Chapter 170: Chapter 124: Outside the Shelter Ruins—Armory and Munitions Factory (Part 2)

Seeing the handmade guns and cannons in their hands, Lin Feng had an illusion of civilization being lost.

Fortunately, they had the appearance of Asian people, and still spoke Mandarin with each other, not completely split into two different races.

Very soon, out of an RV came a man dressed fairly cleanly, a root in his mouth, wearing a cowboy hat with a wide brim.

The man walked to the road, stood in front of the three, with a large caliber revolver at his waist:

“People from the Church aren’t often seen, and you’re even bringing hunters from two guilds?”

Seeing the other was a mid-stage Evolver, Zheng Yan Ying stopped her footsteps and spoke slowly:

“Just here temporarily to handle some matters. Any news lately, so many people are still here?”

Saying this, Zheng Yan Ying took out an unopened nutritional supplement from her pocket and tossed it to the man in front.

The man received it, tore it open and tasted it, nodding in satisfaction:

“Not much, a year ago someone found a small military arsenal. Recently there are rumors that after the arsenal was emptied, there was another military factory on an even lower level.”

“If one or two machines could be found, their value would be inestimable, a foundation for a small faction’s rise.”

“Even though large factions aren’t interested, many wandering organizations have still sent teams to try their luck.”

Zheng Yan Ying nodded, only such rewards could attract so many people to stay.

The military arsenal is only more attractive to Desert Hunting Teams and small caravans, while for wandering forces of around a hundred people or medium-sized forces in the thousands, the arsenal only offers one-time use weapons and ammunition.

Possibly just a few months’ consumption.

Just a small military arsenal is really not worth spending such a large amount of manpower and resources to search the ruins, after all, the danger of the restricted area is not proportional to the rewards.

But if it is a military factory, even the most basic small lathe could endlessly manufacture various gun parts, or different types of bullets.

The wasteland lacks iron the least, whether from scrapped vehicles in urban ruins or rust in the red rocks everywhere; iron(III) oxide can all provide ample raw materials.

The gunpowder remaining is much easier.

Traditional black powder, which is potassium nitrate, is relatively hard to obtain but can be extracted from human urine, or by gathering nitrate soil from areas where animals congregate.

Overall, a force wanting to grow and expand must have autonomy, otherwise if they have to buy even basic weapons, all aspects will be constrained, and they can easily fall into a situation of having no ammunition or food.

If they can obtain one or two machines for making firearms or bullets from the arsenal, set up their own weapons industry, not only can it meet their needs, but they can also sell to nearby forces, earning resources.

With this development, advance from a small wasteland force to become a medium force, or a second-tier medium force, increasing their foundation and filling in weaknesses.

Only such can attract so many people, even with the Scorching Sun Forbidden Area soon approaching, still guarding the entrance to the ruins in groups.

“Have any teams transported machines out from inside?”

Zheng Yan Ying squinted her eyes and continued to ask.

Although she knew the value of a military factory, as a top force in the wasteland, the Holy Spring Sect had long established its own weapon manufacturing industry, with a chemical plant directly providing gunpowder.

Naturally, they didn’t care about these trifles.

Only some wandering forces, or large families wanting to add to their foundation, as well as small caravans trying their luck, would run here to give it a try.

The man ate half of the nutritional supplement, carefully put it away, nodded, and looked at the Special-level Hunter behind the Combat Priest, licking the liquid residue from his lips.

Zheng Yan Ying got the hint and took out another nutritional supplement, throwing it over.

The man caught it, showing a faint smile:

“That’s right. Before, a very powerful group of Hunters, three Special-level Hunters, transported a two-ton gun machinery lathe from inside, heard it can produce five standard rifles a day…”

“Worth one hundred thousand Hunting Wilderness Guild points!”

“In addition, before they left, someone from the Desert Hunting Team mentioned that the military factory still had a large amount of production materials, and several bullet production lines…”

“A production line can make ten thousand bullets a day, worth thousands of points, this is the real moneymaker!”

After hearing the man’s hopeful introduction, Chen Shanshan, who had been wearing a hood, took a deep breath.

Lin Feng’s eyes flashed, this could be more profitable than collecting Desert Wolf Source Material or even hunting Desert Wolf.

And more suitable for himself!

Machines are the mother of industry, the cornerstone of civilization.

As for the bullet production line, it’s a hen that lays golden eggs, and if it can achieve brand upgrades, wouldn’t it be laying money while lying down?

Unfortunately, time is pressing, otherwise Lin Feng really wants to stay and explore a bit.

Zheng Yan Ying was right, the Taishan Ruins, this small kingdom, although a restricted area, is also a treasury filled with numerous treasures.

Only Zheng Yan Ying maintained a normal expression, continuing to ask:

“How many Late-stage Evolvers or Tier Two powerhouses are left here?”

The man shrugged:

“Seen a few Late-stage Evolvers, also one Guild Special-level Hunter, as for Tier Twos, a batch of the Salvation Army went in half a month ago, and judging by their size, there should be a Tier Two leader.”

“They’re also the last medium sized force left, saw a few Salvation Army armored vehicles go out and back in again to the cave, haven’t come out since.”

After understanding the general situation, Zheng Yan Ying nodded.

Taking Lin Feng and Chen Shanshan, she returned to the camp.

As they walked, she said:

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