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

Chapter 74 Another Water Ghost
There was indeed something in the monster's stomach.

But when everyone pulled the thing that had been severely corroded by stomach acid to the shore, Chen Jian was a little disappointed.

I have no idea what this thing is!
It was a large black mass with a twisted shape, like some kind of colloid, but after rinsing it and touching it, it had a somewhat crispy texture.

Chen Jian frowned, looked at Shen Yue beside him, and said tentatively:

"Why do I feel like this thing is plastic?"

"I feel so too."

Shen Yue nodded immediately and said:
"Although it has melted into one big mass, if you peel it apart, you can still see obvious layers."

"Some of it inside isn't even digested yet - it seems like nothing can digest plastic, right? Can stomach acid digest plastic?"

"No."

Chen Jian shook his head and replied:
"Common types of plastic are not easily corroded by acidic and alkaline environments. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many cases of wild animals starving to death after eating plastic."

"If you can't digest it and can't excrete it, won't you starve to death in the end?"

"But if these things are plastic, how can it eat so much plastic?"

"No, the question should be, why does it eat plastic?"

"I want to ask too."

Shen Yue looked at Huang Yu who was waiting on the side and asked:
"What does this monster eat?"

"Mostly fish - the Mechanicus feed it fish, lots of it."

"As for the rest, I don't know."

"But before the arrival of the Mechanicus, it often appeared in the Yangtze River. It should be fishing, right?"

“Fishing.”

Chen Jian became more and more confused.

Hundreds of years after the decline of humanity, the ecology of the Yangtze River has long since fully recovered.

When we encountered the Blood Skeleton's water ghosts on the Han River on the Mechanicus' steamboat, they were able to scare the fish into exploding just by swimming in the water.

If this monster mainly feeds on fish, then it should not be short of food.

Since there is no shortage of food, why eat plastic?
Chen Jian asked his question, Huang Yu was confused, and He Shuo said thoughtfully:

"If animals choose to eat something they can't digest when there's plenty of food, there's only one possibility."

"It doesn't eat these plastics on its own initiative, it eats them mixed with food."

“So the fish ate the plastic?”

Shen Yue asked inexplicably, and Chen Jian glared at him with amusement and anger, saying:

"Why are you so slow-witted sometimes?"

"It ate the food wrapped in plastic!"

"And the amount of food should be quite large, and it has not spoiled yet. Where exactly is its nest in the Huangzhou ruins?"

After hearing this, Shen Yue finally reacted.

The large amount of food that comes in plastic packaging is undoubtedly related to disaster recovery resources.

Combined with the various clues previously obtained, it can be inferred that this monster may have eaten a large amount of plastic in recent years, so that it became inactive due to poor health, and was taken advantage of by the Mechanicus.

That means that where it found food, its other equipment might not have been severely corroded.

That must be an important resource point!

Finding that resource storage point is of great significance to the current Yellowstone City.

Several people looked at Huang Yu, who shook his head and said:

"I can't tell you, but I can take you there."

"Can you make it?"

He Shuo subconsciously glanced at his watch. It was already six o'clock in the afternoon.

Chen Jian frowned and shook his head:
"That's too late."

"According to the map, the nearest city of Xishui is less than 30 kilometers away from us. Even if the enemy is slow, it is possible to reach Huangshi within a day and complete the raid."

"If we go there now, it will take at least ten hours to search and rest. We can't gamble on this time difference." "Besides, if there are indeed resources stored there as we speculated, we won't be able to move them back in time."

"The benefits of just getting information are too low, so we can postpone it."

"For now, let's focus on the crisis at hand."

"clear."

"clear."

Several people answered in turn. Chen Jian waved his hand and summoned the residents to take action again. They continued to decompose the monster's body, peeling off as much of the metal shell as possible from the carapace and pushing the useless parts into the waterway south of Dazhi Lake, allowing it to flow into the Yangtze River with the current.

This is the lowest-cost way to deal with it. It won’t be long before the aquatic animals active in the Yangtze River basin will eat it all up.

However, whether the fish that ate the monster meat would also transform into monsters for some unknown reason was not something Chen Jian could control.
As the night deepened, Lei Jie, who led the team back to 7025 to transport equipment, also returned late at night.

He not only brought a large number of light weapons and ammunition, but also brought all kinds of scarce supplies and equipment.

Most important of these are the huge bundles of cables, tools, lamps, diesel generators and fuel.

After spending more than an hour wiring, the first light finally came on in Yellowstone City.

The remaining residents gathered under the light like pilgrims, staring at the object emitting a cold light in fascination.

"This is... a light."

Huang Yu moved his eyes away from the glare, which made them tear up, and then said:
"The Adeptus Mechanicus also has such lamps, but they are not as bright"

“This is too luxurious”

"Nothing extravagant, just a light."

Chen Jian waved his hand, signaling Lei Jie to turn off the lights, and at the same time reminded:
"Notify everyone to properly manage the light sources in the city."

"Although Yellowstone City is a fixed target, given the enemy's projectile accuracy, as long as we are not exposed, it will be difficult for them to cause effective damage to us."

"So be careful - they'll shoot at the bright spots."

"clear."

Lei Jie nodded and continued to ask:

"What about these guns? Are they to be distributed?"

Chen Jian looked at the pile of 191s, thought for a moment, and replied:
"Adjust all to single-shot mode and send them to the city defense team."

"Each person will be given 30 rounds of ammunition first, and we will organize target practice tomorrow morning."

"When the battle begins, give each person 60 rounds of ammunition and tell them to use them sparingly!"

"clear."

After he said this, Huang Yu, who was standing nearby, was stunned.

He looked at Chen Jian in disbelief and asked:
"Sir, are you going to share your weapons with us?"

"Is there anything wrong?"

Huang Yu didn't know how to answer for a moment, so he just stammered:

“It’s not wrong, I just think it’s too generous.”

“That’s not generosity.”

Chen Jian denied:
“It’s just the most sensible option.”

"You need weapons, and we have weapons, that's all."

"I just hope that you can make good use of the weapons in your hands and make the most of them."

"You should know that your ancestors' ancestors once said something."

"One bullet will take away one enemy!"

"it is good!"

Huang Yu was very excited and was about to go down and inform them immediately.

But at this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from the sentry post on high ground:
"somebody is coming!"

"It's a water ghost!"

(End of this chapter)