Blades of Innovation
Liu Yong stood there, stunned by the revelation. It took him a while to regain his composure, his mind racing with the implications of what he had just discovered. If there was no trace of that distinct grey-black metal within a few hundred nautical miles, it was highly likely that it didn't exist nearby.
A profound sense of loss engulfed Liu Yong's heart. The realization hit him hard that this exceptional metal, with its unique properties, could only be found within the confines of that massive round hole, and even then, only in quantities of two or three hundred tons. Oh, how he yearned for several thousand or tens of thousands of tons of this extraordinary material.