Because of deliberately feigning illness, Lin Zhixing was honored to receive an honorable task to be in charge of a special trading point in the trading area.

It is said to be a trading point, but in fact there are no goods here. Any caravan or boss who knows the roots will come here to make a trade request, which will then be reported by the connector here. Finally decide whether to do it or not to do it. Firearms, ammunition, fuel. Bulk grain goods. It's all possible. When it was busy, the amount of the deal decided here was enough to arm an army. When it's cold, no one comes at all.

Although there were caravans and displaced people entering the city in the past two days, it was not a lively time, because the TF58 convoy had its own trading channels. The big business that should have been negotiated outside the city has basically been negotiated. The homeless people who have just entered the city do not come here at all, and the business here is not for them.

So this task is, to put it bluntly, to let this guy blow cold wind for two days and squat on the bench for two days. It's not a big punishment. It looks like a distribution, but it's not too serious for both parties. It's just a way to give the eldest sister a head.

However, for the active Lin Zhixing, he left his robot, his engineering exoskeleton and power armor, and his precious private collection. It's a terrible thing to have to blow cold wind here for two days.

So he had no motivation to come to work, and he delayed until late at noon when he came to deal with the matter, only to see a shivering guy standing outside the façade.

Lin Zhixing looked at it, he didn't know, he thought it was another homeless person who went to the wrong door or something, when he opened the door and was ready to stand for another day today. The kid had followed, wiping his nose and placing a wooden box on the counter.

Lin Zhixing waved his hand lazily, "Let's go, you're in the wrong place, don't collect rags here." ”

With a snot touch, the little man became angry, "What a tattered, take a closer look, Lao Tzu is here to entrust you to melt this thing." ”

A wooden box can hold something good, but it seems that the other party is really not in the wrong place. Lin Zhixing had an idea. I took this thing to the factory to find a teacher, and said that there was something to do, which is much better than blowing the wind here. "What the hell, I'll have to see it." When I opened the lid, I saw that the silver-white metal ingots were shining brightly. Lin Zhixing nodded, "That's it, come on." You put it here, I'll give it to you in a few days. ”

"In a few days...... How many days will it take? The little man was clever. Lin Zhixing still looked lazy, "Anyway, you know that if you contact this place, I can't run away." ”

Sent away the little man. Lin Zhixing reached out to hold the box, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"That's not right." As soon as the things were in his hands, Lin Zhixing immediately felt that something was wrong. I'm afraid the weight of this thing is not ordinary steel. After flipping it over and over in his hand, Lin Zhixing was even more puzzled. How wrong this thing looks.

If you can't think about it, you just don't think about it. Lin Zhixing closed the door very happily, and happily ran out of the trading area with this thing. Climb into your beloved car, and the huge engineering exoskeleton runs towards the factory.

The factory is not located in the city, but is located close to water sources and electricity, because there is a coal mine still in operation, and the basic electricity of New Xi'an comes from this. The defense of the industrial area is much stronger than the city itself, and this is the real core of New Xi'an. Before he could get close to the factory, Lin Zhixing's exoskeleton was stopped by two power armors.

Although it is only an old Type 07 power armor, the murderous aura of the modified 14.5 caliber machine gun and rocket launcher is terrifying. No matter which weapon it was, Lin Zhixing's huge exoskeleton with little protection could be reduced to pieces. Lin Zhixing honestly stopped the engineering exoskeleton. Get checked honestly.

The two of them didn't even show their faces, and after the body search, they even took apart the exoskeleton and checked it, and finally only used the gun to make a gesture, which meant that Lin Zhixing hurried away.

Lin Zhixing pointed to his car, the two shook their heads, Lin Zhixing could only shake his head helplessly, and said goodbye to his beloved car for the time being. Looking at the tall chimney in the distance, he stuck out his tongue.

When I first entered the factory, it was very different from the climate outside, which was always cold and wintery. The temperature close to 40 degrees Celsius makes people sweat hot. Dozens of workers are fiddling with small electric stoves. A blue cloth overalls. The ears are also covered with ear earmuffs that block noise. Except for the fact that there were fewer people, everything was exactly the same as before the war began.

Except for engineer Huang Minglong, who was watching the fire, the power armor on his body was not something he had before the war. It seems that this furnace of molten steel is in good condition, Huang Minglong nodded, and was about to say something, when he turned around, he saw the piece of metal in Lin Zhixing's hand that ran in, which was still shining.

Huang Minglong's eyes lit up immediately, and he took three steps and two steps directly in front of Lin Zhixing, took the metal ingot and weighed it, "What is this?" Where did you get it? ”

Lin Zhixing shook his head, "Someone sent it this morning, let us process it." It is estimated that it is regarded as general stainless steel. As soon as I started it, I didn't feel right, Master, what the hell is this? ”

Huang Minglong's hand shook, "This thing is at least three times heavier than stainless steel, don't those fools even know the weight?" Back then, this kind of thing was rotten on the street. ”

Before the war, China had long been at the top of the world with 800 million tons of steel output a year, more than half of the world's output, and even made up a joke that Hebei Province had concealed that its output ranked among the top 10 in the world, which was higher than that of Germany.

And such a large production of steel has made steel products as rotten in this country as rotten streets, and the shape of the metal ingots in the hand, this intermittently cast manger ingot, looks very much like the original gold bar, but unless it is a truly scarce precious metal, there is no need to cast it in this form.

And even now the metal is shining. Even if it is stainless steel, it will become dim under the serious pollution of the outside world, and this guy is still shining in Huang Minglong's hands.

As for what it is, Huang Minglong probably already has a bottom in his heart. However, it is not easy to draw conclusions, "I still have to test before I can conclude it." ”

The first step in measuring pure metals is to measure density. Huang Minglong took a 1000ml graduated cylinder, measured the volume difference before and after putting the metal block into the metal block with water, and then calculated the density of the metal

"21.03, it's basically certain, it's rhenium." Huang Minglong's eyes lit up, even before the war, rhenium metal was also the star of the aviation industry, with output in kilograms and application in grams. It is not an exaggeration to call it priceless.

"Steady, steady, even so, I have to determine the chemical properties of this thing, to determine whether it is rhenium or not."

In the factory where the heat is in full swing, I forgot to eat. Zheng Zhi, who was enjoying lunch, looked at his subordinates who disturbed his meal. The girl in the kimono was no longer around, but a black long straight girl in a sailor suit.

"Say it." Zheng Zhi was in a bad mood. After being disturbed, he decided that if the tech lead in front of him couldn't say one, two, or three, his tech lead didn't have to do it anymore.

Technical director Li Benz nodded, "Boss, I want to sue Xu Jierui for hiding his secrets." ”

"Secrets?" Subordinate infighting is what Zheng Zhi is happy to see. However, the tech lead is not a figure who likes infighting. It's really strange that he actually ran in front of himself to complain.

"Why?" Zheng Zhi couldn't quite understand.

Li Benz sat up straight, and said with a splash of spittle, "If I hadn't gone back and found that someone had moved the knife, I guess I would have missed it." ”

As a result, Xu Jierui got something and sent someone to go back to process it, but the process of processing was not effective and finally gave up.

It is emphasized that this piece of metal is completely powerless with their technical capabilities. The result is now gone, and this must be Xu Jierui's private hiding. If you take things out and study them carefully, I'm afraid the team can get a greater benefit.

"Can you guarantee these things?" Zheng Zhi's face was already covered with a layer of frost. The voice had cooled. Let the school uniform girl next to her feel that her teeth are constantly fighting.

Li Benz was still foaming at the mouth, "Of course, I have carefully looked at the traces on the knife, and the worker who started at that time said that there is not even a trace of the metal, can this be a simple thing." However, the person sent back by Xu Jierui actually said what is this? Is this stainless steel? It's just a fart. This guy must be planning to hide his smuggling, if he doesn't plan to hide it, this thing is so stupid that he will have to clean him up if he treats gold as horse urine! ”

"That's it! Needless to say. Listening to the words of the technical director, Zheng Zhi had already made a decision. immediately brought the people who could be brought, and asked Li Benz to follow and go to Xu Jierui together.

Someone kicked open the door, Xu Jierui, who was still dreaming in the bed, scolded, and Zheng Zhi, who had a gloomy face, came in and overwhelmed him. Zheng Zhi waved his hand, and the two bodyguards took him out naked from the pile of women. Xu Jierui put on his clothes in embarrassment. As soon as I got outside, I was scolded by Li Benz blocking the door.

After being scolded twice in a row, Xu Jierui knew what was going on. Not to be outdone, he replied. The two were scolding, Zheng Zhi coughed heavily, and the two shut up.

At this time, someone had already brought the little man who was going to deliver the goods. After a little interrogation, I already knew that this thing had fallen into the hands of the people of New Chang'an City. Xu Jierui was still unconvinced, "What if it's a piece of gold?" Isn't it just ......"

Looking at Zheng Zhi, who was standing in front of him, staring at him with his eyes, Xu Jierui could only close his mouth. Zheng Zhi stared at him for half a minute, and finally gave the order. "Find a way to get things back, and if you can't get them back, you have to ask what it is, this thing is not simple, no matter the cost."