Chapter 169: Mysterious Crystal

"Sure enough," as the "fire ant" continued to approach the intended landing site, the metal panel glowing with silver light gradually became clear in front of An Ruoxuan's eyes, with intricate mysterious patterns, strange and twisted mysterious characters, and a huge and transparent crystal inlaid in the center of the panel. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

An Ruoxuan modified the workflow set by the "Fire Ant" through the command, and a small saucer-shaped aircraft flew out of the cargo hold of the "Fire Ant" and flew directly to the metal panel. An Ruoxuan will not let the only mining ship face unknown risks, even if there are great benefits buried under that risk.

Very calm, unexpectedly calm. The dish-shaped aircraft used for reconnaissance and sampling landed smoothly on the panel, a thin film of energy completely isolating the aircraft from the panel itself. After analyzing the data transmitted back by the aircraft, An Ruoxuan's face became a little ugly.

The temptation is even greater. It's no longer just niobium metal, but a new temptation is more irresistible than niobium metal. The energy film on the metal panel is the embodiment of the energy shield technology that humans have painstakingly researched before. It can be difficult to study the energy shield technology from a living organism, but it's a standard technological artifact right now.

An Ruoxuan looked at the virtual projection behind her, and the doubts and fears in her heart were even more than before. She didn't know how much the "Celestial" knew about the situation on the "Glimmer", and she didn't know what kind of state the "Celestial" was in now. But in any case, An Ruoxuan has decided to explore the secrets behind the "Glimmer" and "Heavenly God" to the end.

It was still the small saucer-shaped spaceship, under An Ruoxuan's control, a huge mechanical arm stretched out from the bottom of the spaceship, aiming directly at the mysterious crystal in the center of the metal panel. Although mankind has never been able to create a true energy shield, mankind's fantasies and research on science have far outpaced the pace of scientific practice.

Energy shield, without energy there is no shield. After An Ruoxuan's analysis, the mysterious crystal that was bigger than a basketball had a more than eighty percent chance of being the energy source of the energy shield. As long as the mysterious crystal is removed, the energy shield on the surface of the metal panel should disappear directly.

An Ruoxuan estimates that it will definitely not be smooth sailing when picking up the mysterious crystal, that kind of small flying machine An Ruoxuan doesn't care at all, the cost is not high, even if there is an accident, there will not be much loss. However, to An Ruoxuan's surprise, it only took less than ten minutes for the small flying machine to successfully deliver the mysterious crystal to the warehouse of the "fire ant".

There were no accidents during the whole process, and the smooth ones made An Ruoxuan feel a little scared. After the mysterious crystal left the metal panel, the energy shield on the surface of the metal panel burst like foam. The small flying machine really landed on the metal panel this time, and after a simple sampling test, An Ruoxuan finally got specific information about the metal panel.

More than 90% of all materials in metal panels are niobium, and many other materials are rare metals. The overall shape and material of the metal panel also had an answer after being detected, and it was a huge cube with a side length of ten meters.

There was obviously a huge hole in the center of the cube, and An Ruoxuan basically didn't know anything about the specific situation in that hole. As for whether to open that space, An Ruoxuan still decided to discuss it with the crew, no one knows what will happen if the hole is opened, it may be the birth of a treasure, and it is more likely that the devil has descended.

Calling everyone in front of her, An Ruoxuan began to tell the others about the dilemma she was facing. The "Daystar" spacecraft will not allow any mistakes, but once a crisis breaks out, the "Daystar", which is very close to the "Glimmer", will naturally be the first to be impacted.

After further adjusting the course of the spacecraft, An Ruoxuan and the others controlled the needle "Daystar" spacecraft to gradually move away from the asteroid at their feet. At the same time, under An Ruoxuan's control, the small aircraft began to use its own laser robotic arm to disassemble the metal panel and the structure underneath.

The dismantling process is relatively smooth, without the protection of the energy film, the material strength of the metal panel is not very high. The aircraft simply used a simple laser cutter to successfully open a passage to the interior near the metal panel, and the small aircraft did not stop moving, and flew into the narrow passage.

Through the vision sharing of the small flying machine, An Ruoxuan saw the scene inside: in the center of the extremely empty metal hall, a blue crystal floated in the air. The blue crystals shimmered, and the shimmer stained the entire metal hall with a faint shade of blue.

An Ruoxuan still didn't directly touch the mysterious crystal this time, and it is not an exaggeration to be extremely vigilant in the face of unknown things. The small flying machine slowly approached the blue crystal, and the nano-metal mechanical arm on the aircraft continued to stretch, softening into a thin rope that surrounded the blue crystal in the center and slowly tightened.

It is still very smooth, it can be said that from leaving the earth to the present, all of An Ruoxuan's actions have been very smooth. An Ruoxuan didn't know if there was the intervention of the "gods" here, or if Luo Tian was also silently guarding their actions.

The blue crystals were successfully in hand, sharing the vision provided by An Ruoxuan, and Johnson found that the energy consumption of the "Celestial" increased by three percentage points in that instant. Although it was only a short moment, it still couldn't escape Johnson's eyes that were already staring at it. "Is this the thing, you're still exposed."

The little craft returned to the cargo compartment of the "Fire Ant" spaceship the same way it came, where there was another mysterious energy crystal. After that, the "fire ants" did not return directly, and the niobium metal on the "Shimmer" and the niobium metal panel had a very high value, and An Ruoxuan would not give up at will.

Maneuvering the "Daystar" spacecraft to return home, returning to the vicinity of "Shimmer", flying around it at a constant speed. The mining speed of "fire ants" is still very fast, and An Ruoxuan estimates that it will take about eleven hours to complete it completely. The target of the "fire ants" is about 560 tons, and after purification, about 500 tons of pure niobium metal can be obtained.

Looking at the "fire ants" at work, An Ruoxuan had a lot of thoughts in her heart. The "Celestial" should have been unable to hold back by now, although she didn't know what the use of that thing would be for it, but An Ruoxuan knew that by that time, a new conflict might be inevitable.