Chapter 31: "If you hit someone with this, their corpse would be directly vaporized, right?"
"When all the strengthenable options for the Steel Sword Self-Controlled Rotating Turret are enhanced to +10..."
"You will receive an Exclusive Strengthening Set Skill!"
"Hmm?"
Kerr Cowell raised his eyebrows slightly, staring at the sentence on the semi-transparent panel in front of him, nodding thoughtfully.
There were a total of five options that could be enhanced for the gun turret.
Caliber, ammo capacity, firing speed, barrel length, and recoil.
That is to say, if all five of these were strengthened to +10, there would be an exclusive strengthening set skill?
"Heh, I guess that's a nice surprise."
Kerr Cowell shook his head, the corners of his mouth lifting. He didn't have time to dwell on it and continued to enhance the turret in a race against time!
It took him 57 semi-scrapped items to enhance the +4 ammo capacity to +10.
To enhance a Two-Star Item from zero to +1, three One-Star Items were needed.
Afterward, with each enhancement, the number of items consumed would increase by one.
Of course... he now had close to five thousand semi-scrapped items, and with the ones he had accumulated before, he had only used up 57 of them.
For him, it was a drop in the bucket.
Now, the turret's ammo capacity was 11,000 shots; still not enough, he needed to continue enhancing.
The turret's initial firing speed was 1000 shots, somewhat low, and would also need to be enhanced later.
This turret's firing speed was lower than that of a rifle, as it wasn't designed for continuous fire suppression like a machine gun, but rather as a stationary cannon for blasting armor.
Without any hesitation-
He picked up the semi-scrapped items again and started enhancing.
Scar Dog, standing beside him, handed him piece after piece of semi-scrapped items for enhancing, like a factory worker on an assembly line.
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"Ding, consumed thirteen One-Star Items."
"Enhanced Two-Star Item Steel Sword Self-Controlled Rotating Turret's ammo capacity to +11."
"Ammo capacity increased from 11,000 shots to 12,000 shots."
"..."
"Ding, consumed twenty-two One-Star Items."
"Enhanced Two-Star Item Steel Sword Self-Controlled Rotating Turret's ammo capacity to +20."
"Ammo capacity increased from 20,000 shots to 21,000 shots."
Kerr Cowell nodded in satisfaction, more than 20,000 bullets was enough firepower to last a pretty long time.
But moving toward the later stages of enhancement, the number of items consumed increased significantly.
Enhancing from +4 to +10 only took 57 semi-scrapped items.
Yet enhancing from +10 to +20 cost almost 200 items.
20,000 bullets were quite an upgrade, but... still not enough!
Let's continue!
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"Ding, consumed twenty-three One-Star Items."
"Enhanced Two-Star Item Steel Sword Self-Controlled Rotating Turret's ammo capacity to +21."
"Ammo capacity increased from 21,000 shots to 22,000 shots."
"..."
"Ding, consumed fifty-two One-Star Items."
"Enhanced Two-Star Item Steel Sword Self-Controlled Rotating Turret's ammo capacity to +50."
"Ammo capacity increased from 50,000 shots to 51,000 shots."
"Phew!"
Kerr Cowell looked at the turret in front of him with satisfaction. After dozens of enhancements, the ammo capacity of his turret had been increased to a staggering 50,000 shots!
Compared to before, it was a massive upgrade in firepower.
And after ammo capacity was enhanced to +50, the energy bullet shell on the back of the turret had also changed significantly. From its original unremarkable milky-white shell, it had transformed into -
A semi-transparent structure, with a blue starlight shimmering on its surface, and an unidentified substance flowing within.
It looked less like a bullet shell and more like a nuclear reactor that could explode at any moment.
Such an abrupt bullet shell appearing on this gun turret seemed somewhat out of place.
He had increased the ammo capacity from +20 to +50.
It cost him a total of 1125 semi-scrapped items.
It was well within an acceptable range, considering he now had nearly four thousand scrap items to use for enhancements without fear.
"Phew!"
"Carry on!"
Kerr Cowell took a semi-scrapped item from Scar Dog's arms and pressed it onto the turret's body. Then, a white light slowly floated from the turret, and the semi-scrapped item fused into the turret like a mouse that had fallen into butter.
Strengthening the turret was physical work.
He needed to speed up.
City 18's law enforcers had already been alerted, and they would likely arrive soon.
With over 50k ammo capacity, it should be enough for now. Next, he needed to enhance the caliber!
Caliber represented absolute power!
With a sufficient caliber, any armored vehicles or other random things sent by City 18, like energy domes, would be reduced to dust under overwhelming firepower.
"I remember that in Blue Star's history, there was a time when the invention of firearms took a detour, which was characterized by exaggerated increases in caliber."
Scar Dog moved the semi-scrapped items and wiped the sweat from his forehead while gazing at the scorching sun above, "But it was later proved that the path was not viable."
"It could also be that the technology at that time had not reached that level."
"Indeed."
Kerr Cowell nodded in agreement: "But they talk about science, while we don't."
"We talk about theology."
"God said there would be a three-thousand-meter turret in the world, and so there was."
"Add points!"
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'Ding, three One-Star Items consumed.'
'The Two-Star Item Steel Sword Self-Controlled Rotating Turret's caliber has been enhanced to +1.'
'Caliber has been enhanced from 5cm to 10cm.'
"Wow!"
Kerr Cowell couldn't help but grin: "Enhancing it once can actually increase the caliber by 5cm?"
"Tsk tsk, this might not be great news for City 18."
"Keep going, add points!"
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'Ding, four One-Star Items consumed.'
'The Two-Star Item Steel Sword Self-Controlled Rotating Turret's caliber has been enhanced to +2.'
'Caliber has been enhanced from 10cm to 15cm.'
' '
'Ding, twelve One-Star Items consumed.'
'The Two-Star Item Steel Sword Self-Controlled Rotating Turret's caliber has been enhanced to +10.'
'Caliber has been enhanced from 50cm to 60cm.'
The Steel Sword Self-Controlled Rotating Turret's caliber has now been enhanced to +10!
The huge 60cm caliber made the turret look extremely ferocious!
"A 60cm caliber turret!"
Scar Dog looked stunned at the muzzle in front of him that could easily fit his entire body, and muttered with a shocked expression, "If one of these shells hits someone, would there even be a corpse left?"
"The corpse would be vaporized, right?"
"To be honest, if we take this thing to the wilderness, even a horde of Mutated Beasts wouldn't scare us."
"This turret sitting here is like a tower defense; whatever Mutated Beasts come would just die."
What does a 60cm turret caliber mean?
It's equivalent to every cannon shell being a 200-pound fat man blasting towards you.