Chapter 49 The first week in the wasteland, hope sprouts
The small hole that blocked the smell was opened, and the smell that could not be suppressed came out, allowing Somo to determine the ingredients almost immediately.
Gunpowder!
Or more appropriately - black powder!
Carefully pour the black particles in the stick onto the table, and an extremely pungent smell of sulfur comes.
"Kobolds actually need black powder to release the so-called fireball technique?"
Sumo felt a little incredible when he suddenly got this news.
In the No. 2 shelter, the warlock kobold first waved his wooden stick and then released his fireball technique.
Suma thought at the time that this was a spell-casting action, or the properties of the wooden stick.
I never dare to think that a kobold releases a fireball and still respects science?
"So what the kobolds are looking for is black gunpowder?"
Hearing Sumo's muttering, Oreo nodded quickly, indicating that Sumo understood everything correctly.
The kobold who was tied up at the table seemed to have accepted his fate after seeing Somo pouring out the black gunpowder, and continued to chatter.
Ignore the exchange between Oreo and the kobold.
Sumo clicked on the game panel, clicked on resource scanning, and checked the raw materials for preparing black powder on the resource option.
[Record]: A small sulfur mine was detected in the southeast 465 meters away from the player's current distance
[Record]: Number of times today 2/3
"Sure enough, this is what they are looking for today. A natural sulfur mine"
There was no sadness or joy on Somo's face, and his thoughts gradually drifted into the distance.
The modern process of extracting sulfur has been innovated countless times. It has even separated the sulfides in the petroleum to make sulfurization through steps such as atmospheric and vacuum pressure, catalytic cracking, hydrocracking, delayed coking, etc. sewage, recycling sulfur in sulfur-containing sewage to produce finished sulfur.
In ancient times without this technology, people wanted to prepare sulfur:
One was to find ways to mine natural sulfur mines like those near shelters.
The second is to extract the sulfur from pyrite by smelting it.
The kobolds' ability to judge and find sulfur mines proves that they have reached the edge of science.
It is possible that they already know that after mixing these things in a certain proportion, they will make such amplified gunpowder, which will increase the power of the fireball after being catalyzed by magic.
"Woof?"
While Somo was thinking, Oreo on the other side also completed his communication with the kobold and came back.
Olio pointed to the black gunpowder poured out by Somo again, then pointed to the distance, and finally pointed to the kobold.
“You mean he is willing to take us to where the kobold tribe mines?”
Olio nodded.
"I have a sulfur mine here. To prepare gunpowder, I also need enough potassium nitrate, and potassium nitrate is the main component of saltpeter. Maybe the kobold tribe has discovered a large-scale saltpeter mine"
"Go I’m not going.”
Sumo thought to himself, black powder is absolutely indispensable for making thermal weapon ammunition.
If the small thermal weapon machine tool can be repaired in the end, there will also be a big gap in the raw materials for ammunition.
Looking at the kobold who was still chattering, Somo walked up to him decisively and struck a stunning punch at the kobold.
"I definitely want to go. Not to mention other things, just the treasure chests exploded by the kobolds. This is also a big gain."
"Besides, we still need to explore their lair. Otherwise, standing around will always be a time bomb."
After pondering for a while, Sumo made a decision.
It was getting late outside at this time. After checking the situation outside the shelter, Sumo walked over.
He checked the rope on the kobold again with his backhand and dragged it to the corner of the cave. After telling Oreo to watch it at night, Somo returned to the crib.
In the last days, when it gets dark, you basically have to stay in the shelter.
Pull the light bulb in front of you and turn it off. Listening to the roar of the generator, Somo gradually fell asleep.
[January 7th of the end calendar][You repaired a generator, which improved the level of technological civilization (survival point +10)]
[You An underground ruin was discovered (+5)】
[When you were exploring underground ruins, you encountered an enemy, and you defeated the enemy forcefully (survival points +10)]
[You made the first electric weapon, and your combat effectiveness was greatly improved (survival points +5)]
[You effortlessly killed five kobolds and gained a lot (survival points +5)]
[You have a prisoner for the first time (survival points +5)]
[Scan the host’s living environment, the survival points are being evaluated, and 62 survival points were obtained today. 】
Final settlement: Survival points + 102
Remaining survival points: 175
The early morning not only brought good news about the system, but in the private message chat on the game panel, Shen Ke’s message also flashed A flash.
Sitting on the bedside, Sumo looked at the honest kobold in the corner who was being disciplined by Oreo, and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
For the first time, a stranger stayed overnight in the shelter, and this person was a kobold.
He didn't sleep well all night, fearing that the kobold would be a desperate man who would burn down the shelter in a fire that night.
Opening Shen Ke's message in the chat panel, Sumo looked at it intently.
[Shen Ke: Sumo, my brother-in-law has already drawn your design. This is the transaction link. Just take a photo of it after you wake up. If you don’t understand anything on the design, you can always ask. Me]
A trading item that only two people can see is hung below the message.
After paying two disaster points, the light flashed and the design appeared in the storage space.
Leaning on the bedside, Somo opened the dead person's private message used to record the diary and began to write it with his mind.
“Today is the seventh day of the first month of the last calendar month. It’s the seventh day since we arrived in the wasteland. It’s also a week.”
“If the civilized world is still going on, it should be December. 29. New Year’s Day is just two days away!”
“Hey, my sister’s birthday seems to be the New Year this time? Celebrating birthdays in another place"
"The supplies in the base are quite sufficient at present, which is enough for Oreo and I to eat for half a month. However, yesterday's flour consumption was a bit too much. It seems that the oily noodles only I can cook two meals now, but I’ll save these two meals for when my family comes over.”
"The net balance of Nether Energy Water is almost 20 liters. The delivery fee of this thing is currently expensive in the trading system. In order to open up a larger storage space, I will save my points and not trade it."
"The caught dog head He is very honest. I plan to deal with the sulfur mine near the shelter today and try to mine some of it. If I can follow him to find the saltpeter mine, maybe I can make black powder, so my safety will be very guaranteed."
"By the way, today's vegetable culture medium is still..."
"Wow! The garlic seeds seem to have sprouted, and so have the cabbage! I saw a little green emerging from the black soil, which is really memorable One day!”
Sumo raised his head subconsciously and saw a little green sprout emerging from the culture medium under the sunlight.
This green surprise seemed to be a gift from heaven, and it drove away Somo's early sleepiness.
After putting on his clothes, he walked quickly to the culture medium. Sumo knelt down and looked at it carefully.
Where the garlic seeds were pressed, a small, pointed green sprout sprouted up.
In the city, few people use garlic seeds to grow garlic. Everyone buries garlic cloves in the soil. Not only does it grow quickly, but it also doesn’t require much care.
Therefore, it was also the first time for Sumo to see such things growing from garlic seeds.
The growth of cabbage on the other side is even more gratifying. There is a small green stem with two leaves on it, about the size of a fingernail.
Like a pocket cabbage, it looks white, tender and tender.
“With this growth, it seems like it won’t take a month to grow a crop of cabbage!”
“The time has been shortened by almost half!”
(This chapter End)