My sampan can be upgraded

The Tomahawk took off again, flying towards some selected mountain villages under the guidance of the cat-people chief. The tantalum and niobium star is very large, and there are countless cat people living in scattered places. After mobilizing the tribesmen to screen according to the environmental characteristics provided by Ling Qi, he still can't guarantee that there is the place Ling Qi is looking for. Some particularly remote villages were not even discovered and recorded by them.

In fact, it is really hard to find. After so many years, the villages below have not changed much. Every time Xiaorou goes to a place, she just takes a few glances and shakes her head slightly, indicating that it is not their village. After more than thirty consecutive visits, a small, run-down village in the mountains finally gave her a look of surprise. On the other side of the mountain, there is a mineral deposit that is still being mined.

This small mountain village doesn't even have a name. There is only a number 486 in the Cat People's registration file. There are only a dozen simple huts built of bamboo and wood in the entire village. They are hidden in the mountain stream. It is difficult to find them if you are not looking for them. Fortunately, the cats The humans discovered them and registered them.

The spaceship of more than 100 meters cast a huge shadow and pressure on the small mountain village. More than 20 cat men and women came out of the houses and other places, looking up to the sky. The spacecraft could not land directly, so Ling Qi let the car float in the air and drove the speedboat to the ground.

The leader of the cat people got off the speedboat first, which relaxed the nervous cat people. They gathered around him and asked questions. They heard that he was just accompanying someone to see the place. They looked at the speedboat and the big spaceship in the sky curiously.

Then Ling Qi took Xiaorou's hand and came down together. There are no roads here, only natural mud paths, and Cat Girl feels a distant familiarity. She jumped slightly and looked at the more than 20 villagers, but found that she had no impression. There is no enlightenment education for children here. She was too confused when she left. She only remembered being caught while looking for wild fruits in the mountains.

But her impression of the environment became clearer and clearer. First she pulled Ling Qi around the small village for a while, finding some things in her memory, and then suddenly pulled him to run towards a corner of the small village, finally stopping in an old cave. In front of the house.

The leader of the cat people and more than 20 similarly short cat people followed. One of the cat people meowed to the leader. The leader asked Ling Qi: "He said this is his home. What are you looking for?"

Ling Qi and Xiaorou looked at each other and saw that she obviously didn't recognize this cat person, so they asked: "Where is the family who lived in this house five years ago?"

According to Xiaorou, she has parents and a bunch of brothers and sisters, so she has a lot of family members. The cat man spoke again, and the clan leader had no choice but to continue acting as translator and told Ling Qi: "He said that the original family had two great brothers who were very capable and could operate machines. The family had moved to a big house. It’s a city. But they don’t know exactly where they went. They drove a big sampan to move.”

Ling Qi nodded, didn't say much, and returned to the car with everyone. When there were no outsiders on the bridge, he said to Kitten Girl: "Xiaorou, if we ask the clan leader to help investigate, we should be able to find their location. But we can't make a big fuss, lest someone knows about your relationship with them. Give them Bring danger.”

He could see the protective mentality of the cat-people clan leader towards his clan members, and believed that even if the old man knew about Kitten Girl's special bloodline, he would not reveal it.

Xiaorou nodded and said: "Xiaorou understands. I just want to see them and know that they are doing well. Then Xiaorou will leave a large amount of credits to them, and then continue to take risks with her brother."

After the two got to know each other, Ling Qi invited the leader of the cat people to the bridge and told Xiaorou's identity frankly. Xiaorou also used the remembered language to communicate with him.

The old cat man looked at Kitten Girl with wide eyes and shock, and murmured: "So can our tribe continue to evolve and become the same as the human race?"

He obviously didn't know about the existence of bloodline awakening and transformation talents. He only thought that this was the direction of the evolution of the ethnic group, and his beard was shaking with excitement.

"If the clan leader can help Xiaorou find her relatives, the deposit of 10 million credit points can be used as a reward, leaving you with funds to develop the clan. But please be sure to keep Xiaorou's existence secret, because she has many people outside. A terrible enemy, she doesn’t want her identity to be exposed to attract the enemy and bring disaster to her tribe!”

Ling Qi explained to him seriously.

The old cat man sighed with emotion: "The One-Horn clansman is right, you are a good person. But even if you don't give me credit, I should still help her find her relatives. She is one of our clansmen!"

"Grandpa, the clan leader, that is what my brother and I want, please accept it. Xiaorou knows that there are still many clan members living in the mountains and their lives are not guaranteed, so she will give you another credit point to improve their living conditions. ." After Xiaorou finished speaking, she transferred three more star coins to him.

She originally had four star coins and planned to leave one star coin to her family. Ling Qi did not interfere with how she used it. Instead, she touched her hair encouragingly. The money was originally hers.

The cat-man clan leader almost stared out of his eyes as he repeatedly checked the information in the account, in disbelief. With such a large sum of money, he felt that he wouldn't be able to make a profit even if he packaged up and sold all the cat people.

Ling Qi told him what Anu did after earning 20 million credit points, and suggested that he could refer to it and organize some knowledgeable tribesmen to discuss how to make good use of the funds.

They then left the mountains and returned to the main city. The leader of the cat people began to organize a federation within the clan and issued a mission to find Xiaorou's family in several small and medium-sized cities near the deep mountains. These tasks are not difficult to carry out. After the small village has been registered, you only need to inquire among the ethnic groups.

It takes time to find someone. Ling Qi asked Anu where his people obtained the Explosive Flame Stone, and planned to find it himself.

This kind of gem is so powerful. Setting one in it can increase the attack power of energy weapons by 10%. What's more important is that this increase does not require additional energy output. With the Tomahawk's current fifth-level energy warehouse, it can support four fighter cannon salvos at the same time while taking into account the output of the shield and main thruster. If the shield is abandoned, it can support two more guns, reaching a six-gun salvo, blasting away conventional fifth-level battleships in one fell swoop.

"If you can inlay ten explosive stones, or even if you only inlay five to increase the attack power by half, you can still compete with the sixth-level battleship! Well, the One-Horn tribe has found two. I don't know if there are other tribes participating in mining. not found?"

Ling Qi thought that he could announce an acquisition information first. He gave the image of the explosive stone to the leader of the One-Horned Clan and asked him to help inform all the tribes participating in mining about the high-priced purchase of that gemstone.

This method worked as expected. Only half a day later, a bear man contacted Anu, and then connected with Ling Qi through him.

"Do you have that fiery red gem?" Ling Qi asked, looking at the majestic guy on the communicator's projection. He was not as tall as Anu, but he was stronger and full of power.

The bear scratched his head and said in a low voice: "I don't have any, but I saw it in the mine. I can take you there. Will you pay me?"

"Yes, if you take me there, no matter if you find the gem or not, I will pay you a good reward. Of course, if you really find it, the reward will be even more!" Ling Qi assured him.

The bear man's fat face showed joy: "Great, if I have credits, I can take my brother for treatment."

Ling Qi found out that his address was in another city, so he flew over with the Tomahawk and took him to the mine he mentioned.

The mine is located far away from the city, more than 300 kilometers away, and it is still operating normally. There are people from mining companies stationed here. Although the specific work is mainly managed by the indigenous groups themselves, they will also arrange for people to supervise and guide them to ensure that the minerals they provide equipment for mining will not be sold to other companies by indigenous aliens.

The Tomahawk landed next to the mine, where there was a flat area for the cargo spacecraft to land. A young man ran out of the building wearing a mask. He knew the bear man. This guy was originally an employee here. He heard that his brother was sick and had taken leave to take care of him at home these days. When he saw Ling Qi and others coming down from the spaceship, he immediately asked the bear man about the origin and purpose of Ling Qi and others.

"We are looking for a flaming red stone that is far away from the current working area and will not interfere with the mine's operations." The bear man explained to the young man. The young man frowned and refused, not wanting to do such an uncontrollable thing.

Ling Qi looked at him. He looked like a civilian college student who had just graduated a year or two ago. He was assigned to a place like this to earn income. He was just a low-level person. He showed the Rose Fleet pilot's identity certificate and said solemnly: "This is a mission of the military. I hope you will cooperate!"

The young man was obviously stunned. After carefully checking the certificate, he did not dare to stop him. Such electronic certification documents are non-editable program documents and cannot be faked. But he asked to accompany him to the mine.

Ling Qi asked him to find a nail hoe and took the opportunity to look around and saw several refining workshops in operation. Their energy supply does not rely on burning carbon fuels, but uses high-energy material reactors. Not only do they not need to cut down a large number of trees and destroy forest vegetation, they even emit very little exhaust gas. No wonder the damage to the ecological environment is limited.

"The awareness of sustainable development in this world is still very strong. From the Bright Blue Star to the Tantalum-Niobium Star, this kind of protection of the ecosystem can be seen. It is estimated that this is also an ideology formed after suffering heavy losses." Ling Qi felt something in her heart. The cost of transforming a tantalum-niobium star into a habitable one is lower than that of many planets. If the substances that cause toxic gases are not widely present in the soil, or they have already been removed and purified.

The mine is very large, with an entrance eight meters wide and double tracks arranged up and down. They rode a minecart into the cave from the downward rail and followed the bear man's guidance to slide deeper into the mine.

"I found it located on the top of a passage on the third floor. It was still embedded in the rock, with only a little exposed. If the mine car hadn't been temporarily stopped for a while due to malfunction, I wouldn't have noticed it."

The bear man explained the experience of discovering gems. Ling Qi listened and observed the mine. The experience of going down to the mine for the first time found that it was not as dark and depressing as imagined. Lamps are installed on the cave walls to ensure lighting in the cave.