Pan Galactic Age

Chapter 14 Plath Metal

"Unexpectedly, someone would actually use a passenger starship to transport this kind of thing..." the bald dragon giggled as he watched Brother Wu crouch on the ground to crack the code of a small box.

After the two boarded the "Yanyun" before, it happened that a conveyor belt in the cargo warehouse broke down and was sent to the cargo warehouse for repairs. This also happened to meet the purpose of the two to avoid contact with unnecessary people as much as possible.After the bald dragon and Brother Wu went down, they found that the closing device of the conveyor belt was stuck by a metal object that fell from an unpackaged package. Brother Wu invaded the system and modified the cause of the failure, making it a little more complicated. There are reasons to stay here for a long time.

Generally, passenger starships transport passengers’ belongings. According to the laws of China, in order to prevent the smuggling of contraband, passenger starships are not allowed to transport any items other than passenger belongings, but passenger starships will still accept them privately. Some humble consignment requests, earn some extra money, because if you use a professional transport ship to transport the goods, the price is generally very high, so that the cost of certain low-cost items will double when consigned, losing their original competitiveness. You only need to pay some benefit fees if you quietly go to the passenger starship to consign. Therefore, it is already an open secret that the passenger starship consigns some goods.

But this time the "Yanyun" consigned an object that aroused Brother Wu's interest.

There is no other reason. After casually looking at the compartments of the cargo warehouse, Brother Wu suddenly stopped in front of a cargo compartment that was not much placed. A metal box of one cubic meter, reached out and touched it lightly.

"What's wrong?" the bald dragon asked curiously, "Is there anything special about this box?"

Brother Wu stretched out his palm, surprise flashing in his eyes: "Bald, do you know Plath metal?"

"What?" The bald dragon was confused, "I've never heard of it, is there anything special?"

Brother Wu looked at the box quietly placed in front of him, and explained: "Plass metal is a scientific research achievement of Ellen Imperial Academy in recent years. It is a synthetic biometal, or a metalloid. Biology, different from ordinary creatures, this metal creature can be manipulated, similar to mimic liquefied metal, but mimic liquefied metal is still a 'dead thing', and now it is widely used, and its disadvantages are well known, it can only simulate Other metals or alloys that come into contact with for the first time, once fused into mimicry, cannot be used again.”

"I know that." The bald dragon rolled his eyes

"I'm just making a comparison." Brother Wu shrugged, touching the black metal box next to him like a cherished work of art, "Plass metal is different. A modified biometal, which can imitate any metal form infinitely according to instructions, and can even reproduce itself, but this characteristic is said to be deliberately erased by scientists in its DNA, and can only be reproduced artificially in laboratories or factories, but Because the technology is immature, Plath metal rarely leaks out to the outside world. I was lucky enough to see a piece the size of a little finger on the black market in Jueyu, and bought it at a high price for the experimental base to study for a period of time. The micro-detector happened to store its data, so when I passed by and scanned it, I immediately discovered its difference..."

Listening to Brother Wu's detailed explanation, the bald dragon immediately understood the preciousness of Plath metal. The objects contained in this metal box must be much more precious than Plath metal. If it wasn't for this coincidence , it will not be found.

According to Brother Wu's explanation, the encryption method of this Plath metal is much more complicated, and it is the same as the mimic liquefied metal. Once it is closed, unless you know the password or crack it, you cannot open the metal box. Destroying it just triggers its built-in self-destruct routine, you get nothing.

"It's very tricky." Brother Wu frowned and stared at the black metal box, and pressed his palm lightly to sense it, "The code is compiled based on the genes of Plath's metal creatures, and the genes of every metal creature on it are missing. It’s a piece of code that needs to be completed and activated before the box can be opened.”

"..." The bald dragon was speechless for a while. Such a big box contains more than a hundred billion metal creatures, not to mention that the genetic codes of the creatures are all different. If you don't know the information originally contained, trying to unlock this box is simply a dream.

"Let's go." The bald dragon said speechlessly, "Old Wu, I know you are very powerful, but this time we came down without a professional cracking tool. I'm afraid it's not easy to get a password of this difficulty."

"I'll give it a try." Brother Wu shook his head and said, "Plass metal is really rare, especially this encrypted one, it's really rare to have this kind of opportunity again, and I'm really worried about the metal in this box." The thing is very interesting, and it is actually protected by such a precious metal box."

The bald dragon stood aside and watched for a long time, but he couldn't see anything, so he coughed and said, "Old Wu, there's no one here, and I can't help you, I'll go to other cabins. "

After finishing speaking, Brother Wu, who didn't care about concentrating on it, walked out of the cabin.

When he came back with the food, he found Brother Wu sitting beside the black box, frowning, thinking about something.

"Do you have any clues?" The bald dragon put down the lunch box, "Let's have some food first. This is the way to the three kitchens of the starship. The distance is not far, which is convenient."

"This box is also equipped with an alarm device." Brother Wu came back to his senses and replied, "It's a bit tricky. When I tried to input a simulation command, I found that it is very sensitive to intruded data. Once it is forcibly cracked, it will automatically trigger an alarm. The owner of the box is also in this starship, we have to keep a low profile, so it's really difficult now."

"Whatever he pretends to be, it definitely has nothing to do with us, just study and study, don't get too involved, we have other things to do," the bald dragon said with a smile.

"The journey is quite long this time, and it's nice to have something to do." Brother Wu patted the black box and sighed, "It's true that a mountain is higher than a mountain, and the person who can set up such a complicated encryption program must be a Master, I really want to compete with him."

Speaking of this, Brother Wu's heart suddenly moved, and an idea popped up.

"Hey, bald head, can you see if this works..."

……

Yanyun, upper banquet hall.

Decorated with retro and elegant crystal chandeliers, shed light yellow light, and the low and melodious sound of the piano surrounded everyone. Xiao Cheng was wearing a black dress and stood quietly on the edge of the hall. Nan Xin activated the mimic mask with long hair. Rolled up high, the dark blue long dress looked more solemn and mature, and Xiao Cheng was wrapped around Xiao Cheng's arm like a jade lotus root. The two of them together were indeed a match made in heaven.

In fact, Xiao Cheng and Nan Xin don't like this kind of lively social scene very much. One has devoted himself to study and study for four years, and the other has grown up in the flames of war, so they are not very interested in this kind of activities. A small task, the target person will attend the banquet, so they had no choice but to come.

Coincidentally, Xiao Cheng also knew the target person this time. His name was Duan Zhiqing, and he graduated from the Republic University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the same class as him. The first time we met, he was extremely low-key and had few friends, but according to Wang You, Duan Zhiqing had a deep background, but he could not reveal it, because there were very few intersections, and Xiao Cheng almost forgot that there was such a person. The task Brother Wu gave him was to get close to Duan Zhiqing and talk to him as much as possible. At the same time, Nan Xin was required to use a signal distortion amplifier the size of a fingernail to control the "dust" robot left by Brother Wu to invade Duan Zhiqing's personal chip. Information database, and then Brother Wu obtained some information through remote control.Although it is strange how that item is related to Duan Zhiqing's personal information, he must have his reasons, as long as he completes the task with Nan Xin.

At this time, Duan Zhiqing was sitting at the table in the corner opposite Xiao Cheng and the others, drinking a glass of sake called "Dark Blue Dreamland" alone, and a respectful old housekeeper stood beside him. Duan Zhiqing seemed to like this environment very much , watching the crowd dance and sing with a smile on his face, but he was unwilling to blend in, because during the 10 minutes that Xiao Cheng observed him, his old butler had declined the invitations of the three beauties for him.

This also made Xiao Cheng not know how to go up to greet him. He was hesitating when he saw the old housekeeper leaning over and saying something to Duan Zhiqing.

"Ah Qing, our things have sent out a strange signal. I want to take someone down to have a look." The old butler's voice clearly appeared in Xiao Cheng's ears. This is the mote robot that Brother Wu left for them. The effect of this kind of robot is difficult for ordinary people to detect with the naked eye. When Duan Zhiqing was sitting there, Xiao Cheng sent the robot over and attached it to the edge of the table to eavesdrop. The high-end chip sensor found that, just in case, Xiao Cheng didn't dare to let the robot attach to Duan Zhiqing's clothes.

"The monitoring of the storage compartment below is within our monitoring range. Except for the two maintenance workers who went in when boarding the ship a few days ago, no one went in at all, let alone the two maintenance workers. We saw from the monitoring that they had left. No one will go in anymore, right?" Duan Zhiqing replied with some dissatisfaction, "What's more, as long as someone moves or other actions on that thing, it will give an early warning, so there's no need to worry about it?"

"Ah Qing, you know how important this thing is. The family has made great efforts to bring it out secretly. Although it is impossible to leak the news, the master told you to be careful and take care of it carefully. It is a pity that it is beyond what can be brought. There is a limit on the volume of the upper cabin, otherwise there is no need to worry about it."

(End of this chapter)