Chapter 456 Final preparations before departure

Chen Yan didn't expect this situation at all. Swarm's performance was clearly not fake, but why would he take out such a deadly thing in exchange for trust?

Chen Yan couldn't understand it at all.

Paulkin Walker knelt down and touched the aorta in Swam's neck, and let out a surprised sound:

"Huh? Why does this man have no pulse?!"

Weber on the side was also very surprised:

"You won't be shocked to death by the bell! I know that some cults will plant bugs in the heads of believers. As long as they hear the sound of a certain frequency, the bugs will eat people's brains... This thing is not good

Could it be this kind of ghost thing? How could a person give such a thing to someone else?"

Within a few breaths, Paulkin Walker, squatting on the ground, once again exclaimed with an incredible tone:

"His pulse is back!"

When the words fell, Swam's eyes had already opened. He raised his body with difficulty with both hands, climbed up from the ground, looked at Chen Yan, and showed a happy smile:

"How about it! We didn't lie to you!"

Chen Yan looked at his completely abnormal behavior and recalled what Nuomi Guo and the little boy named Osmandis said when Messiah brought them back.

The little boy said last time that Swarm is not a human being, but a very valuable "thing".

What exactly is Swarm?

Today is Sunday, but the children have to complete social practice tasks, so without rest, Chen Yan can only wait until the evening to ask Osmandis carefully.

Now, he knew that the underground exploration team once again had a teammate.

"After eight o'clock tonight, you come to the apartment and we will set off."

After getting Chen Yan's exact answer, Swam became even happier and thanked him repeatedly.

Chen Yan looked at his pure happy expression and couldn't help but probe:

"For you to pay such a high price, Cyborg Quinn must be very good to you."

Swam replied seriously:

"Yes! Lord Quinn helped me and enlightened me when I was in the most critical situation. He treats me as well as a father treats his own child!"

Although Swarm was not very normal, he was not stupid. He was aware of Chen Yan's temptation, so he did not stay any longer. After thanking him again, he left the apartment at No. 33 Walker Street.

After closing the apartment door, he walked south along the street. After a few minutes, he turned into a dark alley. He squatted down behind a garbage dump deep in the dark alley, wrapped his tall body in a black coat, and began to listen carefully to 33 Walker Street.

Everything that happens in the apartment.

After Swam left, the spherical Tunguska immediately returned to its normal appearance. It looked in the direction of the door, with a trace of ferocity in its pure black eyes.

At the same time, Chen Yan said to Weber:

"We are about to go underground, and if nothing else happens, we may get a lot of rocks like that - we call them snake-kissed rocks."

Weber's eyes were filled with passion.

Chen Yan was very satisfied with the enthusiasm and emphasized again:

"But underground exploration will be particularly dangerous. Enemies you can't imagine will appear at any time in the darkness. Although we will be equipped with heavy firepower, unexpected situations will still occur."

Weber laughed:

"No matter how dangerous the darkness underground is, it is much safer than the bloodthirsty monsters in the Spring God Secret Order that cannot be seen as humans or ghosts - at least you know that you are facing real monsters, not in human skin.

, but don’t know whether it’s a human or a ghost!”

His tone softened:

"Moreover, instead of turning into a bloodthirsty monster because there is no stone powder, it is better to give it a try and maybe there will be a chance of survival..."

Chen Yan said:

"Don't worry, I also want to make money and spend my life, so all my choices and decisions underground will be based on safety."

Weber nodded:

"Having such an opportunity is a real surprise to me."

Chen Yan asked:

"Before going underground, you need to leave the stones at home. Mike also needs stone powder."

Weber understood the concerns in Chen Yan's words.

Although he has a good relationship with Paulkin Walker, he and Chen Yan just met today. Even if he has sufficient motivation to obtain the Snake-kissed Rock, he cannot gain Chen Yan's complete trust, let alone

It was about leaving on the eve of going underground——

Once he leaves at this juncture and goes underground, if outsiders know about it, his suspicion will be huge!

So he said to Chen Yan:

"Mike needs stone powder, but I don't want to go home. I won't go home until I bring back enough snake-nosed rocks from the underground this time."

Paulkin Walker also understood the key and then said:

"I can help you take the stone home. Anyway, I'm going to Xiacheng District soon."

After expressing his gratitude, Weber handed over his piece of inferior snakesnose rock to Paulkin Walker.

During this process, Chen Yan discovered that Paulkin Walker indeed trusted Weber, and the past experiences between them established such trust, which has been maintained to this day.

And Weber also paid his own price to gain Chen Yan's further trust: he asked Paulkin Walker to send Snake Kiss Rock home, which in itself exposed the location of his home to Chen Yan.

Paying such a price is enough to prove that he has no way out and can only place his hope on this underground adventure.

After informing Jack Baldo that he was optimistic about the spherical Tunguska, Chen Yan and Paulkin Walker went to the lower city together to purchase the equipment needed for the operation and handed Weber's stone to his family.

Weber's home was in an alley in Xiacheng District where security was still acceptable. After handing the stone to Weber's elderly wife, Chen Yan and Paulkin Walker went to Leprosy Alley in Xiacheng District to look for what the latter called a "black workshop."

Owner.

"Leprosy Alley is a place full of talented people. You can do anything here, especially now - after the factory owners have united and created a blacklist, a small group of powerful and unruly craftsmen cannot make a living from the factory, so they can only

I can come out and work alone.”

Chen Yan once again walked in the crowded alleys of Leprosy Lane, smelling the various smells wafting in the air, and listened to Paulkin Walker telling information about the black workshop craftsmen.

The black workshop craftsmen hiding in the corner building of Leprosy Lane were originally workers who drove screws on the production line. At most, they had bad tempers and were more fierce than ordinary people, but they were all craftsmen who relied on their skills and worked for money.

No procrastination at all.

Now that the market is sluggish, everyone's money is tight. In addition to necessary expenses, there are fewer people who have spare money to buy guns, and there are even fewer people who are willing to spend a lot of money to customize gun parts. Therefore, financial backers like Chen Yan immediately

It was strongly welcomed by the craftsmen.

Chen Yan originally thought that a "high-tech profession" like "private gunsmith" would be very expensive. It wasn't until he came to Leprous Alley today that he realized that private gunsmithing workshops were already everywhere in Yanan City.

Especially in places like Leprosy Lane, due to the long-term absence of street police control, black workshops have sprouted up everywhere, and they can do anything. And due to the large number, extremely vicious competition has formed, and the unit price of customized firearms has been reduced to an incredible level.

The wholesale price is even more shockingly low.

The craftsman told Chen Yan during a casual chat that in the past few years, there had been wars in the east of the empire. Several large military factories were built in Yanan City, but the supply of firearms was still in short supply. Many people entered the military factories to work as coolies. The craftsman's knowledge of firearms manufacturing

That's when I learned it.

Later, when the war ended, military factories closed down one after another, and they were also unemployed. Fortunately, they had learned enough in a few years, so they went out to work on their own.

Chen Yan asked, are there many people like him?

The craftsman replied that although it was not much, it was definitely not too little. Making a gun was not a troublesome task. The most important thing was to learn how to cast iron and open molds. Everything else was simple, but it took a little more time than the assembly line.

Listening to his completely non-serious tone, Chen Yan felt very unreliable.

Is it really that simple to make firearms?

The craftsmen of Leprosy Alley seem not to be afraid of anyone making trouble at all. The workshop of more than 100 square meters is filled with molds for various firearm parts. In the center of the room is a cast iron machine for mold making. The machine looks very complicated.

Like a machine tool driven by a steam engine.

He only took a look at the Skylark-300 magazine, then returned the magazine to Chen Yan, and started tinkering with the cast iron machine.

The craftsman sat in the "cab" of the machine tool, turned on the boiler to block the wind, and the machine tool immediately gained power and started running.

A huge bearing on the side of the machine tool connects the steam engine to an equally huge brass gear. When the big gear rotates, it drives countless small brass gears that mesh with each other to rotate together. The machine is covered with black oil and is obviously worn out.

The belt provides power for the precision cutting machine on the machine tool, and also controls the iron ingot to enter the high-temperature casting chamber (Chen Yan knows this term from Paul Jin Walker) to cast and polish the abrasive embryo.

The craftsman's familiarity in operating the machine tool looked very much like the many key masters Chen Yan had seen in his previous life...

However, an hour later, the magazine grinding tool for the Skylark-300 was hot out of the oven.

It took another two hours to prepare the new magazine. After cooling, Chen Yan tried it and found that the magazine fit tightly and was just like the original magazine.

"If you want the mold, take it away. If you don't want it, just leave it here."

Chen Yan looked at the various molds placed on the cabinets all over the room, and suddenly realized that these molds were all left in this way.

To be cautious, he decided to take the mold away.

After Chen Yan finished making the grinding tools and purchased another batch of goods, the craftsman actually said he would give them a discount.

Chen Yan didn't know whether there was a specific discount. He only knew that it was indeed quite cheap in the end:

Three customized magazines of the Skylark-300, 12 ordinary ammunition of the Egret-1 type, a 5.56mm caliber "Big Toast" submachine gun bought for Jack Baldo, and a small box with a total of 1,200 5.56mm bullets.

Paulkin Walker's 16.52mm "Big Dick" long barrel shotgun, and a small box with a total of 60 16.52mm bullets.

In total, it cost less than 1 pound 30 shillings.

Chen Yan was already prepared to spend money. Although she felt distressed, she just thought that the money could not be saved.

"I also want to buy some miners' uniforms...miners' suits, gas masks, miners' hats with searchlights, and miners' pickaxes."

Paulkin Walker thought for a moment and asked:

“Can second-hand ones be accepted?”
Chapter completed!