded. There are currently many people in the queue, and the estimated waiting time is one and a half hours."

"Would you like to take this opportunity to explain more about the Twenty-Nine Cities of Shattered Star to your master?" the beautiful robot butler who was controlling the hovercar said in a gentle voice.

Xu Bai, sitting in the back seat, leaned back and closed his eyes to rest.

"Then tell me about it~"

An hour and a half later, it was Xu Bai's turn to enter the information.

Xu Bai simply recorded his spiritual energy fluctuations in a special instrument before entering Shattered Star City.

Upon entering Shattered Star City, Xu Bai was greeted by a rich floral fragrance, and the greenery on both sides of the street was filled with all sorts of exotic flowers.

The hovercar drove through the streets as if it had entered a garden.

In the residential area, Xu Bai looked at his large villa, which occupied nearly 500 square meters, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

"So, I guess I've finally managed to get a villa!"

Led by a beautiful robot butler, they entered the villa.

After taking a stroll around his villa, Xu Bai sat down on the sofa in his 100-square-meter living room.

"Living in such a big place by myself is actually quite boring."

"Butler, what is the procedure for obtaining a loan for the magic weapon mining spaceship? After the contract is signed, when will the spaceship arrive?"

Upon hearing Xu Bai's words, the beautiful robot butler projected a beam of light, which revealed the hull and skeleton of a simple spaceship.

"Master, the magic weapon spaceship only consists of the keel and outer shell. You will need to purchase the rest of the accessories yourself. There are currently three recommended purchase sets."

"Simplified version: 50 million strands of spiritual energy; Standard version: 80 million strands of spiritual energy; Deluxe version: 100 million strands of spiritual energy; Loan term: 100 years; Interest rate: 5%."

"Go straight for the top-of-the-line model!" Xu Bai is least afraid of loans now.