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Chapter 2359 Perfect Octadecimal System

Ji Donglai cherishes every minute with his family, especially the time he spends with Qiu Haitang. The two of them have endless things to talk about. The two little ones are always taken care of when they eat and study, and they hardly ever need to look for them.

Ji Donglai and Qiu Haitang were almost actively enjoying their own world. In the Qi family, the entire Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing R&D Center was in a state of excitement.

The comet fragments that had been completely cut had begun to be transported. In the middle of the five military vehicles was a military green truck, and the entire cabin was wrapped in a thick protective layer.

Workers wearing chemical protective suits sat in the car, surrounded by instruments testing the fragments.

The huge mechanical arm trapped the comet fragments in the middle, and everyone's heart was tense to the extreme.

Comet-cut powder is currently being melted in a laboratory set up at the launch center.

The oxyacetylene melts away all the resin, leaving only the fragments themselves.

After switching to induction heating, the temperature on the temperature measuring equipment continued to rise until it reached 3,000 degrees Celsius. The material in the crucible had not melted yet, and the color was very strange.

"What is this red? This isn't the real thing. Airlift the debris back immediately. Quick!"

Looking carefully at the big screen, Qi Jia couldn't sit still.

According to the plan, the star fragments will be transported to the research and development center by military aircraft. Everyone is now staring at the fragments, which need further processing.

Now the strange color in the crucible was obviously wrong, and Qi Jia was not going to wait any longer.

Originally, the other party was preparing to go to the scene, but Ji Donglai gave a death order not to allow him to leave the laboratory.

Just like that, two hours later, a whole plastic bag of debris entered the laboratory, the lead-sealed box was opened, and Qi Jia put on protective clothing and entered the smelting room.

Everyone started to operate. Qi Jia did not dare to stop for a moment and started to watch from all directions.

After one hour, all the work of removing impurities was completed and the crucible entered the vacuum chamber and began to be heated.

"Look, this is the color. Check the spectrum. Something is wrong!"

He used the spectrometer in his hand to examine the crucible. Several common metals appeared on it, and a string of unknown characters appeared below.

"Could it be an impurity, such as silicon?"

The deputy looked at the numbers on the computer with confusion in his eyes, and Qi Jia shook his head.

"No, we have records of all the earth's compounds that silicon can combine with. This is wrong! Use a centrifuge to do it. Let's take a look at the dynamic spectrum. Maybe we can make additional discoveries this time!"

"Also, replace the comet fragments immediately and transport them. Quick! This thing is so strange, there must be a lot of people looking for it!"

Faced with the newly emerging spectrum, Qi Jia immediately interrupted time and began a detailed analysis.

In the desert, the transport plane has arrived, and the country's fleet on the ground has begun transporting the return capsule. All samples will be sent back to the space center for testing.

At the same time, deep in the mountains, the guards of several vehicles fell down, and a group of professional soldiers in camouflage walked towards the transport vehicles.

Just in the past few minutes, a mysterious group launched an attack on the convoy, and all the transport personnel were killed.

"Buzz!"

"Captain, that's not right. The things in here are very mysterious. The spectrum is wrong! We can't detect it. What is in here?"

The white guy handed the instrument in his hand to the captain. The equipment that should have clearly displayed the interior of the carriage was now covered with snow. This was military equipment, and this should never happen.

"Change equipment, be on alert, half a minute left, hurry!"

The captain immediately switched to another piece of equipment, his eyes full of vigilance.

The strange thing is that after changing the equipment again, several people got exactly the same results. The scene inside the car could not be seen at all through the equipment.

"The time is up, should we retreat?"

The deputy stared at the stopwatch, his eyes filled with reluctance.

According to the employer's request, the reward for getting the sample inside is 5 million US dollars. Several people have prepared the laser cutting equipment.

"Damn..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

The captain had just complained when bullets appeared out of nowhere. Before several people could react, their bodies were pierced by bullets.

The captain wanted to struggle again, but a black hole appeared on his forehead where a bullet had pierced through it, and his brain was all out.

Soon, a dense number of drones appeared at the scene and circled around the car. Soon, a small team of people landed in a helicopter, checked the injuries of the two groups of people, made sure there were no survivors, and then checked the lead seals of the transport vehicle.

"The goods have not been opened yet, and they will be shipped immediately. Hurry!"

A special person was left to clean up, and the team immediately started the next transportation mission. Qi Jia's transportation team did not go smoothly either. The transport plane crashed in the mountains very close to the capital. The crew acted in time to save their lives.

"Luckily, President Ji made a prediction, but I don't know if we can bring it back successfully. What on earth is this thing? Are they willing to expose all their hidden agents?"

Pieces of information appeared on Qi Jia's desk one after another, and the other party began to get nervous.

All available testing equipment has been used, but no accurate judgment has been made. The next step is to start physical testing.

The first team was still fighting repeatedly, and people were constantly sacrificing.

Unlike this group of people, the team transporting the return capsule at the space center went very smoothly. At around two o'clock in the morning, the equipment entered the space center and the return capsule was pulled up by three cranes.

Everyone was wearing protective clothing and shielding devices.

The return capsule was opened, and the comet fragments cut in half were clearly visible.

The sunroof of the special car from Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing opened, the debris slowly entered, and the person in charge began to sign the documents.

A group of people from the national laboratory also began to conduct intensive research at this time. Ji Donglai opened his laptop and watched the fragments enter his company's car before pressing the confirmation button.

The scene switches to Qi Jia's laboratory, where the great doctor is still in agony.

"Old Qi, take care of yourself. We are all counting on you. The stuff has arrived safely, and the second step is about to begin. You should be in charge of the final assembly. What are you doing here?"

"You're old, take care of yourself. If the national research and development laboratory fails, they'll have to call you, you..."

Walking into his study, Ji Donglai took a sip of boiled water.

When I opened the computer, I found a bunch of data in my mailbox, including the R&D audio sent by Qi Jia.

"Boss Ji, maybe we can add a new element to the periodic table. The spectrometer detected a new thing, unknown. We just conducted a radiation test on site. The radiation of this material is very high. Although it does not reach the level of thorium, it is not low!"

"The melting point is over 3,700 degrees. We dare not melt it hastily. We are centrifuging it to separate the known components. It may take us more than half a year to analyze just this little thing."

"But there is good news. Gold, platinum, rhodium, and titanium all account for a high proportion. We can recover all costs with these precious metals alone. It's worth it!"

Pointing to the pile of numbers on his research report, Qi Jia was very excited.

Now, if he could just separate all these metals, Qijia would be able to perform a miracle.

The National Laboratory also began its research without stopping. Unlike Qiga who was holding the debris, the National Mineral Research Center was more rough.

Just put it on the cutting machine and cut a small piece and melt it immediately.

The high-temperature electric arc violently bombards the metal surface, and the effect is immediate. Many impurities are analyzed out, but the disadvantages are also obvious. The red light flashes and disappears in a flash.

Fortunately, we were divided into six groups to carry out different process experiments, and everyone was actively carrying out sampling and processing.

An hour later, the comet fragments finally entered the test bench of the Yiyuan Intelligent Manufacturing R&D Center, and the vehicle quickly withdrew. All lights in the room were switched to mirror-reflected light, and no light was directly shining on the surface of the comet.

"Let go of the robot!"

The engineer in charge of the overall sampling waved his hand, and the operator lowered the robotic arm. The transparent glass base moved slightly under the heavy pressure of the comet fragments, and then quickly restored its shape.

"Waveform sampling begins, shut down all electronic equipment, turn on shielding, open insulation, turn on power to 30%, turn on all large models, start adaptation, and start monitoring all data interfaces."

After looking around the comet model, the other party used instruments to conduct various detections on the surface. As long as there were no people or debris, there was no problem, and began to give orders to the assistants around him.

Everyone left the house, and probes rose from the ground, all aimed at the surface of the comet.

According to Qijia's design requirements, the shape of the comet's surface is first scanned, and the surface of the debris is physically detected layer by layer. Different from spectrum measurement, this scan is more accurately called capture.

"Mr. Qi, the waveform analysis looks a bit strange, would you like to take a look?"

Qi Jia was staring at the material analysis screen when the waveform analysis team came over with a tablet. Qi Jia turned his head and stared at the various data on the screen. He strode through the long corridor and entered the original sample storage workshop.

Through the huge glass screen and protective cover, Qi Jia stared closely inside. He clicked on the protective cover, and a large screen appeared on it. The data from the scan of the surface of the comet fragments gradually appeared, almost all in garbled characters.

"We tried to match all the data, but almost none of them were decoded successfully. These data are not chaotic. There are rules. We just don't know the rules. This requires a little bit of matching, which will take a long time..."

The engineer held the tablet computer with helplessness in his eyes.

This kind of rule-based thing is like a key. Once you find the right one, you can decode and unlock the door immediately.

It is very helpful for deciphering the information of this celestial body, but without the key, it will take ten or eight years to crack the code, let alone extract the information.

More importantly, the information carried by these celestial bodies will begin to decay over time. If the decoding process takes too long, it means that a lot of information will be lost.

This is the same effect as the CDs used by people. The silver coating carries a large amount of information, which can be easily deciphered by professional laser reading equipment, provided that you have a decoder.

(End of this chapter)