Chapter 844: The Fuse

"Isn't it amazing!"

Noticing that everyone was stunned by the skeleton behind him that looked as if it had been forged from metal, Maisel picked up a Steel Hammer from the ground nearby that had been placed there at some point.

Then he raised the Steel Hammer and struck the skeleton hard several times.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The crisp sound of the impact proved without a doubt that it was metal colliding with metal; this was a sound only metal could produce.

Even more incredible was that just now, Maisel had used a lot of force to leave a deep dent on the skeleton.

But under everyone's gaze, that dent disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Although it's not the first time I've witnessed it with my own eyes, it still feels incredible!"

A female researcher wearing a white lab coat said this as she walked up to the metal skeleton. "Lend me the hammer!"

"Be my guest!"

The female researcher took the hammer and struck the metal skeleton very hard a dozen times in a row, producing a series of crisp metallic clanging sounds.

Not until her hands were somewhat numb did she pant and return the Steel Hammer to Maisel.

"There is no doubt this is a type of metal, it's just that it isn't on our known periodic table of elements!"

Another researcher, who had walked over at some point, stared at the metal skeleton for a while to examine it carefully before looking up and saying to Major Cohen behind him: "Major, we need more research equipment and personnel!"

"It would be best to select a group of paleontologists as well..."

The female researcher interjected: "The shape of these metal ores really does look like some kind of prehistoric monster; I suspect it might be some kind of dinosaur... although I don't believe there are any dinosaur skeletons on Earth that are made of metal, perhaps inviting a group of paleontologists would help us determine the formation date of these ores!"

What she said was indeed reasonable. Major Cohen thought for a moment, then nodded and quickly gave orders to the soldiers beside him: "Have the transport plane bring the equipment over, and set up the communication equipment as soon as possible. I need to contact the higher-ups to coordinate further!"

He then looked at Maisel again. "Mr. Maisel, besides these things, I remember you mentioned later that you also found something suspected to be an alien object, right?"

"Yes!" Maisel nodded, took the communicator off his chest, fiddled with it to change the contact channel, and ordered the person on the other end: "Baibo, bring that pillar we found in Baiyin Hegu the day before yesterday to the monster skeleton!"

"Got it, boss!"

After turning off the wireless communicator, Maisel shrugged. "Baiyin Hegu was named by Lao Yuehan and the others who first discovered this place. At the beginning, they thought we had dug up a huge silver mine!"

"These metals are far more precious than silver mines!"

A researcher muttered discontentedly!

While chatting, several men wearing hard hats carried over a long, pillar-shaped object.

"Major, this is what we found in the river valley two days ago!"

Maisel curled his lip as he kicked the long, pillar-shaped object that had been placed on the ground.

It was precisely because they discovered this thing that they had to take the initiative to contact some material research institutions with government backgrounds in the country and report it to the government.

The long, pillar-shaped object was about three meters long, irregular and cylindrical, and weighed about three hundred kilograms.

This thing was made of an unknown material, and the outermost layer looked like fiberglass.

The reason Maisel and his team didn't choose to keep it for themselves after discovering the magical metal skeleton in the river valley was because this thing seemed to have triggered some kind of mechanism inadvertently when they discovered and tested it.

Consequently, from that moment on, the tip of the long, pillar-shaped object suddenly lit up with blue light and released a strong electromagnetic wave, even burning out all the electronic equipment at the construction site.

After Maisel received the notification and rushed over, he had people examine this long, pillar-shaped object for a long time. After determining that they had no way of knowing what this thing actually was, they began to suspect that it was very likely an alien object.

The news that alien civilizations exist in the universe, and that there are even aliens on Earth, had long since become common knowledge following the total annihilation of the United States Second Fleet last year.

Because of this, the U. S. government subsequently promulgated a series of related acts, including that any private individual who discovers aliens or alien objects must immediately report it to the government; otherwise, privately collecting alien objects or contacting aliens would be punishable by several years of imprisonment at best, and the death penalty at worst.

In a country where there has been a long-standing civil movement to abolish the death penalty, and even the judicial institutions try their best not to sentence criminals to death, the fact that the death penalty was solemnly mentioned directly in the act shows how much the U. S. government values this.

Maisel and his team were helpless, so they finally decided to take the initiative to contact the government and inform the state of their discovery; otherwise, they really thought the American capitalists behind them were philanthropists!

Several researchers quickly walked up and began to examine the equipment.

Unfortunately, because there was no more equipment, they could only conduct some simple, rough evaluations of it.

"It cannot be determined yet whether this is an alien object, but it can basically be determined that it is an artifact. For a more detailed analysis, we will need to wait until the equipment is delivered."

"No problem, I have already had the soldiers send over the equipment we brought. However, if more equipment is needed, we will have to wait until the country negotiates with the Great Canada government before it can be sent over!"

After all, this is not the United States proper. Even though Great Canada has always been regarded by the U. S. as their own backyard that they can enter and exit freely, they still need to give the Great Canada government some face.

The reason why the U. S. military aircraft could fly directly here today was that they had notified Great Canada in advance and only flew directly to Niusheng after receiving approval.

Following the issuance of the order, the U. S. soldiers and researchers located in this river valley in Niusheng quickly became busy.

However, what they did not know was that the strong electromagnetic wave released by that long, pillar-shaped object after it was activated had already been captured by the Decepticon Base located on the Moon.

In Megatron's lounge, Megatron, who still only had a head, saw Starscream, who hadn't been hovering in front of him for several days, suddenly appear, and his expression immediately turned gloomy.

He knew that since Blitzwing and the others arrived, he had been distancing himself from and guarding against Starscream.

And this deep-scheming guy clearly understood this point, so he had been trying his best not to appear in front of him recently.

However, Starscream's sudden appearance at this moment clearly meant that something important had happened.

Although he was very unhappy, Megatron still took the initiative to ask: "Speak, do you have something to report to me by coming to see me?"

"Yes, my master!"

Starscream bowed respectfully, lowering his head so that Megatron could not see the expression on his face.

"We have received a set of signals from Earth. According to the decrypted content, the equipment that emitted the signal should have come from—the Planet Transformation Force of the Quintessons!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Megatron's ferocious face in the incubation tank was immediately left with nothing but bone-chilling hatred.

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