Homo sapiens.

Chapter 421 Good News

11 month 24 day.

The Antarctic research airship transformed from the Sperm Whale 003 transport airship flew from Madagascar to Antarctica.

Weng Xuehai, who was transferred from Egypt, and Cain Francis, the head of the scientific expedition team, were on the scientific research airship.

Look at the data on the holographic map.

Weng Xuehai raised his head: "Kain, head 27 kilometers southeast and you will arrive at your destination."

"OK, doctor!" Kain picked up the walkie-talkie: "Proceed 27 kilometers southeast and pay attention to strong winds."

In fact, it is summer in the southern hemisphere, which is a good time for the annual Antarctic expedition.

On the other hand, Weng Xuehai and several researchers from the Department of Geology focused their attention on the earth model. Through the high-power magnetic field radar and supercomputer carried by the airship, they already had a preliminary understanding of the nearby stratum structure and stratum composition.

The location of the airship at this time is in Wilkes Land, Antarctica.

The 153 members of the scientific expedition team, as well as the 6 members of Weng Xuehai who came to assist, got off the airship and lived in the dormitories of the base.

This is the reason Homo sapiens hastily dispatched scientific research airships and quickly established an outpost.

According to the data of the magnetic field detection, the diameter of the asteroid is about 55 kilometers.

Although it collided with the earth's crust once, because its core composition is iron-nickel, the asteroid did not fall apart, but remained relatively intact and embedded in the earth's crust.

Core analysis room.

"no problem."

The first module containers to be lowered are foundation modules, 100 in total.

The evidence is that in the process of fixing the magnetic field, it is found that there are a large number of iridium element magnetic field signals in the center of the Wilkes Basin, and its abundance is very high.

You must know that this is 2 to 3 million tons of gold, even if it is an enemy of the whole world, Homo sapiens will not hesitate.

Over time.

In addition, magnetic signatures of large amounts of gold and other heavy metals were found in the central area of ​​the Wilkes Basin.

The volume of this asteroid is 100 trillion cubic meters, and the iron content is about 20-30%. The iron ore alone has 140-210 megatons, which is thousands of times the current shallow iron ore reserves on the earth's surface. .

The next module containers to be put down are dormitory modules, kitchen modules, shower modules, storage modules, heating modules, and water purification modules, a total of 136 module containers of living types.

Kain immediately ordered: "Captain Muqing, please start releasing the container modules according to the plan."

This means that the asteroid contains 2-3 million tons of gold.

After Li Qingye received the news in early November, he quickly took the time to hold a small management meeting and made various arrangements.

Following the mass spectrometry analysis of the cores at a depth of 500 meters to 2000 meters, they found that the heavy metal content in these cores was very high.

Weng Xuehai, who was wearing protective clothing, and several assistants skipped the core of the ice sheet, but focused on the rock core.

Weng Xuehai zoomed in on the simulated strata of Wilkes Land, which is an impact basin with a diameter of about 500 kilometers.

According to the core samples collected so far, the average gold content per ton of ore has reached about 40-60 grams.

However, the Department of Homo sapiens geology has determined through magnetic field analysis that the Wilkes mass tumor was formed by the impact of an asteroid.

As for the Antarctic Convention, Homo sapiens has no intention of abiding by it at all.

The specific coordinates are probably in the area of ​​80 degrees south latitude and 120 degrees east longitude.

Therefore, Li Qingye ordered the Ministry of Defense to form the Antarctic Fleet, and the Feathered Serpent Corps is also accelerating.

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After flying for 10 minutes, the airship finally reached the sky above the target.

Many research groups are studying the Wilkes Basin and the Wilkes Massoma.

That is to say, starting from 850 meters below the ice cap and extending downwards for 50-55 kilometers, they are all stars of this asteroid.

Therefore, researchers from the Ministry of Geology preliminarily determined that this is an impact crater, and the Wilkes mass tumor is the remains of the asteroid.

The Sperm Whale 003 quickly flew into the stratosphere by vacuuming, and returned to Madagascar at full speed, preparing to transport the next batch of supplies.

It's just that the Antarctic ice sheet conceals the existence of this huge impact crater, but the anomalies here can still be found through magnetic field radar and gravity satellites.

Although the gold content inside the entire asteroid cannot be so high, it is estimated that at least 0.8% of the ore can reach this level.

At the current price of gold, 250 kilograms of gold requires 1.5 million gold dollars, which is obviously too expensive.

It was even equipped with four automatic cannon modules and turned into defensive towers, which were placed on the four corners of the base.

Then there are nuclear power module, power distribution module, greenhouse module, scientific research module, equipment module and so on.

"As expected." Weng Xuehai's eyes were full of joy.

About a week or so has passed.

As long as you eat this super large mine, it will not only be enough for Homo sapiens to carry out industrial upgrading, but also greatly reduce production costs.

But the gold and other heavy metals contained in this asteroid are something that Sapiens Corporation is determined to acquire.

After two days of unloading, the airship finally put down all the module containers and some small vehicles.

Of course, Homo sapiens doesn't really care about things like iron ore and nickel ore.

The content of iridium element on the earth is very small, but on some asteroids, the content is abnormally high.

The scientific research airship carried 1.3 tons of materials, and the core materials were modular containers. There were a total of 8 modular containers with a single weight of 20 to 634 tons.

At present, electrothermal materials can only be used in the aerospace field because their production costs are too high. A 100-megawatt thermoelectric generator unit needs to use 250 kilograms of gold.

The base not only collected a large amount of magnetic field data through magnetic field radar, but also drilled a well with a depth of 2000 meters.

Weng Xuehai, Kain and others quickly deployed a magnetic field radar to further detect the asteroid wreckage underground.

And once the gold mines in the Wilkes Basin are won, the production cost of gold can be reduced to almost the same as that of copper, and the cost will drop by a thousand times, and anyone who changes it will go crazy.

Li Qingye ordered Homo sapiens to strengthen their armaments, and at the same time increase the speed of developing outer space.

With such a huge gold reserve, the lead-tungsten-gold electric heating material that I used to search for before can finally let go of my hands and feet.

These modules are like building blocks, stacked together to form several five-story buildings with a height of 15 meters.

Although there is a high probability that other forces will not go to war with Homo sapiens, in the face of such huge interests, it is difficult to guarantee that some people will take risks.

After the foundation module is unfolded, a silver-gray metal foundation with an area of ​​3 square meters is formed. There is a latch device on the foundation module, which can fix other module containers.

In order to ensure the safety of the entire mining area, Homo sapiens must completely control the entire Wilkes Land, especially within 100 kilometers of the center, and even more so.

Sending scientific research airships to land on the beach is just one of the arrangements.

Although whether the Wilkes massoma was formed by the eruption of the mantle plume or the impact of the asteroid, the international academic community has not yet had a definite answer.

Strengthening armaments is to deter the big powers, and strengthening the development of outer space is to provide another way out, so that Homo sapiens have the confidence to turn the table.

Of course, for the large gold mine in the Wilkes Basin, Homo sapiens must be strictly guarded against it to ensure that no secrets will be leaked in a short time.

In order to cover up the mining plan in the Wilkes Basin, Li Qingye has ordered the Ministry of Science to build 5 more Antarctic scientific research stations and 5 Arctic scientific research stations to cover people's eyes and ears.

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