Chapter 82 The 098 Crystal Stone's Origin

Half an hour later, a helicopter landed near the mining area.

Professor Nan, looking hurried, along with Li Tianran and Qin Yiming, jumped out of the helicopter and strode towards the mine pit where the crystalline ore had been excavated.

Although Li Tianran could immediately see the detailed data of the crystal stone, Professor Nan still insisted on conducting tests. The test results showed that the crystalline ore produced in the mining area was indeed the 098-tpi mixed crystal stone. Its purity was comparable to the one in Professor Nan's hand, and its volume was much larger. The head-sized ore contained at least 500 grams of mixed crystals that could be used as raw materials for purification.

This discovery made Professor Nan feel a little deflated.

It was like an antique collector who was extremely lucky to get a Song Dynasty official kiln vase, treasuring it all day long, holding it in his hands for fear of dropping it, keeping it in his mouth for fear of melting it, and occasionally taking it out to proudly show off to friends. But the other party dismissed it and directly dragged out a whole box of Tang tri-color pottery from his dilapidated warehouse...

This feeling was really embarrassing.

Even Professor Nan, with his weathered face of over sixty years, couldn't help but feel a little awkward.

"This ore was mined from that location." Qin Yiming pointed to the edge of a mine pit in front.

Currently, three mine pits in the southern mining area were being mined simultaneously, and Qin Yiming was pointing to the third pit.

"Stop the equipment first! Stop it!" Professor Nan was a little agitated, waving his arms and shouting in a hoarse voice at the adult-level Combat Man nearby.

Li Tianran issued instructions in the system, and the adult-level Combat Man transported the batch of ore on the conveyor belt out of the mine pit, then disconnected the power supply in the third mine pit.

Without the rumbling sound of those large machines, the entire third mine pit instantly became quiet.

Li Tianran and Professor Nan came to the side of the mine pit where the 098 crystal stone was excavated. This was a rock wall exposed to the outside, mostly red iron ore, but if you looked closely, you could see occasional glittering reflections in the red.

Professor Nan used a small brush to carefully clean the dust and gravel from a rock wall, observed it for a long time, and then stood up straight, saying in a very solemn and excited tone, "I can confirm that there is definitely a large amount of 098 crystal stone in this mine pit. Judging from this rock wall alone, its reserves will definitely not be low!"

The third mine pit was twenty-seven meters deep, and these rock walls had glittering reflective points from top to bottom, some as small as rice grains, some as large as mung beans, but the head-sized ones that Qin Yiming had just taken out were rare.

"It's so spectacular, so rare!" Professor Nan repeatedly muttered in surprise, "How could there be a 098 crystal stone mine on this island?"

Li Tianran looked at the glittering spots on the rock wall, stroked his chin, and said with a smile, "These crystal stones should be much more valuable than iron ore, right..."

"It's not a question of whether it's valuable or not! It's really a very rare and uncommon mineral!" Professor Nan carefully considered his words and said, "Before introducing its rarity, please allow me to introduce its origin, how it was formed!"

Li Tianran raised his eyebrows, signaling Professor Nan to continue.

"This crystal stone was first discovered thirty years ago, when doctors found that its refined product could be used to eliminate rejection reactions after drugs entered the human body. It was very effective for patients with serious diseases who needed strong medicines. Later, it was continuously developed for medicinal purposes, but its reserves were very scarce. The number mined worldwide is very limited."

"098 crystal stone is a mineral, but all minerals can be roughly predicted by various surveys, observations of terrain, and landforms to determine what terrain will have the same mineral storage!"

"For example, petroleum storage terrains are mostly in folded anticline strata, and natural gas is mainly distributed in continental shelves and deep-sea basin terrains."

"But 098 crystal stone is different, its storage location is very random!"

"It can appear on plateaus, in the seabed, and even in frozen places like Antarctica..." Professor Nan said in a deep voice, "It is impossible to survey its storage location through geological experience. You can only find it by stumbling upon it by chance."

Completely random, this did cause a lot of trouble for the mining work.

Li Tianran nodded, no wonder this thing was so expensive. According to this blind cat finding a dead mouse-like mining method, the world's reserves of 098 crystal stone probably did not exceed one thousand tons.

"How is this thing formed? Is it possible to artificially replicate it?" Li Tianran thought of a possibility and asked softly.

Professor Nan shook his head when he heard the words, and said solemnly: "This is exactly the problem I want to talk about next."

"The 098 crystal is not a mineral like iron and copper that is autonomously born in nature. Like coal, it is a product formed by a thing undergoing long-term natural changes."

Originally, there was no coal in nature. It was a product formed by large areas of plants being covered under the earth and undergoing thousands of years of changes.

Li Tianran did not expect that the production process of the 098 crystal was actually the same as that of coal.

"What is it transformed from?" Li Tianran asked.

Professor Nan was silent for a long time, and said: "After research, people have discovered that the 098 crystal stone is transformed from biological remains... People have found the genes of organisms in the crystal stone, and in some mines, people have found some fossils of hair!"

098 crystal stone is transformed from biological remains!

Li Tianran raised his eyebrows, he suddenly thought of a somewhat crazy possibility.

The neutralizer produced by refining 098 crystal stone can suppress the abilities of atavistic evolutionaries, and 098 crystal stone is transformed from biological remains, and its distribution in the world is very scattered...

Could it be that millions of years ago, some creatures with powerful abilities were born on Blue Star?

They once ruled this land, dividing their respective territories, but for some unknown reason, they became extinct. In the end, they died all over the world, and their remains were buried in high mountains, under the sea, and in the plains...

With changes in the earth's crust and plate collisions, the corpses of these creatures were torn apart and crushed. The essence of their bones turned into a medicinal crystal over a long period of time, but because the time was too long, this medicinal property was somewhat weak, and it could only suppress the genes of atavistic evolutionaries to a slight extent under the right circumstances...

Li Tianran suddenly looked at Professor Nan, and Professor Nan was also staring straight at Li Tianran at this time.

In just an instant, Li Tianran understood what the other party was thinking.

"Do you also think... that what formed these crystal stones may be some powerful evolved creatures?" Li Tianran asked.

Professor Nan was silent for a long time, neither denying nor acknowledging it, but just said: "It is meaningless to care about how this kind of thing is formed now, even if we know, we cannot replicate them in a short period of time!"

"Instead of considering their origin, it is better to consider how to make them create maximum benefits for us."