Ling Feng was not only shocked, but also felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

In the honeycomb-like underground holes, every one of them had one of those giant worms inside!

Just within the range scanned by his Divine Sense, he saw at least a thousand of them!

And the interior of this planet is very large; the number is simply incalculable!

Seeing this scene, Ling Feng said to the Lord of the Blue Sea, "It seems that besides mining, this place can also be transformed into a ranch!"

"Occupying a planet, developing and harvesting food will take quite a manpower!" said the Lord of the Blue Sea.

"It’s okay; there are plenty of people. The important thing is to meet everyone’s needs, that’s the big project!" said Ling Feng.

"Fortunately, there’s air here; building a base won’t be difficult!"

Ling Feng smiled and continued, "I’ll have to ask Yao to come over and help me with this later!"

He was busy mining and had no time. Establishing a base and even hunting and processing factories on this planet would certainly need someone to be in charge.

Yao also has a large spaceship, and it’s ideal for her to take on this task.

Ling Feng even started planning for the future. Once this kind of food is produced in batches, it would be ideal if everyone on Earth could receive a portion each month.

With such a basic guarantee, humanity’s chance of getting sick will greatly diminish, their physique will improve rapidly, and there’s a higher chance of producing more Superpower Users.

With the overall physical quality of the human race improved, creativity will also rise significantly.

This had Ling Feng thinking about the future space colonization plan again.

But just as he was daydreaming, the voice from the Spaceship System came through his headset: "Master, the mining workers discovered something; do you want to come back and see?"

"Hmm? What did they discover?" Ling Feng asked.

"Essence Core, a conglomerate with 99% mineral content." the Spaceship System said.

"Such a valuable thing?"

Ling Feng’s eyes widened upon hearing this and immediately said, "I’ll go back now. Let everyone continue mining; if there are many Essence Cores, then forget the ordinary minerals, focus on collecting them!"

"Understood, Master."

The Spaceship System said this once more before going silent.

Ling Feng didn’t linger underground; he quickly returned to the surface, seeing that the roasted giant worm still had more than half remaining. He felt his Space Ring couldn’t hold it all, so he reluctantly selected a ten-meter-long section and used Kai Tian to cut it down and placed it in the Ring.

Then he jumped onto the Ghost Dragon and returned to the mining site.

At this time, there were transport vehicles returning the collected minerals to the spaceship’s cargo hold. Ling Feng also saw the reported Essence Cores from the Spaceship System.

The size of these was larger than he imagined, with a diameter exceeding a meter, all in silver-white, shimmering with a metallic sheen.

Seeing that more than ten Essence Cores had been collected, Ling Feng immediately asked, "System, with these Essence Cores, can we shorten our collection time?"

"Yes, Master. We only need a hundred Essence Cores and that will be enough!" the Spaceship System said.

"Great, then let everyone focus on collecting them; we’ll use the saved time for another task!" Ling Feng nodded and said.

Since it was decided to build a base on this planet, there’s no need to wait for Yao’s spaceship to arrive to start; it’s best to leave some foundation here now.

Once the decision was made, the Spaceship System assisted the mining workers in locating Essence Cores, collecting over a hundred pieces in just a few hours, successfully completing the task.

Subsequently, various machinery went into operation, excavating the foundation of the base.

Ling Feng named this planet Ranch Planet, marking it as the first resource planet of the Ling’s Universe Development Group.

After completing the basic construction, Yao’s spaceship also arrived.

After discussing the situation face-to-face, she immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I’ll take care of the construction here, ensuring it’s completed in the shortest time possible!"

"Then it’s all up to you. I’ll leave a batch of Mechanical Soldiers here; try hunting and see how to deal with those worms!" Ling Feng said.

"Okay!"

Yao nodded and then said, "Go about your business; you don’t have to worry about this place."

Ling Feng smiled, patted her shoulder, and said no more.

Then the spaceship departed, heading to the next mining site. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

On the journey, Ling Feng thought to himself, feeling that his abilities were still somewhat lacking. If there were a means to extract resources directly from the planet, he wouldn’t have to use a large number of personnel each time, like ants eating an elephant; it wastes too much time!

But on second thought, he felt his thinking was a little too inflated.

To collect resources from a planet with just a reach of a hand, although exhilarating, is nearly impossible. If such an ability truly existed, wouldn’t he be able to conquer the entire universe?

At that point, it seemed that nothing would be interesting anymore.

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The mining schedule was tight. Ling Feng visited several planets successively, smoothly collecting the needed metal minerals, leaving only one last element needed to create the alloy.

And this was precisely the most elusive one, not even found in the core data of the Super Wargod.

On the Star Map provided by Athena, only one planet contained this mineral, and peculiarly, this planet was marked with a red symbol.

Ling Feng didn’t know what it meant, but he also understood that upon arrival, it would naturally become clear.

The warp engine activated, and the spaceship vanished into the void, reappearing in a brand new star system.

This was a planetary system similar to the Solar System, with a blazing Star surrounded by six planets in orbit. The mineral was found on the outermost one.

The spaceship manifested; looking through the window at the dim blue planet, Ling Feng asked, "System, what is on that planet?"

"Reporting to Master, that is an ice layer."

"Oh, scan for the mineral’s location; this is the last urgently needed mineral, and we must obtain it!" Ling Feng said solemnly.

"Understood, Master!"

The spaceship’s radar started and scanned the planet.

A moment later, the system said to Ling Feng, "Master, the mineral we need is beneath the ice layer, at a depth of around seven hundred meters, all in Essence Core form, so collecting it should not be difficult!"

"Is that so?"

Ling Feng thought, scratching his head. Since it’s quite simple, why was it marked specially on the Star Map?

After a moment of contemplation, he said to the system, "Spaceship, don’t approach for now; be ready for battle. I’ll go down to scout with a Miniature Spaceship!"

"Understood, Master!"

Ling Feng left the control room, went to the cargo hold, and found a Miniature Spaceship.

He quickly left the mothership and headed toward the blue planet.

As he approached, Ling Feng began to feel a unique energy wave.