Chapter 821 - 1: Turning the Pacific Ocean into a Gold Mine
Chapter 821: Turning the Pacific Ocean into a Gold Mine
Su Yang leaned on the bed and flipped through a book as he said casually, “Not yet? What’s up?”
Qu Xuan’s voice was still in a very soft whisper. “Can you lend me some money?”
Su Yang asked casually, “How much?”
Qu Xuan: “4,000 yuan. I’ll return it to you next month.”
Upon hearing that number, Su Yang stopped flipping the pages.
‘4000 yuan?
‘How long has it been since I’ve heard of such a small sum…’
Su Yang did not know when, but his life had started to revolve around 40 million yuan, 400 million yuan, 4 billion yuan, or even 40 billion yuan.
‘So, I’ve actually been disconnected from the public for so long. I’m no longer sensitive to these numbers.
‘Sure enough, the life of the rich is so boring…’
As Su Yang sighed in his heart, he agreed to Qu Xuan’s request. “Alright, I’ll transfer it to you through Alipay.”
Qu Xuan’s voice finally sounded alive. “President, thank you.”
Su Yang replied nonchalantly, “Don’t mention it. We’re friends after all.”
Since Qu Xuan clearly had something on his mind, the two of them did not talk much. After saying that, Su Yang hung up the phone and instructed Little Deeny to transfer 4,000 yuan to Qu Xuan.
After that, Su Yang lowered his head and continued reading.
However, as he read the book, Su Yang’s thoughts drifted to Qu Xuan. ‘Why did Qu Xuan suddenly borrow 4,000 yuan?
‘Judging from his serious tone, it’s definitely not for pleasure.’ Hence, Su Yang made a bold guess.
‘Could Xue Ya be pregnant?
‘Or has he broken someone’s leg while skateboarding?
‘Could it be that he and Xue Ya had been too indulgent and had forgotten to turn off the gas… Did they burn their kitchen?
‘Surely not.
‘After all, that would be just too magical. If Qu Xuan happens to be at a critical juncture, it might even leave a permanent trauma.
‘So, be careful with fire, protect your mental health…’
After a round of wild guesses, Su Yang stopped guessing since there were no clues.
He picked up the book and prepared to continue reading.
The main reason why Su Yang was working so hard to save the servers was because Guo Xiaoying’s uncle, Guo Fan, had finally finished filming “Wandering Planet” a few days ago.
However, as a large sci-fi film, completing the actors’ portion was only half of it. The other important task before the production team was its special effects.
The special effects were also divided into two parts. One part was the design of special effects scenes and its lenses, while the other part was the special effects rendering with the use of a large server.
Only when both parts were completed would the special effects of the movie be considered to be complete.
Su Yang had handed the first part of the special effects to his film company.
After two years of training and polishing by Su Yang, the special effects department of Jiadian Pictures had already reached the level of an A-lister in the country. Especially since Su Yang had asked them to focus on special effects design, they were extremely capable in this aspect and could totally take on the job of designing special effects for ‘Wandering Planet”.
The second part however, was Su Yang’s mission, which was the reason why he started reading again.
In the production team’s plan, the special effects were expected to be completed by the end of August, while the release date for “Wandering Planet” that Su Yang had planned was during next year’s Chinese New Year, which was in February.
So, based on the date, Su Yang only had five months to work on the special effects.
If it were not for the special effects of “Wandering Planet”, which had been progressing at the same time during filming, Su Yang would not have been able to complete it.
However, even though Su Yang had made a lot of preparations in advance, he was still tied for time. Otherwise, Su Yang would not have been reading non-stop the moment he had free time.
Furthermore, in order to catch up, Su Yang had even maximized the use of his [Three Days Without Sleep Halo] to read books.
If not for the fact that he could only use the Bronze Talent [Stairway To Improvement] for himself, Su Yang would have given this talent to Little Deeny so that she could read 24 hours a day. After all, she had her doppelgangers, so it would not hinder her from doing other things.
However, due to the limitations of his talent, Su Yang could only daydream. After waking up from his dream, he still had to accumulate the server bit by bit.
Fortunately, Su Yang’s hobby was reading. Hence, he could read everyday and not feel that it was a burden.
With this thought in mind, Su Yang once again immersed himself in reading books.
In the blink of an eye, the night passed.
In the blink of another eye, the day passed.
At night, Janet arrived at the virtual space as promised. There were several new Imperial Guards behind him.
Based on Janet’s anxious naming method, these sharks were obviously named Shark Three to Shark Seven.
According to Janet, these five sharkmen were also the personal guards that he had nurtured during his journey. Other than them, Janet had also formed a 10-man personal guard team to guard his kind who had yet to gain sentience. As for Shark Three to Shark Seven, they were especially selected by Janet for Su Yang to replenish his strength.
Su Yang did not reject Janet’s kind intentions. After all, the situation in Central Asia was still unclear and the Clown Sea Serpent was still buried in the ground, so Su Yang’s forces were indeed not strong enough.
After accepting the new Imperial Guards, Su Yang was not in a hurry to start the [Descent] of the glass phone factory. He first brought Janet to the research center and got Martha to show Janet the Gold Coconut Tree and Blood Cotton.
After the display, Su Yang got Martha to prepare a batch of seeds and stems from the Gold Coconut Tree and Blood Cotton and have them passed to Janet.
The Blood Cotton was meant for Janet to protect himself. After all, 71% of Earth was an ocean, and there were all kinds of strange species in the ocean. Although Janet was very strong, there might be some marine life that could harm him underwater. Hence, Su Yang would be more assured if he had some means to protect himself.
The Blood Cotton was good for self-protection. Whenever Janet encountered an opponent he could not defeat, she could throw a Blood Cotton and escape.
After that, Janet did not need to do anything except wait for three or four days. When he returned, the only thing that would appear before him would be the enemy’s corpse.
On the other hand, the Gold Coconut Tree was a mission that Su Yang had given Janet. No one ever complained about having too much money, especially hard currency like gold which was popular in the world.
Su Yang was no exception.
Therefore, Su Yang was thinking of ways to make use of the Gold Coconut Tree, which was a killer weapon that collected gold.
In the end, it was still Martha who gave Su Yang some good suggestions. Martha said that since Janet was going to search for his own kind in the Pacific Ocean, he might as well plant the Gold Coconut Tree on a deserted island or reef.
According to Martha, the ocean took up 71% of the Earth’s surface area, and it contained a lot of gold. Other than the “natural gold sand” contained in the ocean floor, there were more than 3,500 tons of meteorites falling into the ocean every year.
Ordinary meteorites had a content value of 10 grams per tonne. In this case, they weighed 18 kilograms per year.
The ocean had existed since the birth of Earth. After billions of years, the “meteorite gold” in the ocean weighed at least ten thousand tons.
In addition, because all the lakes and rivers eventually flow to the ocean, there was a lot of gold ore that went from land to sea every year. Take the Heilong River as an example, the gold that flowed into the ocean every year was as high as eight tons, not to mention all the major rivers in the world.
If one were to say that the seawater was too far from the ocean floor, and the entrance of the river was too conspicuous, and luck is the only thing that affects meteorites, then the seawater itself contained a lot of gold.
According to scientific research, the gold content in each ton of seawater was between 0.01 and 0.4 milligrams. The gold content in the world’s seawater was 55 million tons.
In the past, many countries used seawater to purify gold, but due to the decrease in gold content, the cost of purification became higher and higher, so they eventually gave up on these projects.
However, it was different for Su Yang. The issue in costing that various countries faced did not exist in front of Su Yang.
He now had the Gold Coconut Tree, so as long as he planted it on a deserted island or reef in the sea, with its ability, it could continuously extract the tiny amounts of gold from the sea and store it in the coconut.
Therefore, seawater that was useless to other countries was a natural gold mine for Su Yang.
Coupled with the fact that Janet was going to the Pacific Ocean to look for her own people, Su Yang could use this opportunity to plant the Gold Coconut Tree all over the Pacific Ocean, turning the entire Pacific Ocean into Su Yang’s gold mine!
If that was the case, based on the Gold Coconut Tree’s ability to absorb gold, Su Yang would have an endless supply of gold in no time.
Of course, Su Yang would not allow Janet to have such a precious plant.
After Su Yang and Martha discussed this, they came up with an appropriate arrangement. He would get Little Deeny to open a convenient channel for Janet. After Janet planted the Gold Coconut Tree, Little Deeny would send Janet a new glass phone and some Blood Cottons.
When the time came, Janet could place the glass phone next to the Gold Coconut Tree and plant a ring of Blood Cotton around it.
This way, the Gold Coconut Tree would be protected by the Blood Cotton from any animals.
Even if a human accidentally saw the Gold Coconut Tree, Little Deeny would be able to monitor the situation around the Gold Coconut Tree in real time with the glass phone. Then, Su Yang would be the first to receive the report and send the little monsters to handle the relevant matters.
With such a simple plan, the Pacific Island Gold Mine could be successfully implemented!
Janet should be the most loyal and obedient among all the little demons. Hence, after Su Yang made the arrangements, he agreed without any hesitation and promised that he would not let Su Yang down.
After settling everything, Su Yang first gave Janet some frozen Blood Cotton rhizomes (this was the main method of reproduction for Blood Cotton). Then, he brought Janet out of the virtual space and came to the real world to start their work for the night, using [Half-Descent] on the glass phone factory.
After exiting the hotel, Su Yang hailed a cab and brought Janet to the Jiadian Industrial Park, which was in the midst of a large-scale construction.
Zhao Licheng was already waiting there at the time.
Su Yang and Zhao Licheng got out of the car and walked into Jiadian Industrial Park together.
They followed Zhao Licheng, Su Yang, and Janet for a full five minutes before they arrived at the planned location of the glass phone factory.
Because they were talking about the “Gold Mine” project, it was already 2 am. It was also time for Su Yang’s plan to use [Descent].
Su Yang did not waste any more time. He first let Janet use his ability [I am the Dragon King] to change the weather around the entire Jiadian Industrial Park. He let the fog move from the riverside and slowly spread to the entire Jiadian Industrial Park.
Right after that, Su Yang summoned Spirit Building from the virtual space and had her change her persona.
First Building was Spirit Building’s twin sister. She was a female knight riding a black horse and wearing full body armor.
Unfortunately, she and Spirit Building were one, so only one person could appear at a time.
And because Spirit Building was the person who knew the most about spiritual energy among the monsters, Su Yang could only let her occupy his body and study spiritual energy outside.
Thus, First Building, who had been forgotten in the corner of her body, rarely came out. She could only come out occasionally when Spirit Building was tired.
As a true 16-year-old girl, First Building’s life was very simple. She ate potato chips, drank Cola, and watched dramas, which was her happiest moment.
It was just that there were a lot of things going on at home recently, and Spirit Building was also rather busy, so First Building had not come out for almost a month.
As a result, after coming out, First Building took off her helmet and got off the horse, her face filled with unhappiness…
Her face was filled with expressions as if asking Su Yang to coax her, and quickly!
Su Yang’s heart ached for this little sister of his, so he patted First Building’s head and comforted her. “Long time no see, First Building. Have you been bored with being cooped up in your body lately?”
“Don’t feel wronged. When this period is over, I’ll let Spirit Building rest and let you come out. Then, you can do whatever you want, okay?”
Dressed in a full set of knight armor, the body-hugging knight armor outlined the figure of First Building. She looked at Su Yang and felt wronged. “Brother Su Yang, are you serious? Don’t lie to me again.”
Su Yang was speechless.
‘Why did you use the word “again”?
‘When have I ever lied?
‘I… Don’t think I’ve ever lied to you.’
At the same time, Su Yang was not too sure as he continued to draw the pancakes. “Of course I’m serious. I won’t lie to you.
“Furthermore, after some time, Little Hus will be done with my work. When that time comes, I’ll ask him to look for a special item that could separate you from Spirit Building? Or whether your consciousness could control another body.
“What do you think?”