Chapter 365 Cheapness Is One of the Advantages of Our Weapons (1/2)

"...The Enterprise Expedition Team appeared in the northern suburbs?"

Jianshi Military Industry Building, Chairman's Office.

Ibers, who was sitting behind his desk, was full of surprise after listening to his subordinates' reports.

Unlike Melvin and Duron, he certainly didn't need to obtain information about the northern suburbs through the "Survivor Daily". As early as late yesterday, he learned from the spies disguised as mercenaries and caravan guards that a group of caravans suspected to be from Ideal City appeared in the northern suburbs.

After a night of investigation, he can now finally be sure that those people are professional soldiers of the enterprise.

"...Why did the people of the enterprise appear here?" Ibers' eyes showed a trace of fear.

Unlike the nobles in the inner city, his attitude towards the enterprise was more of a respectful distance.

Based on past experience, it would not be good to rashly involve those behemoths.

Especially last year, the enterprise and the legion had a fight in the northern suburbs. God knows why these people came.

Standing next to him, the old secretary seemed to think the same as him and spoke slowly.

"Could it be related to last year's Pioneer?"

"I think so too."

Rubbing his brow with his index finger, Ibers pondered for a long time and suddenly spoke.

"In any case, we have to find out what they are here for."

The old secretary asked.

"Do we need to report this to the city lord?"

Ibers said concisely.

"Just a routine report."

It doesn't really matter whether to report or not.

He has his own intelligence network, and the wise and majestic city lord certainly has one too.

However, as the most loyal servant of that lord, he should report the news as soon as he gets the news.

No matter whether the city lord knows it or not.

This is his duty...

...

As the news of the arrival of the corporate "visiting group" spread, the entire Qingquan City became lively.

Especially the business owners, factory owners and nobles in the inner city of Boulder City, all cast fiery and even jealous eyes towards the northern suburbs.

Why can those damn country bumpkins gain the friendship of the company?

Of course, what they care more about than jealousy is the business opportunities hidden in this news.

That's a visiting delegation from Ideal City!

Any one or two items brought here can be sold at an unimaginable high price.

The civilians in Giant Stone City have no consumption power, but the nobles in the inner city are all rich.

Their industries are all over Giant Stone City. They don't lack money to spend, but they lack places to spend it.

Whether it's bionic prostheses that enhance the body's ability or serums that delay aging, they are enough to make the entire inner city crazy...

Just when Qingquan City was bustling, Xizhou City, a hundred kilometers away, was no different.

But the difference is that the two sides are completely different...

Next to the crudely built platform, boxes and bundles of materials were piled up into a small mountain.

Looking at the small mountain of materials, both the foremen of the aid team and the survivors of Dawn City had surprised expressions on their faces.

"170 grams of grain, 81 grams of yams, 1,000 cotton work clothes, 1,000 pairs of rubber-soled short boots, 11 boxes of medical gauze and alcohol..."

Holding the cargo list handed over by the train conductor, Rudy's face was full of surprise as he read it quietly. He couldn't believe his eyes.

The materials on the list were exactly what they needed most.

Especially work clothes and waterproof shoes.

It had rained for several days before, and the northern construction site was low-lying and almost soaked in puddles.

There was no pump, so in order to drain the water, the workers could only carry iron buckets to the ground.

Ordinary straw shoes, wooden shoes, and shoes made of tree bark are not waterproof at all, and the number of waterproof shoes made of plastic is limited, so many people's feet were soaked.

There are also medical gauze and alcohol, which are even more necessary for construction sites where bumps often occur.

Without disinfection and bandaging medical supplies, even a small injury may become inflamed and festered, becoming a serious problem.

Not to mention food, that thing is always precious in the wasteland.

Shortages of other things can be tolerated, but you can't work if you're hungry.

Dawn City has 30,000 people, and 251 meters of food, combined with the prey and fish caught by the residents of the shelter, is enough for two weeks of expenses!

After a long while, he swallowed his saliva and said.

"... Did you pick up the pre-war reserves?"

Before becoming the captain of the aid team, he was a centurion under Vanus, and followed the legion in battles for several years. In his impression, such a rich reserve of materials is hard to find even in some wealthy survivors' settlements.

The New Alliance may be able to get these materials, but it is impossible to get them together in such a short time.

Looking at Rudy with a dumb look on his face, the train conductor smiled and said.

"What do you mean by picking up? These things are all bought from Boulder City! By the way, tell the people in the warehouse for me that another batch of materials will be delivered in three days, so that they'd better expand the warehouse to avoid being in a hurry at that time."

Rudy, who came to his senses, nodded immediately and said seriously.

"I'll go and explain to them now!"

As the materials were put into the warehouse.

The news about this batch of goods also spread among the survivors.

Lunch time.

Several foremen of the construction team squatted together with the workers, eating with their bowls in hand while talking about the gossip they heard from others.

"...I heard about it! The supplies are imported from Boulder City!"

"Not just daily necessities, but also generators and power distribution devices... probably for setting up the power grid!"

"It will cost a lot of chips, right?"

"That's for sure... at least hundreds of thousands."

"Hundreds of thousands? Hundreds of thousands is more like it!"

Hearing that these supplies would cost so much money, many people showed sighing expressions on their faces, and even lost their minds for a moment.

Especially those survivors who have lived in Qingquan City since childhood.

The refugees have no idea about the purchasing power of chips, but they know how many good things those chips can get.

Let alone hundreds of thousands of chips, three-digit chips are an astronomical figure for them, and five-digit chips are not wealth that ordinary people can have.

In their cognition, only the former mayor of Beth Street and Old Brown of Brown Farm can afford so many chips.

But those stingy people will not spend their chips on others.

They wanted to hold every chip tightly in their hands, not to mention spending it on others, and even reluctant to spend more on themselves.

For them, the biggest ambition in this life is to save enough chips to move into Jubi, squeeze into the upper class there, and spend their old age in luxury and wealth.

If it is really bad, buying a few buildings on the edge of the outer city and living as a resident is also a good choice.

After thinking about it, they can only think of the benevolent manager who is willing to take out their own chips and spend them on ordinary people like them without hesitation...

...

On the other side, in the eastern district of Xizhou City, on the abandoned streets.

A group of survivors are moving their luggage out of the collapsed subway station in an orderly manner and stacking them in an open space not far from the subway station.

In the open space a little further away, there are more than 30 container houses and dozens of barracks moved out of the underground tunnel.

The construction site responsible for the aid team is not only Liming City, but also Camp No. 101 in the eastern district of Xizhou City.

Since the Bone Chewing Tribe has been destroyed, Xizhou City has returned to its former tranquility. The residents of Camp 101 will return to the surface and return the buffer zone at the entrance of the shelter to the "pioneers".

Chu Guang promised to help the residents of Camp 101 rebuild their homes.

A week ago, the workers of the Alliance arrived here.

There are a total of 200 people involved in the construction.

Among them, 20 are foremen from Dawn City, and 180 are survivors from Dawn City.

In addition, there are patrols from the 2nd Corps, responsible for the safety around the camp.

After all, mutant hyenas, rats, cockroaches, flies as big as washbasins, and blood-sucking worms with needles longer than arms - those alien species that can't be killed will not follow the predators.

Especially after the beginning of summer, the number of alien species active in the ruins has more than doubled compared to two months ago.

Fortunately, a group of enthusiastic little players turned them into food, so that the alien species did not become unbearable...

For the sake of its own future, Camp 101, after referring to Chu Guang's suggestion, finally decided to set up a new camp at the old site of Xizhou University not far from Shelter 101.

The terrain there is relatively flat.

Although the building was seriously damaged, this is actually an advantage, at least it will not be too troublesome to demolish it.

In the wasteland, demolishing a building is much more troublesome than building a building.

Some houses look shaky and seem to collapse if you push them, but in fact, they can be as good as nothing after being hit by two 100 kg bombs.

Especially in "Wasteland OL", the blown-down buildings will not turn into ash and disappear like in other RTS games, but will most likely form a wall on the ground.

Large pieces of construction waste cannot be moved at all, and must be broken into small pieces before they can be moved.

This is also the reason why Dawn City and Dawn City are both built in suburbs with low building density.

According to the planned drawings, the first phase of Camp 101 covers an area of ​​30 mu, with the former site of the Xizhou University Library as the center and spreading out to the surrounding areas.

After the completion of the third phase of the project, the entire camp will basically cover the core area of ​​the former Xizhou University, covering an astonishing area of ​​500 mu.

Although the mayor of the camp, Horn, said with a smile that they could not use so much area at all, Chu Guang still generously drew this big pie.

Can't use it?

Of course he knew that this small village with only two or three hundred people could not use so much land.

But he and Horn considered different issues.

In Chu Guang's view, it is the future "national university" of the alliance, a holy place for academic exchanges and technological research.

Only 500 mu.

He still thinks it's too small!

However, you have to eat one bite at a time.

For now, the number of students that Camp 101 can accommodate is almost the limit of three to five hundred people.

The thirty mu planned for the first phase is completely enough, and two five-story teaching buildings will be enough.

After nearly a week of construction, this brand new camp has begun to take shape.

Although the teaching building was not yet visible, square barracks were already standing on the open ground.

The space here was much more spacious than underground. They did not have to put all the houses next to each other. Each barracks door could leave a large area for private space.

The children were laughing and playing in the camp, chasing and running.

Work was in full swing on the construction site not far away, and a concrete building with an unknown purpose was half-finished.

In order to prevent alien species from breaking into the camp, circles of barbed wire were pulled up around the camp walls and steel bars were driven into the soil.

Standing at the entrance of the brand-new camp, Pai's eyes widened in surprise, and his open mouth seemed like he could stuff an egg into it.

She had not left home for two weeks, but everyone had already moved from the underground to the surface!

This is too fast!

"Pai?"

Looking at the little girl standing at the gate of the camp, Tris had a gentle smile on his face, "Are you back?"

Hearing the voice of "janitor", Pai immediately recovered from his surprise, a proud expression appeared on his face, and he puffed up his chest and said.

"Yes! The mission was successfully completed!"

Although the expression on his face was full of pride, his big eyes couldn't help but look around curiously.

"By the way, is this our new home?"

Tris nodded and said with a smile.

"Well, originally we planned to take two months to move from underground to above ground, but the progress was smoother than expected. Thanks to those kind people, we only took one week to accomplish so much thing."

Of course, so thanks to them for defeating those bloodthirsty marauders.

No one likes to live underground, suffering from dampness and darkness and inedible food.

For him, nothing made him happier than watching his children running in the sunshine.

Speaking of which, Tris saw the thirty young people behind Pai and said with a smile.

"Are you students from the New Alliance?"

Xia Yan, who was walking in front of the team, nodded and spoke neatly.

"Yes, the manager asked us to report to the old teacher named Alvin. Can you tell us where he is?"

Although she said that, she didn't look like a student at all at this moment, she was completely dressed like a wasteland mercenary.

He wore a wear-resistant leather jacket over his shirt, with a bulging magazine in his pocket, and an LD-47 assault rifle hanging on his back.

Tris didn't care.

He often dealt with wastelanders, so he didn't feel any surprise. He still had the gentle expression on his face.

"Aiwen is still organizing the information in the document library underground, and it will probably take a few days to come up. He is Pai's teacher, and I think Pai should be able to lead you to him."

Pai nodded enthusiastically and turned back to give Xia Yan and Xiaoyu a reliable look.

"Well! Don't worry, leave it to me! I just want to go underground!"

She did not forget her agreement with Chu Guang and asked the manager of Vault 101 to discuss borrowing a VM.

Tris smiled and nodded.

"Then it's up to you."

"But before you go underground, you might as well pack the luggage you brought with you."

"We have prepared a dormitory for you, right next to the school in the camp... Please come with me."

…

It has been less than two weeks since the construction of Camp 101 started. Although it is already habitable, the conditions are still a bit rudimentary.

But even so, local residents still prepared two-person barracks as dormitories for these students from the New Alliance.

The relationship between the two parties is in the honeymoon period. The new alliance has not been stingy in providing assistance to them, and they will naturally not be stingy in taking care of them within their capabilities.

While Boss Xia and his team were busy packing their luggage, Chu Guang, who was far away in Shuguang City, was not idle either.

The first is to add new ammunition, weapons and accessories production lines.

Although this matter is mainly the responsibility of the staff of the industrial zone and officials of the Ministry of Industry, it always takes time to introduce the commando logistics staff to them and arrange the work.

After doing these things, Chu Guang took Yun Song to the shooting range and showed off the alliance's weapons.

Including LD series assault rifles, 20mm light rifles, 37mm heavy rifles, 60mm mortars, etc.

And an RPG rocket launcher that’s easy to carry and has a wide range of uses!

Especially the latter, although it is a bit difficult to face heavy vehicles, and there is no automatic tracking and laser guidance, so it can only be aimed visually, but at medium and short range, it is completely sufficient to deal with some light and medium armor and vehicles!

Replace it with a fragmentation-killing high-explosive grenade, which is perfect for dealing with unarmored light infantry!

After testing a few rounds, Yunsong happily purchased 120 launchers, as well as 500 rounds of armor-piercing rounds and 700 rounds of high-explosive grenades!

Although the penetration depth of chemical armor-piercing projectiles is much worse than that of plasma bombs and electromagnetic guns, they do not always encounter opponents worthy of using plasma armor-piercing projectiles.

And just like Chu Guang said, sufficient quantity is also an advantage.

With these weapons, a company of light infantry under him can instantly transform into an "anti-tank company"!

With the help of the exoskeleton, carrying a few more high-explosive grenades is no problem at all!

Of course, the biggest reason why Yun Song was so happy to place the order was that these weapons were priced in silver coins, and his logistics officer helped him negotiate a good price using the trade goods they brought.

So when he was shopping, he didn't feel any distress at all.

Looking at the launch tube with green smoke and the target that was blown to pieces in the distance, Yun Song said with an expression of joy on his face.

"Is it really okay to sell it to us for 100 silver coins? Is it too cheap?"

This was the first time Chu Guang saw someone who thought the things he sold were too cheap, and he couldn't help but smile.

"Cheapness is one of the advantages of our weapons."

Seeing that his friend in front of him finally realized the charm of goblin technology, Chu Guang was sincerely happy for him.

Someone finally digested the large inventory of weapons produced by the Northern Expedition.

But then again.

Wearing this kind of high-tech power armor, he carried an antique rocket launcher on his shoulders.

This combination is full of weirdness no matter how you look at it.

Looking at the launch tube he carried on his shoulder, Chu Guang said with some regret.

"It's a pity that there is no uranium or plutonium...otherwise we can get some more powerful tactical nuclear bombs."

Powered armor with individual nuclear bomb launcher.

This is much more reasonable!

However, the man carrying the launch tube didn't think too much about it.

Rather than the issue of painting style, he was more concerned about whether it was easy to use or not.

Obviously, this weapon is quite to his liking.

"Haha, there's no need! Conventional weapons are powerful enough to deal with ordinary threats," Yun Song looked at Chu Guang and said with a smile, "Thanks, brother! I like your weapons very much!"

"You're welcome, our harvest is not small." Chu Guang said with a smile.

He purchased a full 100 sets of the "Miner" I-type exoskeleton with a metal hydrogen battery installed and a retail price of 4,000CR.

Not only that, there are also two hundred one-kilogram metal hydrogen batteries, which are very useful whether they are used to store energy or as explosives.

Chu Guang spent a total of less than 1 million silver coins to purchase these goods.

And based on the value of these goods, even if they are transferred to Boulder City, the value of these goods is far more than 1 million chips!

In addition to these "regular" equipment, there are a lot of things that are not so easy to get.

For example, a bionic kidney produced by Ideal City.

If this thing were placed in Boulder City, one could be sold for 500,000 chips!

Chu Guang only used 270,000 silver coins to negotiate the transaction price with Hedin, and the shelter official purchased five of them directly.

Although he doesn't need it very much, it is still quite good to resell it as a trading item to merchants coming to the northern suburbs from Boulder City.

In addition to the goods from Ideal City, there are also the trophies captured by the soldiers along the way.

To be honest, Chu Guang didn't have high hopes for those trophies at the beginning.

After all, the situation in the eastern provinces is not much better than that in the valley provinces, so what good things can there be?

However, the reality was beyond his expectation...

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(The second half is not finished... today is short, I will admit my mistake first T.T)