Interstellar Energy Tycoon.

After half an hour.

The red light beam, which spanned a distance of about [-] million kilometers, hit the snail-shell-shaped back of 'Zhantian' precisely, with an error of no more than ten meters.

The Zhantian, which has obtained sufficient energy supply, sent the planned return route to the command and control center on the Azure Star in advance after some preparations, so that the star ring reflector can accurately supply energy according to the return route, time and acceleration data.

Subsequently.

The 150 high-thrust ion engines at the bottom of the 'Zhantian' entered into an explosive working state at the same time, all emitting blue-purple tail flames, generating a huge pulling force of 1.5 tons.

This pulling force not only allowed the "Zhantian" to start accelerating, but also pulled the platinum comet weighing about 60 tons, and changed its speed and direction along with it.

But because the combined mass of the spacecraft and the comet is too large, even if the pulling force is very considerable, the overall acceleration is only 0.0025G, which can be described as very weak.

Under such acceleration, the overall speed will only increase by 2.16 kilometers per second when sailing continuously for one day.

Counting the comet's original speed of 28 kilometers per second, it is estimated that after three months, it will be difficult to accelerate to 300 kilometers per second, and it will not be able to reach the vicinity of the blue star.

However, the most valuable thing about a platinum comet is its metal core, and most of the material on its outer shell are worthless chicken ribs, which have little value and will only slow down the speed.

Therefore, during the return voyage, the crew on the Zhantian will control the spaceship to process the platinum comet in advance, excavate and cut out the inorganic salts, silicates, water ice and other substances, crush them and import them into the working medium cabin to replenish the working medium for the Zhantian, and finally in the form of ions, it is ejected by the engine.

The four spaceships can mine 6000 tons at a time, can run back and forth [-] times a day, and process a total of [-] tons of low-value materials, all of which are consumed as reverse thrust working fluids—the reason why they are not thrown away directly is because it will bring about the problem of space junk.

That is, the mass of the platinum comet will decrease by 1% every day.

The thrust of the engine remains basically the same, and even enters the state of extreme explosion, and the thrust is increased by 50%—the premise is not to care about the excessive consumption of working fluid.

So one trades off the other.

The acceleration is increasing every day, and the speed increases faster and faster.

20 days later, on September 10rd.

The overall speed of the Zhantian and the Platinum Comet has increased to about 110 kilometers per second, and they can travel nearly 50 million kilometers a day, and are expected to arrive near the blue star in [-] days.

But not enough.

This speed is still far from enough.

We have to continue to accelerate, and strive to reach the vicinity of Azure Star within 30 days, without thinking about how to slow down. At that time, Xingyuan Group will send dozens of aerospace transport planes to assist in the violent deceleration and achieve the final "big brake"!
The crew on the Zhantian immediately increased the workload of the spaceship after receiving the order from the headquarters. The low-value cometary material processed every day increased to more than 8000 tons. If a small amount of metal material was excavated, it would be crushed and screened out, and then transferred to the spacecraft warehouse. In a few days, it exceeded 1500 tons, filling the warehouse, and then had to occupy two-thirds of the working medium compartment. As a temporary warehouse, it is estimated that it can hold a total of 3500 tons of high-value minerals.

……

Another 20 days passed.

11 month 21 day.

The mass of the platinum comet has been reduced to just over 30 tons, and there is no way to divide it anymore, because the rest are almost all metal alloys, with very few non-metallic components, and it becomes more difficult to physically divide it with a robotic arm, and there is no need to make divisions.

Then use various component analysis equipment to analyze the metal core, and get the proportion of the main components as follows:

Nickel element 37.5%

Iron element 18.6%

Platinum element 9.8%

Copper element 4.9%

Silver element 2.7%

Gold element 0.6%

Rare Earth Elements 0.3%

Silicon, oxygen, carbon and other low-value elements content 20%

Then calculate according to the metal price on the blue star.

More than 11 tons of stainless steel raw material nickel, worth 10 per ton, can be sold for more than 110 billion.

More than 5.5 tons of iron elements, worth 1000 yuan per ton, can be sold for more than 5500 million.

About 3 tons of platinum element, the market price is 300 yuan per gram, 3 million yuan per ton, and the total value is 9 trillion yuan.

About 1.5 tons of copper, the market price is 6 yuan per ton, and the value is about 9 million.

About 0.8 tons of silver, the market price is 3 yuan per gram, 300 million yuan per ton, and the value is about 240 billion.

About 1800 tons of gold, the market price is 500 yuan per gram, 5 million yuan per ton, the total value of gold is about 0.9 trillion.

The remaining 900 tons of rare earths and other elements are worth about 5 million, which is negligible.

Plus the 3500 tons of minerals and several tons of gold collected by the crew of the Battle Sky.

The values ​​of the above minerals are all added together.

It has reached 9.95 trillion!

It is no problem to say that it is ten trillion.

This is much more than what the experts originally estimated. The amount of platinum contained inside has fully doubled. It can be seen that the experts' estimates are obviously conservative. This platinum comet is indeed a real platinum comet!
Xingyuan Group has opened a super big blind box, and the income it can earn is obviously more than originally imagined, and this is the excitement of the space fishing and mining industry, because there will really be surprises beyond surprises!

at this time.

The combined speed of Zhantian and Platinum Comet has increased to more than 230 kilometers per second, and it can cover a distance of nearly 2000 million kilometers in one day.

At this moment, the distance between the spacecraft and the comet and the azure star has shrunk to less than 2.5 million kilometers, and they are still accelerating slowly. It is estimated that they will arrive near the azure star in ten days, and they must be prepared for violent deceleration.

The Xingyuan Group also dispatched a large number of aerospace transport planes and energy relay satellites in advance to a position about 1000 million kilometers away from the Azure Star, making full preparations for the response. As soon as the platinum comet comes, it will swarm up and brake violently. It will force it to slow down to zero within two days, which means preparing for a million-ton pulling force. This is not a small challenge for the Xingyuan Group, but it is not a big problem.

It is also very worthwhile, because it is a platinum comet worth about 10 trillion!
……

11 month 28 day.

There is still a distance of about 1 million kilometers, and the Zhantian, which is dragging the 1973X6 platinum comet, will be able to reach the vicinity of the Azure Star. Of course, it is not aimed at the Azure Star. Even if the brakes are not slowed down in time, it will pass by the nearest 100 million kilometers from the Azure Star. There is no risk of hitting the Azure Star. After all, once it hits it, human extinction is possible.

even so.

After the distance is shortened to this extent.

The space agencies of various countries have reacted. Using various sensor equipment, they have noticed the existence of Zhantian and the Platinum Comet, and then calculated their orbital parameters, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

What is Xingyuan Group trying to do?
Why did you suddenly send a spaceship to pull a large meteorite over?

Although judging from the current orbit, the probability of collision is very low, but if Xingyuan Group does something to make the meteorite turn a corner, all human beings will be in danger.

Therefore, after the space agencies of various countries expressed their serious concerns and protests, they were exposed by the media, which immediately attracted the attention of global public opinion and caused great panic. (end of this chapter)