Chapter 133: New Game Bug And Visitors From Afar
“Mach 5 speed?”
Lin Qi looked at the shattered and dissolved Desert Eagle in his hand, and was extremely shocked in his heart.
At speeds above Mach 5, it only takes 058 seconds within one hundred meters. For people below the level of martial artists, they simply cannot react at all, and their bodies would probably already be pierced through.
Even for martial artists whose nerve reactions far surpass ordinary people, it is very difficult to make any response within fifty meters.
Lin Qi even felt that, relying on this method that was close to hidden weapon techniques, if he ambushed an intermediate martial artist who did not have at least B2-grade battle armor, he could absolutely hit with every ambush, with no way to dodge.
It could be said that this directly gave him the confidence to confront intermediate martial artists.
Of course, this attack method is only hugely effective for the first ambush. Once martial artists know about this method, its use would not be very great.
The speed of the bullet is very fast, and once it is fired within fifty meters, martial artists simply cannot evade. But the attack trajectory is too easy to predict, lightning force needs time to charge, and the enemy only needs to look at the direction of the muzzle to know what area will be attacked. As long as they avoid the line of fire in advance, it is fine.
However, in dealing with monsters, this is definitely a powerful killing weapon.
Monsters’ fighting methods are very clumsy. It is only by relying on their astonishing physique and defense that people below martial artist level cannot casually oppose them. But if there is such an attack that can penetrate monster defenses, then for monsters that basically do not evade attacks, they are nothing but moving targets.
If players below martial artist level can be equipped with it, it can indeed raise the overall strength of players by one step. If there are enough of them, like five or six people attacking at the same time, taking down a martial artist without B-grade battle armor would not be impossible.
“Master of the pavilion, what level of force control do you think is needed to bring out the power of this gun?” Yi Ye Fu Yun stepped forward, looking at Lin Qi and asking excitedly.
The harvest from this experiment had completely exceeded his expectations. A maximum speed of Mach 5, shooting distance of one hundred meters; for current players, this is absolutely a divine weapon.
The only problem is how to let players learn to use it.
“The level of force control?” Lin Qi thought for a moment and gave an estimated answer. “Roughly, lightning palm needs to reach over 50 percent proficient, and mental secret technique needs to reach about 20 percent entry-level.”
The hardest part of using the superconducting electromagnetic gun is charging lightning force through the air. This not only requires a very high proficiency in lightning palm, but also needs to cooperate with the force control of mental secret technique. Otherwise, it is simply impossible to bring out the normal power of the superconducting electromagnetic gun.
“Thank you, master of the pavilion. I will go back and improve it right away.” After hearing this, Yi Ye Fu Yun could not wait to return to his private workshop, and at the same time had to spread this astonishing news, to advertise for his shop.
Soon, in less than half an hour, a post appeared on the official forum of High Martial Arts Descend.
“Shocking! Master of the pavilion hand-crafted super electromagnetic cannon! There is video, there is proof!”
As players clicked on the post one after another, they all instantly went crazy.
“What is going on? Master of the pavilion can actually fire a super electromagnetic cannon!”
“The power is too amazing! Five Mach rings! Is he planning to overturn all the factions in City of Light Chasing?”
“As expected, thermal weapons are the king’s way. Can this superconducting electromagnetic gun be reserved? When I enter the game, I will let all the major gangs in City of Light Chasing know what it means when the gun king returns!”
Everyone watched Lin Qi’s demonstration video and could not help being shocked by the power of the superconducting electromagnetic gun.
It was not only the astonishing rate of fire; what surprised people even more was the accuracy.
Previously, there had been many posts on the official forum demonstrating super electromagnetic cannons. Just like the methods used by Fang Zhen and the others, they worked well against monsters, but both accuracy and range were very poor. After research and discussion by many experts, they all felt that this kind of hand-crafted super electromagnetic cannon could only be used to shoot wild monsters and could not be applied to actual combat against opponents.
After all, not every enemy will be as stupid as monsters, watching players toss the arrows up, then watching them shoot out, still without moving.
At a distance of ten meters, any advanced apprentice does not need one second to close in. Before the arrows even fall, who knows how many slashes they can deliver. It has no practicality for one-on-one combat.
But now, after watching Lin Qi’s demonstration, everyone saw the value for personal combat.
First, the range is far enough. At one hundred meters, even martial artists need more than two seconds. Second, the attack is very accurate. With these two points met, as long as the gun technique is good enough, it is completely possible to fight across realms.
While everyone was fiercely discussing on the official forum, Yi Ye Fu Yun also posted the usage conditions of the new weapon under the thread, once again causing many players to be in an uproar.
After watching the demonstration, Saiwai Qiangke commented very calmly: “This weapon is indeed good, but lightning palm reaching over 50 percent proficient and mental secret technique reaching 20 percent entry-level as conditions, that is too high. I count as a quite veteran player in High Martial Arts Descend. At present, my lightning palm is only 35 percent proficient, and my mental secret technique is only 12 percent entry-level. That is already because I have been deliberately practicing for the hand-crafted super electromagnetic cannon during this period. Otherwise, it would be even lower. Newcomers can forget about it.”
Xiao Yuan Ye Feng Kuang also commented: “Recently I have also been studying how to better use lightning palm, but the results have all been unsatisfactory. Now it seems my proficiency in lightning palm and mental secret technique is not enough. This weapon concept is very good and already has a certain threat against people. It is just that the requirements are too high, but for newcomers, it is indeed the best weapon to quickly enter the first tier.”
Luo Wu Shang directly replied: “Do you still have this weapon? I will buy ten. Anyway, lightning palm and mental secret technique are things that are mandatory in the martial arts hall. But I want it made with B-grade alloy. A6-grade alloy cannot penetrate monster skin at all.”
Yi Ye Fu Yun replied: “At present, we still cannot make B-grade weapons. But after the new store opens, we will be able to make them soon. The price will be only half the points of weapons of the same grade. B-grade weapons will be very durable. Everyone is welcome to place orders then.”
After this wave of replies among a group of veteran players of High Martial Arts Descend, the forum exploded again.
“Goddess Luo is actually buying them. I am ordering this new weapon!”
“Do you know how many points one B-grade weapon costs? And you are ordering already?”
“You are only paying attention to the weapon? Lightning palm! Mental secret technique! Those are the answer to the new version. Even without this weapon, as long as lightning palm and mental secret technique are strong enough, you can casually hand-craft a super electromagnetic cannon, right?”
“Indeed, this version did an epic-level buff to lightning palm. The effect is outrageous. I bet the game manufacturer did not expect such a bug. I estimate that in the next version the game manufacturer will definitely weaken lightning palm. If you can play it now, hurry up and play. Maybe in a few days, the version update will nerf it.”
“Damn! When will this crappy game manufacturer start public beta? I want to play with the super electromagnetic cannon, I want to shoot!”
“Public beta? You are dreaming. This game manufacturer has huge ambition. I do not think they will go public beta that quickly. Look, they already produced a bug, but the official side did issue a new announcement. In three days, they will release another batch of test slots. If you get selected, you might enjoy this bug for a few more days.”
As more and more players discussed the new weapon made by Yi Ye Fu Yun, many test players who were slacking on the forum also noticed this hand-crafted super electromagnetic cannon bug. It might really be fixed, because letting players so easily gain the power to fight across realms would definitely break game balance and affect the difficulty experience for players.
It would turn the original normal difficulty directly into easy difficulty, greatly reducing the playability of the game. This is something the game developer absolutely does not want to see.
So a group of test players who had been slacking on the forum all logged on as fast as they could and started crazily practicing lightning palm and mental secret technique, thinking of killing monsters to earn a huge sum before the bug is fixed.
“What is wrong with these players lately? One after another, they are all using lightning palm on the mine, and not using the more efficient crushing stone fist. Are they not afraid of exhausting their qi and blood and dying of fatigue?”
Lin Qi looked at the players mining in the small energy vein and felt very puzzled.
Crushing stone fist is absolutely the best martial skill for mining. One punch can shatter the rock, and the extremely hard energy ore can be blasted out very easily. Lightning palm, while more powerful, is a penetrating martial skill that can only punch holes, so the mining efficiency is very low.
In addition, because lightning palm carries lightning force, it consumes a lot of qi and blood. It is not a martial skill that can be used for a long time. Using lightning palm for mining can only be described as something for the rich.
But Lin Qi did not really care. As long as players did not slack on the Startling Spirit Breathing Technique and could produce large quantities of energy ore every day, it was fine.
On the contrary, because everyone was crazily practicing lightning palm and mental secret technique, in just these two days, his lightning palm and mental secret technique had both improved greatly.
Lightning palm had risen from 71 percent proficient at first level to 94 percent proficient at first level.
Mental secret technique had also gone from 34 percent entry-level to 53 percent entry-level.
However, compared with lightning palm and mental secret technique, these two days of extraction also finally pushed Lin Qi’s crushing stone fist second level, stone crushing realm, to the perfection realm, and leopard shadow steps second level, hunting shadow, also reached the perfection realm.
After these two apprentice-level martial skills reached full perfection, their buff effects became much stronger. Strength increased from the original 10 percent to 15 percent, speed from 5 percent to 8 percent, raising Lin Qi’s original nearly 1,400 kilograms of strength up to 1,600 kilograms, and speed up to 3 meters per second. Among beginner martial artists, he already counted as above average.
In addition, Lin Qi had specially commissioned Yi Ye Fu Yun to make twenty alloy beads with A6-grade alloy. These beads were about the size of a bottle cap, easy to carry, and the best hidden weapons, when used with the super electromagnetic cannon for a surprise attack.
Lin Qi had confidence that he could take down an intermediate martial artist without B-grade battle armor in a short time.
Outside Crimson Moon Mountain, the sun was setting in the west.
At the foot of Crimson Moon Mountain, Lin Qi was doing a final check of the energy ore on three medium transport vehicles, a total of ninety tons of energy ore. After returning to the martial arts hall this time, he would be able to obtain ninety thousand units of energy.
With so much energy, this time Lin Qi not only planned to bring the player count up to four hundred, but also intended to set up a few primary training rooms.
Primary training rooms might not be very useful for expert players, but they are important tools for future cultivation and training of residents of the high martial arts world. After all, as a martial artist, only real combat can better increase combat experience and improve combat level. It is the same for him.
He was different from players. Players can resurrect after death; if he dies, it is real death. So every time he makes a move, all he can do is pick off kills or rely on overwhelming level advantage.
Since he does not have as many real combat opportunities as players, battles against combat puppets become very important.
“Prepare to get in the vehicles!” After confirming that the quantity was correct, Lin Qi also ordered the players to board and return to Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
Just as Lin Qi was about to get in, more than ten dazzling headlights lit up on the steel bridge. One medium transport vehicle after another slowly drove over, until twelve medium transport vehicles stopped at the gate of Crimson Moon Mountain, and figures got out one after another to talk with the stationed players.
Among these people, Lin Qi saw two familiar faces.
One was Hou Fei of the crystal race, with whom he had once had a brief encounter in the abandoned area; the other was Qin Mu, whom he had not seen for some time.
As these people exchanged a few words with the stationed players, the stationed Da Ye Ying Xiong jogged over to Lin Qi.
“Master of the pavilion, these people are the search and rescue team arranged by the martial artist association of City of Light Chasing. Because it is already dark and the wilderness is too dangerous, they want to stay overnight at Crimson Moon Mountain. They said someone knows you, master of the pavilion, and they are willing to pay sixty thousand bits of accommodation fee in total for twelve vehicles and three hundred people, and will leave early tomorrow morning. Should we let them in?” Da Ye Ying Xiong asked in a low voice.
“Search and rescue team of the martial artist association?” Lin Qi was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
He knew about search and rescue teams. They usually search for survivors in the wilderness. These survivors are not wilderness nomads, but residents of a city.
For residents of a city to be called survivors, there is only one reason, that is, the city was attacked by a monster tide, and the entire city is gone…
“Brother Lin! Sorry to bother you.”
Seeing Da Ye Ying Xiong run up to report to Lin Qi, Qin Mu quickly noticed Lin Qi and walked forward with a smile to greet him.
(The chapter ends here.)
