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

Chapter 25 The Steam Age
After one night, the two teams of eight people broke camp and left Xiama Town after ensuring that the residents were no longer able to resist.

The treasury, including all the equipment confiscated from the residents, had been completely counted. Chen Jian took away the parts needed by the team, and the remaining miscellaneous items, including unused homemade firearms, were all handed over to Xu Lie's Holy Blood team, who planned to sell them for cash, with both parties splitting the proceeds equally.

It has to be said that although the stuff in the hands of the miners in Xiama Town was not of good quality, the quantity was indeed large. After sorting it out, Chen Jian still found a lot of good stuff.

几套枪支配件，4把经过改装的奇形怪状的5.8mm口径单发线膛枪，4块5级防弹板，一把Q3伞兵锹，6发2020年产的DSY151型48毫米温压手榴弹，一百多发还能使用的5.8mm口径子弹，一台车载式220-1型125W短波电台。

Chen Jian is very familiar with this radio. When he was still in that world, his Mengshi car was equipped with this thing.

Its functions are quite powerful. When equipped with a tuner, its communication distance is nearly 2,000 kilometers. It also has functions such as automatic networking, frequency hopping encryption, digital encryption, etc.

But unfortunately, this thing is so old that it can't be any older, and all the electronic components are damaged and have completely lost their functions.

So in the end, Chen Jian simply dismantled it, took out the usable parts and took them away, and left the rest where they were.

However, the battery that came with the radio could still be used. Chen Jian tried to use the battery to charge the battery of the sight on his gun, and it was charged.

However, he still didn't dare to use this thing directly to charge other electronic devices. After all, the voltage stability was not guaranteed. If it broke down, it would be really stupid.
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In addition to finding the more than 100 bullets that the team urgently needed, the team's most important discovery this time was, of course, the broken mechanical exoskeleton.

Judging from the model, this exoskeleton should be an improved version of the L202 produced by Factory 90 in Chen Jian's era. Compared with the L90 he has tested himself, it is obvious at first glance that this thing has much stronger functionality.

Smaller hydraulic devices and motors, smaller energy modules, a 100% titanium alloy frame, so many weapon attachment points that it made Chen Jian's scalp tingle, and a multi-joint design that would obviously provide the user with greater flexibility.

The most important thing is that this exoskeleton also comes with a PDA of an unknown model by Chen Jian. Obviously, it is used for real-time calculation of force feedback.

Although Chen Jian has never tried it and is unlikely to use this exoskeleton in the short term, he can fully imagine how strong the combat capability of a soldier with strong enough individual combat qualities would be if he put on this exoskeleton.

So, he packed up the thing and took it away without hesitation.

What if it can be fixed?

Anyway, as a professional maintenance worker in the team, Lei Jie is still very confident that he can fix this thing.

As the team moved westward along the vegetation-covered highway, Lei Jie said:
".This thing is easier to repair than the hidden arrow we found before. The infrared module of the hidden arrow is too difficult to fix. This thing uses force feedback logic, and the sensor is relatively simple."

"It doesn't really matter whether this PDA can be powered on or not. If it can be powered on, it will just perform some AI calculations to make the feedback more predictable."

"Even if the PDA is disassembled, the functionality can be guaranteed with only the force feedback sensor."

"It has to be Factory 202. Look how stress-resistant this design is. What kind of things are those made by Factory 206?"

"Come on."

Chen Jian interrupted Lei Jie and said:

"Now that Factory 206 is gone, how dare you say bad things about them? When they came to our place for testing, weren't you the one who had the most fun?"

".Having fun is one thing, but whether it's good or not is another."

Lei Jie smiled embarrassedly, then continued:

"I really don't know what the people here are thinking. These are obviously the most valuable things, but they are just placed there casually."

"This exoskeleton was originally in very good condition, and it might be usable directly."

"In the end, they were forcibly separated, which is also abstract."

“Nothing abstract.”

Chen Jian laughed and said:

"Don't you understand? The level of technology here is like a puzzle, part of it is broken, and part of it is still there."

"As far as any technology related to electricity is concerned, they are extremely backward. Being able to use batteries and radio is already the limit. Do you still expect them to understand exoskeletons?"

"Maybe to them, this thing is just a work of art."

"Yes."

As soon as Chen Jian finished speaking, Xu Lie, who was walking in front, turned around and continued:
"There is a similar sculpture in Jinling City, which is even bigger than the one you found." "Everyone only regards it as a work of art from the old times, but now it seems that it may also be able to move."

"A bigger exoskeleton? What's the difference?"

Chen Jian asked sharply.

"That. Exoskeleton? Is that what you said? That exoskeleton has armor on it."

"hiss"

The four members of the team took a deep breath.

An armored exoskeleton, and much larger.

Is this still called an exoskeleton?

That's called a combat mech!

What's going on? From the time I traveled through to the so-called "Great Cataclysm", it has only been 20 to 30 years. Has this country's military technology developed to this level? -
Wait a minute, think about it.

In 2000, there were only a few small boats in the South China Sea. By 2020, the 055s equipped with electromagnetic guns were secretly launched for testing.

So it is reasonable to think that it took 20 years to evolve from exoskeletons to combat mechas.
Chen Jian was already getting impatient.

He couldn't wait to go to Jinling, not only to collect the bounty, and not only to see the largest urban settlement of mankind in this apocalyptic wasteland, more importantly, he wanted to see to what extent his compatriots had developed technology after they traveled through time.
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And to what extent did those who survived utilize those technologies?

Chen Jian was really curious.

The team marched westward, and after three days and two nights of trekking, they arrived at the bank of the Yangtze River.

Chen Jian recognized at a glance the Dongting Lake Bridge, which was dilapidated but still standing over the river. He thought the team would cross the bridge and continue to move west, but Xu Lie led the team to turn north and arrived at a pier.

“This is the Dongting Lake Pier.”

"According to the schedule, there will be a Mechanicus transport ship passing by today. We can take their ship and head north to the Han River to rest."

"You'd better hide all those equipment to avoid unnecessary trouble."

"Transport ship?"

Chen Jian frowned slightly.

Ships that can navigate the Yangtze River?

That is definitely not something that these natives of the wasteland can control. The ship's electronic control system alone is enough for them to figure out for a lifetime.

Or is it just a coincidence that there happens to be a well-preserved ship here that can be started and used?

Chen Jian's mind was full of questions.

He commanded the four members of the team to camouflage all their equipment, and stood quietly on the shore with the four Holy Bloods, waiting for the arrival of the "transport ship" mentioned by Xu Lie.

And nearly an hour later, the boat finally arrived.

A cloud of black smoke first appeared where the water and sky met in the distance.

Immediately afterwards, a large wooden ship with sails and the unique "thump thump" sound of a steam engine slowly came over.

"Fuck."

Chen Jian let out a long breath.

"What the hell. We've gone back to the steam age all of a sudden?"

(End of this chapter)