Chapter 561: Chapter 561: Big Trouble is Coming

Book Chapter 561: Big Trouble is Coming (Update 4)

At a small mound about 70–80 meters from the road. Lin

Xiao Yu stared at the corpse lying on the ground, his eyes widening at the sight of a Kar98k rifle beside it.

Isn’t reality even more exciting than fiction?

Does a relic gun like this really still exist?

Not only does it exist, it had just fired twice—taking down a Female Officer!

Coming back to his senses, Xiao Yu noticed a pistol at the corpse’s waist.

That makes sense… he exhaled heavily.

So it wasn’t nine men with eight guns, but ten men with ten guns!

All the suspects and corpses were taken back to the City Bureau in City Z.

During questioning, it turned out that this group was planning a robbery.

They intended to hijack an armored cash transport vehicle!

Wait a minute—anyone with half a brain knows that cash transports don’t carry much money nowadays, right?

True enough, but the gang wasn’t after cash.

They were aiming for a shipment of gold—50 kilograms!

Fifty kilograms of gold—can you imagine its worth?

At current market prices, that’d be over 20 million at the very least!

So what was the gold for?

It was from the main branch of a jewelry store, on its way to the bank as collateral.

Using reconnaissance and an inside man, the criminals pinpointed the gold transport schedule.

They planned to wait until the other five pistols ‘arrived’ before launching their armed heist!

Even Xiao Yu was a bit taken aback after the interrogation.

A modern-day gold heist?

My goodness, fifty kilograms!

Not to mention, Xiao Yu had never seen more than a kilogram of gold in his life.

An armed robbery targeting that much gold?

This case was truly massive—alarming, even.

However, Xiao Yu left City Z immediately.

Once the ‘buyer’ was dealt with, he had no time for further complications.

His current mission: to locate the gunpowder formula!

……

F City Airport.

“Arrest suspect Lu Weiting!”

Xiao Yu spoke coldly into his phone.

Shortly after, Xiao Yu, Zhao Long, and the others left the airport and boarded a police car.

They headed straight to where another suspect, Gong Xu, was located.

He was the alleged supplier of the bullets.

If they were to trace the origin of the gunpowder, the answer had to lie with Gong Xu.

An hour later.

Boom!

Two special forces soldiers burst into a small factory, storming a room inside.

Inside, Xiao Yu found suspect Gong Xu lying on the floor with his hands clutching his head.

He trembled like a quivering quail.

“You’ve been lounging around at home these past few days,” Xiao Yu remarked.

Staring down at the suspect, he demanded, “Where did you get seventy rounds, and how are you supposed to pay for them?”

“……”

Gong Xu trembled even more violently.

A pungent, urine-like odor filled the air.

It turned out that Gong Xu’s trousers were soaked.

He was utterly terrified!

Xiao Yu frowned, “Don’t make me repeat myself.”

“I didn’t make them—I bought them,” Gong Xu stammered.

He spoke in a quavering tone.

Xiao Yu wasn’t surprised.

If the bullets were indeed made by Gong Xu,

there’s no way he could have been lounging around playing mobile games all this time.

Keep in mind, making bullets might seem simple, but the process is highly intricate.

For example, bullet tips can be made of white copper, brass, coated copper steel, or nickel-plated steel.

Regular bullets typically have lead cores, while specialty rounds often use steel cores.

Similarly, casings are usually made of brass.

Then there are the primers—the most critical element is the gunpowder.

Setting gunpowder aside for the moment,

just crafting the bullet tip, casing, and primer is beyond an amateur’s capability.

You’d need specialized tools to melt lead cores, right?

Wouldn’t creating coated copper components require special equipment?

Pressing casings demands not only metal molds but also precise techniques.

And the primer remains a critical component.

It requires not only professional ignition powder but also a metal foil cover to prevent moisture.

How many steps and processes do you think that involves?

Whoever thought making a bullet was simple?

Some specialty rounds require techniques even more complex than those used in firearm manufacturing.

Of course, the most vital part is the gunpowder formula.

Without the proper formula, no matter how well you execute the rest, it’s utterly useless!

In short, manufacturing bullets is extremely complicated.

So complex that it requires both significant expertise and specialized equipment!

It was clear that suspect Gong Xu didn’t meet these qualifications…

He spent his days at home playing games—could he really be making bullets?

Then how did he come to know his bullet supplier?

It all started on a local military hardware forum!

Initially, suspects Gong Xu and Lu Weiting were already on familiar terms in real life.

One night, after getting heavily drunk, Lu Weiting boasted that he could make guns but couldn’t source bullets.

That’s when Gong Xu recalled someone on the forum who claimed to supply bullets.

They exchanged private messages on the forum.

The other party even offered to send a sample first.

From that point, starting two years ago, Gong Xu began purchasing bullets and reselling them to Lu Weiting.

Lu Weiting even ventured into the gun trade as a result.

National Security started investigating the local military hardware forum.

By tracking IP addresses, they aimed to find the bullet supplier.

The culprit was clever—masking his forum IP behind proxies.

Every time suspect Gong Xu placed an order, it was done through the forum’s private messaging feature.

It wasn’t instant messaging—trying to find someone merely by posting is unrealistic…

Two days later.

Xiao Yu finally discovered why Gong Xu’s bullets were so expensive.

It turns out the supplier required cash on delivery!

Moreover, the bullets were shipped via courier—the same method used for fresh fish.

Every fish’s belly contained one bullet.

With courier fees added, each bullet cost roughly 100 yuan.

Suspect Gong Xu only marked up the price twofold. Not too steep.

For a criminal deal, that was almost a humanitarian offer!

Team Two members managed to trace the shipper in just half a day.

It turned out the shipper was in F City—a courier.

He claimed to be just a courier, but he was really doing odd jobs on the side.

Taking advantage of his position, he helped deliver packages throughout the city.

When this courier was brought before Xiao Yu,

faced with National Security personnel and three soldiers,

he was nearly driven to insanity with fear, revealing every detail about the delivery methods and how he contacted the supplier.

The investigation eventually traced the supplier to an employee at the Ordnance Factory.

At that moment, Xiao Yu’s heart sank.

Damn, looks like big trouble is coming after all!

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