Shangguan Qing and Li Huan's acquaintance was very accidental, if it weren't for the three of them going on a mission together, it is estimated that they would never know each other in this life, and after carrying out that mission, Li Huan saved Shangguan Qing's life, and even they were fused together in their blood, Shangguan Qing had Li Huan's blood in her body, otherwise she would have died when she was on Panshi Island. When she was in danger, it was Li Fang's highly active blood that saved his life. But it's a pity that after that mission, Li Huan and her always get together more and leave less, and even when Li Huan and Chen Xue got engaged later, Shangguan Qing left the peacekeeping force and stayed outside for two years before coming back.

Although they met again in the Gulf of Aden, after that, they always got together more and less.

Li Huan didn't say it, he ran around the world all day long, either this secret mission or that secret mission, there were many things, except for the top executives of Hon Hai Trade and the top leaders, no one knew what he was going to do, Shangguan Qing naturally couldn't go with him. And Han Dong also had his own things after that, the special air service brigade was upgraded to a special ability unit that was trained by the state after the rainforest battle, and Han Dong, as a commander inside, naturally began to adapt to this kind of training and combat, and they carried out high-intensity training every day in the following time to adapt to the battle in the new environment, and Shangguan Qing was of course training together.

But in this way, the three of them always get together more and leave less, and there is almost no chance to get together.

This mission to explore another world, although it is said to be in another world, but the three of them have finally gotten together again, Shangguan Qing watched the three men arguing on the side, although she talked about Hannibal's light bulb, but she still felt very warm. This scene seems to have appeared a few years ago, and it seems to have often appeared in his dreams, in short, when the three of them were on a mission together, Shangguan Qing felt that only at that time Li Huan belonged to him, and at that time it was the cleanest and purest feeling, without other involvement and fetters. It's just that as time goes by, Li Huan is getting busier and busier, and his interpersonal communication network is becoming more and more complicated, although Shangguan Qing's mind about Li Huan has not changed, but there is no way to get back the original impulse.

At this time, the three of them seemed to be preparing to carry out a new mission again, so when Shangguan Qing first saw this scene, she was still a little excited in her heart.

"Okay, okay, things to eat, don't waste time, they don't have much time, they want to chase us desperately, we must not let them catch up, so we can't waste time, we can't say that we have the starting advantage, just play the game of tortoise and rabbit racing, and when we go to sleep, people have already thrown us seventeen or eighteen streets, look at you, say what you want to say quickly, let's evaluate it, if we can, start implementing it immediately." Li Huan glanced at Shangguan Qing with tenderness, and then said: "It's also a good way to keep your advantage and distance yourself, we can't let others overtake us." ”

After speaking, Li Huan looked at Hannibal: "Let's talk about the crystal nucleus, this is the most important thing, we are not interested in anything like gold and diamonds, only the crystal nucleus is our goal, and it is also our first goal." ”

"Of course, I'm talking about demon beasts. Hannibal casually wiped his hand on the table, and suddenly, a red circle of light appeared on the table.

Han Dong subconsciously stood up.

"What the hell is this......" Han Dong pointed to the aperture on the table.

"Magic ......?" Shangguan Qing guessed.

"Don't make such a fuss, okay? Didn't I tell you before I came here? The power system of this world is different from ours, didn't you find it when you came? Your aura is all useless, and you always don't take it seriously when you are allowed to cultivate your spiritual power, but now your aura can't be used, stupid, right? If you don't have strong mental power when you come to this world, then there is no difference from ordinary people, and at most the equipment will be more advanced, so you must pay attention to your own safety. Li Huan looked at Han Dong as if he was looking at a fool: "I don't know why you didn't listen carefully at the beginning, but now you are dumbfounded, this is a kind of space magic, Hannibal should have activated some kind of space equipment on his body, and he wants to take some information out of it." ”

As soon as Li Huan's words fell, Hannibal pulled out a thick book from the red aperture. Then he pulled out a bunch of incomprehensible instruments from the red aperture, and then opened his ring, took out a small crystal nucleus, and finally put the book on the strange instrument under a combination. The next thing I saw was the words in his mouth, and after about a few seconds, an image appeared in the air before everyone's eyes.

"Well, the projector over here. Li Huan nodded.

"This, this magic is a projector......" Han Dong rubbed his eyes: "I can buy one for four hundred and ninety-nine, this is really a waste." ”

"Don't say anything about waste, there are rules for the operation of the world here, you 599 499 can buy a projector, then you can buy a Spitfire meteor for me to see. Li Huan pouted: "Since you are interested in magic, then let Hannibal take you to Bavaria tomorrow to ask the serious magicians over there." Anyway, according to your habits, you must be going to die, and now the spirit contract here can't be used, you only have strengthened physical and mental power to use, and you can't use the aura to assist you in doing anything, see if you can learn some magic, if you can, it's still a little useful. ”

"What you said seems to be right, I think the brightness of this projector can at least top more than 20,000 of that kind of top-level laser projectors......" Han Dong touched his chin: "499, 599 projectors will definitely not work......"

"Can you be serious?" Shangguan Qing couldn't cry or laugh, the first time she saw magic, she used 499 as a metaphor, this is too magical.

"Shall I start?" Hannibal was not distracted at all.

"Let's get started, by the way, explain the crystal nucleus. Li Huan nodded.

Speaking of crystal nucleus, it is Li Huan's biggest discovery in this world, and it is also one of the reasons that promoted the country's determination to explore this world, although it is said that the living space of human beings is very narrow now, but I feel my conscience and say that according to the current development of human beings, the earth can at least support hundreds or even thousands of years, and it is not so urgent. Urgently, a crystal nucleus containing supernuclear elements was discovered here, which is what drove the progress of the Quest for the World project.

How precious it is, it can be seen from its high refining value, hundreds of billions of dollars to refine a gram of elements have been listed as strategic resources, although the current refining technology has been improved, but each gram of refining elements also needs hundreds of millions of dollars of support. As mentioned earlier, this element is mainly after the rainforest battle, after all countries have publicly recognized the special ability, the super-nuclear element is the only nemesis of the special ability, so every country must reserve - in addition to this, this element is still necessary for many high-tech instruments - in the simplest way, for example, China's newly invented supercomputer, its CPU is driven by the super-core element.

Supercomputers are a must for a country's strategic security.

A supercomputer is a computer that has an information processing power that is one to two orders of magnitude faster than a personal computer, and it plays a pivotal role in the fields of intensive computing and massive data processing. A supercomputer, also known as a supercomputer, which is a product of high-performance computing technology, is a concept that corresponds to a high-performance computer or a high-end computer. Supercomputers have strong ability to calculate and process data, and the main characteristics are high speed and large capacity, equipped with a variety of external and peripheral equipment, and rich and high-performance software systems. Supercomputers are turbine-designed, with each blade being a server, working together and being able to scale up or down as the application requires. Taking China's first "Sunway Taihu Light", which is built entirely with domestic processors, as an example, its continuous performance is 930 million times per second, and the peak performance can reach 1.25 billion times per second. Through the advanced architecture and design, the separation of storage and computing is realized, ensuring that user data and data are not affected in any way when the software system is updated or the CPU is upgraded, ensuring the security of stored information, and truly realizing the advantages of maintaining long-term, efficient and reliable computing and easy to upgrade and maintain.

Depending on the processor, supercomputers can be divided into two categories, either with dedicated processors or with standard-compatible processors. The former can efficiently deal with the same type of problem, while the latter can be used for multiple purposes, and the scope of use is more flexible and extensive. Single-purpose computers are mostly found in astrophysics, code-breaking, and other fields. The international "chess master" "Deep Blue" and Japan's "Earth Simulator" are all such supercomputers, many of which are non-dedicated systems serving many fields such as military, medicine, meteorology, finance, energy, environment, and manufacturing.

It can be said that if a country has supercomputing, its information processing and computing mode will break through a new stage, and this depends on supernuclear elements. Because the supercomputer is running too fast, ordinary materials simply cannot cope with its CPU computing speed, and only a CPU coated with supercore elements can meet such a high temperature and energy transfer. Therefore, supernuclear elements are not only used in the defense of people with special abilities, but also have their unique contributions in many ways.

This alone can already make many countries feel crazy, because this element is extremely difficult and expensive to refine on the earth, and even if it is refined, it will cause huge pollution. Now that Li Huan has brought the crystal nucleus back to the earth, people have found that there are natural supernuclear elements in the crystal nucleus, which is undoubtedly a huge treasure.

Han Dong and Shangguan Qun did not have a systematic understanding of this kind of thing, and Hannibal systematically explained the hierarchy of crystal nuclei in order to give the two of them a more intuitive understanding. In fact, the level of the crystal nucleus is also very easy to explain, because this thing is mainly produced in the body of the demon beast, and the more advanced the demon beast, the higher the level of the crystal nucleus produced in the body, according to Li Huan, the more powerful the demon beast, the more supernuclear elements are produced. In this world, there is still a distinction between the properties of crystal nuclei, but the distinction of properties of crystal nuclei on the earth is not so important, no matter what its properties are, as long as it contains supernuclear elements.

"So what the hell are you hiding, hurry. When Hannibal was giving Han Dong and Shangguan Qing the knowledge of popular science crystal nucleus, Li Huan was a little impatient: "This can be talked about later, and even I can tell them that I called you here today, not for you to come and talk to everyone about popular science, popular science is such a thing, I can tell them on the way we set off." Tell me what kind of surprise you have prepared for us, what should we do after luring them to the gold mine, I believe that you must have prepared a big gift for us after delaying them for so long, hurry up and don't waste time. ”

"You're still smart, and indeed I have a big gift for you. Hannibal nodded: "But again, I have to agree to one condition first." We'll take you to find the place where monsters are abundant, and we'll have to divide the crystal nuclei you hunt. If you agree to this condition, then I will take you to that place. Of course, rest assured, that place is definitely not for you to die, because we will send troops in addition to yourselves - this can be seen as the first cooperation between the two sides, and if you think you can, then I will continue. ”

"Say it quickly!" Li Huan made the final decision.

After coming to this continent, the most important thing is to find supernuclear elements, and now it has become Li Huan's most important task. And everyone knows that this element mainly comes from the crystal nucleus, and the crystal nucleus mainly comes from the body of the monster, the more powerful the monster, the higher the possibility of producing the crystal nucleus, and the monster beast will produce a high-level crystal nucleus when it is strong to a certain extent, and the high-grade crystal nucleus and the low-level crystal nucleus contain many times more super-nuclear elements. Therefore, if you can find a group of demon beasts that are neither high nor low level, there is danger, but the danger is not great, and the exploration team led by Han Dong and Shangguan Qing can just deal with it, and it can be harvested in batches, then it is the best situation.

In this way, they will be able to get the number of crystal nuclei they need in the shortest possible time - because they don't need to do anything else now, and can devote themselves to the hunt. Because they still have a mission to build an island, but now it seems that they don't need it, because the commanders of other countries are going to go out and do it alone, and since they plan to go out and do it alone, then this explorer's island is ours.

Hannibal lived up to expectations, and sure enough, this kid had the goods in his head.

"Actually, there are not no such places, there are and there are quite a few of them. But after the last Demon Beast Tide, many crystal nucleus hunting grounds have been closed, and the concept of hunting grounds still existed before the Demon Beast Tide, and after the Demon Beast Tide came, the territory closed its territory with a wall, and this concept disappeared. Now if you want to need crystal nuclei, you can only import them from outside, that is, buy them from those guys in the outer regions. Hannibal said: "I don't need to say this, Li Huan should know." That's what the villagers of Broken Leaf Village, where Freya used to be, did just that, but they were only on the outskirts of the forest, and the level of crystal nuclei they could list was very low, so they might not even be able to talk about food and clothing. Of course, this is not because we paid too low, but because they were made a lot of difference by the middleman. ”

"There are people who make the difference everywhere, how come there are people who make the difference here, it seems that the two dealers are anywhere, as long as there is intelligent life, there will be two dealers, sometimes I really want to hang these two dealers and beat them. Han Dong spat out a mouthful of saliva: "People can't even eat, and they are embarrassed to make a difference in the middle, you also know that someone makes the difference, you should also follow the principle of free development, why don't you send a caravan to it? ”

"That's the problem, it's not that we don't want to send caravans, it's not that we don't want to suppress the middlemen, it's that we simply don't have the ability to do that, and that's what I'm going to talk about next. Hannibal smiled bitterly: "Why do you think it is so easy for you to apply for territory? In fact, we have no jurisdiction over that territory at all, saying that the Desert of the Territorial Center has jurisdiction, but in fact they can't control it at all." Because the environment there is so bad. Those caravans knew some secret water source points, and they could safely pass through the Gobi Desert, but if they didn't know those secret water source points, no one would be able to cross that desert at all—didn't Li Huan also know this? My father once led people to cross the Gobi Desert, but in the end he still didn't cross to the past, because his demon beast was sick, of course, his level can be carried hard with the strong physical strength of the demon beast, but ordinary people don't even think about it. ”

"That's right, the Gobi Desert over there is so big. Li Huan nodded: "Don't always say something I know, can you say something I don't know?" I can tell them these things on the way there." We don't have much time left, so let's just briefly say, what is going on with that hunting ground you are talking about, why no one has gone there, why this trend has stopped more than 1,000 years ago, is there any mortal danger?"

"It's not accurate to say deadly, that's something we can't control. Hannibal hesitated: "Deep in the forests on the other side of the Gobi, there used to be a hunting ground. According to our records, about 1,000 years ago, the crystal nucleus hunting factory produced enough crystal nuclei per day to support two or three large cities. And there is a steady stream of monsters over there, and the level is not high, and occasionally there is a high-level monster, which can be solved by the army stationed there, it is an excellent hunting ground for monsters, the level of monsters is not high, and the yield is very high. ”

After Hannibal finished speaking, he clicked on the book, and the "projector" projected a picture.

On the screen of the projector, I like that the three of them can clearly see a forest,That's right,It's a lush forest,But it doesn't seem accurate to say that the forest,It should be a rolling mountain range,This mountain range can't see much distance on the projector,In short, it's very vast,All kinds of lush vegetation growing on this mountain range,At a glance, it seems to be like a green ocean。 In the midst of this sea of green, there is a shocking rift valley. It is impossible to estimate the length of this rift because there is nothing to refer to around, but judging by the height, the width of this rift is at least about two to three kilometers - this two to three kilometers of rift extends about the horizon, and how long it will be after the horizon, no one knows.

"This is Howling Canyon, the best hunting ground thousands of years ago. At that time, the Gobi Desert was not the Gobi Desert, there was a huge city in the Gobi Desert, and that city was mainly responsible for hunting crystal nuclei and then reselling them to various places. Hannibal gestured for a moment, the projection zoomed in, and he pointed to a place in the canyon and said, "Do you see, there is a small building there, in those days, this kind of building was a small overseer, and the army stationed in the so-called overseer was responsible for preventing the appearance of high-level monsters. This hunting ground is one of the oldest and most productive hunting grounds. At their peak, they produced enough crystal nuclei to feed a city, and that city was even bigger than the Bavaria you see today, and according to historical records, the city in the Gobi Desert was about dozens of times larger than the current Bavaria. ”

"Such a good hunting area, why don't you use it?" Li Huan was curious.

"Monster tide. Hannibal smiled bitterly: "Haven't you heard? About a thousand years ago, there was a monster nest, and I don't know why all the monsters in the entire forest rioted, hitting our territory like a tide. They didn't know why they suddenly crossed the forest like crazy and began to attack the city built by humans, at first it was just some low-level demon beasts, but as time passed, intermediate demon beasts and high-level demon beasts appeared one after another. At that time, our armed forces were still very strong, and everyone was confident that they would be able to survive it. But when it finally got hot, there were some lord-level and even natural disaster-level demon beasts, and by that time we had no ability to resist, and in the end, after a big war, the city in the Gobi Desert was wiped out. And because of the continuous high-intensity battle and the erosion of the blood of the demon beasts, the originally rich city has become a ruin, and the underground of the city has begun to become a desert because of the infection of the blood of the demon beasts, and in the next few hundred years, the originally rich urban plain has become what it is now. Since then, there has been no concept of crystal core hunting grounds, and humans have withdrawn from the forest areas, and there is no need to fight those monsters, because we can't cross the Gobi Desert at all - even if there is a way to cross the Gobi Desert, it is a state act, such as crossing the Gobi Desert by boat from the Endless Sea......"

"You can't beat the pirates, and the Sea Royals. Li Huan pouted: "With the pride of the Sea Imperial Clan, they don't allow any ships to pass over their heads without passing through." If you dare to go there with a large fleet of soldiers, you will be buried by the waves set off by the guys of the Sea Emperor before you log in. ”

"Yes, exactly. Hannibal nodded: "So after that war, the forest behind the Gobi Desert has been resting, and no one has ever set foot in it." We all know that there is an excellent demon beast hunting ground there, which is full of medium-level demon beasts, and it can produce a large number of crystal nuclei, but we can't cross the Gobi Desert in a large way. And there are very few aborigines over there, they simply don't have the ability to hunt those large and large-scale demon beasts, and they can only mix up food and clothing. ”

"Then how can we get there? You can't get through the local territorial hubs. Shangguan Qing was curious.

"Because of him. Hannibal looked at Li Huan.

When Hannibal said this, Li Huan instantly understood.

The preciousness of crystal nuclei is not only understood by people on earth, but also by people in this world. Because compared to the use of industrial machines on the earth to develop society, this world can use crystal nucleus energy. No matter how much crystal nuclei have been produced in the past and how much they are produced now, and to what extent, they have always promoted the progress of this society. It's not that they don't know where they are, there are a large number of crystal nuclei, and they don't have to buy things from those poor people, it's because they know where to hunt, but they can't get through it for various reasons—for example, in the forest behind the Gobi Desert, Hannibal clearly pointed out where there used to be a lush hunting ground for demon beasts, and after recuperating for nearly a thousand years, Li Huan believes that the resources in that place must be even richer than at the beginning.

As for why you don't go, there's only one reason – you can't get by.

For example, if the people of Bavaria want to go there to hunt crystal nuclei, they first face a big problem. In fact, it is not a Bavarian person, and if the entire city in the center of the territory wants to go to the forest to hunt, it will be blocked by the Gobi Desert - according to the records, the itinerary of this Gobi Desert is because the vitality of the first line of the battle is too fierce and the intensity of the battle is too high, and there is also the problem of blood contamination of the elements, forming a narrow Gobi Desert. That is to say, when the demon beasts were pushing sideways on the front line, this was the main battlefield, and the humans held their last battlefield, drawing a trench between themselves and the dangerous demon beasts, and also blocking the channel for hunting crystal nuclei.

First of all, it is not cost-effective to hunt for crystal nuclei alone. For example, like Gude, a strong man like Gude can directly cross the Gobi Desert with his powerful demon beasts, but what's the point of him going over alone? You can't expect some king-level warriors to go over there to hunt crystal nuclei for everyone to use. Even if they go over there to hunt crystal nuclei, they are facing high-level targets, and what they get is precious top-level crystal nuclei, not consumables, and if they want to get more consumable crystal nuclei, they still have to hunt on a large scale as before. However, in the past, hunting was organized and large-scale, and it was only carried out when logistical supplies and personnel could keep up. Because there was a huge city in the Gobi Desert at that time, the territorial center put all the resources into this city in order to hunt crystal nuclei.

At that time, it was recorded that the city had a large amount of supplies, good medical conditions, good resting places and an abundant source of food. In addition to the supplies from the Territorial Overview, there is also support and resources from all sides, and people here are known to be able to hunt crystal nuclei and make a fortune, so a large number of high-level warriors come here to gather. While they hunt crystal nuclei here for money, they naturally want to spend here. With the presence of these tyrants, all kinds of industry and commerce have also sprung up here, and in short, you can find anything you want in this city.

At that time, in this situation, it was natural to organize a strong expedition team to hunt the crystal nucleus, and they could hunt the crystal nucleus directly as a consumable, which was a virtuous circle.

But now it is different, the Gobi Desert straddles the territory and the city in the middle of the forest, because the first-line war of the demon beast tide has been devastated, and now you can see the glory of the city, and you can only witness it on the ruins in those Gobi Desert. To put it simply, if you want to hunt the crystal nucleus, you must have a transit place, and now that there is no transit place, the territorial center simply can't send so many people to pull out such a long supply line.

Without the supply lines, no matter how many people are sent out, even if they can safely cross the Gobi Desert and enter the desert into the forest, there may not be a second group of people to replace them. Without a second group to replace them, they would have to fight to the death. Anyway, even the crystal nuclei they hunted may not be able to come and receive the second group of people - after all, if there is a way to cross that terrifying Gobi Desert, or walk over the heads of the coastal defense group, the people in the center of the territory have already figured out a way. After an interval of 1,000 years, the habit of this monster hunting ground has not yet recovered, which is enough to show that the sea is impassable, let alone on the Gobi Desert.

But if there is a way to get past, it's different.