Chapter 489 Coal Mine Thief! Prying open the fulcrum of old technology (two-in-one)
"Traces of human activities?"
After hearing what Chen Shen said, Sumo suddenly frowned, unlike others who were excited. frowned.
Before moving the base, he had a complete look around the depression through the distribution map provided by the game.
At that time, there were a total of seven large camps near the entire depression, and the closest one was three hundred kilometers away.
Could it be possible.
During the time leading to the depression, someone happened to occupy the territory in the middle?
Is it such a coincidence?
"Director, the activity traces I mentioned are not what you think, no, how about we go over and take a look?"
Sumo nodded: "Okay!"
Lost the 500% speed bonus to the territory.
Although the buff of the rapid march is still there because no damage was taken, it is reduced by half, and everyone's speed is ultimately much slower.
130 kilometers.
After walking for nearly two hours, a group of people successfully reached the edge of the territory.
“Good director, good village chief!”
Standing on a high ground on the edge of the territory, the scout team was still observing cautiously.
However, as everyone arrived, the leading man breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stood up and saluted.
Chen Shen stepped forward quickly: "Liu Peiqiang, how is the situation!"
"Village chief, the problem is big. When Xiao Sun went back to report the news, it was too far away. We only saw human figures”
“But more than half an hour ago, a group of more than 30 people went out from that direction. This time we saw clearly that they were not human beings!”
"Ah, no, they are not us from Earth!"
After the transfer, many small resources were cut off in the depression, and the overall terrain turned into a somewhat irregular quadrilateral.
Although currently limited by the level of the refuge, the range that everyone can explore is only 150 kilometers.
But beyond this, there are still a full eighty kilometers, which all belong to the area after Soma's transfer.
Barren and barren.
"There are actually aliens who would build their territory here, are you crazy?"
With doubts, I walked up to the high ground, but I haven't picked up the telescope yet.
Just relying on his strong eyesight, Sumo saw this strange territory about twenty kilometers away at a glance.
But just by looking at it, Sumo's blood pressure suddenly spiked.
As far as the eye can see, there is a large village similar to the previous kobold saltpeter camp.
The difference is that the kobold camp only has a layer of wood built as a wall, with high observation towers everywhere, and its defense is very weak.
This camp uses large rocks that are sturdy and durable at first glance, covering two floors!
It’s like an urn city, with the two floors having different heights.
If an enemy attacks the outer perimeter, they can easily be shot and killed by high-level enemies inside using long-range means.
From a defensive perspective, no modern weapons want to attack here.
Not to have ten times the strength is simply wishful thinking.
"What are they mining? It looks familiar!"
While Sumo was watching, Chen Shen took a sneak look around.
Then, with a hint of doubt, he handed the telescope to Somo.
The next second, the answer is there.
"Coal mine!"
"They have occupied the coal mine resources that we transferred over. It has only been a few days. They are really a bunch of beasts!"
Staring at the picture in the telescope, watching like ants. Figures of people were walking back and forth in the barbican city.
Sumo placed his left fist at his side.
Hard!
In the center of the urn city, there is an opening about ten meters in size.
At this opening.
With the dual blessing of telescopes and eyesight, Somo could vaguely see a steady stream of figures coming in and out.
Can’t see clearly what these monsters look like.
But the black object contained in the large frame behind them that was almost the same height as the person was very familiar to Somo.
It is the
coal stone that was excavated from the ground!
Unlike open-pit coal mines, Sumo was really excited when Chen Shen reported that there were underground coal mines around the depression.
Coal, in ascending order of degree of coalification, are:
Peat, lignite, bituminous coal, and anthracite.
Peat has too many impurities and cannot be counted as coal in a strict sense.
Lignite can only be used as thermal coal for power generation due to its low degree of coalification, low carbon content, high ash content, low calorific value and high volatile content.
The bituminous coal above is the most common and most useful coal.
As long as it is mined and divided into small pieces, it can be burned directly to convert heat.
And this batch of coal transferred from the territory happens to be bituminous coal!
"Oh my god, it's really our coal mine. How is this possible? Our mine is underground and mining is so difficult. They..."
"This is incredible!"
I thought in my heart The answer was, after taking another telescope and observing it carefully, Chen Shen froze on the spot.
When black coal mines were rampant in China in the last century, many people had an in-depth understanding of coal mines through propaganda.
Generally speaking, coal mines are divided into two types: open pit and underground.
The open-pit ones require continuous and stable coal seams and are relatively rare, so we will not list them for now.
As for this underground coal mine, because coal is very strong in the earth's crust, just like stone, it is generally impossible for a single person to do it.
Therefore, before coal diggers start working, professional personnel are required to use a method similar to blasting in the underground working area to loosen the tightly pressed coal seams.
Then the coal diggers can pass through the entrance, enter below, and manually carry the ore in the cave.
There is no light in such a tunnel, so workers can only rely on the miner's lamps worn on their heads for lighting, and work day and night.
Even after reaching deep working areas, landslides may occur.
If you want to avoid death, you must have high technology and high standards to do it.
Even the current Hope Village does not have the strength to mine coal on a large scale.
“Don’t underestimate these alien races. Their technology may not be as advanced as ours in other aspects.”
“But in the exploitation of natural resources, there may be some magic that we cannot do. place”
The distance between the two sides is more than twenty kilometers.
Even with Somo's eyesight, standing on this high slope, it is difficult to see the specific situation inside.
Others are even more blind.
After pondering for a while, Su Mo knelt down and said, "Liu Peiqiang, do you dare to go there?"
Liu Peiqiang, who was still lying on the ground, was stunned when he heard this.
Then he immediately nodded with determination!
"Director, don't tell me to let me go, even if you let me go and capture a bastard who stole our coal alive, I'm sure of it!"
"They came out before. At that time, I vaguely saw the stature of these cubs. They were not too tall and looked very thin."
"If they don't have special abilities, I will be confident even if our strength is weakened! "
It was Su Mo's turn to be surprised: "You are not too tall? "
"I'm sure that although they are riding a very strange animal, they are not as tall as us."
Shen Ke: "Are you talking about dwarves?!"
Liu Peiqiang nodded in surprise: "Yes, they are dwarves. Their faces are basically the same as those of us humans. Except for their thick beards, they are very short. They only feel about my calves. They are a bit dwarf." That’s right!”
Wow!
As soon as they heard that it was really a dwarf, the more than thirty people standing on the high ground suddenly lost their fear and started gearing up.
Even Su Mo, including Su Mo, had a hint of surprise on his face.
It’s true that you can’t find anything even if you step on it with iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.
Through the dwarves' standard short sword, before coming to the new road, one of the important goals Soma set was to find the dwarves.
Furthermore, this item is even important before the ruins of the Yan Kingdom are found!
Different from the caution of Su Deben, Lu Kuan and others, there is systematic protection for alternative technology trees derived from old technology. Sumo has a very strong interest.
If this magical technology with a conversion energy efficiency ratio of over 500% can be mastered, it will completely accelerate the development of the territory.
Think about it, one liter of diesel can only convert 10 kWh of electricity.
After such an improvement, one liter can convert 50 degrees!
According to the current output of the well, a full 4,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity can be generated in one day!
Although it is still far away from meeting the needs of scientific research, there is no problem if we want to support the electrification of the entire Hope Village!
And vehicles like Dihu and King Kong will be able to travel ten thousand miles in five minutes!
Even if the armor is strengthened and the load is increased, there is no need to worry about energy output.
"In this case, Liu Peiqiang, you take the thirteen members of your group and go out together."
"Chen Shen, Li Hu, Qi Qin, and Wu Feiguang, the four of you will also go with them. , as long as you catch the dwarves coming out of this city, you must capture them for me”
"There is no need to consider the subsequent impact. As long as one person is caught alive, the loss of this coal mine can be fully compensated."
After finishing speaking, Sumo paused and looked into the void. A total of seventeen The rifle flew out of it.
Then, another thousand bullets slowly floated out from inside.
Without raw materials, there is nothing even an intermediate machine tool can do on its way to the New World.
Up to now, the entire village has only about 3,000 rifle bullets left.
Before a real bullet machine tool is manufactured, these inventories are the last strategic force.
"Director, I will live up to my command!"
"I will live up to my command!"
Chen Shen knew the inventory of bullets and saw the flash on Su Mo's face Feeling a little distressed, he immediately stood up and said solemnly.
As for others, after picking up the rifles on the ground, the kindness on their faces quickly disappeared, and gradually turned into the "madness" unique to Doomsday!
Before taking up arms, they were just ordinary scouts, only responsible for intelligence work.
But after taking up arms, they have to face life and death, and face cruelty that has never been seen in peaceful times.
"Come back safely! I'm waiting for you here!"
"Don't worry, Director!"
Patted all the soldiers on the shoulders one by one and looked at each face with an excited expression.
Somo turned sideways and got out of the way downhill.
There were seventeen people in the group, and they didn’t talk too much. After lining up, they quickly dispersed.
"Director, why don't I go back and bring more people here. If there is a big conflict, we will have a response."
"Okay, you go back and ask Moore to follow you. Come here, it might be of great use!”
In the entire Hope Village.
Except that Soma himself cannot enter or leave this area at will due to the restrictions of the refuge.
The others are all bachelors and have never put down the core of their shelter. Naturally, there is no problem of exploding it.
I agreed with Shen Ke's words and watched Shen Ke leave in a hurry with the two of them.
Sumo lay down, hung the telescope in front of his eyes, and looked at it carefully.
Now that it was confirmed that the aliens opposite were dwarves, Sumo's observation ideas instantly became clear.
And this time, he really saw many details that he had ignored before.
“This outer defense facility does not look like a real boulder. It will sway slightly when the wind blows on it, but it can load these watchtowers. It seems that it is a kind of high polymerization. "
"What is the red circle on the wall? Is it another use of the camera?"
"In terms of proportion, The size of the figures mining inside is not consistent with the figures outside. Could it be that the miners working inside are not dwarves?"
One after another, as Sumo looked more closely, more and more emerged.
The assault teams that were breaking out from the front were also extremely fast, with a 500% speed bonus.
Even though he was very cautious, he successfully broke through the territory's defense line and entered outside the territory two minutes later.
Boom!
Like a heavy hammer hitting their heads, everyone felt a spin as soon as they took a step out of the territory.
It’s like getting out of bed after recovering from a serious illness.
When even three people's feet softened, they fell to their knees directly on the ground.
"Hidden, rest first, calm down before talking!"
As the temporary leader of the assault team, under Li Hu's gesture, everyone immediately lay down and took a deep breath.
A long while.
After Qi Qin regained his breath, he slowly crawled to Li Hu:
"Brother Hu, after we left the territory, I felt like I was covered with a layer of sandbags, like a weight. It was so uncomfortable!"
Li Hu nodded: "Indeed, it seems that this is right. We are punished out of our territory!”
From physical to mental.
It was as if there was a layer of weight-bearing sandbags invisiblely tied to everyone's body.
Among them, the pressure on the body was not bad, it was just like a pair of 2.5kg loads tied to the thighs.
But mentally, even Li Hu frowned and looked uncomfortable.
"Can we still walk? Those who can't walk, meet me here, and those who can walk, keep going with me!"
"Can"
"Rush! ”
“.”
Sixteen people, no one flinched.
Looking at everyone's eagerness to try, Li Hu nodded, and the group rushed out again.
Another five hundred meters, and the familiar pressure returns.
This time the physical weight increased to 3kg, but the mental pressure did not change, which made people breathe a sigh of relief.
“It seems that the distance between this pressure change should be one mile”
"In this way, everyone is silently counting in their hearts. When you are at the edge of 500 meters, be careful when entering!"
There are general rules.
The next journey will be much easier.
Twenty-five kilometers from outside the territory to the middle of Wengcheng.
We rushed to the last five kilometers. After Li Hu stepped back with an ugly expression, everyone slowly stopped.
"The physical pressure will increase every half a kilometer. Now 20 kilometers away, the pressure is 15kg."
"The mental pressure will increase every 20 kilometers. The intensity of the next level is about three times that of the previous one!"
Wow!
At first hearing the figure three times, the assault team was immediately shocked.
But surprisingly, everyone did not flinch, but began to enter cautiously, feeling the pressure.
After a while, the team of seventeen people was separated.
A total of eleven people were able to withstand the pressure and enter, but the remaining six people felt dizzy and vomiting as soon as they entered, and had to be taken care of outside.
"Qi Qin, you stay and bring people to meet us, I will leave 300 bullets for you!"
"Okay!"
Make a quick decision, Seeing the gate of Wengcheng showing signs of being opened, the assault team parted ways.
This time, Li Hu's ten-member team advanced to one kilometer in front of the Wengcheng before finding a low-lying place and slowly lying down.
Different from Somo's vague observation.
After seeing this bunker made of inexplicable materials at such a close distance, everyone including Li Hu was startled.
This wall, which is made of high-polymer material, is blown by the wind.
This is clearly a living creature, constantly moving its body.
This red circle is not a camera.
It is a huge eyeball with a diameter of more than two meters, which makes people feel chilly just looking at it.
However, we haven’t waited for everyone to share this horrific scene.
There was a roar.
The door on the front of Wengcheng is opened!
(End of this chapter)