A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 317: Chapter 252 Are You Playing with Me? _1

Duanmu Huai didn’t know what the Wei’an Government Alliance was thinking. In fact, Praisecau had indeed guessed Duanmu Huai’s thoughts. Through the decryption of the satellite intelligence, Duanmu Huai also had some understanding of this alliance, and he had no plans to get too close to them. Otherwise, he could have directly contacted them instead of doing his own thing. Clearly, Duanmu had his own thoughts.

Currently, the Star Realm Army was centered on their base, spreading out in all directions, sweeping through the Beast Race soldiers. With warships monitoring from above, locking onto the positions of these soldiers was not difficult, and the next step was for the Star Realm Army to strike.

As for Duanmu Huai…

“Is this the latest development result?”

Looking at the Bomb Gun in front of him, he picked it up curiously and asked.

Ever since he confiscated this weapon underground, Duanmu had always thought that the combination of the Chainsaw Sword and the firearm was excellent, especially as a weapon for the Star Realm Army. So he handed this weapon to the research team led by Kulala, asking them to use it as a blueprint for the modification of the Bomb Gun.

The weapon used by the Star Realm Army was the Storm Bomb Gun, which has two parallel barrels, firing standard .75 caliber bombs. Therefore, strictly speaking, the Bomb Gun of the Star Realm Army was heftier, the width of the body was basically as thick as two guns stuck together, and the length of the body was not too long. For the Star Realm Army, it was more like a thick version of a compact submachine gun.

However, after the modification by Kulala and her team, the Bomb Gun had completely changed. Its width remained the same, but its length increased, almost equalling the traditional assault rifle’s length, and there was a powered chainsaw attached at the bottom of the barrel, integrating it with the body of the gun.

This way, the Bomb Gun, which originally seemed like a thickened version of a compact submachine gun, now looked like a huge, hefty, rectangular box with a chainsaw.

Or it could be said, it was like a gun barrel directly attached to a chainsaw.

However, there was a problem, which was the reason why Kulala had called Duanmu over.

That was about the power source of the weapon.

According to Kulala’s design, there were two options for the current Bomb Chainsaw Gun.

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One was to continue to use bombs as the means of attack and install additional power for the start-up of the Chainsaw Sword.

The other option was to change the Bomb Gun’s method of attack, transform it into a laser gun, and share the energy batteries with the Chainsaw Sword.

The advantage of the former was separation. Even if the bullets were out, one could rush forward with the chainsaw. In the latter case, once the energy was exhausted, one could only await death.

In contrast, after being transformed into a laser gun, the quantity of energy batteries that could be carried greatly increased. A single energy battery could fire approximately one hundred and fifty beams. Just carrying three energy batteries would be equivalent to the bullet count of the Bomb Gun.

However……

“Flashlight huh……”

Duanmu Huai aimed the gun and pulled the trigger. Immediately, a red beam shot out from the gun muzzle, grazed the target, and hit the wall behind.

“………”

Seeing this, Duanmu rolled his eyes silently.

Nevermind, his shooting skills were just like that.

When he was shooting targets at the night market, Duanmu had missed every single shot out of ten, so much so that the boss had to directly give him the prize and ask him to leave. Otherwise, other people would see Duanmu shooting and think that the boss had done something dodgy. He wouldn’t be able to continue business.

Not hitting a single shot out of ten was too exaggerated.

Of course, Duanmu claimed it wasn’t because he couldn’t hit the target. If it was something like a shotgun or a grenade launcher with a wide range of attacks, he wouldn’t have a problem; but when faced with a sniper rifle or a rifle that required aiming… he was completely lost.

To put it simply, the Bomb Gun version had high power but fewer bullets. The flashlight version had less power, but more bullets.

However, if Duanmu Huai had to choose……

“Let’s continue using the Bomb Gun’s equipment.”

Putting down the Chainsaw Gun in his hand, Duanmu made a decisive decision. The reason the Imperial Era used flashlights was due to the large number of Imperial troops and uneven quality among them. In this situation, reliability, stability, and quantity of ammunition were most important. Therefore, laser weapons became the standard configuration of the Imperial Army. However, Duanmu’s Star Realm Army took the path of elite battle groups like Astarte and didn’t need a large number of cannon fodder to attract hatred.

In this situation, power was the top priority.

After all, many of the enemies Astarte faced had thick skin and muscles, and laser guns couldn’t penetrate them––isn’t this why players always jokingly called the Imperial Army’s laser weapons flashlights?

Wasn’t this an analogy to the fact that other than providing some light, it was pointless?

Furthermore, with Duanmu’s tactical approach, the future Star Realm Army’s combat method would be long-range bombing with the Bomb Gun, close-quarters combat with the Chainsaw, and if they ran out of ammunition, they would rush forward and self-destruct. Under such an approach, why would the Star Realm Army need to use a flashlight?

There was absolutely no need for it.

“Okay, sir.”

Hearing Duanmu’s decision, Kulala nodded and seemed to think of something else.

“Ah, right, Mr. Baddy passed on a message not long ago. He said that the new vehicle he was making for you is done. He wants you to come and inspect it.”

“Oh? That fast?”

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai was fairly surprised. He originally thought the dwarf technician would take some time. He didn’t imagine he’d be so swift… But thinking about it, Duanmu Huai had said that he needed disposable items, so it certainly wouldn’t be like the previous Metal Secret Dragon, right?

With that in mind, Duanmu Huai went immediately to Holy City, meeting with Baddy once again and being taken to the massive warehouse from before.

“Alright, Mr. Baddy, what surprise do you have for me this time?”

“This time I designed and built it according to your ideas.”

The dwarf technician seemed quite pleased with himself. He turned on the lights, illuminating the dark warehouse. Then, Duanmu Huai saw in the middle of the warehouse a massive object shrouded in a white cloth. Although you couldn’t tell what it was just from the shape… it certainly looked big.

“So, what is this exactly?”

“Hahaha, watch closely, lad!”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s question, Baddy displayed a smirk and then walked over, pulling away the white cloth.

Then, a mechanical beast appeared in front of Duanmu Huai.

It had thick limbs, its whole body was black, covered in heavy armour. Standing at the top of its huge head was a pointed horn! The body of this steel beast was unusually robust. In front of its body on both sides, there were even large steel barriers like fences.

It was a rhino!

“Pfft–”

Upon seeing this thing, Duanmu Huai nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Damn, by the Tribunal, what the hell is this thing?”

“How about it, does this one meet your requirements?”

Baddy gave a hearty chuckle, then extended a hand to pat the Mechanical Rhino beside him.

“You’ll look great sitting up there, and I even designed it with modularity in mind. Although this rhino is a bit on the large side, it’s very fast and powerful. It doesn’t fear being destroyed. What do you think? Isn’t it awesome?”

Watching the gleeful Baddy, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes and sighed silently. Then, he reached out his hand and swiftly, a Soul Card appeared in front of Duanmu Huai.

[Electromagnetic Giant Rhino (Legendary)]

[Consumption: 7]

[Attack: 0]

[Defense: 7]

[During an attack, add three (Electromagnetic Giant Rhino) to your hand. When entering the field, gain +X/+0, where X is the number of creature cards remaining in your hand (Rush)]

“………”

How should he put it… This card did, indeed, meet Duanmu Huai’s requirements for “disposable”. Although it does not have the physical immunity like the Metal Secret Dragon, this rhino, for every attack, will add three to his hand. From this point of view, even if it’s damaged, Duanmu Huai can directly summon another one from his hand. Its attack power is determined by the number of creature cards in his hand, this makes the rhino’s attack power incredibly high. Even without any physical immunity buffs, just by itself, it can deal quite a severe blow to the enemy’s forces and target.

As for flight, it’s not a problem. As long as Duanmu Huai uses his Gravity Gloves on this mount, it will fly right up. In simple terms, he’s artificially generating anti-gravity. Considering Duanmu Huai’s capabilities, this isn’t challenging at all.

However, the biggest issue is……

“Why a rhino?”

Speechless, Duanmu Huai looked at the Electromagnetic Giant Rhino in front of him, feeling like crying but having no tears. He stared at Baddy, even beginning to wonder if he was actually a follower of the Evil God. Why was it that every time he made a mount for him, it felt like he was getting pranked? And he wasn’t sure if it was to match Duanmu Huai’s armor, but the shell of this mechanical rhino was also carved with a huge Skull Head design. It looked fearsome and oppressive — coupled with the rhino’s small red glowing eyes, it would only strike fear into the hearts of others.

Picture him riding this massive mechanical rhino, holding a Thunder Warhammer…

Hmm…… This is really… whatever.

“Because your physique is comparatively large. I figured something else with a big body would be fitting. Initially, I thought of an elephant, but that seemed a bit too big. A rhino seemed about right, don’t you think?”

“……… Yep, it works.”

At this moment, faced with Baddy’s explanation, Duanmu Huai was rendered utterly speechless.