Chapter 409: Chapter 343: Get Him Down (One chapter today, headache!)
Two skeletons stood up from among the broken flesh.
They shook their bodies and walked to one side.
Together with those in front of him, there were a total of five Skeleton Blacksmiths and five Skeleton Flying Dragons in the old factory area.
The number of Skeleton Blacksmiths wasn’t small; in a minor city within a Different World, it was enough to sustain the operations of a blacksmith shop.
As for the Skeleton Flying Dragons, although there were already five of them, their primary method of combat on the battlefield was still dropping bombs.
Their way of fighting was somewhat monotonous.
He had thought about developing new tactics, but there hadn’t been any significant breakthroughs.
Killing hordes of zombies and dropping ‘Lazy Dog Bombs’ was indeed the simplest and most efficient method.
Therefore, that had always been the practice.
The two skeletons walked over to one side, and Wu Heng’s gaze fell on the ‘Flame Furnace’ above.
The entire furnace was a dark iron cylindrical object more than three meters in diameter, with a one meter oval depression in the center.
It looked like an especially thick metal water tank.
All around and on top, there were deeply etched complex runes, and with its round shape, it resembled an altar even more.
Having dealt with the Burial Ground’s formation patterns before, Wu Heng found nothing unusual.
It was these patterns that gave special effects to structures.
Having taken a brief look, Wu Heng picked up the walkie-talkie and pressed the communication button, “Qi Hancai, come to the back of the factory area.”
Before long, Qi Hancai walked over briskly.
Wearing a stab-proof vest with the walkie-talkie hanging on his chest, he looked somewhat imposing.
After walking over, he glanced at the two skeletons and then at the dark iron furnace.
He didn’t recall seeing this thing before.
After a sweep with his eyes, he drew back his gaze, “Any instructions?”
Wu Heng said, “The workshop you prepared last time, is it ready?”
“There’s still quite a bit of space left in the workshop, what do you need it for?”
Wu Heng glanced at the furnace beside him, “This is a furnace, I need it placed in a workshop to melt metal.”
“Oh, no problem, there’s a lot of space over there in the workshop.”
“Get a vehicle to transport this over, and then have someone melt five hundred grams of gold, I’ll need it later.”
“Understood!” Qi Hancai promised and immediately took out his walkie-talkie to delegate the task.
In a short while, a crane truck drove over.
It lifted the Flame Furnace and hurried towards the direction of the factory’s warehouse.
Upon reaching the workshop…
The Flame Furnace was positioned in its spot, and the molten gold was brought over and poured into several nodes on the furnace.
To activate the pattern effects.
Wu Heng continued, “Have the Skeleton Blacksmiths work here from now on and increase the production of Solid Iron Bullets.”
“Understood!” Qi Hancai responded.
After the Blacksmith Skeletons were brought over as well…
Wu Heng and Qi Hancai walked back together.
“No problems at the market, right?” Wu Heng asked.
Qi Hancai, following at his side, answered, “No, Captain Yang from the military came again yesterday. He wanted to talk to you about exchanging military equipment for grain. Since you weren’t there, I told him we have no plans to adjust the price.”
Wu Heng raised an eyebrow.
Yang Long brought up this issue again? Why are they so eager to sell things? Are they really short on food, or do they have other plans?
It was somewhat puzzling, but it didn’t greatly concern his own side.
Grain was the only real currency now; nothing was more important than food.
As long as you control the food, if you really need something, you can always trade for it later.
“Don’t adjust the price,” Wu Heng stated flatly.
“That’s what I thought too,” Qi Hancai nodded, continuing, “Yesterday we obtained some more gold and Corpse Cores. I’ve had them brought over.”
Wu Heng waited in the room for a while, and Qi Hancai brought the gold and Corpse Cores.
“Over 5 kilograms of gold and more silver this time, about 20 kilograms. As for Corpse Cores, there are three level-one Corpse Cores and one level-two Corpse Core,” Qi Hancai said.
A shelter dealing in level-two Corpse Cores?
“Are the level-two Corpse Cores from the military?”
“No, they were exchanged by a place called Valiant Shelter. They said they pre-planted explosives and blew up a Mutated Zombie.”
“Planning ahead is indeed one method,” Wu Heng remarked.
Qi Hancai laughed as well, saying, “He told me about it himself and then offered to sell some of their explosives too. It felt like he came for advertising.”
Wu Heng collected all the gold and Corpse Cores and continued, “In the next few days, produce more Solid Iron Bullets. We’ll open up that road in the county.”
“Ok, I’ll have them speed up the production,” Qi Hancai said.
The two chatted for a bit.
Qi Hancai went back to his own work, and Wu Heng returned to Gold and Silver Island.
Back at his residence…
Wu Heng delivered the Corpse Cores to the Alchemy Room and then went downstairs.
Andre Willow was on the first floor feeding the little owl, while Mini was cleaning the vases on the bookcase.
Seeing Wu Heng coming downstairs, both women greeted him at once.
The little owl turned its head too, chirping twice.
Wu Heng nodded and asked, “Wei’er, any issues with the guild?”
“No issues. Nothing happened after you left, and seeing there was nothing to do this afternoon, I came back,” Andre Willow said.
“Good, it’s always better with no problems,” Wu Heng still felt some concern; he feared the Inspector Special Envoy, unable to find fault with him, might target Andre Willow instead.
But it seemed that the person hadn’t taken such action.
Mini put down the vase she was holding and chimed in, “There’s also no news from Philippa’s end—just purchases and some matters related to arming the Pirates.”