Searching for someone in northern Myanmar, and you call that earning tuition fees?

The group rushed out of the tunnel where rocks were constantly falling and finally returned to the huge cave where the rotating stone door was located.

Behind them came the muffled thud of collapsing rocks and the furious curses of the Black Fox mercenaries.

We're safe for now.

Zhao Gang immediately directed two bodyguards to guard the cave entrance, while he quickly checked the surroundings to make sure there were no other ambushes.

Gu Changfeng leaned against the wall, panting heavily, still shaken. He looked at his daughter beside him, who was also pale but had a complex expression in her eyes, and felt a mix of emotions.

He survived...

They really survived!

Gu Weiguang's gaze remained fixed on Su Ming's back.

data……

She opened her mouth, but her throat was so dry that she couldn't make a sound. However, the urgency and question in her eyes were impossible to hide.

As if he had eyes in the back of his head, Su Ming stopped in his tracks, casually took off the worn-out backpack from his back, and unzipped it.

"Is this what you want?"

He reached inside and rummaged around, then casually pulled out something.

It was a cylindrical metal object, its structure ingeniously crafted, emitting a faint blue glow. At the top of the metal object, the crystal, the size of a pigeon's egg, even with its energy severed, still shimmered with a dreamlike luster, as if it contained its own starry sky.

This is the core node of the "Earth Listening" system!

"Oh my god..." Gu Weiguang subconsciously covered his mouth, his eyes instantly turning red.

She reached out her hand, trembling, wanting to touch it but not daring to, for fear of defiling this sacred object.

"That's right...it's it! Codenamed 'Blue Star'!" Her voice trembled as she excitedly explained, "This is the only quantum resonant crystal in the world, the heart of the entire 'Earth Listening' network! Its value alone exceeds one billion US dollars, not to mention its strategic significance...With it, we can..."

Before she could finish speaking, Su Ming completely ignored her excitement, examining the priceless "Blue Star" core from all angles, as if it were a stone picked up by the roadside.

He stretched out his finger and tapped an inconspicuous interface on the core base, making a crisp sound.

"Is this base made of 7075 aluminum alloy?" he asked.

Gu Weiguang nodded: "Yes...it's the highest grade of aerospace aluminum currently available, for physical protection and heat dissipation."

"Oh." Su Ming nodded, then pointed to a fine ring of wires at the connection between the crystal and the base, "In order to pursue efficiency, the energy conduction coil here uses a silver-palladium alloy coating, but no anti-oxidation coating was applied. No wonder the node went out of control. In this high-intensity magnetic field environment, it will inevitably oxidize within two years, causing energy to dissipate."

He spoke calmly, as if he were evaluating a power bank with a flawed design.

Gu Weiguang was completely dumbfounded.

The reason for the loss of control that she and her team had been investigating for half a month but couldn't find was seen through by him... at a glance?

How...how is this possible?!

Su Ming ignored her shock, weighed the core in his hand, and frowned.

"It looks impressive, but it's not actually worth much."

He made a casual comment.

"This thing has a very complex structure; even the recycling center staff would be scratching their heads if they saw it, so they probably wouldn't accept it. But if we disassemble it, we can sell this piece of aluminum alloy as scrap aluminum and probably get a few dozen yuan. If we can scrape off these silver-palladium lines, we can also scrape together a hundred or so yuan."

"All together... it's barely enough for one hot pot meal."

"..."

"..."

The cave fell silent instantly.

Gu Changfeng opened his mouth wide, as if he didn't recognize the word "money".

Zhao Gang and his two bodyguards stared wide-eyed, nearly dropping their guns.

Gu Weiguang, a top scientist who regarded "Blue Star" as his lifelong faith, felt his brain go blank for a moment.

Worth billions... the culmination of generations of scientific research... a national treasure...

In his eyes...

Is it really worth just one hot pot meal?!

At that moment, she felt that her worldview, outlook on life, and values ​​had been shattered by Su Ming's casual remark.

This is an insult to science! This is a trampling of faith!

But... damn it, what he said seems... completely right!

Su Ming stuffed the core back into his backpack and zipped it up, as if he really was just carrying a piece of scrap metal that he was going to sell.

"Alright, stop standing there, get ready to open the door and go out."

As he spoke, he walked toward the enormous revolving stone gate.

Everyone then came to their senses and quickly followed.

Just as Zhao Gang was about to call for help to pry open the stone door again with axes and manpower, Su Ming stopped in his tracks.

Instead of heading towards the stone gate, he walked to the rock wall on one side of the cave.

There was an inconspicuous crack there, through which a gentle breeze was blowing in.

Su Ming reached out to the gap, felt the wind, and then sniffed the scent in the air.

He frowned again.

Something's not right.

Zhao Gang immediately became alert: "What's wrong, Mr. Su? Is there an enemy?"

Su Ming shook his head, then looked up and gazed through the crack in the cave ceiling at the sky that was beginning to turn yellow.

"No."

"A storm is coming."