No matter how much ore there is, if it is swallowed and spit out by the sandworm, the dross will be spit out, and all that remains is the essence. The sandworms repeatedly swallow and vomit, which is equivalent to removing all the dregs of the ore, and what remains is a mineral of extremely high purity. In terms of work efficiency, the throughput of sandworms is much more powerful than that of some large smelters.

What's more, sandworms are not picky eaters at all. Even if the mineral content is less than 1%, after it swallows and spits out, less than 1% of the essence remains. This is something that no smelter can do. An ordinary smelter can only smelt rich ores. For poor mines, it is dismissive. It's not a technical issue, it's a cost issue.

The cost of smelting poor ore is too high to be cost-effective, and no company is willing to make a loss-making transaction. As a result, a large amount of poor ore was discarded. This is very obvious in Ai Ye Xing. The rich ore is mined, and the rest is poor ore. The entire Ai Ye Star is a world of poor mines, and there are all kinds of poor mines.

In fact, if you add up all the poor minerals of Ai Ye Star, the total mineral content is definitely an astonishing number. If anyone can refine all the poor ores of Aiye Star, not to mention affecting the ore market of Egret Star, even the ore market of the entire Star Federation will be greatly affected. Because, this number is indeed too huge.

Xia Xingxiao didn't expect that he would inadvertently create a new field. This field is the refining of poor ores. The five sandworm larvae seem to have been born to refine lean ore. For them, there is actually no difference between rich and poor mines. Anyway, they're all devouring the past all the way.

The larvae of sandworms have a very strong ability to phagocytose. Second-level sandworm larvae can devour tons of rocks at a time. As the sandworm larvae grow, the number of rocks devoured each time will increase. After the sand worm larvae reach adulthood (level ten), it is estimated that there is no problem in swallowing hundreds of tons, tens of thousands of tons, and hundreds of millions of tons of rocks at a time.

Those super large sandworms can even swallow the entire planet in one bite. The twentieth level of the large sandworm has a body length of more than 50,000 kilometers and a diameter of more than 5,000 kilometers. It only needs one mouth, and the moon is gone. If the level is a little higher, one mouth, one earth will be gone. Of course, that's all for later.

In the depths of the crater, there are some precious minerals, such as molybdenum, bismuth and so on. These minerals are indispensable raw materials for Z series energy crystals. And the energy crystals of the Z series are an indispensable source of power for warships. Xia Qianfeng's mineral trading company, a considerable part of the profits, is from molybdenum, bismuth and the like.

For these valuable minerals, Xia Xingxiao will certainly not let go. It's one thing to save people, it's another thing to make trouble, it's another thing to make money. While making trouble, you can't forget to make money. His father still only has a net worth of a few dozen dragon coins, which is not enough, and he has to increase it as soon as possible. His first goal was to increase it to one hundred dragon coins.

Soon, all valuable minerals were collected by sandworm larvae and stored in the space of the abdomen. Xia Xingxiao observed the abdominal storage space of some sandworm larvae, and couldn't help but smack his tongue a little. These damn sandworm larvae look ugly on the outside, but they're actually very tough. In just a moment's effort, the abdominal space of the sandworm larvae was already filled with all kinds of high-precision ores.

Paralyzed, these seemingly ugly big guys are not only masters of prospecting and mining, but also masters of smelting. The minerals collected have been preliminarily smelted by it, and the purity is very high. If you use an instrument to do the test, the purity is at least more than 90%. As long as you take it back to your father's ore processing factory, do the final processing and packaging, and you can sell it directly.

Regarding the prices of various minerals in the Star World in recent years, Xia Xingxiao is still relatively clear. If the belly space of the sand worm larvae were all filled with ore, there would be at least twenty-five tons of stock. The price per ton of high-purity molybdenite is more than 500,000 stars, and the price of high-purity bismuth ore is more than 800,000 stars per ton. Twenty-five tons of high-purity rare minerals, with a total value of more than 10 million star coins.

That's just the capacity of a second-level sandworm. The five sandworm larvae add up, which is a mineral worth more than 50 million star coins. As the level of the sandworm increases, the capacity of the abdominal space will increase in the form of geometric coefficients. When the time comes, the belly space can hold more minerals. It is not difficult to bring back billions of star coins worth of minerals at once.

The belly space of the third-level sandworm can hold at least 100 tons of minerals. The belly space of the fourth-level sandworm can hold 400 tons of minerals. The belly space of the fifth-level sandworm can hold 2,500 tons of minerals. And so on, the amount of minerals that a high-grade sandworm can hold is simply terrifying.

What's more, sandworm larvae are mined at an extremely fast rate. They can fill their belly space in a very short time. Xia Xingxiao roughly calculated, with the mining capacity of the sandworm larvae, if they were ordered to mine with all their might, it would only take them three days at most to fill their belly space.

In other words, if all the five sandworm larvae are dispatched, it will only take three days to help him earn back 50 million star coins. That's close to 500 million stars a month. And that's just the second level of sandworm larvae. If it is a third-level sandworm larvae, the net profit income per month will reach a staggering two billion star coins.

"Damn, I've been stuck with a good guy again......," Xia Xingxiao muttered again.

Although he was born with a golden spoon since he was a child, he was used to seeing all kinds of small money, and he never had a shortage of money since he was a child, but when the profits of billions of star coins every month were placed in front of him, he was still deeply stimulated.

It is important to know that sandworm larval mining does not cost at all. The only thing they need to consume is the power of the stars. And the power of the stars does not cost anything. Therefore, these two billion star coins are pure profits. The average annual profit of his father's Chaduomi Mineral Trading Company is estimated to be about 500 million. Two billion star coins is the average profit of Dad's trading company for four years.

If it's a fourth-level sandworm, the number will be even greater. The storage space of the fourth-level sandworm can hold a full 400 tons of ore. If there is no accident, the five sandworm larvae work together, and the net profit every month will reach a staggering more than 8 billion star coins. If it's a level 5 sandworm, it's even more, and it must be calculated with dragon coins.

Of course, these are theoretical figures. In fact, the real profit could not have reached such a high level. First of all, sandworms may not be able to find so many valuable minerals. Secondly, in the process of mining minerals, it may not be smooth sailing. Besides, it is also possible that the five sandworm larvae will have to participate in battles, participate in interstellar flights or something, and may not have much time to mine.

However, with the strong prospecting, mining, and smelting capabilities of the sand worm larvae, it is no problem to maintain half or one-third of the theoretical level every month. And even a third of the profit is very impressive. As long as he ensures a profit of 500 million yuan per month, Xia Xingxiao can do a lot of things.

If sandworm larval mining is so profitable, why didn't anyone else choose sandworm larvae? Without the effect of the mysterious beads, the crystal nucleus of the sandworm larvae cannot be expanded, the number of star passages cannot be increased, and the ability of the sandworm larvae to mine will be greatly weakened. Ordinary sandworm larvae can earn hundreds of thousands of star coins every month, which is not bad.

However, hundreds of thousands of star coins were really nothing in the eyes of cultivators. If you waste the precious success rate of Dao Heart Demon Cultivation ** for the sake of a mere hundreds of thousands of star coins, you will regret it for a lifetime. Only a second ancestor like Xia Xingxiao would not take the Dao Heart Demon ** seriously. Only a pervert like him would accept sandworm larvae as life-saving beasts.

Thinking of the billions of star coins per month, Xia Xingxiao didn't think for a while of how the money should be spent. After thinking about it, all he could think of was to deposit it in the bank and collect interest. Otherwise, it will all be allocated to my father's company, and the right will be developed and grown.

"Whoa!"

"Whoa!"

While planning for the future, all of a sudden, the five sand worm larvae writhed restlessly.

Xia Xingxiao thought that the sand worm larvae were in trouble and were attacked or something, and he was about to go to the front to take a look, but as a result, he quickly felt a strong energy fluctuation. And these energy fluctuations are all transmitted from the body of the sand worm larvae. If you didn't guess wrong, it should be that the sandworm larvae have absorbed enough star power and are ready to advance.

"Damn, won't it, is the upgrade speed so fast?" Xia Xingxiao couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.

After careful calculation, it seems that he has collected these five sandworm larvae for less than 300 hours. They had already been upgraded one level before, and now they are going to upgrade again? Damn, the speed is so fast? Isn't it much faster than Lao Tzu's leveling speed? Is the power of the stars contained in WST rays really so perverted?

Sure enough, under Xia Xingxiao's personal witness, the body of the sandworm larvae was constantly stretched. The space that was forcibly pulled out was filled with the power of the stars. The body, which was originally only fifty meters long, was pulled alive to a hundred meters. The body diameter of the sand worm larvae has also increased from five meters to ten meters.

(To be continued)