Naturally, there were no twists and turns and accidents along the way.

When Xu Ran drove to the door of a small metal processing factory in Tanjia Town, the truck had already stopped there and waited, and the truck driver was sitting on the side of the road smoking.

Because the money has not been paid, it is naturally impossible for the driver to unload the goods and run away.

Xu Ran said to the doorman at the gate of the factory, and the doorman called the office, and after a while, a sturdy and well-built young man came out.

This young man is Tan Nian's cousin Tan Song, this small processing factory is opened by the Tan family, and it can be regarded as a family business.

"Xu Ran, why did you get here?"

Because Xu Ran and Tan Nian had come to his house a few times before, and Tan Song had also seen him, he had a little impression of Xu Ran, and he could still call him by name.

After Xu Ran shook hands with Tan Song, he said, "Brother Song, you are a busy person, and I won't bother you too much time, but there is a little thing that I need to ask you for a favor?"

Tan Song said: "You are my brother Tan Nian's friend, what do you say directly, let's not come to those false ones?"

Xu Ran pointed to the stone platform on the truck and said, "Brother Song, I bought a stone platform, I need to borrow your machine to cut it, of course, I cover the cost of blade loss and labor!"

Hearing that Xu Ran said it happily, Tan Song glanced at the stone platform, nodded and said, "It's no problem at all, you can cut it as much as you want!"

After Tan Song agreed, Xu Ran asked the truck driver to drive the car to the yard and unload it.

After Xu Ran paid the truck driver's fare, he saw Tan Song personally driving a forklift.

The forklift forklifted the stone platform very easily, Tan Song let Xu Ran sit on the forklift, and took Xu Ran into a small processing workshop at the back.

There is only one machine tool in the processing workshop, and after Tan Song forks the stone platform to the lathe transmission frame, he turns on the power and turns on the machine, and the roar sounds.

According to the location of the star core meteorite in the stone platform, Xu Ran drew a line with a graphite pen around the stone platform according to the degree of vibration sensed by the space key.

After the line was drawn, Tan Song also installed a cutting wheel on a movable arm of the lathe, and called someone to help him, so he began to cut according to Xu Ran's line.

At this moment, the roar of the machine, the noise from the grinding wheel cutting, and the lime powder quickly began to spread everywhere.

Although it will be washed with water during the cutting process, the dust from the grinding wheel is still relatively large, and Xu Ran felt a little suffocated when he stood at the door, so he had to go outside and stand by the window to watch.

The line drawn by Xu Ran is actually some width away from the meteorite itself, but he is afraid that he will accidentally cut off some of it during the cutting process, which is not what Xu Ran wants, and the overall effect will be greatly reduced.

Click!

At this moment, there was a sudden cracking sound, which startled Xu Ran.

After the dust fell, Xu Ran saw that a grinding wheel was actually scrapped, and it was cut off when it turned around, which also made the size of the stone platform much smaller.

However, there was a marked area below that was only half cut, and it seemed to be a harder rock inside, so Tan Song replaced it with a large cutting grinding wheel, which was successfully removed.

There was no accident this time, Xu Ran waited for about five minutes, and Tan Song cut off all the parts that were crossed.

The remaining stone, about the size of a safe, was cut into a boxy shape, with an uneven surface and raw edges.

Xu Ran didn't care whether there were burrs on its surface at all, and after the dust was scattered, he went in to look at the surface, and there were no traces of the cut surface of the star core meteorite.

Although most of the ones were cut off, Xu Ran felt that the weight of the remaining part was still about a ton, and he didn't know how big the star core meteorite was that was sandwiched inside.

If you want to estimate his mass and volume according to the weight of those star core meteorites in the debris space, Xu Ran estimates that this star core meteorite should be as big as a football.

Now it is only the size of a safe, and Xu Ran did not let Tan Song continue to cut.

Because this volume can be put in the car, he plans to go back and let the industrial robot handle the rest, which is much more efficient and more accurate without damaging the slightest.

Tan Song saw that there were a lot of raw edges after cutting, and he looked a little embarrassed, so he asked Xu Ran if he wanted to continue cutting.

Of course Xu Ran wouldn't continue to cut, saying that it would be fine, he didn't care if there was a burr or not, so he asked Tan Song to bring it out with a forklift.

After Tan Song used a forklift to transport the stones out, Xu Ran parked the car, folded and folded the seats in the back of the car to make more space, and opened the back box, letting Tan Song control the forklift to help him put the stones into the car.

When the stones were put into the car, the weight of the car obviously made the car sink a bit, but with the power of the off-road vehicle, it was not a problem to carry this weight at high speeds.

After it was done, Tan Song got off the forklift, and Xu Ran stuffed the prepared 1,000 yuan in cash to Tan Song.

Tan Song politely excused himself, saying that the damage to a grinding wheel was only one or two hundred yuan, and Xu Ran did not allow him to continue to politely excuse himself, and after forcing the money to him, Tan Song accepted the money neatly.

rejected Tan Song's proposal to invite him to dinner, Xu Ran said that he wanted to go back to Xia Cheng immediately, and he didn't chat with Tan Song, let alone mention Tan Nian's trapped in the ancient tomb, and said goodbye to Tan Song.

There is a high-speed entrance near Tanjia Town.

After Xu Ran got on the highway, he drove for three hours, parked the car at the transfer station and rested for an hour, had a casual meal, and continued on the road.

……

Because of the load-bearing relationship, Xu Ran didn't dare to drive too fast on the road.

It wasn't until around half past nine in the evening, after eight and a half hours, that Xu Ran successfully returned to Xia City.

But just as I got off the highway, the phone rang.

Through the transfer of the smart terminal, he saw that it was Liu Siqin calling, so Xu Ran picked it up.

Liu Siqin said that some of the information had been obtained, but she made a strange request, that is, Liu Siqin's former boss at the bank, Sister Xue, wanted to see him.

Xu Ran and the so-called Sister Xue had never met in person, and they had no interests involved, but Liu Siqin's request made Xu Ran a little vigilant, and asked in a deep voice: "Why does she want to see me?"

"I don't know the reason, Sister Xue just said that if you can't talk to me in person, some information can't be given to me, she said that this period is very sensitive, once some information is leaked, it will cause a lot of trouble......"

Because Li Ruhong used similar things to put together, Xu Ran gained experience, and he became more and more vigilant against strangers related to such sensitive matters.

Now that a similar situation has appeared, Xu Ran was a little annoyed, and said, "Then when you talked to her, did you mention me?"

Liu Siqin said: "No, I didn't mention anything related to you!"

Xu Ran knew that this woman was very strict and secret, but I believed that she would not mention this, and said in a deep voice: "I don't want to make trouble, and I don't want to meet anyone I don't know, what kind of bullshit guarantee to know a stranger, if the information can't be obtained, that's your problem, all I want is the result, understand?"

"But ......"

This Liu Siqin is always easy to be confused in this kind of thing, Xu Ran didn't give her a chance to speak at all, and said, "Okay, let's do this first!"

After that, Xu Ran hung up the phone.