Chapter 204: The killing range is longer than the shooting range?
There are three sets of copper pressure storage chambers in parallel under the barrel. Each chamber is equipped with a brass pressure gauge with a three-stage warning zone engraved with green, yellow and red.
Following the pipe all the way up from the pressure relief valve, Hughes discovered that there was a metal barrel connected to the other end. After estimating the weight, he took a breath.
"This must weigh several dozen kilograms, right?"
"More than that. The steam barrel has not yet been filled with mercury. When it is filled, it will weigh nearly three hundred pounds."
"Ah?" Zeus was dumbfounded. It was so heavy that even a slightly weaker person couldn't lift it, let alone move it on the battlefield.
"Do you think this thing is for ordinary people? It's something that only mechanical priests use. They may not be able to collect a pound of flesh and blood even if they scrape it up and down. They already have metal prostheses. Forget about 300 pounds. Even those with high-powered power reactors can easily carry 3,000 pounds."
Zeus fell silent. What kind of Zenith technology is this? The robots on the Blue Planet need a rope to turn a handkerchief, but in this world, they can easily carry a car.
Thinking of the mechanical priest who killed him last time, his speed was so fast that it was difficult to discern with the naked eye. It was indeed beyond the range of mortals. Extraordinary people were probably no more than that.
"They already have this technology, why haven't they unified the world yet? With this equipment, the smoothbore rifles of the Imperial Army are nothing but a joke in front of it."
Zeus found it a little bit unbelievable. He was still feeling smug about the technological superiority of the rifle, but he didn't expect that the Mechanical Temple had even developed this individual artillery. Judging from Chloe's tone, this thing must be very powerful.
The most infuriating thing is that this rifle, wrapped in oil paper, was dug out in his manor. It's hard to say how many years old it is. He worked so hard on research and development but ended up not being able to do as well as others in archaeology. This is too outrageous.
"Oh, do you think they can make this thing?" Chloe sneered. "Such a new steam rifle would be worshipped as a holy object if it were taken to the Mechanical Temple. Not to mention using it in a war, even applying gun oil would require someone to sing hymns on the side."
“They can’t make it?”
"It has been a long time since it was built. The powerful one was the Mechanicum a thousand years ago. The current Mechanicum is just a group of gravekeepers holding onto rotten corpses. It's just that they hold on tightly enough, so they still look a bit like they used to."
Chloe shook her head, her tone slightly regretful.
Hughes tried to pick up the steam rifle, put the strap on his shoulder, and struggled to lift it up: "Find a place to try?"
The two soon arrived at the eastern test site, where only some banshees were left. All the previous experimenters had withdrawn. Several banshees helped Zeus set up the target, and then looked over here curiously, obviously very interested in the steam rifle.
“Will you use this?”
"It's not difficult." Chloe picked up the rifle and put the steam barrel on her back. She brought a box of compressed steam bullets. After opening the box, she stuffed the cylindrical compressed bullets into the cylinder of the steam barrel.
"This thing uses mercury vapor, or quicksilver. No one knows how to compress and heat it. Even the Mechanical Temple can only operate it partially. In short, there must be some supernatural power involved. I can't see through the structure of this steam barrel with my nymph's vision."
"In other words, this is a disposable consumable?"
"It's a very powerful disposable consumable."
Chloe closed the steam barrel, fastened the pin, and then opened the valve of the steam pipe. When she saw from the observation window that the barrel was filled with mercury vapor, she nodded with satisfaction.
"By the way, you'd better stay away. Mercury vapor is toxic if inhaled."
"Are you okay?"
"No problem, I don't have to breathe."
Hughes nodded, and retreated to the upwind side with the banshees, watching Chloe point her rifle at the target leaning against the stone mountain.
"This rifle has a long-range precision aiming mode and a blasting mode. I'm using the blasting mode now."
Chloe raised her rifle, holding it in that position with her eyes closed.
After a while, her expression became dull, like a puppet, and then her finger pulled the trigger.
"boom!!!"
Zeus was already far enough away from that place, but a lot of rubble still flew around him. When the smoke and dust cleared, only a pile of rubble was left on the ground. A big hole was blasted out of the stone mountain, and no one knew where the target had flown to.
Chloe? Just a bunch of broken pieces.
“I knew it!” Xius looked back and found Chloe walking up to him from behind. She looked a little scared. “Luckily I didn’t use the original body to test it. It turned out to be something made by those crazy people in the Mechanical Temple. The explosion range is even longer than the shooting range.”
It seems that the fragments on the ground should be the clones she created using her extraordinary abilities, so she was cautious at this time.
However, "the explosion range is farther than the shooting range? Does the Mechanical Templar often do this kind of thing?" Zeus looked at the stone mountain that was blown through with a twitching eye. Although strictly speaking, this was just a larger earth slope at most, the power was still exaggerated.
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"Heh, their bodies made of steel are much stronger than flesh and blood. Why do you think they are called lunatics? This group of people likes to make explosions that don't distinguish between friend and foe. Not only are the enemies afraid of them, but their teammates are even more afraid of them!"
Chloe sneered.
Zeus frowned and looked at the big hole on the ground, falling into deep thought.
This weapon is indeed quite powerful, but it is quite troublesome to use.
Mercury vapor is poisonous, and considering its weight, the soldiers basically have no way of using it. If it's a suicide attack, it would be better to let Nini summon a sea snake to carry the bomb over. It's useless no matter how you look at it.
Wait, if I think about it carefully, there seems to be another option. Zeus turned his head and looked at several banshees who were eager to try.
"Do you breathe with your gills or your lungs?"
The banshees opened their eyes wide.
It turns out that the respiratory system of the banshees is very complex. After a simple test, Seuss found that they seemed to be able to breathe normally both in water and on land, and did not need water like crabs. Seuss tried to seek help from Chloe without performing an autopsy.
Unfortunately, the nymph's extraordinary perspective could not penetrate the banshee's body and could not be viewed directly, but Zeus soon discovered that he did not need to worry about this problem.
The banshees can easily hold their breath for more than half an hour, by which time the mercury vapor will have long dissipated. Although mercury is poisonous, it is only threatening if the vapor is inhaled; contact with the skin is not a big problem.
What's more, there is a symbiotic contract.
The banshees excitedly picked up the steam rifles.
(End of this chapter)