Courtyard House: A System Connecting Two Worlds, Resources for the Nation

Thirty seconds later, Bai Ling released the trigger.

The screen refreshed instantly, displaying clear lines of element symbols followed by percentage content data: Fe: 58.72%, Cu: 1.35%...

There was even a list of trace elements they knew about, as well as trace elements that they couldn't detect with their current technology!

The iron and copper content matched the measurement data of the standard sample in their file with astonishing accuracy!

"This...how is this possible?"

Chen, the engineer from the geophysical exploration department, was the first to lose his composure. He lunged forward and went straight to the spectrometer, looking at the instrument and then at the ore, his eyes wide open behind his glasses.

"Non-contact! Non-destructive testing! Results in thirty seconds! Such precision?! This...this completely defies existing technological principles!"

"A miracle...this is simply a miracle in the field of detection technology!"

Chief Engineer Wang muttered to himself, his voice trembling noticeably with excitement: "Our current technology still requires sample dissolution, analysis, purification, and instrument verification. The entire process takes at least several days!"

"Even with large spectrometers, there are only one or two in the whole country. Just getting the samples from the field to the lab can take a week or two... But now, this little thing can produce results on the spot?"

"It's more than just getting results!"

Another veteran expert, his voice choked with emotion, exclaimed, "Its precision, the unknown trace elements it detected... this is of immense significance for our research into the genesis of mineral deposits and for guiding our mineral exploration! This small machine is probably equivalent to the efficiency of a dozen laboratories and dozens of people working for half a year!"

"yes!"

Old Li gently touched the spectrometer, his eyes welling up with tears: "With equipment like this, our exploration team no longer needs to risk their lives, carrying dozens of kilograms of stone samples, traversing mountains and valleys for months just to bring them back for analysis... The exploration efficiency of this mineral deposit will increase by more than a hundred times, a thousand times!"

Just as everyone at the Geological Bureau was immersed in great excitement and anticipation, that untimely voice rang out again.

He didn't have any bad intentions; it was just the obsession of a technician.

"Director Sun! Elder Li! This thing...this thing is incredible! Its technical principles are completely beyond our understanding!"

"We must immediately assemble a top-level technical analysis team! What exactly is its miniature excitation source? What new sensitive materials are used in the detector? And this display technology... it's unheard of! Without disassembling and studying it, we'll never understand it, let alone replicate it! For the sake of the future, this instrument still..."

"Absolutely impossible!"

Old Li immediately moved to the side, blocking the handheld spectrometer, staring sternly at the mechanical expert.

"This instrument must be deployed immediately to the front lines of the most urgently needed field mineral exploration! Not a minute can be wasted! Disassembling and studying it? Forget about it! Until it's replicated, it's the only one left; if it breaks, there won't be a second one!"

He glanced around at everyone in the secure room, his tone growing more serious: "I now formally propose, and immediately request, that we activate the highest level of security measures for this instrument and this mineral distribution map!"

"A complete list of all personnel who have come into contact with this item today or who are aware of this matter is to be immediately sealed and filed! Until approval from higher authorities and the arrival of specialized security personnel, everyone is to remain here and not leave, nor to have any contact with the outside world!"

Compared to these two "magical tools" that could save China's geological exploration from years or even decades of detours, activating the highest level of confidentiality is absolutely not an exaggeration!

In the entire geological bureau, only Elder Li had the authority and the courage to make such an application.

Sun Yue also stepped forward with a solemn expression and stood shoulder to shoulder with Old Li.

As the head of the Special Operations Division, he is responsible for cooperating with various departments in carrying out confidentiality activities and qualification reviews.

"Comrades, you've all heard Elder Li's instructions. Now that we've activated the highest level of secrecy, I don't need to elaborate on the rules. Everything you see and hear here today must remain a secret, otherwise... it's a crime of endangering national strategic security. Don't let our Special Operations Division come knocking on your door."

Only then did Bai Ling belatedly pack up the equipment and blueprints, and once again followed Sun Yue and Old Li into the jeep, which headed towards the offices of the higher-ups.

The two small items that Zhou Feng brought back certainly livened up the upper echelons of Beiping.

Bai Ling was fortunate enough to see many legendary leaders today, thanks to him!