I have a space station

"23 pieces? I think you guys must have been deceived," Dongfang Chen said sympathetically.

"Mr. Dongfang, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"How could I possibly be mistaken about this! In my opinion, the deceased are gone, so please accept the changes and mourn! Your ancestors will bless you in heaven," Dongfang Chen said, pointing his hand towards the sky with sympathy.

"We would like to go and take a look," the envoy requested.

"Sorry, you can't see it," Dongfang Chen refused decisively.

"Mr. Dongfang, are you perhaps trying to deceive me?" The envoy sounded a little angry.

Deceive?

They probably aren't very proficient in the language of Hua Country; the way they phrased it is a bit strange.

However, Dongfang Chen understood what it wanted to express.

"Do you think I would bother to deceive you about this kind of thing? It's a treasure to you, but to me, it's just a pile of garbage. I originally thought it was the remains of some alien life, but now it's proven not to be, so there's even less reason for me to keep it," Dongfang Chen continued to bluff.

"Then why won't you let us go and see it?" the envoy retorted.

"Because I've already destroyed it," Dongfang Chen said.

"What? Destroyed it?" The envoy's emotions fluctuated greatly.

"Yes. Sorry, I didn't know this thing was so important to you. Otherwise, I would definitely have used it to trade for something from you," Dongfang Chen spread his hands.

The Atiss people probably communicate through some kind of language translator, so they couldn't hear the sarcasm in his words at all, and instead thought it made sense.

Indeed, there was nothing wrong with it. If it had value, he would at least use it to blackmail them, so why would he choose to destroy it?

"Even if it's destroyed, we still want to take a look," the envoy insisted.

"Since that's the case, then alright," Dongfang Chen agreed.

Even if they set off now, it would still take several hours to get there.

This time was enough for Dongfang Chen to fabricate a scene.

"Thank you!" the envoy said.

"It's nothing," Dongfang Chen waved his hand.

Five hours later, they arrived in Kolashtov Oblast.

"Take a look for yourselves!" Dongfang Chen said.

The two-story building at the entrance of the laboratory was gone, replaced by a deep pit filled with construction waste.

"Ahhh! Why! How dare you do this!" The envoy's emotions finally couldn't be controlled.

"What? Want to make a move? I advise you to think carefully!" Dongfang Chen smiled.

The envoy looked around, and several warships were rising slowly.

These were Dongfang Chen's warships.

"Sorry, I was reckless!" the envoy apologized.

"Let's just forget about it this time. Take your things back; I don't accept rewards for no service," Dongfang Chen handed the box over.

"This was given to you by the chieftain; we have no right to take it back," the envoy didn't accept it.

"Alright, in that case, goodbye," Dongfang Chen didn't care, waved his hand, and boarded the ship and left.

"Send a message to the chieftain, and say that the gift has been accepted, but the ancestor's hibernation pod was not found," the envoy ordered after Dongfang Chen left.

… …

"Xiaolin, analyze this vibration crystal again," Dongfang Chen said after returning to the base.

"Commander, the re-analysis results are the same," Xiaolin replied.

"Have you tried whether this thing can be charged? Maybe the energy density is low because there isn't enough energy?" Dongfang Chen was still unwilling to give up.

"Commander, we have already tried, and it cannot be charged."

"What about the structure? Have you analyzed it?" Dongfang Chen continued to ask.

"It has been analyzed, and the main component is silicon," Xiaolin replied.

"Silicon? Then why is it blue?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"It's because this crystal lattice structure can absorb light in the blue wavelength range," Xiaolin replied.

"Light? That's right, light!"

"Xiaolin, have you tried to see how it absorbs light?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"It has a better absorption effect for light with shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies, but if you want to charge it with light energy, I'm afraid the efficiency will be very low," Xiaolin replied.

"Why?" Dongfang Chen asked.

"Because its area is too small," Xiaolin replied.

Alright, it seems that the space station's research and development capabilities for unknown technologies are very poor at the moment.

Xiaolin's strength is still in integrating existing databases and utilizing existing technologies.

"Test it again according to the method I said, using a high-frequency, high-energy laser beam to irradiate it, and see how the energy absorption effect is?" Dongfang Chen ordered.

"Okay, Commander."

Three minutes later.

"Commander, the test is complete. The crystal has a high absorption efficiency for high-energy laser beams, but the increase in energy density is not obvious," Xiaolin reported.

Of course, the increase is not obvious.

If, as that Atiss envoy said, this vibration crystal can absorb 3 seconds of solar energy, then what effect can irradiating it with a laser for such a short time have?

It's like using a dropper to drip a drop of water into the sea; it's completely useless.