Planet Skyfire, Skyfire City, Skyfire Avenue, Zeus Jewelry Shop.
Lan Jue sat on the sofa, silently looking at the black metal box in front of him. Next to the box was the slip of paper that Chu Cheng had left him with the password.
If it were three years ago, with his pride, he wouldn't have opened the box no matter what. He would have handed it to his employer unopened.
If it were three years ago, he would never have accepted such a task, because the ownership of the target was related to his brother.
So he had to see what was in the box. He wanted to know what kind of favor he owed his brother.
He raised his hand and pressed lightly on the metal box. A beam of light shone in the air, turning into a holographic keyboard.
At the same time, the sixty-second countdown began.
Lan Jue didn't enter it immediately, as if he didn't know that he had to enter all three thirty-two-digit passwords in one minute.
Looking at the flickering red keyboard, his eyes revealed a thoughtful expression.
Sixty seconds passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, the last ten seconds were counted down.
Ten …
Lan Jue moved. His hands stretched out at the same time. The knuckles of his fingers weren't thick, but his palms were exceptionally smooth, even whiter than many women's hands. It was just that his fingers were much more slender and larger.
His ten fingers trembled slightly, giving people the feeling that he was caressing the skin of a lover. It was impossible to see how his fingertips moved with the naked eye.
The three lines of password, almost in one move, appeared neatly on the small screen on the side of the lockbox.
"Beep!"
A crisp electronic sound rang out. The holographic keyboard retracted, and the surface of the metal box elongated at the same time. The center quickly flipped up, folding layer by layer. At the same time, the internal structure rose up, revealing the items inside.
Lan Jue was known as the Jewelry Master on Skyfire Avenue. He had seen many good things.
But when he saw the items in the box, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. He muttered to himself, "A-Cheng, how do you expect me to return this favor?"
Inside the metal box, a piece of pale gold metal quietly lay there.
This piece of metal was about twenty centimeters long, fifteen centimeters wide, and ten centimeters thick.
Although the metal itself was gold, when it appeared, it emitted a faint blue halo.
Most people would only think that it was pretty, but Lan Jue knew what it was.
No wonder they had to transport it in secret. No wonder they had to use a prodigy Emperor-class Mecha Master and a level 6 ability user.
What they were transporting was actually …
Ogres!
The main source of technetium is uranium fission products in reactors.
This metal did not exist naturally, but it could be produced by reducing technetium sulfide (TC2S7) or ammonium perrhenate with hydrogen at 500-600c, and electrolysis of ammonium perrhenate in sulfuric acid solution.
Technetium has a melting point of 2170c, a boiling point of 4877c, and a density of 115g/cm.
The properties of technetium are similar to rhenium.
At high temperatures, technetium reacts with oxygen to form a volatile oxide called TC2O7.
TC had a half-life of 213 x 10 years and could be used as a standard source for preparing beta rays.
A small amount (about 5 x 10 moles) of ammonium perrhenate can greatly slow down the corrosion of steel.
Americium and ruthenium-molybdenum alloys have good superconductivity.
Technetium could only be produced in small quantities, and the price was as high as 2,800 New Dollars per gram.
Pyrolyte, on the other hand, was made by enhancing and refining the metal technetium and using space compression technology.
One kilogram of technetium could yield 10 to 20 grams of technetium essence.
Pyrolyte can be integrated into any metal or alloy, and it has two functions: self-repair and energy amplification.
Through the release of Pyrolyte, or any form of energy, it will produce a superconductivity amplification effect, which can amplify energy by three to five times. The purer the Pyrolyte itself is, the more compressed it is through space compression technology, and the stronger the amplification ability.
At the same time, one gram of Pyrolyte can give ten kilograms of metal the ability to self-repair.
The metal fused with Pyrolyte will forever maintain its original form. Only a small amount of destructive power can destroy it, but it cannot change its form.
The piece of Pyrolyte in front of them may not look big, but in reality, it weighs as much as 20 kilograms.
In other words, if it is used on a mech, it can give a mech the ability to self-repair and extremely strong survivability.
Its attack power will also be greatly increased.
Lan Jue could not calculate the value of such a piece of Pyrolyte.
The black market price of one gram of Pyrolyte is as high as one million New Dollars.
And there is no market for it.
The total annual production of the three Major League of the New Era is less than 100 kilograms.
In other words, the piece of Pyrolyte in front of them is one-fifth of the annual production of the three Major League.
Generally speaking, Pyrolyte is rarely used on mechs, because the mech itself is too large. Without enough Pyrolyte, it cannot be of use.
Therefore, Pyrolyte is more often used on individual combat equipment or weapons.
No wonder those people wanted him to make a move. Such a large piece of Pyrolyte is definitely a hot potato.
This piece of Pyrolyte should be for Ah-Cheng to use.
On Luo Planet, only he has the right to use such a large piece of Pyrolyte.
He closed the metal box and put the Pyrolyte back in.
There was something in Lan Jue's eyes, but her expression returned to normal.
Her left hand pressed down, and the screen opposite the sofa lit up. A four-dimensional image appeared. Her slender and nimble fingers left afterimages as she keyed in a string of numbers. The four-dimensional image on the screen began to rotate.
Yue appeared in the image, smiling at Lan Jue.
"When Zeus makes a move, it is indeed extraordinary." Yue's voice was very pleasant to listen to, but Lan Jue's expression was extremely cold.
"Tell me where Hera is."
"Where is it?" Yue's eyes narrowed. She could clearly see the metal box in front of Lan Jue.
Lan Jue: "Tell me a place, and I'll send it to you via interstellar courier. After I confirm Hera's whereabouts, I'll give you the password."
"Okay." Yue agreed without hesitation.
"Where is Hera?" Lan Jue's eyes suddenly lit up, and a faint violet light curled around them.
He was clearly a little impatient today. It had been a long time since he had such an emotion, and he couldn't control it.
Skyfire Avenue was lined with shops, but even at the beginning of the nightlife, there weren't many people.
Occasionally someone would walk by, but they were all exquisitely dressed. No one would make a ruckus on the streets, and no one would fight or do anything indecent.
Because if they did, their Skyfire Emblem could be taken back at any time.
"Rumble!"
Muffled thunder exploded, and the previously clear sky was suddenly illuminated by bolts of lightning. There were no dark clouds, only lightning crisscrossing.
The sound of thunder was frantic and urgent.
In the beginning, there were only one or two bolts of lightning, but very quickly, countless fine bolts of lightning crisscrossed in the sky. The sound of thunder rolled, and the entire sky was constantly flashing with intense blue and purple lightning, forming a forest of lightning that gradually illuminated the entire Skyfire City.
A cloudless thunderstorm, a bolt from the clear sky!