"Yes, gold is dense, corrosion-resistant, and malleable. But the disadvantage is that the ductility is too good, resulting in too much softness and low stiffness. However, the physical properties of this blessed pure gold have obviously changed significantly. ”

"Qin, I have a discovery about this. Alice came to the torso of the icon, which had been divided into six pieces, and pointed to the open cavity in her chest: "There is a golden gem here, and I assume that this is the core of the holy power. ”

The chest part of the entire torso is hollow, and in the center there is a gem seat guarded by a six-petal golden triangle, and the gem is set in it.

"Possibly. Qin Song stretched out his hand and pressed the golden gem, pulled it off with a little force, and sensed it, it did contain some kind of strange power, which was a little different from magic.

As the gemstones fall off, amazing things happen.

The gold surface of the shell has a faint luminous layer that flickers, and the color of the gold seems to have dimmed a little.

"Huh?" Alice was keenly aware of this change, and her keen perception of metal made her immediately pick up the cube and carve it vigorously with her fingertips.

"Qin, the gold seems to have regained its softness!"

Qin Song also hurriedly tried it, and found that as Alice said, the stiffness and strength of gold had decreased significantly, and the original physical properties had been restored.

"Alice, it seems that your speculation is correct. It is this core that gives ordinary gold its unique physical properties. When the core is removed, the gold is restored to its original state. ”

"How does this work?"

"It's not clear for the time being, it may be related to the device in the cavity, and there will be time to study it slowly. Qin Song shook his head: "But then again, this Holy Spirit Church is really rich. The size of this icon, how much gold it would cost to cast. ”

The statue is more than five meters high, nearly two meters wide at the shoulders, and three meters at the arm, and if Alice hadn't split it into several parts, it would have been a hassle to transport it back from the battlefield.

The density of pure gold is too great, a lump of palm size will be about 2 pounds, and the arm of the icon alone is roughly assumed to be a cylinder, 3 meters high, 0.25 meters in radius, and nearly 0.6 cubic meters in volume, which is converted into 600,000 cubic centimeters.

Of course, upon examination, it was found that the golden icon was not solid, with cavities in the middle of the torso and limbs, and a rib-like support structure.

The thickness of the shell is also staggering, 7-8 centimeters thick, accounting for two-thirds of the radius, and if you multiply 600,000 cubic centimeters by two-thirds, there are also 400,000 cubic centimeters.

The density of pure gold is 19.32 grams per cubic centimeter, which is about 0.04 pounds, which shows that the weight of the arm is roughly 16,000 pounds!

What is this concept? The largest physical gold bar in circulation in the Kingdom of Tia weighs about 5 pounds, and the maximum denomination credit slip that can be issued by the Chamber of Commerce of the Principality of Vendon is 50 pounds.

In other words, this arm is equivalent to 3,200 Tia gold bars and 320 credit slips.

Mind you, it's just an arm!

The weight of the entire gold icon is conservatively estimated to be worth 10,000 gold bars, or more.

This can no longer be measured by wealth, it is simply inhumane!

Of course, in the minds of the believers of the Holy Spirit Church, the invincible warriors made of gold have more symbolic meaning and actual combat value, which is much higher than the value of gold alone.

"Yes, just making such a golden elephant is probably impossible to cost our Blackstone Collar decades of savings. Alice also sighed with a full face: "The nobles of the Tia Kingdom, since the end of the Holy War, the country has been established for nearly 300 years, and I don't know how many gold coin stores have been looted. I have heard that there is an inexhaustible gold mine where the royal city of Tia was founded, and every year thousands of serfs die in the deep and dark mines. ”

"Alice, as you said, when the kingdom of Tia can mine a large amount of gold every year, the whole country should be rich and prosperous, and the people should be rich and worry-free. However, what I see does not seem to be the case, and all this gold is probably used to make war machines. ”

Indeed, as Qin Song said, gold coins are hard currency, and gold reserves are a symbol of national strength. The people at the bottom of the kingdom of Kotia, including the minor nobles, have always had a bad life.

What does this mean?

It shows that the gold that was excavated did not enter the market, but was made into a war machine by the Holy Spirit. But this also makes sense, after all, for the Holy Spirit, winning the hegemony is the ultimate goal, and as for the life of the common people, there is no need to care at all.

"yes, I've figured out a lot of questions now. Alice nodded: "Just such a golden statue, if it is exchanged for food and clothes, I don't know how many people can be fed." However, the church that preaches fraternity only holds the scriptures, deceives people to believe in the Holy Spirit, donates property, seeks the protection of the Holy Spirit, and prays for ascension to heaven after death. ”

"Kingdom of Heaven?" Qin Song smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If a person doesn't find the meaning of life when he is alive, doesn't take care of his relatives, doesn't take care of his friends, and ascends to Heaven with regret and suffering, will he definitely be happy?"

Looking at Alice, who had short hair cut in front of him, Qin Song gently stretched out his hand and stroked her cheek: "Alice, do you know what real gold is? Heaven or not, at least when we leave time, we will meet with a smile. ”

"Hmm!" The tension of the war passed, Alice's clear eyes, like two autumn waters, looked at Qin Song with affection, and recalled the short but affectionate kiss before the war, and her heart was shy and sweet.

The eyes that seemed to be able to speak, with a hint of anticipation.

Qin Song smiled slightly, gently holding her petite body in his arms, while Alice tried to stand on tiptoe and put her cheek against his chest.

Neither side spoke, but they both understood in their hearts that their feelings had been sublimated.

They hugged quietly for a while, and it wasn't until the sound of talking outside that Alice escaped from his embrace like a frightened bunny, but her eyes were full of reluctance.

"Qin, Alice, are you there?"

Luna pushes open the door and walks in.

"What's wrong? Luna?"

Alice's face still had a faint flush, which Luna caught at a glance, "Huh, Alice, why is your face so red?"

"Ah, no, nothing. Alice's eyes quickly evaded, and she hesitated: "Just now, just now, I used too much magic power." ”

"Oh, oh. Luna nodded a little perfunctorily, looked at Alice suspiciously, and then at Qin Song.

"What's the matter? Luna?"

"Aha, it's not a big deal. Luna scratched her head innocently, curled her hair with her hands, and said haha, "It's just passing by, passing by." Ah, by the way, what are you doing?"

"I'm studying the icons. Alice hurriedly picked up the cube and changed the subject: "Very strange gold." ”

"Wow, is it really gold?" exclaimed Luna, "Oh my God, is the whole icon gold?

"It does look like gold, but it doesn't seem to be like normal gold. ”

"Does that matter?" Luna smiled as she walked over and grabbed the cube in her hand, "I guess it's enough to pay the craftsmen." Well, and the fighters who have made meritorious contributions in this battle, they are eligible for awards. ”

"Of course. Qin Song smiled and nodded.

"Hmm. Luna secretly glanced at Qin Song as she spoke, looking like she wanted to say something, and then held back for a while before whispering, "I heard that Kayce did well this time." ”

It turned out that he came to invite credit for his brother.

Qin Song and Alice glanced at each other and couldn't help but smile.