Of course, the amount of these resources wasn't enough, so Wang Dong still had to drag his weary body and continue piloting the Explorer Type II to collect some other minerals.
Rushing as fast as he could, Wang Dong managed to fill the cargo hold of the Explorer Type II with minerals of medium value or higher to about 70-80% capacity before the normal mining time ended.
That would be enough to satisfy the requirements.
On the way back, Wang Dong encountered a few mining spaceships traveling together.
In the casual conversation, Wang Dong received an interesting piece of news.
Someone was offering a bounty for any valuable information regarding the Spark Warship and its onboard modules.
Due to the nature of their work, interstellar miners were a relatively closed group.
They only needed sophisticated skills and dealt only with their peers and mining companies.
Even such a closed group could receive this bounty, indicating the bounty hunter had spent a lot of effort gathering intelligence.
Moreover, the bounty hunter wasn't concerned about exposing their presence.
This kind of approach and style immediately allowed Wang Dong to identify the bounty hunter.
It was most likely Sima De Lang.
Wang Dong chuckled.
Although he wasn't good at all sorts of conspiracies and tricks,
The information advantage about his enemies brought by his rebirth was enough to make him seem like a cunning strategist a few times.
Last time, Sima De Lang had used a similar tactic.
So, Wang Dong had already prepared countermeasures to turn the tables and shift the blame.
The fourth caravan of the Heavenly Fang Count's territory was led by Wu Hao Ze.
In this trade, they successfully acquired a purple-quality onboard module.
This module was not very practical for an ordinary Spark Warship.
But for Wang Dong and the Pond, it could be considered complementary.
This caravan of the Heavenly Fang Count had considerable escorting force and was stationed near the mining star region.
Wu Hao Ze himself took his own ship to the mining planet to handle trade matters.
Days ago, after being alerted by Ding Ling, Wang Dong carefully disguised himself and gradually released some information in some bars and the like.
The rumors about the Heavenly Fang Count's fourth caravan recently acquiring a high-quality onboard module were initially just gossip.
Over several days, with the passage of time, they would naturally be overshadowed by new gossip.
But if someone happened to be offering a bounty for any information about Spark Warships and high-quality onboard modules at that time...
Then...
Wu Hao Ze himself was someone Wang Dong had kept in his little black book.
He was also quite envious of the module that Wu Hao Ze was transporting.
Wang Dong dared not make a direct move.
He couldn't beat them.
They had two Spark Warships of LV10 or higher, plus several other auxiliary warships.
But it was okay that Wang Dong couldn't do it, there were still two Spark Warships from the Jin family.
Sima Zhong Da was meticulous and wouldn't easily act rashly.
But Sima De Cao and Sima De Lang were different.
As long as they could confirm the presence of high-quality modules in the Heavenly Fang Count's fourth caravan.
And, it was at such a sensitive time and location, "Yuan Shu is surely dead, and the whereabouts of the Battleaxe are unknown".
According to the Jin family's consistent style, they wouldn't miss Wu Hao Ze's caravan.
If the high-quality module in Wu Hao Ze's caravan was indeed from Yuan Shu's Battleaxe, then that would be the best outcome.
Even if it wasn't, with the complete disappearance of the Battleaxe, obtaining other high-quality onboard modules would still be acceptable to the Jin family.
Moreover, with the passage of time and Sima De Lang's large-scale bounty that was almost like giving away clues,
The Jin family's intention to go to the remote mining star region had basically been guessed.
The local forces in the mining star region were also interested in Yuan Shu's Battleaxe.
As long as the waters were muddied, it would be easier to fish.
Wu Hao Ze's caravan, the Jin family's Spark Warships, the local forces in the mining star region, and other wanderers who might be attracted by the scent of blood.
The waters were already muddy enough.
Wang Dong, hiding in the shadows, now had a good chance to fish.
Wang Dong successfully returned to the mining planet without mentioning it.
After fermenting for a few days, the bounty offered by the mysterious individual received a large amount of feedback.
On Sima De Lang's ship, the intelligence officer had already compiled the collected information into a preliminary summary.
"Captain, the preliminary analysis report is ready.
So far, we have received 123,000 pieces of relevant information. After initial screening, there are 132 pieces of valuable information."
At first glance, the proportion of valuable information, only 0.1%, seems quite exaggerated.
Actually, this is quite normal in intelligence work.
Intelligence work isn't like some movies where you just have to infiltrate some important places and steal important documents from safes.
Instead, in reality, gathering a huge amount of information through various channels, and then filtering out information containing corresponding value from them, is the real intelligence work.
It's not an exaggeration to say that it's like finding a needle in a haystack.
The intelligence officers on Sima De Lang's ship were able to complete the information collection and organization in just a few days, so their work proficiency was considered quite good.
The report continued.