Chapter 317 Lift Off (1/2)
The director of the research operation walked in with high officials wearing Raylen's military uniform. An older gentleman who looked like the leader said with a deep frown, ”Any progress?”
”There's literally no progress at all.” the director responded helplessly. ”The alien spaceship technology is too much for us to comprehend. We can't solve the mystery. The meters from measuring equipment are constantly jumping at the same time, which was completely illogical.
”Then copy just a small part. I only need something concrete.”
”Sorry, but most of the components are too weird in structure, and we don't even know what they are used for. We tried to copy the engravings on the spaceship, but nothing happened, and we can't even start the engine up…”
”After years of investment, you give me this kind of answer?” The old official stared at the director coldly.
The director was sweating. ”But there is something that we have found out. Please follow me.”
The group then moved in front of the transparent test tube that contained the black liquid. The director said, ”This seems to be motor oil that the spaceship uses for fuel. It is extremely dense and viscous. We found some special characteristic that resembles a microorganism after looking through the microscope. More importantly, its reaction can produce energy.
”From our understanding, the molecules in the liquid can separate by itself and reproduce while keeping the original mass. The extra molecules are then released as energy. The process is completely automatic, meaning that it can produce energy without any input. This is revolutionary. We think that this is a reusable energy source that is used by alien civilizations. If this object can keep on separating molecules and producing energy, in theory, it can produce an unlimited amount of energy. We are still trying to understand the mechanism behind the process.”
The black liquid slowly moved in the test tube, and the old official frowned.
”Why is it moving by itself? Is it a living creature?”
”This should be the reason it could produce molecules. It has characteristics of microorganisms, but it does not have a nervous system, which means that it does not have conscious, so the movement is probably a reaction from the molecule separation process. This liquid is basically the same as bacteria.”
Since it was an alien technology, all the researchers accepted all the unexplained phenomenon, and the director added, ”We have already run the tests. The liquid is not radioactive, and it does not contain poisonous materials. We also used a death row prisoner to touch the liquid with his body, and nothing went wrong after the contact.”
The old official nodded, and the others all looked at the liquid.
”The progress is still too slow,” one of the officials said. ”Our time is limited, and we can't keep on hiding this operation from the Godoran Civilization. We need physical copies as soon as possible.”
”But the difference in technology is too much; it's not easy to break through this barrier. Unless…” The director hesitated. ”Unless there's someone who understands the technology to help us.”
The higher officials quickly looked at each other and thought of the same person.
”The missing Godoran… He must understand this technology.”
”If we can find him, not only can we report this back to Godora, we can also use the excuse of repairing his spaceship to obtain part of their technology.”
The old official turned to the official of intelligence organization and asked, ”How is it with the Dark Net? When will Han Xiao turn the man in?”
”He never responded,” the intelligence official replied coldly, ”and the Dark Net keeps on postponing the request.”
”God damn it!” the old official shouted with anger. ”He is crossing the line on this matter that can impact the future of this planet! A civilian organization dares to ignore us, do they want to die?”
”Should we send someone?”
”The Southern Continent is Stardragon and Hesla's territory, so he thinks that we don't want to leak any intel to them. Haha, he underestimated us,” the old official said in a deep voice. ”The upper command gave us the order to retrieve the missing investigator. We will contact the other countries and work together to suppress the Dark Net.”