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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Boss, I think you should do a checkup . After all, frequent nosebleeds for two months in a row may be a sign of leukemia…”

Qian Wenhuan recalled that this had happened to Chen Chen two months ago and he looked worried . “You’re only twenty-two this year . You should still have plenty of time left to squander, so don’t overwork yourself . After all, you’ve accomplished so much . If you collapse, all of this would fall into the hands of others…”

“Don’t worry . Didn’t I just get a blood test recently?”

Chen Chen waved his hand . “I’m just heaty, that’s all . It’s fine . ”

“Okay…”

Seeing this, Qian Wenhuan could only nod . He then took out the iron box . “This is what you asked for . ”

“Is this functionalized graphene obtained through oxidation?” Chen Chen asked .

“It seems so…”

Qian Wenhuan scratched his head . “I heard from Professor Farad that this thing is harder and tougher than ordinary graphene sheets . However, to maintain this strength and toughness, Professor Farad had to stack 10 layers of this graphene . He said that this thing is very dangerous and should be used with care . ”

“10 layers of functionalized graphene, is that it?”

Chen Chen nodded and took the iron box . “Good, that should do it . ”

After sending Qian Wenhuan away, Chen Chen locked the door of the laboratory again .

As the opening date of the Eco Science City approached, Qian Wenhuan barely had time for a break as he was so busy preparing for the opening ceremony . Even so, no matter what order Chen Chen gave, Qian Wenhuan would personally attend to it .

This was also a type of sincerity .

Chen Chen shook his head . It looked like he would have to reward Qian Wenhuan by promoting him whenever possible .

However, on second thought, Qian Wenhuan was already the general manager here in the African Continent . There was no way for him to rise further, so Chen Chen gave up on the idea of compensating Qian Wenhuan .

After all this, Chen Chen gently opened the iron box . At once he could see the thin, almost-transparent pieces that lay in the box .

Graphene transmitted light very well . Although many layers were stacked together now, they still allowed light to reach the bottom of the box, like glass .

Qian Wenhuan mentioned that this thing was dangerous, which was true .

After all, what was graphene? It was a layer of carbon atoms . A layer of carbon atoms was called a layer of graphene and the thickness of a single carbon atom was only 0 . 34 nanometers .

Currently, what Chen Chen had was a 10-layer structure of graphene, which was 3 . 4 nanometers thick . This was only one twenty-thousandth of the thickness of a hair .

Moreover, this graphene layer had been especially oxidized, which meant that the edges of this material were incredibly sharp .

The serrations at the edge of the graphene could easily pierce the cell membrane of humans and penetrate the human body . It was thus extremely lethal to humans and other animals .

Graphene was first separated from graphite by two physicists at the University of Manchester in Europe: Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov .

Due to this, both of them had won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics .

From then on, the physics community gained this material called graphene . It was a two-dimensional crystal, the strongest substance known to mankind, and even tougher than diamonds .

It was not only the thinnest material but also the strongest . Its ultimate tensile strength was 200 times stronger than steel .

A laboratory in North America once did an experiment . Before the graphene particles began to split, they could withstand a pressure of about 2 . 9 micro Newton per 100 nanometers . This was equivalent to having to apply a pressure of 55N to break a 1 meter-long graphene .

If this graphene was made into the thickness of ordinary food-packaging plastic bags, then a pressure of 20,000N would be required to tear the packaging bag .

In other words, if a packaging bag was made out of graphene, it could withstand two tons of items .

In that case, how strong was the ten-layer graphene sheet in Chen Chen’s possession?

With this in mind, Chen Chen sent out a thought . Immediately, a sheet, so thin it was almost transparent, floated up . Chen Chen observed intently and saw that it was about the size of a poker card .

Nonetheless, unlike a poker card, this sheet was practically transparent . If he was not paying extra attention, he would not have noticed it there .

Although this graphene sheet was very thin, it was very tough too, not much different from a playing card . Chen Chen thought about it, then simply picked up a book, opened it to the middle, and placed it standing on the table .

After that, Chen Chen controlled the graphene he was staring at . Similar to the poker cards, he exerted a force and the graphene sheet flew forward without a noise .

“Rip!”

There was a tearing sound that was almost inaudible . Chen Chen looked carefully, only to see that a few pages in the middle of the book had been severed in half!

Chen Chen cautiously picked the book up . Right in the center of the book, there was a clean, horizontal slit, about ten centimeters long, which extended to the back pages too .

The surface of the cut was incomparably smooth as if the book was printed like this…

This was an attack on the molecular level .

Chen Chen raised his eyes and looked past the book . He saw that there was a pen holder behind it . The thin graphene layer was embedded in the pen holder, revealing only a small section .

This power…

Chen Chen was dumbstruck . If he used this method to attack someone, what would the result be? It was likely that the person, even if they died, would not know how they died .

As it was so thin, they would not even feel any pain . At most, there would be a slight itch at their neck . They would reach out to scratch their neck and the adhesion between flesh and blood would fall apart before their head would fall off with a snap…

Chen Chen did not use his hands but continued using the power of “Field” to tug out the graphene sheet . He saw that one corner of the sheet had been completely shattered .

When he saw this, Chen Chen was able to confirm something .

This meant that, although the 10-layer graphene sheet could cut objects that had weaker tensile strength, it still could not cut harder materials .

After all, it was too thin .

Still, even though it could not cut through metal, its power was sufficient for Chen Chen’s use .

With this in mind, Chen Chen aimed his “Field” at the iron box and lifted all the graphene sheets . He counted — there were a hundred graphene “poker cards” in total .

He nodded and collected these graphene sheets again, keeping them in the box .

These graphene sheets were too deadly . If one used their hands, one would easily get injured . Plus, as they were too thin, they would break easily when force was applied . No one else besides Chen Chen could use this kind of thing as a weapon .

Just when Chen Chen had finished his experiment, Little X had a notification .

“Sir Godfather, the Meyer Shipyard in Germany has just sent a message that construction for your customized cruise ship, the Blacklight, has been completed and is ready for collection!”