"What?" Zhang Qin Feng slapped the table as he stands on his feet. The chair that was catering to his weight was pushed aside from his surprise action. "Are you joking with me?" he added.
But his latter question made those present inside this office feeling puzzled.
Here in X31-ITE, the world is indeed no longer has a collection of Tungsten and Aluminium in their Periodic Table! The reason is due to the SCV's biology condition, which requires Aluminium or Tungsten to become its catalyst!
This is also part of the reason the excess virus composition will get condensed into a piece of the core inside the mutant's body. It was like how mankind tries to turn Pyrite into Gold. Although mankind failed to make the alchemic reaction happens, the SCV succeeded.
That is why Gold, Silver, Copper, Tellurium, Zinc, and Lead existed inside the Red Meteorite Core. Meanwhile, for the Green Nephrite Core, the Rare-Earth-Mineral is richer. Lastly, the newly made Grey Duranium Core, which is filled with new Duranium Element along with a few specialized ingredients.
"If I can obtain Wolfram and Alumina, then will it be possible for us..." Zhang Qin Feng considered bringing over the metal, but before he finished his sentence, they interrupted.
"Absolutely no! Sir, even if you have them inside your shelter, you must not bring them out! The SCV is going to get berserk from them appearing in the air." Elder Lucas and Johannes stopped Zhang Qin Feng from thinking about it.
"Alright!" Zhang Qin Feng immediately agreed with them. If merely bringing the metal out will cause such disturbance, that's mean the Walker's Project is not going to proceed.
[Owner]
Zhang Qin Feng is going to give up the project, but Stein's call tried to tell him otherwise.
"I'm here. Do you have something else to add?" Zhang Qin Feng gently made a sound.
[We can use Duranium as the replacement for Tungsten. As for the Aluminium, it is possible to recreate a similar alloy using Magnesium, Titanium, and Boron]
[This way, we'll be able to replace the Aluminium using the Magni Alloy. Also for your information, a further application using the Magni Alloy will help in swapping better material for our existing equipment]
"That's great. Go ahead and start working on it." Zhang Qin Feng was so happy he forget about controlling his voice. He ends up speaking out aloud in front of all of them.
"Sir?" Dan Bao asked. The others are still staring at him like he went crazy out of sudden earlier.
"Oh, that's nothing. My scientist told me just now, they're working on making a newer Alloy. It's somewhat similar to Aluminium but more durable and flexible." Zhang Qin Feng laughs it away using the Magni Alloy as a deterrence.
"Sir, if it's possible, may I have a look at the Magni Alloy? Based on how you describe it, we might be able to use them as the core for our newer Barricade Shutter." Guo Fu immediately asked if he can be given a sample.
The Barricade Shutter is what the Survivor used to quickly block any gaps on walls, building, and almost everywhere. Along their walls made of Tantalite Blocks, a steel frame is built on the inner part to support close to ten shutters every meter.
"I'll ask them. Will leaving the files inside a Memory Drive works?" Zhang Qin Feng nodded. If the Printing Hall is capable of making them, it will put aside some strenuous task on behalf of his Olympus Peak.
"Yes. It will be great if the file is available in a Memory Drive. That way, we can download the computing code into the printer to let it start the operation," Guo Fu accepted the way as suggested by Zhang Qin Feng.
"If that's the case, I'll pay more attention to anything related to Walker's Project. It might be hard for us to obtain a complete specimen, but getting some information might be possible if we check out the City Council." Elder Johannes smiled as she suggested a visit to the City Building.
"We'll get there once the Titanfall is subdued." Zhang Qin Feng also agreed that they should pay a visit there.
"Dan Bao, order Yu Yuan, and Sun Ben to bring support over to the Alliance Fortress. Elder Lucas, please provide personnel to deliver supplies as usual."
"Elder Johannes, I'll rely on you to search for everything related to Walker's Project. You're allowed to deploy independently as long you report your movement to Guo Jing and Elder Lucas."
"Dan Mi, provide some support to the Worker's Union so they can rush some of their available projects. Guo Fu, I'll provide you with the Magni Alloy codes when my scientists are ready."
"That should conclude our meeting today! Come back tomorrow! Guo Jing, follow me over to the Armory and collect the ChemRail to fit Yu Yuan's unit!" everyone returned to their post and continue with their responsibilities.
With the supplies now solely handled by the Scraps Exchange Company, Zhang Qin Feng can be said to removes himself from managing the business directly. Goods continued to be distributed, while he's making a profit from the pub, hunting, and Titanfall.
After Guo Jing left with 10 ChemRails, Zhang Qin Feng returned to the General Store.
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"What you said? Five of our Abraham Tanks were destroyed on the fourth wave?" Xichen slapped the table after listening to the report. With the destruction of 10 vehicles from the latest wave alone, it causes a hole in their pocket.
Losing ten vehicles also meant they'll have to deploy close to 200 soldiers to compensate for it.
"We've collected 2,000 grey cores from the fourth wave. They're all placed in the basement right now, waiting for your next order." the lieutenant reported with his hand remained at his forehead.
"Sir, our people still failed to found out about the components available inside the core." Liang Qi, the most outstanding assistant of Xichen, came to his ear and whispered something.
"What about the Eastern Side? What about the Sandrock and Tang Family?" Xichen asked. He's in fact, nervous about the others in the competition, in deciphering the hidden secret of the greyish core.
"The Tang Family and Sandrock base are still clueless. The others in western in eastern not even worth to be mentioned. But..." Liang Qi's explanation put all smaller gangs in eastern and western out of the topic.
But he remained silent when it comes to Azure Wind Base, Yang Base, and Wanshui Base.
"Go ahead. It is fine to continue telling me all the bad news." Xichen understands why Liang Qi stopped in between before he's finished with his words.
"The Wanshui Group and Yang Militarized Group seems to give up about deciphering the core. Our people reported that they're focusing more at making additional Abraham Tank and Spider II instead of scanning at the core."
"That's also why we have no updates on their current track." Liang Qi quickly explained the situation gotten from the two top tier bases. But one other gang is still yet to enter their discussion.
"What about the Azure Wind Base?" Xichen asked. Their previous defeat greatly saddened Xichen towards his soldiers. Except for penalizing some people to vent his anger, few smaller teams are forcefully put together to form a bigger unit.
Their printing station also kept printing brand-new equipment to fit the soldiers.
From 61 remaining captains, they're compiled into six 2nd-Rank Warrant Officer's team. Right now, there are a total of 25 1st rank teams and 35 2nd rank.
"The Azure Wind Base..." Liang Qi hesitates, but after gritting his teeth together for a moment, he finally decides to come clean with the information.
"I can only say that they're a crazy bunch of bast**d." Liang Qi used a pretty mean word to describes them.
"What's wrong?" that sentence puzzled Xichen.
"These people. They're trying to collect most of the cores with them, and even renting their best RR-HU for it. Do understand that the RR-HU is their only effective weapon to kill the Warriors." Liang Qi said.
"They must already found out something valuable from the core. Is there anything from the spies inside their base?" Xichen asked.
"That's the issue I say they're crazy."
"Right now, not even a single printer is working on the core. These bunch of people is busy making more printers to print printers!" Liang Qi punched the table, feeling that he just got fooled by Zhang Qin Feng on purpose.
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Yu Yuan - Lieutenant of 5th Platoon
Sun Ben - Second Lieutenant of 10th Platoon
Liang Qi - Xichen's top henchman, appeared once at Chapter 16
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