Volume 6: The Twelve Wallfacers Chapter 56: More Modules, More Happiness
Tool upgrade, isn’t it just the sword drawing module?
Shen Jin often played this module when he was playing Minecraft before. The main content was to make weapons, and then upgrade the weapons by strengthening and killing monsters to obtain more powerful attributes.
The content of the [Craftsman Soul Tool Upgrade] expansion module is very similar to this mechanism. Shen Jin carefully looked through the system's introduction to the module content, "Oh... It can be regarded as a low-profile version of the Craftsman Soul Sword, which is also pretty good!"
This module can "consecrate" weapons or tools, that is, put the equipment on the [Level Enhancement Table] to give the equipment an initial level. As the equipment is used, experience will accumulate. When the experience is full, it will be upgraded and the equipment as a whole will be enhanced.
There are 13 levels: Clumsy, Adept, New, Adaptive, Skilled, Expert, Master, Master, Epic, Legendary, Godly, Trance, and Hacker.
Shen Jin wasn't quite sure how each level could be enhanced, and the system didn't have a detailed description, so he had to figure it out on his own.
Shen Jin immediately made a [Level Enhancement Table], placed the alloy sword he often used on it, and selected [Start Level Enhancement]. With a "swish", a bright white light burst out from the alloy sword for a moment, and then returned to its original state.
There is no difference in appearance, but Shen Jin can check the properties of the weapon, [Lava Slime - Mayulin Alloy Greatsword]
[Level: Clumsy]
[Durability: 2300/2300]
[Attack Power: 19]
[Features: Overheat, Delicious, Light, Engraved, Greedy, Holy, Sharp, Brutal, Bone Crushing]
[Enhancement: Sharpness ×4]
[Level Enhancement: None]
[The weapon is slightly heavy, and the swing speed is average]
Two new values appear on the weapon's numerical panel: [Level] and [Level Enhancement] attributes.
Shen Jin tried to swing his weapon a few times and chopped the wall, but the weapon didn't change. "According to the system's explanation, I guess I need to chop creatures to gain experience points and upgrade!"
Shen Jin ran to Lao Fu's laboratory, found a half-dissected zombie, and ended its painful life with a sword. A white light flashed on the weapon, and Shen Jin felt that the weapon had changed slightly. A progress bar appeared at the level. "Sure enough, it's like this. Then I have to kill more zombies to upgrade the weapon, but... I don't kill zombies that often. I have to find someone to help me practice... and make a full-level weapon!"
Since the weapons were not bound anyway, Shen Jin made another identical sword and called Li Zhe. His special ability was the Eight-Armed Shura, and he needed to use 8 weapons, so there was no problem in helping him practice with one.
"Come on, give me all your weapons!"
"Can we strengthen it again?"
Li Zhe was very smart. Shen Jin nodded, helped Li Zhe to activate his 8 weapons, then threw his own weapon to him and briefly explained the upgrade mechanism. Li Zhe left happily. This pleasure of gradually upgrading weapons... no one can refuse it, no one!
After Li Zhe was sent away, the content of this expansion module has been developed. It is very simple, crude and practical.
Shen Jin opened the next expansion module: [Comprehensive Craftsmanship].
It mainly expands the types of weapons in the craftsman's soul and enriches the arsenal, including: battle axe, broadsword, pirate scimitar, oriental scimitar, javelin, explosive crossbow, explosive bow, and explosive arrows.
Two heavy weapons, two light weapons, one medium-range weapon, and two long-range weapons and ammunition.
They all look very practical.
"The best thing about the Artisan Soul module is that it is very fast to forge weapons. You can find some ordinary people to set up a manual assembly line. But... the biggest disadvantage is that the weapon models are rigid. There are only a few types. If you create your own, it will be boring if you can't put it on the tool table to synthesize it. So... it's good to add some weapon types!"
Moreover, the addition of weapons just made up for some shortcomings of the Craftsman Soul weapons. Shen Jin casually made a battle axe, which was a large weapon with double-sided blades. It was 1.5 meters high and made of a lot of materials. It used an extra large board than ordinary weapons. It was very heavy to lift, weighing a full 300 kilograms!
If you are not a supernatural being, it is difficult to control a weapon of this weight.
The same is true for the broadsword, which is larger than a greatsword and is equivalent to the ancient heavy sword, and looks very powerful.
The two scimitars have their own characteristics, but they are more like weapons for fighting humans. If used to kill zombies, they are a bit weak and not as good as javelins.
The javelin can be used for handheld attacks or thrown at medium distances. It is very safe for killing zombies and can be a unique skill if you master it.
What surprised Shen Jin the most were the last two long-range weapons: the explosive crossbow and the explosive bow.
It is heavier than the crossbow and bow that comes with the Artisan Soul, and the force required to pull the bow is also greater, which increases the power of the entire bow. The initial kinetic energy is stronger, and can give the arrow a higher initial velocity and destructive power. Beyond a hundred meters, the bow is fast, and within a hundred meters, the bow is fast and accurate.
This is a long-range weapon designed for extraordinary people. When combined with specially made explosive arrows, it can pose a great threat to second-level zombies!
There are three main types of arrows: flaming arrows, ice crystal arrows, and cast iron arrows.
Different explosions will occur when hitting the enemy. When the flaming arrow hits the enemy, it can cause a violent explosion like TNT, which is extremely powerful. Moreover, the arrow can be shot into the enemy's body and then exploded by relying on the sharp arrow head, doubling the power!
The ice crystal arrow can freeze the enemy. After the explosion, it will instantly absorb the heat from the enemy's body and then achieve the effect of quick freezing. It can be regarded as a control arrow.
The Cast Iron Arrow inherited the characteristics of [Cast Iron], which is blood sucking! When shot into the body, it will absorb the enemy's blood crazily, causing internal injuries, and then... boom! Then the energy in the blood will be released, causing an explosion. It has the highest damage ability, but the disadvantage is that it is only effective against creatures with blood. It is not as good as the Flame Arrow in destroying the terrain, igniting objects, and causing AoE damage.
The three types of explosive arrows each have their own characteristics, and if used well, they are equivalent to having Eagle Eyes for every person.
Moreover, the production cost is not high, it just takes a few more materials than ordinary craftsman spirit weapons.
Shen Jin didn't feel sorry at all!
As long as you don't use his [Iridium Ingot], you can make any other ones!
If we don’t build it, we will be forced to expand the warehouse again…
Yingkou City has been taken, and Yang Ao is currently gathering troops to attack Panjin City. Materials in the city are continuously transported to Home No. 1. It is really... rich!
"Now, the weapons have been strengthened as a whole, which can improve the combat effectiveness of the extraordinary team. We can start mass production today!"
Just do it!
Shen Jin now has a special production area for craftsman soul equipment, which is full of pseudo-supernatural people. They only need to complete the assembly line work every day and can get high salaries without going outside to fight zombies. It is an iron rice bowl that everyone envies.
After calling the person in charge over, Shen Jin made a batch of new [casting molds] and threw them to him, telling him how to produce the parts. After all the parts are produced, they will be put into the [box] , and then they will be transported to Shen Jin's equipment processing room through the [bronze pipe]. The equipment will be automatically synthesized on the [industrial workbench] and then entered into different boxes through the [item sorter], with clear classification!
These well-organized assembly lines are Shen Jin's proud work, and he enjoys the feeling of creating order.
Full of mechanical beauty!
"Ahem... let's move on to the next module!"
【Advanced Machinery】Expansion module.
Contains 8 upgraded industrial machines.
[Spiral Powdering Machine] has a higher powdering speed than the original version, and it can crush the powder more thoroughly. It should be very helpful for scientific research, but Shen Jin doesn't understand it, so it doesn't help him much...
The Singularity Compressor can bring stronger compression, which is interesting! Shen Jin liked this machine at first sight because it can compress more tightly than the original compressor.
The original [Compressor] can only produce [Compressed Cobblestone] at most, while the [Singularity Compressor] can produce [Double Compressed Cobblestone] and [Triple Compressed Cobblestone].
Although the power consumption has increased a lot, it can compress matter at multiple levels, which is very powerful .
"If that's the case... wouldn't a piece of Triple Compressed Cobblestone with such a high density have a stronger defensive power than Advanced Alloy?"
4 ordinary [Cobblestones] can be compressed into one [Compressed Cobblestone], and 4 [Compressed Cobblestones] can be compressed into a [Double Compressed Cobblestone]. According to this calculation, 64 [Cobblestones] are needed to make one [Triple Compressed Cobblestone]!
Compressing 64 cubic meters of [pebble] into a volume of 1 cubic meter, this density... is simply terrifying!
The density of ordinary stone is about 2.8g/cm^3, which means that the weight of a [pebble] is about 2.8 tons, while the weight of a [triple compressed pebble] is 179.2 tons!
You should know that the densest substance on Earth is metallic osmium, which is only 22.8g/cm^3, or 22.8 tons per cubic meter.
This [Triple Compressed Cobblestone] is 8 times as big as that!
Shen Jin immediately made a [Singularity Compressor] and synthesized a [Triple Compression Cobblestone]. When Shen Jin placed it on the ground, he felt that the marble floor of the workshop suddenly sank a little...
Extremely heavy!
Shen Jin is now a third-level advanced transcendent. Without quantum armor or drugs, he cannot move a 179-ton stone...
Shen Jin took out the heavy alloy battle axe he had just made for himself and swung it hard!
At this moment, Shen Jin suddenly thought of ten words: How about using your own spear to attack your own shield?
He just created a powerful weapon and compressed an extremely strong block, "Bang!"
A dull collision sound was heard between the alloy battle axe and the [Triple Compressed Cobblestone]. Stone powder exploded, and Shen Jin's arm felt a huge rebound force. His meridians began to operate automatically, automatically completing the force unloading process.
Looking down, the battle axe's blade is still strong. A small gap appears on the [Triple Compressed Cobblestone], but it is still strong!
"Wow! Such a powerful weapon, coupled with the full force of my third-level extraordinary attack, can only make such a small hole. Then... below the third level, won't it be possible for it to remain intact?"
"Wow... this density of material is perfect for building city walls!"
Shen Jin was immediately delighted. He felt that his base had become a little more stable...
"Make it! Mass produce it!"
The upgrading of science and technology must be put into practice. Shen Jin stored so many materials just to wait for the technological take-off and then squander them like crazy!
Besides... the machine does not require any precious materials, it just needs some steel and high-grade alloys, and [pebble] is everywhere. The ancestral mountain in the north has been dug into an ancestral mound by Shen Jin. Shen Jin has planned that in the future... the north will be turned into a plain area suitable for farming!
Ancestral mountain → ancestral hill → ancestral plain.
Shen Jin directly made 300 [Singularity Compressors], in groups of three, for a total of 100 groups.
A simple assembly line is connected through pipes to suck up countless [pebblestones] stored in the warehouse. After these [pebblestones] are compressed by three [singularity compressors], they will become [triple compressed cobblestones].
Just in time, a set of [round stones] produced a finished product.
"We can use the [Triple Compressed Cobblestone] at some of the key checkpoints on the city wall. Then, we can block hundreds of millions of zombies at one checkpoint, and they won't be able to get in even if they scratch and chop with their claws!"
After finishing the compressor issue, Shen Jin continued to look at the remaining machines.
[Centrifugal Extractor] combines the functions of [Thermal Centrifuge] and [Extractor]. It can extract deeper substances from objects without destroying the unextracted parts. It is a very sophisticated instrument that will appeal to scientists at first glance.
"Throw it to Lao Fu. He recently said that a scientific research project seems to be stuck in extraction. This should be able to help him!"
Ever since Lao Fu developed a potion that can awaken people into gene-locked extraordinary beings, his work has been lukewarm. The things he made are either not very practical, or Tianluodiwang has already conducted similar research that is more complete than his, so he has not been able to help Shen Jin much. Recently, he has been quietly doing something big, saying that he wants to give Shen Jin a surprise.
The remaining machines include the [Dense Recycling Machine], which can recycle more [waste] and other inexplicable things from items. The Junk Man was ecstatic, but to be honest, it was not of much help to Shen Jin because he was not short of materials.
[Metal Extruder] is an upgraded version of the "Extrusion" function of [Metal Forming Machine]. It mainly improves the speed of making accessories, while supporting customized production and unlocking more new postures.
There are also [Impeller Roller] and [Water Jet Cutting Machine], which are also part of the separated [Metal Forming Machine] function, which are more powerful and precise. These three machines support larger items, not just 1 cubic meter blocks. If they are given to Tianluodiwang's industrial assembly line, they should be of great use.
However, it is not of much help to Shen Jin's industrial assembly line and can basically be thrown into the sewer.
"When Tianluodiwang asks me for technology again, I can give them these three machines in batches in exchange for some information about the ancient ruins..."
The last machine: [Thermal Ore Washer], achieves high-speed ore washing through the amplification of thermal energy. The washed minerals are more refined and the output will be slightly higher.
But... Shen Jin seldom mines ores anymore. So far, he has only mined [diamond ore]. There is no need to wash it, and you can get [diamonds] by simply smashing it.
"It's better than nothing..."
After looking at this module, Shen Jin set his sights on the last one, which might be the strongest expansion module he had ever drawn - [Gravity Armor]!
