Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 36 Weapons Supplier

The next day, night.

Zhou Yi was reading "National Geographic China". Things that were once commonplace in the past could now only be seen in magazines.

There was a knock on the door outside.

He opened the door and saw it was Afeng.

"Chairman, I have raised the insect king into a beetle!"

The young man with a muddy face danced excitedly and grinned.

Zhou Yi was shocked.

So fast?
He and Afeng walked to a box-style room outside, and were greeted by a rotten stench. There was a lot of hay and branches inside, and a big black bug was lying inside. Gong Zhengze had been waiting here for a long time.

A Feng pointed inside and said, "Chairman, this is a beetle."

Zhou Yi looked at the creature in front of him.

Unlike the soft-shaped barkworm, the beetle has shrunk in length, becoming oval and sturdier, somewhat like a large silkworm.

It has a layer of black cuticle on its body surface, which is ring-shaped and protects the beetle like a full body armor.

The beetle chewed dried mushrooms and leaves slowly and leisurely. He seemed to be in a stable mood and had no dissatisfaction with his current life.

Ah Feng picked up a curled black flake from the ground: "Chairman, this is its shell."

Zhou Yi took it and observed it carefully.

The hardness is between plastic and metal, and it has good flexibility and can be bent to a large extent.

Then Afeng tried to smash it with a hammer and chop it with a knife, but he failed to destroy the natural shell.

"Chairman, I'm not lying to you, this one is hard and flexible."

Gong Zhengze added: "The armor of the maggot is a widely used natural material that can be reshaped at extremely high temperatures. Alchemists would use it to make some special containers, or to make shells and protective layers for advanced devices. It is also a high-quality material for shields and armor."

Zhou Yi commended A Feng and asked him to continue to train more beetles to increase the company's reserves of beetle beetle materials.

"Chairman, now that we have so many mushrooms that we can't finish eating, we can definitely cultivate a lot of beetles. Although beetles shed their skin very slowly, as long as we cultivate enough of them, we can get a lot of shells. I will make them more and more!"

A Feng is full of confidence.

Although we don’t know how to use this material yet, the more high-quality raw materials the better.

Set up the camp first.

……

Another day passed.

Zhou Yi appointed Night Claw as his adjutant and selected 30 black warriors and 77 ordinary warrior crabs, a total of 108 generals, and marched across the oasis belt and officially arrived at the Death Dunes.

On the sand dunes, those people and creatures disguised as spiny ant lions are still wandering under the sun.

Zhou Yi used the same tactics he had used to deal with the stinging antlion before, and directly sent the warrior crab team to shoot poisonous flying knives.

This desert monster has a hard armor to protect its body, but its thorny tentacles penetrate its flesh and blood, causing the wounds to be invaded by the snake's venom. Its sudden attack will actually accelerate the spread of the venom in its body.

Relying on this simple and unpretentious move, the Warrior Crab Legion pushed forward all the way, killing 43 desert spiny ant lions in a row and tearing a gap in the Death Dune.

But the situation changed once we went deeper into the dunes.

The outer dunes were divided up among the spiny ant lions, and their baits could be seen everywhere, but these things were nowhere to be seen in the inner areas, making it unusually quiet.

Zhou Yi immediately ordered the legion to stop.

Unfortunately, the Red Falcon was not there, so it was impossible to obtain details of this strange sand dune from the air.

Should we continue to move forward or retreat for safety?

Zhou Yi looked around.

Some vitrified areas remain on the nearby sand dunes, and charred traces of burns can also be seen.

Zhou Yi asked Night Claw who was accompanying him: "Are there meteorites falling in the Death Dunes?"

"Master, what is a meteorite?"

Claw Pig looked confused.

Zhou Yi briefly explained the meteorite phenomenon and mechanism.

"Ah, so that's called a meteorite, the kind of flaming iron mass that falls from the sky. There are, but very, very few." Night Claw said, "And they don't fall here very often. Most of them fall into the Dead Sea."

The Death Dunes are not an area prone to meteorite impacts.

In other words, these traces are man-made.

Zhou Yi's eyes sharpened.

With the help of the [Alertness] ability, he tracked the flow of energy around him.

It was daytime, visibility was high, and there were no interferences, so after a careful search and elimination, Zhou Yi discovered some unusual tracks.

Under some of those vitrified areas, there are still signs of residual pale white energy collapse.

Zhou Yi ordered the warrior crabs to dig up the sand and found badly damaged remains underneath. Nightclaw confirmed it was the body of a stinging antlion through smell. However, the valuable carapace, foot spines, and antennae of the stinging antlion were gone, and there were traces of being cut.

Some people hunt here.

Following these remains and corpses, Zhou Yi traced the clues all the way and found 6 monster remains, as well as some oil paper buried in the sand, which seemed to have been used to wrap something.

Soon after, he heard a loud explosion.

Behind a sand dune, he found the source of the sound.

There was a particularly large spiny antlion there.

It had thorny tentacles spread out all over its body, and two wide and long light yellow wings grew behind its oval cone-shaped body. It was larger and more oppressive than any previous antlion.

However, this large spiny antlion opened its pincer-shaped jaws as if to intimidate its enemy, but for some unknown reason, it did not dare or could not move, as if it was nailed to the sand dune.

About fifteen meters away from it, stood a short, slender girl wearing a white sun hat and a short-sleeved gray shirt.

The girl wore a pair of round-framed, narrow-rimmed glasses, the lenses reflecting a faint red light.

Her hair was tied at the back of her head with her bangs parted on both sides. She was squinting her right eye and holding an open black umbrella in both hands, aiming at the monster in front of her.

The girl bent her knees slightly and pulled the umbrella handle back with her hand.

Bang!
Geometric light patterns appeared on the black umbrella, and a powerful white light burst out instantly, causing the huge double-jawed head of the thorny ant lion to explode.

The tall monster swayed and slowly fell down.

The girl held a black umbrella, walked to the headless thorny antlion, and then observed the corpse.

Then she slowly turned her head, looked at the sand dune where Zhou Yi was, folded her umbrella, waved and smiled.

Zhou Yi just walked over there without hesitation.

When he got closer, he found that the girl's arms were made entirely of metal prosthetics.

But the way she held the black umbrella and moved her fingers looked flexible and agile.

Noticing the other person's gaze, the girl generously spread out her left hand that was not holding the umbrella, moving her five silver, symmetrical fingers. "Very flexible, right? It's also very strong. The second generation of the 'Veteran Steel Arm' can match and use most of the mainstream weapons on the market today. Whether it's a long or short cold weapon for close combat, or a medium or long-range firepower weapon, it can ensure that you remain stable and accurate when using it."

"Would you like one, sir?"

"We are currently offering a promotion. A hand like this only costs 699 yuan, and comes with a bottle of maintenance oil, and one year of free maintenance and repairs."

Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment.

Is this awkward?
Are you here for sales promotion?

"Or you can consider this one, which is the 'dexterous hand' that is currently in the internal testing phase. Although it is not as strong as the veteran's steel arm, it is completely sufficient for daily life, whether it is holding or using tools. "The girl took the umbrella handle with her left hand and opened her right hand to show it.

Her right hand was wearing a pair of black gloves that covered her entire forearm and was tied with two leather belts. It was a combination of wood and metal mechanical structures and looked softer and more slender than the other hand.

“The “Dexterous Hands” is very cost-effective, you can take it home for only 399 seeds. Want one?”

Zhou Yi opened his hands and indicated: "I don't have that need."

"It's better to be prepared. In this world, who knows if your hands will still be there tomorrow? Look, they're pretty nice even as collectibles, right?"

The girl eagerly recommended her arms.

Zhou Yi's face twitched: "Who are you?"

"I forgot to introduce myself."

The girl had a professional smile on her face: "My name is Qian Gu, and I'm a weapons supplier. In addition, I'm a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven and an honorary knight of the Knights of the Dead Sea."

(End of this chapter)