Chapter 1444 Mine
Chapter 1445 The Mine

"This is it!" the technical team shouted excitedly.

Just as they were about to go inside, Ali stopped them: "Wait, there are tire tracks on the ground!"

When everyone looked down, they saw fresh tire tracks on the sand. The tire treads were wide and exactly the same as those on the Viking Group trucks they had intercepted earlier.

Qin Hao squatted down and touched the sand next to the tire tracks; it was still warm.

"They left not long ago, they may have already entered the cave."

He turned to the three miners and said, "You stay at the entrance and contact us immediately with the walkie-talkie if anything seems amiss. Ali, take two team members and come in with me. The technical team stays outside and is ready to analyze the signal at any time."

The cave was pitch black. When the flashlight was turned on, the beam of light illuminated the pale blue crystals covering the walls. The crystals reflected the light, turning the cave into a blue tunnel.

After walking about 500 meters, I suddenly felt a sticky sensation under my feet. Looking down, I saw that the ground was covered with a layer of transparent slime that was stuck to the soles of my shoes. It was difficult to pull it off with each step.

"what is this?"

Ali used a dagger to pick up some of the mucus and placed it under the detector. The screen showed blue crystal secretions, which were highly viscous.

Just as Qin Hao was about to walk forward, he suddenly heard a buzzing sound coming from deep within the cave.

Immediately afterwards, countless beetle-like creatures crawled over.

Their shells gleam with a blue crystalline sheen, and their claws are sharp enough to slice through rocks.

"Watch out!" Qin Hao shouted, pulling Ali back.

The blue crystal insects swarmed forward, their claws scratching against the anti-magnetic suit, making a hissing sound.

One team member couldn't dodge in time, and his anti-magnetic suit was torn open. The claws of the blue crystal bug grazed his arm, and his skin immediately turned red.

The team member groaned in pain, "Radiation! This bug is radioactive!"

Qin Hao pulled out his walkie-talkie and urgently called out to Aria: "Aria! There are Blue Crystal Bugs in the cave. They're radioactive and they attack people! Did the old experiment logs mention how to deal with them?"

Arya's voice came quickly.

"I checked! The log says that blue crystal insects are afraid of copper objects and high-frequency sound waves! Do you have any copper tools with you?"

Qin Hao remembered the nameplate given to him by the elder of the Karuba tribe and quickly took it out.

As soon as the nameplate was raised, the surrounding blue crystal insects retreated, and their buzzing subsided.

Ali immediately had his team members take out their copper mining shovels and form a circle around them.

"Technical team! Quickly bring over high-frequency sound waves!"

Ten minutes later, the technical team delivered the high-frequency sound wave generator to the cave entrance.

Qin Hao took the generator, adjusted it to the same frequency as the blue crystal mother ore pulse, and pressed the switch.

The piercing sound waves echoed through the cave, throwing the blue crystal worms into disarray. They scrambled into the crevices of the rock wall and quickly disappeared.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and continued walking inside.

After walking another 300 meters, a bright light suddenly appeared ahead.

Upon closer inspection, it was a huge blue crystal pillar, with a basketball-sized black crystal embedded in the center, emitting a pale blue light.

The abnormal frequency signal was emitted from the black crystal. The detector showed that the crystal contained 10 times more antimagnetic elements than the red light fragment.

"This is the source of the interference!" the technical team exclaimed excitedly.

Just as they were about to step forward to inspect, an explosion suddenly came from the cave entrance, and rubble fell like raindrops.

"Oh no! Someone's coming!" Ali immediately raised his gun and aimed it at the cave entrance.

Several masked men rushed in. The leader took off his mask, revealing a familiar face: Eric from the Viking Group!
He escaped during the chaos of his transport after being arrested last time.

Eric held a black device in his hand, which was wrapped with blue crystal fragments and exuded a dangerous aura.

"Qin Hao, we meet again."

Qin Hao frowned: "How did you find this place?"

Eric sneered and shook the device in his hand.

“Don’t forget, our Viking Group has the best intelligence network on the black market. Old John’s log says there’s a blue crystal source inside the Earth. I’ve been searching for so long, and I’ve finally found it! This thing is a treasure that can control signals on Mars!”

He paused, pressed a button on the device, and the light emitted by the black crystal suddenly dimmed.

"See that? As long as I detonate this blue crystal energy bomb, the entire cave will collapse, and the geological structure of the mantle will be destroyed. At that point, your Mars exploration plan will be completely over!"

Just as Ali was about to fire, Eric stopped him.

"Don't move! This bomb has a wide detection range. If I loosen my grip even slightly, we'll both die!"

He turned to look at the black crystal, his eyes filled with greed.

"Put this black-blue crystal in your bag and get it to the truck at the edge of the desert, or we'll all die here!"

Qin Hao stared at the bomb in Eric's hand and suddenly noticed the logo of the Roll Group on his military uniform. After the Roll Group was defeated last time, the remaining forces actually joined forces with the Viking Group.

His mind raced, recalling what Aria had said about black crystals absorbing blue crystal energy, which might neutralize the bomb.
He whispered to Aria over the walkie-talkie, "Aria, can the black crystal absorb the blue crystal's energy? Eric has a blue crystal bomb, and I want to try neutralizing it with the crystal."

“Yes!” Aria’s voice was urgent.

"I just checked the old experimental logs. The black crystal is the source of the blue crystal and can absorb all the energy of the blue crystal, but it needs to be activated by a specific pulse frequency! I'll send you the frequency parameters now, and you can have the technical team adjust the sound wave generator!"

Soon, the technical team received the frequency parameters.

Qin Hao gave Ali a wink, and Ali slowly moved his feet to block Eric's view.

The technical team quickly adjusted the frequency of the sound wave generator and aimed the gun at the black crystal.

"Eric, do you really think you can take the black blue crystal away?" Qin Hao deliberately stalled for time.

"Old John didn't dare touch this thing back then because its energy was too unstable. Aren't you afraid of getting blown up?"

Eric frowned impatiently: "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and install the crystal! Or I'll detonate the bomb right now!"

Just then, someone from the technical team shouted, "The frequency is tuned!"

Qin Hao immediately shouted, "Activate the crystal!"

The technical team pressed the switch on the sound wave generator, and high-frequency sound waves shot towards the black crystal. The ore pillar suddenly emitted a blinding light, ripples appeared on the surface of the black crystal, and a powerful suction force emanated from within the crystal.

The bomb in Eric's hand began to become unstable; its outer shell slowly melted, and the blue crystal fragments inside flew towards the black crystal.

"what happened?!"

Eric panicked and tried to press down on the bomb, but found that he couldn't move his fingers at all.

His arm was scratched by the blue crystal bug, and the radiation reaction began to kick in, making him weaker and weaker.

Ali seized the opportunity, rushed forward and kicked the bomb out of Eric's hand. The team members immediately surrounded Eric and pinned him to the ground.

The bomb was completely absorbed by the black crystal, the bright light in the cave gradually weakened, the abnormal frequency signal disappeared, and the Mars coordinates reappeared on the detector screen, clearer than before.

Qin Hao breathed a sigh of relief and squatted down to look at Eric.

"You think you can steal Blue Crystal Source by joining forces with the remnants of the Rohr Group? You're too naive."

Eric gritted his teeth and tried to struggle, but his teammates held him down firmly.

Ali took out handcuffs and cuffed him: "This time, you can't escape."

Just then, Charlie's walkie-talkie rang.

"President Qin, Interpol has reached the edge of the desert, and the last secret account of the Luo Er Group in West Africa has been frozen. This time, we can completely eliminate them!"

Qin Hao nodded, instructing his team to hand Eric over to Interpol. He then told the technical team, "Put the black crystal in a copper-cobalt alloy container and bring it back to the lab for research. Also, check the Martian signals to see if there are any new discoveries."

The technical team carefully placed the black crystal into the container, and the Martian signal on the detector became clearer and clearer, revealing more mineral zone coordinates.

Aria called me on video, and she was all smiles on the screen.

"Qin Hao! The Mars signal is 30% clearer than before, and we've even identified a new mineral belt! We're one step closer to two-way transmission!"

Qin Hao looked at the starry sky outside the cave, and the distant desert shimmered with silver light under the moonlight.

He knew that the story of Blue Crystal was not over yet; there were many more secrets waiting for them to explore beyond Mars.

The next morning, in the laboratory of the West African research station, Arya was testing the black crystal.

Qin Hao walked in, holding a document in his hand: "NASA, the European Space Agency, and the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation have all sent cooperation applications, wanting to join the Interplanetary Exploration Laboratory."

Commissioner Cohen also came, saying he would upgrade Blue Crystal Energy's global benchmark status and provide a $10 billion subsidy.

Aria looked up, her eyes filled with surprise: "Really? Then our interstellar project can proceed even faster!"

"There's even better news."

Qin Hao smiled and handed over another document.

"Because of this contribution, I increased the share of the Karuba tribe's profits to 35%, and also built a technical training center in the tribe and sent a technical team to be stationed there."

Marcus also said he wanted to collaborate with them, sending technicians so that miners from Black Africa could operate interstellar equipment in the future.

Aria nodded, then suddenly frowned: "By the way, I found a strange code in the black crystal, different from the one in the Martian signal, like a warning?"

She brought up the encoding, and the characters on the screen were jumping around.

"I have sent it to research institutions around the world for them to interpret, and we should have results soon."

Just then, Old Wang called, his voice filled with excitement: "President Qin! I found the last page of the log in the warehouse of the old experimental base! It was glued shut before, and I only discovered it today. It has Old John's handwritten notes on it!"

Qin Hao and Ailiya immediately rushed back to the old experimental base.

Old Wang held a yellowed piece of paper in his hand; the writing on it was somewhat blurry, but still legible.

"The blue crystals were not formed naturally; they are energy carriers abandoned by an extraterrestrial civilization. During the experiment in 1995, a tracking signal was received, which raised concerns about attracting extraterrestrial civilizations to Earth. Therefore, the miners were mutated, and the experiment was terminated to hide the secret."

Both of them were stunned.

Old John's motive wasn't to monopolize the technology, but rather to fear that extraterrestrial civilizations would find Earth?
Qin Hao held the paper, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

"For so many years, we always thought old John was the villain, but we never expected him to have this concern."

Aria was silent for a moment before speaking, "Regardless of his motives, we cannot stop because of the unknown. There are warning codes in the Martian signals and blue crystal sources inside the Earth. We need to unite global resources and prepare for a response."

Qin Hao nodded, and was about to speak when the laboratory alarm went off again.

The technical team rushed in, their faces pale.

"President Qin! Miss Ailiya! Cracks have appeared on the surface of the blue crystal mother ore, and the pulse frequency has synchronized with the warning code on Mars!"

Furthermore, red-glowing fragments have been found in mineral veins in the Gulf of Guinea, and energy markers from extraterrestrial civilizations have been detected within them!

The two immediately rushed to the storage site of the mother mine.

Pushing open the door of the temperature-controlled warehouse, one can see that the surface of the blue crystal mother ore is covered with fine cracks, and the pale blue light flickers. The pulse curve on the detector completely overlaps with the pattern of the Mars warning code.

Aria picked up a fragment of red light; the detector showed an alien energy marker, originating from the same source as the Martian signal.

Qin Hao walked to the mother mine, reached out his hand, and gently touched the crack with his fingertips.

A faint vibration came, as if the mother mine was transmitting some kind of information.

He looked up at Aria, his eyes resolute.

"It seems that Lan Jing's story has only just begun to reach its climax."

Arya clutched the red light fragment; the alien energy marker on the detector was still flashing.

"We must immediately inform alliance members and global research institutions about this. The warning codes on Mars, the unusual activity of the parent mineral, and the markings on the red-glowing fragments are no coincidences."

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