36: Chapter 36 Enhancement: Explosive Collapse Cannon!

Lu Yuan leaned comfortably back on the soft leather sofa, his thoughts shifting slightly.

The Intermediate Weapon Modification Blueprint, emitting a faint blue light, instantly transformed into countless data streams and flooded into the tank's control panel.

“Ding! Intermediate Weapon Modification Blueprint detected. Please select the advanced modification path for the Red Wolf Tank's main cannon.”

The moment the system prompt faded, holographic projection options surfaced before Lu Yuan's eyes.

[Path A: Rapid-Fire Cannon.]

[Significantly reduces the power of the main cannon in exchange for a terrifying fire rate of sixty rounds per minute.]

[Materials Consumed: metal block x50, Low-grade Gunpowder x10.]

[Path B: Heavy Howitzer.]

[Increases the explosion radius of the shells, dealing effective damage to unarmored targets.]

[Materials Consumed: metal block x100, High Explosive x20.]

Lu Yuan glanced at these two paths and gave a cold sneer.

These were clearly conventional paths the system prepared for ordinary players.

After all, in this apocalypse where people couldn't even get enough to eat, players who could scrape together a hundred metal blocks were few and far between. The consumption for these two paths was calibrated exactly at the limit of ordinary players.

Besides these, the panel listed over a dozen different free enhancement paths in dense rows, with all sorts of fancy branches available.

But these cheap goods couldn't catch Lu Yuan's eye at all.

He didn't even bother to look twice, scrolling the list straight to the bottom and locking his gaze on the most expensive and only path emitting a dark red glow.

[Path Z: Explosive Flame Collapse Cannon.]

[Description: Compresses explosive flames and air to a terrifying critical point before firing.]

[Attack can be charged; for every 1 minute of charging, attack increases by 1x, up to a limit of 5x.]

[Upon hitting a target, it will form a vacuum black hole that forcibly pulls in surrounding enemies, followed by a violent collapse explosion!]

[Note: The otherworldly flames generated by the explosion ignore conventional laws of physics.]

[Modification Cost: metal block x5000, High-Concentration Combustion Catalyst x1000.]

Looking at this exaggerated modification cost, Lu Yuan clicked his tongue.

Five thousand metal blocks, plus a thousand units of rare High-Concentration Combustion Catalyst.

If an ordinary player saw this, they would likely curse the system's black heart in despair.

But Lu Yuan simply snapped his fingers calmly and activated his exclusive god-level talent.

Hundred-fold Reduction activated!

All weapon material requirements were instantly and forcibly slashed to one percent.

“Deduct fifty metal blocks and ten High-Concentration Combustion Catalysts. Modify it for me!”

With Lu Yuan's command, a dazzling firelight erupted from the exterior of the Red Wolf Tank.

The originally rugged cannon barrel began to restructure and extend, its surface surfacing with lines of energy patterns emitting a dangerous red light, and the muzzle turned a deep, dark red.

“Ding! Main cannon modification complete!”

[Current Main Cannon Type: Explosive Flame Collapse Cannon]

[Current Base Attack Power: 800 x 5x Charge]

[Current Penetration: 25%]

[Special Effects: Black Hole Attraction, Otherworldly Flames that ignore the laws of physics.]

Seeing the high base attack power of 800 on the panel, Lu Yuan snapped his fingers in satisfaction.

But this wasn't enough.

Lu Yuan opened his backpack again and took out bundles of Primary Weapon Enhancement Blueprints.

These were all accumulated from his previous sweeps of the trading channel and from clearing out the red-named convoys.

The effect of a primary blueprint was simple: each one used would increase a weapon's attack power by five percent.

But there was a fatal system restriction: a single weapon could only use five blueprints at most, meaning a maximum increase of twenty-five percent attack power.

But who was Lu Yuan?

He glanced at his god-level talent panel.

[Modified firepower no longer consumes any energy or ammunition, and all weapon power and enhancement limits are removed!]

The key lay right here: removing the enhancement limit!

Others could only use five, but he could use an infinite amount!

A flash of madness crossed Lu Yuan's eyes as he grabbed the blueprints and began slapping them frantically onto the main cannon panel.

“Ding! Enhancement +1, attack power increased to 105%...”

“Ding! Enhancement +2, attack power increased to 110%...”

The crisp system prompts flooded the cabin screen frantically.

“Ding! Enhancement +10, attack power increased to 150%...”

“Ding! Enhancement +25, attack power increased to 225%...”

Until the last blueprint dissolved into white light.

“Ding! Enhancement +30, attack power increased to 250%!”

[Current Base Attack Power: 2000 (800 x 250%)!]

Looking at the final value, Lu Yuan sucked in a breath of cold air and then couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Invincible, my friend!

A base attack power of two thousand—if he used the main cannon's maximum five-minute charge, that would be a terrifying ten thousand attack power!

And that wasn't all.

If, on top of this, he activated the SSS-grade component skill [Tyrant's Rage] obtained from the secret realm, the power of the first ten main cannon shots would increase by another ten times!

Ten thousand multiplied by ten...

The final limit for a single explosive shot was as high as one hundred thousand!

The vehicle-mounted machine guns of ordinary players now dealt a few dozen damage points at most—like a scratch—while a single shot from him would deal a world-destroying hundred thousand!

Lu Yuan stood up abruptly, opened the hatch, and leaned halfway out, his eyes burning as he stared at the boundary of the service area shrouded in thick fog.

He felt his blood boiling all over.

“I can't wait.”

Lu Yuan clenched his fists, his eyes showing an impatient madness. “Hurry up and bring on some blind boss so I can test the waters with a shot!”

...

At the same time.

Inside a VIP exclusive rest suite at the Cross-District Hub Service Area.

Bai Li leaned lazily on a soft, large leather round bed, while that massive Mechanical White Tiger lay submissively by her side.

Her fair fingers flipped slightly, and an Intermediate Weapon Modification Blueprint emitting a blue glow appeared out of thin air between her fingertips.

This was exactly the loot she had spent a full 2,500 points to redeem from the terminal.

“Enhance.”

Bai Li's red lips parted slightly as she slapped the blueprint directly onto the Mechanical White Tiger's body.

A dazzling blue light flashed suddenly, and the blueprint turned into a pure data stream, all of it pouring into the white tiger's forelimbs.

The white tiger let out a low roar, and its already incredibly sharp metal claws instantly transformed, gaining a layer of deep, cold dark-silver luster.

“Ding! Mechanical White Tiger forelimb enhancement complete.”

[Current Part: Superalloy Tiger Claws]

[Current Base Attack Power: 500]

[Current Penetration: 50%]

[System Evaluation: Superalloy Tiger Claws with devastating destructive power; even the frontal armor of a heavy tank can be easily torn apart by them!]

Looking at the luxurious panel appearing in her vision, a cold and confident curve hooked onto Bai Li's beautiful face.

A full five hundred attack power, plus a terrifying fifty percent armor penetration effect.

This kind of rule-breaking lethality was enough for her to run rampant in the current stage of the survival game.

In her mind, the man from the hall with the ID Red Wolf involuntarily surfaced.

If they reached the next highway and that man dared to pose any threat to her...

Bai Li reached out and gently stroked the white tiger's head, a dangerous cold glint flashing in the depths of her eyes.

Then she would absolutely not hesitate to command the white tiger to tear that broken tank apart, man and vehicle together, into a pile of scrap metal.