EBE Chapter 14 Water Rocket Cannon
Chapter 14 Water Rocket Cannon
"As expected, those who can climb to the top of the future rankings are not short-sighted people." He thought to himself, "The idea of making potential competitors cripple themselves is tempting, but if you push them too far, it might even lead to enmity, which would be extremely detrimental to future development."
To put it in a slightly mystical way, simply surviving is victory. If you survived this crisis in your past life, you'll most likely survive this one too.
The conditions offered by the other party were actually quite sincere, especially the energy core, which was exactly what he urgently needed.
If we anger people and they leave, we won't be able to get the energy core, and we won't be able to build the water rocket cannon today.
By tomorrow, the ship will have sailed a mile away, and with my current physical condition, it will be very difficult to swim back without a lifeboat.
Yu Wang quickly checked his medicine reserves: 593 antibiotics, 550 antipyretics, and 168ml of alcohol, which was quite sufficient.
Having made up his mind, Yu Wang didn't hesitate any longer and quickly replied with a very favorable price: "I don't have much alcohol either. One basic energy core + 400 units of turtle meat can give you 40ml. I'll also throw in an antibiotic, just to make friends. If you have anything good to sell in the future, remember to consider me first. If you agree, send me the transaction link."
Although there are several hundred pills, they can't be given out in small batches of dozens at a time.
You need to maintain the illusion that you only have one box or one strip of medicine on you.
Yu Wang knew better than anyone the terrifying extent of his drug reserves, but this abundance must never be revealed.
From other people's perspective, if a survivor is lucky enough to be searching for their own medicine box before entering the game, then it is reasonable for them to bring a few boxes of commonly used medicines into the game.
However, if one has hundreds of the same type of drug in stock, it will attract too much attention and may even lead to unnecessary speculation and trouble!
Moreover, if the true quantity of drugs were exposed, the effectiveness of his use of drugs to bribe others would be greatly reduced.
People will only see him as trading something worthless for something precious, rather than offering a helping hand in a time of need. Maintaining the image of "the medicine is scarce, and even big shots only have a small amount in stock" is the only way to maximize the value of each pill and the weight of the favor.
Survival is victory: "Deal!"
"Ding!"
The transaction link was sent almost simultaneously with the reply.
The [Primary Energy Core] is an octahedral crystal about the size of a fist, with a dull metallic luster and complex energy circuits on its surface. It emits a stable, light blue glow and feels cool to the touch.
"Finally, everything's ready!" Yu Wang felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders. All the materials needed to build the [Water Rocket Cannon] had now been gathered.
His gaze immediately fell on the large pile of turtle meat, and a thought naturally popped into his head: if ordinary fish meat can summon ordinary ducks, then what kind of ducks can turtle meat, which is obviously of higher quality and perhaps richer in energy, summon? Could it be a more powerful breed?
Summoning more of them seems to be very useful, whether for exploration, combat, or miscellaneous tasks!
This idea warmed his heart.
However, when he looked up and his gaze swept over his "Little Yellow Duck" ship, his feverish mind was instantly doused with cold water by reality.
space!
If four more ducks were summoned... the scene is too surreal to imagine. There probably wouldn't even be room to turn around in the cockpit; the ducks would have to either pile on top of each other or hang outside the boat!
Animal protection associations strongly condemn this!
Yu Wang quickly prioritized his next actions: "First, build the water cannon, then summon only one to see what kind of ducks can be summoned with turtle meat, and finally, go underwater and cause trouble for the wolf eels!"
Clear thinking, immediate execution.
Water rocket launcher
[Level: 1]
[Description: This describes the construction principle and some key details of the water rocket cannon. This device utilizes the energy of seawater and pearl coins to launch high-speed water rockets with piercing and impact force, which has a certain deterrent and killing effect on small sea beasts and low-level monsters (dropped items will be temporarily stored in the collection pod inside the defense tower and must be retrieved promptly).]
【建造需求：金属零件（5/20、初级能量核心（1/1）、珍珠币（10/11）、塑料（20/57），木材（15/39），橡胶（2/40】
[Existing resources meet the requirements for construction. Should we begin construction immediately?]
【Yes】
Looking at the numbers in parentheses after the list of demands, Yu Wang secretly rejoiced: "Luckily, Duck A sold quite a few stone fire basins while I was busy, otherwise we really wouldn't have enough plastic and wood to go around."
A flash of light appeared on the construction interface, and all the listed materials were instantly deducted from the storage slots.
Immediately afterwards, a semi-transparent, clearly structured three-dimensional phantom of a [water rocket cannon] appeared out of thin air in Yu Wang's line of sight. This phantom moved in sync with the movement of his gaze, like a blueprint waiting to be placed.
He manipulated the phantom, trying to place it in different positions on the hull of the "Little Yellow Duck".
He soon discovered that the phantom was surrounded by a distinct red glow over most of the ship's hull, accompanied by a system message: "[The structure at this location is not supported and cannot be installed]".
The phantom only exhibits a stable green light at two specific locations:
One is the duckbill at the bow, and the other is the chrysanthemum at the stern.
"Only two gun emplacements?"
"That spot at the butt is too awkward, it'll just look like a duck poop cannon! Let's set the first turret at the duck's beak, as the bow cannon."
Yu Wang made the decision with almost no hesitation.
The moment the command was given, the phantom images of the removed metal parts, plastics, wood and other basic materials appeared, rapidly disassembling and reassembling in the air, gradually merging with the phantom image of the "water rocket cannon".
The entire process lasted about ten seconds. Once all the material phantoms had completely and perfectly merged with the water rocket cannon blueprint phantom, the light subsided, and a solidified device, radiating a new metallic glow, was firmly seated in the duckbill of the bow!
It has a streamlined base, with a metal cannon barrel extending forward from the base, the muzzle pointing directly at the sea in front of the bow.
After entering one pearl coin in the panel, a soft, pale blue light shone on the outside of the cannon barrel the next moment!
Inside the cannon barrel, a faint, low humming sound could be heard as seawater was drawn in and compressed by an invisible force field.
[Water Rocket Cannon (Lv.1) successfully built and activated!]
[Installation Location: Bow (Main Gun Position)]
[Energy: 100% (1/1 pearl coins)]
[Mode: Automatic Mode / Active Mode]
[Attack range: 3 meters around the ship]
Automatic target acquisition will mistake passing large fish for targets and attack them, thus wasting pearl coin energy;
Active target acquisition requires someone to operate the cannon barrel.
It doesn't require much trouble. Just think about the target in your mind and say "fire!"
If you're feeling a bit dramatic, yelling "Fire!" isn't out of the question.
In preparation for the upcoming battle against the wolf eel, Yu Wang skillfully adjusted the water cannon to "active target acquisition".
After setting it up, he gently patted the cool, solid barrel of the water rocket cannon, feeling the energy poised to be unleashed within, which greatly increased his sense of security.
Turning around, his gaze fell upon the 400 units of fresh and tempting turtle meat in the cabin.
Compared to ordinary fish, green-haired turtles can be considered sea monsters. I wonder what kind of ducks these pieces of meat from powerful sea monsters will summon.
"Now, let's see what surprises you have in store."
With a thought, Yu Wang selected 100 units of turtle meat and prepared to activate the "Little Yellow Duck's" [Skill: Quack Quack Quack].