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

Ten minutes passed quickly.

Luo Fei's weakness receded like the tide and eventually disappeared completely.

He moved his fingers, and they stopped trembling; he raised his arms, and the soreness disappeared; he bent his knees, and they no longer felt weak.

He took a deep breath, the air from Tiga B filling his lungs, carrying a slight coolness and a faint, indescribable plant fragrance.

He turned around, put the live broadcast ball into his ring, and with a thought, teleported back to the Eternal Falcon.

He stepped out of the cockpit and left the spaceship.

Hovering in space, he reached out and, with a thought, put the Eternal Falcon into his ring.

With another thought, he was standing on the open ground of the Kyoto warehouse in the next second.

The winter sun was warm and gentle, not glaring. Unmelted frost still clung to the concrete ground of the open space, a pristine white expanse that was slightly slippery underfoot.

He took the Eternal Falcon out of the ring, and the spaceship landed steadily on the open ground.

The tail hatch opened, and the robots slid out and began moving ore.

He entered the spacecraft, but instead of heading to the cockpit, he went straight to the probe storage area.

The warehouse door was open, and some of the shelves inside were empty; some of the probes had already been deployed to the edge of the solar system. He stored the remaining probes in his ring.

With a thought, he found himself standing on the bridge of the mothership. The mothership was recharging in space.

The starry sky outside the porthole was dazzling, with stars scattered like diamonds on black velvet.

Zero's voice came through the loudspeaker, calm and devoid of any emotion: "Welcome back, Captain."

Luo Fei said directly, "Take me to the compartment where the detectors are stored."

"Yes, Captain."

Following Zero's instructions, Luo Fei headed towards the probe storage area—not an ordinary warehouse, but a compartment on the mothership specifically used for storing and launching probes. The compartment was large and circular, with several launch tubes embedded in the surrounding walls, their nozzles pointing in different directions.

Hundreds of detectors were neatly stacked on the shelf. They were grayish-black, slightly larger than those on the Wan Nian Falcon, and different in shape. They were not spherical, but hexagonal, like a honeycomb.

He took the detectors out of the ring and arranged them one by one on the shelf, placing them together with the original detectors on the mothership.

He reached out and gently ran his fingers across the outer shell of each detector, marking them one by one.

After marking the area, he turned around and said to the air, "Zero, after each space jump, release some probes at the spaceship's location and in all directions."

Zero responded with a "Received".

With a thought, Luo Fei was already standing in Director Qin's office. Director Qin was sitting behind his desk looking at documents, a thick stack of materials spread out in front of him, a pen in his hand, the nib hovering over the paper without moving, his eyes fixed on the documents, lost in thought.

He sensed the change in light, looked up, and saw Luo Fei standing in the middle of the office, his pen slipping from his hand and leaving a mark on the document.

Luo Fei walked to the desk but did not sit down.

He took out his phone from his pocket and said, "Xiao Wan, send the video I recorded on Tigab to Director Qin."

As soon as he finished speaking, Director Qin's phone vibrated.

He picked up his phone, and the screen showed a message from Xiao Wan, along with a video file.

He didn't click on it immediately, but instead looked up at Luo Fei with a questioning look in his eyes.

Luo Fei explained, "I discovered some plants on a planet about 9.8 light-years away from Earth. Their composition is quite similar to precious medicinal materials such as ginseng and lingzhi on Earth, and their medicinal effects may be even stronger."

"Isn't the gene-enhancing agent still lacking in raw materials? Let the experts study whether these plants can be used as substitutes. If so, the production of the gene-enhancing agent will no longer be limited by raw materials."

He paused, put his hands in his pockets, and continued, "Gather experts from all fields—invite everyone you can think of. Let me know when they're ready, and I'll send them over."

Director Qin held his phone, his finger pausing briefly over the video file on the screen, but he didn't open it.

His expression appeared calm, but his hands were trembling slightly.

He took a deep breath, placed his phone on the table, looked at Luo Fei, and said, "I'll let you know when everyone's here."

Luo Fei responded with an "okay," and with a thought, disappeared from the office.

Director Qin sat in his chair, stared at the spot where Luo Fei had just stood for a few seconds, then picked up his phone and opened the video.

The scene depicts Tiga B.

He exited the video and dialed Mr. Long's number.

The phone was answered after only one ring, and Old Master Long's voice came through the receiver: "What is it?"

Director Qin, holding his phone, spoke faster than usual: "Elder Long, we need to convene an emergency meeting. Xiao Luo has discovered plant resources on a planet about 9.8 light-years from Earth, which may play a key role in the development of gene-enhancing drugs. We need to gather experts from various fields such as botany, pharmacy, geology, and climatology to prepare for the development of that planet."

After a moment of silence, Mr. Long simply said, "See you in the conference room," and then hung up the phone.

Mr. Long stood up from his chair, walked to the door, picked up his coat from the hanger, and put it on. His secretary hurried down the corridor, holding a schedule, glanced at it, and said, "Mr. Long, you have a meeting in twenty minutes."

Old Master Long waved his hand and said, "Reject it." Then he walked out of the office.

The meeting room door opened and the lights came on.

Old Master Long sat at one end of the long table, with no documents, no teacup, nothing in front of him.

Director Qin sat to his left, with a laptop in front of him. On the screen was the video file that he had just exported from his phone.

Several other leaders arrived one after another, some carrying thermos cups, some carrying folders, and some empty-handed.

After they sat down, Director Qin projected the video onto the large screen on the wall.

The lights in the conference room went out, the image on the big screen dimmed, and then the video started playing... The conference room was silent; no one spoke.

In the last part of the video, Luo Fei looks up at the sky.

The camera then moved upwards, focusing on two satellites in the sky, one large and one small, one dark and one bright.

The conversation between Luo Fei and Xiao Wan came through the video.

Then, Luo Fei raised his hands... a ball of light formed between his palms... and then a beam of light shot out from the ball of light, rushing into the sky at an extremely fast speed, heading straight for the bright white satellite.

In the end... only that large, gray-black satellite remained on the screen, hanging alone in the sky.

The lights in the conference room came on.

Still, no one spoke or moved.

Some people had their mouths open and forgot to close them, while others took off their glasses and wiped them repeatedly with the corner of their clothes.

Old Master Long sat at one end of the long table, his hands flat on the tabletop, his fingers slightly spread, his palms touching the table.

His expression remained unchanged, still calm.

Director Qin spoke first, his voice a little hoarse: "Everyone has seen the video. Tiga B is about 9.8 light-years away from Earth. It has an atmosphere, water, and plants, but no intelligent life."

"General Luo Fei has discovered plant resources on that planet that could potentially replace the medicinal materials needed for gene-enhancing drugs. He needs us to organize a team of experts to go to Tigab to conduct research. Experts from all relevant fields, including botany, pharmacology, geology, and climatology, need to participate."

Elder Long tapped his fingers lightly twice on the table and spoke in a deep voice.

"Notify all research institutes and universities to immediately select experts and scholars in relevant fields. If there is a shortage of personnel, supplement them from outstanding teachers and graduate students of major universities. I want to see the list first thing tomorrow morning."

He looked at Director Qin.

"Arrange another battalion, fully armed, to be responsible for the security of the expert team."

Director Qin scribbled rapidly in his notebook, the pen tip making a scratching sound as it glided across the paper.

Old Master Long stood up, using his hands to support himself on the edge of the table, leaning slightly forward.

His gaze swept over everyone present, and he said seriously, "What Xiao Luo did is beyond our capabilities. But we shouldn't let him waste his time doing what we should be doing. He's responsible for clearing the way; we're responsible for walking on that way."

After saying that, he turned and left the conference room.