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Chapter 1432 Capital Price Suppression
Chapter 1433 Capital Price Suppression

"Hand the monster over to Lao Wang and have him focus on investigating the connection between the metal fragments and the heart," Qin Hao ordered his team, stuffing the lab report into his pocket.

"In addition, send two people to guard this place and not allow anyone to approach this cave entrance. I suspect there are more 'blue crystals' inside."

When Qin Hao returned to the ground command post with the experimental report, Charlie rushed over with an encrypted email, his face grim: "Boss, Douglas has joined forces with three institutions in London and three banks in Switzerland to start shorting our gold futures."

He handed over the tablet, on which the candlestick chart showed a precipitous drop: "Within one hour, the price of gold fell from $2500 to $2300 per ounce, and retail investors have already begun to panic sell."

Qin Hao had just sat down when his phone rang; it was Lin Zhendong's number.

On the other end of the phone, the old man's voice carried its usual composure: "I have already used emergency credit to help you absorb $50 billion in sell orders, but Douglas's funds are still pouring in. This time, he is determined to make you liquidate your account."

"I understand." Qin Hao hung up the phone, his fingertips tapping lightly on the table. His gaze fell on the experimental report of the Blue Crystal project, and he suddenly smiled.

"Have Lao Wang issue a statement immediately, saying that we have discovered a new type of refining substance deep in the mine that can increase the purity of gold to over 95%, and that we don't need to mention the mutation for now."

He paused, then added to Charlie, "Contact the International Cobalt Association again, promise them a cobalt mine supply at 10% below market price for the next three years, and get them to issue a statement acknowledging the technological superiority of Qin Hao's team."

Charlie paused for a moment, then realized: "You want to use the positive technological news to pull back the price of gold?"

"More than that." Qin Hao picked up the experimental report, his fingertips tracing the words that the blue crystal element could adsorb metallic impurities.

"Douglas wanted to use capital to drive down prices, so I used technology to make his short positions worthless."

Just then, Director Liu called, his tone grave: "President Qin, Commissioner Cohen from the International Gold Council will be arriving tomorrow with a high-precision purity tester. Ostensibly, he's here to verify compliance, but in reality, he wants to probe your refining technology. Douglas gave the council $1000 million to cause you trouble."

Qin Hao leaned back in his chair, his gaze peering through the gaps in the command tent toward the distant mine, where gold bricks were still being transported out in a steady stream, gleaming brilliantly in the setting sun.

"Let him come." His voice carried a hint of coldness. "It'll be good for him to see if my gold purity is really 90%. By the way, let him pass on a message to Douglas: if he wants to play the capital game, I'll play along to the end."

After speaking, he picked up the experimental report of the Blue Crystal project, his fingertips lightly brushing over the blurry words about radiation-induced biological mutations, a deep look flashing in his eyes.

This is both a crisis and perhaps the key to disrupting the existing mining landscape.

The morning mist on the Katanga Plateau had not yet completely dissipated, but more than a dozen cameras had already been set up on the temporary observation platform in the open mining area of ​​the gold mine.

The reporters arranged by the Pang family held telephoto lenses, their lenses fixed on the entrance to the mining area.

A convoy of white SUVs with the International Gold Council emblem on their sides was approaching.

"They're here!" someone whispered in the crowd, and the reporters instantly swarmed around them.

The car door opened, and five people in white protective suits stepped out. The leader, Commissioner Cohen, wore gold-rimmed glasses and carried a silver high-precision purity detector, the instrument's casing still reflecting the morning light.

The staff behind him pushed the testing equipment, the rollers rolling across the ground with a monotonous rumbling sound, which mingled with the roar of excavators and the crisp sound of gold bricks colliding in the distance.

Qin Hao and Ailiya were already waiting at the observation platform. Charlie stood beside Qin Hao, clutching the gold purity test records that he had worked on overnight, each page stamped with the red seal of the mine's laboratory.

Pang Wanshan also arrived, dressed in a custom-made suit. He bowed to Cohen from afar and said, "Commissioner Cohen, your presence is an honor! Our gold mine in Katanga has finally received official certification!"

He deliberately spoke loudly, attracting reporters to take photos, clearly intending to use the official inspection as a pretext to promote the cooperation between the Pang family and Qin Hao.

Cohen ignored Pang Wanshan's words and walked straight to the conveyor belt, reaching out to pick up a gold brick from the pile that had just been transported down.

The surface of the gold brick still carried the coolness of the mineral vein, and gleamed with a uniform metallic luster in the morning light.

He placed the probe of the detector against the gold brick, and the numbers on the screen jumped rapidly before settling at 88.0% after a few seconds.

Cohen smirked, holding up the testing equipment and turning to the reporter, deliberately raising his voice: "Mr. Qin, according to what you declared to the Gold Price Bureau, the purity of this gold bar should be 90%, right? Now the test results are off by 2 points. Doesn't this count as data falsification?"

The reporters' flashbulbs went off instantly, and all the cameras were pointed at Qin Hao. Pang Wanshan's smile froze on his face, and he subconsciously took a half step back, clearly not expecting Cohen to make a move on the spot.

“Commissioner Cohen, don’t jump to conclusions.” Aria stepped forward quickly, her honey-colored hand gently pressing on the testing instrument, her fingertips tracing the calibration button on the side of the device.

"Your detector hasn't been calibrated to international standards. Our mine's backup detector was just calibrated last night, showing that this gold brick has a purity of 90.3%. Would you like to test it again on the spot?"

Her eyes were sharp as she spoke, and she was clutching the calibration record of the testing instrument in her hand. The calibration time on the paper was clearly printed as 2 a.m. today, which showed that she had been prepared in advance.

Cohen's expression changed slightly, but he forced a smile and said, "This is an instrument issued by the Gold Price Bureau. Do I need a mine technician like you to teach me how to use it?"

"Instruments are not distinguished by price, but by accuracy." Qin Hao took two steps forward, and Old Wang behind him pushed over a silver international standard testing instrument with an international metrology organization certification label on it.

“Cohen, if this instrument measures a purity of over 90%, you will have to publicly apologize in front of all the reporters, and the Gold Price Board’s benchmark price review must be based on 90% purity, not even a fraction less.”

His voice was calm yet carried a sense of pressure. His gaze swept over the staff behind Cohen, who instinctively avoided his eyes, clearly aware that the equipment might be malfunctioning.

Cohen stared at the international standard testing instrument, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Test it then. I want to see what kind of tricks your mine's instruments can detect."

Old Wang immediately stepped forward to operate the device, placing the gold brick on the testing platform. The probe was lowered, and the numbers on the screen slowly changed.

89.9%, 90.0%, 90.2%, finally settling at 90.2%. Holding up the test report, Old Wang loudly proclaimed to the reporters, "Everyone can see clearly, this is the result of an international standard testing instrument. The purity is 90.2%, which matches the data declared by General Manager Qin!" The reporters' flashbulbs went off again, this time focusing on Cohen, whose face was ashen.

Cohen gripped his testing device, his knuckles turning white, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Qin Hao walked up to him and lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear: "Douglas gave the council 1000 million US dollars to come and cause me trouble?"

He paused, his eyes turning cold. "And those three Swiss banks, they've joined forces with him too, haven't they?"

Cohen froze, then looked up at Qin Hao with shock in his eyes.

He didn't expect Qin Hao to even know this.

Before he could say anything, Qin Hao had already turned and walked towards the reporter, leaving Cohen standing there, his face turning pale and then red.

Three days later, in the ground laboratory of the Katanga Plateau mineral vein.

Old Wang, pale-faced, walked up to Qin Hao with a thick autopsy report in his hand and an X-ray in his other hand.

The image clearly shows an irregular blue metallic block at the location of the monster's heart, with a faint glow around its edges.

"President Qin, this is the monster's autopsy report." Old Wang's voice trembled slightly.

"The blue metallic block in its heart has been analyzed and found to be an unknown alien substance. It can actively absorb impurities in gold to increase its purity, but at the same time it releases a mutated radiation. It is this radiation that turns the miners into monsters."

He paused, then pointed to a line of data in the report, "Moreover, this radiation has a very long half-life, taking at least several hundred years to dissipate."

Arya sat at the experimental table next to her, flipping through an old experimental report she had found in the underground base. The paper was yellowed and brittle, and the handwriting was a little blurry, but the words "Project code name: Blue Crystal", "Initiated in 1994", and "Objective: To improve the purity of gold using extraterrestrial materials" were still legible.

“This was a secret experiment from 20 years ago.” She looked up at Qin Hao, her eyes filled with shock.

"The report said that in the sixth month of the experiment, the radiation suddenly went out of control, the miners began to mutate, and the base was urgently abandoned. Those people did not have time to destroy the experimental data before they were attacked by their mutated companions."

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The laboratory alarm suddenly went off like crazy, and red warning lights flashed incessantly on the ceiling, casting flickering light on everyone's faces.

Engineer Wang held the test report in both hands, his black-rimmed glasses slipped down to the tip of his nose, his knuckles white from gripping the paper tightly, and even his voice trembled: "President Qin! The radiation level has exceeded 1.5 Sv/h! Look!"

He slammed the report on the table; the fluctuating curve in the screenshot resembled a steep mountain peak, with a glaring red marker at the summit.

"The light from the blue crystal metal block has spread, and the surrounding rock walls have started to crumble. The debris emits white smoke as soon as it comes into contact with the air. I just tested the pH value, and it's so acidic that it can corrode iron!"

Aria dropped her old lab report onto the table with a thud. She bent down to pick it up, her fingers flying across the last few pages until she finally found a blurry annotation in the corner.

"Low temperature can temporarily inhibit the activity of blue crystals, with values ​​below -50℃."

She looked up abruptly, her usual smile gone, replaced by a tense seriousness on her honey-colored face: "Use liquid nitrogen! There are spare liquid nitrogen tanks in the mine's warehouse. Spray it into the blue crystal area through the pipes to suppress the activity first!"

Qin Hao had just hung up the phone with the radiation protection material supplier in the Democratic Republic of Congo when he heard this and turned to look at the captain of the Hyena Commando Team: "Take five people to move the liquid nitrogen tank. Be careful to handle it gently. If the tank leaks, this half of the passage will freeze."

He then pointed at Lao Wang, "You and Ailiya go and adjust the pipe interface. Move the delivery pipe from the vent to directly above the blue crystal. Don't let the metal block directly contact the pipe. Last time, the monster's claws scratched it and it broke. This blue crystal is even more corrosive."

"President Qin, that monster..." Before Old Wang could finish speaking, he heard a screeching sound coming from the direction of the alloy mesh.

Everyone turned to look and saw the two-meter-tall monster struggling frantically. Its silver-gray scales gleamed coldly under the warning lights, and its claws scratched at the metal mesh, stretching the mesh almost to the point of breaking with each scratch.

The most frightening thing was the blue crystal metal plate on its neck. The originally faint blue light was now dazzlingly bright. The saliva dripped onto the ground and instantly corroded small pits, emitting fine white smoke.

"Hold it down!" Qin Hao strode over, took the high-voltage stun gun from his teammate, and poked it into the gaps in the monster's scales.

A crackling sound rang out, the monster let out a piercing scream, its body convulsed violently, and pale blue liquid seeped from beneath its scales.

Taking the opportunity, Aria directed her team to reinforce the alloy mesh. The three layers of metal wire were wrapped so tightly that there was almost no space between their fingers: "Old Wang, hurry up with the liquid nitrogen pipeline! This thing won't last long!"

Old Wang's hands were trembling, but he dared not slow down even a moment. The wrench clicked and clacked as he turned it. The sweat on his forehead dripped onto the pipe and disappeared instantly, whether from the heat or from the low temperature of the pipe, no one knew.

Finally, with a "poof" sound, liquid nitrogen was sprayed into the blue crystal area through the pipe, and white mist instantly spread out.

The beeping of the detector gradually slowed down, and the radiation value on the screen dropped little by little: 1.4, 1.2, 1.0, finally stopping at 0.8 Sv/h, temporarily stabilizing.

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