Chapter 121: Characteristics of Energy Weapons, The Countdown to Summoning

Chapter 121: Characteristics of Energy Weapons, The Countdown to Summoning

As Lu Heng was browsing through the trading information for the cyber-ray gun, Lin Zeyu's phone call came through.

"Check the Crystal Dark Web, I saw someone selling a cyber-ray gun there. It's a future weapon, isn't it out of this world?"

Hearing Lin Zeyu's excited tone, Lu Heng smiled and asked, "Do you want to buy it?"

"Yes!"

"Then what about your dual-effect sniper rifle?"

"Having a side piece is better than having multiple weapons."

Lu Heng changed the topic, "Do you have a tech company that researches energy weapons?"

"No, why?" Lin Zeyu was a little puzzled.

"Didn't you notice that the seller didn't provide specific weapon parameters?" Lu Heng continued.

"That's right, they didn't post them, but it's probably not a scam, right? It's pointless for someone with a Crystal Dark Web account to post false information." Lin Zeyu replied.

Since the Crystal Dark Web was not a public website and required a dedicated computer and account to log in, the accounts themselves were highly valuable.

Using such an account to post false information would result in its loss if reported.

Therefore, the transactions on the Crystal Dark Web were generally reliable.

During the transaction, the buyer would surely inspect the goods carefully, and if they were not as described, the deal could be canceled.

Thus, posting false information on the Crystal Dark Web was merely a waste of time.

"The item is probably real, but the weapon's parameters might not be that attractive, and the price will likely be shocking," Lu Heng commented on the trading information.

The seller of the cyber-ray gun requested interested buyers to contact them privately for a price.

This revealed a few hidden messages.

First, the seller was unsure of the appropriate price for this cyber-world-produced ray gun.

Second, the seller expected a sky-high price for the ray gun.

In fact, Lu Heng knew something else; the performance of this type of ray gun was not as good as expected.

Lu Heng even thought that the seller was putting it up for sale because it didn't live up to their expectations, and they wanted to sell it to obtain other resources that could enhance their combat power.

This cyber-ray gun from the Abyssal World was undoubtedly more powerful than existing human laser weapons, but anyone with a bit of professional knowledge would know that a single-soldier weapon, no matter how powerful, had its limitations.

The laser weapons currently used by humans were usually vehicle-mounted due to their high energy consumption.

A single-soldier weapon would require a large battery pack to sustain its use.

Cyber-ray guns had essentially solved the battery size issue but at the cost of reduced power.

Lu Heng, in his past life, had seen such cyber-ray guns, and their characteristics were very distinct.

Being a laser-based weapon, its advantage was instant hit accuracy.

Of course, this assumed that the target was already in the crosshairs when the trigger was pulled.

Ray-based weapons lacked kinetic damage; they inflicted damage by focusing the ray to burn the target, requiring time to cause sufficient harm.

If the ray merely swept past, the damage would not be significant.

This was similar to a hand quickly passing through a flame; it wouldn't be immediately burned, and it would take some time for the fire to cause harm.

The same applied to ray guns.

Therefore, the cyber-ray gun's performance was not as powerful as one might imagine.

Of course, if the ray weapon were scaled up to a vehicle-mounted size, and its power increased a hundredfold, that would be a different story.

Lu Heng had seen the highest-grade B-class cyber-ray gun, which dealt 300 damage per second.

This power could kill an ordinary person in just 0.3 seconds.

A level 20 mutant could withstand this B-class ray gun for only 1 second.

Was this ray gun powerful? Undoubtedly, it was, as it could kill an unprotected level 20 mutant in just 1 second.

However, no mutant would stand still and endure the ray gun's attack for a full second.

Additionally, energy weapons had another feature; they couldn't be enhanced using the Tempering System.

All electronic products were incompatible with the Tempering System.

Energy weapons had their dedicated enhancement system, which improved them by increasing battery capacity and energy output.

Moreover, energy weapons had another drawback; they were challenging to repair when damaged.

This person's cyber-ray gun had high research value, but its practical use was limited.

Lu Heng recommended that the authorities purchase it for research; buying it for personal use was not impossible, but it wouldn't surpass existing human firearms.

In fact, the real application of such cyber-ray guns was in large-scale group attacks.

A single cyber-ray gun might not demonstrate its full potential, but in a gunfight with a hundred soldiers all using ray guns, the power would be entirely different.

...

Lin Zeyu remained very interested and asked, "So, should I buy it?"

Lu Heng didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm and replied, "If you want to buy it, go ahead, as long as you think it's worth it."

Lin Zeyu continued, "What price do you think is reasonable?"

Lu Heng thought for a moment and said, "Seven to eight million, any more wouldn't be worth it."

In fact, if it were for research purposes, even a higher price would be justified.

However, as a weapon, this is just a B-class thermal weapon.

Don't expect too much from a B-class thermal weapon; there are too many B-class firearms in the human world, and even a random assault rifle would be at this level.

If you were to buy an assault rifle, a couple of hundred thousand would be enough.

After a while, Lin Zeyu spoke with a frustrated tone, "I offered this person ten million, and he told me to get lost."

"Haha..."

Lu Heng couldn't help but laugh, already imagining Lin Zeyu's expression at that moment.

Lin Zeyu still didn't give up, asking, "Is this gun really not worth ten million?"

Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, "What level do you think this gun is?"

Lin Zeyu fell silent for two seconds before replying, "B-class? Maybe even A-class."

Lu Heng laughed, "If it were A-class, the seller would have stated it in the trading information. An A-class weapon could fetch a sky-high price, so they wouldn't leave out such valuable information."

"So, I guess his ray gun is either C-class or B-class. Take another look at your sniper rifle's level."

Lin Zeyu replied matter-of-factly, "Of course, it's B-class."

Lu Heng continued, "So, this cyber ray gun is a weapon of the same level as your sniper rifle. How powerful do you expect it to be?"

Lin Zeyu froze for a moment.

He had wanted to buy it out of curiosity about cyber technology, but now that he thought about it, how much stronger could a B-class weapon be?

It's not much different from a sniper rifle.

"So, this person is just trying to rip us off!" Lin Zeyu finally realized.

"It's not exactly a rip-off. At least this weapon has some research value." Lu Heng couldn't help but find it amusing.

...

Just as the two were talking on the phone, the trading information suddenly disappeared.

This usually meant that someone had already bought the item, and the seller had deleted the listing.

When Lin Zeyu offered ten million, the seller told him to get lost, indicating that the seller's asking price was much higher, possibly even over a hundred million.

It was likely that a tech company or an official entity had purchased the item.

After all, no one would spend over a hundred million on a weapon with the performance of a B-class rifle.

At that moment, Lu Heng suddenly saw a prompt:

【Abyssal Battlefield: Summon Countdown - 7 Days】

Upon seeing the Abyssal Battlefield's summon information, Lu Heng's eyebrows furrowed, and he immediately asked, "Check your data panel."

Lin Zeyu, initially unaware of the situation, casually replied, "Check what? I haven't leveled up in the past two days... Holy shit! I've been summoned."

Lu Heng corrected him, "We've been summoned."

Since the three of them had signed a team contract, they would be summoned together to the Abyssal Battlefield.

Lin Zeyu tensed up, as this was the first time they were being summoned as a team: "What do we do now?"

Lu Heng checked the time and said, "It's a bit late today. Let's gather tomorrow and make some preparations."

...

The next day.

The meeting place was the training hall at Jade Peak Lake.

When Lu Heng arrived in the morning, a sweeping robot was busily cleaning.

Su Muyu was in the kitchen, washing cups and brewing a pot of lemon water.

When she saw Lu Heng enter, she turned and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"Yes."

"I bought some steamed buns and soy milk. You can have some if you get hungry."

After washing the cups, Su Muyu wiped down the kitchen counter.

The two sat on the balcony, soaking in the sun for a while, and then Lin Zeyu arrived.

As soon as Lin Zeyu entered, he chuckled, "Am I interrupting something?"

"Yes, you should leave." Lu Heng replied bluntly.

"Don't be like that. I brought a lot of stuff."

Lin Zeyu started taking items from his inventory, "I got six grenades, two for each of us. They've been assimilated and can be taken into the Abyssal Battlefield."

Lu Heng picked up a grenade and examined it, asking, "How much divine energy does it consume?"

Lin Zeyu held up a finger, "One hundred."

100 points of divine energy were used to assimilate a grenade, and six grenades were equivalent to the price of a C-class weapon.

If calculated, assimilating grenades was a bit extravagant.

Of course, the power of the grenades justified the price, but they were disposable weapons, usable only once.

Lin Zeyu had 2400 points of divine energy after leaving the Evil God's Graveyard, using 2000 points to assimilate the SVD sniper rifle and 300 points to upgrade the Armor-Piercing Shell skill.

In other words, he didn't have enough divine energy left.

Obviously, the divine energy consumed by these six grenades wasn't his.

Anything with a price could be bought with money.

Tempering materials could be purchased, and divine energy was no exception.

However, divine energy couldn't be transferred.

Therefore, it couldn't be traded conventionally.

But items assimilated with divine energy could be given to others.

As a result, divine energy-infused weapons could be bought with money.

Even if they couldn't be bought with money, there would always be someone willing to exchange them for high-level skill crystal cores, as long as the offer was generous enough.

(End of Chapter)

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