Su Han said, "I didn't expect the director to be a doctor."
The director replied, "Of course, I'm a doctor. How else could I be a highly intelligent director? Minister Su Han, you see the energy has been added over there. We can proceed with mining now."
The final assembly of the mining spaceship was also broadcast live.
A reporter naturally approached Su Han for an interview.
After Su Han said a few words to the camera, the director began to speak from the side, "Mining spaceship, depart!"
The mining spaceship began to head towards the distant depths.
Then it was the director's turn to be interviewed.
The reporter asked, "Where are we going to mine this time?"
The director said, "The mining spaceship will go to the asteroid belt for mining. Between the fourth and fifth planets of the Dinosaur Star System, there is an asteroid belt. The planets in this asteroid belt are all rich in high-quality minerals. After being collected and simply refined, they will become metal materials."
The reporter asked, "Mining from the asteroid belt. What significant meaning will this mining have for our Long Country?"
The director replied, "This naturally has many significant meanings. With the commencement of space mining, our home planet will no longer have to worry about environmental pollution caused by mining."
The reporter asked, "Are there any peculiar ore planets in the asteroid belt?"
The director said, "Most of the asteroids in the asteroid belt are composed of iron, nickel, and cobalt. The total amount of iron, nickel, and cobalt in the asteroid belt exceeds the combined total of the Dinosaur World planet, the Magic World planet, and the Technology World planet. And on this asteroid belt, there is an asteroid entirely composed of gold, with a radius of ten kilometers. Its gold content is hundreds of thousands of times that of the gold in the Dinosaur World."
Upon hearing this, the reporter exclaimed.
"If we mine this asteroid, won't we become rich?"
The director shook his head and said, "Rich! That's impossible. If that gold asteroid were to be mined, gold would become like ordinary metal, a common industrial product. Its price would certainly drop significantly."
The director continued, "At the same time, our mining in the asteroid belt will also clear out routes for spaceships. Our spaceship routes within the Dinosaur Star System will become much smoother..."
After the director listed a multitude of benefits, the reporter asked again, "Then, where will the minerals collected by the mining spaceship in the asteroid belt be used?"
The director said, "The collected minerals will first be refined in space to manufacture a massive space station. This space station will primarily serve as a space shipyard. Hmm, wait, this news has not been announced yet. I won't say any more for now."
Upon hearing this, the reporter wanted to press further, but the director immediately stopped talking.
After this news was broadcast in Long Country, the entire country was discussing what that space station was.
"What exactly is that space station?"
"It must be a super massive space station. Didn't the director say it would primarily be a space shipyard?"
"Perhaps it's at least tens of kilometers large!"
"Are we, Long Country, also going to build such a space station?"
Upon seeing the news, the elves also wanted to venture into space to see the kilometer-class spaceships. They also wanted to see the colossal space station that was going to be built in space. Thus, they signed up to participate in space construction. However, after passing the application, they still needed to undergo extensive training.
The mining spaceship was not equipped with space jump devices, so it had to fly at normal speed.
After flying for many days, the mining spaceship finally reached the asteroid belt. The mining spaceship's first target was an asteroid with a relatively high iron content. Its diameter was only two kilometers.
The mining spaceship first attached itself to the two-kilometer asteroid and began to mine the required iron ore. After a few days, the mining of this asteroid was completed.
The mined ore was transported to the kilometer-class spaceship.
The equipment already installed on the large spaceship began to perform space steelmaking.
Parts of the large space station were manufactured one by one in space.
After a month, the initial shape of a massive space station finally emerged.
This massive space station was constructed in a cubic configuration, with a length and width of twenty kilometers. Inside, there were five kilometer-class large spaceship manufacturing docks, as well as many other hundred-meter-class dock factories. On the side, a ten-thousand-meter-class dock manufacturing facility was also reserved. Although there was no technology to manufacture ten-thousand-meter-class spaceships yet, reserving the space was entirely necessary. 138 Reading Network
This massive space station was located next to the fourth planet of the Dinosaur Star System. After the appearance of this space station, the orbit of the fourth planet in the Dinosaur Star System underwent slight changes.
To mitigate these changes, another equally giant space station needed to be built on the opposite side to counterbalance the orbital shifts.
To restore balance, the construction of the giant space station on the other side also began.
Meanwhile, the first batch of elves who had applied for space construction finally arrived in the Dinosaur World.
Among them, the elves Annasi and Valentine Vanessa actually passed the assessment and arrived here.
Su Han met the first batch of elves in the giant space station under construction.
There were only ten elves who had applied and passed the assessment.
Su Han immediately spotted Annasi and Valentine Vanessa.
"You two actually passed the assessment."
Annasi and Valentine Vanessa exchanged glances and then chuckled, "The knowledge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry was truly profound."
"But that's why we're geniuses!"
"I feel my talent in this area is even stronger than in magic cultivation."
The two chattered away.
Su Han said, "Alright, no more talking. Be quiet now. Since you are here, you will work according to your captain's instructions."
Annasi and Valentine Vanessa nodded repeatedly, indicating they understood.
Then, Annasi and Valentine Vanessa, led by their captain, departed.
On the first day, they did not immediately start working but began to tour the facility.
Within this giant space station, many areas were yet to be completed, but some areas were already finished and had air.
The captain led them to visit a kilometer-class dock.
Annasi and Valentine Vanessa let out exclamations of awe.
"So amazing! It's so enormous, and it's made entirely of metal!"
"Even a city isn't this vast!"
"Long Country is truly powerful. It was a wise decision for our elven race to join Long Country."