Planet Bruno.

Robin, who departed from the Ultra Nebula, arrived on the planet Bruno after more than twenty hours of sailing aboard the AT-089 ship. At the same time, Major Barron, who had departed from the Octopus space station, joined Robin here with his AT-056 ship.

A month later, Robin arrives at the prison base on Maxwell's peaks on Bruno's planet, and the base is a huge change from a month ago.

"Aubrey, you don't really need to make this place like this, it's a few months away, and this place won't belong to us." Looking at the brand-new base in front of him, Robin really didn't know what to say.

"Idle is idle anyway, and Booker doesn't have to stay here for a few more months. So at least we have to help him make his 'home' more beautiful. With a cigarette in his mouth and a bearded face, Aubrey hooked Booker's neck and laughed.

"Booker, are you really going to stay? Your body ......" Looking at Booker with a shy smile, Robin couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, I have mined the Mycenae here, and for me this is a great treasure waiting to be exploited, and I am willing to leave. As for my body, you don't have to worry about me. I've lived on Mercury for a long time, and it's pretty much the same except that the atmospheric pressure isn't so high, so I'm very comfortable with the environment here, and I'm not in any problem physically. Booker looked at Robin and replied confidently.

“……”

Looking at Booker wordlessly, Robin genuinely hoped to convince Booker to leave with him. However, in him, Robin seemed to see the persistence and stubbornness that belonged to his father.

"Sir, every person's life deserves its value. I was not willing to be an obscure person, so I stepped onto the battlefield, but I soon realized that it was not where I belonged. And here, I found the value of my existence, and only here did I feel that I was a useful person. Booker smiled and looked out the window at the endless Laxmi Plateau, and said excitedly: "Look, there is such a vast land here waiting for me to develop." Moreover, there are only a few months left, how can I be willing to leave! ～”

"......" Robin sighed, frowned, and asked, "You have really decided?" ”

"Yes!" Booker replied with great firmness.

"Well, since you decided to do this, how can I forcibly take you away......" Knowing that he couldn't convince Booker anymore, Robin could only nod and agree to Booker's request to stay. And in practical terms, it's a shame to abandon a huge vein with plenty of manpower.

"Booker, this is McCeni metal?" Shin picked up a sealed beaker from the table, and Robin carefully examined the citrine-like ore inside.

This dazzling crystalline ore looks very similar to pyrite, and pyrite contains a large amount of iron sulfide and cobalt, nickel, copper, gold, selenium and other elements, and has a NaCl-type crystal structure, so it is very similar in appearance to the yellow crystalline Myceni metal, and a layman like Robin would not be able to tell the difference between the two if Booker had not divided it.

"Yes, outwardly, the Mycenae metal is more thorough, while pyrite is more similar to gold. And because the mycenae metals are distributed in small quantities in dense pyrite areas, it is quite difficult to sort them out. Speaking of this treasure discovered by himself, Booker suddenly came to his senses.

"I heard that this kind of mine moves on its own?" Recalling some rumors about McCeni metal, Robin asked with interest.

"Yes, the myceni metal is a biological metal, so it's actually alive. The one in your hand, in fact, is roughly said to belong to pyrite, and it will show a clear crystal texture, but the microorganisms contained in it are actually at work. This microorganism, which feeds on metallic elements, is the real Mycenaean metal. They are like sheep migrating on the grassland, and when they devour the metal elements in this piece of pyrite, they will migrate to another piece of ore nearby. This is another reason why the McCenae metal is so difficult to find, as it is the only vein that can escape on its own. Now, however, I can roughly trace their movements, and I am sure that I can find large areas of mycenae through these 'footprints'. ”

"Footprints?"

"Each piece of McCenae metal ore is equivalent to a microbial community, which inhabits and multiplies in the ore for a long time, so it must leave some special residues. These residues are very similar to the impurities in ores, and they are also rejected by high temperatures like other impurities during refining, but when the temperature is close to 400 degrees, these impurities will have some special changes. So, as long as I follow these residues, I will definitely be able to find the main community of Mycenae metal, and it won't be too long, I promise! ~" Booker patted his chest and said confidently.

The "McCeni Metal ......" shook the fingernail-sized ore in the beaker, and Robin couldn't help but feel an indescribable excitement in his heart.

At present, in the Battle of Pluto, far away in the solar system, the Republican [***] team is losing ground one after another. And the disadvantage of the battle situation is not only a direct effect of the powerful force of the Twin Star Knights of the Federation Army. In this war, what really put the republic in trouble was actually the gap in equipment.

Just like the invincible Titan aircraft carrier and Apollo battleship of the Federation Army, the Titan aircraft carrier is a 150 million ton super carrier, and in the report of the Federation researchers, the construction ceiling of the Titan aircraft carrier is even as high as 200 million tons. In contrast, the Shenzhou-type aircraft carrier independently developed by the Republic is only 90 million tons, and it has never been able to enter the ranks of 100 million tons of mother ships. In addition, in terms of battleships, the 30-million-ton Apollo-type battleships can almost despise all the main warships of the republic, compared with them, the 10-million-ton 'Knife' frigates, although they are outstanding among the warships of the same class, can be limited by the huge gap in tonnage, and the 'Knife' frigates cannot become the ultimate force that can compete with the Apollo battleships.

Many people believe that the gap in equipment is a direct manifestation of the gap in the professional quality of scientific and technological personnel between the two sides, but in fact, the root cause of this gap is not the gap in technology, but the gap in resources.

Just like the issue of the tonnage of warships with the largest gap between the two sides, in the present era, the decision on how big a warship can be built depends entirely on the strength of the battleship's 'keel'. Only when the battleship 'keel' is strong enough can a 100-million-ton supercarrier be built. Similarly, the wear-resistant armor of the battleship, the core parts, and the Type 3 armor that almost subverted the era of heavy infantry armor are actually the direct effects of the 'new alloy'.

In the Republic, the high-hardness alloy used today is still the super-titanium alloy inherited from the old era. As a pure metal, the Republic's super titanium alloy is definitely second to none, so in terms of Type 2 armor and standard equipment, the Republic is not inferior to the Federation. However, since the discovery of the Mycenae metal, a special metal with the surname of biological alloy, and the use of it to develop a new alloy, the Republic has completely lagged behind by an era in terms of high-end armaments.

It is no less significant than the research and development of atomic energy in the old era. In the old era, after one of the two countries with similar national strength mastered the atomic energy technology, the gap in national strength immediately occurred in just a few years, which shows the huge power of the era technology.

And now, such history has been repeated again between the Republic and the Federation. If the Republic is unable to keep up with the Confederation immediately, Robin can almost foresee that when the Confederation further popularizes the new alloy, the Republic will no longer have the strength to oppose it, and at that time, the fall of the Republic may indeed come.

Robin could not tolerate such a thing, so at this moment the little piece of Mycenae metal in the beaker had become more precious than anything else.

"Booker, can I take this piece of Mycenae metal ore with me?" Taking a deep breath, Robin calmed down the turmoil in his heart and tried to ask.

"Of course, it's just a sample I've found, and I'll be mining more soon."

"Thank you then, I will treasure this gift of yours." Robin tapped Booker on the shoulder with joy, and at that moment, Aubrey walked over with a cigarette in his mouth.

"Robin, the team is ready. Except for the one hundred and thirty-seven who had chosen to stay, everyone else had already gathered. Barron and his fleet have also begun to land. ”

In this Ultra Nebula raid plan, Major Barron's AT-056 ship and four other 'Catfish'1 were left on the Octopus space station, and after receiving Robin's rendezvous order, Major Barron immediately mobilized all the ships under his command to come to Bruno Planet to cooperate with Robin to complete the last big exchange in the 'Sky Stealing Operation'.

"The warden's authority has been handed over? All kinds of defensive measures have also been checked? Glancing at the list of one hundred and thirty-seven, Robin asked uneasily.

After Robin took everyone away, there were only one hundred and thirty-seven people in the entire Bruno prison, and more than 50,000 prisoners were held among them. Therefore, if the slightest omission of safety facilities is carried out, the result will be ruined.

"Rest assured, I've taken care of it all. Don't forget, I was working as a prison guard on Mercury, and it just got me back to what I was doing. Booker smiled confidently.

Although the Mercury of the Republic is open, its surname is also a labor camp, so it is also true that Booker said this.

"Okay, then everything here is all up to you, be careful."

"Don't worry, I understand." Booker nodded cautiously.

"By the way, Major Barron has sent a communication. It is said that Inspector Alfred, the chief of the Space Police of the Northern Star Field, is here, and is currently staying outside the atmosphere, and it seems that he is looking for you in a hurry. Seeing that Robin had finished explaining, Aubrey began to speak of Alfred.

"Inspector Alfred...... Why isn't Brandon ......" With a slightly puzzled look, Robin turned around and walked to the AT-089 ship moored on the tarmac: "Get Lieutenant Taylor ready to set sail, and I'll go meet Al Fried." ”

(To be continued)