Apocalypse Cockroach - Chapter 220

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Chapter 220 14 . 5mm





Zhang Xiao Qiang got people to open its mouth and shone a torch inside . This large rat was unlike the others that had two typical incisors . Upon opening its mouth, it had sharp carnivorous teeth, with three sets of sharp teeth on the upper and lower mandibles that were clenched extremely tightly . Upon looking at this, Zhang Xiao Qiang figured that it might have suffered from an intense pain right before it died .



The clenched teeth made the rebar in Zhang Xiao Qiang’s hands to be useless . At long last, Zhang Xiao Qiang used the spear to drill and remove one of the tough teeth to be able to form a hole, after which they made use of the pry bar principle to open the unpleasant rat mouth .



Zhang Xiao Qiang found a wound in its oral cavity and understood, a highly explosive warhead had exploded beside it, but the explosion was unable to harm its fur .



This giant king rat was careless, it was, in fact, a king rat that regarded class importantly and gave orders through its close subordinates . Coincidentally everything happened when it ordered the countless rats to suicide rush the survivors . Right as it was giving the order, a shrapnel from the warhead flew into its mouth, which shot through its oral cavity that had no protection all the way to its brain, as a result, it severely harmed the king rat .



With the king rat dead, there was no suppression from it . All the innately coward rats naturally would not rush to their deaths . Therefore, all of them scurried away in fear, resulting in Zhang Xiao Qiang’s victory, which had actually heavily relied on his luck .



Zhang Xiao Qiang thought back about in fear as cold sweat trickled down his back . He got a few men to find more helpers and carried the large rat onto a truck while he moved towards Wang Le who was in a buzz of activity .



Wang Le’s face and body were covered in engine oil, working on the Type-54 anti-aircraft machine gun while talking to the few mechanical apprentices around him . He remained unaware of Zhang Xiao Qiang standing behind him for half a day and it was only after he had completed his handiwork and that the anti-aircraft machine gun was able to swivel did he realize that Zhang Xiao Qiang was behind him .



Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed at the few porcupine corpses and spoke: “Did you see their leather? Are they usable?”



Wang Le glanced at the monster corpses and turned back to Zhang Xiao Qiang: “They can be used, I took a look at them, their leather will naturally condense towards the point of impact, it is able to withstand large caliber bullets from a close range and the leather by itself is bulletproof, giving the leather time to condense and react . ”



He paused for a moment, picked up his water canteen and drank a few mouth of water . Looking at Wang Le who was so busy to the point of forgetting to drink water for the whole day, Zhang Xiao Qiang took out a pack of Nanjing Cigarettes and handed Wang Le a stick . Wang le, being overwhelmed by the emotions from the actions of Zhang Xiao Qiang, accepted it and helped Zhang Xiao Qiang lit the cigarettes . He smoked a deep breath and exhaled, then looked at Zhang Xiao Qiang with slight embarrassment .



“I saw a report once that talked about technology that could be built in the future, one of which is a futuristic personalized soldier armor, a few conjectures on bionic armor and they even have thick hides that made me think of the similarities… . ”





“This thick hide, compared to the D2 skin that I had given to you the other time, which is better?” Zhang Xiao Qiang interrupted Wang Le’s recollection and got straight to the main point .



“The two have their advantages, the D2 skin is much easier to work with but in terms of strength, the leather is stronger . ” Wang Le patted on the Type-54 anti-aircraft machine gun and continued .

“As long as this big guy is finished and usable, it can kill off D2s, because D2’s skin has a certain limit, so long as you break through its limit, the bullets are able to penetrate through its skin . But the leather is much more difficult, its innate characteristics prevent it from being penetrated so easily unless we are talking about a 14 . 5mm caliber… . ”



His words were interrupted by Zhang Xiao Qiang: “14 . 5mm large bullets? Why?”



Wang Le drew another puff and continued: “Actually, everything has a threshold, including the leather . The 14 . 5mm caliber’s kinetic energy is too strong, the leather can maximally withstand 12 . 7mm caliber bullets, which means that even something slightly stronger than a 12 . 7mm is enough to break through it . 14 . 5mm bullets have multiple times the kinetic energy of a 12 . 7mm, the instant a 14 . 5mm hits this leather, it will definitely break through, and the unique point about large caliber bullets is that they will explode . Think about it, what would happen if an explosive explodes from inside the stomach?”



Hearing these, Zhang Xiao Qiang immediately felt that it was a pity, he had countless 14 . 5mm bullets on hand, even if he gave out 10 thousand, he would have plenty left . The thing was, he did not have any barrels capable of using the bullets .





Wang Le took a puff and noticed that Zhang Xiao Qiang looked dispirited and downcast, and immediately sensed something wrong . He was alright just a second ago, why is he like this now?



“Brother Cockroach, is there something bothering you?” Wang Le carefully probed and asked .



Zhang Xiao Qiang shook his head with a bitter face, then after thinking about it, he nodded . Wang Le was muddled by Zhang Xiao Qiang’s reaction . It was a shake, then a nod, what was that supposed to mean?



“I know what you’re talking about, I have 14 . 5mm bullets, they’re there . ” Zhang Xiao Qiang pointed to the ammunition crates that were just about to be moved .



“I have more than 10 thousand of such bullets, multiple times in fact, but so what? Can you make a 14 . 5mm gun?” Zhang Xiao Qiang rambled on and asked Wang le . Wang Le shook his head, even if he could, they did not have the materials to do so .



Seeing Wang Le admit that he could not, Zhang Xiao Qiang completely let go of the idea . He turned and walked toward the dormitories, he wanted to take a look at how the 8 porcupines were doing . Towards this new species of rats, Zhang Xiao Qiang wanted to rear them in the base and see if they were able to reproduce . Regardless of meat or obtaining the leather, it could be considered a local niche .



“Brother Cockroach…” Wang Le’s shout came out from behind . Zhang Xiao Qiang stopped and looked at him, who quickly ran to his side and asked: “Brother Cockroach, are you worried about having bullets but no guns?”



Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded his head: “You know that our walls are thick, but god knows if there are any D3, D4 that will run over . You have seen a Type-D zombie, it is that one that is slightly strengthened . With that, a rifle can kill it, but when it comes to a D2, even a cannon can’t kill it, at that time, I’m afraid our base will not be able to stand against them . ”



With that, Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at the Type-92 Battalion Gun behind the vehicle and self-ridicule: “Who knows, maybe even I will have to hug a warhead and use my life to fight something…”



Zhang Xiao Qiang sighed, but Wang Le’s expression became excited . He spoke with a vulgar expression: “Brother Cockroach, I do know where we can obtain a big gun for such an ammunition… . ”



Zhang Xiao Qiang suddenly turned and looked at Wang le anxiously: “WHERE?”



Wang Le started to speak… .