Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, elite disciples' lounge.

After One Leaf Floating Cloud ended the communication, Lin Qi didn't bother with the basic combat puppets that had been prepared. He immediately went to One Leaf Floating Cloud's lounge.

As Lin Qi stepped inside, the entire lounge was filled with smoke and chaos, with debris scattered everywhere. However, both One Leaf Floating Cloud and the Nine-Turned Purple Dragon beside him were in high spirits.

"Hall Master, do you think this weapon is up to standard?"

One Leaf Floating Cloud looked at Lin Qi, who had just entered, holding a Desert Eagle, entirely golden in color, and directly displayed it in front of Lin Qi.

The entire Golden Desert Eagle wasn't much different from previous Desert Eagles, except it had a larger caliber and an extra Energy Crystal Fragment embedded in the gun slot, like a jewel, giving it an indescribable grandeur, the type of weapon a wealthy person would appreciate.

With such a Super Electromagnetic Spear, Lin Qi couldn't tell the difference from the previously made A6-level Desert Eagle.

Lin Qi looked it over but couldn't figure it out and simply asked, "How's the durability of this gun? And what are the attributes you mentioned?"

As an NPC, not knowing what players come up with is normal; knowing everything, however, isn't. After all, he is merely the Hall Master of a Martial Arts Hall.

"This weapon created with a Golden Level Treasure Chest should have over ten times the durability of a B2-level alloy. Even if you, Hall Master, were to fire continuously for an entire day, the gun would not malfunction," One Leaf Floating Cloud introduced excitedly. "Additionally, according to your specifications, we added an Energy Crystal Fragment inside the gun body, greatly speeding up the Thunder Force condensation, reducing power consumption by 40%, and lowering the manipulation requirement by 50%."

"Now, even a Basic Apprentice who has mastered 15% of the Fixed Star Explosion Visualization Technique can unleash a shot with four Mach force, with a shooting distance of up to 100 meters, and can fire consecutively twice. If they are a quasi-Martial Artist, they can manage three to four shots in quick succession."

"According to my specifications?" Lin Qi looked at One Leaf Floating Cloud in astonishment. He couldn't recall ever asking for Energy Crystal Fragments to be used in making guns, let alone with attributes.

But Lin Qi didn't bother to correct it, as the outcome achieved was satisfactory.

"Even Basic Apprentices can fire twice consecutively?"

Lin Qi looked at the Golden Desert Eagle in his hand, marveling at One Leaf Floating Cloud's achievement, surprised that he had actually created an attribute-enhanced weapon.

With a 40% reduction in power consumption and a 50% decrease in control requirements, it is practically a divine weapon capable of fighting above its level.

Previously, Basic Apprentices using an A6-level Desert Eagle couldn't even manage interval shooting, let alone continuous shooting, as it was no different from using martial arts like the Thunder Light Palm, and their qi and blood and body couldn't support such usage.

But now, due to reduced power consumption and control, Basic Apprentices wielding this weapon have become capable of some Martial Artist abilities, including continuous martial arts application.

Even from over fifty meters away, it could threaten a real Martial Artist. If the first shot misses, a second shot could quickly follow as an adjustment, making it hard to dodge.

"However, there is a downside to this gun, which is its high energy consumption of the Energy Crystal Fragments," said One Leaf Floating Cloud regretfully. "After at most twenty shots, the energy in the Energy Crystal Fragment gets exhausted, and without replacing it with a new fragment, it becomes merely a sturdy Super Electromagnetic Spear. I tried using Energy Ore, but its energy purity didn't meet the standard. It would take at least ten kilograms to meet the requirement."

Ten kilograms of Energy Ore is larger than two fists and unsuitable to attach to a handgun, even a larger sniper rifle.

Unless it was made into a rocket launcher, which goes against Lin Qi's requirements, though he might privately consider it and sell it to some rich newbie, as who could resist the allure of an RPG?

"Does it consume Energy Crystal Fragments?" Lin Qi slightly frowned, surprised at the hefty cost of using the Golden Desert Eagle.

A whole Energy Crystal Stone could barely yield a few pieces from a micro-energy ore vein. With such a fragment embedded, a single Energy Crystal Stone could only produce about twenty pieces.

One fragment equates to twenty rounds, and a full Energy Crystal Stone is equivalent to four hundred rounds.

However, considering that these four hundred rounds could equip even a Basic Apprentice to threaten a Martial Artist, the cost didn't seem so high anymore.

"How many Energy Crystal Fragments do we have currently?" Lin Qi asked One Leaf Floating Cloud.

"Three Golden Level Treasure Chests contained a total of 180 fragments; we used two in underground experimentation, leaving us with 178," One Leaf Floating Cloud replied truthfully.

"178 fragments?" Lin Qi nodded, somewhat surprised, realizing that the Martial Artist Association gave Rem Titanium storage boxes inlaid with quite a number of Energy Crystal Fragments to ensure energy density. "With those three Golden Treasure Chests, how many of these Golden Desert Eagles can you create? And if replaced with other metals without affecting performance, how many more could be made?"

After some thought, One Leaf Floating Cloud said, "If all were made like this Desert Eagle from the Golden Treasure Chest, about eighteen can be made. But if performance is unaffected with added B2-level alloy, over a hundred could be made."

Next to him, the Nine-Turned Purple Dragon was eager to mention that without considering the gun body's strength, all could actually be made from B2-level alloy without altering power, only slightly reducing durability.

"A hundred plus guns, huh? Excellent, then make them with B2-level alloy," Lin Qi said joyfully. "How long will it take to complete them all? By tomorrow morning, how many could you have ready?"

With over a hundred of such leapfrog divine weapons, armed patrols would make Iron Heart Gang's territory worry-free, allow safe recruitment of thousands of people, and offer peace of mind regarding their accommodations.

Across major cities, many capable vagabonds and formal residents join suburban gangs mainly to live there, as the suburbs are much safer than abandoned areas and wilds. Renting in the suburbs is unaffordable for ordinary people.

Take Luo Qi, for instance, despite being a Mechanician, he only managed to rent a place about six to seven square meters for 1600 Bit monthly, which was a hefty expense for someone who used to earn 3000 Bit monthly.

But joining a suburban gang makes a difference, offering a ten-square-meter residence for just 500 Bit a month.

And that 500 Bit isn't even something the gang desires; it covers rent to the city, otherwise, gangs would let members live rent-free.

"There's only one machining tool right now, B-level metals are hard to shape, so at most sixty can be produced a day. By tomorrow morning, I should have twenty ready," One Leaf Floating Cloud said.

"Very well, have twenty ready for me by tomorrow morning," Lin Qi nodded. While twenty Golden Desert Eagles aren't enough to arm the entire patrol, they're sufficient to handle minor nuisances from the Four Great Powers.

Chasing Light City, Pleiades Avenue.

Formerly managed by Iron Heart Gang, this Human Race commercial street still had a lot of shops run by humans even after Iron Heart Gang's decline, and foot traffic was steady.

Particularly a restaurant named Hundred Treasures Restaurant, had people lining up outside, waiting to dine.

"This food at Hundred Treasures Restaurant is so delicious, it's even better than dishes from five-star hotels in real life," said an Advanced Apprentice, eating Wild Beast Meat and praising its taste. "And it's so cheap, costing just 500 Bit for such a meal. I definitely plan to eat here every day from now on."

"Indeed, the taste is excellent. Let's pack up a set of each dish to bring back for the Vice President to try," said the Jungle Hero, a quasi-Martial Artist, satisfied with the table full of food, surprised at how deliciously High Martial NPCs could cook compared to the guild canteen's barbecue rice, a different level altogether.

As the Jungle Hero was about to order more dishes for takeout, some commotion came from the restaurant's entrance.

A Lizardman wearing B2-level battle armor entered, accompanied by over ten Lizardmen in A6-level armor, seemingly disputing with the restaurant's female owner.

"Honorable sir, our small restaurant has operated here with many loans still to repay, we really can't move," said the novice apprentice woman nervously to the B2-level battle armor-clad Lizardman. "If we move, we won't be able to sustain the business."

"If you don't move there, your business won't last here much longer anyway," the Lizardman leader sneered coldly. "Once you move, then your business can continue down there."

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