Chapter 108 Visitors from the Mountains
Chapter 108 Visitors from the Mountains
A total of 6 small excavators gathered together to show the construction progress.
It’s almost there and can even be seen on the map.
During the break, I took some time to slack off, browsed my own Internet forum for a while, and played two games.
A mining cluster located deep in the mountains.
Within an hour, a mountain road of more than 200 meters was opened up, and two iron bridges of 4 to 5 meters in length were built.
The standard for mountain roads is still to allow transport vehicles to travel in one direction.
However, every hundred meters or so, a small space will be simply cleared to leave room for avoidance when oncoming vehicles.
The iron bridge built is even simpler.
Its main body is actually two straight rails, with no other extra things in the middle, not even a guardrail.
When vehicles pass on the bridge, the two tracks can just press on the two rails.
If the angle is slightly wrong when driving in, there is a high probability that the car will overturn and fall into the ravine at least twenty meters deep below.
However, for humans, this place is so simple that it is outrageous, and it cannot even be called a passage or a bridge.
In front of an autonomous vehicle, it is no different from normal flat ground.
There will be no change in speed as you drive past.
"At this rate."
"Maybe we can reach the small limestone mine tonight."
I took a look at the project progress on the map.
Su Wu was slightly caught off guard by the efficiency of the mining cluster.
Originally, he planned to build such a mountain road in two to three days, but now it looks like it can be completed in half a day at most.
"So, let's build a cement production line."
"We have to speed up a bit."
Su Wu switched to the management page of the manufacturing center.
Quietly reducing the size of the transport cluster that was waiting to be manufactured above by more than half.
Only two transport vehicles were retained and have already started the production process.
Originally, he planned to create a transportation cluster first, and then make a series of equipment for producing cement.
But now the construction progress is much faster than expected.
Then we have to give up everything else and just build the cement-related equipment as soon as possible.
Sometimes, having too strong a construction capability is not always a good thing.
For example, the engineering team currently excavating the fifth underground floor can dig out about 5 square meters a day.
In terms of space, it is almost equal to the amount of work required to dig an entire floor before.
But the result is too fast.
It’s just that the materials needed for various constructions are difficult to keep up with.
If we hadn't been lucky enough to find a small limestone mine.
In the near future, the engineering team will probably be idle, wasting a huge amount of labor resources.
And just when Su Wu was in happy trouble.
An abnormal situation alert was suddenly sent from the mining cluster.
Su Wu reconnected the car's surveillance camera.
A passerby who was vaguely a man and wearing a heat-insulating suit was found running to the side of the transport vehicle parked nearby and trying to say something.
Because no obvious hostility was detected, the underlying automatic counterattack program was triggered.
The Type 1 ore transport vehicle in charge was unable to make a judgment.
We can only report back the relevant information.
"Are you from the shelter nearby?"
Su Wu turned on the horn of the transport vehicle, intending to communicate with him.
"Finally there's a response."
Liu Haoyang breathed a sigh of relief. He did not dare to neglect and spoke quickly.
"I have no hostility."
"I just wanted to trade something with you guys since you guys are here." "What do you want to trade?"
Su Wu became interested. He was not opposed to trading. On the contrary, in the end times, for someone like him who had the ability to transport materials to the outside world, every trading opportunity meant a huge profit.
"Anti-inflammatory and hemostatic powder. My wife was injured in the previous earthquake and needs these to treat the wound."
"I have two pieces of jewelry here, along with the original purchase receipts. Together they weigh about 22 grams of gold."
"Have you seen enough?"
Liu Haoyang carefully took out two pieces of gold jewelry from his body.
He knew that there was a certain risk in taking out valuables in front of strangers.
But he was more afraid that if he didn't demonstrate his own value, the other party would not even talk to him.
"Just anti-inflammatory medicine?"
"Yes, there is a small bottle of 5g that will be enough."
Liu Haoyang quoted the price carefully.
"Okay, I'll send a drone here later."
In the current apocalypse of natural disasters, the monetary attribute of gold has been greatly reduced. But it is still a rare metal with a lot of value in industrial production.
In the exchange, Su Wu did not suffer any loss.
At least with the information he had, he could exchange the gold for three times the weight of commonly used medicines from other shelters.
The profit is more than ten times in one round.
However, when Su Wu saw this kind of thing being traded for the first time, he still felt a little bit of pity.
Two months ago, anti-inflammatory drugs could be bought in stores for just a dozen dollars.
Now, it has truly reached the same level as gold of the same weight. This change is still a little too fast.
"Thank you!"
Liu Haoyang was very grateful.
Being able to do business with him under such circumstances is in itself a great kindness to him.
As for how much the other party can earn, it doesn’t matter at all.
In a place like the mountains, if he wanted to buy something, he had to have someone willing to deliver it to him.
"By the way, I have a batch of about 300 tons of steel here."
"Do you need it?"
"As long as you take my wife and I to the official shelter in the city, we can give you the steel."
It's rare to meet a kind person who seems to have some principles.
Liu Haoyang thought about the current miserable condition of his own shelter, gritted his teeth and made a bold decision.
"More than 300 tons of steel."
After Su Wu heard it, he always felt that this number seemed a little familiar.
He recalled it carefully and soon remembered the cave where steel was stored that was discovered by the reconnaissance drone in the mountains.
"Is that steel yours?"
"It was given to me by my friend who failed in business."
"I thought they might be useful in the future, so I hired a car to transport them into the mountains."
"Now most of our shelter has been destroyed by the earthquake, and we probably won't have a chance to use it."
He did not notice the hidden meaning in Su Wu's words.
As Liu Haoyang spoke, he looked a little depressed.
In the past, anyone who had the ability to build a shelter was a wealthy person.
Now I have fallen to the point where I have nothing left and even seeking refuge in an official shelter is difficult. Just thinking about it makes me feel extremely bitter.
"That should be it."
"Go back and prepare first."
"I'll send a car to pick you up in two hours."
Su Wu nodded. Whether it was true or not, we would know when we let him take it over to see it.
(End of this chapter)