#474 - Chapter 474 Zhenjing
"Commander, inside is an unknown energy crystal," Xiaolin quickly answered.
"Energy crystal? Like a crystal core?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"Completely different from a crystal core. This energy crystal does not belong to biological energy, but it possesses activation properties similar to biological energy. There are no records of this in the database," Xiaolin replied.
"What is the energy density?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"Based on the data currently monitored, it is not as high as the energy density of a crystal core," Xiaolin replied.
"Just this little thing, and you don't seem very sincere!" Dongfang Chen didn't open it, and looked directly at the envoy, saying.
"Mr. Dongfang, won't you take a look?" The envoy was stunned for a moment and asked.
Dongfang Chen casually lifted the lid and pushed it back.
"I can't see your sincerity with just this little thing."
"Mr. Dongfang, you may not be aware of the value of this thing. It's called a Vibration Crystal, an energy carrier that can store a vast amount of energy. With it, more advanced weapons and armor can be manufactured," the envoy explained.
"Vibration Crystal? Just one, how much energy can it store?" Dongfang Chen didn't quite believe it.
"Haha, you may not know, but this one Vibration Crystal can store the total energy released by the sun in 3 seconds," the envoy said.
"What?" Dongfang Chen was directly shocked.
Don't underestimate 3 seconds, but that's the sun.
How much total energy is released in 3 seconds?
Approximately 10 to the power of 24 kilowatts.
Before the virus outbreak, the total annual electricity consumption worldwide was roughly on the order of 10 to the power of 14 kilowatts.
The difference between the two is 10 to the power of 10 orders of magnitude, which is 10 billion times.
You can imagine the rest.
"Xiaolin, did you hear that? What's going on?" Dongfang Chen asked through his digital eye.
"Commander, currently unable to determine," Xiaolin replied.
"How can you prove what you're saying is true?" Dongfang Chen looked at the envoy.
"Sorry, I can't prove it," the envoy spread his hands.
They were wearing mecha suits, so you couldn't see their expressions.
"However, since it's a free gift, I think Mr. Dongfang won't lose anything by keeping it," the envoy continued.
Dongfang Chen wouldn't believe their nonsense.
If this thing was really that awesome, why wouldn't the Austro-Hungarian Empire keep it for themselves and instead give it away so easily?
It doesn't make sense.
But the unknown is really tempting!
It just so happened that he was currently facing an energy problem.
The explosive power of crystal cores was insufficient, and the failure rate of nuclear-to-electric conversion was too high, which was very awkward.
Keep it? Or reject it?
He couldn't make up his mind for a moment.
"I think you're here for more than just this one thing, right? Let's talk about something else first," Dongfang Chen said.
The Austro-Hungarians wouldn't come to apologize for no reason.
Lowering their posture was naturally to ask for something.
"Mr. Dongfang, our chieftain specifically instructed that only after you accept this gift can we discuss the rest," the envoy replied.
"Okay, I accept the gift, tell me," Dongfang Chen said.
Could others force him to accept a gift?
That was impossible.
If their conditions were too excessive, he could just throw both the gift and the people out.
"It's like this. Within the territory of the Russian Federation are the remains of our ancestors, and the chieftain hopes you can return them to us," the envoy finally stated their purpose.
"I don't quite understand. Since your ancestors' remains are within the territory of the Russian Federation, why don't you go to them and instead come to me?" Dongfang Chen pretended not to know.
"As far as we know, the location of those remains is already under your control," the envoy replied.
"Oh, oh, you're talking about that thing in the Kolastov Oblast laboratory, right?" Dongfang Chen nodded, indicating he understood.
"Yes."
"There are your ancestors' remains inside? Impossible, right? I didn't find any!" Dongfang Chen pretended to be stupid.
"None? Impossible! According to the information we have, there are still hibernation pods that haven't been opened," the envoy's tone sounded a little anxious.
Dongfang Chen could tell that they weren't very certain about this information either.
"Hibernation pods? So it's hibernation pods! I thought those were all coffins!" Dongfang Chen revealed a look of sudden realization.
"It seems there really are some!" The envoy breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's right, there are! If I remember correctly, there should be more than a dozen. But the lids are all open, there's nothing inside!" Dongfang Chen bluffed.
Coffins can exist, but the things hibernating inside cannot.
"Opened? That... absolutely impossible!" The envoy's relaxed mood tensed up again.
"What's impossible about that? According to Valetov, that spaceship wreckage has been discovered for 100 years. How high is the probability that anything would be preserved after so many people have studied it in the last 100 years?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. According to our captured researchers, there should still be 23 well-preserved hibernation pods!" The envoy revealed his trump card.
