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Chapter 79 Powerful Beast Trap

Qin Ziwen said, "What you said is indeed good, but is there an even simpler way to obtain the spring?"

Li Yue suddenly realized: "Brother, you don't have a car, do you?"

"Woof woof." The golden retriever barked twice and wagged its tail.

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Li Yue chuckled and leaned closer: "It's okay, I have some."

"Impressive." Qin Ziwen wasn't too surprised that he had a car. After all, this kid could afford cold weapons and mountain armor, so his family must be well-off. "I won't take it for free. I can exchange it with you for supplies later."

Li Yue chuckled and said, "No, if you give me something, that would be disrespecting me. My car isn't very useful anyway. Brother Qin, if you take away the useful parts, it's actually making use of the waste."

Upon hearing that the car needed to be disassembled, Deng Guang volunteered. It was then that Qin Ziwen learned that Deng Guang had worked in an auto repair shop for a few years when he was young, and that he still had basic tools such as wrenches and pliers at home.

There are so many talented people here.

When the group arrived at the garage, the water inside had not completely receded.

Thick silt had accumulated on the ground, and messy footprints were everywhere.

Li Yue led the two to a skyscraper gray BMW.

"A BMW M240i xDrive?" Qin Ziwen recognized the car and understood why Li Yue had left it in the garage.

This two-door coupe has a really low chassis, so it can only drive on flat roads. Outside the residential area is uneven, rocky mountainous terrain, and it probably won't last more than ten meters before breaking down.

Li Yue said with some regret: "But it's a pity about the engine. We don't have the special tools to take it off."

After opening the car door, the group carefully checked the water inside to make sure there were no snakes or insects. Then, Deng Guang turned around and said, "I can take it off, but everything except the springs might be damaged."

Li Yue sighed, "Let's take it apart. If we don't, it'll rust in a while and become a proper flood-damaged car."

After working for two or three hours, they finally removed the springs from the suspension, engine, clutch and other systems on the car. Along the way, passersby came by from time to time, and Qin Ziwen, who was holding a flashlight, discovered that they were not the only group dismantling parts in the garage.

After finishing his work, Deng Guang put the oil-soaked parts into a bag.

Li Yue said in a low voice, "Brother Qin, if you need that kind of high-strength metal, I have a way."

"tell me the story."

"The steel cables in the elevator are definitely strong enough! Just think about it, how strong must a few ropes be to pull the elevator and carry more than a dozen people? The only difficulty is that the steel cables are too strong to be easily removed."

I reckon we'll have to break the whole thing down into its components, one by one, slowly.

Qin Ziwen asked, "Even the pliers can't clamp it?"

"Difficult. By the way, Brother Qin, springs are used not only in cars, but also under sofas, in mattresses, bicycles, and many household appliances. However, their strength is not that high, but they should be usable for making some small animal traps."

"It's alright, we'll use the car for now. There are so many cars in the neighborhood, we can buy some later. Oh, by the way, there's something you might not know." Qin Ziwen told the two about the second time travel that would happen in the neighborhood.

Li Yue blurted out, "Will I wear it back?"

Deng Guang looked at Qin Ziwen.

Qin Ziwen said, "There will be new people joining in the next time we travel through time, but we don't know how they will join yet. Let's stock up on some things now."

Li Yue's eyes darkened; he understood. Since new people would be joining next time, they probably wouldn't return to Earth; otherwise, there would be no need to bring in new people.

"Thank you, Brother Qin. I'll stock up on more stuff."

Back at their lodgings, Qin Ziwen found his younger brother planting something in the field. Upon closer inspection, he saw two small mulberry trees, only a little over a meter tall, with thin roots and branches.

Li Tieshan entered the blacksmith's shop carrying the spring. He was installing parts for an animal trap when he saw Qin Ziwen come in and immediately put down his work.

"grown ups."

"Do you think these springs are usable? If the size isn't right, we can try to modify them."

Li Tieshan randomly took a spring from the bag, tried pulling it, and exclaimed, "Fine steel! I'm afraid I couldn't make a spring of this quality even if I used all my strength!"

Qin Ziwen chuckled: "If you could make it, that would be amazing."

These are the essence of modern industry. To create springs with this strength and toughness by human labor would be extremely difficult.

Li Tieshan then adjusted the size of the spring to fit the size of the animal trap. After working for a long time, the powerful animal trap was finally completed.

Looking at the menacing ironware placed on the ground, it emitted a cold, gleaming light under the glow of the furnace.

The trap is covered with sharp serrations and has three springs. There is also a two-and-a-half-meter-long thin chain on the side of the trap, with a hidden buckle at the end, so that the trap can be tied to a nearby tree trunk.

He gestured to show the diameter of the powerful animal trap; it was big enough to trap not only wild boars, but even the legs of rhinoceroses.

"You've worked hard, take a good rest." Qin Ziwen said with emotion. Li Tieshan hadn't had much rest these past few days, from forging spearheads to making animal traps.

He did most of the main procedures by himself.

Li Tieshan shook his head: "Reporting to you, sir, I am used to it. I heard that you are planning to go up the mountain tomorrow, and I plan to bring out another spearhead before tomorrow morning."

"Is there enough time?"

"There's still time. We had some extra wrought iron ingots left over from making the animal traps. All we need to do is hammer and forge them and then quench them a few more times."

Thinking that having an extra spear would indeed increase safety when going up the mountain tomorrow, Qin Ziwen stopped trying to persuade him. He simply prepared a large bowl of salt water for him and added half a pound of meat to his dinner.

That evening, the man in black arrived as agreed to complete the remaining transactions.

Xiao Xuemei brought two fish and a shrimp to the door. "Today, the fish trap caught six small fish and three small shrimp. It's probably because of the recent flood that we didn't catch many fish."

Qin Ziwen gladly accepted the gift and said to Xiao Xuemei, "Sister-in-law, you can keep the fish trap. You can just use it tomorrow."

“Okay.” Xiao Xuemei nodded, and Deng Wen, who was behind her, waved. “Bye-bye, Uncle.”

After arriving home, Xiao Xuemei placed the fish trap in the kitchen and said to Deng Guang, who was sitting in the living room smoking, "The fish trap only caught two fish today. Take out the four fish you caught and share them."

Deng Guang took a deep drag and stubbed out the last bit of his cigarette: "What's wrong with sharing it? How has Brother Qin always taken care of us? Otherwise, how are we, five families, supposed to divide those two fish and a few shrimp?"

"That's not what I meant! Can you let me finish?" Xiao Xuemei glared at him angrily. "Am I the kind of person who's stingy? Do you think I don't know who's good and who's bad? What I mean is that you've given away the fish you caught today. What about tomorrow? If you go up the mountain with us tomorrow and we only catch two more fish, what are we going to do? You might as well bring those four fish back and give them all to Xiao Qin."

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