Interstellar Energy Tycoon

half an hour later.

The red light beam, which spanned a distance of about 600 million kilometers, precisely hit the snail-shaped back of the Zhantian, with an error of no more than ten meters.

The 'Zhantian' with sufficient energy supply, after some preparations, sent the planned return route to the command and control center on the Azure Star in advance, so that the star ring reflector can follow the return route, time and acceleration. data to achieve precise energy supply.

subsequently.

The 150 high-thrust ion engines at the bottom of the "Zhantian" entered the explosive working state at the same time, all emitting blue-purple tail flames, and generated a huge pulling force of 15,000 tons.

This pulling force not only allowed the "Zhantian" to start accelerating, but also pulled the platinum comet weighing about 600,000 tons, and also 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, and then crush them. Afterwards, it is introduced into the working medium cabin to supplement the working medium for Zhantian, and finally it is ejected by the engine in the form of ions.

The four spaceships can mine 30 tons at a time, run back and forth 50 times a day, and process a total of 6,000 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 they will Bring on 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 extreme explosive state, 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.

Twenty days later, on October 22.

The overall speed of the Zhantian and the Platinum Comet has increased to about 110 kilometers per second, and they can travel nearly 10 million kilometers a day, and are expected to arrive near the blue star in 50 days.

But not enough.

This speed is still far from enough.

We have to continue to accelerate, and try to reach the vicinity of Azure Star within 30 days, and we don't need to think about how to slow down. At that time, Star Source Group will send dozens of aerospace transport planes to assist in the violent deceleration and achieve the final "big brake"!

The crew members on the Zhantian immediately increased the workload of the spaceship after receiving the order from the headquarters. The low-value comet matter processed every day increased to more than 8,000 tons. If a small amount of metal matter was excavated, it would be crushed. They were screened out and then transferred to the spaceship warehouse. In a few days, they exceeded 1,500 tons, filled the warehouse, and then had to occupy two-thirds of the working fluid cabin. As a temporary warehouse, it is estimated that it can accommodate a total of 3,500 tons. high-value minerals.

...

Another twenty days passed.

November 21.

The mass of the platinum comet has been reduced to just over 300,000 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. There is no need to make a split.

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 110,000 tons of stainless steel raw material nickel, worth 100,000 per ton, can be sold for more than 11 billion.

More than 55,000 tons of iron elements, worth 1,000 yuan per ton, can be sold for more than 55 million.

About 30,000 tons of platinum element, the market price is 300 yuan per gram, 300 million yuan per ton, and the total value is 9 trillion yuan.

About 15,000 tons of copper, the market price is 60,000 yuan per ton, and the value is about 900 million.

About 8,000 tons of silver, the market price is 3 yuan per gram, 3 million yuan per ton, and the value is about 24 billion.

About 1800 tons of gold, the market price is 500 yuan per gram, 500 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 500 million, which is negligible.

Plus the 3,500 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 a lot more than the experts originally estimated. The amount of platinum contained in the interior has doubled. It can be seen that the experts' estimates are obviously conservative. This platinum comet is indeed a real comet. 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 run nearly 20 million kilometers in a day.

At this moment, the distance between the spacecraft and the comet and the azure star has shrunk to less than 250 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.

Xingyuan Group also dispatched a large number of aerospace transport planes and energy relay satellites in advance to a position about 10 million kilometers away from the blue star, and made full preparations to respond. When the platinum comet comes, it will swarm up. No matter how violent the brakes are, it will be forced to slow down to zero within two days, which means preparing millions of tons of pulling force. This is not a small challenge for Xingyuan Group, but it is not a big problem.

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

...

November 28.

With a distance of about 100 million kilometers to go, 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 is still near the Azure Star. The blue star passed by near the nearest 1 million kilometers, and there is no risk of hitting the blue star. After all, once it hits, the extinction of human beings 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)