Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 456 Final Preparations Before Departure

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

Chen Yan couldn't understand it at all.

Paulkin Walker squatted down and touched the main artery in Swarm's neck, and let out a voice of surprise:
"Huh? Why doesn't this person have a pulse?!"

Weber on the side was also very surprised:
"Couldn't it have been shocked to death by the bell? I know some cults plant worms in the heads of believers. As long as they hear a sound of a certain frequency, the worms will eat people's brains... This thing is not good. Could it be this kind of ghost thing? But how could people give this kind of thing to others?"

Within a few breaths, Paulkin Walker, who was squatting on the ground, let out another exclamation full of inconceivable tone:
"His pulse is back!"

When the voice fell, Swarm's eyes had already opened. He supported himself with both hands with difficulty, got 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 the glutinous rice fruit and the little boy named Osmandis brought back by Messiah had said.

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

What the heck is Swarm?
Today is Sunday, but the children are going to complete social practice tasks, so there is no rest, Chen Yan can only wait until evening to ask Osmandis in detail.

Now, he knew that the underground expedition team had another teammate.

"After eight o'clock tonight, you come to the apartment and we're leaving."

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

Chen Yan looked at his purely happy look, and couldn't help but probed:
"For you to pay such a high price, Cyborg Quinn must be very kind to you."

Swarm replied seriously:

"Yes! Master Quinn helped me and enlightened me when I was most in danger. He treated me as well as a father treats his own children!"

Although Swarm's head is not very normal, he is not stupid. He realized Chen Yan's temptation, so he didn't stay any longer. After thanking him again, he left the apartment at No. 33 Walker Street.

After closing the door of the apartment, he walked south along the street, turned into a dark alley a few minutes later, squatted down behind the garbage pile in the depths of the dark alley, wrapped his tall body in a black coat, and began to listen carefully to the 33 Walker Street Everything that happens in the apartment.

After Swarm left, the spherical Tungus immediately returned to its normal appearance. It looked in the direction of the gate, and there was a hint of ferocity in its small pure black eyes.

At the same time, Chen Yan said to Weber:

"We are about to go underground, and if nothing happens, we may get a lot of stones like that—we call it the Snake's Kiss Rock."

Weber's eyes sparkled with fire.

Chen Yan was very satisfied with the enthusiasm, and emphasized again:
"But underground exploration will be particularly dangerous. Any unimaginable enemy will appear in the dark at any time. Although we will be equipped with heavy firearms, unexpected situations will still appear."

Weber laughed:

"No matter how dangerous the underground darkness is, it's much safer than the bloodthirsty monsters of the Spring God Secret Order who can't tell if they're human or ghosts—at least you know that you are facing a real monster, not wearing human skin , but I don’t know if it’s a strange thing like a human or a ghost!”

His tone turned light:
"Also, instead of turning into a bloodthirsty monster because there is no stone powder, it's better to fight, maybe there will be a chance of survival..."

Chen Yan said:

"Please rest assured, I also want to make money and spend my life, so all choices and decisions underground will be based on safety."

Weber nodded:

“It was a real surprise for me to have this opportunity.”

Chen Yan asked:
"Before going underground, you need to leave the stone 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 had sufficient motivation to acquire Snake Kiss Rock, he could not gain Chen Yan's complete trust, let alone It was the matter of leaving on the eve of entering the underground——

Once he leaves at this juncture, if outsiders find out about his going underground, he will be very suspicious!
So he said to Chen Yan:
"Mike needs stone powder, but I don't want to go home. I will go home after I bring back enough Snake-Kissed Rock from the ground this time."

Paulkin Walker also understood the key, and said immediately:

"I can help you take the stone home, anyway, I'm going to the lower city soon."

After expressing his gratitude, Webb handed over his inferior Snake's Kiss Rock to Paulkin Walker.

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

And Weber also paid his own price for gaining 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 nowhere to go, and can only hope for this underground exploration.

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

Weber's home is in an alley in the downtown area where the law and order are not bad. After handing over the stone to Weber's elderly wife, Chen Yan and Paulkin Walker went to Leprosy Lane in the downtown area to look for what the latter called "black workshops". Owner.

"Leprosy Lane is really a place where there are a lot of talents, and there are all kinds of things here, especially now-after the factory owners have united and blacklisted, a small number of powerful and disobedient craftsmen can't get a living from the factory. I can come out and do it alone."

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

The black workshop craftsmen hiding in the corner building of Leprosy Lane were originally screw workers on the production line. At best, they had a bad temper and were more aggressive than ordinary people. No procrastination at all.

Now that the market is sluggish, everyone’s money is tight. In addition to the necessary expenses, there are fewer people who have spare money to buy guns, and there are not many people who are willing to spend a lot of money to customize gun parts. Therefore, a gold master like Chen Yan, immediately It has been strongly welcomed by artisans.

Chen Yan originally thought that a "high-tech occupation" such as a "private gunsmith" would be very expensive. It wasn't until today when he came to Leprosy Lane that he realized that private gun workshops were everywhere in Yanan City.

Especially in places like Leprosy Lane, due to the long-term lack of street police control, black workshops are blooming everywhere, and there are all kinds of things, and due to the large number, extremely vicious competition has been formed, and the unit price of customized firearms has been suppressed to an unbelievable level. To the extent that the wholesale price is staggeringly low.

While chatting, the craftsman told Chen Yan that in the past few years, wars had been going on in the east of the empire, and several large military factories sprang up in Yanan City, but the supply of firearms was still in short supply. Many people entered the military factories to work as coolies. That's when I learned it.

Later, when the war ended, military factories closed down one after another, and these people lost their jobs. Fortunately, they learned almost the same in a few years, so they came out to work alone.

Chen Yan asked, are there many people like him?
The craftsman replied that although there are not many, it is definitely not too little. Making guns is not a troublesome thing. The most important thing is to learn how to cast iron and open molds. Everything else is simple, but it takes more time than the assembly line.

Chen Yan felt very unreliable when he heard his completely indifferent tone.

Is it really that simple to make guns...

The craftsmen in Leprosy Lane seem not to be afraid of people making troubles. The workshop of more than 100 square meters is full of molds for various gun parts. In the center of the room is a cast iron machine for mold opening. The machine looks very complicated and looks like It is a machine tool powered by a steam engine.

He only took a look at the Lark-300 magazine, then returned the magazine to Chen Yan, and began to fiddle 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 got power and started to run.

The huge bearing on the side of the machine tool connects the steam engine and an equally huge brass gear. When the big gear rotates, it drives countless small brass gears that mesh with each other to rotate together, passing through the machine tool that is covered with black engine oil and is obviously worn out. The belt provides power for the precision cutting machine on the machine tool, and also controls the iron ingots to enter the high-temperature melting and casting chamber (Chen Yan knows this term from Paulkin Walker) for the casting and grinding of the mold embryo.

The appearance of the craftsman who is familiar with operating the machine tool is very similar to the many key masters that Chen Yan has seen in his previous life...

But an hour later, the Lark-300's clip mold was hot out of the oven.

It took another two hours, and the new magazine was ready. After cooling down, Chen Yan tried it out, and found that the magazine fit perfectly, 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 on the cabinets in the room, and suddenly understood that these molds were left in this way.

Just to be on the safe side, he decided to take the mold with him anyway.

After making the abrasive tools, after Chen Yan bought another batch, the craftsman actually said that he would give a discount.

Whether there is a discount or not, Chen Yan does not know, he only knows that it is indeed quite cheap in the end:

云雀-300的三支定制弹夹、白鹭一型的12枚普通弹药、给杰克·巴尔多买的一把5.56mm口径的“大土司”冲锋枪、一小箱总共1200枚5.56mm子弹、送给保尔金·沃克的16.52mm口径的“大迪克”长筒霰弹枪、以及一小箱总共60枚16.52mm子弹。

All in all, it cost less than £1 shillings.

Chen Yan was ready to spend the money. Although she felt distressed, she only thought in her heart that the money cannot be saved.

"I'm also going to buy some miners' uniforms... miners' uniforms, gas masks, a miner's hat with a searchlight, and a miner's pickaxe."

Paulkin Walker thought for a moment and asked:

"Are second-hand ones acceptable?"

(End of this chapter)