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Chapter 255 Ghost Gold
However, Qin Ziwen was still quite curious about what type of ore the Wailing Bunker produced.

Behind these skeleton miners was a large bamboo basket, about half the height of a person.

There were some scattered ore stones at the bottom of the basket, covered with a layer of grayish-white spots, like a layer of moss.

This must be a specialty of the bunker.

He picked up the bamboo basket and went outside.

After leaving the dimly lit bunker, he finally saw clearly what the ore piled up at the bottom of the bamboo basket was.

The dark brown ore surface is covered with many murky white spots.

In the dim light of the bunker, he mistook it for moss.

Qin Ziwen picked up a piece, weighed it in his hand, and raised an eyebrow slightly.

It was much lighter than expected, about the same weight as a piece of wood of the same volume.

"If we build ships using this metal... could they float on the sea?" A thought flashed through his mind, but he immediately shook his head. The amount of material needed for a pure metal ship would probably be astronomical.

With just these twenty-odd skeleton miners, even if they swung their pickaxes until sparks flew, it probably wouldn't be enough.

However, we still need to give this metal a simple and easy-to-understand name.

"Since it was dug out by the skeleton miners, let's call it Ghost Gold." In the current environment, a metal with such special properties is no less valuable than gold, so calling it Ghost Gold is not an exaggeration.

He immediately summoned Li Tieshan and Li Yue.

Tell them about some of the properties of this new ore, and "Go and test the other properties of Ghost Gold. Prioritize the trial production of crossbows and armor to see how it performs in actual combat."

Li Tieshan nodded in agreement.

Li Yue stared at the ore in his hand, his face full of shock: "President, there are actually metals in nature that are lighter than wood, but those metals are very unstable, such as lithium, potassium, and sodium, which will explode when they come into contact with water."

Besides these, only materials like magnesium alloys can maintain strength while remaining lightweight. If such a material were placed on Earth, it would absolutely cause an earthquake in materials science.

Qin Ziwen said, "I don't understand these things. I only look at the finished product. You can do it yourself."

"Yes!" Li Yue nodded emphatically, his mind already racing.

He thought of a one-handed crossbow.

Now that he has this Ghost Gold, the weight of the one-handed crossbow he makes can be greatly reduced. No, it's not necessary to control the weight; he can try to make the size of the one-handed crossbow even larger!
While maintaining the original weight, increase the lethality of the one-handed crossbow!

Not only single-handed crossbows, but also vehicle-mounted crossbows, if they could be scaled up further and made into a super-heavy crossbow...

Li Yue's eyes shone brightly, as if he could already see the giant crossbow whistling and piercing through the giant beast.

Anyway, those men in the hunting team were all incredibly strong.

Besides the single-handed crossbow, there is also the vehicle-mounted crossbow. Li Yue is thinking about whether the size of the vehicle-mounted crossbow can be further increased, turning it into a super weapon of mass destruction.

Ideally, once it's launched, it should let those monsters experience the power of technology.

"By the way, President, you just said that this Ghost Gold can absorb blood and heal itself? Isn't that memory metal?" Li Yue asked curiously.

“That’s right, but we still need to test how much blood is needed and how fast the healing will be. I’ll leave that to you.”

Li Yue excitedly agreed.

Since joining the Ordnance Bureau and becoming the head of the Divine Machine Workshop, Li Yue has clearly felt the changes in his life.

Before, he was just an invisible person in the neighborhood. Even if he died, probably no one would remember him except for his big golden retriever.

Later, after joining Brother Qin's team, I had a group, and I was no longer alone and helpless here.

Later, as Brother Qin's team grew larger and larger, and after the Qin Alliance was established, people would occasionally greet him when he walked around the neighborhood.

Now that he has joined the Divine Machine Workshop and become its leader, people in the Qin Alliance often greet him, and some even secretly ask him for favors.

However, he declined all of them, knowing who his current privileges came from.

The world has no shortage of talent.

He was just an ordinary college student. There were quite a few people in the neighborhood who knew similar skills; for example, some of the other craftsmen at the Shenji Workshop were even more capable than him.

But he was still the person in charge of Shenji Works, and he understood the deeper reasons behind it.

Loyalty is more important than ability.

Privately, some people say that he only relies on connections.

He dismissed it, saying, "So what if you rely on connections? You need to have connections to rely on in the first place."

Looking at the Ghost Gold in his hand, he thought of its ability to heal itself by absorbing blood.
Li Yue suddenly had a vague idea.

This was too audacious, so he decided to keep quiet until he had a finished or semi-finished product.

"You can either collect the ore yourselves or find someone to come down and get it. Come with me and take a look first." Qin Ziwen led them to the bottom of the mine.

Upon hearing that he could see the skeleton miner in person, Li Yue immediately became interested and dragged Tao Fu along to follow.

As he ventured deeper into the bunker and gazed upon the seemingly tireless, ceaseless work of the skeleton miners, Li Yue's lips twitched.

These are probably the workers capitalists love most.

No money, no rest, no complaints.

All that remained of his body was his skeleton; even his vocal cords were gone.

The cries of suffering couldn't even get through.

Li Yue mustered his courage and moved closer.

The skeleton showed no reaction to the newcomer and continued hammering away at the ore.

The dim light from the wall lamp illuminated their tattered clothes and revealed the abnormal structure of their lower limbs.

“Chairman.” A hint of surprise flashed in Li Yue’s eyes. “These miners’ feet are strange. They don’t look like human foot bones.”

"How can it not be human?" Qin Ziwen walked over; he hadn't noticed it before.

Looking in the direction Li Yue was pointing, the toe bones on the feet of the skeletons in front of them were unusually long and separated from each other, with translucent calcified traces resembling webbed membranes remaining between the toes.

It doesn't resemble human foot bones; it looks more like a webbed structure found in water.

"Could these skeleton miners possibly live in the water?" Qin Ziwen pondered.

Is it because the current map is an "island map"?

Therefore, the resource points that arise from this are subtly connected to the ocean.

Then consider the prompt screen you see at the start of the game.

Could it be that a marine civilization truly sank beneath this sea?
Regardless of the civilization, as long as these resource points and buildings are usable, that's fine.

It doesn't matter if it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat.

After leaving the mine, Qin Ziwen arrived at the seaside.

With limited space on the islands and reefs, the surrounding wild seafood was quickly depleted due to fishing and hunting by many people.

It's not that no one has thought about going to sea, but the currents are rapid and the reefs are sharp.

Some people have risked going down there, only to be slammed onto the rocks by the waves and left covered in blood.

"Look, there!"

Someone nearby exclaimed in surprise.

On the distant sea, a gigantic sea monster suddenly leaped out of the water.

Its massive body crashed onto the sea, creating a thousand-ton wave.

(End of this chapter)