Chapter 22: Building a Mineral Compressor

"Return the original route? There is no word like coward in my dictionary! I underestimated Duan Ming before, but we have been chasing him all the way, so we must get some benefits!"

Turning on the communication system, Zhang Qiang dialed a number.

"Mr. Zhang, I want to buy weapons..."

On the other side, Duan Ming watched the Fire Rock Beast eating the ice crystals fed by the worker bees 24 hours a day. When he was feeling proud, the system sent an "alarm" that the energy in the contracted creatures was abnormal, please pay attention and check!

Duan Ming frowned. He only had two contracted creatures at the moment, one was the Fire Rock Beast under his feet, and the other was the Zerg Girl who was the Zerg base.

Duan Ming's first reaction was: Could it be that there was something wrong with the absolute obedience skill?

Calling the Zerg Girl to his side, Duan Ming squinted his eyes and looked at her for a long time before asking: "Zerg Girl, do you feel unwilling to follow me like this?"

The Zerg Girl was stunned and looked at Duan Ming with a puzzled face.

"Master, is it because I did something wrong that you don't want me anymore?"

After observing, Duan Ming didn't think that the insect girl was pretending to be so. He checked the information of the insect girl:

Interstellar creature: Zerg development base, scientific research type.

Current level: Level 3.

Experience value: 132 points/2000 points, Zerg building creatures gain 1 experience point every 10 minutes, and can speed up the upgrade speed by increasing the number of Zerg buildings they own.

Body length: 2.2m/20m, can switch forms.

Skills: Zerg communication, invalid.

Trust value: 200/100.

Talents: appearance change, emotion simulation, primary worker hive, exploration module.

There is no problem with this trust value!

Since there is nothing abnormal about the insect girl, then the one who is in trouble must be the Fire Rock Beast!

Touching the back of the Fire Rock Beast, Duan Ming subconsciously retracted his hand, and his face was full of shock.

The temperature of the back of the Fire Rock Beast was enough to make him feel cold. Logically, the body temperature of the Fire Rock Beast should be kept at around 180 degrees. Why did this happen?

Perhaps sensing Duan Ming's doubts, the insect girl whispered: "Master, is it because it ate too many ice crystals?"

Duan Ming was startled. Although swallowing ice crystals can quickly increase the experience value of the Fire Rock Beast to increase its area, he did ignore the Fire Rock Beast's own tolerance.

"Let all the worker bees stop."

The insect girl manipulated the worker bees and let them temporarily rest on the back of the Fire Rock Beast, waiting for her next order. Duan Ming asked: "Insect girl, in this situation, how can the Fire Rock Beast's body temperature return to normal?"

The insect girl thought for a moment and replied: "The Fire Rock Beast's body temperature dropped sharply because it swallowed the ice crystals. According to what my master taught me before, this is like human malnutrition. If you want to restore its body temperature, just feed it some high-calorie minerals."

The solution was found, but Duan Ming thought of another problem.

Turning on the communication system, Duan Ming dialed the only one in his friend list. Soon the call was connected, and Tang Yaqing's voice came from the other side: "Duan Ming? Do you have something to do with me?"

After several trades, the relationship between Duan Ming and Tang Yaqing changed from being polite to being like friends.

"I have some questions here. I want to ask you, in addition to ice ore, does your Tang's company also collect other metal ores?"

"Of course, have you refined other metal ores?"

"Yes, since you collect other metal ores, I will contact you after my metal ore is refined."

Just as I was about to hang up the call, Tang Yaqing's voice sounded again.

"Wait!"

Duan Ming was stunned: "Anything else?"

Tang Yaqing was silent for a moment, and continued: "Although our Tang's company also collects metal ores, because the volume of metal ores is much larger than that of ice ore, ordinary small spacecraft can't hold much. If you want to sell metal ores, it's best to compress the metal ores first."

When on Earth, Duan Ming was the best student in the same batch. He naturally knew what equipment to use to compress metal ores: mineral compressor!

After hanging up the call, Duan Ming walked to his interstellar computer and entered a series of instructions according to the idea in his mind. The computer started to work: There are still 12 hours before the mineral compressor is successfully built.

Duan Ming didn't know the specific situation of the Fire Rock Beast at the moment. Time was the most precious thing, so he looked at the Bug Girl.

"Bug Girl, shorten the construction time."

The Bug Girl nodded and walked to the computer, putting her hands on the computer. The next moment, the countdown on the computer ran quickly, but in a blink of an eye, it had returned to zero.

In an open space next to the base, a building slowly took shape from the back of the Fire Rock Beast. It was the mineral compressor!

"Bug Girl, let the worker bees get some high-calorie metal ore and feed it to the Fire Rock Beast."

The worker bees began to work. As some metal ore was swallowed by the Fire Rock Beast, Duan Ming could clearly sense that the surface temperature of the Fire Rock Beast was gradually rising.

About an hour later, the system sounded: the energy in the contracted organism returned to normal.

Duan Ming breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally it's normal!"

Looking at the mineral processing center, the ice ore that had been continuously flowing before turned into various metal ores. In just one hour, it had accumulated to a size of more than ten cubic meters.

Because it was the first time to use the mineral compressor, Duan Ming always had to test it first to see if it was consistent with what was described in the book.

Take out a cubic meter of metal ore and put it into the mineral compressor. The compressor started running, and the roar of the machine sounded. Duan Ming nodded with satisfaction and was about to add some more metal ore.

An accident happened!

With a loud bang, the mineral compressor stopped running. Duan Ming simply checked it and slapped his head:

He forgot the most critical point in the manufacture of the mineral compressor, super ore!

Compressing metal ore is fundamentally different from refining metal ore, and it is more difficult. The volume of metal ore is compressed, which means that its density increases and it is also harder. Ordinary mineral compressors cannot withstand its hardness.

Only by adding super-additive ore to important structures can the mineral compressor operate normally.

Opening the chat area, Duan Ming asked other pioneers.

"Which big brother knows where to buy super-additive ore?"

This question made the silent chat area explode instantly.

"Fuck, shit! Duan Ming has already started to use super-additive ore?"

"Duan Ming, you are not going to deploy the module for the base shield? Or build the main gun of the starship?"

"Duan Ming, are you still short of pendants? I will deliver them to your door for free, dear!"

Looking at these meaningless chats, Duan Ming was just about to close the chat area when a message caught his attention...