Chen Chen fell asleep peacefully in the arms of his sister Chen Ying, and at about the same time, in a research institute in the imperial capital thousands of miles away, a laboratory was still brightly lit.

The lead researcher, Professor Chu, was alone in the lounge of his laboratory, lying on a large sofa with his eyes closed, waiting for news from his students.

At about 10:20 p.m., the door of the laboratory was pushed open, and a young man in a hurry, carrying an aluminum alloy suitcase, walked in quickly.

"Mentor! Stuff brought back! This time it was exceptionally large, and the metal content was very high. ”

Professor Chu listened to the young man's voice, and agreed with some absent-mindedness:

"Lin Hai is back, thank you for your hard work, put the things on the testing table, and ah, I've said it several times, don't always be so flustered, there are more than 20 people, and I still can't stabilize ......"

The young man Lin Hai didn't care about Professor Chu's complaint at all, put the suitcase on the table, walked over quickly, helped Professor Chu to stand up, took the glasses, and brought them to the professor:

"I know what you said, but this meteorite is really a bit special, maybe, your long-standing subject will be able to make a breakthrough today."

Professor Chu shook his head helplessly: "Lin Hai, you are always too optimistic, how can this matter be so easy?" I've been doing it for most of my life, and I still don't get anything.

"Forget it, I won't discourage you from being motivated, you tell me first, what is the difference between this meteorite?"

Lin Hai helped Professor Chu to the workbench, opened the box, and said:

"You see, this meteorite is not only large, but it is more like a piece of a piece of metal that has been peeled off from a large metal structure than a common meteorite."

Listening to his student's words and looking at the appearance of this meteorite, Professor Chu's eyes also lit up:

"Take it out first, go to the measuring table and measure the data ......"

"Okay!" Lin Hai listened to the professor's instructions, put on gloves, stretched out his hands, and held the meteorite to take it out, but found that the box containing the meteorite also followed.

Looking at this, Professor Chu smiled: "I said, you kid, did you apply glue to the meteorite?" ”

"No......" Lin Hai looked at the box and meteorite in his hand with a puzzled expression, grabbed the meteorite with one hand, broke the box with the other, and tried to break the box and the meteorite.

"I'm sure I'm not going to put glue on it, but it's strange why they stick together......"

After Lin Hai broke it a few times, the box was a little deformed, but the meteorite and the box were still completely glued together, and there was no sign of loosening.

Professor Chu also began to be a little strange, although his own student was a little reckless, he was not stupid at all.

On the contrary, he is actually very smart, so I like him very much, I leave everything to him to do, and I can teach him more things.

"Mentor, wait a minute, I'll find a tool to pry him open......," Lin Hai said, putting down the box and the meteorite, and looking around the laboratory to find two stainless steel pipes.

Insert the stainless steel tube into the adhesive place between the meteorite and the box, and prepare to pry it.

But as soon as Lin Hai inserted the stainless steel pipe in, before he could use force, he felt that the pipe in his hand suddenly became soft.

Then, he watched, the steel pipe in his hand, at a speed visible to the naked eye, gradually softened and slowly attached to the meteorite.

Then, less than a minute later, the melted steel pipe, like water seeping into the earth, directly merged with the meteorite and disappeared completely.

When the change happened, Professor Chu and Lin Hai were both completely stunned.

The two watched the whole process of change intently.

After waiting for the liquid after the stainless steel pipe melted and completely disappeared, Lin Hai screamed violently, involuntarily took a few steps back, and almost sat on the ground, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately jumped up and shouted loudly:

"it...... Groove ...... Groove ...... What is the situation! What is this! He assimilated the steel pipe! That's a steel pipe! Teacher, teacher, what is this! ”

Professor Chu's mood at this time was also extremely excited, although he forcibly kept calm, his body had begun to tremble uncontrollably.

Tremblingly, he reached out and took out a handkerchief, wiped the lenses of his glasses, and put them on tremblingly.

Professor Chu wiped his glasses, forcibly suppressed his excitement, and said to his student Lin Hai:

"What the hell is called! Isn't this what we've been waiting for?

"Every day, I look at a few damn stones, measure the shape data, and then test the magnetic field, and test the composition.

"Every day, every year, I get a lot of rocks from the moon and Mars, and the asteroid belt, but I want these rocks to be used by the devil!

"What we really wanted, they never showed up!

"Today, today is different, at the beginning, there was a surprise directly, you kid deserves to be my lucky star!

"Don't be stupid, bring a few more steel pipes, or other materials, and then prepare the video recorder, and we'll have a good and comprehensive inspection of this...... This thing. ”

"Uh...... Okay......" Lin Hai agreed in a daze, and according to the usual experimental testing method, he began to prepare various materials and instruments, and began to observe this meteorite.

Because they were too excited, the two of them were not sleepy at all now, and they were busy until dawn the next day, and then sorted out a simple test report.

Meteorite 17082303.

Dimensions: 19.3 cm * 15.1 cm * 10.7 cm.

Composition: Because of its characteristics, it cannot be identified for the time being, and the preliminary judgment is about 70% iron, about 10% aluminum, about 10% silicon, and some other elements.

Properties: It can quickly absorb high-purity iron, the higher the purity, the faster the absorption rate, but the compounds that cannot absorb iron cannot absorb any kind of iron ore.

It can absorb high-purity aluminum, the higher the purity, the faster the absorption, but the overall speed is more than 100 times slower than the absorption rate of iron.

Similarly, compounds that do not absorb aluminium and cannot absorb aluminium ore.

Other metallic elements, which have a slight reaction and are currently unable to absorb.

When absorbing iron or aluminum, meteorites emit a special magnetic field, and the strength is related to the absorption rate.

After absorbing 100 grams of iron, the mass of the iron itself increases by about 80 grams.

After absorbing 100 grams of aluminum, the mass of the aluminum element increases by about 40 grams.

The weight that disappeared is currently undetectable in what form it has been transformed into.

Preliminary conclusion: The meteorite may be a very special life form that can absorb iron and aluminum as nutrients.