Space Odyssey from Abandoned Mining Space Station

Of course, that’s not the key point. The key lies with the master of the steamroller. The Crimson Dimension taught Chen Ming not just the method to compact the soil; they taught him much more.

Chen Ming’s Spiritual Power has long exceeded the normal limit.

His pit has already been filled, and even overflowed above the surface significantly, yet he still couldn’t find the place for the next pit to fill.

Logically speaking, a quantitative change leading to a qualitative change should be no issue, as Chen Ming had been progressing solely through the growth of Spiritual Power.

But now the situation is quite different.

Chen Ming feels what he needs now is not the quantity of Spiritual Power nor its quality.

His quantity has exceeded the degree needed for a qualitative change, and after being compacted by the steamroller, the quality possesses adequate strength.

But he couldn’t break through that limit; he’s missing a catalyst.

So, although absorbing the Enlightenment Nerve still shows some utility, it currently holds little significance.

The Enlightenment Nerve can just be set aside for now.

He Gu saw Chen Ming putting the Enlightenment Nerve back into the suitcase, and confirmed, ”How’s the item?”

Chen Ming responded, ”Very good, the things on my end are ready too.”

The main part of the transaction between him and He Gu revolves around these two Enlightenment Nerves, with the rest of the detection equipment and three thousand Contribution Points merely as add-ons.

Now that the main items are secured, Chen Ming definitely needs to deliver the payment.

Chen Ming’s Spiritual Energy activation cleared a space in the reception room.

He waved his hand, transforming the metallic liquid appearing from thin air into a complete piece of Spiritual Metal Material.

Square-shaped, with a volume of around a cubic meter.

When this piece of Spiritual Metal lands, the whole room has a subtle feeling of sinking slightly.

”Oh!”

He Gu, who usually appears quite composed, couldn’t suppress his emotion upon seeing such a large piece of Spiritual Metal.

He touched this treasure-like Spiritual Metal all over.

After fondling this gem in his eyes for a while, He Gu turned to Chen Ming and asked, ”Is this White Cloud Steel material?”

”Yes.”

This large chunk of Spiritual Metal is entirely created by Yan Xiong.

Due to Yan Xiong’s method of Spiritual Energy realization, whatever metal he absorbs, the physical properties of the resulting Spiritual Metal match the properties of the absorbed metal.

Thus, Chen Ming generally wouldn’t feed ordinary steel to Yan Xiong, as ordinary Spiritual Metal differs greatly in level compared to advanced or specialized Spiritual Metal.

Therefore, Chen Ming ultimately chose to let Yan Xiong massively absorb White Cloud Steel.

The reason for not choosing other metal materials is quite simple.

His Dusk Fleet has almost commenced its third warp jump on the path of expansion beyond Earth Country.

And during the first two jumps exploring surrounding Star Systems, the Dusk Fleet found many sites with certain values, including mining spots for various basic, advanced, and even special ores.

Under Brilliant’s planning, these places have been developed into exploitation bases, where easily accessible minerals are collected and, using Chen Ming’s unique Spiritual Energy ability, continuously transported to the fleet ahead.

Metals like White Cloud Steel, typically located in mountainous regions on a Planet, frequently have exposed extensive veins on the surface, which offer Chen Ming the best source of advanced metals.

The production of White Cloud Steel will only increase and never decrease.

Even collectively, all other advanced minerals don’t match the quantity of White Cloud Steel in Chen Ming’s possession.

No wonder the value of White Cloud Steel falls behind other advanced metals.

This advanced metal is too easy to mine but challenging to use or manufacture cost-effective alloy materials.

That’s why this scenario occurs.

The superficial and shallow White Cloud Steel mined from various Planets, though a significant portion is allocated to the expansion of Chen Ming’s Mechanical Race.

It still leaves plenty to feed Yan Xiong without issue.

As for more advanced metals, while they exist and can indeed be fed to Yan Xiong to produce even more advanced Spiritual Metals.

However, Chen Ming thinks that after selling this large chunk of White Cloud Steel Spiritual Metal to the Spiritual Ability Research Institute of the Fourteenth Legion, he can take a moment to slow down and wait for the right moment.

After He Gu gazed at that large chunk of White Cloud Steel Spiritual Metal for a long time, he finally reluctantly averted his eyes.

Chen Ming appropriately asked, ”Do you need me to help you transport it out?”

”I would appreciate that.”

Chen Ming again activated his Spiritual Energy, converting the whole chunk of White Cloud Steel Spiritual Alloy into metallic liquid, streaming it outside the laboratory, and delivering it to the Shuttle Boat at He Gu’s dome.

After confirming it’s not overloaded, Chen Ming took a photo of the Shuttle Boat, showing it to He Gu.

A few minutes later.

He Gu, quite satisfied, had adjusted the equipment for detecting Spiritual Energy properties for Chen Ming and handed it to him.

”Insert Spiritual Power into the apparatus, record your Spiritual Energy Fluctuation, inject a small amount of blood, start the device, and results should come out in about five minutes.”

”The device isn’t networked; it includes a chip recording all known properties of Spiritual Energy in the Empire database for reference.”

”Once activated, you’ll be able to see your Spiritual Energy properties, with results expected quickly.”

”I’ll step out for a moment.”

He Gu got up preparing to temporarily leave the reception room.

However, before exiting the reception room, he suddenly turned around pointing at the equipment in Chen Ming’s hand, saying: ”You can destroy the recorded data inside by pressing the side buttons in sequence, or straightforwardly perform a physical destruction.”