My Post-Apocalyptic Shelter Levels Up Infinitely! - Chapter 1378

[1368. Chapter 1349: Still poor, but poor with dignity!]

Perhaps it is 300 kilometers, or 500 kilometers, or 800 kilometers.

The only way for the survivors to measure the distance is to multiply the time they travel by their own footwork. However, many times the roads they travel are not the same. Some people are lucky and take the shortcut, while others are unlucky and take a detour for most of the day. This also leads to the extremely mixed information collected, and in the end, only a rough direction of travel can be obtained.

However, it is certain that the mining island surrounded by the tributary of the Dragon Fairy River can be reached by water.

The two frigates went upstream in the northeast direction, looking for some survivors to ask along the way.

At first, it was all useless information, but after going further northeast and paying some insignificant food, they finally got reliable location information from the survivors. The

straight-line distance between the Mining Island Alliance and the Dream Moon Territory is only about 550 kilometers.

But considering that they may have to detour through a swamp in the middle of the way, it is probably about 700 kilometers.

If you take the water route, the distance can be shortened a lot.

Through two connected tributaries, it only takes about 450 kilometers to reach the outermost mining island.

According to the cruising speed of the frigate of 60 kilometers.

Depart at 8 o’clock in the morning and arrive at a little after 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

After passing a narrow tributary and rejoining the branch of Xianjiang, the lookout on the ship soon found the target of this trip.

At the junction of water and sky, a continuous stretch of islands is scattered like pearls, some large and some small, in various shapes. These islands are cleverly divided by the river, and each has unique scenery and landforms.

Different from what you imagine, not all the mining islands in the mining island alliance are mining islands.

The islands at the entrance are relatively large, covered with dense vegetation, lush trees and yellowed grass affected by the frost disaster, forming a peculiar picture.

On these islands, the soil is not half as poor as on land, and the terrain is relatively flat, which is a good place for human survival and development.

It can be imagined that if someone settles here, the quality of life should not be much weaker than on land.

Other smaller islands appear more desolate, but they are covered with rich mineral deposits. The entire island is like a huge open-pit mine.

These islands have unique landforms, rugged mountains and rocks, and the mineral deposits are explosively rich.

From a distance, you can clearly see large tracts of ore exposed on the surface, shining with an attractive metallic luster under direct sunlight.

“Fuck, who would have thought that there is such a place hidden in the southern fire plate? How much mineral deposits are there?!” Spicy Hammer’s face flushed, and his eyes were fixed on those nearby mining islands!

Although the information collected from the survivors showed that the ore reserves of the Mining Island Alliance were very terrifying. Even

if tens of thousands of people mined at the same time, it would take several years to mine them all.

But Spicy Hammer still habitually believed that the reason for this statement was that the miners were not efficient. Most survivors could only use the most primitive human mining method, which led to the need for several years to complete the mining.

But now, everything in front of him seemed to be slapping his face.

There is a mountain in Tianyuan territory that is made up of iron ore, but it is an island on the water made of ore.

The difference between the two is several times, or even ten times.

And it is not just one island. There are more than ten metal islands that we can see now.

Iron ore island, copper ore island, aluminum ore island, lead ore island, zinc ore island.

“Fuck, those are not silver mines, right?”

The doomsday madman stood on the front side of the deck, looking at an island surrounded by dark white ore not far away, and the whole person was dumbfounded.

From a distance, many people were moving on the silver ore island at this time, as dense as ants.

This is too amazing.

How much silver ore can be mined from a whole silver ore island?

At this moment, the calm water surface suddenly rippled, and nearly ten small boats suddenly drove out from the islands in all directions, approaching and surrounding them tacitly.

Unlike the standard sampans of the survivors along the way, these ten small boats actually used energy devices.

Boom boom boom.

The roar of the engine echoed on the water, and black smoke spewed out from behind the boat, forming thick columns of smoke.

This behavior that can arouse the anger of environmentalists is indeed a proof of the strength of a gathering place at the moment.

There are a group of people standing on each boat, holding various weapons of varying lengths.

However, according to common sense, such a group of people should be aggressive and hostile in this scene. However, facing a frigate with a length of 15 meters, this group of people really can’t be fierce at all.

Just when they were about 100 meters close to the frigate, nine boats stopped, and only one slowly drove up, and in the process, it kept waving red and white flags alternately, using the universal flag language on Earth to indicate peaceful communication.

“There are crossbows and pistols. Well, they are all ordinary homemade guns!” The doomsday madman picked up the telescope and carefully observed the approaching boat. When he noticed that the weapons held by the people on the boat were mostly homemade firearms, he immediately felt at ease.

The quality and advancement of weapons can often reflect the strength and technological level of a gathering place.

Seeing these relatively backward homemade guns, the Doomsday Madman judged that the technological and industrial level of this mining island alliance should not be too high, but it did not rule out the possibility that this group of people were deliberately disguising themselves.

After all, in this doomsday, any negligence may lead to irreversible consequences.

Playing the pig to eat the tiger is often a useful trick.

Soon, when the distance between the small boat and the frigate was reduced to only fifteen meters, the driver on the small boat became obviously cautious and did not dare to move forward easily.

This is not timid or cowardly, but the huge gap between the two ships is too obvious!

They are driving a small guerrilla boat that is five meters long, made entirely of wood. Although it is light and flexible, it is completely a mantis trying to stop a chariot in front of the opponent’s solid iron ship.

Under such a strong contrast, the people driving the iron boat do not even need to use any weapons. Just relying on the huge size and solid hull is enough to pose a huge threat to them.

Of course, if the other party knew that the frigate was not made of iron, but was made of special alloys and high plastic materials, I don’t know what they would think.

“Who are you? Where are you from? What do you want to do?”

The loudspeaker was taken out, and a black man with a thick beard walked out of the boat.

“We are Chinese, from Mengyue Territory. We heard from the survivors around us that you guys are selling metal ore, so we came to see the details!” Spicy Hammer stood on the bow deck and took out the loudspeaker to reply.

However, this is not a handmade loudspeaker on the boat, and the sound is all shouting.

The loudspeaker module in the electric loudspeaker can easily amplify the sound ten times to ensure that everyone on the boat and even several ships in the distance can hear it clearly.

“Hey, Hu, it’s you Chinese, then come over and communicate.” The black man couldn’t understand what the other party said, so he could only look at the Chinese in the cabin with envy and gave up the opportunity to communicate.

Hu Xiaolin, a Chinese who was called, felt as if he had received a blessing from heaven. He quickly stepped forward to answer:

“Hello, friend. I am Hu Xiaolin from the third security team of the Mining Island Alliance. I welcome you to our Mining Island Alliance. However, this is already the control area we have set. Your iron boat can no longer go in!”

“Is that so? Is there a place to dock? Sorry, this is our first time here too.”

“Okay, okay. This is our mining area. Outsiders are generally not allowed to enter. But the residential area on the other side is open to all survivors. Follow our boat and we will take you to the dock.”

After a brief communication, the No. 1 frigate began to follow the small boat to the entrance to the island, a large residential island. The

No. 2 frigate used for the response received the information and hid in the tributary about 80 kilometers away from the entrance to the island.

They were not worried that the other party would have bad intentions. After all, anyone with a brain would not think that the territory with such a ship was something they could afford to offend when they saw the frigate.

And as long as the Mining Island Alliance wants to develop in this area, it will inevitably need some trading partners.

It took half an hour before and after, and under the command of the small boat, the frigate stopped steadily at the dock.

Speaking of which, the dock here is much more luxurious than the temporary dock built in Mengyue Territory. The place close to the shore has been built with bluestone to form a spacious and flat platform.

Under the platform, more than ten floats are used to differentiate different docking areas according to the size of the ship.

And at the edge of the dock, there are also sturdy mooring piles to fix the ships coming and going.

There are not too many complicated decorations, and every design reveals the spirit of pragmatism.

And in terms of the number of ships, there are no less than nearly a hundred large and small sampans in this area alone.

It is enough to prove that the ore on the surrounding islands is indeed of great help to the development speed of the Mining Island Alliance.

However, the frigate, which is far larger than other small boats, is still too eye-catching at this dock.

During the time of docking, hundreds of survivors have gathered not far away, all of whom cast curious eyes.

Hu Xiaolin, who was in charge of leading the way, was already waving at the dock. He waited for Spicy Hammer and Doomsday Madman to get off the boat, and then he rushed up excitedly and asked quickly:

“Brother, your iron boat is really awesome. When we saw it just now, we thought we were dazzled. My goodness, how did you build such a big ship? Do you already have a shipyard in your territory? Ah, now you have such a ship, it is enough to walk sideways on the water!”

Hu Xiaolin’s words were full of envy, and his eyes never left the frigate from beginning to end.

Obviously, he knew very well what it meant to have such a ship now.

“Haha, you are too kind. We are just lucky to find many brothers working in shipyards on Earth, so we can build it.” Spicy

Hammer did not lie. The 600 workers in Tianyuan Shipyard are all in the ship-related industry on Earth.

Otherwise, even if there are finished drawings, it will take at least half a month to hand them back to ordinary people to understand the drawings.

“Hiss, there really is a shipyard.”

Hu Xiaolin took a breath of cold air, his face became more respectful: “What’s your name? I’m Hu Xiaolin, a member of the third security team of the Mining Island Alliance. My eldest brother Hu Shulin is the deputy captain of the second security team. I have already notified him and he will be here soon.”

“Shu Yao.”

“Zhuang Lun.” Neither of them used their real names for a long time. Spicy Hammer was better. When the Blue Star people came to cooperate, they would always call him Director Shu, and the workers below would learn to call him that from time to time.

But the Madman of the End of the World often heard Brother Madman, Ah Kuang, and Director Madman, so he was a little hesitant when he said his real name now.

This little detail was instantly discovered by Hu Xiaolin, but he didn’t care. It was a fake name.

When walking in the rivers and lakes, people who are not careful would have died long ago. There is no problem in being cautious.

“Brother Shu, Brother Zhuang.” Hu Xiaolin made a fist gesture: “You just said that you came here because you heard that our Mining Island Alliance sells metal mines to foreign countries. Do you want to buy ore?”

“Yes, there is only one underground iron mine in our territory. It is difficult to mine and the reserves are small. So I thought about going to the surrounding area to trade some.” Spicy Hammer nodded and subconsciously took out a pack of cigarette boxes without packaging nameplates from his pocket.

There are good things in it, all tobacco grown in the greenhouse.

Because of the big drop in temperature, the output is very scarce.

It is out of stock after less than 2,000 packs are made. Now the price of a pack has been raised to eight copper coins by the mole guys in the city!

“Here, have a piece of freshly grown tobacco?” Spicy Hammer shook out a piece and handed it over.

However, surprisingly, although Hu Xiaolin licked the corner of his mouth with an intrigued look, he refused without hesitation.

“I’m sorry, Brother Shu, we have rules in our territory. We can’t rashly accept items from outsiders.”

“Ah, I didn’t ask you to accept it, just smoke a cigarette.”

“That won’t work either. This is a dead rule. If I, a member of the security team, break the rules, I will be punished even more!” Hu Xiaolin shook his head repeatedly and took a half step back.

It can be seen that this is not a polite concession, but really following the so-called rules.

“What about the bread, a few slices?”

“That won’t work either. Just ask directly if you have anything you want to ask. Although we are poor, we are poor with backbone. Don’t worry that we will tell lies because there is no benefit.” Hu Xiaolin shook his head again.

This reaction shocked the two of them. They really haven’t seen or heard of such a situation in the wasteland.

They don’t even want the gifts delivered to their door, and they will decisively refuse them because of a rule.

Except for their own territories, even those super territories with tens of millions of people have not reached this extent, right?

(End of this chapter)