Translator: AnubisTL
"Hey."
Scar Dog licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "Brother Jiang, you absolutely have to give me that shotgun with a 100-meter caliber enhancement."
"Why are you so obsessed with a 100-meter caliber shotgun?" Chen Jiang asked, looking at Scar Dog with mild exasperation.
"Think about it!" Scar Dog exclaimed, sitting cross-legged on the ground, his face flushed with excitement. "If my shotgun had a 100-meter caliber, one shot would be like a simultaneous barrage from a hundred rocket launchers!"
"If we enhanced the caliber to 1,000 meters, it would be like a full salvo from a missile silo!"
"And if we boosted it to 10,000 meters, it would be like a meteor shower impact!"
"One shot from that thing, and every god, demon, and monster would have to kneel!"
Chen Jiang remained expressionless for a moment before saying dryly, "Why not enhance your shotgun to a 300,000-meter caliber? You could just blow up the sun with one shot."
"Hmm..." Scar Dog stroked his chin thoughtfully with one hand. After a moment of serious contemplation, he declared, "To blow up the sun with a single shot, 300,000 meters might not be enough. Let's go with 3,000,000 meters—that should do the trick."
"They say the sun's energy is immense, and even a massive barrage of nuclear bombs would only scratch its surface."
"But I wonder... how would it feel to take a 3,000,000-meter caliber shotgun blast? Would it still feel like a scratch?"
"Alright, stop daydreaming."
"Everyone needs dreams, don't they?"
"You're really thinking too big. My biggest dream was just to become a scientist."
Chen Jiang let out a soft sigh and glanced at the 26 items he had painstakingly retrieved from the table. He prepared to significantly enhance the Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret.
Soon, as he began the enhancement, a raspy voice echoed in his mind:
[Ding! You have consumed 5 items.]
[The ammunition capacity of the Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret has been enhanced to +1, increasing its capacity from 1,000 to 2,000 energy bullets.]
"A double increase?" Chen Jiang paused, then nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad at all."
Enhancing the ammunition capacity was crucial. With only 1,000 bullets, the turret would empty in a minute—utterly inadequate.
Unlike machine guns on Blue Star that used ammunition belts, this turret operated with a magazine, roughly the size of a pack of cigarettes, capable of holding 1,000 energy bullets.
Once depleted, the magazine would automatically replenish to full capacity after 24 hours.
Hmm... After the bullets are used up, they automatically replenish to full capacity after 24 hours.
He didn't yet understand the underlying mechanism, but he tentatively attributed it to something akin to photosynthesis.
After enhancing the ammunition capacity, the energy bullets in the magazine also increased to 2,000.
At a firing rate of 1,000 rounds per minute, it could sustain continuous fire for a full two minutes.
But that still wasn't enough.
Without hesitation, Chen Jiang upgraded the ammunition capacity to +2.
This time, it cost him six items, but the ammunition capacity increased to 3,000 rounds.
He then spent another seven items to upgrade it to +3, raising the capacity to 4,000 rounds.
By this point, he had already spent a total of 18 items.
Of the items they had recovered, only eight remained.
After a moment's hesitation, Chen Jiang cursed inwardly. What the hell, might as well go all in. He threw the last eight items into the turret.
With that, the turret's ammunition capacity was upgraded to +4.
The ammunition capacity soared to an astonishing 5,000 rounds.
It could now sustain continuous fire for nearly five minutes.
Ideally, he would have liked to upgrade the firing rate as well, but he simply didn't have enough items. Besides, if the firing rate became too high, the ammunition capacity would be insufficient again.
This turret should be more than enough to handle Ma Zi's gang.
"All gone..."
Scar Dog sucked in a cold breath, his face slightly bitter. "Brother Jiang, your innate ability really burns through items. We just recovered 26 brand-new ones, and they're all gone in the blink of an eye."
"But the results are still impressive."
Chen Jiang patted the gleaming silver turret with a satisfied expression. "Forget everything else, just its five-thousand-round ammunition capacity means that the moment Ma Zi's crew steps within range..."
"We'll send them all flying to the heavens in minutes."
"Then this entire wasteland will be ours alone!"
"Hah, I can't wait."
Scar Dog sighed softly, shaking his head in a daze. "Brother Jiang, what kind of world is this? Why do the locals react to us like we're mutated beasts, drawing their guns and shooting without a second thought?"
"We haven't even provoked them."
"I don't know. Maybe it's war."
Chen Jiang shook his head, equally puzzled. "Perhaps our entire global population was transported here as part of someone's plan to make us invade the natives of this world."
"Invade? Since ancient times, no invaders have ever been slaughtered the moment they set foot on enemy territory."
"Maybe we're just failed invaders."
"Alright, enough talk. Now that we've decided, let's not delay. We're heading to Ma Zi's place now."
"Yes, sir!"
Soon.
The two men resurfaced from the garbage-strewn water, scanned their surroundings for humans or mutated beasts, and then swam toward the shore.
Huff!
Scar Dog set down the turret he'd been carrying and pulled a tightly sealed plastic bag from his chest pocket. He retrieved some dry cloths and water bottles, quickly cleaning himself off.
After another cautious glance around, he narrowed his eyes and whispered, "Brother Jiang, we're going to make it big someday, right?"
"I never want to live in a place like this again. Every time we come up and down, it's torture."
"Absolutely."
Chen Jiang hefted his hand cannon, gave himself a rough clean, and scanned the area warily. He replied in a low voice, "We'll definitely make it big, just like we did back on Blue Star."
Meanwhile, underwater, the two men had already added their identification data to the Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret's whitelist.
All they needed to do was activate the turret.
Once activated, the turret would indiscriminately attack any hostile targets within its effective range.
The effective range referred to the area of maximum destructive power, not the turret's maximum range. It didn't mean the turret could only eliminate targets within 300 meters.
The two exchanged a glance, then without hesitation, hoisted the Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret onto their shoulders and hurried toward the ruins where Ma Zi was hiding.
The sun had already set, and twilight painted the sky with golden hues.
Darkness was approaching rapidly.
They needed to hurry. The wilderness after dark was far from safe.
The reason they were risking the encroaching night to find Ma Zi was simple:
Once the enforcers discovered there were no corpses in the item shop, they would undoubtedly spread the word and issue a wanted notice.
If Ma Zi learned they hadn't died in the shop, he would undoubtedly prepare elaborate defenses against their revenge, making things far more complicated later.
Naturally, striking first was the best strategy.
(End of the Chapter)
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