Terrifying conjecture, nuclear radiation raw materials

This phenomenon did not attract much attention from Lin Yuan; he merely glanced at it and didn't take it to heart.

Fortunately, the owner arrived in less than a minute.

He smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, I kept you waiting."

Lin Yuan stood up and replied with a smile, "It's fine, you go about your business."

"I'm done."

But as soon as he finished speaking,

the owner inadvertently saw the blue powder on the ground and muttered in confusion, "What is this?"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan quickly explained, "When we came in just now, we saw a cat come out from inside, and it seems this blue powder was brought out by it."

"Oh, oh~~" The owner nodded thoughtfully.

But then, as if he suddenly thought of something, he asked in surprise, "Please wait a moment, I'll go inside and check."

With that, he walked directly into the inner room.

The next second, a furious curse came from inside: "This damn stray cat, I should have just killed them all."

Lin Yuan curiously poked his head in to look.

He saw the owner squatting on the ground.

In front of him was a large puddle of broken glass, and a lot of blue powder was scattered on the ground.

He figured the cat must have accidentally broken the glass bottle, which caused this.

However, what surprised Lin Yuan was that...

this blue powder was a bit strange.

The inner room was filled withgroceries, the windows were blocked, and the light in the room was very dim.

The blue powder on the ground seemed to be faintly glowing.

This was a bit odd.

It was normal for it to reflect light when exposed to the sun before.

If it could still glow in the dimness, could it be luminous powder?

But the problem was, who would make luminous powder blue?

In his impression, blue powder seemed to be quite rare.

With a pained expression, the owner found a disposable cup and used a small shovel to scoop the powder into the cup.

Seeing Lin Yuan approach, he said with an apologetic smile, "I'm really sorry, I'll just be a moment."

"This was originally in a glass bottle, and it glowed at night, which was especially beautiful."

"I planned to give it to my daughter for her birthday, but it was broken by a stray cat. What a pity!"

Lin Yuan smiled and comforted him, "It's just luminous powder, isn't it? You can just buy another one; it doesn't cost much."

As soon as he finished speaking, the owner immediately shook his head, "This is not luminous powder. I collect scrap myself; I know what luminous powder is."

"You might not believe it, but this stuff was initially in a very special cylindrical metal can. That can looked like a good item."

"I opened it out of curiosity, and inside were blue powder and a glass bottle. Although I don't know what it is, I assume it's not simple."

"Don't you think the color of this powder is particularly enchanting?"

Lin Yuan nodded silently, but a sudden, inexplicable sense of crisis arose in his heart.

A glass bottle with blue powder, stored in what appeared to be a very special cylindrical metal can.

Indeed, as the owner said, this blue powder was by no means an ordinary substance.

This was the problem.

If it just glowed at night, that would be normal; many things can.

If it was just a valuable item stored in a special container, that would also be normal.

But once these two combined...

that became a bit intriguing!!

Using a metal tube, plus a glass jar, was clearly meant to protect the blue powder inside.

But conversely, it could also be understood that these protections were to protect the people who came into contact with it!

Something so important, requiring significant protection, and it glows at night!

Lin Yuan's mind immediately thought of a possibility!

Nuclear radiation raw materials!!

For example, radium. In the early years, the United States treated radium as a treasure.

It glowed at night and looked incredibly cool!

At that time, Americans believed that it contained immense energy.

If eaten, it could bring various benefits to the body.

So, at that time, various daily necessities were developed, including kettles with added radium, skincare products, toothpaste, chocolate ice cream—all sorts of outrageous products.

It wasn't until many people died later that it was confirmed that the stuff had immense radiation.

Take uranium, used in nuclear bombs, for example; radium's radioactivity is 1.4 million times that of uranium!

What kind of concept is that?

Looking at the unknown blue powder in front of him, Lin Yuan thought of another terrifying nuclear radiation raw material.

Cesium-137!

In his impression, only Cesium-137 was this blue powdery substance and glowed!

But...

But how could such a nuclear material, more precious than gold, appear in a junkyard?

This was also the reason he didn't think of this initially.

In daily life, ordinary people simply do not come into contact with Cesium-137.

Its applications are very widespread.

For example, in medicine, its strong radioactivity can be used to kill cancer tumor cells.

It can also be used to kill bacteria in food, and so on.

Besides these, it has many other uses.

But no matter the application, its protection is taken extremely seriously.

Because its radioactivity is terrifyingly strong.

It's important to know that Cesium-137 has a half-life of only 30 years.

In nuclear energy, theoretically, the shorter the half-life, the stronger its nuclear radiation.

Because it releases all its radiation in a short period.

If one were to compare, the radiation hazard of Cesium-137 far exceeds that of radium!

It can release beta particles and terrifying gamma rays.

Gamma rays, that stuff can only be produced by supernova explosions.

Just thinking about it reveals how terrifying its power is.

To put it simply, direct skin contact would cause severe injury, if not death.

If it were ingested, not even the King of Hell could save them.

If this was truly the substance, then everyone in this room today, including Lin Yuan, would be in trouble.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan saw the owner, who was collecting the powder with tools, and quickly shouted, "Owner!! Stop, don't touch it, that stuff is poisonous!!"

The owner's expression froze, and he unconsciously shivered.

He hastily put down the tools in his hand and looked over with a confused expression.

Lin Yuan didn't have time for further explanation. He pulled the Photographer and ran outside, shouting at the same time, "Don't ask, just come out, hurry and wash your hands!! Don't touch that powder!"

"Oh, oh~~" The owner was also frightened by Lin Yuan's sudden change and obediently ran out as instructed.

However, he noticed that Lin Yuan seemed to be deliberately avoiding him.

Without time to think much, after washing his hands, he asked in a panic, "What on earth is going on? Don't scare me."

The Photographer also asked with a bewildered look, "Brother? What's wrong? It's just blue powder, isn't it?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, the Photographer suddenly saw Lin Yuan's face turn incredibly grim.

His heart immediately skipped a beat.

In his opinion, Lin Yuan rarely showed such a loss of composure.

Whenever this happened in the past, it was always because something big had occurred.

Connecting it to the present, the Photographer couldn't help but swallow, his heart sinking, feeling that something bad was about to happen.

However, he didn't know that the reason Lin Yuan's face was grim was because he had thought of two things.

One was that there was also blue powder on the ground just now. Although he hadn't touched it up close like the owner,

it was inevitable that a lot of blue powder had stuck to the soles of their shoes.