After Stark's explanation, Skye finally understood the situation.

She couldn't help but not accept the reality before her eyes. The feeling of gaining and losing again not only made her feel very aggrieved, but also aroused her unwillingness.

"Then... what kind of veins can meet the standard?" Looking at Stark, Skye asked again.

"It depends on the specific situation." Sensing Skye's mood, Stark first gave her a comforting smile, and then said: "Let's talk about the first situation first. Remember the important point I just said Either on land, or hide a little deeper, don't just get stuck on the continental shelf where the ecosphere is the most complex."

"A little deeper?"

"Jarvis, help me make a map of the offshore topography structure, the kind of profile that is common in textbooks." After ordering, when Jarvis called up the artwork and displayed it, Stark got up and came to the suspended screen Before that, he told Skye like a teacher in class: "This is the continental shelf. Going deeper, starting from here where the **** suddenly becomes steeper, until here, the name in geography is called the continental slope. And from here to the continental **** Going down, it is the so-called ocean basin."

"It's like the air on the plateau will be thinner and not suitable for human survival. In the sea, as the water depth increases, the air content in the sea will gradually decrease, and the water pressure will increase exponentially..." Finger Sliding near the continental slope, Stark turned his head and looked at Skye: "From here, the number of marine life will drop suddenly, whether it is animals or plants, it will become rare. In the ocean basin, except for a very few deep-sea fish, basically no other living things can be seen."

"That is to say, on the bottom of the sea where the water depth exceeds a certain level, the environment is actually similar to the surface of the moon. It is a barren scenery. Of course, I am referring to the situation where there is a light source and the scenery can be seen. Generally speaking In other words, the maximum depth at which sunlight can penetrate seawater is only 800 to 1,000 meters. Except for very few creatures, such as anglerfish with a small lamp hanging from its head, or certain types of deep-sea squid, they can produce Except for a little light. Under the seabed at a depth of two to three kilometers, it can be said to be pitch black."

"Let's go back to the previous topic. Because there are not many marine organisms, and the ecosystem is equivalent to nothing, it is more feasible to mine mineral deposits on the continental **** and deeper seabed. To put it bluntly... there is no life here. Therefore, there is no need to worry that the pollution caused by mining will harm other living things.”

"Of course, from the perspective of environmental protection, mining in the deep sea also needs to be carefully considered. After all, sea water is flowing, and no one can guarantee whether the pollution caused in the deep sea will be swept up by ocean currents and then spread to shallow sea areas Therefore, the key to judging whether the seabed mineral veins are worth mining depends on the value of the mineral veins themselves, and whether they can offset the losses caused by environmental damage."

"With the existing technical means, I mean those technologies that have been well researched and can be used on a large scale in mining... It is still a bit difficult to mine mineral deposits located on the continental **** or ocean basin. To be precise, no It can’t be done, but the cost will be relatively high, and it will end up with a thankless result.”

"At this stage, most of the development of seabed mineral deposits by human beings is still in the offshore area. Occasionally there are some exceptions, but also because the value of the mineral deposit itself is extremely high, which is enough to offset the cost of doubling."

"Let me give you an example, oil." Looking at Skye, Stark confirmed to her with a smile: "You must have seen the drilling platform built on the sea more than once. Or it appeared on the TV news, or Saw it in a movie, you must have seen it anyway, right?"

"Hmm~."

"Why did humans develop the technology of mining oil in the deep sea early? Why didn't other researches be carried out horizontally, and the technology of mining other mineral deposits in the deep sea was developed together?" Without Skye answering, Stark himself first The answer was given: "Petroleum is a liquid. When mining, you only need to drill a hole, and you don't need to dig the whole land. cost, it brings the greatest benefit.”

Hearing this, Skye nodded vigorously: "I understand. Next, I will focus on oil and try to find the oil fields hidden under the sea."

"Oil is not so easy to find." Shaking his head, Stark sighed: "It's not that I want to discourage your enthusiasm, but the fact is that. Other types of mineral deposits may be buried tens of meters or hundreds of meters away." The deep places may even be directly exposed on the 'surface', and the oil stuff... at least more than a thousand meters, and the deeper ones may even be hidden five or six kilometers underground."

Whether it is the gold mine discovered in Alaska before or the diamond mine just found on the seabed, they are not buried very deep.

Comparing this result, Stark has roughly estimated how strong Skye's ability is.

To be honest, Stark didn't think that Skye's ability was enough to penetrate a thousand or two meters underground and sense the veins buried so deep.

"Uh..." As Stark expected, Skye was stunned.

It wasn't until seven or eight seconds later that she smiled helplessly: "Well, it is indeed more difficult than I imagined. But it doesn't matter, if it doesn't work now, it doesn't mean it won't be possible in the future. Give me some time, wait for me Train the ability to be stronger, hehe~, sooner or later, I will be able to find an oil field that has not been discovered on the seabed."

"Come on, I'm optimistic about you." Stark gave Skye a thumbs up, and UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Stark grinned: "Not only oil, but also natural gas. In addition, there are a few that are particularly precious mines, such as..."

Speaking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Stark's mind.

Why did it stop halfway? Looking at Stark who was suddenly stunned, Skye asked subconsciously: "Like what?"

"For example..." When he came back to his senses, Stark's eyes lit up, and he looked at Skye with a little more expectation: "Zhenjin."

"Zhenjin?"

Not only Skye's eyes widened, but Shi Xiaolei, who stayed by the side and didn't interrupt much, also showed a surprised expression after hearing the word Zhenjin.

At this moment, Stark turned his head and stared at Shi Xiaolei with burning eyes: "Dude, you seem to have said that there are other vibrating gold mines on the earth besides the one in Wakanda. Do you remember correctly?"

"Well…"

(end of this chapter)