59 The Duel Between Artificial Intelligence

Chen Chen used a microscope to analyze the powdered remnants of the shattered black crystal.

The results were not surprising. Among the remnants were countless shattered single-layer carbonic atoms. There were no other substances found.

This meant that the black crystal was merely an artificial gem constructed by stacking together countless layers of single-layer graphene material.

Though the material composition of the black crystal was similar to a gemstone, the value of gemstones could hardly be compared to it. 

The so-called graphene material was the same as ordinary graphite. The only distinct difference was it being far thinner than graphite. It was an allotrope of carbon of a single layer of atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice.

It was first discovered by Britain's Manchester University in 2004. Graphene material had excellent optical, electrical, and mechanical properties. It was considered to be a revolutionary material.