Scanner: My Interstellar Mining Empire

A mine collapses, burying me alive 800 meters underground. Before my oxygen runs out, I find a crashed alien spacecraft. From that day on, a talking metal ring appears on my left wrist. In my eyes, the rock layers become translucent. It marks out which ore veins are valuable, which routes lead to safety, and even where enemies are lying in ambush.

With its help, I dig up my first fortune, buy my first busted ship, and find my first true brother. We call ourselves Stardust. We go from stealing and seizing mines to owning a mining planet of our own. From hiding from pirates and fighting them to becoming the name that makes pirates tremble. They say I, Lin Feng, am the best fighter among miners and the most knowledgeable miner among captains.

Until the mining giant DSM issues a kill order for me. Until the ancient Starsea Alliance offers me an olive branch. Until I discover that the thing on my wrist is pointing not to an ore vein... but to the oldest and deadliest secret in the universe.

[From this day on, I will mine for no one.]

[With this pickaxe, I will carve out a star empire of my own.]