Chapter 235 Fuel Engines

  Before 12 am.

   The convoy finally arrived at Changjiu Farm.

  And the players also returned to the outpost one after another, or went offline at the nearest save point of the farm.

  Many people experienced fever, fatigue, dizziness and other symptoms before going offline.

  After reading the strategy post on the forum, they immediately understood what was going on, and found a sleeping cabin to lie down.

   Near the save point.

  There is joy in the air.

   "Good brother, are you here too?"

   "Hahaha, everyone came together, what a coincidence!"

   "My requirements are not high, just give me an SSSR when I draw talents!"

   "Isn't that too demanding?!"

   "Planning and blessing, I would like to trade all of you who are single for the rest of your life in exchange for an invincible talent."

   "The planner said that he knew, and said that this will arrange for you to become a talent to help him."

   "Damn it."

  The awakened players celebrated each other, and the players who were a little bit less than 100 million were chasing lemons, their faces full of envy and hatred.

  Although the talent hidden in the gene sequence has been determined from the moment they "logged into the game", and there is no way to change the plan, Chu Guang is still sincerely happy for them.

   At least ten people were awakened in this battle.

   Maybe it will be twenty!

   It is a big step forward to form an awakened company.

  Standing next to the warehouse of Changjiu Farm, Chu Guang looked at the trucks full of supplies and the thriving young players, and couldn't help but smile like an old father on his face.

  The shoots in the field have grown taller again.

very nice.

  …

  The offline players brought the front-line battle situation to the forum, and shared the joy of victory with the professional players in the rear and the cloud players who were still queuing.

  By the way, I also took a few reviewed "photography-level" game original paintings to pretend to be aggressive.

   As for Chu Guang, he finally got the battle report that he had been waiting for all day.

   The first is the road crossing blocking battle, with 227 players participating in the battle, against the four over-matched centurions under the Black Snake, as well as the logistics transportation team and the artillery team, a total of 628 people.

   Among them, 17 players were killed (including serious injuries) and 33 were injured.

   A total of 371 looters were killed and 257 were captured. No statistics were made on those who escaped in the chaos, and it is estimated that there are only about 10 to 20.

  The captives included a centurion and two staff officers.

   What makes Chu Guang a little regretful is that the commander-in-chief Black Snake was killed while fleeing, and his little players failed to catch alive.

   But it doesn’t matter, it’s the same if you catch the staff officer. What you can ask from Black Snake’s mouth, you can also ask from his staff officer.

  If you can’t ask, basically you really don’t know.

  The captives with interrogation value were temporarily locked up in Changjiu Farm, while the worthless captive Chu Guang was handed over to Luca.

  Recently, he planned a labor camp in the north of Linghu Lake, responsible for reclaiming the wasteland north of Linghu Lake.

  Although the labor camp is still a barren open space, Chu Guang will give the prisoners more than a dozen logging axes and let them build their own cells by themselves.

   Very humane.

  Escape?

  This idea is very creative, you can try it.

  In addition to the captives, there were 488 freed slaves.

   It is said that there were 2,000 people at the beginning, but only half of them remained in winter, and now only these are left.

The vast majority of them are young and middle-aged laborers, and many of them are craftsmen like Wu Mu, the director of the paper mill, who are proficient in construction, forging, planting, animal husbandry, and even simple medical skills, or have acquired arithmetic, literacy, and other skills .

The vast majority of them came from the central and northern parts of the River Valley Province, as well as some other areas in the south. Most of them were captured by the looters when they ransacked the villages. It can be said that they suffered both mental and physical torture along the way. .

  Chu Guang intends to temporarily place them in refugee camps, and attend literacy classes with those refugees to learn literacy, arithmetic, and geometry.

  Only an educated labor force can become a high-quality labor force.

   These people will be the basis of industrialization.

  Although there will be some pressure on the food supply in the short term, in the long run, this investment is definitely worth it.

  Besides, Chu Guang just obtained a batch of grain from the looters, and there are roughly 84 tons that can be used, half of which are potatoes, 30% are rice, and the rest are various grains and miscellaneous grains.

   In addition, there are 21 tons of nutrient cream, probably used by the looters to feed slaves, which can be used as rations for prisoners of war.

  “…we seized a total of 25 trucks, which carried supplies, besides food, a large amount of cotton products, untreated cotton, and animal fur.”

"In terms of weapons, those marauders used mainly Legion-issue weapons, including 610 'ripper' rifles, 50 Pu-9 submachine guns, 98 'blade' assault rifles, and a small number of iron-barreled rifles and ten-man pistols. "

   "In terms of ammunition, their trucks are equipped with 60,000 rounds of 7mm bullets and a small number of other caliber bullets. 100 Iron Fist rocket launchers and 150 pieces of 100mm ammunition, etc."

  While reporting the situation, Wrench handed a list to Chu Guang.

  In addition to weapons, food, and things to keep warm, there are some other supplies on the list.

   Like gold.

   Such as all kinds of wine.

  These marauders not only inherited the equipment of the legion, but also inherited their habit of liking gold and alcohol.

   Having glanced at the entire list, Chu Guang only had one feeling in his heart.

   These guys are really rich, they can be described as fat and oily.

  How much property did the Bone Chewing Tribe inherit from the Expeditionary Army?

  These equipment may be less to arm a regiment, but it is more than enough to arm a reinforced company or a battalion.

  If every thousand was this fat...

   Putting down the list in his hand, Chu Guang sighed softly.

   "Thank you for the courier sent by the old iron, I will make good use of it."

   Wrench froze for a moment.

express delivery?

what is that.

  But it wasn't the first time he heard some words he had never heard of from the manager, so he wasn't too surprised.

  Wrench knows very well that in the face of the vast ocean of knowledge of the manager, what he understands is just a drop in the ocean, and it is normal to not understand.

   "The caliber of the Legion rifle is also 7 mm, but the length of the shells is different, so they are not compatible with each other... It is a pity that the 60,000 rounds of bullets are there."

  Wrench nodded and said: "Indeed, but their Pu-9 submachine gun is a good thing. Although its power is less than our short scythe, its handling will be much higher."

  Short sickle is also LD-47c, a short-barrel version of the sickle assault rifle, that is, a submachine gun that "has an automatic rifle receiver and fires full-power bullets".

   Compared with the short scythe, the Pu-9 submachine gun is mainly designed for street fighting environment and trench sweeping. The combat distance is within 50 meters, and there is little chance to go 100 meters.

  At this distance, the submachine gun with small caliber and high rate of fire does have certain advantages. With the expansion magazine or drum, it can even explode in a short period of time with a firepower advantage that is not inferior to that of a machine gun.

  Chu Guang picked up a handful from the carriage, and played with it for a while, with an expression of interest floating in his eyes.

   This thing is very light, less than three kilograms.

  The shape is a bit like a Thomson submachine gun, but only the oblique grip looks like it, and the internal structure is obviously not the same thing.

  Chu Guang inserted a magazine, and shot a shuttle towards the snowdrift beside him.

  The voice like tearing cloth sounds very clear and sweet, but it feels a little less powerful.

   "It is still very effective against ordinary eaters or martyrs, but it is a bit difficult to deal with crawlers. It should not be able to break the defense against tyrants."

   "It is also good for mutant cockroaches, mice, and hyenas. The high rate of fire can make up for the lack of accuracy, and it is not difficult to control at close range. It is suitable for dealing with low-protection targets."

   "However, if it's used to fight cockroaches, I'm afraid it won't make it back."

  Chu Guang turned off the safety of the gun, put it back in the car, and gave a pertinent evaluation.

   "It can be used by newcomers."

  The rookies mentioned here do not refer to the newcomers who have just entered the game, but the players whose level is before LV2 to LV5.

  Most of them have completed the "Passing the Torch" mission, mastered the basic combat or survival skills, graduated from the master, and most of their contributions have reached citizens, and they have saved enough money to buy the "User Interface".

According to the economic system designed by Chu Guang for players, players at this stage can complete the second change in life within 3 to 7 days, replacing iron-pipe rifles or crossbows with "modern weapons", and experience a complete experience from then on. game content.

  However, the LD series of weapons designed for the needs of the current development environment of the shelter are actually not suitable for newcomers.

Especially in the intelligence department, if the initial intelligence attribute is 7, usually the strength is only 3, there is a chance to add a little strength in the first ten levels, and a little more in the awakening, basically until LV10 can stably have 5 points of strength...that is, a normal adult average level.

   Without the help of exoskeleton or mechanical prosthesis, it is still a bit difficult to operate the LD-47 assault rifle.

   For them, it is a good choice to use the weapons of other factions that are designed for ordinary people to transition.

  After inspecting the weapons, Chu Guang went directly to the last row of the convoy.

   There's an armored pickup parked there.

   It is also the only one among the 8 armored pickups that is intact. The others are slightly damaged and need to be repaired before they can be used, or they simply exploded and cannot be repaired.

  Chu Guang is very curious about this vehicle, especially its power source.

  After opening the hood to check, Chu Guang went to the rear of the truck and found the fuel tank on the rear compartment.

  The position of this thing is very cleverly hidden. The front is the cab, the sides are armor plates, and a protective cover is added on it to place the base for fixing the machine gun.

   Unless it is circled to the rear, or directly penetrates the side armor, it will basically not be able to hit the fuel tank.

  Chu Guang opened the fuel tank cap, touched it with his index finger, and sniffed it close to his nose.

  The taste is very light, the volatility is not strong, and the oil is thick, a bit like diesel.

   "Diesel?"

   Wrench froze for a moment.

"what is that…"

  Chu Guang wiped his hands and said casually.

   "It's nothing, an engine that burns oil, it should be considered an antique."

   Compared to this world, fossil fuel engines are indeed antiques.

  Civil-grade solid-state hydrogen batteries have become popular in the era of prosperity, and some special equipment even uses metal-hydrogen batteries, which are completely separated from chemical energy and directly use cold fusion.

  No matter how advanced the technology is, the bottleneck of fossil fuel engines is there. With the continuous innovation of energy storage methods and energy technologies, it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated.

   However, when civilization decays, many technologies that have been swept into the grave seem to be unearthed again.

  Looking at the wrench, Chu Guang continued to ask.

   "Did you see fuel in those trucks? They were probably in barrels, like the liquid in this tank."

  Wrench froze for a moment, thought carefully for a while, then nodded and said.

   "I seem to have found it, but I thought it was the oil used to make Molotov cocktails, so I counted it in the item of raw materials. It should be on the list I gave you before."

  Chu Guang looked through the list, and sure enough, in the item of raw materials, he found the item [combustion agent].

  These predators have a lot of reserves. There are a total of 10 200L capacity iron buckets, and some are packed in 5L small buckets.

  The fuel may not be enough to supply a whole fleet, but it is enough to supply several armored pickup trucks.

  Chu Guang frowned slightly.

  Food can be robbed, but for fuel, it may be difficult to maintain by robbing.

   This is wasteland after all.

   There are definitely a small number of survivor settlements with industrial capabilities. Even if there is alkane fuel production, there is no uniform production standard, and it is difficult to directly match it.

   "The Bonechewer Tribe is suspected to control an oil well with uncertain production capacity and reserve scale, or other special fuel production facilities."

   "What is certain is that this fuel contains alkanes, so it cannot be edible oil."

   "Could it be an oil crop?"

  Petroleum is not only a fuel, but also an important industrial raw material.

  Currently, the common organic chemical raw materials in Qingquan City mainly come from the Camus trees planted in large and small survivor gathering places.

   The fruit of this tree can be used to extract oil, and the resin is high-quality rubber. It is not uncommon in the central region of the Central Continent. The technology was born in the pre-war era.

   Silently recorded the information in his heart, Chu Guang thought for a moment, looked at the wrench and said.

   "Send this fuel to the outpost."

   It is best to ask Yin Fang to identify the composition of this thing to see if it was dug out from the ground or produced by something.

This guy was a D-level prospector of the academy before, and he must know more about the wasteland than himself who has just been in this world for less than a year, and he must be better than Heya, who just came out of the dormant cabin, and Xia, who is extremely superstitious about urban legends. There are many bosses.

  If the composition and production method of the fuel can be determined, it will help Chu Guang to grasp the information of the Bone Chewing Tribe more comprehensively.

   And it is definitely more reliable than the information he asked from the captives.

  After all, most of the captives were uneducated, and it was easy to add their own brains when explaining the questions, and sometimes the information they asked was all kinds of strange.

   It's not that they don't want to confess, but that they don't understand.

  Chu Guang still remembers the believers of the Church of the Torch, who used "miracle" to refer to the "collar" that can enslave the claws of death.

   Wrench said seriously.

   "Okay sir, do you need to send it over now?"

  Chu Guang thought for a while and said.

   "Let's go early tomorrow, be safe."

   After taking note of the manager's instructions, Wrench was about to leave to direct the guards to unload the goods, when he suddenly remembered something, and continued.

   "By the way, my lord, besides the oil, there is also something on a truck. We studied it for a long time but couldn't figure out what it is. Ask the prisoners and they can't tell, they just say it belongs to Master Black Snake."

   Chu Guang's heart moved, and he said immediately.

   "Take me to see."

   "Follow me please!"

  Wrench led Chu Guang to the back of the truck quickly.

   Two guards boarded the carriage and lifted a wooden box down.

  Chu Guang opened the box and took a look, he was stunned for a moment.

  This thing...

   Isn’t it the Death Claw in the shed at the west gate, the lump hanging around his neck? ?

  Chu Guang asked immediately.

   "How many of these things are there?"

  The guard replied.

   "We counted it, and there are 37 in total."

  Chu Guang was overjoyed.

  37!

   Good guy.

  It seems that the people who performed the surgery were taken away, and these looters didn't know how to use these things at all, so they threw them in the carriage.

  Epic-level enhancement of intelligence department!

  Different from the previous few times.

  I'm afraid it's really strengthened this time! -

(I’m sorry to the brothers who have been waiting for a long time, it’s not that I don’t want to update earlier, but I really didn’t catch up... I’ve been writing since 1:00 in the morning, including the idea, outline, and text, and I have to catch up on sleep later. I got up and continued writing. I was supposed to write about the task reward settlement, the captives’ friendship meeting, and the next plot point today...but I’m really not fast enough, so I only wrote half of it.

Really sorry! I will try my best to maintain the daily speed, but I have never tried such a long burst before, and it has always been 4k. I will get it done in the morning, not ten o'clock as much as possible before twelve o'clock, please give me a little time and tolerance... I love you all. )

  (end of this chapter)