Anson was afraid of falling into a pit that he didn't know how risky, but Xia Ming's new commission started as a translator, and he didn't hesitate for too long.

The captain was not involved in the interrogation, and the captain had to avoid suspicion. If torture is involved and leaked to the outside world, the Holy Mother in the name of various international organizations will jump out and shout for the "victims", and then be used by certain forces to make a fuss.

As a result, there was no need for torture at all, and as soon as the prisoner was taken down from the helicopter, he was fully confessed as if he had poured beans into a bamboo tube, after all, his identity was somewhat special.

This guy is Radama's nephew, who has the rank of captain in the government army, and was ordered by Radama's deputy to bring a team of men and horses here to "clear out the rebels".

Listening to the guy's lame French, he angrily accused the "combat robots" of wantonly killing "regular soldiers on normal missions", committing serious war crimes and grossly trampling on the sovereignty of the Malagasy state, and the mercenaries were eager to shoot this guy in the head.

It was Xia Ming who manipulated XGPA and gave this guy another punch in the face to remind him of his current situation.

"This is the exclusive economic zone of the Seychelles, and we are a Huaxia company that has obtained the legal permission of the Seychelles government to carry out exploration missions here. You, the Malagasy government army, have not only violated the sovereignty of Seychelles, but have also committed piracy against us. I believe that this is not the normal behavior of your country, but that you soldiers are making their own claims, which is tantamount to rebellion! ”

Xia Ming's words were translated by Anson to this Kumar, who unfortunately was not the captain of Hakura Matata: "The Chinese government will be happy to help Madagascar restore normal order." After all, in your country, we have billions of dollars in investment ......"

Then Xia Ming approached Kuma and said directly in French: "If you want to live, contact your uncle and ask him to give me an explanation!" ”

Anson glanced at Xia Ming, who knew French but wanted to pull him as a translator. Do you feel like you've jumped into a pit?

Kumar was still perfunctory: "My uncle has hundreds of nephews, and I don't mean that important to him, I mean a little important, but not so important that he will come forward in person." ”

"It's the first time I've been discriminated against by a black person", Xia Ming also inadvertently confided in a racial-racial discriminatory tendency: "Mr. Kumar, you are such an inconspicuous word in the eyes of your uncle. How could he be responsible for such a stealthy operation? ”

As soon as he thought about it, XGPA punched Kumar in the jaw, and the other mechanical hand firmly pressed the skull as his head tilted up, and the impact of that punch was absorbed by Kuma's brain, so this guy's eyes were glazed, his nosebleeds flowed, and the feeling of a mild concussion made him extremely uncomfortable.

"Understand your situation, this is not Guantánamo, there are no human rights organizations and no lawyers. Only civilians panicking because of pirate attacks ......"

Xia Ming's threat, coupled with XGPA's steel fist, made Kumar completely relent, and he repeatedly agreed to contact Radama.

However, it is not suitable to deal with this matter immediately, Xia Ming decided to lock this guy up for a few days first, and wait for the salvage work to be completed.

Because of the appearance of pirates, Captain Wang and his crew were busy like crazy, and the preliminary survey of the salvage was completed the next morning.

Look at a simulation of a side-view sonar designed to detect the topography of the seabed. Xia Ming felt very confused.

A thick and long cylinder with a round end. A spiky, too much like an old-fashioned 1,000-pound aerial bomb!

"It's the result of a computer simulation, it's not a small difference from the original thing, and the shell doesn't have to be metal, and the metal detector has to be close to a few meters to be effective."

After Captain Wang explained, he said seriously: "The location has been determined. We started salvage in the afternoon. However, if it is found to be an aerial bomb, or if it has a yellow warning sign on it, we will not proceed unless you explain everything and take the necessary safety measures. ”

Xia Ming agreed. If it was really an aerial bomb, or even a nuclear warhead or something dangerous, he was not going to pick it up, and it was a big deal that he would go down in a deep submersible to study it at close range.

The current record for manned deep diving was set by the Americans more than fifty years ago, and the Mariana Trench, with a depth of 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters, is completely free of technical difficulty. The manned submersible on Captain Wang's ship can reach a depth of 8,000 meters.

In the control center of the deep-diving ship, Xia Ming, Xiaotang, Lin Cheng and others watched the manned deep-diving submersible dive, looking at the mechanical arm at the head of the deep-diving submersible, Xia Ming asked Captain Wang: "Can't you directly use the deep-diving robot to do it?" It's still dangerous to let people go. ”

When it comes to professional topics, Captain Wang came to the spirit and explained a lot, and the summary is that someone is more accurate and meticulous in the on-site operation.

Xia Ming and Lin Cheng glanced at each other, and they both felt that they had discovered a new world.

"The market for deep-diving robots? Obediently, the current deep-diving robots are all made by various companies, scientific research units and navies of various countries, and there is no standard at all. Of course, some so-called deep-diving robots are also sold on the market, but they are only a few hundred meters deep, and they are sold to those treasure hunting companies, which is still very unreliable. ”

"A deep-diving robot that is as flexible as a human? This is certainly promising, but it is not a big breakthrough if you still have to drag the cables, and there is no progress in deep-sea exploration methods. ”

Captain Wang poured cold water on Xia Ming's new business conceived by Char Heavy Industries, that's right, the current deep submersible has to drag cables for communication and safety issues, which greatly restricts the action of the deep submersible. Moreover, the means of seabed exploration still stay in the large area, satellite remote sensing, and sonar for details, and the detection results obtained are very vague.

Thinking of quantum communication from Qianyan MINI, and then thinking of the "quantum radar" concept released by the British a few years ago, Xia Ming suddenly felt that human beings are really backward and primitive. Even the trenches that are several kilometers and more than ten kilometers deep can only be vaguely explored, and I don't know where the self-confidence of those who clamore for the omnipotence of human technology comes from.

While his thoughts were flying, Captain Wang shouted, "That's it!" ”

The submersible had reached its location, and in the light it could be seen a thin metal body that looked like the tail of the thing, or the head.

The metal body reflected the light, and only the outline and dazzling spots were seen, and Captain Wang was surprised: "Did this thing just fall?" How come there is no rust at all, and there is no parasitic seaweed or anything like that? ”

The submersible sent back the results of a metal detector. It's really the size of a thousand-pound aerial bomb. The head of this thing is under the mud layer of the seabed, and the middle part is full of sea sand. The operator judged that this thing was either inserted so deep by external forces, or only the head was shallowly stuck in the sea mud, and the sea sand in the middle was slowly piled up over tens of thousands of years.

To the confusion of the operator and Captain Wang, the eddy current effect under the metal detector was very weak, indicating that either the shell of the thing was not metal. It's just that there are metal objects in it, or the shell is a very strange material.

Xia Ming asked: "Anyway, it's not an aerial bomb or a nuclear bomb, right?" ”

Captain Wang was still not sure: "Let's dig it out first." ”

The submersible's robotic arm began to work, digging away the sand and mud around the thing, and the camera was blurry and nothing could be seen, and the operators relied solely on the vague outline of the metal detector to determine the location, and they did not dare to touch the thing easily.

Digging up something the size of an aerial bomb at a depth of 5,000 meters is not a matter of time and a half, and the submersible must rest after working for an hour. The operator also had to change shifts, and it wasn't until dusk that the thing was gouged out.

"It shouldn't be a bomb or a nuclear bomb......"

The deep submersible used various detectors, including the radiometer, to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the thing, and found no abnormalities, at which point Captain Wang made up his mind.

On the screen, the thing was already lying horizontally in the dug pit, about a meter and a half long. Half a meter in diameter, the whole body is silvery white. Blowing away the mud, there is not a trace of rust or corrosion at all.

Lin Cheng muttered: "Obediently, could it be a strong interaction material!?" ”

Xiaotang sighed: "It's really impossible for that thing to have eddy currents, and besides, if that kind of thing in the setting really wants to become a reality, our universe must first rise a few dimensions." You three-body cooks. I always want to make a big news. ”

Lin Cheng argued: "I just want to make a joke to liven up the atmosphere and see how nervous everyone becomes." ”

Xia Ming glanced at him, except for Captain Wang, the only one among us who is really nervous is you.

The submersible's robotic arm threads the rope through the thing and attaches it to the pontoon. It's only halfway to the point, and the thing is showing signs of floating.

Captain Wang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's very light!" I'm afraid it's not as heavy as anyone else! ”

Only then did he completely rule out the danger of this thing, and commanded the submersible to drag it up and float it.

When night fell, in the specially vacated cabin, Xia Ming, Xiaotang and Lin Cheng surrounded the strange thing lying on the table, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

It doesn't feel like metal to the touch, but it rings again, and there is not a single seam throughout the body.

Xiaotang's eyes suddenly became hot: "This material is very unusual, I have to analyze it carefully when I bring it back." ”

Her hand kept rubbing the surface of the thing softly, like a ......

Xia Ming felt as if she was rubbing her skin.

"I'm starting to believe in the existence of aliens", Lin Cheng's emotion was even more romantic.

Xia Ming also tried to rub the surface and sense the so-called "homologous signal" of R3AI, but there was still no response.

The three of them tossed for a while, confirming that there was no switch on the accident watch, and there was no such thing as a blood drop to recognize the owner.

Although the latter is very nonsense, Lin Cheng tried it with a nosebleed very seriously, he is on fire in the past few days, but when the nosebleed is smeared, it is like an oil drop floating on the surface of the water, and it slides down directly.

"It's made with nanotechnology", Xiaotang immediately came to a conclusion.

Xia Ming smashed it twice with his fist, making a dull echo of a thump, it was hollow, but analyzing the sound waves he heard, it should be filled with something.

He finally couldn't help it: "Bring the welding gun!" ”

There was no precision detection equipment on the ship to analyze objects, and Xia Ming couldn't wait to transport it back to the research institute to figure out what it was, and was ready to go directly to the "destructive test" stage.

Xiaotang objected: "No! It's too dangerous! ”

Xia Ming pointed to XGPA standing in the corner: "It's done." ”

This barely adds an extra layer of security, and Xiaotang agreed.

Finding a gas welding gun from Captain Wang, Xia Ming manipulated the XGPA and began to cut the pointed end of the thing.

A minute later, XGPA turned off the welding torch, and Xia Ming muttered on Shen Chat, "I'm also starting to suspect that this thing is an alien thing." ”

He uses professional gas welding, the temperature can reach more than 2,000 degrees, you must know that the melting point of pure titanium is only 1678 degrees, and the melting point of titanium alloy is lower than that of pure titanium. And the shell of this thing has a much higher melting point than pure titanium.

Xiaotang despised his scientific literacy: "What doesn't move by gas welding is aliens?" The melting point of tungsten is more than 3,000 degrees, and last year's new record for the melting point of hafnium-tantalum carbon alloy at Brown University was 4,500 degrees. ”

She instructed, "Go find the plasma welding torch, there should be one on board." ”

The temperature of plasma cutting is as high as seven or eight thousand degrees, which is higher than the temperature of the surface of the sun, and the temperature of the plasma arc core is as high as two or three thousand degrees.

When XGPA started work again, Xia Ming and Lin Cheng's mentality was a little complicated, of course it was good to cut it, but it couldn't be cut...... That's really big news.

When the tip of the thing fell in the sparks of the arc, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and felt very sorry.

"Aerogel!?"

When the tip fell, a soft white thing fell off, fell on XGPA's leg, and bounced up, watching this mass of things flutter in the air like a dandelion, Xiaotang blurted out.

Aerogel is something that has only become hot in the last decade, it is a colloid with only a skeleton, which can be filled with air or other gases, has a very low density, and is close to metal in melting point and hardness. This thing has a wide range of uses that people can't think about it, but because of the manufacturing process, the cost is very high.

Xiaotang said: "There is nothing beyond the level of earth technology, but there should be something very different. ”

Xia Ming manipulated XGPA, and while pulling out the aerogel that should be filled inside, he said, "Don't jump to conclusions until you finish the thing......

As soon as he finished speaking, XGPA's mechanical arm pulled out a round ball from the thing, the size of a lead ball, and its entire body was swarthy.

The moment he saw this ball, Xia Ming's brain suddenly dizzy, and the surrounding space rippled, and at the same time, a circle of strange lines lit up on the sphere, emitting a blue light. (To be continued.) )