Chapter 30: This Punishment is Too Harsh, Right?!

Chu Guang was a very principled person, and of course, he did not exploit the players.

Although the shelter was very poor and contribution points couldn't buy anything other than resurrection, he still gave Teng Teng something.

Every time a piece of clothing was made, she would be rewarded with fifty contribution points.

The requirement was not high at all. Anything enough to keep one warm would count as a pass.

Once the shop system went online, he planned to price those clothes from one hundred to five hundred contribution points based on their quality and sell them to other players.

In that case, he would have to find an NPC to be a merchant.

Chu Guang once heard that Brown Farm would sell some weak slaves every winter to save food and fuel. When spring started next year, they would buy another batch of slaves from the slave merchant.

Maybe I should go there to try my luck.

"Dear Administrator, when shall we leave?" Looking at Chu Guang coming out of the nursing home, Garbage’s reptilian tail swayed to greet him and asked impatiently.

"No hurry, I have to find you a handy weapon... Come with me."

Outside the nursing home wall, there was a small wooden cabin that was built by Mosquito and was currently in use as a wood workshop.

The outpost lacked tools, especially steel tools of reliable quality. Many things could only be replaced by wood.

But the players were a smart bunch of people.

Combining some industrial waste and wood scoured from the wasteland, the player who was proficient in woodworking had made a lot of post-apocalyptic-style tools.

The crossbow leaning against the wall was one of them.

The wooden crossbow’s body was made up of simple mechanical structures and hinges made up of stainless steel parts. The bowstring was made of mutated hyena tendon which had undergone special treatment.

Arrows were sharpened metal pieces they managed to find.

His iron-barreled rifle was running out of ammunition, and there were about twenty rounds left, so he needed to save them. For prey that could be killed with a crossbow, it was much better to hunt them down with one.

Seeing the administrator pick up the crossbow, Garbage thought that he would be given the weapon and he quickly reached out to take it. Unfortunately, his hand was slapped away by Chu Guang.

"That’s your weapon." Chu Guang pointed to a few javelins in the corner of the wall made with sharpened metal pieces as the javelin head, with a convenient carrying strap next to it.

"You have eight points in your strength attribute. As long as you master throwing skills, you can kill your prey as long as they are within ten meters of you."

Garbage revealed a sad expression and mumbled, "But Administrator, I still think... if I had a ranged weapon, my hunting efficiency would be higher."

Chu Guang glanced at his two-meter-tall figure.

What was the point of having such a big body if all he knew was to camp in the corner and shoot enemies?

Refusing to be a Tank? Was he still a man?

"The javelin is the basic skill of hunting, regardless of close combat or mid-range encounters, it can keep you from falling into a passive situation. I will only teach you hunting skills today. As for the weapons you choose to fight with in the future, it's up to you."

So this is a skill training tutorial?

Garbage nodded without saying anything as if he had vaguely understood something.

While talking, Mosquito pushed open the door of the wooden cabin and walked out with two glass bottles.

Seeing Chu Guang, his eyes lit up. "Dear Administrator, I was just about to look for you! This is the acetone I told you about! We can use it as a solvent to make smokeless gunpowder."

While speaking, he also shook the bottle in his right hand like some alchemist. His action shocked Chu Guang and Garbage, making them subconsciously take a step back at the same time.

"It's fine. Hehe, it's okay as long as it doesn't encounter an open flame, hehehehe," Mosquito laughed excitedly.

He only dared to do stuff like that in game. He would never dare to do it in his small workshop in real life.

It was just that he didn't expect that the game was so real that he could really make something like that.

The next moment, he noticed the lizardman next to the Administrator, and his excited expression visibly froze.

"Who is this......"

Chu Guang coughed lightly and said, "He is a new resident, Garbage."

"Wow, a newbie." Mosquito looked at him enviously.

He actually has a hidden character at the start of the game, this is not fair!

"Tell me about the thing in your hands," Chu Guang glanced at the glass bottle in his hand. "How did you make it?"

"The method is very simple. It only involves the dry distillation of wood. You can put the wood in a sealed metal container and bake it, siphon it with a tube, and condense it in a supercooled bucket. The collected condensate can be easily divided into a water-like solution and thick tar-like residue... just a simple distillation method will be able to achieve this."

"The water sample is wood acetic acid, which is mainly composed of acetic acid, acetone, and methanol. Their boiling points can be used for further fractional distillation. Among them, acetic acid can react with alkali metal compounds to form salts that can be used for many purposes, making the acetone in my right hand... very useful."

Mosquito sighed intently after he spoke.

"Tsk, if only we can get sulfuric acid. With sulfuric acid, we can get hydrogen peroxide out. Mixing hydrogen peroxide and acetone can make triacetone triperoxide... that is, TATP, commonly known as entropy explosive."

Garbage was also stunned and couldn't help but gulp.

What does this guy do in reality?

He is simply incredible!

Chu Guang was also shocked by Mosquito’s knowledge and methods.

He subconsciously glanced at the small wooden cabin in front of him. There was no way he would be able to associate what he was standing in with a chemical laboratory.

Only players could do such dangerous things.

Collecting himself, Chu Guang looked at Mosquito and continued. "I will pay attention to the chemical plants in this area. Anyway, do you mean that we can’t produce explosives yet?”

"I can't get high-performance ones, but black powder is very easy to get. Give me some time, I'm thinking of other ways, but... sometimes, you don’t have to use explosives to get the killing effect," Mosquito shook his left hand and continued with a smile, “This bottle is a mixture of pine oil and acetone. I also added a little plant fiber to it. You can light the flammable material tied at the mouth of the bottle and throw it. It can burn for a long time...”

Molotov cocktail?!

This is great!

Chu Guang's eyes lit up, and he took the glass bottle from Mosquito’s hand and weighed it in his hand.

"Have you tested it yet?"

"Uh... We’re practically surrounded by trees, so I'm worried that the fire won't be extinguished," Mosquito said with slight embarrassment.

Good. It seems that this guy still has some common sense.

"I'll try it out for you later."

Chu Guang quietly put away the glass bottle, looked at him, and continued, "It's still dangerous to do chemical experiments in this environment, and the shelter doesn't have the conditions to store such dangerous goods for the time being. I will give you the rewards you deserve, but I can't encourage you to expand production." After a moment's pause, Chu Guang carried on, "But... I suggest you try to make these chemicals play a role in the production and construction of the outpost, and create the value we need."

"Create the value we need..." Mosquito muttered to himself and fell into deep thought.

𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"Mhm, you can think about it." Chu Guang nodded, and continued, "Of course, I also suggest that you talk to the other residents of the shelter and ask them if they have any good suggestions. Maybe there will be unexpected gains."