This is really not mechanical ascension-Chapter 73 - 71 The Frustrated Chen Songnan and the Sudden Beast Tide_2

In the center, there was a small makeshift lab pod, where a slender woman with a face mask picked up a jar of pink liquid, shook it, and then said through the filtered voice, “This gift will surely satisfy you.”

…

Just like the day before, everyone boarded the transport ship early in the morning; the only difference was the addition of Li Ming.

“Director Chen, your people said our colleagues left the building, but you can’t provide any security footage, only a record,” Wang Zhiheng said with a furrowed brow, having been busy with this matter all of last night.

The disappearance of six city guards was no small matter; he had reported it personally to Qin Xiao, who was also surprised and asked him to investigate thoroughly.

But he always felt that Minister Qin’s reaction was odd; Star Creation Company claimed they had left but had no surveillance records.

They said the security system rebooted during that time, all surveillance probes broke, and only a few eyewitnesses saw the incident.

“What are you implying?

Are you suspecting Star Creation Company?

I advise you to speak with evidence, otherwise you’ll have to compensate for the damage to my reputation,” Chen Songnan said nonchalantly.

Sandra showed no reaction, seemingly uninterested in their conflict and simply rested with her eyes closed.

Wang Zhiheng snorted coldly but was powerless; initiating an investigation against the entire Star Creation Company was far beyond his authority, and not even his father could decide on that.

The city guards all glared furiously, while Chen Songnan’s gaze swept over Li Ming, vague and noncommittal.

This young man appeared quite calm at the moment.

…

A couple of hours later, the transport landed, and the group arrived at the mining site, facing a huge pit where mining machines above never ceased operating for a second, the spiral drill heads alternating up and down, the roaring noise deafening.

Chen Songnan’s entourage distributed noise-cancelling headphones and breathing masks, and everyone was on the same channel.

“This is one of the five largest mining sites on Silver Grey Star.

Our safety standards strictly comply with the legal requirements of Blue Star…” Chen Songnan’s voice continuously echoed, leading the way at the front, guiding everyone down on the cargo lift.

It was visible that most of the colossal mining machinery was automated, but it still required quite a few personnel to monitor.

Especially those narrow mine tunnels that can only be operated by human-controlled small mining machines.

“This kind of inspection is pointless, they know we are coming, they’ve probably prepared in advance,” Wang Zhiheng said, voice tinged with disdain in the common channel.

Chen Songnan seemed as if he didn’t hear at all.

The group descended deeper and deeper until only their lighting equipment offered any illumination.

Boom!

The cargo lift reached the bottom, and it seemed as if a layer of cement had been laid out underneath.

However, everyone knew that couldn’t possibly be the case.

“This is Silver Grey Ore,” Chen Songnan said somewhat nostalgically as he stomped his foot, “I often marvel at the mysteries of the universe; the feces of wild beasts, through the sediment of time, can turn into such a unique material.”

Li Ming bent over to touch the ground, his eyes slightly brightening, as he could extract metal energy from it, but the metal energy in the absorbable area was so scarce that the balance on the panel didn’t even flicker.

Pure refined metals from high-quality ores were still needed; primitive ores like these were far too impure.

“Beast feces?” Wang Zhiheng exclaimed in surprise.

“You didn’t know?” Zuo Ling glanced at him, “How did you get your education?”

“Silver Grey Ore forms from the feces of the Silver Grey Beast, accumulating over countless years.”

Chen Songnan clapped his hands, chuckling, “I often hear people say that we extract Silver Grey Ore here, and that we’re destroying the environment, blah blah blah…”

“But haven’t the immigrants from Blue Star similarly destroyed the habitat of the Silver Grey Beast?”

“That’s a false equivalence!” Xu Wei retorted, “The Silver Grey Beast mostly lives underground; if surface development were controlled, we could coexist harmoniously.”

Chen Songnan simply smiled without explanation, leading the group onward, crawling into a narrow tunnel, “All these passages were formed by the burrowing of the Silver Grey Beasts, connecting in all directions.”

After following him for a while, they seemed to go downhill and suddenly entered a vast space.

Dangling fluorite columns brought a trace of light, quite magnificent.

“Here…” Chen Songnan pointed to the ground below, then towards the ceiling above, “There…in all directions, is Silver Grey Ore!”

“Yet we have not mined here, so where is this ‘destructive mining’?”

“Destructive mining is not defined by you,” said the green-skinned dwarf Sandra, finally speaking up, “This planet has lost its vitality; it may take thousands of years, or even longer, to recover.”

“If insider trading is confirmed, brace yourselves for sanctions.”

Chen Songnan’s face darkened, but he managed to say, “It’s cooperation, free trade, agreed upon by the Blue Star Civilization.”

“Inducing a developing civilization to destroy its own interests in exchange for support is clearly not allowed,” Sandra’s voice rang with a clear and resolute tone.

Chen Songnan’s face turned unsightly, but he suddenly shook his head, “You’re being too severe, Ms.

Sandra.

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Aren’t these matters still under investigation?”

Data audits, field surveys; the interstellar inspection team that arrived on Silver Grey Star was just a part, with more staying on Capital Star to conduct deeper investigations.

Chen Songnan led the group deeper.

Half an hour later, an assistant’s smart terminal suddenly vibrated uncontrollably.

Looking down, his face turned ugly, filled with panic and haste, “Director, a huge number of Silver Grey Beasts are heading this way.”

“Hmm?” Chen Songnan’s expression changed slightly, “What’s happening?

How many?”

A Silver Grey Beast uprising?

Li Ming’s gaze flickered, his instincts hinting that Chen Songnan might be behind this.

“I…I don’t know…” The assistant swiped desperately on the virtual screen, growing more and more panic-stricken, “Director… the system’s prediction, at least thirty thousand or more!”

“What!?” Chen Songnan turned pale, snatching the smart terminal, looking down with a grave tone, “How could this happen?

Aren’t there repellers nearby?”

“Don’t understand, it’s like they suddenly went mad.”

Li Ming felt something was amiss.

Was this not Chen Songnan’s doing?

This was his territory; who would dare create trouble?

Or was he playing too convincing a role?

Wang Zhiheng immediately demanded, “Chen Songnan, what’s going on!?”

“Go, go, evacuate now!” Chen Songnan commanded loudly, blasting a small hole under his feet, his figure shooting out like an arrow, moving so fast he was almost invisible.

An undiscounted D-level Life Form!

“Chen Songnan!

Damn!” Wang Zhiheng cursed angrily, but still gave orders, “Li Ming, Zuo Ling, the five of us clear the path, the rest stay behind!”

With a leader taking charge, the others quickly calmed down, heading back the way they came.

But less than three minutes into their retreat, a figure rushed back; it was Chen Songnan, his face more unsightly than ever.

The ground thundered, pebbles rolled, and a rumbling sound grew from a distance.

“We can’t go back that way, follow me!”