Mechanical Alchemist Chapter 16: A highly confidential escort
After the last war between the Steam Party and the Cross Society, both gangs were injured.
Su Lun also heard some news in the communication circle of high-level professionals in the black market, saying that Mrs. Finau, the financial backer behind the Cross Society, has been having a hard time recently, which has also led to the internal economic situation of the entire Cross Society. None of it is good.
Although the Cross Society looks the same as before, it is still the dominant gang in South City. But Su Lun also saw some signs, and the senior officials also kept a low profile. The most obvious manifestation is that the expansion of the gang has almost stagnated.
The treatment of the old people has not changed, but now the number of new people recruited has dropped sharply.
Kayi, the captain with only one team member, has been the polished commander during this period.
Because of this, this idle guy spends all day thinking about causing trouble for the Steam Party.
.......
The night is dark and windy.
On a remote abandoned overpass in Xicheng District, two armed and masked men were quietly ambush.
Su Lun drove a sniper rifle, aiming at the end of the road not far away.
Kayi held a grass root in his mouth and observed with a telescope.
When Su Lun first heard Kai's idea of "doing something big", he actually rejected it in his heart.
He wants to develop in a humble way, and he needs a lot of time to digest the knowledge in his hands;
But the reality is that the money balance in his pocket is getting low day by day, so he has to find a way to get some money.
Su Lun now has a huge money gap. Most of the bonuses and loot from the last gang fight have been consumed.
Whether it's his own mechanical research, making dolls, or Danny's potion making, it's all a bottomless pit of money.
The more advanced the material, the more expensive it will be.
Can you refine a potion with some materials?
Those are words only a layman would say.
Low-level potions are okay, but high-level potions are difficult.
There are all kinds of precision instruments needed just for refining pharmaceuticals... The more you want to refine high-end pharmaceuticals, the more stringent your requirements for equipment become. Even second-hand goods found on the black market are not cheap. It can easily cost tens or millions, as well as a lot of maintenance and repair costs...
And if you want to ensure the success rate and obtain medicines with low impurities, you have to establish a sterile laboratory.
Danny said that according to the standards of inner-city laboratories, a standard ordinary laboratory would cost hundreds of millions. Not to mention those specially developed special instruments...
The small workshop-style medicine refining method has a very low yield, and you can gamble on your luck by practicing a few medicines. But Su Lun wants to regard this as a long-term way to make money, and some investment is necessary. In the end, a low-end version of the pharmacy laboratory was built one after another, and it cost several million.
Then there is also the attempt of high-level magic dolls. If it fails once, the waste of materials will be tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands... which is also necessary to become stronger.
There are also a series of mechanical research such as "Iron Man II"...
Su Lun planned to leave a large amount of money to buy the things that the hunters brought back from the ruins.
The secret method of spiritual power, [The Cursed Hair of the Weeping Witch], or if he encounters the curse material suitable for him to advance to the second level... these are the real big spenders.
He doesn't want to miss out on a good opportunity because he has no money.
People are not rich without windfall, and this other world is even more cruel.
There's no faster way to make money than robbing rival gangs.
.......
Kayi said with excitement on his face: "Hey... I have always heard that Steam has a channel to get mechanical equipment from the inner city, and this time I was really caught. This time, I heard that it was from the inner city. A batch of 'military-grade mechanical equipment' that had just been replaced by the City Guards was transported. There was a lot of it, and I estimate that it is worth at least tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions..."
It’s no secret that the sponsors behind the Steam Party have access to the control machinery and equipment in the inner city.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for some gangster Yeluzi mechanics alone to support the prosthetic modification research and development business of such a large gang. What's more, the truly cutting-edge mechanical prostheses of the Steam Party's high-end combat power.
"Captain, you have said it for the eighth time..."
Su Lun laughed and complained.
Listening to this, he initially had expectations.
As Kai said, this batch of goods is worth hundreds of millions, and it is really worth grabbing.
But the two of them have been squatting here for almost two days and two nights, and they haven't seen even a ghost.
In addition to knowing that the Steam Party's convoy would take this route, Kai's other information was very limited. The time of escort, the quantity of goods, the configuration of **** personnel... are all "speculations".
It was only because of the uncertainty of this information that the two of them stayed patiently for so long.
As fellow gang members, they know very well that the higher the level of confidentiality, the more valuable the goods being transported will be.
"Captain, is your information wrong? This route is so remote, and beyond it is a deserted park. Even mechanical equipment should be sent to various steam party base camps, to this deserted countryside It’s not very reliable to deliver it in the wild..."
It’s not that Su Lun doesn’t have the patience to wait, he said this in a joke.
This road is overgrown with grass and does not look like a serious transportation route.
However, except for the fact that the route is a bit remote, everything else is consistent with the situation of secret escort.
Kayi was also a little bored, but he had an indifferent expression on his face: "Whatever, it's a good thing to be idle anyway~ Let's wait here, if we don't come, we won't lose; if we do come, we'll be fine There’s something to be gained!”
"Haha, you don't know what the enemy's **** force is like, so you must think you can succeed?"
Su Lun also feels that only
Kayi said indifferently: "The conventional **** configuration only requires a captain-level combat force to lead the team. Your marksmanship is so good, and I... we are enough to kill each other."
"Huh..."
Su Lun chuckled noncommittally.
As luck would have it, at this moment, he spotted something in the sniper scope and shouted softly: "Here we come!"
He looked carefully and then said: "There are three vehicles in total! One truck, two jeeps...the driver and the escort, I saw a total of twelve people!"
This is a pretty standard **** configuration.
“Damn it, it’s really here!”
Kayi was also delighted.
He clearly saw the appearance of the people in the car through high-power binoculars, and told the information he knew, "The **** captain is "Barbarian" Buck Bista, a veteran professional of the Steam Party. His talent is [ D-003 - Bloodthirsty Madness]. After becoming mad, it can block pain and increase strength. The prosthetic arm is modified from a honeycomb gun arm... Are you sure? ”
"No problem."
Su Lun narrowed his eyes and nodded.
He had the impression that this person was indeed quite strong.
But as long as it is a first-level mechanical warrior, he does not see much of a threat.
Su Lun was not careless and glanced at the other eleven people in the car.
Most of them looked familiar, and "Barbarian" Buck was sitting in the passenger seat of the lead car, which meant that there should be no one with a higher status than him in the team.
It was confirmed that the enemy's **** force was only a regular elite team of twelve people, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
The convoy came slowly, Kai licked his lips, "Hey, brother Su Lun, you are squatting and sniping, I will go to the ambush point."
Su Lun nodded: "Yes, be careful. Act according to the plan. If something unexpected happens, stop immediately."
"Okay."
Kayi took off his clothes and touched it quietly.
.......
Because it was an ambush, Su Lun and Kai laid anti-tank mines in advance.
Just when the convoy entered the ambush circle, the leading jeep pressed down on the mine, and with a "boom" it turned into a ball of fire and was blown away more than ten meters.
Seeing the attack, the **** convoy showed no signs of fighting, and immediately planned to turn around and escape.
But on the ground behind, there was also a mechanical mine modified by Su Lun. After turning around, before running very far, the mine that could only be triggered by crushing in reverse was immediately triggered, and another steam jeep was also blown up.
Su Lun was not idle either. He aimed at the driver of the truck through the scope of his sniper rifle, and when he found the right opportunity, he pulled the trigger.
Unexpectedly, the alchemy bullet did not penetrate the glass!
"Bulletproof glass?"
Su Lun frowned and suddenly felt a little weird.
If such a large windshield in front of the car can protect against alchemical bullets, it is not cheap. The modification price is even worth the price of an ordinary truck.
At least, it is definitely not something that this rusty-looking **** truck would normally install!
He immediately told Kai the abnormality he discovered through the communicator: "Captain, that truck has bulletproof glass, be careful."
"Received!"
The front and rear vehicles have been blown up. Seeing that the robbery is about to succeed, Kai naturally cannot give up.
Seeing that the truck was about to run away, he nimbly jumped into the bottom of the truck from the side of the road, and then unexpectedly saw that the bottom of the truck was also equipped with explosion-proof panels, without even a place to grab a hand.
"Fortunately, I was prepared..."
Kai muttered in his heart, took out a suction cup and attached himself to the bottom of the car, and then installed an adsorption alchemy bomb modified by Su Lun on the pipe.
The detonation device was activated. As soon as the others rolled out of the car, the truck went crazy and tried to escape, but suddenly there was a "boom" explosion.
Although the vehicle was not overturned, the alchemy bomb also penetrated the power pipe under the bulletproof plate under the vehicle, causing Ka to completely collapse the vehicle.