74: Chapter 74 Unlocks the Only S-Rank Weapon! Infinite Power!

He immediately opened the blueprint panel.

[Name: Void Annihilation Matrix (Simplified Version)]

[Category: Vehicle-Mounted Heavy Weaponry]

[Quality: Unique S-Grade (Only one in the entire district)]

[Feature: Infinite Firepower. This matrix requires no physical ammunition; it automatically condenses 'Void Annihilation Rounds' by extracting free-floating dark energy and spatial fragments from the air. The rate of fire and power are linked to the vehicle's current energy output.]

[Manufacturing Requirements: Refined High-Carbon Steel * 500 tons, Magic-Conducting Purple Copper * 200 tons, Polymer Insulating Rubber * 100 tons, High-Order Aberrant Cartilage * 50, Advanced Energy Conversion Hub * 1 (Core Material).]

Chen Chen stared at the panel, his breath hitching for a rare moment.

Infinite Firepower!

The misfire earlier in the underground stomach zone after exhausting eight thousand armor-piercing rounds had left him extremely annoyed.

In this wasteland, the fear of insufficient firepower was a common affliction for every survivor.

And this S-grade weapon solved the problem of ammunition resupply at its root.

As long as the RV's energy supply remained, he could blast any monster—or even a god—standing in his way into dust.

But as his gaze drifted down to the exaggerated manufacturing requirements, Chen Chen curled his lips.

Five hundred tons of refined high-carbon steel. Two hundred tons of magic-conducting purple copper.

This was simply not a quantity one person could gather; even tearing down the entire Gluttony Town wouldn't be enough.

Not to mention that "Advanced Energy Conversion Hub," which he hadn't even heard of before.

"Boss, this thing..."

Jiang Yanxue leaned over to take a look at the panel and gasped,

"With these material requirements, even if you raided the entire stash of that military mechanized infantry brigade, you wouldn't be able to gather a tenth of it."

"Even if we can't gather it, we have to."

Chen Chen sat back down and opened the system's regional trading channel.

Everyone in the district now knew he had taken first place and had plenty of resources in his hands.

Since it was too slow to collect it himself, he would let all the survivors in District 069 work for him.

Chen Chen's fingers flew across the virtual keyboard as he listed a massive batch of supplies.

[Seller: Chen Chen]

[Listed Items: Pure Drinking Water * 10 barrels (20 liters per barrel), High-Order Aberrant Pork Chops * 100 jin (provides a slight attribute boost), High-Purity Fuel * 50 barrels, Black Iron-Grade Weapons * 20, Black Iron-Grade Tactical Daggers * 5.]

[Requirements: Refined High-Carbon Steel, Magic-Conducting Purple Copper, Polymer Insulating Rubber.]

[Trade Ratio: Collect by the ton. No bargaining.]

As soon as the trade information was posted, the regional channel for District 069 exploded.

"Holy sh*t! Pure water! Ten whole barrels! I haven't had a drop of clean water in three days; what I'm drinking now is urine filtered from a mud puddle!"

"High-order aberrant pork chops?! And they provide attribute boosts? Did the big boss rob the Pig-Faced Butcher's meat locker?"

"Trading Black Iron-grade weapons for scrap metal? Has Chen Chen gone crazy?"

"The guy above knows nothing! He just got the first kill on the broodmother; this stuff is a drop in the bucket to him! Go pick up steel pipes in the ruins! If you're late, the water will be snatched up!"

On the wasteland, the least scarce things were abandoned city ruins and scrapped vehicles.

Basic industrial materials like high-carbon steel and purple copper were everywhere, but no one bothered to collect them because they couldn't be eaten or drunk.

Now, Chen Chen was trading them directly for the hardest currency: food and water.

The survivors in the entire district fell into a frenzy of treasure hunting.

System notifications began to ring incessantly in Chen Chen's ears.

[Trade successful! Obtained Refined High-Carbon Steel * 5 tons!]

[Trade successful! Obtained Magic-Conducting Purple Copper * 2 tons!]

[Trade successful! Obtained Polymer Insulating Rubber * 1 ton!]

Watching the industrial materials pile up in his silver-grade storage ring at a speed visible to the naked eye, Chen Chen leaned back in his chair with satisfaction.

This was the benefit of monopolizing resources.

The notification sounds from the regional trading channel were jumping wildly.

Chen Chen leaned against the driver's seat, watching the numbers in the silver-grade storage ring constantly rolling.

The survivors on the wasteland had fallen into a frenzied scavenging mode for a few mouthfuls of clean drinking water and high-order pork.

In just half an hour, five hundred tons of refined high-carbon steel, two hundred tons of magic-conducting purple copper, and one hundred tons of polymer insulating rubber were all gathered.

To manufacture the S-grade weapon "Void Annihilation Matrix," only the last core component was missing: the Advanced Energy Conversion Hub.

There was no lead on this item for now.

Chen Chen wasn't in a hurry.

He turned to look at the one hundred mid-tier vehicle cores piled into a small mountain on the table.

Shen Wanxing's critical strike talent was indeed useful.

These cores were enough to push the RV's overall performance up another major level.

Chen Chen walked over and swept all one hundred mid-tier cores into the central console's energy slot.

At the same time, he deposited a large amount of industrial scrap steel and purple copper he had just collected.

"Upgrade."

The system notification exploded instantly.

[Ding! Consumed Mid-Tier Vehicle Core * 100!]

[Vehicle meets the conditions for cross-tier evolution!]

[Lv.12 Ghost Fortress beginning recombination and evolution... Evolution complete!]

[Congratulations, Host! The vehicle has leveled up three times. Current level: Lv.15 Mobile War Fortress!]

A blinding platinum light exploded across the Gobi Desert.

The eighteen-ton dark black vehicle body expanded and elongated violently, with dark purple energy patterns appearing on the armor's surface.

The magnetic levitation thrusters on the chassis increased to eight, and the purple-blue electric arcs became twice as thick.

Chen Chen opened the brand-new attribute panel.

[Vehicle Name: Ghost Fortress (Deep Evolution Type)]

[Level: Lv.15]

[Defense: 5500 (S-grade ultra-dense memory alloy armor, possesses physical attack rebound property, can absorb 60% of kinetic impact)]

[Magic Resistance: 800 (A-grade energy deflection shield, continuously resists high-intensity mental pollution and energy erosion, automatically reconstructs 12 hours after damage)]

[Durability: 8000/8000]

[Tonnage: 26.5 tons]

[Space: 200 cubic meters (First floor: combat command zone/living area/material conversion bay; Second floor: panoramic floating lounge/independent sniper position; Third floor: concealed heavy firepower mounting platform)]

[Power System: A-grade magnetic levitation power engine + Purple Venom Gland engine boost module (Maximum speed 320km/h, extreme silence, ignores complex terrain, durability does not drop in toxic environments)]

[Fuel Consumption: Energy Conversion Drive]

[External Equipment: B-grade nano-automatic repair swarm (repairs damaged parts in seconds), reinforced heavy serrated collision bumper, bottom electromagnetic adsorption grip module]

[Vehicle Weapons: c-class twin vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns * 2 (Pending upgrade/replacement status)]

[Radar System: Full-region scanning module (Detection radius 20 km, capable of high-precision 3D terrain construction and underground penetration scanning)]

[Life Support System: Top-tier ecological circulation system (internal constant temperature 15-26°C, can autonomously purify all external toxic gases), advanced water purification module (40L of drinking water per day), prototype soilless cultivation greenhouse]

An twenty-eight-ton steel beast!

Chen Chen closed the panel with extreme excitement.

With the RV as it was now, even if he drove it directly to ram that Crimson Hive, he could punch right through that big meat ball.