Translator: AnubisTL
After leaving the restaurant, Chen Jiang and his companion didn't linger. They immediately headed out of City 18.
Since they hadn't engaged in any fighting or killing, their identities remained concealed.
Human players only reveal their names—displayed like a web game nickname above their heads—when they attack or kill.
It's not just about hiding their identities; even their names are impossible to conceal.
Of course, knowing a human player's name often proves useless.
Several hours later, Chen Jiang and his companion safely exited City 18 without encountering any obstacles. Instead of stealing a vehicle, they hailed a taxi to the city's outskirts.
From there, they walked on foot into the wilderness beyond City 18, a journey of about an hour.
To be honest, neither of them had been in particularly good physical condition back on Blue Star. Even a ten-minute walk would have required a taxi.
Money was meant to be spent.
The purpose of technology was to replace labor with capital.
It was precisely this mindset that had nearly cost them their lives countless times when they first arrived in this world.
"Phew!"
Seeing no one following them, Scar Dog let out a relieved breath and grumbled, "Now I know what the best workout is."
"Forget personal trainers, gyms, and protein supplements—they're all a sham."
"Just throw yourself into this world, survive on your own for three months, and if you make it, your physical condition will be a hundred times better than before."
"That's the real prisoner's workout."
"Hey, Brother Jiang, are we really going to raid that warehouse?"
"That Cold Wolf Gang boss doesn't seem like a good guy. How easy could it be to raid a warehouse guarded by the Law Enforcement Bureau?"
"Raid my ass."
Chen Jiang spat to the side, pulled out the ten energy blocks from his chest pocket, kissed them lovingly, and said with a hint of excitement, "With these energy blocks, we can finally get our own vehicle."
"Let's avoid City 18 for a while, just in case we run into that Cold Wolf Gang boss again."
"The nightwalkers are probably going to contact the Cold Wolf Gang soon, and we'll be exposed for sure."
"Time to run, time to run."
"Let's head to the wilderness, kill some monsters, upgrade our weapons until they're invincible, and then wipe out City 18."
"Fuck—"
Chen Jiang licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with anticipation. "Killing a member of the mechanical race earns you a reward. I wonder what it'll be."
"Even a small reward, multiplied by the sheer number of kills, should add up to something decent."
"What does it mean to be 'invincible'?"
"Like my turret's caliber. At one meter, each shot would be a missile. That's about right, I think."
"Makes sense!" Scar Dog exclaimed, giving a thumbs-up, his eyes shining with excitement.
Soon, they reached the wasteland.
Since it was daytime, they couldn't act recklessly and had to hide inside a shipping container.
A dozen rifles lay on the table—about sixteen in total.
They prepared to enhance the two newly purchased firearms.
"What a waste," Scar Dog said, shaking his head slightly. "We can't go to City 18 for a while. What are we going to spend all these credit points on?"
"This stuff is useless anywhere but in the mechanical race's cities."
"Let's just head to the outskirts of City 18. We probably won't run into the Cold Wolf Gang Boss there. We can't be that unlucky, right?"
"Hey... Brother Jiang," Scar Dog hesitated, "since the Cold Wolf Gang Boss is going to come after us sooner or later, why don't we just take him out first? They're all just flesh and blood. One shot, and anyone would die."
"That's a good point."
Chen Jiang froze, momentarily stunned. "How did I not think of that? My brain's been foggy these past few days."
"Alright, let's put that aside for now."
"We should reinforce the newly acquired firearms first."
Chen Jiang glanced with a hint of regret at the Burst Handcannon, a weapon he had retired. They had invested considerable resources into upgrading it, but it was now obsolete.
Wait—
A sudden possibility flashed through his mind.
Could using this item to reinforce his new firearms grant them additional enhancements?
Without hesitation, he opened the interface for his newly acquired black sword rifle.
[Item Name]: Black Sword Rifle
[Item Tier]: One-Star Item
[Item Effects]: Ammunition Capacity: 100 rounds. Rate of Fire: 1,600 rounds per minute. Effective Range: 200 meters. Recoil: 4 pounds.
[Item Description]: Dustproof, waterproof, and adaptable to various harsh combat environments. The magazine is non-removable and automatically replenishes ammunition 24 hours after being fully depleted.
[Modifiable Attributes]: Caliber, Ammunition Capacity, Rate of Fire, Barrel Length, and Recoil.
[Caliber Enhancement +1]
[Effect: Caliber increased to 2cm. Bullet size automatically adjusts with caliber.]
[Cost: Two one-star items.]
When Chen Jiang touched his hand cannon, a notification popped up in his mind:
[One-star item: Burst Handcannon.]
[Caliber and recoil have each been enhanced once, totaling four one-star items consumed.]
[Using this item to enhance other firearms will deduct two one-star items.]
"Only two?" Chen Jiang frowned slightly. After a moment's hesitation, he tucked the hand cannon into his chest, deciding not to use it to enhance his newly purchased rifle.
Deducting only two one-star items was too little. It was better to keep it as a memento. After all, this had been the gun that had accompanied him the longest since arriving in this world.
He then glanced at the sixteen rifles dropped by Ma Zi's gang on the table.
He consumed two rifles.
[Ding! Consuming two one-star items.]
[Enhancing the Steel Sword Rifle's rate of fire to +1.]
[Effect: Rate of fire increased from 1,600 rounds per minute to 1,800 rounds per minute.]
[Ding! Consuming three one-star items.]
[Enhancing the Steel Sword Rifle's rate of fire to +2.]
[Effect increased from 1,800 rounds per minute to 2,000 rounds per minute.]
A rate of fire of 2,000 rounds per minute.
Chen Jiang sighed in resignation. His innate ability, unrestrained modification, was clearly a late-game talent.
In the early stages, acquiring items was already difficult.
After painstakingly gathering five items, he had only managed to increase the rate of fire from 1,600 to 2,000 rounds per minute.
There was no qualitative change whatsoever.
But if he had tens of thousands of items to enhance with...
A rifle with a rate of fire of 10,000 rounds per minute would allow a single person to create a veritable wall of bullets!
Enemies caught in that torrent of lead would have just enough time to savor the Mona Lisa's smile as their final thought.
That would be a completely different story.
The question was whether he could survive long enough to reach that late-game stage.
Chen Jiang shook his head, temporarily dismissing these thoughts. He decided to hunker down in the wasteland for a while, gathering enough semi-broken items.
By then, the situation would be entirely different.
(End of the Chapter)
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