369: Chapter 368 The Asteroid Belt of the Solar System!

Simply put, even if we were to collect all the currently explored Vibranium resources, the amount of Ripple Steel that could be smelted would be at most 150 tons...

This level of production, to say nothing of driving an industrial upgrade for the entire human civilization, wouldn't even be enough to build a single squadron of "Xuannu Generation III" Aerospace Fighters made of Ripple Alloy.

"Sigh!..." Academician Lan Mingcheng shook his head and sighed.

"The Moon is our Blue Star's natural barrier."

"Every year, the Moon blocks 3 to 5 trillion meteorites for our Blue Star, with an interception rate reaching 99%."

"Currently, there are a full 300,000 craters on the Moon, while here on our Blue Star, after all these years, there are fewer than 200 craters on the surface."

"It could be said that the Vibranium reserves on the Moon are basically equivalent to the total Vibranium reserves of our Blue Moon System..."

The others also shook their heads and sighed, but there was more excitement and pride than anything else.

Vibranium, a special resource with an extremely unique molecular structure, often requires extremely high pressure to form.

In the surface layer of the Blue Star that human society has already explored, there is indeed not a single bit of Vibranium reserve.

This time, the heavens did grant China a meal, but it wasn't much—just a tiny bit...

But regardless, possessing Ripple Steel—a new type of material far beyond China's current civilization level—even at a mere 150 tons, will usher in a massive leap in China's civilization level.

For a milestone event capable of being recorded on the first page of China's civilization history, it would be impossible not to be proud.

Just then, after listening to Academician Lan Mingcheng's work report, Lin Mo quickly grasped the key point.

He looked at the eighteen pieces of Vibranium ore in front of him and asked, deep in thought.

"Academician Lan."

"Since you have determined that these Vibranium resources all originate from extraterrestrial meteorites at the bottom of the Moon's craters, then..."

"Where do all those extraterrestrial meteorites that strike the Moon every year come from?"

Academician Lan Mingcheng did not have much research in astrophysics, so he could not answer Lin Mo's question for a moment.

At this moment, another female academician who also studied astrophysics, Academician Huang Lingmin, replied.

"Chief Designer Lin. The vast majority of meteorites in the Blue Moon System come from the Solar System's Asteroid Belt... uh..."

Speaking up to this point, Academician Huang Lingmin's eyes suddenly lit up, and her words were interrupted.

Academician Lan Mingcheng, standing to the side, was the first to react and slapped his forehead hard.

"Holy crap!! The Asteroid Belt!! The Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter!!"

Everyone present was a smart person and immediately realized what this meant.

"Since the extraterrestrial meteorites come from the Asteroid Belt, then there must be Vibranium resources in the Asteroid Belt!!"

"I am truly getting old and senile; how could I not have thought of such a simple truth??"

"We were truly too short-sighted before!!"

"We only kept our eyes fixed on the Blue Star, but in reality, with China's current level of space travel, we could completely head to the Asteroid Belt to mine mineral resources!!"

"If we were to mine all the resources in the Asteroid Belt, that would be absolutely incredible!"

Academician Huang Lingmin was extremely excited and hurriedly explained to everyone.

"The Solar System's Asteroid Belt is scattered with over 800,000 asteroids of varying sizes, with the largest ones even reaching 1,000 kilometers!"

"There is a viewpoint in the Blue Star's astrophysics community that millions of years ago, there was a large planet between Mars and Jupiter!"

"It's just that this large planet exploded during some unknown event!"

"Eventually forming this Asteroid Belt!"

"According to computer simulations, the original total mass of this Asteroid Belt was about 1.5 times that of the Blue Star!"

"Although millions of years of material have been ejected, the remaining mass is still significant!"

"Among them, the ejected material that turned into extraterrestrial meteorites striking the Blue Moon System is only a tiny fraction of a fraction, yet it still gave us about 10 tons of Vibranium resources!"

The more Academician Huang Lingmin spoke, the more excited she became. At this point, she even started trembling all over.

"This is enough to prove that the Vibranium resources in the Asteroid Belt can completely provide for China to complete a thorough industrial revolution!"

[Image] The Solar System Asteroid Belt

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