Chapter 40 Professor Yu’s Psychological Counseling Chen Lin was sitting on the train. He saw a large number of engineering force personnel outside the window, still working intensively at this time.
What happened last night was just an episode to them.
The progress of the project cannot be delayed, and everyone must pick up their mood and get back to work.
The underground cave has undergone earth-shaking changes at this time, and it may be more appropriate to call it an open-pit mine.
The train started slowly, and the people seeing him off were waving their hands. Chen Lin also raised his hand and waved to them out of habit.
His old guardsmen had been sent to the outpost last night.
Even though this guy repeatedly said that he was fine, he was directly bitten by the goblin and was still forced to isolate.
Chen Lin estimated that he wouldn't be able to see this kid for three to five days.
The freight train under him was a lot faster. A distance of dozens of kilometers was not worth mentioning for the train. Soon Chen Lin saw the sign for the outpost.
It was almost no waste of time to go back. The freight train passed through the portal and slowly appeared on the track on the earth's side.
As soon as he got out of the car, a large number of soldiers rushed up.
Several people rushed over and escorted Chen Lin to a safe area, and then everyone began to conduct unconventional safety inspections on the train.
Military dogs were barking at the side, and everyone was asked to come down immediately for inspection.
Chen Lin knew that the base had discovered the damage to the train and was in a state of high tension. After all, there was no instant communication between the Hongshan Base and the other world, and many messages could only be transmitted by personnel.
However, an intense security inspection quickly ceased, and after Chen Lin completed a full body check, he handed over the black hard drive in hand and was free again.
He has opened the portal, and the next time he comes will be at night.
After the hard drive was handed over, Professor Yu soon sent someone to invite Chen Lin, saying he wanted to go up and have a chat with him.
When the two met, the assistant made tea, turned around, closed the door and went out.
Professor Yu and Chen Lin were the only two people left in the room at this time.
"You seem to be in a bad mood."
Professor Yu's voice was still gentle, "Tell me, maybe I can help you."
"The mood is indeed a bit low..."
Chen Lin picked up the tea cup, looked at the tea leaves floating in the cup, and said: "Last night, a monster attacked the camp over the gold mine. Two people died and more than a dozen were injured."
Professor Yu already knew what happened last night. After hearing this, he nodded: "The losses are still within an acceptable range. Hundreds of monsters were quickly suppressed by the guards after they came out..."
Chen Lin looked at Professor Yu while holding the teacup: "I'm not a pretentious person, I just think this kind of sacrifice is completely avoidable."
"After all, we have invested so much energy there and stationed thousands of combat troops."
"I was still living in the train last night, and those monsters even broke into it openly."
"The whole thing - it's ridiculous!"
"With hundreds of people stationed nearby, how could they let these monsters kill them inside?"
"After opening the portal, is this the first time you've encountered attrition?"
Professor Yu nodded.
"exactly."
However, the professor soon comforted Chen Lin and said, "But don't worry too much about this issue. The combat personnel stationed near the gold mine were actually temporarily recruited into another world the night before yesterday."
"They may not be familiar with the environment, and the method of the monster attack this time is indeed very special. It is normal that they were not discovered."
"We will try our best to prevent this from happening in the next stage."
Chen Lin had already cooled the tea. He took a sip and then took a long, soothing breath.
The tension that lasted from last night to today has finally relaxed for the most part at this moment.
"You must not be burdened with anything."
Professor Yu continued: "Opening the portal is your exclusive ability. You have done everything you can do, and that is enough." "There are dedicated people in the engineering and combat troops. Come take responsibility. When the time comes, you will be punished and demoted. Those who died will be provided with subsidies and aftermath."
Chen Lin put down the tea cup, and the expression on his face finally became much clearer.
"I thought too much and fell into a state of self-doubt."
"On the way back, I kept thinking about whether it was right or wrong to open the portal. After all, two people were sacrificed last night..."
After Professor Yu listened to Chen Lin's words, he turned to smile and said: "In order to develop a different world, sacrifice is inevitable."
"Some we can avoid, some we can't."
"You were just confused whether it was right or wrong to open the portal? I can give you the answer now."
Professor Yu drove the wheelchair and picked up a heavy document from the table, and handed it directly to Chen Lin.
"Open it and take a look."
Chen Lin noticed that there was no name on the cover of this heavy book. He flipped through the first page and saw a table of contents.
The names of various minerals are written in detail on it.
Chen Lin turned to the second page and noticed that many minerals began to have code numbers.
This means that these minerals have not yet been named.
It shows that they are all the latest mineral types discovered!
The catalog has six pages and twelve pictures!
Each one has at least 20 numerical codes on it... This is at least 240 new minerals discovered! ?
Chen Lin looked at Professor Yu in front of him in disbelief.
"Are these new mines discovered?"
Professor Yu nodded with a smile.
"Then this quantity is too much!"
Chen Lin spoke with difficulty, causing Professor Yu to laugh immediately.
"Not much actually. Do you know how many minerals are found on the earth?"
"Thousands?"
Chen Lin answered casually, and Professor Yu smiled and nodded.
"About that. There are currently more than 4000 types of minerals that have been discovered here on Earth."
"But since you opened the portal, we have discovered more than 200 new minerals just by collecting conventional surface minerals!"
"This doesn't count the rare mineral deposits deep underground..."
"My God!"
Chen Lin was really shocked now. He looked through the catalog of materials in his hand, trying to find the anti-gravity ore that Professor Yu mentioned last time.
"Second to last line on page three."
Professor Yu obviously guessed what he was looking for and spoke calmly.
Chen Lin followed the page numbers and found what he wanted to see.
I noticed that the information stated that this mineral has anti-gravity effects in other worlds, but after being brought to the earth, the effect is weakened by most of it.
Professor Yu also explained in a timely manner at this time: "We cannot solve this problem for the time being."
"The only explanation is that this thing is not actually an anti-gravity mineral, but some kind of... similar to magic effect."
(End of this chapter)