Chapter 489 Coal Mine Thieves! Prying Open the Fulcrum of Old Technology (Part 2)

Chapter 489 Coal Mine Thief! Pry open the fulcrum of old technology (2-in-1)

"Trace of human activity?"

After hearing what Chen Shen said, Sumo frowned suddenly, unlike others who were excited. Google search reading

Before moving the base, he had a complete look around the depression through the distribution map provided by the game.

At that time, there were a total of seven large camps near the entire depression, and the closest one was 300 kilometers away.

Is it possible

During the time leading to the depression, someone happened to occupy the territory in the middle?

Is it such a coincidence?

"Director, the activity traces I mentioned are not what you think, no, how about we go over and take a look?"

Sumo nodded: "Okay!"

Lost the 500% speed bonus to the territory.

Although the buff of the rapid march was still there because no damage was taken, it was reduced by half, and everyone's speed was ultimately much slower.

130 kilometers.

After walking for nearly two hours, a group of people successfully reached the edge of the territory.

"Hello, director, hello village chief!"

Standing on a high ground on the edge of the territory, the scout team was still observing cautiously.

However, as everyone arrived, the leading man breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stood up to salute.

Chen Shen stepped forward quickly: "Liu Peiqiang, how is the situation?"

"Village Chief, the problem is big. When Xiao Sun went back to report the news, we only saw human figures because it was too far away."

"It turns out that more than half an hour ago, a group of more than 30 people went out from that direction. This time we saw clearly that they were not human beings!"

"Ah, no, they are not from our earth!"

After the transfer, many small resources were cut into the depression, and the overall terrain became a somewhat irregular quadrilateral.

Although currently limited by the level of the refuge, everyone can only explore a range of 150 kilometers.

But beyond this, there are still a full eighty kilometers, which all belong to the area after Soma's transfer.

There is no grass growing in the barren land.

"There is actually a foreign race who would build their own territory here. Are you crazy?"

With doubts, I walked up to the high ground and had not yet picked up the telescope.

Just relying on his strong eyesight, Sumo saw this strange territory about twenty kilometers away at a glance.

But just by looking at it, Sumo's blood pressure suddenly spiked.

As far as the eye can see, there is a large village similar to the previous kobold saltpeter camp.

The difference is that the kobold camp only has a layer of wood built as a wall, with high observation towers everywhere, and its defense is very weak.

This camp uses large rocks that are sturdy and durable at first glance, covering two floors!

Like an urn city, the heights of the two floors are different.

If an enemy attacks the outer perimeter, they can easily be shot and killed by high-level enemies inside using long-range means.

From a defensive perspective, no modern weapons want to attack here.

Not having ten times the force is simply wishful thinking.

"What are they mining? It looks familiar!"

While Su Mo was watching, Chen Shen secretly looked around.

Then, with a hint of doubt, he handed the telescope to Somo.

The next second, the answer came.

"Coal mine!"

"They have occupied the coal resources we transferred here for only a few days. They are really a bunch of beasts!"

He stared closely at the picture in the telescope, watching the ant-like figures walking back and forth in the urn city.

Soma placed his left fist at his side.

Hard!

In the center of the urn city, there is an opening about ten meters in size.

At this opening.

With the help of a telescope and vision, Soma could vaguely see a steady stream of figures coming in and out.

I can't see clearly what these monsters look like.

But the black object contained in the large frame behind them, which was almost the same height as the person, was very familiar to Somo.

It was dug out from the ground

Coal rough!

Unlike open-pit coal mines, Sumo was really excited when Chen Shen reported that there were underground coal mines around the depression.

The ranking of coal from weak to strong degree of coalification is as follows:

Peat, lignite, bituminous coal, anthracite.

Peat has too many impurities and cannot be considered coal in a strict sense.

Lignite can only be used as thermal coal for power generation due to its low degree of coalification, low carbon content, high ash content, low calorific value and high volatile content.

Moving on to the bituminous coal above, it is the most common and most useful coal.

As long as it is mined and divided into small pieces, it can be burned directly to convert heat.

And this batch of coal transferred from the territory happened to be bituminous coal!

"Oh my God, it's really our coal mine. How is this possible? Our mine is underground and it's so difficult to mine. They"

"This is incredible!"

With the answer in mind, Chen Shen took another telescope and observed it carefully. Chen Shen froze on the spot.

When black coal mines were rampant in China in the last century, many people had an in-depth understanding of coal mines through propaganda.

Generally speaking, coal mines are divided into two types: open pit and underground.

The open-pit ones require continuous and stable coal seams, so they are relatively rare and will not be listed for now.

As for this underground coal mine, because coal is very solid in the earth's crust, just like stone, it is generally impossible for a single person to do it.

Therefore, before the coal miners start working, they need professional personnel to use a similar method of blasting in the underground work area to blast the tightly compressed coal seam to make it soft.

Then the coal miners can go through the entrance, enter the bottom, and carry the ore in the cave up manually.

Such tunnels have no lights, and workers can only rely on the mining lamps worn on their heads to illuminate and work day and night.

Even after reaching a very deep work area, landslides may occur.

If you want to avoid death, you must have high technology and high standards to do it.

Even the current Hope Village does not have the strength to mine coal on a large scale.

"Don't underestimate these aliens, they may not be as advanced as us in other aspects of technology"

"But in the mining of natural resources, there may be some magical things that we can't do"

The distance between the two sides is more than 20 kilometers.

Even with Su Mo's eyesight, standing on this high slope, it is difficult to see the specific situation inside.

Others are even more blind.

After a brief pause, Su Mo squatted down: "Liu Peiqiang, do you dare to go over?"

Liu Peiqiang, who was still lying on the ground, was stunned when he heard this.

Then he immediately nodded with a firm look!

"Director, don't say you want me to go over, even if you want me to go over and capture a bastard who stole our coal, I am sure!"

"When they came out before, I vaguely saw the figures of these bastards, not very tall, and looked very thin"

"If they don't have special abilities, even if our strength is weakened, I have confidence!"

Now it was Su Mo's turn to be surprised: "Not very tall? Are you sure?"

"I'm sure, although they are riding a very strange animal, even if they are riding, they are not as tall as us standing, and they feel like..."

Shen Ke: "Are you talking about dwarves?!"

Liu Peiqiang nodded in surprise: "Yes, they are dwarves. Their faces are basically the same as ours. Except for a thick beard, they are very short, and it feels like they are about my calves. It's not wrong to say they are dwarves!"

Wow!

When they heard that it was really a dwarf, the more than 30 people standing on the high ground lost their fear and were ready to fight.

Even Su Mo showed a hint of surprise on his face.

It was really a piece of cake.

Through the dwarf's standard short sword, Su Mo set an important goal before coming to the new road, which was to find the dwarf.

Moreover, the importance of this goal was even before finding the ruins of Yan State!

Unlike Su Deben, Lu Kuan and others who were cautious, they had a systematic protection and an alternative technology tree derived from the old technology.

Su Mo had a strong interest in it.

If this magical technology with a conversion efficiency ratio of more than 500% can be mastered, it will completely speed up the development of the territory.

Think about it, originally one liter of diesel can only convert 10 degrees of electricity.

After this improvement, one liter can convert 50 degrees!

According to the current output of the well, it can generate 4,000 degrees of electricity in a day!

Although it is still far from meeting the scientific research needs, there is no problem in supporting the entire Hope Village to have electricity!

And vehicles like the Earth Tiger and King Kong can become real refueling for five minutes and run ten thousand miles at that time!

Even if the armor is strengthened and the load is increased, there is no need to worry about energy output.

"So, Liu Peiqiang, you take the thirteen people in your group and go out together"

"Chen Shen, Li Hu, Qi Qin, Wu Feiguang, the four of you also go with them. As long as you catch the dwarf in this city, you must take him down for me"

"Don't consider the subsequent impact, just catch a live person, and the loss of this coal mine can be completely compensated"

After speaking, Su Mo paused, and reached into the void, and a total of seventeen rifles flew out.

Then, another thousand bullets slowly floated out from it.

Without raw materials, there is no way to rush to the new world, even for intermediate machine tools.

Up to now, the total number of rifle bullets in the whole village has only about three thousand rounds.

Before a real bullet tool machine is made, these stocks are the last strategic force.

"Director, I will not fail my mission!"

"I will not fail my mission!"

Chen Shen knew the stock of bullets. Seeing a trace of heartache flashing across Su Mo's face, he immediately stood up and said solemnly.

As for the others, after picking up the rifles on the ground, the kindness on their faces quickly disappeared, gradually turning into the "madness" unique to Doomsday!

Before taking up weapons, they were just ordinary scouts who only needed to bear intelligence work.

But after taking up weapons, they had to face life and death, and face the cruelty that had never been seen in peacetime.

"Return safely! I'll wait for you here!"

"Don't worry, Director!"

He patted the shoulders of all the soldiers one by one, looking at the excited expressions on everyone's faces.

Su Mo turned sideways and made way for the downhill road.

The group of seventeen people did not talk too much nonsense. After lining up, they quickly dispersed.

"Director, how about I go back and bring some more people here, so that if there is a big conflict, we can at least have someone to help us"

"Okay, go back and ask Moore to come with you, maybe it will be very useful!"

In the entire Hope Village.

Except Su Mo himself, who cannot enter and leave this area at will due to the restrictions of the shelter.

The others were all bachelors, and they had never put down their shelter cores, so there was no problem of explosion.

He agreed with Shen Ke's words, and watched Shen Ke and the two hurriedly leave.

Su Mo lay down, hung the telescope in front of his eyes and looked carefully.

Now that he had confirmed that the aliens on the opposite side were dwarves, Su Mo's observation ideas became clear in an instant.

And now, he really saw a lot of details that he had overlooked before.

"This outer defense facility does not look like a real boulder. The wind blows on it and it will shake slightly, but it can carry these watchtowers. It looks like a highly polymerized reactant?"

"What is the red circle on the wall? Is it another use of the camera? To monitor the situation outside?"

"In terms of proportion, the size of the figures mining inside is not the same as those outside. Could it be that the miners working inside are not dwarves?"

One guess after another, as Su Mo looked more carefully, more and more emerged.

And the assault teams that were breaking through to the front were also very fast, with a 500% speed bonus.

Even though they were very cautious, they successfully broke through the territory's defense line and entered the territory after two minutes.

Boom!

It was like a heavy hammer hitting their heads. As soon as they stepped out of the territory, everyone felt dizzy.

It was like getting out of bed after recovering from a serious illness.

Immediately, three people's feet softened and they fell to their knees on the ground.

"Hide, rest first, and recover first!"

As the temporary captain of the assault team, under Li Hu's gesture, everyone immediately lay down and took a deep breath.

After a while.

After Qi Qin recovered his breath, he slowly crawled to Li Hu's side:

"Brother Hu, after leaving the territory, why do I feel like I'm covered with a layer of sandbags, like carrying a weight, it's so uncomfortable!"

Li Hu nodded: "Indeed, it seems that this is the punishment for us leaving the territory!"

From the body to the spirit.

It seems that a layer of weighted sandbags is invisible and tied to everyone.

Among them, the physical pressure was not bad, just like a pair of 5kg loads tied to the thighs.

But mentally, even Li Hu frowned and looked uncomfortable.

"Can you still walk? Those who can't walk, support me here, those who can walk, continue with me!"

"Yes"

"Charge!"

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Sixteen people, none of them retreated.

Seeing everyone eager to try, Li Hu nodded, and the group rushed out again.

Another 500 meters, the familiar pressure came again.

This time the physical load became 3kg, but the mental pressure did not change, which made people feel relieved.

"It seems that the distance of this pressure change should be one mile"

"So, everyone counts silently in their hearts, and be careful when you are at the edge of 500 meters!"

With a rough rule.

The next journey is much easier.

Twenty-five kilometers from the outside of the territory to the middle of the city.

All the way to the last five kilometers, Li Hu retreated from it with an ugly face, and everyone's footsteps slowly stopped.

"The physical pressure will increase once every half a kilometer. Now we are 20 kilometers away from the rear, and the pressure is 15kg."

"Every 20 kilometers, the mental pressure will increase once. The intensity of the next level is about three times that of the previous one!"

Wow!

The assault team was immediately shocked when they heard the number of three times.

But surprisingly, no one retreated. Instead, they began to enter cautiously and feel the pressure.

After a while, the team of seventeen people was divided.

A total of eleven people could withstand the pressure and enter, while the remaining six people felt dizzy and wanted to vomit as soon as they entered, so they could only support outside.

"Qi Qin, you stay and bring people to support us. I will leave you 300 bullets!"

"Okay!"

Making a quick decision, looking at the gate of the city wall that had already shown signs of opening, the assault team parted ways.

This time, Li Hu's ten-man team advanced all the way to a position one kilometer in front of the city wall before finding a low-lying place to slowly lie down.

Different from Su Mo's vague observation.

At such a close distance, after seeing this bunker made of unknown materials, everyone, including Li Hu, was shocked.

This wall is not made of high-polymer materials, blown by the wind.

This is clearly a living creature, constantly moving its body.

This red circle is not a camera.

It is a huge eyeball with a diameter of more than two meters, which makes people feel cold.

However, before everyone can share this terrifying scene.

There is a loud bang.

The door on the front of the city opened!