“Let’s talk business. You’re here to show me the T3 Brightmoon-class Stargate, aren’t you?” Zhao Chen said.

“I almost forgot the main thing, wait for me a moment.” Annie took out a handkerchief, wiped her face, and erased the ‘dark circles’ from her face.

She mumbled, “This onion is too strong. Sister Niu said it would make me cry, but she didn’t say it would be this uncomfortable...”

Annie walked over to Zhao Chen, pointing at the T3 Brightmoon-class Stargate in the distant starry sky.

“Our T3 Huiyue-class Star Gate has been completed. Today, we will conduct a trial run for its activation.

However, because we are currently in a confidential phase and cannot link to other Star Gate networks, the final test of linking Star Gates cannot be performed.

We have to wait until a month later, when the T3 Huiyue No. 2 Star Gate in the Lion King Star System is completed.” Annie said.

Zhao Chen nodded, he was aware of this, and it was his arrangement.

He would connect to other Star Gates and join the Star Gate network when he had enough strength in the future.

“Alright, I’m ready to start the trial run now.” Annie looked at Zhao Chen.

“Begin.” Zhao Chen said.

Annie opened the video window, facing a Sister Niu who was standing by, ready.

“Sister Niu, begin the trial run.”

“Okay, starting the trial run. Energy system activating... Estimated activation time is ten minutes...” Sister Niu began the entire operational process.

Activating a Star Gate required many procedures, taking a full half an hour.

Under normal circumstances, once a Star Gate is activated, it will not be shut down. Even if no Starship uses the Star Gate, it will remain in a low-frequency operation phase.

This is because the resources consumed during Star Gate activation are far greater than those consumed during low-frequency operation.

Unless absolutely necessary, Star Gates will not be shut down.

During this half hour, Zhao Chen and Lilith watched as the T3 Brightmoon-class Stargate gradually began to glow from its original silent state. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

It was as if two new moons were slowly glowing in the pitch-black night!

“Energy system running normally, main control system running normally, plugin system running normally...”

Along with Sister Niu’s various tests, a ‘sky curtain ripple’ finally appeared around the T3 Brightmoon-class Stargate.

That was the T3 Brightmoon-class Stargate’s comprehensive Star Shield system!

Like a Starship, a Star Gate also has a Star Shield.

However, the Star Shield of a typical T3 Star Gate can only defend a limited area.

But Zhao Chen’s T3 Brightmoon-class Stargate can defend the entire area, and at the same time, it can also close the Star Shield within a certain region, operating with ease.

“Report... This test project is complete, the T3 Brightmoon-class Stargate is operating normally, and will now enter a low-frequency operation state.” Sister Niu reported.

“Okay.” Annie said.

Subsequently, the distant T3 Brightmoon-class Stargate began to slowly dim, and its surrounding Star Shield also closed.

It ultimately maintained a low-frequency operational state.

“Commander, what do you think?” Annie looked like a child who had finished her homework and was waiting for praise.

Zhao Chen nodded in appreciation: “Very good.”

Annie showed a happy expression.

“Are your mother and the others accustomed to life here now?” After the Star Gate matters concluded, Zhao Chen chatted with Annie.

Annie happily said, “My mother is now employed on T2 Iron Hammer Ship Five, and she’s a small manager in a small department!

My younger sister is employed on T2 Iron Hammer Ship Three, and she’s doing very well at her job.”

“Then who is taking care of your younger siblings?” Zhao Chen recalled that Annie had two younger brothers and two younger sisters.

“It’s fine, my third sibling is already over ten years old, and he can take care of the other younger siblings at home.

They also do some small outsourced factory work at home. If my third sibling wasn’t taking care of the younger ones now, he could totally go to work in the factory.

The small tasks the other children do every day can also earn them a nutritious meal.

Plus my salary, my mother’s, and my second sibling Nana’s, a month’s living expenses are completely fine.

Additionally, these T2 Iron Hammer-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ships have opened some shuttle routes, so for a very cheap fee, they can return to their residences on the planet at fixed times.

My mother commutes like this every day.” Annie recounted her family’s life, a happy expression on her face.

Zhao ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) Chen said with some emotion, “Then isn’t your mother too tired commuting like that every day?”

“Tired? This is nothing compared to before. In the past, not only did we go hungry, but sometimes we had no choice but to hunt in areas on the planet where wild beasts lived.

Although we could develop some weapons, there were always casualties when hunting those beasts.

Every time we saw our parents leave, we at home were on tenterhooks.

Now it’s a bit busy, but everyone is safe and fulfilled!”

Annie suddenly bowed deeply to Zhao Chen: “Oh, my mother told me that when I saw the Commander, I must express our Dwarf race’s gratitude to you.

Thank you so much, it’s only because of you that we can have such a peaceful life now.

Thank you!”

Annie was very serious when she said this, completely devoid of her usual playful demeanor, which made Zhao Chen feel a bit unaccustomed.

“Then let’s discuss what’s next.

Due to the construction of the Star Gate, some parts of our production plan formulated last quarter ran into problems.

For example, the original target was to produce twenty T2 Iron Hammer-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ships by the end of June.

It was delayed until now, and only twenty T2 Iron Hammers have officially entered full active service.

We need to formulate a new construction plan, and this time we’ve discovered a high-quality resource asteroid belt.” Zhao Chen brought up this important matter.

Upon mentioning the newly discovered high-resource asteroid belt in the Owl Dragon Star System, Lilith and Annie both showed excited expressions.

“Speaking of this resource asteroid belt, it’s truly surprising. I didn’t expect a resource asteroid belt to appear in the border region of the Owl Dragon Star System!

And after our exploration and evaluation, it belongs to the high-quality category.

It covers 99% of the current raw material resources.

If it can be fully mined, the annual output is estimated to reach 500 million star coins!” Lilith said with some surprise.

Annie analyzed from the side, saying, “This resource asteroid belt is located on the edge of the Owl Dragon Star System, which might be because some altered celestial bodies in the interstellar boundary space slowly moved and entered the Owl Dragon Star System.

Then they stopped in the border area of the Owl Dragon Star System.

Because the Owl Dragon Star System is relatively barren, those peripheral areas were basically not checked by anyone, so they were never discovered.”

Lilith also happily said, “If Commander hadn’t ordered a detailed exploration and reconnaissance of the Owl Dragon Star System this time, perhaps we would have missed this treasure right under our noses.

Now that the Owl Dragon Star System has a Star Gate and a high-quality resource asteroid belt, the value of the Owl Dragon Star System is enough to meet the standard of the top ten Galaxies in the North Wind Star Sector!”

Zhao Chen looked at Lilith and Annie’s happy expressions, and he feigned a surprised look.

In fact, this was a task reward given to him by the system; he hadn’t expected it to be a high-quality resource asteroid belt.