Steel slag processing is an ordinary plant area in a steel plant. Its main work is to process steel slag and recover the iron contained in the steel slag for further processing and reuse.
At 10:00 in the morning, two vehicles drove into the gate of the slag processing plant, one was a vehicle from Kerry Steel Trading Company, and the other was a vehicle driven by Li Ming alone.
Any outside vehicle entering the factory needs an independent pass. Kerry Company naturally has multiple passes because of its trade with the Honglong Steel Plant. After Hu Kai communicated with the person in charge of the factory, a notice had been made about the inspection of steel slag. This inspection was led by Kerry Company, and Li Ming was just a follower.
Li Ming had already discussed this matter with Hu Kai last night, so there was no need to worry about anything.
After the vehicle enters the factory, it will be parked in front of the factory office building, and then the Kerry Company's personnel will communicate with the person in charge of the factory. Because Hu Kai had already greeted him in advance by phone, everything went very smoothly.
The person in charge of the factory personally drove the Kerry Company staff and Li Ming to the slag storage area. Checking the slag was a routine task for Kerry Company every time it signed a purchase contract, and it was also part of the process of this purchase. The only difference was that Li Ming was added, and there was no change.
After a while, the vehicle stopped on a road covered with steel slag. After everyone got off the vehicle, the person in charge of the factory pointed to a large area of discarded steel slag in front of him and said, "This is the stockpiled steel slag. The steel plant can't handle it, so it can only be stored here. If you want to see it, you can go up and take a look."
The person in charge of Kerry Company nodded slightly, looked at Li Ming, and said, "Didn't the general manager ask you to come for the inspection? Go up and take a look."
Li Ming did not reply and walked directly to the pile of steel slag. The steel slag was at high temperature when it was just discharged and needed to be cooled down by water. The originally huge slag blocks would become fragments of different sizes after being cooled by water.
Of course, there may also be huge pieces of iron inside. Li Ming climbed to the top along the edge of the slag. At first glance, it looked like a long black mountain range. Slag pieces of various sizes could be seen everywhere. The iron content in this untreated slag was extremely high.
A picture flashed through Li Ming's mind. It was the picture of the falling meteorite captured by the surveillance camera.
Li Ming has found the surveillance camera's location. Based on that location and angle, Li Ming walked towards the depths of the slag. After analyzing and judging based on the images in his mind, Li Ming determined an approximate area and then began to search carefully in that area.
After searching for a while, a large pit nearly two meters deep appeared in front of Li Ming. Looking at the deep pit, Li Ming looked back at the location of the surveillance camera. The angle at which the video appeared kept playing in Li Ming's mind.
"It should be here, that's right." Li Ming looked at the deep pit in front of him and whispered silently.
Stepping on the slag under his feet, Li Ming came to the bottom of the deep pit. He looked back and forth at the slag at the bottom. Judging from the surface of the pit, if this was a deep pit formed by a meteorite falling, then the meteorite would most likely be deep in the slag.
Thinking of this, Li Ming leaned over and began to turn over the slag below, and carefully observed each piece of slag and iron. The meteorite would not fall too deep, and Li Ming had already watched the surveillance video information from the time the meteorite fell to last night, and was sure that no one had been to this slag area.
Therefore, Li Ming can be sure that the meteorite must still be here!
After digging another foot deeper, a black and red round stone appeared in front of Su Xin.
The surface of this stone is mostly black with some dark red patches. It is slightly larger than an egg and slightly smaller than a fist. The surface is bumpy and a bit rough.
Li Ming stretched out his hand and grabbed the ball. He exerted force with his arm and his entire right arm was straightened. His body, which was about to stand up, also bent down. Li Ming took a breath from between his teeth. This thing didn't look big, but it was so heavy. With Li Ming's strength, he could easily lift things within a hundred pounds, but the meteorite in front of him was obviously unusual.
Li Ming's face condensed, and he exerted force with his arms again, and finally he took the meteorite in his hand. However, Li Ming used the power of a third-level civilized life form. If not, ordinary humans would not be able to pick up this object easily.
Li Ming had basically guessed the reason. There were many high-density celestial bodies in the universe. Even a stone the size of an egg could weigh several tons. The piece that Li Ming had just picked up obviously did not have such a high density, but its weight was far beyond the limit of ordinary humans.
Holding the meteorite in his hand, Li Ming climbed out of the slag pit and walked towards the vehicle.
The person in charge of Kerry Company was still chatting with the person in charge of the factory area when a figure appeared above the slag in front of him. It was Li Ming.
Li Ming made an OK gesture to those people, then walked down along the edge of the slag.
"I knew there would be no problem. It's just a routine inspection by the company. After all, the procedures have to be followed. Our young manager is very rigorous in everything he does. You see, the people who inspected are professionals hired from outside." The person in charge of Kerry Company said with a smile.
The factory manager responded with a laugh and said, "It's better to be more rigorous. Well... since there is no problem, then you can go to the headquarters to sign the contract."
"I'll call our manager later to report and explain the situation, and there shouldn't be any problems."
"Then let's go."
The persons in charge of both sides got into the car one after another. Li Ming was the last one to get in. However, just as Li Ming got in, the whole car suddenly shook and fell down a lot, as if something particularly heavy was pressing on the car.
The factory manager who was driving the car looked at Li Ming strangely, smiled faintly, started the car and left. Although he felt strange, he didn't care.
When they returned to the factory's office building, the person in charge of the factory said before getting out of the car: "I won't go to the headquarters. I still have work to deal with. Um...you guys..."
"It's okay. This isn't the first time we've worked together. I can go by myself." The person in charge of Kerry Company said as he opened the door and got out of the car.
As soon as he got off the car, the person in charge of Kerry Company walked towards his own car, looked back at Li Ming, and said, "You should go back to T City directly next."
"Well, I'm going back to T City." Li Ming replied simply and walked towards his car.
The person in charge of the factory did not say anything more. He just glanced at Li Ming and got into his car. Li Ming opened his car door, put the meteorite on the passenger seat first, and then sat in the driver's seat.
When this strange meteorite was put down, it was as if three or four people suddenly sat in the car. Li Ming took a look at the strange meteorite, then started the car and left the factory.
Li Ming sped all the way without stopping, entered T City and headed straight for the residential area where he lived. Just as he arrived at the gate of the residential area and the car had not yet stopped, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
Li Ming continued to operate the vehicle and only took out his mobile phone after parking it. When he saw the call came in, Li Ming put the phone back into his pocket without answering it.
Li Ming picked up the meteorite on the passenger seat and walked into the community. As he walked, the phone in his pocket rang again. Li Ming took out the phone again impatiently. It was the same number, but Li Ming still ignored it.
The person calling was Meng Lianyi. Li Ming didn't want to answer this woman's call at all.
After ringing twice, the other party did not call again. Li Ming took the elevator to the door of his home, opened the door and entered the house. Li Ming put the mobile phone on the sofa, and then put the meteorite on the coffee table.
Just a few seconds after it was put there, a squeaking sound suddenly occurred. Li Ming quickly picked up the meteorite again, only to see that several cracks appeared on the glass coffee table.
Li Ming suddenly realized that this high-density meteorite was incredibly heavy and the glass surface of the coffee table would definitely not be able to bear it. Li Ming then carefully placed the meteorite on the floor.
A pair of eyes were fixed on the meteorite. The meteorite from space was too beautiful, not only in appearance, but also in the feeling it gave people of unknown mystery. When Li Ming was about to lie down and take a closer look, he suddenly thought of something. He looked at the window of the living room and walked straight over.
He closed the windows, drew the curtains, and turned on the lights in the living room. At this time, the cell phone rang again. Li Ming picked up the phone and turned it off without even looking at it.
Everything returned to silence. Li Ming sat cross-legged in front of the meteorite quietly, looking at it intently, frowning from time to time, and muttering to himself: "What should I do next?"