Li Zixuan’s plan was simple: use the resources at hand to reinforce the spaceship, salvage a mission objective fragment nearby, which is a Dark Spiritual Power Fragment imprinted with a Purification Array, and then use the fragment’s power to further protect the spaceship from the influence of the Crimson Light, thereby leading everyone to hold out here until rescue arrives, or to escape safely.

Under normal circumstances, their plan would definitely not work, as ever since the Emperor started awakening, the power of the Crimson Light had been further enhanced, and the Purification Array had already begun to lose its effect.

But coincidentally, this spaceship had just collected a large amount of spirit stone veins, and by using these spirit stone veins, they could greatly enhance the efficiency of the Purification Array, thus further weakening the influence of the Crimson Light.

"The plan is a bit risky, but it seems we have no other option now. Waiting for death is not the style of the Anti-Demon Army. Commander, please give the order!"

Marklos gathered everyone and communicated the current situation and the next steps.

Although everyone was shocked and despairing upon hearing that the Emperor had already awakened, crying in place would not solve the problem. The people who could be here had psychological resilience beyond the ordinary, so when they learned about this plan, they all began to act.

The people present were called miners, but in reality, this was just a short form for "Anti-Demon Alliance Exploration and Mining Department Engineers". Their professional abilities were top-notch, and each person had some experience in the simple extraction of spirit stones from veins. In just five hours, they had processed a large batch of spirit stones.

During this time, Li Zixuan and others were certainly not just waiting idly. They searched the entire spaceship to ensure there were no missed Desert Worms, and only then were they relieved.

Next came the repair work on the spaceship. Killing the insects inside wasn’t enough; the source needed to be secured to prevent new insects from getting in.

Fortunately, Meng Meimei was an expert in this area, as a logistics support expert skilled in repair skills. She used materials on hand, directly using spirit stones to seal off and repair the damaged breaches, quickly filling them, and solving the spaceship damage issue.

Then they performed a second check of the spaceship, ensuring there were no hidden monsters and only then were they thoroughly relieved.

"The spirit stones have almost all been mined, we can use this batch of spirit stones to first try repairing the communication device, and it would be even better if we can contact the Molmos Level!"

Yin Rao suggested.

Li Zixuan glanced at Meng Meimei beside him, his eyes revealing a questioning look.

Meng Meimei nodded vigorously, although the recent repair work was exhausting, she just wished to pass out asleep immediately.

But now was not the time to claim exhaustion, anyway, there was pretty much nothing left for her to do later, so she decided to hold on a little longer to maximize the benefits she could bring to the team.

Everyone was bringing out their greatest potential at this time, and the extraction work proceeded smoothly. Five hours later, they almost had the spirit stone reserve necessary to reinforce the Purification Array.

Li Zixuan immediately led everyone to the control room, personally taking the captain’s seat, and began commanding others to operate the spaceship.

He was the only one present with this skill. As a professional ship captain, he had to know something about various types of spaceships. At this moment, with the support and instructions from the onboard intelligent assistant, he barely managed to get this behemoth operating.

The speed of 9300 was certainly not as fast as the Mad Bee, and by the time it slowly approached a Dark Spiritual Artifact Fragment, two hours had already passed.

The salvage process was relatively smooth, but just as the item was about to be retrieved, everyone was shocked to find something seemingly sneaking out of a nearby asteroid.

"Careful! It’s Desert Worms! There are also Desert Worms hiding in there!!"

Marklos couldn’t help but exclaim as he looked at the image displayed on the projection. They were previously ambushed by these damned insects suddenly leaping out from an asteroid; this scene was unforgettable for him.

Luckily, Li Zixuan reacted promptly. Just as those insects were about to emerge and ambush the 9300, he steered it away in time, and the spaceship narrowly avoided these creatures.

"Why are there so many insects, where on earth did they come from!?"

Marklos was both shocked and angry, and the others looked as if they had narrowly escaped death; the spaceship couldn’t withstand another ordeal, and this asteroid’s mass and size were obviously much larger than the previous one, who knew how many insects were hidden inside.

"These Desert Worms might have been projected here due to the Great Fusion, but they encountered the being in the Prism, the Emperor. In order not to be influenced by the Crimson Light, they hid inside the asteroid as soon as possible, which led to what happened afterward."

Yin Rao speculated based on the current situation, and it seemed highly probable.

It was at this time that they gradually realized that almost all the asteroids in this nearby asteroid belt had some abnormalities. After careful observation, Li Zixuan concluded that many of the nearby asteroids were hiding Desert Worms.