I started by watching videos, and I chose 10,000 combat power.

Luo Fei walked from the lounge to the cockpit and stood in front of the porthole.

He raised his right hand, palm up, fingers spread, and stared at his palm.

The ability to amplify combat power already existed within his body, but he hadn't yet used it. He didn't know what it would feel like to unleash twenty times his combat power at full strength, nor whether he could control that power when it erupted.

He really wanted to try, but couldn't be near Earth.

Xiao Wan's voice came through the speaker: "Captain, after the mothership completed its first space jump, the artificial intelligence 'Zero' detected a planet nearby that could potentially support life during its recharging process and transmitted the relevant data to me."

"I cross-referenced this data with the locations of potentially habitable planets previously discovered and named by astronomers on Earth, as well as with star maps."

"The results show that this planet is very likely the 'Tiga b' planet that astronomers on Earth have been referring to, located about 9.8 light-years from Earth. However, the mothership has already made its second space jump and is now far away from that region."

Luo Fei tapped his finger lightly on the frame of the porthole.

9.8 light-years is not far.

The Wannian Falcon can reach it with a single space jump.

Moreover, the possibility of life on this planet is far more interesting than simply searching for an empty area of ​​space.

He said, "Locate Tiga B, initiate a space jump, and go check it out."

Xiao Wan replied: "Received. Target: Tiga B. Space jump in preparation. Engine charging..."

It paused briefly, then said, "We have arrived."

The view outside the window transformed into a blue-green planet.

Xiao Wan began reporting the data: "Captain, Tiga B, its diameter is approximately 1.2 times that of Earth, and its surface gravity is approximately 1.3 times that of Earth."

"This planet has an atmosphere, mainly composed of nitrogen and oxygen in a similar ratio to Earth, but with a slightly higher oxygen concentration. Liquid water exists, with surface water covering approximately 60 percent of the surface. The average surface temperature is about 15 degrees Celsius, reaching as high as 40 degrees Celsius at the equator."

Its star is an M-type red dwarf. The planet is located within the habitable zone and theoretically has the conditions to support life.

Luo Fei looked at the blue-green planet and said, "Let's go down and take a look."

He walked to the equipment room and took down two palm-sized handheld scanners from the shelf. They had silver-white casings and were the perfect size to hold in the palm of his hand.

He put one of them into his ring and held the other in his hand. He then took out a live-streaming ball, not for live streaming, but for recording.

He put the live-streaming ball into his ring, walked to the hatch, and turned back to ask, "Xiao Wan, how many days will it take for the spaceship to recharge in space?"

Xiao Wan replied, "Captain, this is the longest space jump we've ever made. The engines need to be fully charged before we can make the next jump. It's expected to take about three days."

Luo Fei nodded, pushed open the hatch, and flew out.

The atmosphere of Tigarden b is thicker than that of Earth.

He passed through the clouds and saw the ground.

The ground was not a barren gray, but green.

But this green is not the emerald green of the blue planet, but a darker grayish-green.

The ground is covered with large areas of vegetation.

He landed in an open area.

The air was filled with the smell of damp, fermenting soil. It wasn't unpleasant; it smelled a bit like the forest after a rain on Earth, but it was stronger and more primal.

He crouched down and touched the plants on the ground with his hand.

It is a small fern that grows close to the ground. Its leaves are thick and covered with a waxy coating that feels slippery to the touch, as if they are coated with oil.

He scanned the plants with a scanner, and lines of text immediately appeared on the screen: "Unknown species. Composition: cellulose, lignin, chlorophyll analogs. Non-toxic. Water content approximately 70%. Distantly related to blue star ferns, but with a similar ecological niche."

He stood up and looked around.

There is a grove of trees in the distance.

The trees there were completely different from the trees on Earth. They had no branching branches, only a single trunk, topped with a huge umbrella-shaped cluster of leaves.

The leaves are dark green with serrated edges.

The trunk was grayish-white with a smooth surface. He scanned the trunk with a scanner, and the text on the screen updated: "Unknown species. The trunk contains lignin and cellulose, and its hardness is similar to pine. Non-toxic."

Luo Fei rose from the ground and flew into the air.

He spent half a day browsing on Tigab.

He flew from the equator to the poles, from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere. He saw vast plains covered with vegetation.

The mountains are towering, their peaks covered with white ice caps.

The river flows down from the mountain and into the lake, where the water is so clear that you can see the stones and sand at the bottom.

But there were no fish or any signs of aquatic animals in the water.

He landed in a valley.

The valley is flanked by steep cliffs covered with vines that cascade down from the mountaintops like green waterfalls.

At the bottom of the valley, there is a stream with shallow, crystal-clear water.

He squatted by the stream, cupped his hands in his hands, and scooped up a mouthful of water. The water was icy cold and slightly astringent.

He scanned the water with a scanner, and the results showed that it contained trace minerals, was non-toxic, and was safe to drink.

He walked up the stream, deeper into the valley. The humidity in the air increased, and the vegetation became more and more lush, some even reaching his waist.

He conjured a basin-sized disc to clear a path in front of him, and the disc flew in front of him, cutting down the ferns blocking his way at the roots.

After walking for about a few hundred meters, the valley suddenly opened up, revealing a flat area where some different plants were growing.

It is a herbaceous plant with long, narrow leaves that have no serrated edges and are covered with a layer of fine hairs.

He scanned it with the scanner, and the text on the screen made him pause slightly: "Herbal plant, unknown species. Component analysis: Contains multiple secondary metabolites, three of which are highly similar in structure to Blue Star ginsenosides, and two are highly similar in structure to Ganoderma lucidum triterpenes."

"Medicinal effects: Preliminary assessment suggests that it has effects such as enhancing immunity, anti-fatigue, and anti-aging. Age estimation: Based on the size of the plant and the amount of accumulated metabolic products, it is estimated that the plant is over 500 years old."

Luo Fei squatted down and carefully examined the plant.

Its leaves are about the size of a palm, and its rhizomes are buried in the soil, so their size cannot be seen directly.

He gently parted the soil around the root, revealing a pale yellow tuber. This tuber resembled neither ginseng nor lingzhi, but the scanner showed that its composition was very similar to the active substances in ginseng and lingzhi.

He covered the soil back up without digging, and squatted by the stream to wash his hands.

As he looked at the plants growing quietly in the sunlight, the image of the thousand-year-old He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum) that Director Qin had mentioned came to mind.

A family with a history spanning hundreds of years donated its family's traditional medicinal herbs to the nation free of charge.

Now, there is a whole patch of these plants here, not just one plant, but a whole area.

Luo Fei stood up and brushed the mud off his pants.

He knew that the gene-enhancing drug required a large amount of precious medicinal materials.

Some medicinal herbs have disappeared from Earth, and others, although found, are not old enough to meet the required efficacy.

If these plants can indeed replace those precious medicinal herbs, and if experts confirm the effectiveness of their active ingredients, then the production of gene-enhancing drugs will no longer be limited by raw materials.

It can be mass-produced, made widely available, and supplied to every human being on Earth.

He marked the location beneath his feet and then said to the live-streaming sphere floating in the air, "Xiao Wan, record the plants at this location."

The live-streaming sphere hovered above the plants, slowly rotating and recording everything in the valley.

Luo Fei waited in place for a moment, and the live broadcast ball flew back to him.

He continued his exploration.

This was not a aimless stroll, but a walk along the valley into the mountains, scanning everything around with a scanner as you went.

He discovered many kinds of plants, some of which had similar components to traditional Chinese medicines on Earth, while others were completely unfamiliar, but the scanner showed that they had medicinal value.

He discovered a large patch of fungi below a cliff. They were not mushroom-shaped, but coral-like, branching, and deep purple in color.

The scanner revealed that its components contain a previously unseen polysaccharide with extremely strong immunomodulatory effects.

He went to the beach again.

The waves lapped against the shore at a slower pace than those on Earth.

The beach was grayish-black, like volcanic ash.

He squatted on the beach, scooped up a handful of sand with his hands. The sand was so fine that it slipped through his fingers, shimmering with a faint metallic luster in the sunlight.

He also discovered a cluster of volcanoes.

They are arranged along a huge crack that runs through the continent.

Several are erupting.

Magma gushed from the cracks and flowed slowly across the ground.

Red lava flowed across the gray-green plain, setting plants ablaze and sending plumes of white smoke billowing out.

He also saw the ground being torn apart.

The crack was several meters wide and its depth was unfathomable.

Traces of the tsunami were also visible – the coastline extended several kilometers inland, where vegetation had collapsed, the marks of being submerged by seawater were still clearly visible, and a thin layer of salt crust remained on the ground.

Xiao Wan's voice came from the live broadcast sphere: "Captain, the geological activity frequency of Tigaden B is much higher than that of Earth. The main reason should be the gravitational superposition effect of its two moons."

"Their orbits are stable, and their masses are all greater than the Moon on Earth. The tidal forces they exert on Tiga b are several times stronger than the tidal forces the Moon exerts on Earth."

"This strong tidal action makes the Earth's crust more prone to fracturing and magma more likely to rise, thus significantly increasing the frequency and intensity of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions."

"Tsunamis are also triggered by underwater earthquakes, and they occur more frequently than on Earth. Life on this planet evolved amidst these frequent geological disasters. Those that survive are species with extremely strong adaptability."

Luo Fei raised his head and looked at the two satellites in the sky.

One of them was larger, dark gray, and its surface was covered with craters, like a face covered with acne.

The other, smaller one, was bright white, covered with a layer of ice, and reflected light in the dark red sunlight.

They hung in the dark red sky, one large and one small, one dark and one bright, like two eyes, staring unblinkingly at Tiga B.

It was these two satellites that caused the planet's internal gravity to pull against each other, causing the crust to crack and magma to gush out.

He asked the live broadcast, "Xiao Wan, if one of these two satellites disappears, which one's disappearance would reduce the impact of Tiga B?"