Chapter 170 Interstellar Orphan (29)
Directly below the safety zone, there turned out to be a still-working reactor.
It is the energy generated by the operation of the reactor that provides electricity, heating, etc. to the safe zone and maintains the daily needs of residents.
"Ghost Wing is indeed an extremely vicious criminal group. The top executives are all ruthless scum. Their deaths are well deserved... But the purpose of the Space Peacekeeping Force coming here is not entirely for justice."
Duan brought his sister to the outskirts of the reactor and told her about the past.
He pointed to a tube of light blue liquid connected to the outside of the reactor and said, "Besides carrying out the strangulation mission, their most important goal is to get that."
Tokiho asked in confusion, "What is that...?"
"Californium. A very rare radioactive material with an astonishingly high energy conversion rate. It can be used in reactors and weapons of mass destruction. It's extremely rare in the entire galaxy, and coincidentally, we have sporadic distributions here."
Doon sighed.
The Ghost Wing Group thrives by mining and purifying the californium element contained in the WT27 asteroid and then illegally selling it.
The value of a tube of californium is higher than the annual expenditure of a military base.
But the mining and production of californium comes at the cost of blood and human lives.
The extremely toxic soil has to go through hundreds of rounds of filtering and processing, and each step will cause the operators to suffer great radiation damage.
"As you can see, the survivors of the dungeon all have some physical deformities, because they all participated in the purification of californium."
Dunn also touched his right arm, where the muscles had grown abnormally.
It has been 12 years, but he is still very angry when he talks about the old things.
"The Space Peacekeeping Force arrived late, arriving just as the californium on the WT27 asteroid had been completely depleted. They suddenly appeared, snatching away all the finished products from the warehouse. They even seized the last bit of californium used as a stabilizer in the reactors, forcibly seizing it all."
Chemical reactions are very complex. Without stabilizers, the area affected by the explosion would expand infinitely, and eventually turn into the devastating accident that Vincent described.
So this is all the result of the Space Peacekeeping Force enriching themselves.
In the name of justice, he committed robbery.
Shi Sui felt so sick after eating this bite of melon.
Duan carefully observed his sister's expression, and only continued after seeing the anger on her face.
"You still remember that old woman with three arms, right? In her youth, she was a fierce general of Ghost Wing. Back then, it was she who risked her life to drive us deep underground, and even secretly hid several tubes of californium, saving a handful of lives... She's the life-saving hero of our dungeon!"
So that's how it is... Tokiho was glad that she had shown mercy to her.
Relying on these few tubes of precious stabilizer, the survivors repaired the reactor with the least damage and rebuilt their homes.
"But there's not much californium left. It's only enough to last for another three or four years at most." Du En stared into his sister's eyes. "You've been in the enemy base for so long. Do you have any good ideas?"
Shisui knew very well that Duan was testing her to see if there was any possibility that she was actually a spy.
But she had no intention of coping.
Now, another thought emerged in Shisui's mind.
"Californium element... I always feel like I have seen it somewhere..." She pondered to herself.
That’s right!
This very subject came up in one of Dr. Allen’s reports!
Apparently, he had discovered the rare element californium from his daughter's body, so Allenbo started a special research project. However, the project was abandoned due to a lack of raw materials.
Shisui didn't know that the element californium was related to the dungeon, so she didn't pay much attention to it.
Asteroid WT27 was destroyed in a huge explosion.
So was the death of Dr. Allen’s daughter.
Ghost Wing... Commander-in-Chief of the base... Fox... Dr. Allen and his daughter...
There are several parallel lines that seem to have no intersection, but Shisui vaguely feels that there is a connection between them.
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