Inside the Stellar Train.
Chen Mang stood up and walked to the No. 2 special carriage. He spent 1000 units of copper ore to create both the "12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun Ammunition Production Line" and the "5.56mm Rifle Ammunition Production Line."
With these two production lines in place, the heavy machine guns mounted on the train's roof, which had rarely been fired, were no longer just decorations but functional weapons that could truly be put to use.
It's worth mentioning that——
The "Heavy Machine Gun" only increases its effective range and firing rate with each upgrade, not its power.
What truly determines the power of a heavy machine gun is the level of its ammunition.
The higher the level of the ammunition, the greater its power.
A heavy machine gun can only use ammunition of the same level or lower; it cannot use ammunition of a higher level.
For example, a Level 3 heavy machine gun can use Level 1 or Level 3 ammunition but cannot use Level 4 ammunition.
The "Makeshift Heavy Machine Gun," a green-grade accessory, is crafted from iron ore and upgraded using iron ore as well.
After consuming 3000 units of iron ore,
He finally upgraded a heavy machine gun to Level 5.
Currently, the Stellar Train has a total of 8 carriages. The first four carriages each have one "Makeshift Heavy Machine Gun" mounted on their roofs, while the roofs of the four newly crafted carriages remain empty.
Like "Armor," these machine guns need to be crafted and upgraded individually, unlike "Car Blades," which automatically come at the same level in all carriages after an upgrade.
Chen Mang sighed lightly. This thing was indeed a resource hog, but still... it was a green-grade offensive vehicle accessory, and the first supermodel effect it unlocked was truly impressive.
"Makeshift Heavy Machine Gun Level 5 Supermodel Effect": The heavy machine gun can be linked to the "Train Auxiliary AI." As long as enemies are within the range of the Targeting Radar, the Train Auxiliary AI will automatically lock onto them, significantly improving accuracy.
PS: Requires the "Train Auxiliary AI," a green-grade accessory, to be fully upgraded.
He had already started to figure out the pattern.
The higher the grade of the accessory, the better the supermodel effect it unlocks.
Moreover, the supermodel effects of "Offensive Accessories" are greater than those of "Functional Accessories," which in turn are greater than those of "Lifestyle Accessories."
Take this supermodel effect, for example.
It's essentially a forced headshot hack—anyone within radar range who pops their head out gets instantly shot.
No need to assign someone to operate the heavy machine gun anymore. Not only was it troublesome, but accuracy was also hard to improve. Now, entrusting it to the "Train Auxiliary AI" greatly enhances combat efficiency.
The upper limit for green-grade accessories is Level 3, so he had already met that condition. His "Train Auxiliary AI" was already Level 5. After linking the "Makeshift Heavy Machine Gun's" circuit system to the control panel, this machine gun officially became an AI-controlled machine gun.
As for the remaining three machine guns, they would need to be upgraded individually to gain this supermodel effect.
After completing all this,
Chen Mang turned his attention to the "12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun Ammunition Production Line" in front of him. He upgraded it to Level 3 in one go, consuming 1200 units of copper ore. He couldn't upgrade it to Level 5, as that would require a full 3000 units of copper ore, and he only had 4210 units in total.
If he upgraded it to Level 5, he wouldn't have enough copper ore left to produce ammunition.
"Level 1 Ammunition": 1 unit of copper ore produces 1 round.
"Level 2 Ammunition": 5 units of copper ore produces 1 round.
"Level 3 Ammunition": 10 units of copper ore produces 1 round.
Chen Mang looked at the ammunition prices on the production line, his lips twitching slightly. A single Level 3 round costs 10 units of copper ore. Heavy machine guns fire quickly, and in the blink of an eye, two to three hundred rounds could be expended. If they were all Level 3 rounds, that would be two to three thousand units of copper ore.
What kind of boss would he need to fight to make up for that cost? At least something on the level of the Man-Eating Spider. But based on the Man-Eating Spider he had encountered, two to three hundred rounds of heavy machine gun ammunition probably wouldn't be enough to kill it.
Although the "Ammunition Production Line" had been upgraded to Level 3, it didn't mean it could only produce Level 3 ammunition. It could produce ammunition from Level 1 to Level 3.
He spent 500 units of copper ore to produce a total of 500 rounds of Level 1 ammunition.
Adding to the previous reserves, the train now had over 800 rounds of Level 1 heavy machine gun ammunition. This ensured that the "Internal Fire Control System" was in a usable state. With a single thought,
The machine guns extending from the ceiling inside each carriage would initiate a thorough purge of all members within the train.
Power must always be backed by force.
This thing might never be used, but it had to exist. Those machine guns pointed inward, in a sense, represented his authority and status.
Finally, he spent another 2000 units of copper ore to produce 200 rounds of Level 3 ammunition.
The resources accumulated over several days inside the train had been nearly exhausted.
Only 8239 units of iron ore and 510 units of copper ore remained.
Chen Mang patted the resource-devouring "Heavy Machine Gun Ammunition Production Line." He finally realized the greatest charm of white-grade vehicle accessories—their cost-effectiveness.
Both could break through the defense of a Level 3 boss.
The "Car Blade" only consumed some energy stones.
But the "Heavy Machine Gun"? Every single round was a piece of his heart.
Although the latter had greater power, longer range, and even the supermodel effect of automatic headshots, the resource consumption was simply too high. It could only be used as a trump card, and he wouldn't dare use it unless absolutely necessary.
The "Car Blade" was still more practical. It might take a bit more time, but his armor was already Level 3, and there were basically no monsters in the Iron Ridge Wasteland that could break through his defense.
The "Iron Ridge Wasteland" was a low-level area.
In this region, the highest level for trains was Level 3, and the highest level for monsters was also Level 3. His "Armor" was likewise Level 3.
Chen Mang, who had returned to the train's control room, sat at the console. After checking the still ample supply of energy stones, he retracted the Wind-Fire Wheels and lowered the mechanical ambulatory limbs, gently pressing down on the accelerator.
The train, resembling a centipede,
Was about to crash into the canyon wall when its mechanical ambulatory limbs effortlessly and naturally climbed onto the surface, scaling the vertical wall at a rapid pace.
Zooming out the perspective,
One could faintly see, in the darkness of the night, within the Doomsday Abyss, a train moving at a considerable speed, swiftly climbing the cliff face.
The train exited the cliff, replaced the Wind-Fire Wheels, and roared across the endless wasteland shrouded in night.
To find the Corpse Tide that had besieged him multiple times.
He had returned for revenge.
Those bastards had constantly disrupted his mining back then, making him nervous every day, fearing that the Corpse Tide might sneak up on him at any moment.
Now, it was their turn to be nervous.
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