Chapter 480: Biological Refining
It's not cute at all! Isn't this woman kind enough to pick a white pear to help you see if it's ripe, and even pinch me~ It's too much, Lexi raised her hand and rubbed her cheeks, and then kicked a little snowman at her feet who didn't know who piled it up, this is the first snow after Mochizuki Town entered winter, as early as when it was cold, Leia had already planted the ice pears brought from the Yunshan world, this is the raw material for making magic wine in the Seven Rings Tower, the colder the winter, the better the taste of the fruit, presumably there will be a good harvest.
"Huh? It's you! A little sister who walked over to Lexi with a cloth bag wrapped tightly in surprise pulled down the hood of Parker's trench coat to cover the snow, revealing a happy face.
"Who are you?" The girl who was thinking deeply responded absentmindedly.
"You don't know me anymore?"
"You're not a cow, why do you want to know you", Lexi had already come back to her senses, pretending to be confused, it was over, she was recognized, she must have come to compensate for the hot pot she didn't eat that day, the girl was anxious, and her face quickly put on an expression of unrecognized.
"Oh ~ That's it~" The corners of the little sister's mouth turned up faintly, and then returned to a tangled appearance, "That's right, we are all wearing uniform combat uniforms, and we were wearing helmets last time, so it's normal that you can't recognize them, but I still want to thank you last time." ”
"Ah, haha~" What is a helmet? Lexi was confused and could only smile awkwardly, could it be that people didn't mind the last time this woman ate all the hot pot alone? It's also oh, it's not that this woman is stingy, but she happens to have something, and she can't blame this woman.
"It's just right, I haven't thanked you for that last time, here are the two bottles of drinks I just found, share one bottle with you~" The little sister took out a blue sparkling drink from the cloth bag and handed it over.
Ah? Blue Grunt! It's been sent, it has been sent! Look at how generous people are~ The girl looked surprised, "Ahaha, this is too polite", she said this, but her hand movements were numb, and she reached out and took the sparkling drink.
"It's okay, this is not a valuable thing, what's more, on a cold day, I can't stand drinking two bottles of this, I'll keep one bottle is enough", the little sister opened the cloth bag slightly, and there was really a bottle of the same sparkling drink inside.
"Then the woman will accept it~" The girl smiled happily.
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"Boy, come here, don't you see that I can't walk, help me!" Pan Cripple whispered to the big boy, and then naturally used the boy as a crutch and crutches, just letting the big boy in blue stand between him and the Shu brothers.
Lin Ze walked in the front and didn't look back, as if he hadn't heard Pan Cripple's words at all, staring intently at the road ahead.
"Hey, boy, listen, I'll tell you about the terrain of Mine No. 12 while I'm doing this", Pan Cripple looked at the Shu brothers who were blocked by the big boy not far away, and breathed a sigh of relief, those two notorious guys, it was the idiot in front of him who would be recruited, Pan Lao lame was a little regretful, he listened to Lin Ze speak very neatly that day, and the organization was also very clear, why is he like a stunned boy now, defenseless, does he think that the Shu brothers' praise for him is sincere? Damn, I shouldn't have come to this troubled water, I didn't expect that the last two people to join the team would be them, so I had to figure out my own way, Pan Lao's lame rifle was carried behind him with a strap, his left hand was clubbed against the big boy, and his right hand touched the point 38 revolver on his waist, and he felt a little confident in his heart, at least when he really wanted to turn his face, he could use this boy to block the bullet that came from the first time and give himself a chance to fight back.
"Uncle Pan, you must be very familiar with the underground mine~" The big boy was struggling to carry a big backpack, holding his iron pipe gun in one hand, and supporting Pan Lao Lame in the other, looking very difficult, and he didn't know what Pan Lao Lame was thinking at the moment, but as soon as he heard that Pan Lao Lame wanted to teach experience, he immediately focused.
"There are a total of 24 mining areas under Mine No. 12, 6 natural karst caves, connected by narrow mines, these mines and caves are numbered and marked from top to bottom, you know where you are when you see the numbers at the connection of the mines, don't be afraid of getting lost", Pan Lao Lame is not guilty at all about using the big boy as a bullet bunker, the whole ruined world is so cruel, save his life first, and then think about others, but by the way, teaching the big boy some mine survival knowledge can be regarded as compensation.
"Oh uncle, what 12-4 said is that through here is the 4th mining area?" The older boy looked at the digital signs that appeared on the walls of the tunnel from time to time, and quickly guessed what it meant.
"That's right, the cave uses the letters A to F, if there is a newly mined mining area or karst cave in the future, then it is still sorted by location, if you get lost, remember to go to the sign of the No. 1 mining area", Pan Lao lame said, while glancing at Lin Ze who was walking in front, his words were not only for the big boy, but also for Lin Ze, he didn't want to be lost when there were two ill-intentioned teammates around him.
"Look, a small group of blackback ants, ha, we are lucky, we can meet a good target in the No. 4 mining area", Shu Hu next to him pointed not far ahead, excited to raise his gun.
The big boy only felt the hand on his shoulder buckle violently, directly stopping him from lifting the gun, Pan Lao's lame waist revolver was already in his hand, the muzzle of the gun was low, faintly biased in the direction of the Shu brothers.
"Hmph, boy, look at what, if you dare to be lazy, I will never spare you!" Shu Ye drank hard, and secretly took a sip in his heart, sure enough, Pan Lao was lame and was not easy to deal with, and that damn boy, if he hadn't been blocked by him, he would have dealt with Pan Lao Lame by himself, Shu Hu stared at the back of the guy in front of him, and it only took a distracted kung fu to solve the battle.
In the mine, six mutant ants with black backshells the size of ordinary domestic cats also spotted the group and turned around and ran over here.
The conditions in the mine are simple, the mining equipment is not difficult to get, the technical content of Yaojing energy auger is not high, but it is difficult to refine minerals, and the technical requirements for purifying those scarce associated ores in ordinary minerals are very high, there have always been special factories and equipment before the disaster, as for now, those mercenary teams can not get this, even the Law Institute and the Control Union do not have a few refining factories, and it is not necessary to think about selling minerals directly, just the determination of the content of scarce associated minerals in each ore is an unachievable technical problem. If you want to sell it as ordinary ore, it is not as valuable as hunting mutant creatures directly, so the aborigines came up with a way - biological refining.
Rock-eating beetles and rock-eating mutant ants are two kinds of creatures used, both of which use rock minerals as their main food, and can transform the rare elements they eat into special chitin mutant organisms on the carapace, the ruins dwellers mine the minerals, and then throw them into the depths of the mine, blast the ore to breed these two mutant insect swarms, and finally let the mercenary team hunt the insect swarm to control the number and obtain different chitin shells, so that the abandoned mining town does not need miners at all, Only mercenaries who can hunt insects are needed to mine minerals, which is extremely convenient.
Black-backed ant, as the name suggests, is the mercenary's abbreviation for the black backshell rock-devouring mutant ant, Lin Ze carefully heard Pan Lao Cripple say before, the black chitin shell is just the most common resource, and high-purity metallic iron can be refined through special methods, which is considered the basic currency in the mine.
There was a bang.
Good marksmanship, Pan Lao's lame eyes lit up, and the two Shu brothers frowned slightly, Lin Ze at the front was already half-squatting behind the shield, standing a shield in one hand and holding a gun in the other, the shot just now was fired by him, and he didn't see the action of aiming with his eyes, as if he directly raised his hand and hit the mutant ants that were running over, and a spark from the collision flashed in the dimness.
Lin Ze somewhat understood the problem that Crazy Lu Li said that ordinary bullets could not be used, just this most common black-backed ant, after the point 45 pistol bullet accurately hit the ant's small head, it was directly shot away by the chitin carapace, not to mention the heavy back carapace, which must be pierced by armor-piercing bullets! The point 45 bullet is still like this, and the point 38 iron tube gun in the hand of the big boy in blue and blue clothes may only scratch the ants.
Lin Ze's thoughts turned quickly, and the pointed steel-core armor-piercing bullet of point 45 was there, and a total of 15 rounds of magazines were changed from Crazy Lu Li's hand, but he did not change it, mutant ants, although they have mutated, but the general structure is still similar to that of ants, the weakness is in the abdomen, and there is a few chitin carapace protection on the back, and the body is low when moving, very close to the ground, and ordinary people can't aim when they lie on the ground, but this is not difficult for Lin Ze.
Last time, he was reminded by the little dwarf Qiong Fei who had a clear brain, Lin Ze suddenly reacted, within the range of perception stand, he couldn't use his eyes to aim at all, because within the perception range, eyes and perception play the same role in the use of firearms - to capture the target, eye aiming must be focused on the firearm aiming baseline, but perception is not used, and the reaction is more convenient and fast, as Brain Hole Qiong Phil said, if you use your eyes to cooperate with mental power perception, you can even control multiple weapons to attack different enemies at the same time, After that, Lin Ze tried it a little, and soon mastered this shooting method of perceiving aiming and matching arm movements.
The Shu brothers saw that the first bullet was bounced off by the carapace of the black-backed ants, the corners of their mouths showed a smile, and their bodies retreated a little without a trace, as long as these mutant ants broke through the defense line and forced Pan Lao to change to a light pressure rifle, then the opportunity came.
Pan Lao is in a dilemma now, there is no problem with the 38 revolver in his hand to deal with the Shu brothers, the mercenary does not have a few chitin carapaces, he is shot in the head and killed, and blood is splashed on the body, but it is not good to deal with mutant ants, at most it is to listen to a sound, what should I do? Just when he was anxiously hesitating whether to change his rifle for support, he saw Lin Ze put the pistol flat on the ground as if he had given up resistance, and then, six consecutive crisp gunshots, and the liquid on the running blackback ant exploded everywhere, and the second time he fell motionless during the run.
"Okay, the target is solved, who will collect the carapace", Lin Ze stood up, shook his hand, and the only bad thing about shooting with the pistol flat was that it was inconvenient to throw the shell.
What the hell! Pan Lao Lame and the Shu brothers were stunned, can they still shoot like this? The first time I saw such a strange way of shooting, the key is that it hit?
Shu Ye glanced at Lin Ze and Pan Lao with a solemn look, quickly put the battle rifle in his hand back to his back, shook his head slightly at Shu Hu, took out a knife and walked to the dead black-backed ant, what kind of marksmanship is this, don't aim, stick to the ground with one hand, six shots in an instant, the gun hits the moving black-backed ant's abdomen, damn, this can't be a conjecture like gun fighting in the novel, right? For the first time, he felt that this plan to plot Pan Lao's lame light pressure gun might fail.
Different from the Shu brothers, a smile climbed on the old face of Pan Lao, this team leader, although he was stunned, but his marksmanship was really good, so that the hope of this trip to the mine was greatly increased, he didn't have to worry too much about those mutant beetles and mutant ants, he just needed to pay attention to the small movements of the Shu brothers at all times, he patted the blue boy on the shoulder, "Hey boy, see clearly how the big man in front of him collects the loot, especially where he collects mutant ants, this is the necessary knowledge for everyone in the mine, look carefully." ”
"Okay, let's continue walking", the abdomen of the black-backed ant was directly hit by the point 45 bullet, and the powerful kinetic energy brought by the round-headed lead-core armor bullet was released, causing the entire mutant ant's abdomen to be shattered everywhere, except for the carapace, there was basically no need to collect it.
"Boy, carry it", Shu Ye threw the cloth bag containing the six black-backed ant shells to the big boy in blue, and said undoubtedly, "You don't have much combat power, if you want to get the spoils, you must contribute to the team, and you are responsible for carrying things." ”
After Shu Ye handed the things to the eldest boy, he glanced at Lin Ze's back, and then vaguely gestured with his brother Shu Hu's mount, which was a secret way of communication between the two brothers.
The two brothers did not shy away from Pan Lao Lame, because Pan Lao Lame didn't know what they were expressing after seeing it, and it was impossible for him to go to Lin Ze to tell these speculations without evidence, he could only stuff the revolver back into the holster, and his right hand hung near the holster, hoping that after the two brothers saw this kind of marksmanship, they would give up their previous bad plans, Pan Lao Lame thought silently.
There is a cripple in the team, the speed of travel is not fast, but it is not slow, after all, the closer to the elevator of the No. 12 mine of the prisoner, the more teams come in and out, and the fewer insects, except for the six worthless blackback ants at the beginning, Lin Ze and the others came to the 12-11 mine area almost without hindrance.
"After the 11th mining area, there is the 12-C cave in front of it, where there is a mine road connected to the No. 7 mine, and it is also the first supply station of the criminal prisoner mercenary team in the No. 12 elevator underground mining area, you can't use the gun after entering, otherwise you will be directly killed by the guards of the criminal prisoner mercenary team", Pan Lao lame didn't talk much along the way, only occasionally nodded a few words from the big boy, and entered the station, at least temporarily he could relax his vigilance and rest, no one dared to do it under the eyelids of more than 30 heavily armed guards, "After passing this C cave station, Along the way, the danger increases dramatically, and the bugs that burrow and nest in the mine area can pop up at any time. ”
"You can replenish ammunition and food in the station, and of course you can sell the loot to the guards stationed there, but the price is thirty percent lower than that of transporting it back to the hall", the silent Shu brothers rarely agreed.
"It's just an ordinary black-backed ant carapace, and it's also a burden to carry, so sell it to reduce the burden", Pan Lao looked at the sweaty big boy with a lame gaze, and then turned to the Shu brothers, and gave a suggestion thoughtfully.
"Yes, after selling it, all of them will be exchanged for bullets and food, and then divided equally, and they will not be counted in the final loot", Lin Ze didn't look at the slightly dark faces of the Shu brothers, and directly agreed.