"That thing is very valuable, right?" Ke Lan said, but she laughed first, "Sorry, I seem to have asked a nonsense question."

"It's very valuable." Yui didn't laugh, but nodded slowly - since the cards have been revealed, there is no need to continue to conceal the relevant information. "To use the adjectives of the old era, that thing is priceless."

"What are the detailed information?"

"We discovered this crystal two months ago, when the eighteenth miner disappeared in the mine... When we were checking his personal belongings, we found a pure white energy crystal the size of a grain of rice."

"Pure white...energy crystal?"

"Yes, the people who first examined it thought it was some rare mineral, but when the crystal was sent back to the Ark for testing, we discovered that it contained amazing energy."

"How amazing?"

"That grain of rice-sized energy crystal is equivalent to 1,400 standard units of level nine crystals," Yui said.

"One thousand four hundred ninth-level crystals?!" The old dog snapped his fingers in astonishment, "Doesn't that equal... more than nine million units? Just one crystal?!"

"At that time, the equipment used for the initial inspection exploded due to excessive energy flow. Later, with the help of a mothership-level crystal engine, the energy reserve in the crystal was estimated. After a brief discussion, the crystal was named 'Super-Purity Crystal'... This is a top-level secret within the consortium. Originally, among everyone present, only Mr. Ke Lan had the right to know." Yui's tone was somewhat helpless.

"Really?" Ke Lan looked at her with a half-smile, "But you didn't seem to want me to know before?"

"According to the young lady's arrangement, this matter was supposed to be arranged at a suitable time and told to you alone."

"Oh? When is the right time? When we find this thing in the mine? Or... after the mission is over?"

"I think that woman was planning to tell us." Old Dog said sinisterly, "Anyway, even if we find that super-pure crystal, we won't be able to see its value without testing equipment, and you can take the opportunity to conceal the matter, right? Damn it, we tried our best to help you find the missing miners, but you ended up eyeing the treasures in the miners' pockets, haha..."

"..." Yui didn't admit it, but she didn't deny it either.

"Let's not talk about this for now." Since Lao Gou is the bad guy this time, it's naturally Ke Lan's turn to be the good guy. "Ms. Youyi, I have had a question from the beginning. Since the Soma Consortium only knew that this thing contained such amazing energy after testing, how did these miners know the value of this thing? And why were they attracted by it and lost in the depths of the mine?"

"Deep in the mine, we found a severely damaged refining furnace... You should know that the crystal blanks mined from Leviathan contain a lot of impurities. They need to be initially purified underground before being sent to the refining plant... The miners may have thrown the ore containing the ultra-pure crystal into the refining furnace, which led to the explosion... But it was also because of this accident that they discovered this thing."

“Was this accident not recorded?”

"No, the miners involved in this incident may have reached some kind of agreement. They kept this matter secret until more and more people went missing..."

"So, there should be more than one super-pure crystal like this... Miss Yui, may I ask how many units of crystals the Soma Consortium can mine from the Leviathan's skeleton every year?"

“Probably between two and four million units.”

"In other words, this one super-pure crystal is equivalent to your three-year production? This thing is so precious... Why did you choose us to investigate this matter? Don't you have a few hunter teams for such a large consortium?"

"Actually... before we sent you the commission, four hunter teams had already entered the depths of the mine." Yui said, "I think this is also the reason why the lady was reluctant to tell you the truth at first... She was afraid that you would refuse."

"Did these four teams get wiped out?" Old Dog asked, his tone somewhat unfriendly.

"That's not the case, but the losses were heavy..." Yui sighed, "They fought with some unknown creature deep in the mine. According to the survivors, this creature was very fast and had the ability to spray acid. This acid could instantly corrode the armor they were wearing."

"It's very fast and can spit out highly corrosive acid. What else?" Ke Lan asked while making notes on the tablet.

"No more." Yui shook her head.

"there is none left?"

“Those hunters who survived… they couldn’t even see clearly what this creature looked like. We have very little information about the world deep in the mines.”

Youyi was not lying. The structure and material of Leviathan's skeleton were very special. Although humans had been mining inside the body of this giant beast for decades, only one-tenth or one-twelfth of the area had been explored so far. Most of the areas inside the body of this prehistoric beast were still unexplored by humans.

"It is possible that these companion species are living in Leviathan's body. Although the host has died, these companion species have not become extinct, but have fallen into a dormant state..." Ivan analyzed. Although the primordial species is not one of his main research topics, due to his interest, he has done quite a lot of research on the primordial species.

Just as there are a large number of microorganisms living in the human intestines and parasites in the bodies of wild animals, species of the level of prehistoric beasts will naturally have companion organisms...

"You mean, the mining operation awakened these associated creatures... Then do you think that the super-pure crystals are related to these associated creatures?"

"It's hard to say, but it's very likely." Ivan replied, "The reason why a large number of crystals are generated in Leviathan's body is because its body itself is equivalent to a huge refinery. The purified energy accumulates in its body day after day, so it's not surprising that something like super-pure crystals are born. And the companion species living in its body are likely to rely on these crystals for survival."

"Well, Ms. Yui, I should have the authority to view the detailed action records of those four teams, right?"