20: Chapter 20 Upgrade! Electrocution Storm!

Inside the cockpit of the Red Wolf Tank, the light was slightly dim.

Lu Yuan clicked directly on the weapon editing panel.

The main cannon, the Explosive Flame Shockwave Cannon, was responsible for large-area clearing and travel; the v-100 turbine aggregation engine provided wild power; the Crimson Armor provided absolute defense.

Now, the only thing this war machine lacked was more extreme single-target rapid-fire firepower.

The Metal Storm on the roof was fine for dealing with Tier 1 zombies, but it was gradually proving inadequate against BOSS-level monsters.

"System, reconstruct the Metal Storm close-in weapon system!"

"Ding! Primary weapon modification blueprint detected. Combining with the current vehicle firepower system, the following reconstruction routes have been generated for you:"

The light screen flashed, popping up dozens of distinct reinforcement directions.

[Route A: Equip armor-piercing ammunition to increase armor penetration.]

[Route B: Install micro-explosive shells for area damage.]

[Route C: Improve barrel heat resistance to increase fire rate.]

...

Looking at these dazzling conventional options, Lu Yuan couldn't even be bothered to take a second look.

He reached out and swiped hard on the light screen, pulling the options list to the very bottom.

At the very end of the list, a special option emitting a blinding light hung alone.

This was also the top-tier plan among all primary reinforcement routes, with the most outrageous and expensive material consumption!

Lu Yuan's gaze locked onto it.

[Route N: Electro-Storm.]

[Features: Equip high-voltage electro-bullets! Significantly increase penetration!]

[After hitting a target, it carries a strong electrocution effect. Consecutive hits will continuously accumulate paralysis stacks until the target is completely paralyzed.]

Seeing these attributes, Lu Yuan's eyes lit up.

Armor-piercing plus infinite stacking paralysis!

This was definitely a god-tier weapon for soloing high-armor BOSSes!

However, when Lu Yuan glanced at the modification requirements under the ultimate route, he couldn't help but gasp.

[Reconstruction materials required: 80,000 metal blocks, 20,000 high-conductivity copper wires, 100 rare lightning-struck woods!]

In this novice period where even getting a full meal was difficult, this outrageous material consumption appearing in a primary reinforcement blueprint was simply a prank by the system!

Even if ordinary players emptied their savings and robbed everyone in the district, they wouldn't be able to gather these materials.

Upon encountering this option, they would definitely not even look twice and would immediately curse the system for being a scam.

But Lu Yuan was different.

A confident smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"Ding! Exclusive talent activated, firepower editing system intervening!"

"All modification material consumption is fixed and reduced to: one percent!"

"Actual materials required: 800 metal blocks, 200 high-conductivity copper wires, 1 rare lightning-struck wood!"

Looking at the consumption list that had instantly become dirt cheap, Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

He had just stocked up on a large batch of metal blocks, so he was not lacking at all.

As for the high-conductivity copper wires, although he only had ordinary insulated wires, they were in large quantities.

"System, fuse the insulated wires into high-conductivity copper wires!"

"Ding! Fusion successful, consumed 2,000 insulated wires."

"Obtained 200 high-conductivity copper wires!"

Two of the materials were instantly taken care of.

As for this last one, the rare lightning-struck wood, he hadn't even heard of it.

Fortunately, he only needed one, so it wasn't a big problem.

Lu Yuan casually opened the regional trading house and entered "rare lightning-struck wood" into the search bar.

As expected of a large district with 850,000 people, there were indeed many good things.

The page flashed, and a dozen sales listings popped up.

However, these sellers were asking an exorbitant price, with the cheapest one costing 500 metal blocks!

People who could take out 500 metal blocks at this stage were definitely few and far between.

But for Lu Yuan, who had just finished robbing others, this was just a drop in the bucket.

"Buy it."

Lu Yuan didn't even blink, throwing out 500 metal blocks to instantly snipe the cheapest lightning-struck wood.

Looking at the gathered materials, Lu Yuan did not hesitate and pointed directly.

"Confirm upgrade!"

A blinding deep blue electric light instantly enveloped the Metal Storm on the roof.

Accompanied by a crisp sound of mechanical restructuring.

The original bulky multi-barrel machine gun barrels were directly reshaped into six crystal barrels flickering with ghostly blue electric arcs.

Underneath the gun body, a miniature electromagnetic conversion array was slowly rotating, emitting a hair-raising sizzling sound.

[Ding, upgrade complete!]

[Current secondary weapon type: Electro-Storm],

[Current attack power: 200],

[Current penetration: 15%],

[Special effect: Lightning attribute damage +50, adds a layer of electrocution effect to the target],

Perfect!

...

On the other side, at the ruins of the Cross-River Bridge entrance.

The surviving players of District C-71 were shivering behind overturned cars.

They had just witnessed the arrogant Scarface, along with that heavy truck with 50mm armor, being crushed into meat paste by the red tank like a bedbug.

At this moment, the chat channel of District C-71 was filled with desperate wails.

"It's over! One devil just died, and now a living Yama has arrived!"

"That idiot Scarface! He had to block the bridge, and now he's provoked a monster he can't afford to mess with!"

"Brothers, hide the women and hand over the food."

"The owner of this tank must be even more brutal than Scarface; let's just lose some wealth to avoid disaster."

In their eyes, anyone who could own such a destructive vehicle was definitely a peerless tyrant who killed without blinking.

They had even prepared themselves to be looted by this tank and perhaps even become slaves.

However, what happened next completely overturned the cognition of these District C-71 players.

On the bridge behind them.

One after another, dilapidated cars drove by slowly, all of them players from District C-72.

When these players passed the terrifying blood-red tank, not only did they show no expression of fear.

Instead, they rolled down their windows one after another.

Some were tearfully grateful, some clasped their hands together, their eyes filled with incomparably fanatical respect and awe!

That was the attitude reserved for gods!

The players of District C-71 were all dumbfounded.

The vibe was all wrong!

That tyrant not only didn't rob them, but instead seemed like their guardian deity?

Just as the players of District C-71 were full of confusion, preparing to tremble and go up to pay protection money.

The massive Red Wolf Tank moved.

Lu Yuan in the cockpit didn't even glance at this group of District C-71 players.

To him, a group of bottom-tier players who could be squeezed by Scarface at will had no value to exploit.

He silently pressed a button on the control console.

Boom!

The massive turret on top of the tank, in a very abrupt posture, turned 180 degrees directly, the black muzzle facing the direction of the rear of the car.

"What is he doing?"

"It's over! He's going to fire at us!"

The District C-71 players were so scared they scrambled and closed their eyes, waiting for death.

However.

Boom—!!!

A huge dark red fireball exploded at the muzzle, and the terrifying shockwave instantly swept across the field.

But this shell was not aimed at anyone.

Instead, it turned into a world-destroying reverse thrust!

Under the dual support of this reverse thrust and the turbine engine, the massive Red Wolf Tank instantly took off from where it was, turning into a red afterimage!

In the blink of an eye, it was gone!

Leaving only the players from various districts on the ground, blown into a daze by the aftermath, left messy in the wind.

The surviving District C-71 players stared blankly at the direction where the tank disappeared.

This driving style of firing the cannon backward to travel.

Not only was it extremely willful, but it was also a bit indescribably abstract!

But it was this kind of dominance that ignored everything that completely shattered their psychological defenses.

The District C-71 chat channel's vibe changed instantly.

"He didn't kill us... He didn't even bother to rob our things!"

"Is this the big shot from District C-72? So much style!"

"Wuwuwu! I want to transfer districts! Can the system release a district transfer function? I want to go to District C-72 and be the big shot's dog!"

It wasn't just District C-71.

All the players from Districts C-73, C-74, and C-75 who experienced the bridge-blocking incident were deeply convinced.

This cross-district bridge had turned into Lu Yuan's personal fan club site.

...

On the other side.

Lu Yuan drove the Red Wolf Tank, constantly overtaking others with sparks and lightning, and officially entered the second stage of the terrain.

The dilapidated buildings on both sides gradually disappeared, turning into the boundless Black Death Gobi.

Just then.

Lu Yuan, through the periscope, saw a cool-looking heavy motorcycle parked by a black sand dune in front.

That motorcycle seemed to have deliberately stopped there and did not continue driving, as if it was specifically waiting for someone.

Seeing the red steel behemoth roaring over.

The owner of the motorcycle immediately took off his windproof helmet, waved his hands, jumped around excitedly, and seemed to be shouting something.

However.

Lu Yuan had no intention of slowing down at all.

Boom—!!!

The massive Red Wolf Tank roared past the motorcycle with a terrifying gale!

The huge airflow was like a level 12 super typhoon.

"Big..."

The smile on the motorcycle owner's face instantly stiffened, and he was blown by the gale to the wilderness on the side, rolling three times on the ground...

Watching the fleeting red afterimage, whose taillights were almost invisible.

He spoke a sentence faintly to the air, wishing he could cry.

"Big shot... it's me... Zhuifeng de Lang..."