Alien Relic Hunter

That thing is valuable, right? After Ke Lan finished speaking, he laughed first, Sorry, I seemed to be asking nonsense.

It's very valuable. Yui didn't smile, but nodded slowly - now that the showdown has been made, there is no need to continue to conceal relevant information, To use an adjective from the old era, that thing is priceless.

Where are the detailed information?

We discovered this crystal two months ago, when the 18th miner disappeared in the mine... When we checked the personal belongings he left behind, we found pure white energy the size of a grain of rice. crystallization.

Pure white... energy crystal?

Yes, the people who checked it at first thought it was some kind of rare mineral, but when the crystal was sent back to the Ark for testing, we found that it contained amazing energy.

How amazing is that?

That energy crystal the size of a grain of rice is equivalent to 1,400 standard unit nine-level crystals, Yui said.

One thousand four hundred pieces of level nine crystals?! Old Dog snapped his fingers in shock, Isn't that equivalent to...more than nine million units? Just one crystal?!

At that time, the equipment for the initial inspection exploded due to the excessive energy flow. Later, it was with the help of a mothership-level crystal engine that the energy reserves in the crystal were estimated. After a short discussion, this The crystal was named 'Ultra-purity crystal'... This is a first-class secret within the consortium. Only Mr. Ke Lan among everyone here has the right to know. Yui's tone was a little helpless.

Really? Ke Lan looked at her with a half-smile, But you didn't seem to have any intention of letting me know before?

According to the arrangement of the young lady, this matter was originally scheduled to be told to you separately at a suitable time.

Oh? When is the right time? Does it mean when we find this thing in the mine? Or... wait until the mission is over?

I don't think that bitch has any intention of telling us at all. Old Gou said sullenly from the side, Anyway, even if we find that ultra-pure crystal by then, we won't be able to see it without detection equipment. Value, and then you can take the opportunity to hide the matter, right? Damn it, we tried our best to help you find the missing miner, but in the end you were staring at the treasure in the miner’s pocket, haha...

... Yuyi did not admit it, but she also did not deny it.

Let's not talk about it for now. Since the old dog was the black face this time, it was Ke Lan's turn to be the red face. Miss Yui, from the beginning, I have a question. Since the Soma Consortium is all Only after testing did we know that this thing contained such amazing energy, so how did these miners know the value of this thing? And why were they attracted to it and lost deep in the mine?

Deep in the mine, we found a severely damaged purification furnace... You should know that the crystal blanks mined from Leviathan's body are mixed with many impurities, and they need to be initially purified under the mine before they can be purified. Sent to the refining plant... The miners may have thrown the ore containing the ultra-pure crystal into the purification furnace, which caused the explosion... But it was precisely because of this accident that they discovered this thing.

Was this accident not recorded?

No, the miners involved in this matter may have reached some kind of agreement, and they hid the matter until more and more people disappeared...

So, there should be more than one ultra-pure crystal like this... Ms. Yui, how many units of crystal can the Soma Foundation mine every year in Leviathan's Skeleton?

Probably between two million and four million units.

In other words, such a ultra-pure crystal is equivalent to about three years of your production? This thing is so precious... Why did you choose us to investigate this matter? Is it possible that such a large consortium like you can't even have several hunters? Don’t you have any in the team?”

Actually... before I sent you the commission, four hunter teams have already entered the depths of the mine. Yui said, I think this is also the reason why the lady was unwilling to tell you the real situation at first... She was afraid of you reject.

Did all four teams be wiped out? the old dog asked in a somewhat unkind tone.

That's not true, but the losses were heavy... Yui sighed, They fought with an unknown creature deep in the mine. According to the description of the survivors, this creature was very fast and had a jet. The ability of acid, this acid can instantly erode through the armor they are wearing.

It's very fast and can spit out highly corrosive acid. What else? Ke Lan asked while taking notes on the tablet.

No more. Yui shook his head.

there is none left?

Those surviving hunters... they couldn't even see clearly what this creature looked like. We have very little information about the world deep in the mine.

Yui didn't lie. The structure and material of Leviathan's skeleton are very special. Although humans have been mining this giant beast for decades, only one-tenth of the area has been explored. Most of the areas within the body of the great beast are still untouched by humans.

It is possible that they are companion species that live in Leviathan's body. Although the host has died, these companion species have not become extinct, but have fallen into some kind of dormant state... Ivan analyzed that although the prehistoric species are not One of his main topics, but due to his interest, he has done quite a lot of research on prehistoric species.

Just as there are a large number of microorganisms living in the intestines of humans and parasites appear in the bodies of beasts, species of the level of great beasts will naturally have companion organisms...

You mean, the mining operation awakened these associated organisms... Then do you think the ultra-pure crystals have anything to do with these associated organisms?

It's hard to say, but it's very likely. Ivan replied, The reason why Leviathan generates a large number of crystals is because its body itself is equivalent to a huge refining factory. Those purified Energy accumulates in the body day after day, and it is not surprising that something like ultra-pure crystals are born, and the companion species that live in its body are likely to live on these crystals.

So, Miss Yui, I should have permission to view the detailed action records of those four teams, right?