Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest-Chapter 928: The First Step in Conquering the World (Part 2)

In the room, under the moonlight lamp, Wang Chen sat intently at the table assembling the parts in his hands.

Metal casing, retaining springs, handle, flint...

A flintlock gun, not of this world or era, was being slowly pieced together by Wang Chen!

Over the past three months, while he had been diligently training in the Defense Area, he had also been pondering the future.

For Wang Chen, his current self was merely a passerby in this world—the Cangqing Domain.

Sooner or later, he would have to leave.

However, conquering and possessing this world was Wang Chen’s ultimate goal!

With a small world as his backing, he would not only look forward to Nascent Soul and Divinity Transformation but even Integration and Mahayana were within the realms of possibility. His path could be said to be extremely broad.

But to obtain the origin of a world was easier said than done!

Wang Chen was certain that the master of the Underwater Cave Abode, who built the Transmission Array to the Cangqing Domain, had not achieved his goal for some unknown reason and had abandoned the attempt.

And the strength of this great cultivator was definitely far above his!

Could Wang Chen accomplish what even that person had not?

Of course, Wang Chen had no guarantee!

But he was willing to try, willing to start from the very bottom in this world where Spiritual Energy was scarce and the rules were unclear, climbing step by step to the pinnacle of this realm.

But could reaching the pinnacle grant him the origin of the world?

The answer was clearly no.

The origin of the world was something that could drive Nascent Souls mad and was a must-contest for those in Divinity Transformation; its value exceeded that of any heaven-defying treasure.

If such a supreme item could be easily obtained, the Power Men would not be so rare!

The problem was that Wang Chen had no experience in this area.

He had read countless Taoist scriptures, but none of these books contained relevant knowledge.

This was clearly a closely guarded secret!

Therefore, Wang Chen could only grope around on his own.

Fortunately, he had the Cangqing Domain, a vast "test field."

This was Wang Chen’s opportunity!

And creating the flintlock gun in his hand was the first step in Wang Chen’s attempt to conquer the Cangqing Domain.

He wanted to innovate, not planning to take the conventional path!

What Wang Chen was creating was the most mature design of an impact-type flintlock gun; its principle was to pull the trigger, using the flint on the hammer to strike and create a spark, igniting the gunpowder in the pan, and then propelling the bullet loaded into the barrel out.

The principle was not complex, but the actual construction was not simple.

First came the problem of gunpowder.

The Cangqing Domain had no gunpowder, or perhaps it had been invented by someone, but the two materials required to make gunpowder, sulfur and saltpeter, were available.

In fact, the Haotian Realm also had sulfur and saltpeter, but making thermal weapons in the Immortal Realm was pointless.

The Cangqing Domain was different; this small world was a realm of weak laws and strong martial power, which, simply in terms of strength, was incomparably different from the Haotian Realm and also could not compare with the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Moreover, various kingdoms stood in the Cangqing Domain—Great Liang, Great Martial, North Qi, Southern Barbarian, Xiqiang, and other nations fought incessantly with each other, and there had never been a dynasty that unified them all.

This gave thermal weapons their significance.

Wang Chen in his previous life had an engineering background and had also been a DIY content creator; he was not only skilled with his hands but had also played with many things.

Among those was the flintlock gun!

His grandfather had once been a hunter in the mountains, owning two flintlock hunting guns, which were later turned in.

Wang Chen had touched these two hunting guns when he was a child, leaving a deep impression on him, so much so that when he grew up he secretly made a flintlock pistol himself and played with it in the wilderness a few times before dismantling it.

Hence, he understood both the principle and the technique and faced no manufacturing obstacles.

Wang Chen first came up with gunpowder, and it was granulated gunpowder at that.

As for the production method, he followed traditional techniques with precise ratios and repeated experimentation, yielding an end product of exceptional quality.

Next naturally came the various components of the firearm.

Among them, the most difficult to produce was undoubtedly the seamless gun barrel.

Although seamless barrels could be obtained through casting, which also had a low production cost, barrels produced this way could not avoid faults such as sand holes and hidden defects, making them prone to bursting.

The best method was to drill them out with a drill bit.

Fortunately, the forging technology in this world was not weak, and although Wang Chen’s requirements were high, there were still artisans of considerable skill who took up his business under a substantial reward.

In the end, they produced results that satisfied him.

As for the other parts, those were much easier; Wang Chen had them custom-made in different workshops.

He then assembled and adjusted them himself.

He had ordered a total of ten seamless barrels, five long and five short, for making five flintlock rifles and five handguns.

Since all the parts were handmade, discrepancies were normal, but Wang Chen adjusted them himself until they met his standards.

That night, he finished assembling a rifle and a handgun!

The following morning, just after Linjiang City’s gates had opened, Wang Chen quietly left the city.

He traveled west along the official road until he reached a desolate wilderness with no one around.

With no one in sight, Wang Chen took a flintlock rifle out of his storage space.

He first poured gunpowder into the barrel, then followed it with a Minie ball wrapped in silk and greased with fat, which he rammed down tightly with a rod. He then poured a small amount of gunpowder into the pan.

The amount of gunpowder was something Wang Chen had added based on experience; in the future, it definitely needed to be standardized.

After completing all preparations for firing, Wang Chen steadied the homemade flintlock rifle and aimed at a large tree over a hundred steps away.

He suddenly pulled the trigger.

Snap!

A flash of fire accompanied by blue smoke arose, the rifle shook abruptly, and the cast Minie ball shot out of the barrel.

It struck the intended target!

Wang Chen put down the rifle and went over to check the results.

He saw that the trunk of the large tree now had a hole wider than a thumb, with the ball deeply embedded in it.

But it had not pierced through the trunk.

Despite this, the power of the flintlock rifle had exceeded his expectations!

Words like "triple shot" and "firing squad" flashed through Wang Chen’s mind.

Such a weapon in the hands of ordinary people, let alone common martial artists, even samurai and martial masters wouldn’t be able to withstand it; if there were a mass volley, it might even be possible to take down a Martial General!

As for Martial Ancestors, there would clearly be no threat.

But what if the rifle were replaced with a cannon?

Wang Chen did not continue this line of thought.

His current production of rifles, both long and short, was merely to verify his own ideas, whether they would be used in the future, or how they would be used, was not under consideration yet.

Next, Wang Chen tested the handguns.

The handguns had a shorter range and less power than the rifles, but having all five loaded and ready in the storage space as a backup weapon was actually quite impressive.

Wang Chen also tested different powder charges to determine the optimal ratio.

Over the next few days, he went to the wilderness to play with the guns.

On the fifth day after Wang Chen’s advancement to Martial Ancestor, he received a mission assigned by the Defense Area.

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The second update is here.