Chapter 0771 - Solving the Mystery of Silver Metal
Xia Lei knew very well that to deal with the FA organization, he would obviously not be able to do it alone. Although the FA organization cannot be compared with the strength of the CIA, it is no different from the intelligence agent organization of a small and medium-sized country. He didn't know how many agents the FA organization had or where the FA organization's headquarters were, and he had to have a helper to deal with such an almost invisible but very powerful opponent.
That helper is the Knights Hospitaller.
The Knights Hospitaller has a history of almost 1,000 years, and during the medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem, it had its own army and created its own kingdom. Although its glory has been submerged in the long river of history, it can still stand for nearly 1,000 years of history, if it does not have the strength, how can it do this?
The days of knighthood have passed, but there has never been a shortage of fanatical religious believers in this world, and these fanatical religious believers are the cornerstone of the Knights Hospitaller's standing. The power of faith is terrifying, and the Knights Hospitaller hold that power. Therefore, in his opinion, the strength of the Knights Hospitaller and the strength of the FA organization should be between the two and even above!
In Italy, in France, he took out the Knights Hospitaller, and there was a hostile relationship between him and the Knights Hospitaller. But there are no eternal enemies or eternal friends in this world, only eternal interests. He held in his hand the relics of the Knights Hospitaller, and the Knights Hospitaller wanted to get it no matter what the price. So, as long as he takes advantage of this, he can achieve his goal at the lowest cost - take out the Night Mosha, and even the FA organization!
That's his plan.
But before he could execute this plan, he needed to figure out what exactly the silver metal was.
Just as he was compiling his thoughts, he returned, and in addition to the silver piece of metal, he also had a small box for storing rock specimens.
"Mr. Xia, this metal is really strange, its mass is very light, and the density is not large, but the specific strength is almost ten times that of high-strength titanium alloy." Youton Lee looked excited.
Xia Lei was also taken aback by him, "Are you sure?" ”
Li Youton nodded, "Yes, Xia Dong, before cutting, I used him to do some physical tests, and its specific strength is at least ten times higher than that of high-strength titanium alloys." It was very difficult for me to cut it with a laser cutter, and I suspect that the metal can even withstand the speed of light. ”
Xia Lei's heart was shocked. High-strength titanium alloy is an indispensable material for making compressor parts for aircraft engines, rockets, missiles and structural parts of high-speed aircraft. China's titanium alloy metal is far behind the developed countries in Europe and the United States, which is also a reason why it has not been able to build good fighter engines and advanced fighter jets. If this metal can be produced and applied to the aviation field, then the material advantages of Europe and the United States will be gone, and even far behind China!
"Xia Dong, you can't get this piece of metal from some alien spaceship, right?" Li Youton looked at Xia Lei, his eyes were full of suspicion.
Xia Lei frowned, "Alien spaceship? You go find me one and take a look. ”
Of course, he wouldn't tell Leeuton where he got the silver metal, and he didn't trust any alien spacecraft.
"I'm sorry, Xia Dong, I didn't mean that, I just said it casually." Li Youton handed the silver metal in his hand to Xia Lei along with the box, "I have cut a small piece of this piece of metal according to your instructions, you can take a look." ”
Xia Lei opened the box, and he saw a piece of silver metal several times smaller than a grain of rice, and then he looked at the large silver metal. To his surprise, he couldn't even tell it had been cut.
"What's going on?" Xia Lei asked, "Have you dealt with the marks of the cut?"
"No, absolutely not, actually, I feel very strange." Lee Wooton said.
No matter what the material is, it will definitely leave traces of cutting after it has just been cut, but this piece of silver metal has not left any traces, giving people the feeling that it has repaired that part by itself.
"Take the cut part and analyze it." Charley handed the box back into Lee's hands.
"Okay, Xia Dong, I'll go right away." Lee's eagerness to do the experiment.
Xia Lei suddenly said again: "Wait, I'll go with you."
He had been there for more than thirty hours, and it was already the evening of the next day when he left the materials laboratory.
In the past thirty hours, he and Youton have done almost all the experiments and analyses they can do.
The result came as a big surprise to him.
The main component of this silvery metal is actually carbon.
Carbon is everywhere in the world, in its natural form diamond, graphite and coal, and there are countless compounds of carbon, perfumes, rubber, plastics, gasoline, explosives, and so on. Carbon is present in our own bodies. Carbon can make up life, make up soft graphite, or make up brilliant and hard diamonds, in different forms, but the atomic arrangement of carbon is different.
Now, it reappears in the mysterious silvery metal, itself a non-metallic element. It's incomprehensible, but it's real.
In addition to carbon, it has two other constituent elements, but they are unknown and it is impossible to find out what they are. However, a conclusion has been made, this piece of silver metal is a carbon alloy.
In the modern industrial field, carbon alloy is the most widely used metal and is very common. But what is certain is that even the most developed smelting technology in Europe and the United States cannot produce carbon alloys comparable to silver metals. In this silvery metal, its atomic structure is so peculiar that even a materials scientist with great expertise like Youton Lee has never heard of or seen.
But it's still a great bonus.
Mastering the atomic arrangement of the carbon element in this metal will be a great benefit and even a booster for the new materials business of the Lehmar Group. Although it is impossible to process and manufacture at present, it is certain that if Lehman Group develops a new type of high-tech material in the future, it will inevitably be inseparable from this incident!
Twilight is blank.
Xia Lei looked at the sky and said to himself: "Mr. Leonardo da Vinci, I did it, I almost solved its secret. But I know it's not that you're not smart enough, it's that you didn't have the conditions to do analysis and experiments at that time, and if you were given the same equipment and conditions, you might be able to do better than me. ”
There was a white cloud dyed golden in the western sky, and it looked like a smiling face.
Maybe it was Leonardo da Vinci laughing when he heard the news.
"Mr. Da Vinci, I will unlock the secrets of all this." Retracting his gaze, Xia Lei walked towards the villa.
He's going to an underground lab to do an experiment that can only be done by himself.
Entering the underground laboratory, Xia Lei opened the safe and took out the ancient alloy box that was missing a horn.
He had a hunch that there must be some connection between the silver metal and the ancient alloy.
This premonition is not an unwarranted premonition, but it is well-founded. His basis is Zhu Xuanyue. Zhu Xuanyue is an inhuman existence, she can enter the world of ancient alloys, then this silver metal may be brought out of the world inside ancient alloys!
Could it be so?
Xia Lei opened the box containing the silver metal, then held it with tweezers, carefully reaching through the gap in the ancient alloy box.
That's the experiment he's going to do.
He'd done this kind of experiment with a lot of things, gel pens, metal tubes, etc., but this was the first time he had put silver metal in it.
As the energy field vibrates, he releases the tweezers. The silver metal was immediately sucked in, and instantly disappeared into the dark space inside the box. Then, everything was still.
"The history of this silver metal is impossible to verify, but it must be very old. Anything that enters the world of the ancient alloy box seems to have suddenly gone through thousands of years, weathered to the point that it is not visible, and I wonder what will happen to the silver metal? While waiting for the results, Xia Lei's heart couldn't help but guess.
The void on the ancient alloy box suddenly shook slightly.
The small speck of silver metal leaped out of the void, intact and showing no signs of weathering.
The energy field vanished, and the small piece of silvery metal fell from the void, and it didn't even make a sound because it was too small and light.
"How is this possible? Any substance has a period of failure, and even stainless steel, which does not rust, cannot remain as it is after thousands of years. Xia Lei's heart was full of surprise and confusion.
He tried it two more times, and each time the structure was the same, the silver metal unchanged.
In the end, he boldly sent the large piece of silver metal into the world of the ancient alloy box.
The result was still the same, and this time he had recorded all the subtle features of the silver metal with his left eye before putting them in, but none of those subtle features had changed since he came out.
After a few minutes of silent thought, Xia Lei found a paper cutter and slit his fingers, dripping blood onto a large chunk of silver metal. He then threw a large piece of silver-colored metal stained with blood into the world of the ancient alloy box.
After a brief wait, the void trembled, and large chunks of silvery metal leaped out of the void.
Seeing it at a glance, Xia Lei was dumbfounded.
The blood on the flat surface of the silvery metal was no longer visible, but there was still blood in the crevices of its corners, and it was not dry, it looked like it had just dripped on!
Bang! Large chunks of silvery metal slammed down on the metal table.
Xia Lei grabbed it in his hand with a trembling hand, and a trace of blood flowed out of a dent in the silver metal and onto his fingers. The blood is still warm.
"It'...... It's not an angelic sword, it's not an alien ship, it's ...... Protective clothing! Xia Lei's mind suddenly came to such a conclusion.
Then, he didn't move for at least half an hour.
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