allendalepharm Chapter 166 Epic Electromagnetic Main Cannon! Thunderous Roar - First Test!
Chapter 166 Epic Electromagnetic Main Cannon! Thunderous Roar - First Test!
"This is the true foundation of the Dongjiang Military Region." Chu Tianfeng pointed to the rows of display cases in front of him. "After the disaster broke out, we sacrificed three special forces brigades. Everything we retrieved from various high-risk overlapping areas is here."
Jiang Ming stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over the nearest display case.
Inside was a set of extremely futuristic-looking individual exoskeleton armor, its surface covered with scale-like metallic patterns.
The label next to it reads:
[Experimental Dragonscale Exoskeleton Armor (damaged), unable to recharge.]
"This thing was made from the scales of a level 20 mutated pangolin, combined with aerospace materials," Chu Tianfeng explained from the side. "Its defensive capabilities are astonishing; even anti-materiel sniper rifles can't penetrate it. Unfortunately, the power system hasn't been solved yet. Wearing it, you can't even walk; it's like an iron coffin."
Jiang Ming didn't respond, his gaze lingering on the rather flashy-looking suit of armor.
He now has a bronze-level heavy armor fortress, and his individual defense is more than enough with the [Crimson Knight Heavy Breastplate] that he repaired earlier. This half-finished exoskeleton is useless to him.
He walked deeper into the corridor and stopped in front of a special sealed cabin connected by six thick cables.
The sealed chamber was filled with pale blue coolant, and suspended in the center was an irregular polyhedron about the size of a human head, appearing charred black.
Even through the thick bulletproof glass, Jiang Ming could still feel an extremely violent, lightning-attribute, and frenzied energy raging inside the polyhedron.
Damaged Thunder Beast Core (Lv.35, Lord-level Drop)
[Danger Level: Extremely High]
[State: Extremely unstable; internal energy is at a critical point.]
"You'd better not touch this," Chu Tianfeng quickly warned, a layer of white sweat even breaking out on his forehead. "Three months ago, a meteorite crashed in the northern suburbs, and a giant beast wrapped in lightning crawled out. We poured in half an armored regiment, and finally used two tactical nuclear bombs to blast it to ashes."
Chu Tianfeng pointed to the charred polyhedron: "This is the only thing left behind by that behemoth. Those lunatics in the research department tried to cut off a small piece to study new energy sources, but as soon as they touched it, the resulting lightning storm burned half the laboratory to the ground. This thing is now a super bomb that could explode at any moment."
"I'll take it." Jiang Ming tapped the bulletproof glass with his finger, his tone indifferent.
"Are you crazy?" Chu Tianfeng's eyes widened. "This thing is impossible to transport! Even a slight vibration will cause its energy to go out of control!"
"How I transport them is my business." Jiang Ming turned to Chu Tianfeng. "Brigadier Chu, we agreed you could choose whatever you wanted. You're not thinking of going back on your word, are you?"
Chu Tianfeng gritted his teeth and made a hand gesture to several technicians in the distance.
The technicians drove over in a heavy-duty hydraulic explosion-proof forklift and carefully scooped up the entire sealed chamber.
Jiang Ming continued walking forward.
For the next ten minutes, he fully demonstrated what it means to "buy goods".
【50 tons of high-purity titanium alloy ingots】—Take them away.
【Military-grade miniature nuclear fusion battery (unactivated) *3】—Take it.
[Discarded electromagnetic railgun prototype tube] - This must be taken.
Watching Jiang Ming specifically pick out those extremely dangerous or "scrap" materials and high-level materials that the research department couldn't analyze at all, Chu Tianfeng's heart bled, but he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as our ancestors don't take away all the strategic weapons that have already been developed, it's fine.
"That's about it." Jiang Ming patted the dust off his hands and pointed to the mountain of supplies. "Move all of this next to my tank."
Ten minutes later, in the spacious maintenance area outside the base.
The heavily armored fortress, riddled with wounds and with its left side armor almost completely flattened, stood silently in the center.
The dark red whiskers under the chassis hung listlessly on the ground.
Marlowe looked at the deformed track with a pained expression.
Chen Qi was putting a splint on the dislocated arm.
When they saw Jiang Ming arrive with several forklifts fully loaded with supplies, their eyes lit up at the same time.
"Boss, have you struck it rich?" Marlowe ran over.
"No." Jiang Ming didn't waste any words and walked directly to the pile of supplies, opening the system synthesis panel.
Today he's going to increase the firepower of this tank to a level that even he himself is afraid of.
Jiang Ming took a deep breath and began dragging the materials into the crafting panel.
Main material 1: [Discarded electromagnetic railgun prototype tube].
Main Material 2: [Damaged Thunder Beast Core (Lv.35)].
Additional materials: [Living Metal Gear (Purple Epic)] + [High-Tier Necromancer Core] + [High-Purity Titanium Alloy Ingot * 10 tons].
[The synthesis formula is being developed...]
[WARNING: This synthesis involves extremely unstable high-energy lightning-attribute matter and living mechanical tissue, resulting in a strong repulsion reaction. The failure rate is as high as 65%! Failure will trigger a lightning storm capable of destroying an area with a radius of two kilometers.]
[Should we continue?]
"continue."
Jiang Ming pressed the confirmation button without hesitation.
Fortune favors the bold; without powerful firepower, how can we deal with the flesh-and-blood mother tree that hatches after 72 hours?
A blinding white light suddenly erupted in the center of the maintenance area.
This light was more dazzling than any previous synthesis.
A violent blue electric current appeared out of nowhere, like countless electric snakes dancing wildly in mid-air, emitting a teeth-grinding "crackling" sound.
Chu Tianfeng and the guards around him were forced to retreat by the sudden strong electromagnetic field. The guns in their hands even started to spark, and their electronic devices malfunctioned instantly.
"What is he doing?!" Chu Tianfeng roared, trying to drown out the hissing of the electric current.
No one could answer him.
At the center of the white light, the heavy electromagnetic railgun barrel was undergoing an extremely bizarre deformation.
The ten-ton titanium alloy ingot melted like butter and meshed tightly with the purple, living metal gear.
The extremely dangerous Thunder Beast Crystal Core was forcibly wrapped and pulled by countless dark red fleshy tentacles, and was eventually embedded in the charging base at the rear of the cannon barrel.
The high-level necromantic crystal core transformed into a wisp of black mist, merging into the inner wall of the cannon barrel and forming intricate rings of dark blue runes.
[Ding! Miracle synthesis triggered!]
Synthesis successful!
[Obtained: Thunder Roar Main Cannon (Purple Epic Module)]
[Type: Heavy armored vehicle main weapon]
[Attribute: Each shot requires either high-level otherworldly energy or a massive amount of flesh and blood to recharge.]
[Special Effect 1: Extremely High-Speed Electromagnetic Acceleration (Projectile initial velocity reaches Mach 10, ignoring conventional physical armor).]
[Special Effect 2: Thunderous Annihilation (Upon impact with the target, the projectile unleashes a devastating burst of lightning from a Lv.35 Lord-level Thunder Behemoth, causing severe paralysis and high-temperature carbonization to creatures within a 50-meter radius.)]
[Special Effect 3: Live Target Calibration (The gun barrel contains a biological neural network that automatically locks onto and predicts the target's trajectory, increasing accuracy by 400%).]
The white light and electric current slowly dissipated.
A heavy main gun, six meters long and with an extremely ferocious appearance, floated in mid-air.
Its cannon barrel is a deep dark purple, and its surface is covered with dark red patterns that resemble human blood vessels.
On the charging base at the rear, the Thunder Beast Crystal Core was flashing blue light rhythmically, like a beating heart.
"Marlow, grant access to the central weapon interface on the top of the tank." Jiang Ming's voice rang out in the quiet maintenance area.
"Alright!" Marlowe was so excited he was trembling, and immediately climbed into the cockpit to take over the controls.
The top armor of the heavy fortress slid open to the sides, revealing a huge circular interface.
Jiang Ming waved his hand.
The Thunder Cannon, suspended in mid-air, crashed down and precisely locked into the interface.
Click!Click!
The flesh and blood network inside the tank was instantly activated.
Countless thick, dark red tentacles emerged from the interface, tightly wrapping around the base of the main cannon and completely connecting it to the tank's flesh-and-blood furnace engine.
The entire chariot shuddered violently, as if a sleeping ancient beast were letting out a satisfied sigh.
The originally damaged left-side armor, fed back by the enormous energy, visibly began to regenerate and heal, growing a thicker, barbed composite armor plate.
Chu Tianfeng looked at the completely transformed steel behemoth, and his Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty.
The Lord Crystal Core, which his proud military research department had studied for so long without understanding, was transformed into a powerful weapon by this young man named Jiang Ming in just a few minutes.
This is a technology that humans simply cannot master!
"Brigadier General Chu," Jiang Ming turned around, pointing to the main gun on top of the tank that exuded a dangerous aura, "Is there a firing range nearby that can withstand a single shot? I'd like to test its feel."
Underground special armor test range.
This was originally a fully enclosed space used to test the power of the military's latest bunker buster bomb.
The walls are made of three meters thick reinforced concrete with two layers of special energy-absorbing coating.
At the end of the firing range, there stands a homogeneous steel plate half a meter thick, with two scrapped heavy main battle tanks placed behind it as a buffer.
The heavily armored fortress stood silently in its firing position.
Jiang Ming stood in the commander's cupola, while Chen Qi had already eagerly crawled into the gunner's position, his hands gripping the brand-new fire control lever tightly.
"Ming-ge, this thing's fire control system is insane!" Chen Qi exclaimed, his voice brimming with barely concealed excitement as he stared at the holographic aiming screen. "There's no need to calculate wind drift or bullet drop at all; the neural network inside the barrel just crams the data into my head!"
"Stop talking nonsense, load solid titanium alloy armor-piercing rounds, charge to 30%, and fire," Jiang Ming ordered.
"receive!"
Chen Qi suddenly pressed the charging button.
Om-!
A deep, resonant roar, seemingly capable of piercing through internal organs, echoed throughout the firing range.
The flesh-and-blood furnace engine at the rear of the tank instantly entered a high-load operation state, and a large amount of energy surged into the turret along the dark red vein patterns.
The Thunder Beast Crystal Core at the rear of the Thunder Cannon erupted with a blinding blue light, and rings of solidified blue electricity rapidly coiled and accelerated along the six-meter-long dark purple barrel.
It doesn't have the deafening gunpowder explosions of traditional artillery.
There was only a sharp, tearing sound, "hiss."
A thick, dark blue beam of light instantly pierced through the hundred-meter-long target range.
The speed is so fast that it cannot be detected by the naked eye.
Boom!!!
A blinding flash of light erupted at the end of the firing range, followed by a deafening roar.
The violent arcs of lightning spread outwards like a tidal wave, causing the entire underground air-raid shelter to tremble violently, and dust to fall from the ceiling.
Chu Tianfeng and several senior staff officers stood behind the explosion-proof glass, staring in disbelief at the scene before them.
The one-meter-thick homogeneous steel plate couldn't even withstand the force for a second; its center was melted, creating a hole with a diameter of over one meter.
The cut was charred black, and dark red molten iron was still dripping from it.
This is not finished.
Even a shell penetrating a steel plate still possesses terrifying kinetic energy.
The upper half of the turrets of the two wrecked tanks behind were instantly vaporized, and the remaining lightning energy raged on the tank wreckage, causing violent explosions.
"This...this is the power of 30% charge?" A senior staff officer's voice trembled, and he didn't even notice that the record board in his hand had fallen to the ground.
Chu Tianfeng took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart.
The power of this cannon has completely surpassed all the conventional heavy firepower currently in the Dongjiang Military Region.
If fully charged, this single shot could probably level a small hill.
"Brother Jiang, your skills are so superb, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say you're a god descended to earth." Chu Tianfeng said through the communication channel, his tone filled with genuine awe.
Jiang Ming leaned against the metal wall of the command cabin, looking at the large portion of the engine energy bar that had been consumed on the panel, and frowned slightly.
It's powerful enough, but it's also a huge food consumer.
That single shot drained a quarter of the tank's stored energy.
It seems I need to hurry up and find more high-level monsters to fill the furnace.
Just then, a piercing red, highest-level alarm suddenly blared throughout the entire underground base.
The red warning lights were flashing wildly.
"What's going on?!" Chu Tianfeng's expression changed, and he strode towards the communications station.
A communications soldier, drenched in sweat, rushed over, not even bothering to salute, his voice urgent: "Brigade Commander! The third line of defense in the south of the city has been hit by a sudden, massive zombie horde! The number exceeds one hundred thousand!"
"One hundred thousand?!" Chu Tianfeng grabbed the communications soldier by the collar. "What were those minefields and heavy artillery positions on the outskirts of the south city for? How could they let one hundred thousand monsters get under the defensive line?!"
"It didn't come from outside..." the communications soldier nearly cried. "It came from underground! An abandoned subway station beneath the southern city defense line suddenly collapsed, creating a massive dimensional rift. The monsters surged directly from underground!"
"And..." The communications soldier swallowed hard, pulling up a blurry video feed from the front lines, "This monster is strange. They're impervious to fire and conventional bullets. Our brothers on the front lines are about to collapse!"
The image was projected into mid-air.
The scene was extremely gruesome.
The concrete walls of the southern city defense line were densely covered with all sorts of twisted monsters.
Some of these monsters are human zombies, while others are mutated beasts.
But they all have one thing in common: their bodies are covered with dark red fleshy tentacles, and their eyes have all turned into golden vertical pupils.
Upon seeing those features, Jiang Ming's eyes instantly turned cold.
"It seems that the tentacles of that tree at the International Trade Building have already reached the South City." Jiang Ming pushed open the hatch, jumped off the tank, and walked to Chu Tianfeng's side.