In the sky, a few bird-like creatures flew high above.
"Master, are you sure you want to test it yourself?"
"Why don't we test it with wooden puppets?"
On a clearing outside the Twin Dragon Mount fort, Li Qing, who had always been calm and silent, said with a bit of sweat on his face.
"There's no need … I know what I'm doing. Let's begin!"
Ji Ye looked at Li Qing and shook his head.
"Alright!"
Li Qing nodded and took out a gilded lighter with a ZIPPO logo.
"Pa!"
The bluish-yellow flame ignited something.
Boom!
Then, there was a thunderous sound.
A black ball flew directly at Ji Ye!
Hum!
Before the ball flew out, a green light shield had already enveloped Ji Ye's body.
However, the blue light shield shattered the moment the black ball hit it. The black ball slowed down a bit, but it still moved forward.
"Pa!"
However, it ran into a new obstacle in the blink of an eye. It was a yellow light as thick as a finger. Although it was much smaller than the blue light shield, it was much more solid.
However, even the yellow light couldn't completely resist the impact of the black ball, and it was broken in the blink of an eye.
However, in the process, the strong counterforce generated by the yellow light greatly reduced the speed and strength of the black ball!
"Pa!"
In the end, the black ball was caught by a hand in the air.
"That's … Catching a Supreme Emperor Warrior barehanded … No, catching a cannonball barehanded!"
A voice sounded.
"He's so strong! He's much stronger than the Extraordinary Rank-2 martial arts master in my last settlement!"
They were the players who had just arrived at the Twin Dragon Mount fort in the past few days.
At this moment, they were all in a daze.
It was because the black ball that Ji Ye had caught came from a cannon in front of Li Qing, which had a barrel made of Frigid Iron that was taken out of the black pool.
It meant that Ji Ye had just caught a cannonball with brute force.
"That's awesome!"
A female player blushed, and her eyes glowed.
However, her appearance finally shattered the rumor that the Twin Dragon Mount fort was attracted to beautiful women.
"It's not weak. Theoretically, even an Extraordinary Rank-3 creature wouldn't be able to withstand it without defensive techniques and equipment!"
Ji Ye threw the cannonball to the ground.
Then, he put his hands behind his back and said calmly.
Of course, if one were to ignore the fact that he had his hands behind his back to hide the fact that he had been burned by the high-temperature cannonball and was secretly rubbing his hands against the corner of his clothes, then this action was indeed very "pretentious".
The reason why Ji Ye gave such an evaluation was that he had reached Extraordinary Rank-3 after a period of cultivation.
Furthermore, his soul power, inner strength, and Earth's Boon had all reached Extraordinary Rank-3. He was almost at the peak of Extraordinary Rank-3.
Therefore, the power of this "cannon" could be said to have reached his expectations.
After the settlement's advancement, the players of the Twin Dragon Mount discussed a lot of things. Eventually, gunpowder, the soul of firearms, became one of the confirmed options.
Of course, although it was confirmed that gunpowder was needed, everyone's target was definitely not this outdated black gunpowder at first. Instead, they were aiming at modern gunpowder like TNT and RDX.
However, they realized that these two things were directly designated as Extraordinary. The Honor requirement for direct conversion was very high, but if they converted the related raw materials, the Honor requirement was not high.
However, it actually required a lot of providence from the settlement!
"Obviously, if this modern advanced gunpowder appears in the Twin Dragon Mount settlement, it will greatly affect our competition with the surrounding races. That's why this happened …"
Elder Meng, who had a deep understanding of classical culture, gave a conclusion.
Because the City of Humans would be opened in seven days, they were reminded to maintain sufficient providence.
In the end, they could only deal with the "black gunpowder" first. Then, they were very surprised to find that the conversion of the materials needed to make the black gunpowder required very little power of providence.
"It should be because black gunpowder exists in the background of the settlement. Ling Zhen, who is ranked 52nd on Liangshan and nicknamed 'Heaven Shaking Thunder', is famous for making firearms. He can make cannons that can shoot more than ten kilometers away. "
Elder Meng said.
Ji Ye, who had a detailed understanding of Water Margin, naturally knew about this "Heaven Shaking Thunder".
This person originally belonged to the army of the Song Dynasty. Later, he surrendered to Liangshan and specialized in making cannons for Liangshan, such as "mother cannons, golden wheel cannons, wind cannons, carriage cannons, sky cannons" …
Moreover, apart from having the ability to make cannons, Ling Chen was also good at firing cannons. He was known as the "best cannoneer of the Song Dynasty".
His most outstanding achievement was probably killing the Daoist priest Bao Daoyi, who had sent a flying sword to cut off one of Wu Song's arms during the war against Fang La!
However, this was also the only outstanding achievement.
This was because this rare firearms technical talent was not valued at all in Liangshan. Most of the time, this best cannoneer of the Song Dynasty was arranged by Song Jiang to "fire cannons" to boost the morale.
Apart from the low status of the ancient craftsmen, it was probably because the firearms of the Northern Song Dynasty were not powerful enough.
However, the cannon in front of Li Qing, which had been specially named "Heaven Shaking Thunder", naturally couldn't be said to be too bad.
This was because not only did Elder Jiao, an expert in materials science and fuel science, Ji Ye had also specially gone offline. At the price of "merit" promised by the Joint Special Agent Bureau on Earth in advance, he invited specialized personnel to discuss a "cannon design" that could be successfully made with the materials in the fort!
Then, he forcefully memorized it with the memory of the former college entrance examination examiner, and returned to the fort to restore the drawing.
Of course, because there were too few Stones of Civilization and Extraordinary materials such as Frost Iron, the caliber of this "Heaven Shaking Thunder" was actually quite small.
The diameter of this Heaven Shaking Grenade was actually quite small. Compared to the legendary Red Barbarian Cannons that could blow up ancient city walls, there was a huge gap. In addition, the power of black gunpowder was relatively weak. Otherwise, even with the green light shield, Earth's Boon, and the Alpha Wolf's inner armor, Ji Ye wouldn't have been able to withstand a modern cannon.
"Elder Jiao, I'll have to trouble you for another half a day to use the 3D printer to make three more cannon barrels!"
Ji Ye said to Elder Jiao, who had been guarding the testing ground with bloodshot eyes and an obviously tired expression.
To make a "cannon" that could be used in actual combat, even with the design blueprint, there were still many things that needed to be done. Elder Jiao had spent almost all his time on this for the past few days. Even at night, he would light candles and calculate all kinds of data and test parameters!
After all, as a starter equipment, the 3D printer had a limited number of uses and could only be used to print the most important cannon barrels.
The other things still needed to be done manually. Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen a "solid shell" with limited lethality.
"Don't worry, Master. I can still hold on!"
"I also have to thank you for this Five Bulls cigarette. Back in Yang City, when I was rushing through research at night, I smoked this Five Bulls cigarette. I originally thought that I wouldn't be able to smoke it for the rest of my life, but when I was about to die, I actually got it again in the Land of Inheritance. So many years had passed, but the taste still hadn't changed!
Elder Jiao smiled generously, but he was holding a cigarette box in his arms.
"As long as you can get used to it and don't mind that it's cheap!"
Ji Ye smiled.
This was the Five Bulls cigarette that dropped when he killed the Bronze Bull. He originally planned to use it to sell the newbies for money, but he later forgot about it. This time, it came in handy.
"Huh? I suddenly had an epiphany. I need to go back to my room and 'seclusion' for a while. Chief Lu, help me stand guard. Don't let anyone disturb me! "
At this moment, Ji Ye's expression suddenly changed.
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