Translator: AnubisTL
[When all upgradeable options on the Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret are enhanced to +10,]
[you will unlock the Exclusive Enhanced Set Skill!]
"Hmm?"
Chen Jiang raised an eyebrow, staring at the sentence on the semi-transparent panel before him. He nodded thoughtfully.
The turret had five upgradeable options:
Caliber, ammunition capacity, firing rate, barrel length, and recoil.
So, if he enhanced all five to +10, he would unlock an Exclusive Enhanced Set Skill?
"Heh, that's a pleasant surprise."
Chen Jiang shook his head, a smirk playing on his lips. Wasting no time, he resumed his frantic upgrading.
Just enhancing the ammunition capacity from +4 to +10 had cost him 57 semi-scrapped items.
A two-star item requires three one-star items to upgrade a single attribute from 0 to +1.
Each subsequent upgrade costs one additional item.
Currently, Chen Jiang possessed nearly five thousand semi-scrapped items, and after factoring in his previous stockpile, he had only used 57 of them.
For him, this was a mere drop in the bucket.
The turret's ammunition capacity was currently 11,000 rounds, still insufficient. He needed to continue upgrading it.
The turret's initial firing rate was 1,000 rounds per minute, a bit low. He'd need to upgrade that as well.
This turret's firing rate was lower than that of a rifle. After all, it wasn't a suppressive machine gun but rather a defensive cannon designed to bombard armored targets.
Without hesitation, he picked up another semi-scrapped item and resumed upgrading.
Scar Dog, standing beside him, handed over the semi-scrapped items one by one, like a worker on an assembly line.
[Ding! Consumed thirteen one-star items.]
[Enhanced the ammunition capacity of the two-star item Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret to +11.]
[Ammunition capacity increased from 11,000 rounds to 12,000 rounds.]
[...]
[Ding! Consumed twenty-two one-star items.]
[Enhanced the ammunition capacity of the two-star item Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret to +20.]
[Ammunition capacity increased from 20,000 rounds to 21,000 rounds.]
Chen Jiang nodded in satisfaction. Over 20,000 rounds of ammunition should provide enough firepower to cover a long period.
However, the cost of enhancement had clearly increased as he approached the maximum level.
Upgrading from +4 to +10 had only required 57 semi-scrapped items.
But upgrading from +10 to +20 had consumed nearly 200 items.
20,000 rounds of ammunition was a significant improvement, but... it still wasn't enough!
Continue!
[Ding! Consumed twenty-three one-star items.]
[Upgraded the ammunition capacity of the two-star item Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret to +21.]
[Ammunition capacity increased from 21,000 rounds to 22,000 rounds.]
[...]
[Ding! Consumed fifty-two one-star items.]
[Upgraded the ammunition capacity of the two-star item Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret to +50.]
[Ammunition capacity increased from 50,000 rounds to 51,000 rounds.]
[Whoosh!]
Chen Jiang looked up at the turret with a satisfied expression. After dozens of upgrades, he had finally increased its ammunition capacity to a staggering 50,000 rounds!
Compared to its previous state, this was a monumental improvement.
Moreover, after reaching +50, the energy magazine at the turret's rear had undergone a dramatic transformation. What was once an unremarkable, milky-white cartridge had now become—
A semi-transparent magazine with a shell that shimmered with a starry blue light, faintly revealing the unknown substance flowing within.
It looked less like a magazine and more like a nuclear reactor ready to detonate at any moment.
Such an abrupt addition to the turret seemed somewhat out of place.
Upgrading the ammunition capacity from +20 to +50 cost him a total of 1,125 semi-scrapped items.
This was well within an acceptable range, considering he now possessed nearly four thousand scrapped items, allowing him to upgrade without restraint.
"Huff!"
"Keep going!"
Chen Jiang took another semi-scrapped item from Scar Dog and pressed it against the turret. A white light slowly washed over the turret as the item melted into its surface, like a rat falling into butter.
Upgrading the turret was physically demanding work.
He needed to hurry.
The City 18 enforcers had already received the alert and would likely arrive soon.
The ammunition capacity of over 50,000 rounds was sufficient for now. Next, they needed to enhance the caliber!
Caliber represented absolute power!
A sufficient caliber would ensure that whether City 18 sent armored vehicles or some kind of energy shield, all their defenses would be reduced to dust under the overwhelming firepower.
"I remember reading in Blue Star history that there was a period when firearm development took a wrong turn, focusing on exaggerated caliber increases," Scar Dog said, wiping sweat from his brow as he moved semi-scrapped items. He glanced at the scorching sun overhead and continued, "But later, it was proven that path was unsustainable."
"Perhaps the technology of that era hadn't reached that level yet," Chen Jiang suggested.
"True," Chen Jiang nodded in agreement. "But they followed science, while we follow theology."
"We follow theology."
"God said, 'There shall be a turret with a three-kilometer caliber,' and so it shall be."
"Add points!"
[Ding! Consuming three one-star items.]
[Upgrading the two-star item "Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret" to +1 caliber.]
[Caliber increased from 5cm to 10cm.]
"Whoa!" Chen Jiang couldn't help but grin. "One upgrade increased the caliber by 5cm? Tsk tsk, this might not be good news for City 18."
"Keep going! Add more points!"
[Ding! Consumed four one-star items.]
[Upgraded the caliber of the two-star item Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret to +2.]
[Caliber increased from 10cm to 15cm.]
[Ding! Consumed twelve one-star items.]
[Upgraded the caliber of the two-star item Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret to +10.]
[Caliber increased from 50cm to 60cm.]
By this point, the Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret's caliber had been upgraded to +10!
With a massive 60cm caliber, the turret looked utterly menacing!
"A 60cm caliber turret!" Scar Dog stared dumbfounded at the cannon's muzzle, large enough to swallow his entire body. His voice trembled as he muttered, "If a shell from this thing hits someone, would there even be a corpse left?"
"The body would probably vaporize instantly, right?"
"Honestly, if we took this thing into the wilderness, we wouldn't even fear mutated beast hordes."
"With this turret set up here, it's like a tower defense game. No matter how many mutated beasts come, they'll all die."
What does a 60cm caliber turret mean?
It's equivalent to each shell being a 200-pound fat man hurled at you with explosive force.
(End of the Chapter)
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