The weak reaction force was quickly caught by Shen Cong, and then he closed his eyes and carefully sensed the source of the reaction force, which was determined to be at least 20 meters deep under his feet.
After determining the location, Shen Cong ignored his surprise and quickly surveyed the surrounding environment to ensure that there was no danger approaching.
Excavation began immediately.
It is difficult to dig at a depth of 20 meters, especially since there is water in the sand and gravel layer of the barrier lake. After digging the sand and gravel layer for a while, the accumulated water seeps through and becomes a puddle.
For this reason, Shen Cong had to move a water pump and pump water continuously.
It took a lot of work, but Shen Cong still dug a pit one meter square and twenty meters deep two hours later. The pump kept pumping water out to keep the bottom of the pit from being flooded. Finally, it was almost over. When approaching the perceived direction, Shen Cong felt that the temperature at the bottom of the pit was getting hotter and hotter.
This heat is not stuffy heat, but heat from the inside out, which is heat caused by radiation.
The body inside the semi-activated armor is already wet with sweat and is still sweating. Taking out the Geiger counter, you can clearly see that the radiation value has reached 320 millisieverts, which is enough to cause harm to the human body. Harmful, killing white blood cells and changing body fluid balance.
Shen Cong didn't know whether his body, which had been mutated and strengthened, could resist radiation, so he had to dig out the meteorite fragments as soon as possible and put them into the lead bucket he brought.
The lead bucket is specially made for meteorite fragments to protect against radiation. After all, it is speculated that meteorite fragments are the source of radiation. Lead is the metal that corrodes the slowest among all metals in the end of the world. The resistance of metal lead to x-rays and gamma The shielding effect of radiation and other rays is relatively good.
In theory, it is most suitable for radiation protection materials.
A minute later, the vulture's shovel hit a hard object, not a rock. Rocks couldn't stop the vulture's shovel.
Shen Cong felt it carefully with a vulture shovel. The hard object didn't seem to be big, only the mouth of a bowl.
"Dig it out and talk about it later."
Pick up the spade.
Out of water.
A large iron block on the mouth of a bowl with some mud on it appeared in Shen Cong's eyes.
Shen Cong could see without touching it. This piece of iron, whose appearance could not be seen clearly, was emitting extremely strong active radiation. Shen Cong did not dare to delay, and directly put the iron piece into the lead bucket, and then covered it cover.
All of a sudden.
The surrounding environment seemed to have become much cooler, and the lead barrel successfully isolated the radiant heat source of the meteorite fragments.
Carrying the lead bucket, without any hesitation, Shen Cong ran back to the King Kong Car.
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In King Kong, Shen Cong let out a long sigh of relief, and his heart was filled with hearty pleasure.
Huangtian paid off his hard work and spent thirteen days finally finding the meteorite fragments in Huanglishu Oasis. The next step is to study the meteorite fragments and see if he can unlock the secret of the activity.
Take a shower and eat something to replenish your nutrition.
Putting on the nuclear radiation protective clothing traded from the camp, Shen Cong opened the lead bucket and took out the meteorite fragments. He washed away the silt on the surface with water and restored the true appearance of the meteorite fragments.
An irregular oval iron lump with pits and bumps on the surface. It is hard to tell what type of metal it is. The appearance is black and slightly reflective.
When you touch it with gloves on, it's as cold as ice.
But when the meteorite fragments were taken out, the temperature of the entire laboratory clearly rose. It was dissipating energy to the outside and increasing the indoor temperature.
Shen Cong wanted to cut off some pieces for study first, and continue to put the rest into lead barrels, otherwise the laboratory would explode due to heat.
But it can't be cut with a knife, and it can't even make a mark; when it is cut with an active core, there is no trace left.
So much so that Shen Cong even took super-diformic acid, methotrexate, and pepper water to touch the meteorite fragments one by one.
In the end, there was still no response. This meteorite fragment was like a copper pea that could not be steamed, boiled, pounded, or fried.
The chemical reaction is very inert and the physical properties are very hard.
Shen Cong tried to sense the meteorite fragments. He could feel that the meteorite fragments had their own active radiation frequency, but he could not sense the amount of activity in them. The meteorite fragments seemed to have no active amount, and he could not detect the continuous activity of active radiation. sex.
All active organisms and objects are emitting active radiation intermittently.
Now the meteorite fragments are active radiation like a straight line, without interruption.
Soon Shen Cong felt that the concentration of free activity in the laboratory began to rise very quickly, as if he was in a strong swaying storm.
“Where does this free activity come from?”
Shen Cong's first reaction was that the meteorite fragments were sufficiently active to radiate to the outside world, but this did not match the perceived situation. He could not perceive that the meteorite fragments had an active amount. They only radiated active energy but did not lose activity to the outside world.
The second reaction was the free activity gathered from the outside, but the news fed back by King Kong let Shen Cong know that there was no change in the free activity outside.
"It was neither released by oneself nor gathered from the outside world, so what happened?" Shen Cong thought for a moment and suddenly thought of a source, "Could it be the activity produced here by me?"
There are a lot of metal materials and equipment in the laboratory, and they are stored in the car. They have the active protection of King Kong. Even if they are not alloyed, the metal will not corrode or rust.
Thinking of this, Shen Cong quickly checked all the equipment and found no signs of corrosion yet.
However, for the sake of safety, Shen Cong decided to temporarily stop the research, organize the experimental plan, and then try to study this unresponsive meteorite fragment.
He put the meteorite fragments into the lead bucket again, and suddenly he had an idea and threw a metal drawing mold into the lead bucket.
Close the lid.
After thinking about it for a while, I felt uneasy, so I took off my own and the radiation protective clothing, and wrapped the lead barrel. The nuclear radiation protective clothing uses tantalum material that is no worse than lead, and is effective against x, gamma, beta, and a particles. shield.
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Walk out of the laboratory and lock the door.
The walls of the laboratory are also made of lead sheets. Radiation is everywhere in the apocalypse. Shen Cong's first choice is to protect against radiation. The metal materials of the car body are all mixed with lead in key parts.
Secondly, the selection criteria for body materials are high hardness and light weight. Unfortunately, high-quality tungsten, titanium and other metals are scarce and cannot be used as alloys in large quantities.
Shen Cong came to the game room, which was also a study room.
Many times he would entertain and study here. Lying on his desk, Shen Cong immediately began to design a plan to study the meteorite fragments. Now that the meteorite fragments were obtained, Shen Cong was no longer anxious and could search for experiments safely and securely. plan to conduct research.
Thinking about it until midnight.
After looking at more than ten experimental plans he designed, Shen Cong was very satisfied with them. He ate supper, took a bath, lay down on the bed and went to sleep.
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Shen Cong found himself falling into the fire pit. He ran and crawled desperately, but he couldn't escape from the fire pit.
Seeing that he was about to be burned to death, Shen Cong suddenly woke up from his sleep.
Take a deep breath.
It was just a dream.
After waking up, I came to my senses.
Only then did Shen Cong feel that something was wrong. His whole body was soaked with sweat, and the sheets were all wet. His body and mouth were dry, as if he was dehydrated.
After pouring two big mouthfuls of cold tea into his stomach, he felt a little better.
When his thoughts returned to normal, he immediately thought that his situation at night was definitely related to the meteorite fragments.
Immediately afterwards, his pupils suddenly dilated again, and he was surprised: "My talent...has reached 2.521h!"