Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 24 Exoskeleton

"95-1, the barrel is still intact, but the receiver is basically useless."

"This is the stock of the 191, but the gun body is missing."

"The 81-bar magazine is just a magazine left."

"Ceramic plates for bulletproof vests, made by Jihua, level five. This is a good thing. It just so happens that we are carrying level three plates this time, so we can take them with us."

"The engineer shovel is Q3, how can this thing be preserved for so long??"

While Chen Jian was searching in the "treasure house", he asked Xu Lie with some doubt:
"Where on earth did these people dig out so many things? This basement is full of them. It will take a long time just to clean them out."

Xu Lie stood aside, staring blankly at Chen Jian as he called out the names of the damaged weapons and equipment on the ground one by one, and forgot to answer for a moment.

He didn't understand where Chen Jian's knowledge came from, but he knew exactly what Chen Jian's "knowing everything like the back of his hand" attitude meant.

When interrogating the inn owner just now, Xu Lie heard a sentence from the other party.

"The Ghost Before the Cataclysm".

So these chosen ones may have the knowledge before the Cataclysm?
If this is the case, then many questions can be explained.

On the other hand, if they really have an incredibly rich "God-given truth" in their minds, it means that they will bring endless disputes in the future.
They must be won over.

No, even if we don't win them over, we can't let them turn to the Mechanicus!

Xu Lie was still wondering whether he should behave more humbly or consciously show him the power of the Holy Blood Temple. Chen Jian's call again brought him out of his slightly messy thoughts.

"What are you thinking about? I'm asking you!"

"Ah? Oh, in the ruins!"

Xu Lie quickly replied:
"These miners belong to the lower ranks of the Mechanicus. Their job is to excavate relics from before the Cataclysm across the continent and deliver weapons and technology to the Mechanicus."

"But we don't know exactly where to dig and how to dig - after all, we are not keen on this."

"The philosophy of the Holy Blood Temple is different from that of the Mechanicus. They are conservative, while we are trying to find a new way."

"This is also the root cause of the conflict between the two sides, but no matter what, we are better than them."

"Who asked you?"

Chen Jian interrupted Xu Lie with amusement. He clearly heard that the other party was trying to praise himself and belittle the Mechanicus in his words, but he didn't take it seriously.

Wherever there are people, there will be conflicts, not to mention that the two sides have already completed the division of camps.

Xu Lie's motive is not incomprehensible. He just wants to pull himself into their camp.

But I can't make a decision so early.

So he waved his hand and said:
"Let's not talk about these useless things for now. What I want to ask is, do you know where the things here come from?"

"If we can find the source, we may be able to continue to explore like them. Even if you don't use it, it's still a good trading resource."

"really."

Xu Lie nodded and replied:
“We will do this under the right circumstances.”

"But the problem is that digging graves is a very skilled job and ordinary people simply cannot do it."

"As you can see, most of the residents of Xiama Town are mutated hybrids. They..."

"Can you please get straight to the point?"

Chen Jian was almost speechless due to Xu Lie's nonsense. He interrupted again and asked:
"I just have one question, where does the equipment in Xiama Town come from?"

"Some cave, some underground passage, or somewhere?"

"It's probably in the lake."

Xu Lie finally gave Chen Jian the answer he wanted, but unfortunately, the answer was not so satisfactory.

"In the lake? Why?"

"The monster is in the lake, so the resources are in the lake. This is a very simple judgment."

"Also, didn't you say that there is a lot of dioxygen at the bottom of the lake? In short, it is dead air. That should be the location of the monster's nest." Before Chen Jian could speak again, Xu Lie quickly explained:

"Yes, we know there is a monster in this lake, but it never comes ashore and poses very low threat, so no one targets it."

"We don't know the connection between this monster and the residents of Xiama Town, but now it seems that they have formed some kind of symbiotic relationship."

"Like the convert and the matrix?"

"Yes, just like Chuansha's convert and that level 4 monster."

"Understood"

Chen Jian nodded.

He could tell from Xu Lie's words that the other party was indeed not lying, and the information he had about this town was only superficial.

In fact, this is the most reasonable situation.

In the absence of sufficient long-distance communication and transportation, in the absence of a unified political power, and in the absence of sufficient grassroots control, the central government should know nothing about the situation at the local level.

Otherwise, why did those giant feudal dynasties have to go through so much trouble to suppress a rebellion?

It’s because by the time they discovered the rebellion, the rebel army had already reached 100,000 flags.

Now, the power of the Holy Blood Temple is obviously several levels lower than that of the feudal dynasty. Just knowing that there is a Xiama Town here is already the limit of their ability.
Thinking of this, Chen Jian stopped asking questions and, together with the other team members, concentrated on searching through the neatly sorted garbage.

"Don't focus on a complete gun. Collect the parts that can be used. Maybe you can assemble it later."

"Captain, there are bullets!"

Lei Jie's slightly excited voice came from the corner. Chen Jian rushed over and saw that it was indeed a large box full of bullets.

There were obvious water stains on the wooden ammunition box. After opening the lid, two rusty iron ammunition boxes were exposed.

UBP95-5.8 steel.

Standard 5.8mm ammo box!
Chen Jian couldn't wait to open the ammunition box, but as soon as he started, he realized something was wrong.

This box has been opened.

Sure enough, after opening them, there were less than half a box of bullets in each of the two ammunition boxes, and most of the bullets were rusted and damaged.

"It seems that the people in Xiama Town cut off the bullets and sold most of the intact ones."

Xu Lie who was standing by came over and said.

"Just take what you can get, Lei Jie, pack it up."

"Shen Yue, did you find the bullets?"

"No."

Shen Yue's tone was a little hesitant.

"I didn't find the bullet, but I found something."

"what?"

Chen Jian raised his head and looked in the direction of Shen Yue.

The latter was holding a piece of dark black metal in his hand, his eyes full of doubt.

"What the hell is this?"

Chen Jian walked forward and took the thing from Shen Yue's hand.