Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

"Indeed, based on demand forecasts from the aerospace and military sectors, the price of molybdenum-rhenium materials is indeed going to rise sharply. Mr. Arendt Jr., we need to hurry up and find other mineral sources."

"If mineral resources were that easy to find, they would have been snapped up long ago! And with inside information already circulating, other mine owners are probably stockpiling as well!"

Arendt grew angrier as he listened, feeling like he'd missed out on a fortune.

Deputy Commander Zhao, Secretary Zhou, Lu Mingxuan, Lin Meihua, and others also looked at the mine with regret. They had come with the intention of learning.

Deputy Commander Zhao sighed softly, "What a pity. The United States has far superior extraction technology and mining equipment. They can already refine such rare metals, while we are still figuring it out."

Lin Meihua nodded: "If only we had this refining technology and equipment. We've discovered quite a few mines, but our technology isn't up to par, the efficiency is too low, and we have to spend tens of millions of dollars importing them every year. If we could refine them ourselves, we could save that money."

Su Wanqing said quietly, "Alright, alright, I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry. Soon, after we acquire these mines, we'll also acquire all the technology and equipment. We'll pack them up and take them back to China for you!"

Wang Ling was leading Xiao Lulu on a tour when Su Wanqing suddenly came over and rubbed her hand.

Wang Ling's heart stirred—she had a feeling that Su Wanqing would rub her hands before doing anything important, as if she were borrowing luck.

However, if Su Wanqing could really borrow her luck, she would be happy to do so, since Su Wanqing was doing some really great things!

After the tour was nearly over, Crawford announced triumphantly:

"Alright, let's officially begin! Hahaha, little Arendt, did you see that? This mine has amazing reserves. I've equipped it with a full set of state-of-the-art equipment, from crushing and flotation to roasting and extraction—a complete production line! From here, we'll be able to continuously produce molybdenum concentrate and ammonium perlite!"

As he spoke, he gave an order, and the excavators and loaders in the distance started up with a roar, the conveyor belts in the mining area also began to operate, and the roar of machines came from the ore dressing plant.

Young Arendt found it grating. He looked at Su Wanqing, wondering what Miss Su was determined to do by coming here.

At this moment, Su Wanqing's eyes were glazed over, but in reality, she was rapidly reviewing the results of the spatial scan in her mind.

[Scan successful. This is a large porphyry molybdenum-rhenium deposit with molybdenum reserves of approximately 300,000 tons and rhenium reserves of approximately 1,200 tons. The grade is extremely high, and it also contains associated elements such as copper and sulfur. Additional findings:]

Deep within the ore vein lies a high-purity selenium vein, with reserves of approximately fifty tons, as well as small amounts of platinum group metals. Directly cutting off the entire vein would cause a 100% collapse of the mining area, affecting an area of ​​hundreds of meters, posing an extreme danger.

It is recommended to diagonally cut the vein from four-fifths of its southeast side. This area is close to the vein's edge, and cutting it will only cause localized collapses, placing it at a safe distance and minimizing risk.

Su Wanqing took a deep breath!

It turns out that this place contains not only molybdenum and rhenium, but also selenium and platinum group metals! And the reserves are even greater than previously estimated!

We're rich! We're rich!

Most importantly, she only needs a few tons of molybdenum and rhenium each for her space upgrade, while the original ore reserves here are 300,000 tons and 1,200 tons respectively—tens of thousands of times more!

This means that she can not only meet the upgrade requirements, but also use the excess mineral resources for industry or trade.

However, she also knew that these raw ores were just ore and could not be used directly for space upgrades.

Space upgrades require high-purity metallic molybdenum and rhenium, which must be crushed and floated to obtain concentrates, and then refined into ammonium molybdate and ammonium rhenium through a series of complex metallurgical processes such as roasting, leaching, and extraction.

Therefore, simply stealing the ore is not enough.

Of course, you can't just steal openly—if something disappears into thin air in broad daylight, that would be too suspicious. You have to do it secretly.

Su Wanqing then turned her gaze toward the Crawford family.

Over there is a brand-new, complete smelting production line and the latest excavation equipment, all using cutting-edge technology. China simply cannot manufacture equipment of this level right now. If her space is to be upgraded, raw ore alone won't be enough; it also needs to be able to refine it, so she'll have to take all the equipment with her.

Since we're going to move the equipment, we need to cut off more of the ore vein and create more collapses so that the equipment can sink in along with it, making it easier to fish in troubled waters.

After Su Wanqing had the space analyze the situation, she immediately began to capture the target, advancing the target position further than the safe position suggested by the space.

As the machines roared to life, the Crawford family members and Victor's entourage watched with glee as the mine officially commenced operations.

At that very moment—

"Boom!"

A tremendous sound came from deep underground, and the entire earth shook violently as if something had hollowed it out from below.

Young Arendt, sitting in his wheelchair, cursed inwardly, "Damn it, I was just wishing the mine would explode, but I didn't expect it to happen now! At least let us out of here first!"

He immediately shouted, "Quick, run! There might be an earthquake here!"

He had barely finished speaking when Crawford's face turned ashen: "Oh my God, look! That whole mountain has collapsed and disappeared!"

"It's a collapse of the mined-out area!" A geologist rushed over, his face pale, carrying instruments. "Large-scale underground mining caused the roof to become unstable, and the blasting vibrations triggered a chain reaction of surface subsidence. The entire vein may have sunk into deeper strata!"

"Get away from here! Oh shit! That area is the core of the mine; if it collapses, we might never be able to mine it again!"

Chaos erupted, and everyone desperately retreated.

But the collapse was happening so fast that no matter how hard you ran, you were swept along and pulled to the edge.

They watched helplessly as the land beneath them disappeared piece by piece, and the once towering mines and factories were now sinking into pits tens of meters deep underground.

As Su Wanqing ran, she was overjoyed. "Mine, mine, all mine!! The equipment is yours now, give it all to me!"

While no one was paying attention to the area collapsing, the equipment disappeared without a trace...

Victor was all too familiar with this situation. He was on the verge of tears: "Boss, boss! We had the same thing at the tungsten mine. After the underground was hollowed out, it collapsed, turning the entire mine into an empty area! And now this whole area has collapsed too, could it be…?"

"Damn it! Shut your mouth! How could this molybdenum-rhenium mine just collapse like that?"