Cave Refuge-Chapter 318 - 293: Rapid-Fire Cannons and Revolvers_2
While the size of these Mount Sumeru spaces is only a little over ten cubic units, using them solely for storing bullets is actually more than enough. After all, one cubic unit of space can approximately hold about 1150 rounds of 9mm bullets, and around 2500 rounds of 7.62mm bullets.
Besides the effect of connecting to the Sumeru space, this revolver, which has reached the level of a treasure-grade, can also use bullets of any caliber. Its six chambers can hold six different calibers of bullets.
Since it is a specially crafted revolver, there’s no need to doubt the quality of the gun. Even after firing thousands of rounds in succession, the barrel will not overheat and deform.
The six chambers can basically meet Dong Tianyu’s needs for any caliber of bullets he comes across. After all, the calibers of conventional bullets are so concentrated that six chambers are definitely sufficient.
However, even for crafting just one revolver, the initial amount of metal was not enough, so Dong Tianyu had no choice but to extract some metal from the Spirit Vein and even deliberately obtained some material containing spirit energy from the earth’s veins to ensure the stability of rapid-fire.
It is for this reason that the crafted revolver did not collapse due to the engraving of the Mount Sumeru space. After all, if the material used during the crafting isn’t up to par, there’s always a risk of the magical weapon collapsing after the formation is engraved.
Because the structure of a revolver is simple, and there’s no need for particularly high-grade materials, the entire crafting process went very smoothly without any accidents.
The only moment Dong Tianyu felt nervous was when engraving the Sumeru space into the magazine. Fortunately, the formation patterns he purchased with survival points were of high quality. Although the process was hair-raising, it was ultimately successful.
Touching the revolver, which was still slightly warm, this was not only the first magic artifact Dong Tianyu had crafted by himself, but also the first magic artifact he had acquired.
Don’t be deceived by the size of the Wave Rider or the frequent use of the Black Car, but both of these items are still at the magic artifact level.
Although formations are engraved on the chassis of the vehicle, these are simply etched onto the surface and can be altered at any time. In simpler terms, it’s like adding plugins to the vehicle, which can be freely added or removed.
However, integrating formation patterns during the crafting process imbues the magical weapon with special abilities that cannot be changed or removed.
Dong Tianyu took out bullets of various calibers from his storage space and loaded them into the respective chambers of the revolver.
Through testing, the revolver could not only use standard bullets but even special ammunition like incendiary rounds and signal flares could be freely fired.
Moreover, unlike traditional revolvers, which can only fire single shots, by holding down the trigger without releasing, this revolver could fire like an automatic rifle.
In addition to this, both in terms of shooting accuracy and the lethality of the bullets upon hitting the target, it far exceeded regular firearms.
After a test firing, no matter what type of bullet was shot from the revolver, it could basically penetrate the shell of the Giant Scorpions, causing them damage.
With this magic weapon, Dong Tianyu now had a more practical method when he needed to mow down enemies.
The following days became quite peaceful. Despite the daily earthquakes and the Giant Scorpion attacks every few days, because the injured brought back by Ye Liuyun gradually recovered, the frequent attacks didn’t result in casualties within the camp.
And because the earthquakes were frequent, the crops planted in the fields were basically all destroyed. Although a few crops were still growing, the survivors in the camp no longer had the mood to care for them.
However, because of the attacks by the Giant Scorpions every few days, the camp not only had enough food but even saw an increase in the number of well-fed Martial Artists.
After all, each time the Giant Scorpions attacked, the camp would harvest a large number of scorpion corpses. The chunks of meat taken from these bodies, aside from being made into dried meat reserves, the rest was gradually consumed by the camp’s survivors.
After eating Bug Meat for several months, everyone even started to miss the ordinary food bricks they once scorned.
Madeline came back for a visit and didn’t stay long before leaving again with a convoy, this time taking a full carriage of dried Bug Meat.
After confirming the camp’s safety, Dong Tianyu also left and returned to Pengcheng with Madeline.
After all, in theory, his wife Walker Violet was still waiting at Nameless Mountain, and once he had settled his parents in Saxon County, he needed to go back to Pengcheng to deal with his own matters.
Because Ye Liuyun returned to Pengcheng with the convoy, he left Dong Tianyu at the foot of Nameless Mountain and then drove the convoy directly away.
Watching the convoy grow further away, Dong Tianyu scanned the surroundings with his Spiritual Sense Scanning and, after confirming no one else was around, climbed up to see the current state of the mountain.
Due to several intense earthquakes before, the cave where the cave mansion was formerly situated had collapsed. From a distance, it was noticeable that Nameless Mountain had greatly diminished in height compared to its former state.
The surface soil of the mountain had turned into mudflow during the earthquakes, rolling down to the base of the mountain. Now, the mountain was bare, with the rocky substance that formed it fully exposed.
Standing on the platform that once was, Dong Tianyu could only shake his head helplessly as he looked at the completely collapsed cave. In this condition, repairing it seemed nearly impossible, especially considering he had once hollowed out the belly of Nameless Mountain.
Given the current state of Nameless Mountain, Dong Tianyu had to find another above-ground base.
As Dong Tianyu pondered where to look next, the surrounding area filled with the rustling ’sash’ sound of bugs crawling.
His Divine Sense sweeping the area, Dong Tianyu quickly located the source of the noises.
While Dong Tianyu observed the cave he once lived in, countless bugs had unexpectedly surrounded his location without his notice.
The encirclement was shrinking continuously, but it was like the ripples in a fishbowl—contracting initially but then bouncing back, causing the size of the circle to fluctuate.
Having not visited Pengcheng for a long time, the bugs had now started to actively attack Martial Artists?
Actually, Dong Tianyu was unaware that, though his strength surpassed that of Inner Breath Realm Martial Artists by a fair amount, the bugs were only fearful of the vigor inadvertently emanated by Martial Artists.
Although Dong Tianyu’s physical constitution was also improved through cultivation, his technique was so superior that it inadvertently kept his body in a state of ’no leakage,’ causing his blood energy to be expelled only through his breath.
Since the bugs feared blood energy, when Dong Tianyu exhaled, the information would be transmitted to the outside world, but when he inhaled, this information would disappear.
Therefore, the bugs surrounding Dong Tianyu displayed a chaotic scene with the encirclement sporadically shrinking and then retreating.
Yet, seeing the number of bugs increasing around him, Dong Tianyu contemplated whether to study Gu Refining or perhaps create a Magic Artifact that could automatically absorb nearby bugs.
Considering the bugs could be used to make nutritional supplements, he wondered if it would be wasteful to dispose of them directly.
Now was definitely too late to go back and learn about Gu cultivation or to craft a vessel for keeping Gu bugs, so after thinking it over, Dong Tianyu decided it would be best to leave directly using the Art of Controlling Objects, similar to Sword Control.
Regarding the bugs of Nameless Mountain, there was a Survivor Camp nearby. Notifying them would bring Insect Nest Hunters to deal with the bugs here.
After departing from Nameless Mountain, Dong Tianyu entered the City Center, now a wasteland within the third ring, where virtually no intact buildings could be seen.
Among the rubble, Dong Tianyu occasionally spotted survivors rummaging through the debris.
Through Ye Liuyun, Dong Tianyu knew that these people were referred to as scavengers by other survivors. Not all of them were weak or diseased; in fact, many of them were Martial Artists.
Many Martial Artists that wanted to try their luck had also come to the ruins to treasure hunt, due to the fact that, after the buildings had collapsed, the remaining fragments were far from light.
Not to mention, although many had evacuated the city before the disaster, there were still many useful things left behind, undisturbed.
After the earthquakes, the previously strong and concealed secret chambers were exposed. Moreover, the majority of the survivors had left the City Center, so now everything in the area was unclaimed, belonging to whoever found it first.
