Chapter 343
A nuclear bomb as payment?!
Chapter 343 A nuclear bomb as payment?!
Hearing Chu Sheng's introduction, Lin Chaoyuan was overjoyed.
One burst of bullets is enough to take down a Sequence 8 Occultist, which means that unless they are surrounded by Sequence 8 Occultists, they no longer need to be afraid of them.
While the strangeness of Sequence 7 has not been tested, given the performance of this weapon, it is likely capable of hunting down prey.
A single offering directly compensated for their weakness in strength.
Lin Chaoyuan knew very well that the effect of this sacrificial object was far greater than that of a sequence ability user.
Sequence ability users may die in battle. If they are sequence ability users who lack strength and have all their ability points focused on support, like Wang Er, they may even be killed by a strange and sudden attack.
This is why only Wang Er survived in the base.
There's no other reason than that Wang Er is a guide sequence, and also the sequence with the least offensive capabilities among these sequences.
Wang Er is capable of observing sequences.
Its capabilities are extremely simple: it can only observe a range of one thousand kilometers centered on itself to see the dangers within.
Wang Er's sequence has no offensive capabilities. As the leader of the base, he is never on the list, whether he is collecting supplies or hunting down the strange creatures that are chasing them.
That's why he's still alive.
Going there would be pointless; it's better to stay and act as a guide, while also preventing any accidents from happening to him.
As it turned out, this choice was correct. During a previous gathering of supplies, the strongest Mythic Sequence ability user in their base came face to face with a Sequence 7 and seven Sequence 8 monsters.
Although it was a mythical sequence, his sequence level was only sequence eight at the time. Under the strange siege of sequence seven and sequence eight, and in order to buy time for others, he died in battle.
And from here on, they embarked on the path of a slow death.
There are many people in the base, and they need a lot of food, so they have to go down Xuanwu every few days to search for supplies and food.
During the continuous search, the 10,000 survivors, along with 70 or 80 sequence ability users, gradually died out.
Now, their fire-starting base, called Xuanwu, has dwindled from over 10,000 people to just over 70, a mere handful.
In fact, they maintained this size when the number of people decreased to three or four hundred.
After all, with fewer people, the demand for food also decreased, but even so, many ordinary people still died one after another.
Although Wang Er's sequence can be observed, it can only be observed in general terms, such as which area has edible things and which area has drinkable things. As for the strange phenomena, he can only observe whether there are strange phenomena in a certain area.
Often, even knowing there's something strange going on, people are still forced to go to that place to search for food and supplies.
Therefore, in Lin Chaoyuan's view, sequence ability users will die, ordinary people are at high risk, but sacrificial offerings like this are different.
As long as the offering is not lost, anyone can use it.
As long as they possess this sacrificial object, they will essentially have a user with abilities comparable to Sequence Seven in the base forever.
That sense of security has never been felt since the death of that person with the ability in the mythical sequence.
After returning the tested firearms to Lin Chaoyuan, Chu Sheng had a thought, and the Crimson Butcher's Blade appeared in his hand across the distance.
Whenever Chu Sheng wanted, the butcher would cross infinite space and time to return to his hands.
"Go and get that extraordinary material back for me."
Chu Sheng threw the scarlet butcher knife toward the location of the eerie creature that had been riddled with holes.
The butcher materialized in the air, baring his teeth and claws in the direction of the extraordinary material, making strange, distorted noises. At the same time, the blood-red kitten in his left hand had its skull crushed by the butcher, emitting a shrill cry.
After throwing the butcher out, Chu Sheng didn't bother with him anymore. The butcher's level was linked to his; he was a Sequence Six user, so the butcher was naturally also a Sequence Six user. Although he couldn't compare to those Sequence Six users who exceeded the standard, ordinary Sequence Six users wouldn't be able to easily take down the butcher.
Chu Sheng had observed the area while he was firing, and there were no oddities of Sequence Six, or even Sequence Seven.
Those higher-ranking anomalies are attracted to teams with stronger vitality. Compared to teams with hundreds or even thousands of people, Lin Chaoyuan and his group of a few dozen people will always choose the team with more people.
Although Lin Chaoyuan and his group reside on Xuanwu, Xuanwu is merely a sacrificial object. The amount of life force they actually emit may not be as much as that emitted by Chu Sheng's group.
Therefore, the eerie things it attracts are naturally not too strong.
Unless they happen to encounter Sequence 7 or Sequence 6 monsters on their way, they are unlikely to be pursued by monsters of these two levels.
In this situation, the butcher can eliminate all the strange creatures circling around him.
Even if things go wrong, the butcher can simply return to his side.
"Let's go, let's cut that fishing line and hook."
Chu Sheng looked at Lin Chaoyuan and the other person, and made a cutting motion in the air with the scissors in his hand.
Upon hearing his words, Lin Chaoyuan immediately nodded, and the three of them headed towards the floating island.
Qingqing continued to follow behind them, her eyes blinking as she watched the gun that had been placed in Wang Er's hand.
She really wanted this; it looked so fun!
Although Chu Sheng had rejected her before, Qingqing was still unwilling to give up. She looked at Wang Er, pointed to the gun in his hand, and asked, "Can I play with this?"
Upon hearing her words, Wang Er broke out in a cold sweat.
Lin Chaoyuan was not a sequence ability user, so he naturally had no idea how terrifying this seemingly innocent girl was.
But he is!
He is a Sequence Level user, a Sequence Level 8 user. Although he lacks offensive and defensive abilities, the essence of his Sequence Level remains unchanged.
He was previously a Sequence Nine user, and even the Mythic Sequence user in the base didn't put this much pressure and suppression on him when he was a Sequence Nine user.
And this girl in front of me did it.
This means that the girl's sequence level is higher than his.
She is a mythical sequence, with a sequence level higher than his.
If it were just that, he could refuse directly. But as Comrade Chu just said, this girl has the mind of a child.
He understands children too well; all that talk about the inherent goodness of human nature is utter nonsense.
The truth is that human nature is inherently evil.
Children are the worst; they have no concept of good or evil, only their own likes and dislikes. They will get what they want no matter what. That's what children are like.
Who knows if she'll resort to violence if he rejects her?
Therefore, he dared not refuse rashly.
Hearing Qingqing's words, Lin Chaoyuan glanced at her, then noticed Wang Er's pleading look. He felt a chill, but said nothing.
Clearly, he shared the same idea as Wang Er.
Seeing this, Chu Sheng, who was walking to the side, immediately sighed, "Qingqing, stop making a fuss. Those are someone else's offerings. You can't play with them."
"If you want one, get them a gun when you get to Xuanwu. Give me the extraordinary materials, and I'll make one for you."
"Really?!" Qingqing exclaimed in surprise, "Then I want the kind that makes a 'da da da' sound!"
As she spoke, she made a gesture as if she were holding a Gatling gun.
Lin Chaoyuan: "."
He didn't have any objection to what Chu Sheng said. It was just a gun; they didn't have much else, but they had a lot of guns.
These were all prepared at the beginning of the apocalypse, but it was later discovered that ordinary weapons were no match for the monsters, so these guns were left to gather dust in the warehouse.
However, they truly didn't have the Gatling gun that Qingqing wanted. They had pistols, rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, and submachine guns; they could even produce two miniature nuclear warheads, but a Gatling gun was a different story.
“We don’t have what you’re looking for, but I can give you a rifle and a machine gun, plus four boxes of matching ammunition,” Lin Chaoyuan said to Qingqing.
Hearing his words, Qingqing pouted, but still nodded, "Okay."
Just when Wang Er thought the matter was over, Qingqing spoke up again: "I want pink!"
Everyone: "."
With Lin Chaoyuan coaxing Qingqing all the way, the four of them quickly reached Xuanwu's back. Chu Sheng looked up at the Teng Snake in the sky, which was being pulled taut by the fishing line.
With a thought, the Yin-Yang scissors in his hand flew up under his mental control, the blade aimed at the fishing line, and with a snap, cut it directly.
The serpent, now free from the fishing line, plummeted instantly, but just before hitting the ground, it twisted its body and coiled together in the air.
The fishhook that had been caught in the snake's flesh slowly disappeared into the air within two seconds of the fishing line being cut.
Upon seeing this, Lin Chaoyuan burst into tears of joy and repeatedly thanked Chu Sheng, saying, "Comrade Chu, thank you so much!"
"Thank you so much for helping us out of this crisis. We will definitely repay you handsomely in the future!"
He knew the price of this offering, and naturally he also knew about Chu Sheng's sacrifices. From the moment they met until now, it had always been Chu Sheng and his group helping them.
He witnessed this firsthand.
Upon hearing his words, Chu Sheng feigned weakness and waved his hand, saying, "No need to say that, it was nothing."
Although he said that, Lin Chaoyuan still felt grateful when he looked at him.
Then, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly said, "Comrade Chu, there's something I'd like to ask you."
"What's wrong?" Chu Sheng looked very weak.
"Sacrificial offerings can harm the supernatural, so can you turn an object into a sacrificial offering?"
At this point, he seemed to realize that it was a bit inappropriate, and said again, "What I mean is, could you modify an item so that it can harm the supernatural without changing its original abilities?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Sheng frowned, thought for a moment, and finally nodded, "It's possible, but what needs to be modified to cause harm to the supernatural without altering its abilities?"
Hearing his affirmation, Lin Chaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief, then his tone was tinged with excitement.
"If that's the case, then Comrade Chu, let's go somewhere together."
Chu Sheng glanced at him, then nodded. Since there was nothing in this place that posed a threat to him, he agreed.
There are many buildings on Xuanwu's back, but most of them are now abandoned.
Lin Chaoyuan led Chu Sheng toward the innermost part, explaining, "At the very beginning of the apocalypse, the authorities built many Fire Seed Bases. Our base was one of the earlier ones, so the facilities are quite complete. It's just a pity that we encountered an unstoppable disaster before, and too many people died."
"These places are no longer maintained and have been abandoned."
He sounded somewhat regretful as he spoke.
Chu Sheng listened quietly without offering any thoughts.
Led by Lin Chaoyuan, the two soon arrived at a tall building.
Chu Sheng looked at the armory sign on the door and had some guesses in his mind.
He didn't overthink it, but asked directly, "Old Lin, do you want me to upgrade your firearms to deal with the strange creatures?"
Lin Chaoyuan was taken aback upon hearing this, then seemed to have guessed Chu Sheng's thoughts and shook his head, "It's not that."
"Just come with me."
As he spoke, he took out his key and opened the armory door.
As the door opened, Chu Sheng immediately saw that the left side was filled with all kinds of firearms displayed on shelves, and next to the shelves were boxes.
On the right are also rows of boxes, but these boxes are marked with ammunition symbols.
Lin Chaoyuan led the three of them directly inside, all the way to the very back.
Finally, he tapped on one of the floor tiles, picked up a crowbar, and pried the tile open to reveal a downward staircase.
"These are all ordinary firearms outside, which were the first ones we prepared. However, we later discovered that ordinary firearms could not harm the monsters, so this place was not opened much before we set off."
"Although these things weren't of much use, the authorities didn't remove them until we left the official base."
"These things were left behind."
As he spoke, he gestured for Chu Sheng to follow him.
Chu Sheng was shocked after entering the tunnel.
Not only him, but even Wang Er, who was standing next to him, was shocked.
Only Qingqing looked at them with confusion.
Above is the armory, and below the armory is an underground space that is more than 30 meters wide and four or five meters high.
If that's all there is to it, there's nothing surprising about it.
But in this underground space, Chu Sheng saw three terrifying things.
Miniature nuclear warheads!
As for how Chu Sheng knew, it was simply because these three things had a core on them.
Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've always seen pigs run; Chu Sheng isn't stupid.
It looks like a missile and has a nuclear symbol on it. What else could it be but a nuclear bomb?
Seeing Chu Sheng's shock, Lin Chaoyuan was not surprised. Anyone would be surprised to see this thing. He sighed, "These three nuclear bombs are small, but their power is not small either."
As he spoke, he looked at Chu Sheng and asked, "You should know the little boy, right?"
Chu Sheng nodded upon hearing this. "The little boy from Hiroshima?"
"Hmm." Lin Chaoyuan did not deny it, then turned to look at the three nuclear warheads in front of him and said, "These three nuclear warheads are a hundred times more powerful than the little boy."
"Although it is a miniature nuclear warhead, its yield is not low at all, reaching 1.5 million kilotons."
"A single bullet can turn a city of millions into ruins, and can directly or indirectly cause the deaths of tens or even hundreds of thousands of people."
"The fireball from the explosion has a radius of about two kilometers, and the temperature at the center can reach several million degrees. The severe shock wave can reach about five kilometers, destroying all buildings. The moderate shock wave can reach ten kilometers, causing houses to collapse. Those that do not collapse will become dangerous buildings. The radiation can reach twelve kilometers, and any divine weapons within this range will be severely burned and necrotic."
"All flammable materials, such as paper, cloth, and wood, will be ignited, and the range of slight radiation reaches twenty kilometers."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "If it were detonated in the air, the power would be even greater, with a total area of up to seventy square kilometers, enough to wipe the core area of a large city off the map."
Chu Sheng broke out in a cold sweat as he listened. He had thought about the horror of nuclear bombs before, but after hearing Lin Chaoyuan's explanation, he realized that the horror of nuclear bombs far exceeded his imagination.
At the same time, he felt somewhat relieved that he hadn't initially set his sights on them.
I already knew that the Fireseed Base had a trump card, and this nuclear bomb is indeed quite terrifying.
Nuclear bombs can't kill the supernatural, but they are not supernatural!
After Lin Chaoyuan finished speaking, he looked at Chu Sheng and asked with a hint of expectation, "Comrade Chu, do you think this can be modified so that it can harm the supernatural?"
"We're out of extraordinary materials, but we can give you one of them as payment and to thank you for your help."
"The only requirement is that you have to sign a contract with me, stipulating that this nuclear missile cannot be launched at any of the Fireseed bases, and you cannot launch it unless human forces or cities provoke you. There are no other restrictions."
(End of this chapter)