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

Chapter 30 I'm Rich, But Not Much

A few hours later, in Hanshui City, in a remote house near the edge of the city.

Xu Lie sat opposite Chen Jian and divided the pile of gold that was shining softly into two parts, large and small. Then he said to Chen Jian:
"The total amount of gold here is 2160 grams, all from our trip to Chuansha and the spoils of the 'trade' in Xiama Town."

"There are two piles, one large and one small. The larger pile weighs 1500 grams. I'll give them all to you as an advance on your bounty."

"After deducting the shipping fee you promised me before, and the money I paid to the girl to buy the ballistic calculator, according to the 4000: split, you still have grams of gold left from your bounty. I will pay it to you after I arrive in Jinling and collect the bounty."

"By that time, all our funding issues will be sorted out."

After he finished speaking, Chen Jian nodded and said:

"Very fair - what's the price for this property and these two batteries?"

"It's the friendship of the Holy Blood Temple. We'll pay for it."

Xu Lie waved his hand generously and continued:

"I have asked Li Shi to purchase a batch of basic daily necessities, which will be delivered later."

"Don't think of this as a deal. Like I said, the fact that this hunting operation went so smoothly is largely due to your efforts. We were just running errands."

"So within our capacity, we are willing to give back something."

"Thank you very much."

Chen Jian did not act pretentiously. On the one hand, it was because he knew that what Xu Lie said was indeed the truth. On the other hand, it was because he had already seen through the other party's intention to win him over.

In this strange world, my team has not yet gained a foothold. Since there is a bigger force that wants to be won over, why can't I just go with the flow?
Even if the ideas are different, that is a matter for the future and it won't prevent him from getting some benefits now.

After seeing Chen Jian's reaction, Xu Lie also smiled with relief.

He was really afraid that these chosen ones would reject his kindness, but fortunately, the other party was not so unkind.

So he immediately spoke:
"You probably saw the value of gold in the market just now."

"A rough calculation shows that 1 gram of gold can buy just enough food and water for an adult in one day, and its value is determined based on this logic."

"However, because gold is too heavy and difficult to divide, most people don't use gold directly when trading. It's just a means of measurement?"

"So, if you need to buy a small amount of supplies or do some daily transactions, the best way is to first use gold to exchange for some more easily divisible goods, such as bullets, metals, cloth, etc., and then use these things to make transactions."

"The prices of these products are generally stable, and there is no shortage of buyers. Even if we suffer a loss, it won't be too big."

"understood."

Through Xu Lie's words, Chen Jian had a basic understanding of the monetary economic system of this world.

Obviously, the world is at the end of the development of a barter economy, and the concept of using gold as an equivalent has been born. However, in actual transactions, due to various problems, gold has not yet been directly and widely involved in the transaction process, and in practice it still needs to be transferred through multiple hands.

However, it is good to have an equivalent. Although it is a bit cumbersome, at least the logic of currency has been established, so you will not be left in the dark.

If it is pure barter, it will cost me my life.
So Chen Jian signaled Lei Jie to collect the gold that belonged to the team, and then asked:
"What's next? Where are you going?"

"We will also need to rest for a while in Hanshui City, maybe one or two months?"

"We will take on some new hunting missions. If you are interested, you can also participate."

As he spoke, Xu Lie stood up and said:
"Anyway, our place is in the house across the street, so you can always come see me if you need anything."

"Okay, I have to go back to sleep. Tomorrow I'll take you to see Hanshui City."

"Goodbye, then?"

"Goodbye."

Chen Jian subconsciously stretched out his hand, and Xu Lie raised his left hand 45 degrees upward, then put it in front of his chest, bowed and said:
"May the holy blood protect you."

Chen Jian was startled by his action. He coughed, hesitated for a long time, and finally saluted him.

Xu Lie turned and left, and the four people in the room looked at each other.

Shen Yue was the first to ask:
"Where did they learn this gesture? Could this group of Holy Bloods be the remnants of the Source of Life Project?"

"Forget it"

Chen Jian waved his hand and said:

"No matter how powerful the mustache is, he can't control East Asia's affairs. It's probably just a coincidence."

"Let's not talk about this for now. Take out everything and take inventory of the supplies."

At the command, everyone started moving immediately.

Next, they removed the disguises from all their equipment and placed them one by one on the floor of the room.

The other three counted one by one, while Chen Jian repeated the count and updated the material reserve status on his PDA.

"My electronic devices are mostly fully charged, which is not bad. Although electricity is scarce, it is not as difficult as I thought."

"It mainly depends on the equipment."

"Special equipment 1, tactical nuclear warhead, undetermined."

"Special equipment 2, 6 Hidden Arrow micro-missiles (without launcher), damaged, awaiting repair."

"Special equipment 3, unidentified model mechanical exoskeleton, damaged, awaiting repair."

"Thermobaric grenades, 3."

"Fragmentation grenade, 1."

"9X19mm submachine gun bullets, 65 rounds."

"5.8mm rifle bullets, 216 rounds." "12.7mm sniper bullets, 29 rounds, including 12 incendiary bullets."

"7.62mm general-purpose rifle bullets, 91 rounds - but most of them were taken from those homemade guns, and their reliability is not enough."

"DCV05 5.8mm silenced pistol bullet, 4 rounds."

"Ignore the other miscellaneous items, such as bullet shells and rifled guns."

After all the battle supplies were counted, Chen Jian shook his head, put down the PDA in his hand and said:

"We are really poor. With these things, we can barely fight a CQB, let alone kill those monsters."

"But the good news is, we have money."

"According to the price in Hanshui City where one gram of gold can be exchanged for two to three 1mm bullets, we still have sufficient funds on hand."

"That's not going to be enough."

Shen Yue laughed at himself:
"1500 grams of gold, converted at the basic price, would be equivalent to at least 15 RMB in our time, but it could only buy more than 3000 rounds of ammunition."

"Damn, the price is more than 50 times, even the Americans wouldn't dare to do this."

"So what do you want? It's already such a long time."

Chen Jian glared at Shen Yue and then said:

"In short, what we need to do now is to exchange this money for equipment and supplies as quickly as possible."

"Especially the 7.62 bullets. We must replenish them to a level sufficient for Shen Yue's machine gun."

"In addition, we have to find new heavy weapons as much as possible."

"It's almost impossible to find new ammunition for Lei Jie's sniper grenade and my LG6, but we are extremely short of heavy firepower, so we can only find a way to collect some scraps."

"But let's wait until tomorrow. It's too late now."

As he spoke, Chen Jian looked at his watch and it was already past 7 o'clock.

Outside the window, the Hanshui City without electricity was gradually sinking into darkness. The dim candlelight projected from the windows of the buildings actually gave Chen Jian a sense of peace.

Someone knocked on the door. Chen Jian opened the door and saw that it was Li Shi who brought daily necessities.

His expression was still respectful. After the things were delivered, he performed the "holy blood ceremony" like Xu Lie and then turned and left.

Chen Jian lit a candle, arranged the order of the night shift, then collapsed on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

This period of time has been really tiring.

A week of training had almost exhausted his physical strength, but he didn't expect that he would wear it at the end of the training.

Looking back now, the battles one after another seemed like a dream.
In a daze, Chen Jianzhen began to dream.

He dreamed that he was back in Zhurihe again, driving a Mengshi at full speed under the cover of wind and sand, and rushing straight to Man Guangzhi's command post.

Man Guangzhi in the command post laughed unscrupulously. Seeing that the warriors had rushed close, he raised his hand and a tactical nuclear bomb fell from the sky.

With a loud bang, Chen Jian and his car fell to the ground.

When he stood up again, he was holding 191 which was placed beside the bed.

"explode!"

Chen Jian rolled to the side of the bed and grabbed the helmet beside him and put it on his head. Shen Yue, who was on guard, had already pointed his gun out of the window.

"There was an explosion about a kilometer away, and there was a whistling sound before the explosion, like a mortar!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp scream was heard in the air again.

Immediately afterwards, a shell landed on the edge of Hanshui City.

"boom!"

When the explosion sounded, Chen Jian thought the whole city would be in chaos, but the reality was that no one cared at all.

"What the hell does this mean?"

Chen Jian grabbed the radio, but before he could speak, Xu Lie's voice came from the headset.

"The Chosen One! The Chosen One!"

"I'm here!"

Chen Jian answered immediately, while Xu Lie said slowly:

"Don't worry, it's the high-level horrors of the Blood Skulls that are harassing us. They are weak in combat and can only fire randomly. They pose no threat."

"The city guards will take care of it, you just need to rest assured."

Rest easy?

Chen Jian chuckled.

Now you can feel at ease, but there is no need to rest.

These so-called "high-level demons" are probably smarter than the water ghosts he had seen before, and they can even use weapons.

However, it is only limited to the extent that it can be used.

In this case, why not give your weapons to those who need them more!

(End of this chapter)