30: Reaper Grenade Launcher

“Congratulations, Train Captain, for completing Level 2 Train Captain Task One: Collect 3000 units of Level 2 Iron Mine. (3000/3000) (Completed)”

“You can claim the task reward. Would you like to claim it?”

“Claim it!!!”

After a day and a night of arduous mining by all the passengers, the Xinhuo Train finally collected 3000 units of Level 2 Iron Mine before sunset on the second day.

Almost everyone worked for over 20 hours, but the key was that they didn't feel tired.

If Train Captain Lu Yang hadn't forced everyone to rest at night, some people would have continued working after eating.

Especially those few model workers who were only a few work points away from reaching 100 work points.

They spent almost all their time mining, except for eating and drinking, which almost moved Train Captain Lu Yang to tears.

But after listening to Xiao Xin's suggestion, Train Captain Lu Yang could only force everyone to rest.

Because, according to Xiao Xin's observations, a few of the weaker individuals showed signs of over-fatigue after prolonged, high-intensity work while consuming the 'Ox-Horse Meal'.

If they didn't get enough rest, prolonged overwork could lead to illness.

Therefore, for the sustainable development of the Xinhuo Train, Train Captain Lu Yang could only reluctantly curb everyone's enthusiasm for labor.

After all, even real oxen and horses need their harvesting frequency controlled!

Of course, the most crucial point was that Task One had been completed, and there were still two days until the Train Assembly.

With this time, the remaining stock of Level 2 Iron Mine could definitely be fully mined, so there was no need to drain the pond to catch all the fish.

The rewards for the Level 2 Train Captain task were as generous as ever.

It followed a resource + blueprint reward model.

However, compared to the Newbie Train Captain task, the rewarded resource units were all Level 2.

The quantity was still 6000 units.

2000 units each of Iron Mine, wood, and copper.

This made Train Captain Lu Yang so rich that he didn't know which vehicle accessories to upgrade first.

Especially that blue-grade weapon blueprint, which made Train Captain Lu Yang drool.

【Harvester Individual Grenade Launcher Full Production Line Blueprint】

【Grade: Blue Quality】

【Construction Cost: 200 units of Level 2 Iron Mine, 200 units of Level 2 copper.】

【Construction Effect: Can produce Harvester Individual Grenade Launcher weapons and ammunition of the corresponding level.】

According to the information provided by the blueprint, this Harvester Individual Grenade Launcher is not long, with a basic barrel length of 0.42 meters, a maximum range of 500 meters, an effective range of 200 meters, and standard magazine high-explosive, smoke, and other types of grenades. It has a rate of fire of 15-18 rounds/minute, uses a revolving feed, and has a kill radius of 10-30 meters.

After upgrading to Level 5, the barrel length slightly increases to 0.5 meters, the maximum range increases to 800 meters, the effective range increases to 320 meters, the magazine holds 14 rounds, the ammunition type remains unchanged, the rate of fire is 20-25 rounds/minute, it also uses a revolving feed, and the kill radius is 20-40 meters.

Train Captain Lu Yang upgraded it to Level 5 in one go and also gained the trait [Explosive Flame Bullet]. The production line can produce Explosive Flame Bullet with incendiary effects. Upon impact, in addition to traditional explosive damage, it will create a sustained fiery blast zone lasting 30-60 seconds, with a maximum central temperature reaching 3000 degrees.

With the Harvester Individual Grenade Launcher, the firepower on the Xinhuo Train instantly escalated to a terrifying degree.

Hundreds of Explosive Flame Bullet going off would make even a Level 5 Train, let alone a Level 3 Train, unable to escape.

It's just a bit expensive.

A Level 1 Harvester Individual Grenade Launcher costs 50 units of Level 2 Iron Mine, Level 2 costs 100 units of Level 2 Iron Mine, Level 3 costs 150 units of Level 2 Iron Mine, Level 4 costs 200 units of Level 2 Iron Mine, and Level 5 costs 250 units of Level 2 Iron Mine.

Each fired grenade costs 1 unit of Level 2 copper.

This is only for Level 1 grenades; each level increase in grenades will make the unit price 1 unit of Level 2 copper more expensive.

A Level 5 grenade costs 5 units of Level 2 copper per shot.

A Level 5 extended magazine with 14 grenades costs a whopping 70 units of Level 2 copper.

This isn't fighting; this is burning money.

However, Train Captain Lu Yang still immediately arranged production tasks for 10 Level 1, 10 Level 2, and 10 Level 3 grenade launchers, with each gun corresponding to 3 magazines of its respective level of grenades.

This instantly depleted the task rewards and consumed a significant portion of his inventory.

But when Train Captain Lu Yang held the Harvester Individual Grenade Launcher in his hand, his initial heartache vanished completely.

It was so damn cool!!!

He test-fired one round.

The recoil was not small.

But under Train Captain Lu Yang's physique, comparable to a humanoid monster, he only felt his hand shake slightly.

Then a parabola arced across the night sky.

Boom~

Hundreds of meters away, there was first a huge explosion.

Enveloping dozens of meters in radius.

Immediately followed by raging crimson flames, dyeing half the sky red.

Train Captain Lu Yang was incredibly excited by the sight.

A true man should use this!

After test-firing several rounds and understanding the capabilities of the Harvester Individual Grenade Launcher, Train Captain Lu Yang called Yang Kui.

He first equipped him with 1 Level 3 Harvester Individual Grenade Launcher, then had him take back 2 Level 2 Harvester Individual Grenade Launchers and 2 Level 1 Harvester Individual Grenade Launchers, along with 3 magazines each.

Thus, with the current firepower of the Train Police Squad, even encountering a zombie horde of a thousand strong, they could easily deal with it under alternating fire.

If they were to encounter the Level 1 large zombie horde that surrounded them last time, a dozen grenades to clear the way, and then the saw chain blades at full power...

Train Captain Lu Yang was confident that he could drive the Xinhuo Train directly over the main force of the zombie horde.

They've upgraded their weapons; things are different now!

After assigning work to Yang Kui, Train Captain Lu Yang thought for a moment, then opened the train's radio and found Gao Feng's chat box.

He snapped a screenshot of the Harvester Individual Grenade Launcher's appearance and attributes and sent it to Gao Feng, then added text—

“Train Captain Gao Feng, if I wanted to sell this at the Train Assembly, would it be a good idea?”

Gao Feng was probably busy, as it took over half an hour for him to reply with a voice message.

His tone was weary but slightly surprised.

“Train Captain Lu Yang, where did you get such a good thing?”

“You shouldn't be asking if it's a good idea to sell, but rather if it's going to be snatched up.”

“Do you believe me when I say that as soon as this thing is displayed at the Train Assembly, countless Train Captains will scramble for it? This kind of heavy firepower is extremely rare, and the most crucial thing is that it can be carried by individuals.”

“If a Train Captain needs to operate in a city ruin environment, and their subordinates are equipped with two of these, their survival rate will definitely increase significantly, and task completion will be much higher.”

“It's an absolute killing machine!”