Translator: AnubisTL
Chen Jiang gazed at the turret before him, pondering for a moment before turning to Li Hao.
"Go get some rest. Will six hours be enough?"
"Six hours should be sufficient."
"Alright, we'll move out in six hours."
"Understood."
He then considered the remaining three unenhanced options:
[Ammunition Capacity]
[Firing Rate]
[Recoil]
He decided to postpone enhancing the ammunition capacity for now, as his current capacity was already quite substantial.
The firing rate should take priority.
As for recoil... he'd leave that for later too. After all, he wouldn't be carrying the turret into battle. As long as it didn't collapse the ground, any level of recoil would do.
There was no chance of the recoil affecting him personally.
He wouldn't be standing anywhere near the turret during operation. How could it possibly affect him?
He had already used Scar Dog's phantom gate to teleport to a distant, quiet observation point. His turret could automatically lock onto targets and fire, so he didn't need to be nearby.
Without further hesitation, he activated the Automatic Reinforcement Machine and initiated another enhancement!
[Ding! You have consumed 52 semi-scrapped items to enhance the Turret Firing Rate from +49 to +50.]
[Current Turret Firing Rate: 5,900 rounds per minute.]
[Ding! You consumed 620 semi-scrapped items to reinforce the turret firing rate from +59 to +60.]
[Current turret firing rate: 6,900 rounds per minute.]
Nearly 9,000 one-star items were also consumed.
The firing rate had undergone a massive upgrade!
With this caliber and firing rate, it was no exaggeration to say that if they returned to the city destroyed earlier today, the task wouldn't take nearly two hours.
Two minutes.
Just two minutes, and everything would be over.
What does a 310cm caliber mean?
It's equivalent to firing missiles!
And a firing rate of nearly 6,900 rounds per minute meant that within a single minute, 6,900 missiles would blanket a city in a carpet-bombing barrage.
To put it bluntly, if the previous bombardment left behind rubble, this time there would only be dust.
Scar Dog beside him was dumbfounded.
"This thing..."
"Brother Jiang, I suddenly think we were too soft when we used the global speaker."
"With this thing, we should have been much more arrogant. If only we knew the coordinates of all the mechanical race cities, with your firepower and Li Hao's and my space-traveling abilities..."
"Wiping out the mechanical race in seven or eight days should be a piece of cake. It'll be over in minutes."
Honestly, they could use human race merit points to exchange for energy cartridges to supply the gun, effectively giving them unlimited ammunition.
With a firing rate of 6,900 rounds per minute, annihilating a world or two should be no problem.
To put it bluntly, if this thing were on Blue Star...
Chen Jiang gazed at his massive creation with satisfaction, feeling a surge of security. He still had 17,000 one-star items, but he couldn't enhance it further for now.
His space bracelet now held fewer than 2,000 one-star items; the rest were stored in the cavern.
The turret's stats had undergone a complete transformation:
[Item Name]: Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret
[Item Star]: Two-Star Item
[Item Effect]: Input a whitelist into the program. Once activated, any non-whitelisted individuals entering the turret's firing range will be indiscriminately targeted.
1: Ammunition capacity enhanced to +80, increasing total capacity to 81,000 rounds.
Caliber reinforced to +60, caliber increased to 310 cm. Firing rate reinforced to +60, firing rate increased to 6,900 rounds per minute. Barrel length reinforced to +60, barrel length increased to 620 cm. Recoil reinforced to +20, increased from 500 kg to 1,100 kg due to other enhancements.
[Item Description]: This contraption ensures you get a good night's sleep in the wilderness.
[Modifiable Attributes]: Caliber, ammunition capacity, firing rate, barrel length, and recoil.
[Activating the +50 Set Bonus]: Enhance all modifiable attributes to +50.
Chen Jiang shook his head, preparing to put away the remaining one-star items. He decided to stop here and continue the enhancements later, back at base.
With its current level of reinforcement, the weapon was already sufficient to deal with the mechanical race city within the volcanic crater.
In truth, with his current firepower, he didn't even need Li Hao's map manifestation. He could simply aim the turret at the mechanical race city in the crater and unleash a single burst.
The world would fall silent.
But then, everything within the city would be wasted.
Before the bombing, they had completely emptied the city's energy block warehouses and other storage facilities, taking everything of value.
Chen Jiang had already cleared out his space bracelets, ensuring there would be no issues with storage later.
But just as he was about to gather the items scattered on the ground, an incredulous exclamation suddenly rang out in his ear.
"You're Chen Jiang?"
"Oh?" Chen Jiang raised an eyebrow, glancing casually at Zhao Ritian, who was crouching nearby. "You know me?"
"No, I've never seen you before," Zhao Ritian replied, his Adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed nervously. He pointed to the Coughing Flamethrower lying on the ground. "But I recognize that thing. I remember only two people bought these in bulk: Chen Jiang and Feng Jiutian of the mechanical race."
"You remember that?" Scar Dog smirked, glancing sideways at Zhao Ritian. "Impressive memory."
"Because... I have one too." Zhao Ritian shakily pulled a Coughing Flamethrower from his chest pocket. Ever since realizing the man before him was Chen Jiang, his legs had suddenly gone weak.
This was Chen Jiang!
The ruthless player who slaughtered hundreds of thousands of alien race players in a single day!
He had always wondered how Chen Jiang managed to achieve such feats.
Now he didn't need to wonder anymore. With that thing blasting down, the number of kills depended entirely on the density of alien race players in the blast zone.
No wonder these guys were scouring the world for mechanical race cities.
If he had that thing, he'd dare to sit on a slime's head, lugging the turret around, and hunt for mechanical race cities himself.
"You bought one too?"
Scar Dog glanced at the flamethrower in Zhao Ritian's hand and clicked his tongue. "Impressive. I can't believe anyone would actually buy such trash. What's your name?"
"I-I'm Zhao Ritian."
"A fine name," Scar Dog nodded approvingly, then turned to Li Hao. "I think you two might have a lot in common. It's hard to understand why your fathers would give you such names."
"Zhao Ritian?" Chen Jiang frowned slightly. The name sounded familiar; he felt like he'd heard it somewhere before.
(End of the Chapter)
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