41: Chapter 41: Unboxing!
[Multi-Barreled Automatic Loading Machine Gun]!
41: Chapter 41: Unboxing!
[Multi-Barreled Automatic Loading Machine Gun]!
“Guest, what can I do for you?” The approaching waitress smiled kindly, her professional attire, black stockings, and slender figure complemented her more than decent looks as she clasped her hands just below her belly.
“I’m here to pick up a shipment,” Li Ming said.
He had come here openly, and those tailing him outside must have spotted him, but what did that matter?
The whole city guard wasn’t the only one frequenting this place.
Just yesterday, while being tailed, he had spotted a few familiar faces.
The lighting in the hall was soft, and patrons carried various metal-style cases.
She led Li Ming to a separate room, gave a brief introduction, and then left.
Li Ming took out a magnetic card and, after glancing at the nearby device, chose to pick up his shipment anonymously.
Following the prompts, he placed the magnetic card on the reader.
There was a ‘beep’ as if confirming the verification had passed.
Soon, the room’s walls vibrated slightly with the sound of machinery operating, and then slowly opened to reveal a rising large metal tray.
On it was a container, painted in blue and white, with the logo of the Giant Shield Company on its surface.
This was a standard cargo container from the Giant Shield Company, used to store large items.
Moreover, the Giant Shield Company promised that there were no surveillance devices in the room, hinging on their years of reputable service.
Li Ming clicked on the liquid crystal display by the container’s door; gears sounded as the door of the container slowly swung open.
It was very dark at first, too dark to see anything clearly.
But as the gap in the door widened and the lights slowly came on, the full view of the object came into focus, causing Li Ming’s breath to catch.
The first thing he noticed was the thick, multiple-barreled rotary cannon with nine barrels clamped together and fused into one, with a pitch-black coating.
Behind it was the chamber, along with the ammunition hopper, fire control system, and a thermal radiation cooler…
The whole construct was three meters long and two meters high, not excessively large but undoubtedly a formidable weapon of war.
“Gatling…” Li Ming murmured the common name from his past life and couldn’t help but touch it.
[Multi-barreled automatic loading machine gun–E-grade: A high-end machine gun produced by the Reinfeld Company, a major weapon on the battlefield.
Control Conditions: 1000 metal energy points
Control Effect: Gun Mastery–Intermediate
Control Ability–Violent Output: Charge for five seconds, amplify strength and speed by 100%.]
1000 metal energy points were the highest control conditions Li Ming had ever seen, 200 points higher than the heavy sniper rifle.
The ability “Violent Output” was exactly what it sounded like: truly aggressive.
Even though it required charging, it was a sustained enhancement.
As long as Li Ming’s stamina didn’t run out, his combat strength would be doubled!
And this was a covert enhancement, unlike the mechanical arms that were too conspicuous.
“Is this what Zhang Hu plans to give Tu Zheng?
Why does it feel so strange?
This thing is too conspicuous.”
“1000 metal energy points, that’s a lot, but I’ve just enough…” Li Ming suppressed the excitement in his heart, reached out his hand, and the metal energy flowed out like water, quickly enveloping the weapon.
“Hiss~” He was hit with a wave of information like a tidal surge: pure firearms experience, pistols, submachine guns, sniper rifles, machine guns, revolvers, rotary cannons…
He not only acquired the experience of using them but even the internal structures, operating principles, focal points, and so forth.
It was as if he had assembled and disassembled thousands of times each type of firearm, knowing every part by heart.
Having gone through this kind of experience several times, his tolerance was much better than at the beginning.
There’s something else.”
After shaking his head slightly and seeing the heavy machine gun disappear, what lay behind it was revealed—an elongated metal box, completely blue in color.
Li Ming walked over to examine it.
It wasn’t locked with a password, so he pressed the button to decompress.
The box opened, and in the center, a deep blue crystal was raised aloft by a mechanical structure.
It seemed to contain misty thunderclouds within, and its surface even sparked strands of electricity which were then absorbed by surrounding conductive plates to prevent leakage.
“What is this…” Li Ming bent down to get a closer look.
He didn’t reach out to take it right away but took out his smart terminal instead to conduct an image search, popping up a long list of entries—
Li Ming scrutinized the results, finding that there were many names for the substance, perhaps due to translation issues between interstellar languages.
However, the images he found weren’t quite the same as what was in front of him; they were all purely purple or light blue and did not contain the central mass of thunderclouds.
“Cloud Thunder Mother Ore, only found in mineral veins abundant with Cloud Thunder Ore, extremely precious, used as a material for crafting special gene seeds or as a core for engines…”
“Mother Ore…” Li Ming picked it up and cradled it in his hands, examining it closely.
He felt a slight numbness, “This must be what Zhang Hu intended to give to Tu Zheng for modulating gene seeds…”
“It can actually absorb.” Li Ming gave it a try and was quite surprised.
“If it were used to modulate an E-class gene seed…
Never mind…” Li Ming hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and simply absorbed it.
Modulating gene seeds required more than one material, and they couldn’t be made by hand; at the very least, a fully equipped laboratory was needed.
For him, that was too far out of reach.
There was no point in keeping it.
Why isn’t it increasing?” After absorbing for a while, Li Ming noticed that the metal energy hadn’t changed at all, which he found strange.
But he didn’t stop; instead, his interest grew, and it took him a full half-hour to completely absorb the ore.
“Special Energy–the Power of the Cloud Thunder Mother Ore?” Li Ming stared blankly at the new icon on the luminescent blue screen, which was a miniature image of the Cloud Thunder Mother Ore.
To the left under the Control Bar were the Controlled Objects arrayed in sequence.
“It can be used to enhance Controlled Objects up to E-class?
It has this function too?”
Li Ming became interested and carefully pondered the information that came to mind.
Some rare materials contained Special Energy that could strengthen Controlled Objects once absorbed.
“Just in time…” Li Ming didn’t delay.
He owned three items, all of E-class, and he wanted to see how the enhancement worked.
The sniper rifle was rarely used, and the Gatling gun even less so; it was almost impossible to bring out.
Although the mechanical arm couldn’t be seen in the light, at least it was used more frequently.
Li Ming used this Special Energy on the Thunder Four Arms, and the machine in the Control Bar immediately began to change as deep blue thunder patterns spread over the entire machine like they were carved on it.
“The upgrade condition has become 9000?” Li Ming’s eyebrows and eyes suddenly leapt.
[Thunder Machine–E: A machine modified by the apprentice Li Ming that now looks completely different.
Control Ability–Thunder Four Arms: It evolves four mechanical arms that carry electric currents.]
The ability changed too?
Four mechanical arms emerged from his back, distinctly different from before.
Silver mechanical arms were now covered with deep blue thunder patterns, which sparked with electricity at the slightest thought.
Because they were too close to the container, the electricity that shot out left a large patch of scorch marks.
“The power is decent…” Li Ming’s mood was greatly lifted, judging by the electricity alone, the energy level must have surpassed F-class and entered the realm of E-class.
With only a few boxes of ammunition left in the container, Li Ming carefully checked everything, making no waste, absorbing all of it and bringing his metal energy to 475 points.
He then walked out of the room.
“Aren’t you going to take the items?”
Outside the door, the waiting attendant reminded him, “If the storage time expires, the items will be disposed of.”
“It doesn’t matter.” Li Ming shook his head, and the attendant nodded without saying more.
Li Ming then said, “By the way, I have an item that I want to store here.”
“May I ask the weight, volume, duration of storage, and whether you’ll be using real name registration?”
“Just a piece of paper, store it for a month first, under my real name.” Li Ming nodded; being a Blue Star citizen, he naturally opted for real-name storage.
After verification, he temporarily stored the letter of recommendation here.
It was inconvenient to carry the item with him, and he didn’t feel secure leaving it at home, so it was just as well to store it here.
The item was small and only needed 1000 Star Coins for a month.
Feeling very satisfied with his loot from the container, Li Ming headed home in high spirits.
Hum–The rolling door ascended, and Xiao Huang emitted a welcome message, while the house lights turned on automatically.
However, Li Ming’s steps momentarily paused as an unusual sensation suddenly surged through him.