Chapter 81: Mutation, trillions of mineral veins! (5/5 please subscribe)

[The settlement was successful, and the host received a total of 12.1 million energy points this time. 】

As the system finished speaking, Su Jiu saw her energy points skyrocketing in an instant.

【Personal information interface】

[Host]: Su Jiu

[Energy Points]: 13.57 million

[Control range]: 5 million cubic meters

[Regeneration level]: Level 5 (the next upgrade requires 10 million energy points, and the control range can be increased to 10 million cubic meters after the upgrade)

[Mutation function]: Level 1 (passive skill, after reaching level 5, it can be upgraded to active, the current mutation probability is 20%)

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Looking at the number of energy points on the interface, Su Jiu took a deep breath, her eyes full of surprise.

"This system mission is so awesome. Just for finding ten mineral veins, there is a reward of more than 10 million energy."

Su Jiu couldn't help but smile. So many energy points were enough for him to increase his regeneration level again.

"If the regeneration level is increased, I will still have 3.57 million energy points left."

"The control range reaches 10 million cubic meters. It only takes 1 million energy points to regenerate the rare metal vein. It takes 600,000 energy points to regenerate the uranium vein. The total is only 1.6 million energy points."

After doing this calculation, Su Jiu smiled. After the [Regeneration] level was increased, the remaining energy points were enough to regenerate these two mineral veins.

"System, increase the regeneration level."

[The system prompts that the host spent 10 million energy points and 19 points to successfully increase the regeneration level. 】

[The regeneration level is upgraded to level six, and the control range reaches 10 million cubic meters. 】

[The mutation function level is increased to level two, and the mutation probability increases by 20%. The current mutation probability is 40%. 】

Su Jiu nodded with satisfaction. The regeneration level reached level six, and the mutation function also reached level two.

After the mutation function reaches level five, this function can be turned into an active skill.

"The next step is to regenerate the veins."

Thinking about it, Su Jiu also looked at the exhausted uranium veins in front of her.

"System, use regeneration function."

[The host successfully used the resource regeneration function. The regeneration range this time is 10 million cubic meters. 】

[Please host to determine the resource regeneration area... Determination successful! 】

[Ding dong, the host successfully consumed 200,000 energy points, accelerated time in the area by 200,000 years, and obtained 10 million cubic meters of high-quality uranium ore. 】

[Ding dong, the host successfully consumed 200,000 energy points, accelerated time in the area by 200,000 years, and obtained 10 million cubic meters of high-quality uranium ore. 】

[Ding dong, the host successfully consumed 200,000 energy points, and the time in the area accelerated by 200,000 points.In 2016, 10 million cubic meters of high-quality uranium ore was obtained. 】

As the sound of the system sounded, Su Jiu saw the depths of the ground.

The uranium veins that had been exhausted reappeared as if they had regained life.

These uranium ores come in the form of earth, powder, lumps, and stalactites, but most of them are crystalline uranium ores.

Crystalline uranium ore is mainly produced in granitic pegmatite and syenite pegmatite underground.

It is symbiotic with rare earth minerals, thorium, tantalum, niobium, etc., and contains relatively high amounts of rare earth elements.

In addition, brightly colored uranium secondary minerals such as uranium ore, uranium mica, and copper-uranium mica also appear around the veins.

Crystalline uranium ore is also used to extract radium, a metallic element that is also radioactive.

A mixture of radium salt and beryllium powder can be used to create an urban neutron source for the treatment of malignant tumors.

Of course, these are not what Su Jiu is looking forward to. What he is looking forward to is whether the mineral vein can mutate.

"The mutation probability of 40% is not low. It should be able to mutate."

Su Jiu thought to himself, he was very curious about what this mineral vein would look like if it mutated.

But seeing that the mineral vein was almost finished regenerating and there was no sign of mutation yet, Su Jiu was about to be disappointed when the system's voice suddenly sounded.

[Report to the host that the mutation function is triggered during the regeneration process. 】

"Buzz..."

The next moment, Su Jiu saw that the mineral veins that had stabilized suddenly lit up with little stars.

These starlights also quickly merged into the mineral veins and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

[Reporting to the host, the mutation was successful. During this mutation process, the mineral veins derived a new substance 'californium'. 】

[Based on system data calculations, approximately 500 kilograms of californium can be extracted from this vein. 】

hiss……

Hearing this, Su Jiu couldn't help but take a breath.

He almost lost his balance and fell directly to the ground.

Fortunately, the two people next to him had quick eyesight and quick hands to help Su Jiu.

"Five hundred kilograms of californium..."

"Gululu..."

Su Jiu swallowed, feeling extremely horrified.

That's californium. One gram of californium is worth 200 million!

That's right, one gram is worth 200 million, which is almost 650,000 times more valuable than gold, and it's the kind that has a price but no market!

And here, because the mineral veins had mutated, 500 kilograms of californium was directly delivered to him, which is equivalent to 500,000 grams of californium...

"The system is awesome!!!"

Su Jiu secretly exclaimed, feeling excited in her heart, 500,000 grams of californium.

If based on the current price, it would be equivalent to one hundred billion!

And let alone someone who bids one trillion, even if one bids one trillion, it is absolutely impossible to buy 500,000 grams of californium.

There is only a very small amount of californium on the earth, mainly in uranium ores with extremely high uranium content.

Uranium undergoes beta decay after capturing neutrons, forming californium.

Some scientists once thought that supernovae would produce californium.

Because the decay of supernova material is consistent with californium's 60-day half-life.

However, subsequent studies did not detect the spectral lines of californium.

The current method for preparing californium in the world is to bombard it with helium ions, which can also be produced in nuclear reactors and particle accelerators.

There are only two facilities that produce californium in the world, one is the National Laboratory of the United States, and the other is the Nuclear Reactor Research Institute of the Bear Country.

The two facilities produce 0.25 grams and 0.025 grams of californium per year respectively.

In other words, even if the annual production of californium from these two sites is added up, it would take at least 1.8 million years to reach 500,000 grams.

But now, Su Jiu just spent 600,000 points of energy, encountered the 40% mutation probability, and directly obtained 500,000 grams of californium.

Even with China's current technology, although there will be losses in the extraction, half of it will be lost.

That is also 250,000 grams of californium, which is still an extremely terrifying number.

Why is californium so expensive?

Except that it's very difficult to obtain.

Mainly because of its important role.

Calfium can be used as a high-flux neutron source, but because its quantity is too small, its application is limited.

But even so, it is also used in nuclear research as a source of fragmentation fragments.

Especially in the field of nuclear medicine, this thing is completely similar to an invincible existence.

It can be used to treat malignant tumors, especially oral cancer, rectal cancer, esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, nasal cavity cancer, etc. It has excellent therapeutic effects.

In the 1960s, californium has been used in the medical field.

This also led to the birth of neutron brachytherapy, the most advanced method of cancer treatment.

It does not require the patient to be exposed to radioactive rays throughout his body.

Instead, a special source release device is used to send the neutron source into the human body or tumor for intracavity and inter-tissue irradiation. The radiation reaction is light and it can completely kill cancer cells.

The neutron knife is an automatic remote-controlled post-installation treatment system with a californium neutron source.

It is a kind of radiotherapy, which is an advanced medical equipment that integrates nuclear physics, radiobiology, automatic control, computer... and other disciplines.

At the same time, because each microgram of californium can produce 139 million neutrons per minute.

Therefore, californium is also used as a neutron starting source in nuclear reactors or as a neutron source in neutron activation analysis.

Although californium is very useful, it is also extremely lethal.

Can emit gamma rays, which release ionizing radiation that can cause cancer in bones and liver.

Because of its strong radioactivity, the United States specially built a 50-ton heavy-duty transport barrel just to transport 1 gram of californium.

Calfium is a metal that can both save people and kill people.

473 is a strategic material that every country wants but is not so easy to obtain.

But now, 500 kilograms of californium appeared in front of Su Jiu, and he could even imagine it.Once word of this gets out, let alone China, the whole world will go crazy.

"With these californium, China's medical treatment will definitely be greatly improved, and it will even directly enter the stage of nuclear medicine."

If ordinary people suffer from cancer, they know that californium can be used to treat it.

But the value of californium itself is too high and the quantity is too small, so it cannot be used at all.

But if China had a large amount of californium, its price would naturally not be so high.

Perhaps in the near future, cancer, which has troubled countless medical practitioners, will not be a problem for China.

"Fortunately, I was willing to spend energy points to upgrade the regeneration level, otherwise I might not be able to mutate."

Su Jiu's face was filled with a smile. The sudden mutation of 500 kilograms of californium made him feel that uranium ore had little value.

It is true that the metal californium is too precious, and uranium ore cannot be compared with it.

"There is still a mineral vein that needs to be regenerated. If we encounter the mutation effect again..."

Su Jiu took a deep breath and didn't stay here. She called the two people next to her to go down the mountain.

Arriving at the foot of the mountain, the three of them took off-road vehicles and drove towards the No. 8 Mountain Range.

Even now, the excitement in Su Jiu's heart still did not calm down, making the two people next to him curious about what happened.

"Calm down, calm down, this situation will definitely happen again in the future, get used to it, you must get used to it."

Su Jiu calmed down, and when he was bored in the car, he also heard about the system mall.

I was really shocked by the 500 kilograms of californium just now, so I forgot about the system mall.

Opening the system interface, I found that in addition to my personal attributes interface, there was also a mall interface next to it. I entered the mall in a flash.

"Fuck!"

But when she saw the things in the mall, Su Jiu cursed.