Lin Yuan quickly scanned through the information, genuinely astonished. Goodness, how could a mere one-cubic-meter iron hunk be capable of mining 900 types of basic and composite ores while also performing synthesis and smelting? If he could bring this back to the 21st century, wouldn’t he strike it rich?
“What a great find!”
Lin Yuan sighed in admiration and immediately decided to input 0 units of Standard Energy into the F1-class intelligent mining vehicle. He felt that his future happiness might depend entirely on this machine.
The energy input process was swift and completed in an instant; Lin Yuan didn’t even notice it happening. In fact, he still hadn’t figured out where the energy stored in his body was coming from, but he wasn’t inclined to ponder such complex matters.
At that moment, as the energy transfer finished, a faint, almost imperceptible buzzing sound emerged. The F1-class intelligent mining vehicle, which had previously shown no gaps at all, suddenly expanded ten centimeters on all four sides, resembling a blooming flower bud. Lin Yuan, the country bumpkin, watched in amazement.
As the four protective panels opened up, two tracks emerged to support the vehicle. These tracks were exquisitely crafted and spun rapidly back and forth, clearly indicating powerful mechanics at work.
In between these two tracks was a rectangular black box whose contents were unknown. However, at that moment, a clever-looking LCD panel popped up above the black box. A series of numbers flickered across the screen until a mechanical voice echoed once more.
“Energy replenished. Energy has reached minimum operational standards and is above the warning line. It can remain on standby for thirty years. At level one intensity, it can operate continuously for forty-eight hours. Please input a sixty-eight-digit password command within one minute to proceed with the next operation. Thank you for your cooperation!”
“Uh—password command?”
Lin Yuan was taken aback upon hearing this. What the hell? How was he supposed to know the password? When he received the energy earlier, there hadn’t been any mention of needing a password command! And now it required an absurdly long sixty-eight-digit password? This was pure ingratitude! Was this twenty units of Standard Energy going to be wasted just like that?
“Please input a sixty-eight-digit password command within one minute. Thank you for your cooperation.”
The F1-class intelligent mining vehicle kept repeating this phrase, but to Lin Yuan’s ears, it sounded utterly sarcastic. Furious, he raised his Mechanical Arm and smashed the password input panel to pieces with a loud crack! What nonsense was this password? To hell with it!
"Beep, password command incorrect. Warning, System malfunction. Activating backup System. Please input command! Thank you for your cooperation!" The mechanical voice echoed once more, but this time, as the voice faded, another Virtual Screen appeared before Lin Yuan.
"Eh?" Initially thinking he had suffered a major loss, Lin Yuan was suddenly filled with joy upon seeing the Virtual Screen. It didn’t require any password input; instead, it was divided into three diamond-shaped areas, each clearly labeled: Exploration, Mining, and Synthesis Refinement.
Lin Yuan first tapped on the Exploration option, and several choices appeared below: Basic Exploration, Intermediate Exploration, and Advanced Exploration. Only the Basic Exploration option was active, while the Intermediate and Advanced options were grayed out.
Under the Mining option, there was a plethora of choices—coal, oil, steel, copper, aluminum, and so forth.
As for the Synthesis Refinement options, they were equally numerous, featuring various metal refining products that Lin Yuan had never seen or heard of before. There were even options for shaping materials, such as forged steel and angle steel. In Lin Yuan's view, as long as he had enough unit energy and some mechanical and assembly knowledge, creating a car would be no problem at all.
For a moment, Lin Yuan was lost in thought; if he could build a supercar, wouldn’t that be incredibly cool?
However, his excitement didn’t last long. As he carefully examined the refining options again, he suddenly noticed a detail: the Enhancement Level.
This term was no stranger to Lin Yuan, as it represented his own strength. When he first awakened, his Enhancement Level was only 0.45—pathetically low. It had only barely reached 45 by now, illustrating just how difficult it was to improve that level!
Yet in the list of options for the F1-class Intellect mining vehicle, Lin Yuan clearly saw that the Enhancement Level of familiar copper was only 0.001, while iron had an Enhancement Level of just 0.1. The Special Alloy Steel had an Enhancement Level of 0.5, and Carbon Fiber had an Enhancement Level of 4.5. In fact, none of the materials that appeared very sturdy to him exceeded an Enhancement Level of 1.
Wasn’t this implying that all the resources collected by this seemingly powerful F1-class intelligent mining vehicle were worthless?
Previously, Lin Yuan had mockingly thought his own physique was too weak; little did he know that his frame made of Carbon Fiber was not inferior to steel. Now his body was even more powerful than he could have imagined with an Enhancement Level of 45.
What a joke! He had been planning to use this mining vehicle to construct a super defensive fortress!
It seemed that this F1-level intelligent mining vehicle was already outdated!
For a moment, Lin Yuan felt somewhat disheartened, realizing that using standards from a century ago to assess this future world was utterly pointless.
Finally, Lin Yuan thoroughly checked what the mining vehicle could extract, focusing on the highest Enhancement Level available. To his surprise, he discovered a very familiar name at the bottom of the list: Centrifugal Stone Ore.
"Centrifugal Stone Ore, the key mineral to unlock the Cosmic Calendar. The latest Cosmic Energy—one kilogram of Centrifugal Stone Ore can generate one hundred thousand Standard Energy Units. Its reserves are extremely limited; currently, only a few resource planets can produce it in large quantities."
"One hundred thousand Standard Energy! No way!"
Lin Yuan felt his mind racing. His current capacity could only store 400 units of Standard Energy. If it was one hundred thousand units, that would last him several lifetimes! Even if he could mine just one kilogram or even a few grams, it would be fantastic! He just didn't know where to mine it.
As Lin Yuan was lost in thought, he suddenly heard a howling wind outside. He quickly adjusted his Auditory Radar to generate Three-Dimensional Projection images from various angles. To his astonishment, he saw what appeared to be numerous thumb-sized stones rapidly descending from the sky. Before he could comprehend what was happening, the last Three-Dimensional Projection revealed an incredibly shocking scene: a massive sandstorm was roaring toward him, sweeping up countless debris from the ruins and hurling them into the air with a thunderous crash!
Such immense force caused even the vehicle where Lin Yuan was hiding to shake violently, as if it might be blown away at any moment.
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