Star Fleet: Age of Lords.

Chapter 73 Starseed
After staying outside the white hole for a day, the starship set sail again and headed towards the inner area.

Along the way, they encountered many starships that were collecting dark matter and dark energy. These carriers were modified and equipped with professional collection equipment. Some used the same mechanical arms as Feng Mo, and some used more advanced traction beams.

In particular, a T4 carrier uses the most advanced optical tweezers beam, which emits an optical tweezers beam at the bottom of the starship. Any luminous meteorites or asteroids encountered will be automatically transmitted to the starship's warehouse through the beam.

Feng Mo looked at it with envy. This extremely efficient approach also attracted the attention of many starships. Then he looked at the emblem of the T4 carrier. It turned out to belong to the Chu family. No wonder they were so well prepared.

It’s a pity that Feng Mo has not yet mastered this technology, otherwise he would have to equip it with T3 reindeer equipment.

The inner area of ​​the white hole is not very large. After two and a half days of searching by nearly a hundred starships, almost nothing of value has been found. Now there are less than six hours left before leaving.

Most starships chose to slowly sail toward the periphery, collecting useful raw materials along the way, but Feng Mo was different. He ordered the starships to stay where they were. The raw materials collected now were still a long way from being enough to build a T4 Hurricane-class star battleship.

But he hasn't given up yet, because within the remaining six hours, the white hole might erupt once, and Feng Mo is betting that the white hole will erupt again.

Time passed bit by bit. Hua Qin, who was standing next to Feng Mo, wanted to speak many times but held it back. Her past experience taught her that the commander's orders were always correct.

Another three hours passed, and Hua Qin finally couldn't bear it anymore and said:

"Commander, let's return."

"Huaqin, turn on the star shield to maximum power and tell the crew to prepare for collection. The white hole is about to erupt again!"

Feng Mo stood up and shouted excitedly. Hua Qin looked at the holographic image on the main console and saw a white hole with a diameter of 3 km constantly shrinking and expanding, with a large amount of interstellar matter continuously pouring out from the center.

"Yes!"

At Feng Mo's command, everyone started moving immediately. The starship set sail directly and arrived at a location less than five kilometers away from the white hole. This location could be said to be very dangerous. If they were not careful, they would be hit by the micro-asteroids ejected by the white hole, causing great damage to the starship.

Fortunately, Feng Mo had prepared to turn on the star shield to maximum power, which helped the carrier ship to withstand a lot of impact.

If the interstellar matter ejected by the white hole is compared to a long river of storm, then the T3 Reindeer at this time is like a small boat, blown to pieces.

However, the eight telescopic robotic arms also took this opportunity to store a number of large pieces of dark matter raw materials and dark energy crystals into the warehouse.

However, a large amount of interstellar matter was sprayed onto the star shield, causing the star shield's energy to continue to decline.

"Warning! Star shield energy remaining 90%.85%.80%."

"Commander, let's return. We have already harvested enough. It is enough to return to the outer periphery to pick up some small interstellar materials. It is too dangerous now."

Hua Qin shouted loudly, and as the energy of the star shield decreased, he fell into great anxiety.

Feng Mo's eyes were red at this time, and he was constantly operating a retractable mechanical arm to grab various interstellar materials in the storm.

At the same time, he was paying attention to the energy of the Star Shield. When the energy of the Star Shield was only 20% left, Feng Mo remained unmoved in the face of Hua Qin's dissuasion, and shouted loudly:

"Order, everyone tighten your belts and prepare for the final interstellar matter storm!"

"Warning! Star shield energy remaining 10%.5%."

"Warning! Star shield energy has been exhausted!"

In an instant, a large amount of interstellar matter sprayed onto the hull of the T3 Reindeer, shaking the starship from side to side. Fortunately, Feng Mo and other crew members locked the fixing belts in advance so they were not thrown away by the impact force.

As time passed, the impact gradually disappeared, and Feng Mo couldn't help but laugh and said:

"Haha, what do you think? You have to take a gamble. Life is a gamble. How can you win if you don't gamble?"

This time the white hole continued to erupt for nearly an hour. As the eruption ended, the area surrounding the starship was filled with all kinds of interstellar matter. What a great harvest!
All of this was calculated by Feng Mo. The information provided by Chu Yunjian recorded that each white hole eruption lasted between half an hour and one and a half hours.

Feng Mo tested it at first and determined that the star shield could withstand at least an hour, so he did not return immediately, but chose to go upstream instead.

Now the result is very obvious. This is a huge harvest. We have gained a lot in the storm just now. Not only have we collected enough materials to build a T4 Hurricane-class interstellar battleship, but we have also obtained a glowing asteroid. It is estimated that there should be an interstellar seed in it.

Now there is only one and a half hours left, and one hour must be reserved for returning, which means there is only half an hour left for collecting. If Feng Mo hadn't ordered to collect interstellar matter in the storm, they might not have enough time. "There is exactly one hour left before the end time, all starships please return immediately, all starships please return immediately, all starships please return now."

A burst of electronic sound rang out, and Feng Mo was surprised. The magnetic field fluctuations around the white hole were very large, but the outside world could still communicate through technological means. As one of the top three empires in the Federation, the Huiyao Empire had a very high level of technology.

Feng Mo was very envious of this technology. He would definitely get it if he had the chance, as well as the optical tweezers collection technology.

"Huaqin, prepare to return. I'll go to the hangar first."

After Feng Mo finished speaking, he took two male crew members and a robot holding a lead box and walked towards the No. 6 hangar. After intelligent identification and opening the hatch, the three of them walked into the hangar.

Most of the light here is of various colors. It is not bright, but rather dim. These interstellar materials carry radiation, but Feng Mo and the other two are wearing combat uniforms and are not afraid.

Feng Mo and his three crew members searched for a long time and finally found the glowing asteroid they had just fished out. It was a miniature asteroid with a diameter of ten meters, and its surface emitted a faint blue light.

Looking at the huge monster in front of him, Feng Mo was already impatient. The value of this interstellar seed was very high. At the auction held in the star network space, the average price of an interstellar seed was more than 10 million star coins.

Feng Mo commanded two crew members to use a handheld laser cutter to cut the asteroid into five pieces, leaving a cube about half a meter long and wide in the middle.

After taking out the cube, use a laser cutter to grind off the outer shell bit by bit, similar to cutting jadeite raw stone, grinding it bit by bit to cut out the flesh inside.

This is a green sphere with a diameter of about ten centimeters. Feng Mo has never seen the material of this sphere before. The surface emits a strong green light. This is the interstellar seed.

In order to activate it and know its efficacy, professional equipment is needed. Feng Mo does not have it now, and he will need Chu Yunjian's help after he goes out.

Feng Mo put the interstellar seeds into a lead box. Lead can effectively isolate the radiation emitted by the interstellar seeds and play a role in preservation.

After dealing with the interstellar seeds, Feng Mo returned to the main control room alone. At this time, the starship had already sailed out of the white hole range and the radar had been fully restored. After seeing Feng Mo coming back, Hua Qin was the first to report:
"Commander, the T3 Reindeer star shield has run out of energy, and the starship's external armor has lost 13%. Miss Chu and Commander Al have just had a video call. Please give us your instructions."

Feng Mo sat back in the captain's chair, checked the starship damage data first and then said:
"Connect Chu Yunjian's video call."

"Yes!"

The video was quickly connected, and looking at Miss Chu on the other side, Feng Mo spoke first:

"Yunjian, I got an interstellar seed and cut it out. I would like to ask you to help test the efficacy of the seed."

Chu Yunjian on the other side of the video said without further ado:

"Well, the fleet will temporarily dock at the star port. My second uncle has special testing equipment. You can come with me to meet my second uncle with the interstellar seeds."

"Okay, we'll reach the star port in half an hour. See you in half an hour."

Feng Mo hung up the video after he finished speaking, then dialed Ai'er's video call. After the call was connected, he heard an interesting piece of news.

"Are you saying that the Demon Galaxy is going to engage in slave trade with the Fengmo Galaxy?" After the video was connected, Ai'er repeated what happened in the Demon Galaxy. Fengmo was still a little bit unbelievable, but he soon figured it out.

It was because of Ai'er that he had always regarded the Demon Galaxy as an enemy, but the demon lord didn't know that he suddenly had a number one enemy.

All of this was taken for granted in Feng Mo's subconscious mind. After understanding, Feng Mo continued:
"Since they are so sincere, if we don't do this business, it would seem like we look down on them. Al replied to them, we will accept the business, but I want 1 billion people in the first batch. Remember, they must be mainly humans and humanoids."

"No matter how much they ask for, bargain all the way down, cut off 30% directly. If you agree, give them a year to prepare, and the transaction will be completed on time one year from now. Let Siliya negotiate this matter, and be tough."

Feng Mo hung up the video after he finished speaking. One year was enough time. Feng Mo did not forget the promise he made to Ai'er. When he had a T4 fleet, he would definitely lead his troops to declare war on the Demon Galaxy!
These one billion people can be regarded as the interest for Al's wandering for so many years. He must take advantage of the past year to deal with the Bai family and build the Hurricane. Only then will he have the confidence to turn against the Demon Galaxy.

In fact, Feng Mo's ideas go far beyond these. The Demon Galaxy is a top-notch medium-sized galaxy, more than eight times the size of a small galaxy like the Storm Galaxy. The resources contained in it are not much worse than those of the large galaxy Yunshan Galaxy.

This is a galaxy suitable for establishing a country. If it can be taken over and used as the main galaxy, and then a quasi-T5 starship can be built, Feng Mo can apply to the Federation to establish a kingdom.

Fighting in the starry sea, conquering the starry sea, and ruling the starry sea, these are the ultimate romance for men!

Although it is still a bit far to say these now, these can become Feng Mo’s long-term goals. Without goals, there is no motivation to move forward.

(End of this chapter)