"Of course! But this kind of motor vehicle specially used by the Imperial Army, people who know a little bit don't dare to touch it." Song Hu laughed.
"Knowing that they are from the military department, they dare to take back their things. Is it because I am afraid that I will not cause enough trouble?" Qianye smiled.
A gleam flashed in Song Hu's eyes, and he still said with a smile: "Now these troubles will be nothing when you have money, guns, and power. Besides, you even offended the Zhao Clan in Tian Xuan Chun Shou Don't worry about it, do you still care about a few little guys in the military? This kind of guy, relying on a little background, doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and acts recklessly, but he doesn't have the strength to match him. I have seen too much."
Qianye's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he asked, "What will happen to this car now, will anyone take it?"
"Of course, why don't you accept it? For underground channels, people recognize the goods but not the people. As long as it is a good thing, who cares about its origin? Besides, it is not difficult to find a craftsman to modify it."
Qianye nodded, and said, "Well, I'll leave everything to you first. I plan to go a little farther and go to the Black Mud Swamp to have a look."
Qianye originally planned to go out of the city to feel the surroundings of Heiliu City, but changed his mind after meeting Gu Liyu. He had a strong premonition that the war with the dark race might be just around the corner, and there was not much time left for him to slowly explore the wilderness.
In addition, the mercenary group is now ready for everything, and the biggest bottleneck is the lack of money. With their current combat power, if they want to block the dark fighters coming out of the swamp, they can only rely on their superiority in numbers and firepower, and the current equipment of the mercenary group is still conventional configuration. If they want to get some heavy firepower, or make more ammunition reserves, None of these items can be separated from gold coins.
So Qianye decided to go directly to the Black Mud Swamp. On the one hand, he would explore the way for the upcoming war, and on the other hand, he would hunt and kill the dark races there, so as to relieve some pressure on future defense.
Song Hu obviously soon realized why Qianye suddenly changed his itinerary, thought for a while, and said, "That's fine. The war is about to start, and the dark race will inevitably send out many outposts. If they can be removed more, maybe they can be sent out." Retreat when you face difficulties, and follow the easy way. But don’t force yourself, my lord, your safety is the most important thing.” He pointed to the map and described the situation of the Black Mire Swamp in detail again.
When Qianye was about to go out, Song Hu stopped him and took him to the row of bungalows used as warehouses behind the school grounds. Song Hu forcefully opened one of the iron doors, revealing a mighty two-wheeled motorcycle inside the warehouse.
The distance from the seat to the ground is half the height of an adult man, with its head and tail over three meters. It looks like an elegant and dangerous cheetah crouching down. The smooth and beautiful lines are full of the toughness and texture of metal, and full of tension, as if it will emerge from the shadows at any time. Leaps to its prey.
"Where did this come from?" Qianye's eyes lit up and he asked. Individual mobile machines like this are rare in Yongye, and trucks are the mainstream.
"It's a second-hand product after selling that hound. But this little guy is not cheap, especially when he runs and only eats fuel for power."
This locomotive is painted black, and the exhaust pipe was originally a striking bright silver. Now a craftsman is painting it with lead gray non-reflective paint, and another craftsman is adding a weapon pylon.
Judging by the scuffed bullet-holed rims and obviously dented front fork, this is indeed a second-hand car. But the two-wheeled motorcycles all use the Force Array engine, which is all handmade, so none of them will be cheap.
Qianye's heart moved a little. Calculating the time it took Song Hu from selling the stolen goods to buying the goods, it would not exceed twenty hours at most. This shows how powerful the hidden line of the transaction left by Song Zining is.
"It will take some time to transform, but it should be available when you come back from the Black Mire Swamp."
Qianye circled the locomotive several times. He liked machinery very much when he was in Red Scorpion. After arriving in Evernight Continent, he rarely came into contact with these things. For a while, he had the urge to take it out and try the car. Hearing what Song Hu said at this moment, he remembered the business again, and couldn't help but patted the leather seat regretfully.
The two hadn't walked out of the warehouse when they suddenly heard the sound of a roaring engine from above through the ceiling, shaking the whole row of houses.
Qianye and Song Hu glanced at each other and walked out quickly. As soon as he arrived on the school field, he found a large shadow in the sky. They looked up and saw a floating airship floating tens of meters above their heads. The several black holes protruding from the belly of the gun and the thick armor on the boat indicated that it was a military floating gunboat. .
On the other side of the school grounds, in the direction of the gate of the mercenary base, several Wei family guards were walking quickly. Qianye also recognized the tall guard at the head, an old man who often followed Wei Potian around.
The guard of the Wei family came over, first saluted Qianye, then pointed to the sky, and said loudly amidst the deafening roar: "This is a gift from the prince before he leaves! I hope you like it!"
Qianye was stunned for a moment before asking: "Gift? You mean, this military floating gunboat?"
"That's right!" The Wei family's personal guard was very proud.
"But...there's always a captain and a gunner?"
"It's all set up. Now it's driving over to show you, and it will stop at the airship base soon."
After finishing speaking, the guards of the Wei family vigorously waved their hands into the air and gestured. The airship turned slowly, pulled up, and headed towards the airship base in Heiliu City.
The guards of the Wei family didn't stay long and left in a hurry. Only Qianye and Song Hu were left standing in place.
There was no joy on Qianye's face, while Song Hu next to him said with a fake smile, "Congratulations, young master!"
Qianye's expression straightened slightly, and he said lightly, "Congratulations on what?"
"Of course it's a new weapon! In addition, the young master will have to work harder to make money in the future."
Qianye breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't have the slightest intention to pick up Song Hu's words. He was born in the elite regiment of the empire, and he has a wide range of weapons and equipment. He naturally knows that things like airships are money-burning things.
The floating gunboat that Wei Potian left behind was his own private property, so it was quite small, including the cockpit, it could only carry no more than 30 people, and it only had two dual-purpose guns for ground and air. No matter how small an airship is, it is also an airship. Its daily maintenance, power energy and ammunition consumption, as well as professional captains and gunners all cost a lot.
In Qianye's impression, the minimum monthly sum of various expenses for a military floating gunboat like this is at least five or six hundred gold coins. In other words, just this one big guy consumed more than the cost of the entire mercenary regiment, not counting the price of replacement parts.
It can only be said that on the Eternal Night Continent, military-grade airships are indeed powerful weapons, but they are of little use to Qianye. If the mercenary group grows to thousands of people in the future and can independently garrison Heiliu City, having a gunboat will be even more powerful.
Qianye could only smile wryly in the end, he really didn't know how to evaluate the achievements of today.
And Wei Potian is a guy with keen intuition sometimes, but sometimes he is so careless and careless that it makes people laugh and cry. Qianye looked at Song Hu, who also had a helpless expression, and spread his hands at him.
At that moment, Qianye didn't waste any more time, directly packed his luggage and equipment, put them all on a light off-road vehicle, and then drove out of the city.
The black mud swamp has a vast area, and there are bottomless swamps everywhere. Outside the silt, poisonous insects, various native beasts, and even hook-scale crocodiles here are deadly threats to humans. Only senior fighters can survive in the swamp. walk through.
However, the dark race can avoid these dangers by various means. The dark aura emanating from demons and vampires can expel vicious creatures lower than their own level, including swamp creatures, of course. Among the servant spiders of nerubians, there is a category of swamp spiders. Only werewolves are not very adapted to the swamp environment, but they can be carried through swampy areas on swamp spiders.
Therefore, the black mud swamp has always been almost a one-sided passage between humans and the dark territory. The army of the dark race can attack the human territory from here, but the human army can rarely attack through the swamp.
It was almost evening when Qianye arrived at Heini Town by car. On the Evernight Continent, night had already fallen at this time. He bumped through a forest of miscellaneous trees with almost no obvious lanes. According to the direction of the map, the town should be on the other side of the forest.
However, looking from a distance, Heini Town is dark and gloomy, and there are almost no lights to be seen. Occasionally, there are one or two dim yellow spots that flicker, which can easily be mistaken for phosphorescence in the wilderness.
Qianye stopped and carefully observed the small town ahead with his dark vision, but found nothing unusual. It should be that Hei Ni Town has already entered a state of combat readiness in advance, so night control has been implemented, which is understandable.
Since Black Mud Town is the most border town in the war zone, and it is close to such a strategically important place as the Black Mud Swamp, there is a not-so-small outpost where about 100 expeditionary soldiers are stationed all year round. Although they belonged to the jurisdiction of Heiliu City, they were actually in a rather marginalized position in the Seventh Division, so not only were they not affected by Wu Zhengnan's incident, they were also very enthusiastic about Qianye's arrival.
After Qianye submitted the letter of authorization, he entered Heini Town accompanied by several defending officers. According to the usual practice, when the mercenary regiment assists in the defense of settlements at the town level or below, it will obtain the highest command authority. It surpassed everyone present, so the attitude of these officers towards Qianye was almost flattering.
Qianye didn't go directly to the mayor's house, but parked his car on the main street of the town and walked around first.
The city wall of Heini Town is five meters high and quite strong, which shows that this place has been an important place for many years. The town's population is much larger than that of Lighthouse Town, but its area is only half that of Lighthouse Town. The houses in the small town are densely built, and the roads are extremely narrow. There are only two main roads in the town, one horizontal and one vertical, that can barely pass Qianye's light off-road vehicle.
Qianye walked into the small town only to find that some low-level light sources near the ground were still working, and the oppressive light shone heavily on the road. Although it was avoided to stretch out his hands and fingers, it made people feel even more uncomfortable. At the same time, there was an indescribable stench in the air, so strong that it made people sick. The smell here is stronger and more pungent than the putrid smell of the swamp outside the town.
Regardless of the open space in the streets and alleys, there are scavengers lying everywhere. They lay on the ground, sleeping soundly, occupying the already crowded and cramped passages without even a place to stay.
Seeing such a scene, Qianye frowned slightly. As far as I can see, there may be a thousand or two thousand scavengers and homeless people in the town. Compared with the registered permanent residents, this is a very impressive number.