Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 928

Chapter 928: Chapter 377 New Source of Wealth Chapter 928: Chapter 377 New Source of Wealth Yang Qi brought Yan Fei a surprise. He had used a pile of completely worthless discarded rocks to create an incredibly hard cement product. Pointing at those rocks, Yang Qi said, “Yan Fei, you might not be aware and think these rocks are just ordinary, useless stones that you've casually thrown away. But I'm telling you, they're not ordinary, they're Super Rocks with special uses.”

Yan Fei asked, “Super Rock? Why do you use 'super' to describe it? Is it because of its hardness?”

Yang Qi replied, “Hardness is only one aspect of it. The reason I call it Super Rock is because of another unique physical property it possesses.”

Filled with curiosity, Yan Fei asked, “What physical property?”

Yang Qi said, “I had previously realized that this type of rock was extremely hard, so there certainly had to be some secrets hidden within it, but I hadn't found out what those secrets were. A few days ago, after receiving the wreckage of the flying objects you gave me, I had a major epiphany from one of the component's design plans, and I discovered a brand-new way to construct materials. However, this method hasn't yet been turned into a theory that could be widely used.”

“Even so, I've uncovered the secret contained within the rocks through this method. I ground the rocks into powder, added other ingredients to the mix, and finally turned it into a special kind of cement. This special cement, once mixed with water, sand, and gravel, forms into an unyielding cement board like the one we saw earlier when it solidifies.”

Only then did Yan Fei understand the origin of the cement board, but he never expected that such a hard cement board would be transformed from an ordinary rock. Yan Fei asked, “After this cement concrete solidifies, to what extent can its strength reach?”

Yang Qi explained, “Depending on the combination of rocks and cement formula used, its strength varies. The lowest level of formula cement is just about the same as the highest quality regular cement; but with the highest level of formula cement, the strength can be comparable to a titanium alloy.”

Yan Fei, astonished, said, “Comparable to titanium alloy? How is that possible?”

The strength of titanium alloy was already unthinkably high, and Yan Fei had not at all expected that an item made from formula cement could reach the hardness of titanium alloy.

Yang Qi pointed to the cement board used as a test target and said, “The cement board we just tested was made with the highest level of cement formula, consisting only of formula cement and a mixture of sand and gravel, but its strength has already reached that of titanium alloy.”

It was only then that Yan Fei realized, during the recent weapons shooting test, the cement board had been indestructible, which proved its extremely high strength and hardness.

Yang Qi said, “At first, I also thought that this cement formula couldn't be that impressive, but as my research deepened, I began to discover that within these rocks was a Mysterious Energy. Although this Mysterious Energy is present in very small amounts and is almost undetectable, it is precisely the effect of this energy that makes these rocks so hard and displays such extreme strength and hardness when used in the cement formula.”

Yan Fei, having seen the sparks fly when bullets hit the cement board, really as if they had struck steel, acknowledged its ability to compare with the hardness of titanium alloy. He exclaimed in admiration, “Does that mean our cement made from these rocks could replace the role of steel?”

“Indeed, our cement can replace the role of steel,” said Yang Qi. “However, due to the inherent shortcomings of cement products in extensibility, flexibility, heat conductivity, and electrical conductivity, some basic applications of steel cannot be fully replaced, and steel still has a market. But we also have our unique advantages. By researching stronger formulas, we could create items much harder than steel. Moreover, our cement surpasses ordinary cement in various aspects, such as specific gravity and bulk density, fineness, setting time, strength, volume stability, heat of hydration, and consistency.”

Hearing this, Yan Fei felt an inner excitement, realizing just how formidable this cement was. Even if this rock-derived cement could replace just half of the uses of steel products, Dream Island would truly prosper. It was known that within a radius of 100 kilometers, and at a depth of five thousand meters underground, lay a vast expanse of these hard rocks, a seemingly inexhaustible supply.

If Yan Fei switched to selling this type of cement, with its excellent properties, he could immediately end the entire iron ore market. His cement was not only affordable but also could be widely used in construction, roads, and other infrastructure projects, greatly saving on the use of steel, which was where the largest market for steel lay.

Then, Yan Fei asked with some confusion, “What kind of Mysterious Energy is contained within these rocks to exhibit so many amazing effects?”

Yang Qi didn't directly answer Yan Fei's question but responded with a question of his own, “Yan Fei, do you think the climate on Dream Island is normal?”

Frankly, Yan Fei said, “It's not very normal.”

Dream Island and Tokyo, Japan, were almost on the same latitude, and while Tokyo experienced strict seasonal changes, Dream Island always remained in the warm state of spring. The other three seasons–summer, autumn, and winter–existed but were not pronounced. The growth of plants on Dream Island was particularly rapid, and once a plant grew there, it would quickly improve on a genetic level, turning into a perfect speciment.