Jin Xing's eyebrows danced. He wanted to be mysterious, but he was not a steady guy, so he blurted out, "It's the Botanical Research Institute.
"It's the Botany Research Institute. They have collected a lot of mutated plants. These things have many wonderful characteristics. Apart from those highly classified things that I don't know about, I happen to know a few things that seem to be useless. There is a kind of spore plant that produces seeds that have a floating characteristic. If its growth is not restricted, it will form a balloon-like fruit. This fruit can pull the plant up into the sky. Finally, under the pressure of the air pressure, it will split open, allowing the seeds inside to scatter in the sky. This is a new way of spreading. I noticed that the fruit can produce a buoyant gas. This thing is very buoyant. Every spore plant is rooted in the ground. If we want to pull it out, it will need the strength of two strong men. That fruit can do what two strong men can do. Apart from the space inside the fruit, the gas has amazing energy and will not be ignited. Therefore, I thought of the airship.
Aren't there a lot of hunters carrying out hunting plans?
I asked them to collect these fruits, and at the price of two dollars each, we collected over a thousand in one day. The female transport team also collected a lot of fruits along the way. When they learned that they could be sold for money, they went back and mobilized all the unemployed women to search for them all over the mountains and plains …
The problem with the airbags is also very simple. Miss Meow hunted a lot of monsters, so I asked Miss Meow to send a lot of leather over, and we managed to gather enough for two airships. We also got a lot of teeth from mutated beasts and cut them into holes. Finally, we used a natural powder extracted from another mutated plant to seal the holes … "
Jin Xing explained the process of building the airships. After listening to Jin Xing, Zhou Lian's face was blank, while Ishihara looked at Jin Xing's expression with deep meaning. Only Zhao Jun's face was filled with joy. Li Zhongyue rubbed his chin, wondering if he could get Jin Xing to provide some small, lightweight airships for the Bloody Battle Group.
"Jin Xing, how dare you …"
Zhou Jie's shout made Jin Xing feel like he was struck by lightning. He looked at Zhou Jie with a confused expression.
"How many buoyancy spores did you use to repair the airship?"
While still in shock, Jin Xing thought of something else and blurted out, "Five hundred and ninety thousand buoyant spores were used to repair two airships. If we were to repair the other airships, we would need ten times that amount. The spore plants within a few hundred kilometers have all been collected. Even if we wanted to repair them, we would have to wait for a year …"
As soon as he said that, Zhao Jun came to a realization and asked in confusion, "590,000 buoyant spores require about 1,200,000 Revival Coins. Your monthly salary is 3,000 Revival Coins. Even if you did some business in the past, you can only save 200,000 at most. Where did you get the rest of the money?"
Only then did Jin Xing realize where he had gone wrong. He stammered and said,
"I've opened a military supply bank. All the soldiers of the 2nd Division have deposited their salaries in the bank. It's not embezzlement. I'm just borrowing money. After the airship is repaired, I will report it to the Administrative Yuan and apply for a special fund..."
"Hmph, you still don't understand?
If all the managers do what you did, wouldn't embezzlement become a common practice in the future?
Besides, you repaired the airship without authorization. Today, you didn't report the fact that you repaired the airship. If others also learned from you and concealed it, wouldn't they know that someone was doing these things privately until the airship dropped a bomb in the Administrative Yuan?
Don't you think you're brave? "
Hearing Zhou Jie's words, Jin Xing's face turned pale. As if his spine had been pulled out, he was so weak that he could no longer stand.
"You can leave now. This matter can be considered as a balance between merits and demerits. This is because of your diligence. If it was someone else, he would be harboring evil intentions. You have to grasp the scale of this matter. Also, this matter is not allowed to be publicized. You've temporarily revoked the position of the mayor of Ordos City.
How could Jin Xing dare to be dissatisfied?
He was originally an alien and a captive on the battlefield. This time, Zhou Jie let him go. If he could repair two airships, he could repair three or four. Who knew how many airships he had repaired?
This was all a mess. If it was really investigated, even a hundred mouths would not be able to clear it. Maybe the Second Division and the Mongolians would also be involved. Now that he could get out of this matter, it was the best arrangement.
After Jin Xing left in a cold sweat, the three leaders in the conference room opened their mouths at the same time and then stopped. Then they looked at each other and smiled. It was still Zhou Jie who spoke first. "Last time, we sent a few helicopters to support Zhang Xiaoqiang. This time, we can transport a whole company over …"
"Zhang Xiaoqiang doesn't lack troops or supplies. Even if we send them over, it won't work. The only thing we can use is the Z3 zombie, but this zombie is related to Zhang Xiaoqiang's mission. So, we'd better send drones over. Now, we have 13 drones, all of which can carry anti-tank missiles and machine guns. We also have enough operators. I think Zhang Xiaoqiang will need them …"
Ishihara's suggestion made Zhao Jun nod.
Then, he said, "No matter what, we're family with Hubei. Let's organize some samples of our mutated plants and send them over. Dragonfang Fruit and Sun Bamboo are fine, but we must keep the Pearl Tears a secret. This is what Zhang Xiaoqiang told us …"
When he said this, Zhou Jie sighed.
"We don't have an expert in mechatronics, or else it wouldn't be so difficult to produce drones. The warehouse is already filled with materials for the Pearl Tears and countless Sun Bamboos. If we can solve the problem of the electric engine, I believe our future will be even wider …"
Since Brother Cockroach wants us to recapture Beijing, then we should hurry up. Once we recapture Beijing, as long as we find the underground base and the military's armory, we will be able to obtain all sorts of weapons and equipment. We will also be able to obtain the various components that the UAVs require. At that time, let alone a hundred UAVs, even a thousand UAVs will not be a problem. Furthermore, Yuan Heping has told me about Shen Fei. The aircraft factory in Shen Yang has designs and manufacturing plans for UAVs. When we recapture Shen Yang, that will be the time for us to truly soar. "
Ishihara concluded. Zhao Jun and Zhou Jie agreed. They had their own mission, and Zhang Xiaoqiang was in Shanghai. No matter how anxious they were, there was nothing they could do. The only thing they could do was try their best to complete the mission that Zhang Xiaoqiang had given them.
The evolved humans had constructed a miraculous bridge on the surface of the Yangtze River. The bridge was more than 40 meters wide, and it was connected by more than 10 containers. The containers were fastened together by rivets made of steel bars. Yesterday, the water snakes had killed a large number of bird beaks, and these fiery red beaks were the best tools. A light stab into the containers would leave a large hole, and in the hands of the evolved humans, they became tools.
On the 1,000m wide river, the construction of the floating container bridge was nearing its end. Under the design of the technicians, the thousands of containers had been trained to form a whole body, and the forces on them were evenly distributed. There were also 7-8 steel cables that connected to the river that held the floating bridge in place, allowing the floating bridge to be as stable as flat ground. When the construction of the bridge was completed, the strength-based Evolvers brought up the steel plates that they had found from the construction materials market, and laid them layer by layer on the sleepers of the containers. This way, the thin outer walls of the containers would be able to withstand the weight. Under the design and planning of the professionals, the temporary bridge was finally completed before Zhang Xiao Qiang returned.
"Zhang Xiaoqiang really has a way. I thought that we might not be able to complete the mission today because the mutated beasts would take over the container docks. I didn't expect that all the mutated beasts in Shanghai would be lured away by Zhang Xiaoqiang.
I can't even compare to him... "Lou Fanjun sighed as he stood on the dock and looked at the completion of the bridge. Mo Shaoyun, who had a skinny face and dull eyes, had not slept well for many days. He stood beside Lou Fanjun and wanted to smile, but his face was already numb. He wrinkled his face a few times, but he could not smile. He could not help but sigh.
"Zhang Xiaoqiang is not an ordinary person. He can do things that we will never be able to do. Unfortunately, there are also mutated beasts on the other side of the river. If we can't deal with them, I'm afraid that all our efforts will be in vain..."
Hearing this, Lou Fanjun frowned. There were fewer mutated beasts on the other side of the river than in the city. Perhaps they did not encounter any fierce resistance, so the mutated beasts did not pay much attention to the other side of the river. Almost half of their forces were concentrated in Shanghai. Even so, the mutated beasts were still a sword hanging over the heads of the 180,000 survivors.
"We just have to try our best. As for how far we can go, it all depends on the arrangement of God..."
After saying that, Lou Fanjun could not help but raise his head to look at the sky. He saw two black dots the size of sesame seeds flying towards them. The speed of the two dots was not fast. As they gradually approached, he could see some signs that they were definitely man-made aircraft. Frowning, he was about to warn everyone when Zhao Deyi walked over and stood beside them. He pointed at the two black dots and said, "Yin Meng has finally walked ahead of us. He even brought out a transport airship. Mo Shaoyun, go and make some space for them..."