Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife

At this moment, in Chen Beipan's shelter, the red neck, the adjutant, and the one-eyed dragon were sitting around the table, discussing something with him.

The one-eyed dragon looked suspicious, his tone full of distrust, "Are you sure that person is Zhang Shi?"

The mercenary group was not in the same division as Zhang Shi, and the information they obtained came from Chen Beipan. Facing a person they had just met, there was no trust between them except for the exchange of interests.

"After the evacuation that day, we sent people to explore near his shelter, and found that the entire shelter had disappeared. It is estimated that he used props such as migration cards to hide, and we could not find his specific coordinates. , unable to take action against him.”

The adjutant shared the information from the spies with Chen Beipan, who looked indifferent.

"It doesn't matter. A monk who can escape can't escape from the temple. The enemy is in the open and I am in the dark. As long as Zhang Shi is still active in the chat channel and the trading market, we will have a way to target or find him."

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The next morning, Zhang Shi got up early and first used his VIP privileges to open the treasure chest exploded by the Gray Wolf King.

Ding, you successfully opened the exquisite treasure chest (green), triggered VIP privileges, doubled the items, and obtained:

[Workbench (green) 】

Zhang Shi immediately built a wooden house in the courtyard and placed a workbench and some commonly used tools and materials in it for use by the engineering troops. He planned to develop it as a research and development center.

The recruitment of soldiers last night has been completed. Zhang Shi called together all seventeen soldiers and classified them into categories. Zhang Dazhuang, Gong Yi, Yi Yi, and Cai Yi served as team captains to manage the team. After distributing equipment to the new soldiers, Zhang Shi built several wooden houses for them to live in.

Seeing that everything was ready, Zhang Shi informed everyone, used the resource accelerator card, and then began to recruit soldiers according to the same configuration.

As the number gradually expanded, the soldiers' food and daily life became a big problem. For this reason, Zhang Shi arranged Yiyi as Xiaomei's deputy, and even invited Ge Dalong to help with the logistics of the shelter.

Ge Dalong had already made some plans for the construction of the shelter. The first thing he did was to arrange supporting facilities for the soldiers' dormitories, and even paid for bathrooms out of his own pocket.

In his words, although soldiers are resistant to extreme weather, it does not mean that they will not get sick. In such a concentrated environment, the virus is likely to be contagious and spread on a large scale. For this reason, personal hygiene must be done well.

Later, Ge Dalong also arranged for the commandos to temporarily stop training and instead follow him to cultivate farmland in the shelter.

The population in the shelter increased, and the amount of food required also increased greatly. Ge Dalong and Zhang Shi discussed it and decided to open up some farmland, get some seeds from the trading market, and plant some high-yield staple foods to fill the food gap.

Zhao Feng drove his jeep early in the morning, enduring the high temperature and taking two winged youths to explore around the shelter. He occasionally went near the river to collect fish, and by the way, he collected some fresh wild fruits and brought them back to cultivate seeds.

Zhang Shi thought for a while. The effect of the protective light curtain was temporarily disabled. People from the Eagle Regiment might come back to cause trouble. Having someone on patrol could nip trouble in the bud. It just so happened that he could also test the scout's abilities, so he agreed. Zhao Feng's request, but still repeatedly told him to pay attention to safety.

Everyone worked step by step, hoping to maximize their benefits during these 24 hours.

Zhang Shi specially found Gong Yi and Gong Er and asked them if they had any construction skills. This question really gave me a surprise.

Gong Yi still saluted respectfully, and then answered Zhang Shi in detail.

"Report to the lord, I will make a heavy crossbow. This heavy crossbow can be installed on the wall. It is extremely lethal to large beasts and can greatly improve the defense capabilities of the shelter."

Gong Er, a rich and fat man in his thirties, answered immediately.

"Reporting to the lord, I am good at refining materials. Through my craftsmanship, I can refine various conventional materials to a higher level."

When Zhang Shi heard this, he immediately became happy. Now the supply of refined iron in the shelter depends entirely on that smelting furnace, and the output cannot keep up with the development speed. Now that Gong Er has joined, Zhang Shi can also reduce some of the pressure on the ironware.

Open the permissions of the warehouse to the two engineers and tell them that they can freely use the materials in the workbench and warehouse. The current work is to use their expertise to build weapons and refine materials.

After the two entered the so-called research center, they noticed two workbenches at first sight, and their eyes were firmly attracted.

Zhang Shi saw that they were still a little cautious, so he spoke.

"Don't be restrained. These two workbenches are temporarily at your disposal. Just use your strengths and don't worry about failure. We have enough materials!"

After listening to Zhang Shi's words, the two engineers stopped being coy and started working on their own. Zhang Shi watched curiously and supervised the work of the two.

Needless to say, once the two of them entered the working state, their whole spirits immediately changed drastically. They no longer had the timid look before, and their temperaments seemed to have changed. They were like two masters of craftsmanship, holding various tools in their hands. The clanking sound made Zhang Shi dizzy.

Soon after, Gong Er took the lead in completing the work, handed a piece of shining metal to Zhang Shi, and reported excitedly.

"Lord, you are fortunate to have fulfilled your mission. This material is made from refined iron."

Zhang Shi picked up the metal and checked some properties, and his eyes suddenly widened.

[Stainless Steel (Green) X1: An alloy with high hardness and resistance to deformation. It is a high-quality basic material in the wilderness world. 】

He didn't expect that Gong Er could use fine iron to make steel with his bare hands, breaking the conservation of matter. This skill of his was tantamount to turning stone into gold.

While excited, Zhang Shi did not forget to ask.

"Very good, what is your refining success rate?"

Gong Er thought carefully for a moment, and then answered cautiously.

"I'm reporting to you, Lord, if it's all made from refined iron, my success rate is about 30%."

Zhang Shi heard that this success rate was acceptable, and asked him about the success rate of refining pig iron into refined iron. The answer he received was 50%, which is similar to that of a smelting furnace.

Zhang Shi nodded with satisfaction and ordered.

"Keep working, and try to increase the success rate while ensuring the quality of the steel."

Perhaps due to the resource accelerator card, Gong Yi also quickly completed the production of the heavy crossbow.

A heavy iron crossbow half a man's height appeared in front of Zhang Shi. Zhang Shi found that the size of this crossbow was similar to the bed crossbow in ancient wars. It was definitely not a light crossbow that he imagined could be controlled with one hand.

Zhang Shi tried to pull the bow string and found that the crossbow was very powerful. He needed some effort to pull it completely. If it were an ordinary soldier, it would probably take two people to use it together.

Gong Yi introduced from the side.

"Lord, this is a heavy crossbow of ordinary quality, with a range of up to a thousand meters. The specific situation depends on the material grade of the crossbow and arrows."

Zhang Shi weighed the fine steel in his hand and asked.

"I'll give you the materials to make crossbows and arrows. Can you make a high-quality heavy crossbow?"