Chapter 166

"@I am the God of Wealth! Watch me kill that Windwing Bird with your tracking laser gun!" (From the system chat area)

A message from "China's Flower Nation - Chen Yang" popped up with a video. In the video, a pale red laser beam chased after a gray-black wind-winged bird.

With a "sizzle," the bird's wing was struck, and as its carcass fell to the ground, he deliberately waved the gun in his hand at the camera.

"This gun is amazing! Yesterday, seven Windwing Birds came to our base, and we took out three of them with just three shots. The rest were scared away!"

As soon as the message was sent, the chat area was instantly flooded with messages asking for "purchase" and "guide".

"American-Lily" followed closely behind, her voice trembling with tears: "Brother Chen Yang! I need a guide on how to use a demon core! I killed an iron-shelled beetle last week and got a second-tier demon core, but it hasn't reacted at all. Is there some special method I need?"

"China's Flower Country - Sister Li" also joined in the discussion: "+1! My husband absorbed a first-tier demon core, but his superpowers didn't improve; instead, he felt dizzy. Did he absorb the wrong one? @I am the God of Wealth, please advise!"

"France-Pierre" was in a hurry for high-end weapons: "We've got a Tier 3 'Armored Rhino' in Paris! Ordinary armor-piercing rounds just bounce off the shell! Tracking laser guns can only hit the wings, they can't kill it at all! We need Tier 3 weapons! We'll buy them no matter the price!"

Su Jing sat at the workbench in the control room, her fingertips tracing the scrolling chat area. Little Jin squatted beside her, sorting the different levels of demon cores by color with its tiny paws.

The first-order light red, the second-order dark black, and the third-order deep purple were arranged neatly.

"Su Jing, many people don't know how to use demon cores! Sister Li was feeling dizzy just now, was it because her husband absorbed the demon core without washing it off?"

With a hint of doubt in his mind, Xiao Jin touched a first-tier demon core with his little nose. "I smell an 'impurity smell' on the surface of the demon core. It should be fine after washing it clean."

"You're right, most people don't know that you need to purify the demon core before absorbing it."

Su Jing opened the document function on the communicator and typed rapidly with her fingertips, "Number 1, make a diagram of the steps for purifying the demon core. For the first stage, soak it in pure water for 10 minutes. For the second stage, add 1 drop of spiritual herb juice. For the third stage, you need to pre-treat it with your special ability. Don't get it wrong."

She spoke and wrote simultaneously, the title of the guide already decided—"Basic User Manual for Monster Cores (Free Version)"—which was divided into three parts:

1. Demon Core Purification Steps: Divided by level, accompanied by a diagram just made by Robot No. 1, with the note "Failure to purify will cause energy impurities to enter the body, leading to dizziness and disordered supernatural abilities";

2. Absorption method: Place your fingertips against the demon core, concentrate your consciousness to guide the energy into your body, and avoid absorbing multiple cores at once. "First-tier, a maximum of 1 core per day; second-tier, 1 core every 3 days; third-tier, 1 core per week."

3. Recommendations for Elemental Ability Compatibility: "For Enhancement-type Elemental Abilities, prioritize absorbing the Iron-Shelled Beetle Demon Core; for Speed-type Elemental Abilities, prioritize the Windwing Bird Demon Core; and for Elemental Abilities, consider the Azure-Striped Snake Demon Core."

The manual had barely been uploaded to the chat area when "China-Wang Qiang" replied instantly: "Thank you, Goddess of Wealth! I hadn't purified it before, and I had diarrhea for two days after absorbing it. I'll try it now!"

"American-Lily" even sent a kowtowing emoji: "Thank you so much! I'll go make some spirit herb juice for the demon core right now, and then I'll go kill the demon beasts after it's absorbed!"

After finishing the guide, Su Jing turned to the design blueprints for the Tier 3 armor-piercing cannon next to the workbench—the cannon barrel should be made of manganese crystal mixed with carbide steel, with a muzzle diameter of 15cm, capable of firing armor-piercing projectiles with supernatural energy, specifically targeting the thick armor shells of Tier 3 monsters.

"On the 5th, the Tier 3 Armor-Piercing Cannon will be available for pre-order on 'The Best Store Under Heaven' with the following rules: 1. Only users who provide videos of Tier 3 monster attacks can place orders;"

2. Limited to one purchase per outpost, priced at 500 points, with a 30% deposit required; 3. Ships within 72 hours, includes 10 special armor-piercing rounds.

The pre-sale link had barely been listed when order notifications started ringing incessantly. "China - Northern Stronghold" was the first to place an order; the accompanying video showed a Tier 3 Giant Rock Beast crashing into an abandoned high-rise building, its thick gray shell visible through the smoke and dust.

Text note: "Our stronghold has been forced to the outskirts by the giant rock beasts. We won't be able to hold out without artillery!"

The "US-Los Angeles base" followed suit, with a video showing a third-order giant crocodile chasing people in a dried-up riverbed, saying, "We're willing to pay an extra 200 points for priority delivery!"

Xiao Jin leaned closer to the screen, watching the ever-increasing number of orders. His inner voice trembled with excitement: "Su Jing, so many people are buying cannons! Do you want me to check the videos in the orders? I can smell the level of the monsters in the videos to prevent anyone from using a second-tier monster to impersonate a third-tier one!"

"Okay, you can help me check it out."

Su Jing smiled and patted its head, while instructing robots No. 1 and No. 2 to move the manganese crystal and carbide steel into the melting and casting area. "No. 3, adjust the furnace temperature to 2000℃. The barrel of the Tier 3 armor-piercing cannon needs to be more robust, so the manganese crystal and carbide steel need to be completely fused together."

Just as I adjusted the temperature, a private message popped up on my communicator from "China-Chen Yang": "Sister Caishen, we've discovered traces of a Tier 3 Giant Rock Beast to the east of our base. Its shell is so thick it can smash through a concrete wall. Can the cannons you pre-ordered penetrate it?"

Su Jing replied, "Don't worry, the cannon barrel is made of reinforced manganese crystal. The armor-piercing shell can penetrate 10cm of Tier 3 armor. The Giant Rock Beast's weak point is its abdomen, so just aim there."

She looked up at the monitor screen and saw a faint gray shadow moving along the edge of the woods to the east of the villa.

In the chat area, those who received the manual were already showing off their "successful absorption" feedback: "I absorbed the purified second-tier demon core! My superpowers have really become stronger! I just killed a blue-striped snake, twice as fast as before!"

The pre-orders for the Tier 3 Armor-Piercing Cannon have already reached the 15th position.

Su Jing looked at the busy robots and Xiao Jin sorting the demon cores, and a light blue supernatural power appeared at her fingertips—the forging of the cannon barrel needed to be accelerated, the giant rock beast was already approaching, and she had to make full preparations before the beast tide arrived.