Xia Fan followed the smell and saw that in the middle of the hall, there was a medium-sized sealed box on a shelf. The strange smell was coming from this box.
Interestingly, the center of the hall should have been the most crowded place, but on the contrary, there weren't many people here. Perhaps it was because everyone thought that the truly valuable treasures would be hidden in a hidden place, and not placed in such an obvious place.
Unfortunately, these boxes were placed randomly. The person who placed them had no idea what was inside.
Xia Fan sniffed carefully. It was the smell of an ancient metal. It was not the common steel or tritanium alloy. He did not know the more precious Kro alloy, but a special metal that Xia Fan had never seen before.
Other than the smell of metal, there was also a smell similar to mold from being stored underground for a long time without air circulation.
From experience, this was not something that could be caused by being stored underground for a year or two. It would take hundreds or even thousands of years. Even the smell of calcium in the stone walls would have seeped into the metal.
There was no doubt that this was an ancient metal item. The material was a synthetic Kro alloy that Xia Fan had never seen before. But the Kro ore content should be relatively low, no more than five percent. Xia Fan could not identify most of the metal.
After some thought, Xia Fan used his terminal to scan the box.
* Beep *
The machine made a crisp sound. Xia Fan looked at the screen. It showed the number of the medium-sized box and the bidding price.
So far, no one had made a bid for this box.
Xia Fan was not in a hurry to bid. According to the rules of the auction, the price was based on the last moment. It did not matter how many times he bid before the auction ended. He just had to make sure that he bid the highest before the auction ended.
* Beep *
At this time, Xia Fan heard the terminal scan the box behind him.
He turned around and saw a big-bellied, elderly man from the region with a young girl about seventeen or eighteen years old.
The girl wore a miniskirt and was gorgeously dressed. Although she used a lot of makeup, her skin still looked darker than that of the people from the region. There were calluses on her hands, which meant that she came from a poor family. Life had not been good when she was young. When she reached puberty, she won the favor of a rich man because of her good looks, and her life gradually improved.
It was common for men from the inner region to be paired up with women from the outer region. After all, the people from the inner region were rich, and the women from the outer region were proud to be able to find a man from the outer region.
As for these people who came to do business in the outer realms, most of them were just putting on a show. They had wives and children in the inner realms and a bunch of lovers in the outer realms. This was the standard for these businessmen.
There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, extraterritorial resources were so cheap. According to Tony, it would only cost one gold coin to find a first-rate extraterritorial girl, especially a rare pair of twins. As for the girls with average looks, they would only need to be provided with food and a little pocket money.
Even a penniless loser otaku in the region would be greatly welcomed in the outer region. This was undoubtedly a man's paradise. Many people in the region would work hard at home and save money for an entire year. Then, when it was time for their annual break, they would come to the outer region to enjoy themselves for two weeks.
"There must be a treasure inside. My intuition has always been very accurate. It can't be wrong!" The petite young girl said to the old man with a big belly beside her.
Her small hand that was holding the terminal was even trembling. After all, according to the rules, the treasure chests were divided into small, medium, large, and large sizes. The starting price was ten gold coins, and if there was competition, the price would rise higher and higher.
To the poor girl from the outer region, this was a large sum of money.
The old man had a sinister smile on his face. He reached out his hand and ruthlessly pinched the girl's butt. His eyes emitted a beastly green light as he said, "If there really is a treasure inside, I will give half to you."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true."
"Dad is the best!"
The girl from the outer region threw herself into the old man's embrace. She used her chest, which wasn't very spectacular, to rub against the old man's chest. The old man was aroused, and while no one was paying attention, he stretched his hand under the girl's miniskirt.
"What's the rush?"
"Why don't we secretly go to the washroom?" The girl said with a charming expression.
Although she was young, it was obvious that she had been in the industry for a long time. Her face no longer had the shyness of a young girl, and she knew how to seduce and satisfy men.
Then, the girl held the old man's arm and twisted her butt as they went to the washroom. Xia Fan didn't need to look to know what they were going to do. The smell of hormones emitted from the girl had already revealed everything.
This old man is really coquettish. He actually made the girl call him dad, Xia Fan thought to himself.
However, she was destined to be disappointed today. There was only a linen shirt in the chest. It was probably a shirt, and there was the smell of a commercial fragrance that only new clothes would have. Xia Fan had long been aware of this.
After leaving the hall on the first floor, Xia Fan went to the second floor.
The architectural structure of the Red Castle was very grand. There was a huge atrium and winding corridors. The atrium was located in the middle of the second floor, and the shelves were placed around it in a circle. The number of treasure chests was about a quarter less than the first floor.
Xia Fan continued to search the shelves. His eyes seemed to be observing, but in fact, what really came in handy was his extraordinary sense of smell.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Xia Fan's nose was better than that of a dog's.
Smell was made up of molecules, and the ability to smell could decompose a smell into billions of tiny molecules. Such a powerful molecular deconstruction ability was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
For Xia Fan, a slight twitch of his nose meant that billions of molecular information was accurately input into his brain.
"Could it be …"
Xia Fan suddenly stopped in front of a large chest. Xia Fan was a little familiar with the smell inside, but he couldn't recall it at the moment.
"Could it be a mechanical core?!" Xia Fan's heart skipped a beat, and the shock made blood rush to his brain.
"That's impossible. A mechanical core is not something that can be measured with gold coins! A mechanical core can be exchanged for at least half a Grade A habitable planet! "
"But this smell is clearly similar to a mechanical core …"
"It's mixed with the smell of grease and ordinary tritanium alloy. It should be a composite type of machine."
"It's similar to a mechanical core. It's wrapped inside the structure of the machine. In other words, this chest is a set of machine, and there is something similar to a mechanical core in the middle of the machine."
"From the analysis of the smell, the machine looks like a small jet engine. That's right, the turbine blades need to be lubricated with magnetic grease, so it should be a jet engine."
"Could it be that someone hid something similar to a mechanical core in the jet engine?"
"Oh my god, how is that possible!"
Xia Fan's brain was racing.
The thing in the chest was an engine used for a hover car, but inside the engine, there was a smell similar to a mechanical core. Because Calamity was installed with a mechanical core, Xia Fan was very familiar with it.
However, Xia Fan quickly came to the conclusion that this thing was not a mechanical core, because the taste contained some special molecules that the mechanical core did not have.
There were four ancient and mysterious core systems in the Cangyue Universe. They were the mechanical core, the energy core, the impact core, and the defense core.
Among them, the mechanical core could greatly increase the efficiency of the machine.
An old and old engine, after being installed with a mechanical core, would have a brand new metal, and its strength would increase by 2.5 times. Its heat dissipation, pressure resistance, overload, and other mechanical functions would be enhanced, making it a divine artifact.
Calamity was an elite frigate produced by the royal shipyard of the Sacred Alliance. Its initial speed was 1.35 times the standard speed.
However, because Xia Fan had successfully obtained a mechanical core and installed it, the speed of Calamity had reached an astonishing three times the standard speed!
There was no other reason than that the mechanical transmission system had good heat dissipation, smooth operation, and high energy efficiency.
The reason why the efficiency was so much higher was because of the magical power of the mechanical core. This unique small metal ball was like magic, it could reduce the wear and tear of the machine and increase heat dissipation.
After the energy core was installed on the spaceship, the energy system of the spaceship would be enhanced. The energy supply would be continuous, and the reactor would burn faster, providing more power for the spaceship.
The impact core was used to increase the efficiency of the weapon. Traditional shipborne laser cannons consumed a lot of energy. If a battleship used laser weapons continuously, after firing a few shots, the energy would be completely consumed.
People who often watched movies would find that in the war scenes in the movies, the firing speed of the battleship was very slow. It would take a long time before the battleship was willing to fire one shot. Most of the time, missiles or howitzers that did not consume much energy were used to attack.
The reason was that although the laser cannons were powerful, they consumed a lot of energy. If the cannons were fired casually, the battleship would enter a state of energy exhaustion.
If a battleship entered a state of energy exhaustion, it would be a huge problem.
After the protective shield ran out of energy, it would lose its defensive ability. The power system would run out of energy and become a large coffin floating in space. It would not be able to run away and could only be passively attacked.
Therefore, the battleships of the Cangyue Cosmos were very cautious with the use of laser weapons. Unless it was absolutely necessary, they would not use the laser cannons to attack.
However, battleships that were installed with the energy core and impact core could avoid this kind of trouble.
The energy core strengthened the energy system of the battleship, and the impact core reduced energy wastage. In the process of adding and subtracting, the overall performance of the battleship was improved.
Finally, there was the defense core. That thing was mainly used to control the energy consumption of the energy shield. The energy shield was also known as a completely sealed energy field. It was like an umbrella supported by energy, resisting the attacks of the enemy like a storm. It was also a huge energy consumer of the battleship.
With the defense core, the strength of the energy shield would increase, and the energy consumption would decrease.
After an ordinary battleship was installed with the four cores, its combat power would increase by at least ten times. With the size of a guard, it would not be difficult to challenge a destroyer or a cruiser that was much larger than it.
It was a pity that the blueprints for the four cores had long been lost. Now, the Cangyue Cosmos could no longer make any cores. The existing cores were all left behind from ancient times.
Due to the scarcity of the cores, the price of the cores would increase to a certain extent every year. If a hundred years ago, one core could be bought for one billion Alliance dollars, now it would be at least five billion. In a few years, it would rise to ten billion!
After all, cores were consumables. After a few years of use, the performance of a mechanical core would decrease. Unless the blueprints were found and they could be mass-produced, the number of the four cores in the Cangyue Cosmos would only decrease.
Gulp!
Xia Fan secretly swallowed his saliva.
Through the taste molecules, Xia Fan concluded that there must be a core in the box. It was definitely not a mechanical core because Xia Fan knew what a mechanical core smelled like. It should be one of the other three cores.
Xia Fan felt his heart beating faster. He already had a mechanical core. If he could get a second core, Calamity would be half a divine warship!
No matter what, he had to get this box!
Thinking of this, Xia Fan pretended to be nonchalant and used the terminal to scan the box.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
