Chapter 162 The name of this gun is sickle
Chapter 162 The name of this gun is sickle
[Announcement for the whole server: The outpost base has obtained a “magnetic confinement plasma processing machine tool”, with a durability of 99% and an industrial index of +100]
[Note 1: This machine tool can produce metal parts of any geometric shape. Now players can submit relevant drawings and explain the purpose to the administrator assistant to obtain quotes and material requirements. Drawings can be drawn in the game, or electronic files can be submitted through the personal page of the official website. ]
[Note 2: Processing equipment can only change the geometric shape of materials, but cannot change the properties of the materials themselves, and the cutting process will produce waste. If you want to process steel ingots into steel pipes, please pre-treat them first and process them into rods or nearly rods. If you want to process copper ingots into copper wires, please use a wire drawing machine and do not occupy precious machine tool resources. ]
[Note 3: The specifications of the input processing materials are limited to 1X1X1m, and materials exceeding the specifications cannot be processed. ]
The announcement was released at 6 pm.
This time is exactly the peak time for players to log in and out of the game.
Whether it was the brick-moving players who went to the northern town to pick up trash, or the hunter players who went to the Elm District to hunt in the wild, most of them returned to the action camp.
Looking at the announcement that popped up on the VM, the little players all showed surprised expressions on their faces.
”Magnetic confinement plasma machine tool?”
”It’s CNC?”
”What the hell is this stitched monster? Why have I never heard of it?”
”If you have heard of it, that’s a coincidence. In reality, 1 minute can be considered ‘high confinement’ and ‘long pulse’. Do you understand what it means? Forget it, you won’t understand even if I tell you.”
”Hey, these game developers are still very imaginative, and they don’t even think about bragging!”
Although Chu Guang wanted to share this joy with them, people’s joys and sorrows are different.
Most of the players don’t know how hard it is to get this machine tool, and it’s even more impossible to know how much sacrifice those little players who can’t go online because of BUGs have made for it.
They just think that Boss Xia probably has another workbench. Now he can not only drill holes for weapons, but also give weapons inscriptions?
Anyway, they are all redundant functions!
The smarter players thought of the update of Alpha 0.8.
The industrial index of the outpost increased by 100 points from 150 points to 250 points… That is to say, the increase was 166%?
Doesn’t that mean that the weapon store will have new products! ?
Some of the more serious players who happened to be in the outpost excitedly took the steel ingots and went to the administrator’s assistant to ask for prices according to the instructions on the announcement.
Some wanted to make an axe, and some wanted to make the steel ingots into the shape of a rifle, but in the end most of them left cursing.
Why?
Because it’s not worth it!
The startup fee of the machine tool is as high as 100 silver, and the processing price of an axe is as high as 100 silver, which adds up to 200 silver.
With this money, it is enough to buy 20 axes! If you wholesale from the No. 81 Steel Plant, you will probably have some left.
As for the rifle, the price for processing a rifled barrel is 200 silver, and the player must provide the rod-shaped steel himself.
If not, plasma thermal welding will be required for the operation, and the price will be doubled.
With this money, it is enough to buy two in the weapon store!
But think about it, an ordinary rifle does not need to use such an advanced machine tool, the cost is not worth it.
At this time, in the No. 81 steel plant.
Sitting on a small stool, [Yaer I want to go to the toilet rope], one hand touched his chin, the other hand held the steel ingot, stared at it and thought for a long time, and then he uttered a word.
”I guess that machine tool should be used to make production tools!”
His good friend [Ward Foot Foot Who Laiwen] rolled his eyes.
”Do I need to tell you that? You’re using the CNC machine tool worth tens of millions in the laboratory to mill seamless steel pipes. It depends on whether your boss hits you or not.”
Brother Ce Suo: “Uh… I think he will be so scared that he will call the police and send me to jail.”
Brother Levin: “The cost of using this machine tool is indeed a bit high. I don’t think it is prepared for individual players at all. The startup fee alone is 100 silver coins. Unless it is a company sponsored by the shelter, it is difficult for ordinary self-employed people to afford it!”
Brother Ce Suo: “That may not be the case. Brother Mosquito will definitely be able to afford it!”
Brother Levin: “He won’t say anything. That guy is a criminal. By the way, how much money do we have in our account?”
Brother Ce Suo: “4,000 silver… New people bought a lot of axes and arrowheads before. What? Are you going to share the profits?”
Brother Levin: “What the hell! This amount of money is not enough to share anything. I plan to make a hot punching machine. Those parts that couldn’t be made before should be processed with this machine. When we have a punching machine, we can make seamless steel pipes!”
Hearing this, Brother Ce Suo’s eyes suddenly lit up.
”Great, brother! We think alike!”
Brother Levin rolled his eyes: “Don’t be so proud, I’ll be offline soon. Go and upload the drawings. Let’s make a simple one. I guess it won’t be too expensive.”
Brother Ce Suo smiled.
”Okay, brother, this is exactly what I’m doing for my graduation project!”
…
Just as Brother Levin and Brother Ceso were discussing how to expand and strengthen the seamless steel pipe industry and create brilliance in the wasteland, Xiao Qi, who was standing on the third floor of the sanatorium not far away, raised the camera and looked at Chu Guang standing beside him, and whispered.
”Master, isn’t the price you set too expensive?”
At least a dozen people asked for the price just now, but when they heard that the startup fee was 100 silver coins, they were immediately scared and turned away.
100 silver coins for startup, this is a robbery!
Chu Guang didn’t agree with Xiao Qi’s suggestion.
”It’s not expensive at all, I even think it’s cheap. They think it’s expensive just because they don’t understand the version deeply enough, which means they are not our target customers at all. If there is no threshold at all, God knows what kind of drawings they will get. Do you want to use that thing to make a bunch of broken javelins and broken axes?”
Go to Boss Xia for this kind of thing!
The two workbenches she has, one DIY and one picked up, can make this thing.
Xiao Qi clicked the camera, as if he understood, but also as if he didn’t understand. In his opinion, if it is not allowed to be used to produce those things, wouldn’t it be enough to just prohibit its use?
Why go around in circles and use “thresholds” to restrict it?
Chu Guang didn’t intend to explain to AI why he did this, or the difference between human behavioral logic and AI algorithms.
What can I say?
Chu Guang does not object to players’ bizarre and creative ideas, but he needs to restrict players through rules and let them consider whether it is worthwhile to do so before they can use their creativity.
As Xiao Qi himself said, this machine tool is not used to produce those rough things at all.
Take the AK47 he made earlier as an example. 6 kg of steel made 3 kg of workpieces, half of which were cut into strange shapes of steel scraps, which are likely to be sent to the steel mill for recycling.
In addition, there is the consumed electricity and the natural loss of inert gas during use. These are visible costs, not to mention the invisible hidden costs. The
real purpose of this thing is to produce “tools for production” or to process some “high-tech added value” high-precision equipment when materials are available.
The latter does not need to be considered for the time being, and the former is the main goal at this stage.
Chu Guang plans to take it step by step, and first let his little players make a hot perforator to solve the problem of the barrel.
Without considering the complicated technologies of three-roll continuous rolling and centering straightening, a punching machine is enough for the simple production of seamless steel pipes.
Whether it can be produced in batches, efficiently, and with guaranteed quality and quantity is a matter for the future. We must first have the ability to produce before we can find ways to optimize.
For a long time in the future, seamless steel pipes will become the most important pillar industry of Shelter No. 404.
As for the process of the receiver.
Chu Guang hesitated for a while between the milling receiver and the stamping receiver, and finally chose the latter.
Although the milling receiver is more modern and has higher precision, the disadvantages are also obvious. It wastes materials, has high requirements for personnel and equipment, and has low production efficiency.
For example, the AK47 he made with a machine tool before was strictly speaking a milling receiver, and even the barrel and the rifling in the barrel were cut by a single-atom knife.
The stamping receiver is different. In addition to the trouble of making the mold, the entire production process has almost no technical content, and the efficiency of mass production is particularly high.
The only drawback is the poor accuracy, but compared to its two advantages of cheapness and durability, this drawback is not a drawback at all, at most it is a minor flaw.
After all, in the wasteland environment, the average combat distance is less than 100 meters. No matter how accurate the shooting is, it is not as good as shooting fast and steady.
Based on the stamping process, Chu Guang plans to simply imitate the AK’s receiver and design a 7mm caliber rifle.
Compared with the upper and lower receiver design and seven-protrusion locking of the AR series rifles, the U-shaped receiver and two-protrusion locking design of the AK are more than twice as difficult to produce. After the mold is made, it can even be directly punched out of a whole piece of steel.
What does it mean to punch out of a whole piece of steel?
It can be mass-produced like ink paper under a printer, and it can be used with a barrel and a solid wooden stock, which perfectly meets the combat needs in the wasteland environment.
There is a reason why this thing sells well in the third world.
Especially in places where human life is not valuable, guns are definitely the cheaper the better. Otherwise, it would be
a waste if someone died?
…
The next day.
There was a crowd of people at the entrance of the weapon shop. Last night, many small players ran back from the action camp, waiting for the weapon shop to open.
Yawning, Boss Xia had long been accustomed to this.
As usual, she opened the store door on time. She took out the two samples that Chu Guang asked her to make yesterday and hung them on the semi-open window.
They were two solid wood and pure steel rifles.
One of them had a compact layout, and the buttstock and magazine were both standard assault rifle shapes. The top rail could be used to install sights, and the grip could be installed under the barrel.
The other had a significantly extended barrel and receiver, and the magazine embedded in the gun body only revealed a triangular outline, which looked slightly wider.
The common point between the two is that they both have a rough appearance and atmospheric lines, and their appearance is extremely similar, like good brothers coming off the same assembly line. Not only are the appearances similar, the names of the two guns are also very similar. The long one is called LD-47s, and the short one is called LD-47.
In addition, they have a very coquettish nickname –
sickle!
”Fuck, the weapon store has new items today! Brother Fang is awesome!”
”I know this! LD-47s should be a sniper!”
”Got it! It’s a 98K!”
”What the hell is a 98K! It’s obviously a sniper rifle!”
”Wait, the short one… why does it look more and more like an AK?”
”Be more confident and get rid of your doubts. This operator is lazy again. It’s probably just copied the skin from CF!”
The prices of both guns are very cheap, 250 silver coins for the long one and 200 silver coins for the short one, which is only twice as expensive as the iron barrel rifle!
Now, who doesn’t have 200 silver coins in their pocket as long as they are old players? Especially in the game against the Legion, the basic income is 150 silver coins!
Many people are still hesitating, but the quick-eyed and quick-handed Tail has already made a move.
”Boss lady! Give me a whole one! I want the long tail! The short one is for Sisi.”
Xia Yan yawned and said a few words after giving the short-haired female player a cold look.
”Samples, not for sale. If you want to buy, wait two days.”
Hearing this unskilled and unstandard Mandarin, the players around were instantly stunned.
What the hell?
The boss lady not only changed her legs, but also updated her voice pack!
Epic enhancement!
Just when there was a commotion at the door of the weapon store, the industrial area in the south was also very lively. As
soon as many small players who registered as self-employed business owners came online and were about to get on the truck to go to the action camp to go to the market, a bunch of orders popped up in the VM task bar.
Some of them required the production of wooden stocks and grips. The difficulty was not great, and it could even be said that having hands was enough.
The slightly more difficult ones also required polishing lenses and making optical sights, and the types could be said to be varied.
These tasks have one thing in common, that is, the rewards are quite generous, and due to the update of Alpha 0.8 version, there is an additional 10% reward bonus for orders!
In addition, the first 100 orders of various products will also have additional contribution points and regional reputation.
If you miss this, are you still human? !
With such generous rewards, many small players who mainly focus on life professions were instantly excited. One by one, they picked up their tools and rushed to their own small workshops to work, wishing they could weld their butts to the bench.
Of course, compared to those self-employed individuals who did manual work, the real winner was a “large producer” who invested in the shelter.
Early in the morning, the No. 81 Steel Plant of the Outpost received an exclusive order – [to produce 100 receivers and 100 gun barrels for the Outpost].
This order has clear requirements for the materials, specifications, dimensions and even processing accuracy of the products, and the production is not easy.
However, this is not important!
What is important is that the wise and powerful administrator not only offered a generous price of 4,000 silver coins, but also paid 50% of the order in advance as a prepayment.
The sudden “windfall” made Brother Ceso and Brother Levin dizzy.
Although the money is in the company account, it is also money!
Under the stimulation of the order, the two who were a little hesitant, without saying a word, took the deposit of 4,000 silver coins and a large amount of steel in the inventory, and went to the assistant of the administrator to customize a large number of parts, ready to work hard to complete the punching machine for stamping barrels and the stamping die for making receivers.
In addition, the two also spent the 2,000 silver coins they had just received, which were used to post scavenging tasks and order raw materials for production.
Although the steel plant’s account was completely spent, the two did not feel anything wrong, but felt that the future was promising.
On the surface, in order to complete this order, they not only did not make any money, but also spent their own money.
But can we only look at the surface?
Of course not!
The money spent did not disappear, but was replaced by a more advanced form and stayed with them forever.
With the molds for the punching machine and the punching machine, they will be able to complete more orders, further reduce the cost of production, further improve efficiency, and the snowball will start to roll.
This wave is more than a win.
It’s simply a win!
Coincidentally, as the major shareholder of the steel plant, the wise and powerful manager also thinks so.
For Chu Guang, money or no money is a small matter. The key is that this wave of operations not only greatly increased the production capacity of the steel plant, but also reduced the logistical pressure of the outpost base.
And all he paid was a few thousand happy beans.
This wave can’t be considered a win.
It should be said to be a win-win!
After all, he won twice.
In addition to the gun itself, there are also wooden butts, triangular bayonets, magazine drums, bipods, optical sights and other accessories. Chu Guang plans to get them all.
In the future, just by selling accessories and bullets, he can get a lot of silver coins, and even dump the excess production capacity to the survivors around, or even export it to Red River Town and Boulder City.
Chu Guang is sure that as long as his weapons are sold cheaply enough, those mercenaries and caravan guards who can’t afford expensive weapons will love him to death.
”But… at that time, it will definitely not work to use game coins as currency.”
Although the production process of this kind of game coins produced in the pre-war era is excellent and has a certain anti-counterfeiting ability, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the number is limited.
Players can use electronic currency, but those wastelanders will not admit things that they cannot see, and they don’t even believe in paper money.
Besides, Chu Guang is not sure whether the merchant named Sun Shiqi has kept a trick, such as secretly hiding a bag of coins and not selling it to him.
This kind of thing is not impossible.
Looking at the outpost base industrial area that is in full swing and bustling again, Chu Guang silently made up his mind in his heart.
”The second generation of currency must be launched as soon as possible!”
This work must be completed before the end of winter.
After winter, trade in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City will become active again. And by then, players will also usher in a more open, broader, and more challenging world.
At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind, pulling Chu Guang’s thoughts back from afar.
The fully armed Fang Chang nodded slightly and said respectfully: “Dear Administrator, we are ready. When will we set off!”
Standing up from the chair, Chu Guang grasped the war hammer placed aside and hung it behind his back.
”Now.”
(End of this chapter)
