Chapter 179: The Light Of Obsidian
Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, elite disciple lounge.
After Yi Ye Fu Yun hung up the call, Lin Qi did not bother with the fully prepared beginner combat puppets and almost immediately headed to Yi Ye Fu Yun’s lounge.
As Lin Qi walked into the room, he saw the entire lounge was a chaotic mess, debris scattered everywhere, yet Yi Ye Fu Yun and Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon beside him were both brimming with energy.
“Hall master, do you think this weapon is up to standard?”
Looking at Lin Qi entering the room, Yi Ye Fu Yun raised a Desert Eagle whose whole body was golden and displayed it directly in front of Lin Qi.
The entire Golden Sand Eagle did not differ much from the Desert Eagles made before. Its caliber was slightly larger, and there was an extra energy crystal shard on the slide, like an inlaid gem, indescribably luxurious, clearly the type favored by local tyrants at a glance.
For such a superconducting electromagnetic gun, Lin Qi could not make sense of it at all, nor see what major difference it had compared to the previously made A6-grade Desert Eagle.
Lin Qi took a look and could not figure it out either, so he simply asked, “How is this gun’s durability? And what exactly do you mean by attribute?”
As an NPC, it was normal not to understand the things players tinkered with. On the contrary, knowing everything would be abnormal. After all, he was only the hall master of a martial arts hall.
“This weapon made from a gold-grade treasure chest should have durability more than ten times that of B2-grade alloy. Even if you, hall master, fire continuously for a whole day, this gun will not have any problems.” Yi Ye Fu Yun introduced excitedly. “In addition, according to your requirements, we added energy crystal shards into the gun body. The gathering speed of lightning force is much faster, internal force consumption can be reduced by 40%, and the control requirement for internal force is reduced by 50%.”
“Now, even a beginner apprentice with 15% entry-level mastery of the Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique can achieve the power of Mach 4 with a single shot, with a shooting distance of 100 meters, and can fire twice in a row. As for a quasi-martial artist, they can fire three or four shots in one go.”
“According to my requirements?” Lin Qi looked at Yi Ye Fu Yun in astonishment. He did not remember ever saying that making guns required energy crystal shards, let alone that they should carry attributes.
However, Lin Qi did not bother to correct it. As long as the result was good, it was fine.
“Beginner apprentices can fire twice in a row?”
Looking at the Golden Sand Eagle in his hand, Lin Qi was somewhat amazed by Yi Ye Fu Yun’s achievement. He had not expected Yi Ye Fu Yun to actually create a weapon with attributes.
Internal force consumption reduced by 40%, internal force control requirement reduced by 50%—it was practically a divine weapon for fighting across realms.
Previously, beginner apprentices who could use the A6-grade Desert Eagle could not even manage firing with a one-second interval, let alone consecutive shots. It was no different from using the Lightning Palm martial skill; the qi and blood and body of a beginner apprentice simply could not support it.
But now, because of the reduced consumption and control requirements, once a beginner apprentice held this weapon, they already possessed part of a martial artist’s capability, namely the continuous use of martial skills.
Even at a distance of over fifty meters, they could threaten real martial artists. If the first shot missed, they could immediately fire a second shot to correct, and that second shot would be hard to dodge.
“However, this gun also has one drawback, which is that it consumes a lot of energy from the energy crystal shard.” Yi Ye Fu Yun said regretfully. “At most, after twenty shots, the energy in the energy crystal shard will be completely exhausted. If you do not replace it with a new shard, it is only a very sturdy superconducting electromagnetic gun. I have also tried energy ore, but the energy purity is not up to standard. It requires at least ten kilograms of energy ore to meet the condition.”
Ten kilograms of energy ore, larger than two fists, was clearly unsuitable to mount on a handgun, and even for making a slightly larger sniper rifle it would still be unsuitable.
Unless making it into a rocket launcher, but that obviously did not meet Lin Qi’s requirements. At most he could tinker with it privately and sell it to rich newbie players. After all, who could resist the temptation of an RPG?
“It will consume the energy crystal shards?” Lin Qi frowned slightly. He had not expected that using the Golden Sand Eagle would be so expensive.
A full piece of energy crystal could not be produced in large numbers even from a miniature energy vein. Based on the size of the inlaid shards, a single energy crystal could be divided into only about twenty shards.
One shard equaled twenty shots, so one full energy crystal equaled four hundred shots.
However, thinking that these four hundred shots could allow even a beginner apprentice to threaten a martial artist, it did not seem that expensive.
“How many energy crystal shards do we currently have on hand?” Lin Qi looked to Yi Ye Fu Yun and asked.
“The energy crystal shards inlaid in the three gold-grade treasure chests total 180 pieces. We consumed two pieces during underground experiments, so there are 178 pieces left.” Yi Ye Fu Yun replied truthfully.
“One hundred seventy-eight pieces?” Lin Qi nodded, a bit surprised. He had not expected the Martial Artist Association’s Rem Titanium Storage Boxes to contain so many energy crystal shards inlaid just to ensure energy density. “From those three golden treasure chests, how many Golden Sand Eagles like this can you make? And if you use other metals as a substitute without affecting performance, how many can you make then?”
Yi Ye Fu Yun thought for a moment and said, “If all the Desert Eagles are made entirely from the golden treasure chests like this one, I can make about eighteen. But if we ensure no performance loss and add some B2-grade alloy, we can make more than a hundred.”
Meanwhile, Nine Revolutions Purple Dragon looked at Lin Qi, secretly wanting to say that if they did not consider the strength of the gun body itself, they could actually make all of them with B2-grade alloy and the power would not change at all, at most the durability cap would be lower.
“More than a hundred? Very good, then add B2-grade alloy and make them.” After hearing this, Lin Qi was delighted. “How long will it take you to finish all these guns? By tomorrow morning, how many at most can you complete?”
With more than a hundred such divine weapons for fighting across realms, once they were used to arm the patrol team, there would no longer be any worries about the Iron Heart Gang’s territory, and they could safely recruit several thousand people without fearing a lack of places for them to live.
In many major cities, many vagrants with decent strength and some capable formal residents joined suburban gangs largely so they could live in the suburbs. After all, compared with the abandoned area and the wilderness, the suburbs were much safer, while renting on their own in the suburbs cost more than ordinary people could afford.
Take Luo Qi as an example. Clearly a mechanic, yet the room she rented in the suburbs was only six or seven square meters, costing sixteen hundred bits a month. For Luo Qi, who used to earn three thousand bits a month, that was a huge expense.
But if you joined a suburban gang, it was different. For members, a ten-square-meter house only required a payment of five hundred bits per month.
And that five hundred bits was not what the gang wanted to collect; it was all rent paid to the city. Otherwise, the major gangs would let their members live there for free.
“Right now there is only one machine tool, and B-grade metal is difficult to shape. At most I can make sixty a day. By tomorrow morning, I can probably make twenty.” Yi Ye Fu Yun said.
“Very good. Tomorrow morning, give me twenty first.” Lin Qi nodded. Although twenty Golden Sand Eagles could not arm the entire patrol team, they were already enough to deal with the harassment from the Four Major Powers.
City of Light Chasing, Qianxing Street.
As the former human race commercial street managed by the Iron Heart Gang, although the Iron Heart Gang was no longer around, there were still many humans running shops along the street, and pedestrians were constantly coming and going.
Among them, a restaurant on the street named Hundred Delicacies Restaurant had many people queuing outside, waiting to dine.
“Boss Da Ye, the food here at Hundred Delicacies Restaurant is so delicious, it is simply better than the dishes made by five-star hotels in reality.” A senior apprentice praised as he ate beast meat. “And the price is really cheap. This whole meal only costs five hundred bits. I am definitely coming here to eat every day from now on.”
“The food here is indeed good. In a bit, have them pack one portion of every dish to take back so the vice president and the others can try it too.” Da Ye Ying Xiong, now a quasi-martial artist, was very satisfied with the table full of dishes in front of him. He had not expected the dishes made by High Martial Arts Descend NPCs to be this good. Compared with the roasted meat rice made by the guild restaurant, it was not even on the same level.
Just as Da Ye Ying Xiong was about to order another table of dishes to be packed, a commotion came from the restaurant’s entrance.
They saw a lizardman wearing B2-grade battle armor, leading more than ten lizardmen in A6-grade battle armor, arguing with the restaurant’s lady boss over something unknown.
“Lord, our small shop has been operating here for many years. We finally managed to buy this place, and we still have many loans unpaid. We really cannot move.” The lady boss, only a beginner apprentice, looked nervously at the lizardman leader wearing B2-grade battle armor.
“That is none of our concern. You only need to understand that if you move to Nanxing Street, your restaurant can continue to operate.” The lizardman leader sneered. “If you do not move, then your business here will no longer need to continue.”
