The legend of Tiga

Chapter 2257 Gold is Poisonous
Although human technology has been developing, we do not know much about the microscopic world and progress is very slow. The biggest constraint is observation.

The smallest object that can be observed by the human eye is about 0.01 millimeter, or ten micrometers, which is equivalent to 10,000 nanometers, just a little thinner than a hair. If you want to see objects smaller than this, you need to use external objects such as a magnifying glass or a microscope.

Therefore, human beings’ understanding of the microcosm is actually a history of magnification.

The more times you can magnify an object, the smaller the object you can see.

Today, magnification is no longer the main constraint, but rather how to divide objects into smaller pieces.

For example, the atom we talked about before. If the yard is compared to a football field, then the volume of the nucleus is like a ping-pong ball on the football field, and the volume of the layers of electrons orbiting the nucleus is probably comparable to that of a grain of dust.

Therefore, according to common sense, atoms should be like the solar system, very empty, and the sun should be visible at a glance.

But the fact is not so. Even when using the most advanced scanning tunneling microscope to observe atoms, what we see is a seamless whole, smooth and complete like a glass ball. Not to mention empty spaces, even a pore cannot be found.

This is completely inconsistent with people's understanding of atoms, but it is an indisputable fact.

Initially, people thought that this was a blockade by the Creator, who did not want people to peek into the foundation of this world. However, with the development of science and technology and the enrichment of theories, people gradually realized that electrons do not revolve in an orderly manner like the planets orbiting the sun in the macroscopic world, but rather there are "transitions".

According to the wave function, electrons are in a chaotic state when not observed, but appear at the observed position when observed, thus blocking the view and making it impossible to get a glimpse of the secrets inside the atom.

From then on, the "electron cloud" outside the atom became the biggest obstacle for people to understand the atom. For this reason, scientists spared no effort and spent huge amounts of money to build various heavyweight particle accelerators, just to knock away the electrons blocking the way and see the situation inside the atom.

But now there is a new option, which is the miniaturization of Tiga.

The principle of a particle accelerator is to accelerate a beam of particles to near the speed of light, and then collide with each other, thereby breaking the outer shell and revealing the inner core.

Is there any particle that is harder than Tiga?

Moreover, Tiga can not only accelerate itself, but also independently choose the impact position and angle to maximize the impact effect.

This is much better than repeatedly colliding with a particle accelerator and hoping for luck.

It can be said that it doesn't get better than this.

However, Horii did not want Tiga to act as a particle beam fusion accelerator to collide microscopic atoms, but wanted Tiga to act as eyes to observe the reaction between the cosmic bacteria Dali and the Sphia virus in the most intuitive way.

To devour, or to ignore, or...
Although it is possible to use instruments for observation, it is not so intuitive and requires a long time to prepare.

In the past, this amount of time was nothing, but now every second counts. Let alone a few days, even a few minutes are precious and there is no room for procrastination.

Therefore, Horii thought of asking Tiga to help, which can not only ensure the observation effect, but also ensure the safety of the experiment.

After all, these are the Sphia virus and the cosmic bacteria Dali, none of which are vegetarians and all of them can kill people. If safety measures are not taken, the experiment will be gambling with human lives, and preparing safety measures will take a long time.

Taking all factors into consideration, asking Tiga to help is the best move to kill two birds with one stone, not only saving time but also ensuring safety.

Chiba Makoto agreed. He also wanted to see whether the cosmic bacteria Dali was really a cosmic bacteriophage that could eat the energy-rich Sphia virus.

If that's the case, that would be interesting.

After obtaining Chiba Makoto's permission, Horii did not even take a break, but quickly gathered people and prepared to start verifying his guess.

I have to say, when scientists go crazy, they really work without sleep.

Not only did Horii look tired, but he worked swiftly. Everyone called by Horii, from the main experts to the interns who washed the test tubes, were all so diligent and busy. They were very happy without any dullness at all. Instead, they enjoyed it. This was probably the pleasure of exploring the unknown.

Time passed by little by little, and the experimental process was improved little by little during the discussion.

If Horii’s idea was a title, it’s now a paper.

Detailed and complex!
Line by line, page by page, everything from the experimental framework to the specific test tubes to be used was written out.

Chiba Makoto was amazed by what he saw. It was true that everyone has his own expertise. If it were him, he would be lucky if he could finish a piece of A4 paper. How could he finish what he has now, which is almost a book?

But for these old professors, it is a normal operation. The experiment cannot tolerate any mistakes. In many cases, even the slightest difference can lead to completely different results.

Therefore, rigor is the basis of experiment.

Chiba Makoto was watching the group of people inside in a "serious" manner when he heard the door opening behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Iruma Kei.

"Intermediary counselor!"

Qianye Cheng turned around and asked, "What happened again?"

No one comes here for no reason. He must be in a hurry now, so there must be something.

"I found some clues." Iruma Hui said this, but there was no joy on her face. It was obvious that the clues pointed to

"Oh!"

Chiba Makoto suddenly became alert.

You should know that Director Shiina of the Intelligence Bureau is one of the three chiefs of staff of TPC, and his main focus is on the general affairs of TPC. Therefore, the daily work of the Intelligence Bureau is in the charge of Megumi Iruma. It can be said that the entire Intelligence Bureau is basically headed by Megumi Iruma, and she, as a staff officer, holds real power, not just a title.

For even the Executive Director of the Intelligence Bureau to treat it with such caution, it goes without saying that it must be a very powerful police bureau.

Otherwise, if Huineng was the intermediary, he would have done it long ago and would not have bothered Qianye Cheng at all.

Therefore, this is definitely not as simple as the police department being involved, there must be something bigger. "That factory is responsible for processing gold, the massive amount of gold found near the land of Tiga, and doing preliminary processing for use in electronics, aerospace, precision instruments, medical and other industrial fields."

“All that gold!”

Chiba Makoto immediately remembered that a huge amount of gold had been discovered in that area. The amount was enough to drive the global gold price down to a bargain price, and would also cause devastating damage to global finance. In order to avoid economic collapse and maintain financial stability, TPC made an emergency move:
First, they mobilized all media to spread the message that the gold was impure, without meaning, without moral, and could not symbolize love, represent wealth, or show nobility;
The second is to strictly monitor the gold and ensure that it is only used in the industrial field as much as possible to avoid it flowing into the jewelry industry in order to maintain the precious metal industry.

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Although a lot of measures have been implemented, the effect is only some but not particularly effective.

The reason is simple. Precious metals are precious metals. Their value lies in their rarity. Only when they are in small quantities can their value be high.

Previously, the total gold reserves were only 40,000 tons, and the gold that had been proven to be economically valuable was only 50,000 to 60,000 tons, which together did not exceed 100,000 tons. But that wave doubled the amount. There were 100,000 tons of gold collected alone, and there were several million tons underground, and all of them were gathered together, so the mining value was simply too high.

The sudden appearance of so much gold, even if TPC has guarantees, cannot stop people from being pessimistic about the value of gold. This can be seen from the global plunge in gold prices after the "gold case". Investors are withdrawing in large numbers for fear of being trapped later. However, the general public has benefited from this, as they can buy nearly half the weight with the same money, which makes them very happy.

Because although TPC is strictly managed, it cannot be stopped because TPC is made up of individuals and various measures must be implemented by individuals. As long as people in each link still have emotions, it will not be perfect.

As long as the profit is big enough, people will even sell the rope for hanging. Moreover, gold has been a natural currency since ancient times. Although its price has been greatly reduced now, it is only relatively expensive compared to the past. It is still very valuable. Even a small reduction can make you rich.

Therefore, some of the "industrial gold" inevitably flowed out, contributing greatly to the sharp drop in global gold prices. Even if the supervisory authorities arrested batch after batch, they could not stop the greed that continued to come.

"Is there something wrong with the gold?"

Chiba Makoto didn't think that Narumi Hui mentioned the batch of gold at this moment to talk about corruption. This is not the job of the Intelligence Bureau. What's more, there are so many corrupt people that they can never be caught or killed from ancient times to the present.

The Intelligence Bureau, the Intelligence Bureau, as the name suggests, its main job is to collect intelligence, not to catch corruption. At most, it will report these situations to the supervisory department, rather than taking personal action.

Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine that Ju Jianhui mentioned these things at this moment, it must be because there was a problem with the gold, and it was not a small problem, so he hurried to find Qianye Cheng.

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What could be wrong?

Iruma Kei looked solemn, with an unconcealable seriousness in his eyes, and said, "Not long ago, the Intelligence Bureau learned that when mining underground gold, glowing crystals were found in the veins."

"Glowing crystal? What does it look like?" Upon hearing this, Chiba Makoto immediately thought of the strange stone that Horii's daughter Mirai described as having been picked up on the beach by Jimin.

It is rare enough to dig crystals out of gold, but this crystal can also glow, which means it either radiates enough or is unusual.

As he spoke, Chiba Makoto had already pulled out the graffiti-like picture and showed it to Iruma Kei, saying, "Is that so?"

Iruma Kei looked at it carefully, then nodded and said, "It's basically the same. Because the management is extremely strict, there is no chance to take out the samples. It all depends on oral description."

It’s not that the intelligence agents of the Intelligence Agency didn’t work hard, it’s just that the output of luminous crystals in the gold veins is too small.

Because of its rarity, it is strictly managed and the number can be traced. In addition, the intelligence officers are of low rank, so if they want to get the crystals, they must contact non-Intelligence Agency personnel, which greatly increases the risk of exposure.

For this reason, one can only remember the features with the eyes and then turn them into words. In his description, the glowing crystal is very similar to the painting from the future, so it is highly suspicious.

According to Iruma Kei's description, in order to ensure as much as possible that the gold is consumed in the industrial field rather than flowing into the market, elite soldiers and generals were selected for the gold mining in Tiga, and multiple guards were set up, making it so tight that not even a fly could fly out.

Of course, this is just a claim. In fact, the gold here is constantly flowing out, and the methods of transporting it out are so bizarre that they can be regarded as the culmination of human imagination. You can't check them all.

The Police Bureau is naturally deeply involved. Although it does not have sole control, it also occupies a large share and has become the main force in exporting gold.

Many people know this, but they remain silent.

It’s not that I don’t want to care, it’s just that money is a temptation.

Even meat will retain some oil after being cooked, let alone such a huge mountain of gold, it is bound to get some flour on it.

All we can say is that as long as greed remains in human nature, corruption will be difficult to eradicate.

As part of the surveillance system, the Intelligence Bureau is naturally involved, but it is only responsible for supervision. As for the "hated" Police Bureau, it keeps a close eye on it.

Then, through a secret sentry, he discovered that the police station had dug up the glowing crystal, but instead of reporting it, they hid it.

This is consistent with the Police Bureau's usual style of taking more than it wants. Iruma Hui did not make it public, but just asked people to pay more attention and see what the Police Bureau was going to do with it.

But at this time, it was revealed that the processing plant responsible for processing the gold shipped out of the land of Tiga had discovered a "biochemical nest", and the previous cases were also related to this factory.

This made Iruma Hui very uneasy. Why was it this factory?

Originally, the appearance of this batch of gold was very "weird", and it was irrational inside and out. After all, gold has always been hidden deep in the earth's core, and its content in the earth's crust is extremely scarce. The amount of gold that humans can mine is at most a few million tons. If they want more, they have to go out to the asteroid belt.

But millions of tons suddenly appeared, and not only were they buried shallowly, but they were also concentrated in one place. It was simply a pie in the sky. Anyone would have to think about whether there was any problem here.

Now that this incident has happened again, it is hard not to wonder if this is the "poison" of the buns?
Therefore, Iruma Hui had no time to follow the clues and had to quickly close the net to avoid a major chaos.

After listening to Iruma Kei's explanation of the whole process, Chiba Makoto's heart skipped a beat.

As expected, there is no free lunch in the world and no free gold in the universe. This is causing trouble.

The cosmic bacteria Dali might have come from this batch of gold, or even the glowing crystal might be the 'nest' of the cosmic bacteria Dali.

Thinking of this, Qianye Cheng immediately asked: "Have you found out where the glowing crystals dug out by the police department were transported to?"

"We are still investigating. The police department is very secretive about the glowing crystals. It seems to me that they know that these crystals are very useful."