Chen Yu began inventorying the warehouse, organizing the remaining resources.
He found that there was still a good amount of iron ingots, steel ingots, and similar materials, enough to forge a batch of equipment.
However, there were no magic crystals.
This was normal; after fighting to such an extent, all the magic crystals would have been used to mass-produce troops, so none would be left.
After the resources were inventoried, Chen Yu built a teleportation array and brought Li Ruoshu and the others back.
Qi Maosong couldn't return; Sun Yaowu's territory was too far away, and the side effects of the Tyrant Third Form were too strong, so he eventually died.
He returned to the Adventurers' hut to revive.
“The losses this time were heavy; our original plan to upgrade to a Level Four Castle will have to wait until tomorrow,” Li Ruoshu sighed.
“It’s indeed a bit difficult to deal with these flying creatures; it would be great if we had firearms.”
“Yes, if you gave me that big sniper rifle, I could pick off those Ice Wyverns in the sky one by one,” Chen Yuxuan added.
“Firearms…”
Chen Yu fell into thought; this was a world of swords and magic, and it would indeed be difficult to introduce firearms here.
He could only think about whether he could forge firearms through some alternative means.
Just then,
Chu Ruoxue suddenly said, “Since the Tyrant can use rocket launchers and Gatling guns here, doesn’t that mean firearms that come with cards can be used?”
“Hmm?”
This statement reminded Chen Yu.
“You mean… forging firearms using illustration cards?”
“Yes,” Chu Ruoxue pondered briefly.
“However, I’ve carefully observed the equipment on the Tyrant; it’s somewhat different from what’s in Resident Evil.”
“How so?” Chen Yu asked; he hadn’t seen it firsthand but could guess that the system had perfected it in another way.
This was a world of swords and magic, and certain underlying logics would certainly have to follow this world’s rules.
Chu Ruoxue shook her head, “I don’t know; we’ll have to ask Qi Maosong about this. As the user, he should have some understanding.”
After chatting for a few moments, they each went about their business.
Wu Yue and Chu Yunxiao also went to the Resident Evil world to comprehend T-Virus skills.
Chen Yuxuan, meanwhile, kept covering her eyes, feeling a bit uncomfortable.
There were fine black lines spiraling in the whites of her eyes; it seemed the T-Virus’s side effects were a bit greater than expected.
Chen Yuxuan couldn’t bear the feeling, so she decided to die.
She went back to the Adventurers' hut to revive.
Chen Yu remained in the Resident Evil territory, waiting for Qi Maosong to revive.
The outside world returned to calm.
Now that he was free, Chen Yu distributed rewards to the Adventurers from earlier.
At the same time, he compensated the Adventurers who chose to consume revival attempts to defend Chen Yu’s territory, paying them at the market price of 500 happy coins per attempt.
Although they didn't ask for compensation, what was due still had to be given; this amount of happy coins wouldn't cause market fluctuations.
Chen Yu also understood a principle: any relationship is built through repeated interactions.
Not long after,
Qi Maosong revived from the Adventurers' hut.
“My Lord, I’m truly sorry. I didn’t expect that territory to be so fragile that even the Guardian Stone shattered,” Qi Maosong said, scratching his head awkwardly when he saw Chen Yu.
They were supposed to have secured two territories this time.
But due to some mistakes, that territory was destroyed.
“It doesn’t matter. The Dark World is vast; territories are everywhere. What’s important is being able to defend them,” Chen Yu said, patting his shoulder to comfort him.
Chen Yu also didn't really want to build a new territory so far away; the defense costs would be too high.
He only wanted to expand outwards from his main city.
This way, even if attacked, it would be the outer territories that were hit, making them easier to defend.
Afterward, Chen Yu asked Qi Maosong about the Tyrant’s weapons.
Qi Maosong recalled for a long time.
Then he said, “Now that you mention it, I realize… the rocket launcher and Gatling gun on the Tyrant are indeed somewhat different from those in the Dungeon.
From the feel of it, they seem more like an organ, or rather a living creature, like a hand or a foot, rather than cold steel.”
“You mean, when actualized into the Dark World, these firearms become some kind of creature or body organ…”
Chen Yu pondered for a moment, then smiled, “I understand a bit now. So this is how the system completes the underlying logic; the rocket launcher is still the rocket launcher, with no significant difference in appearance, but its essence has changed.
If that’s the case…
Then I just need to design some firearms, define them as monsters, let Adventurers kill them, drop cards, and then you can transform into firearms for another person to use.”
Qi Maosong was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head. “My Lord, you mean… you want us to use people as guns?”
“…If that’s how you want to understand it, then fine. Alright, you should also hurry to the Resident Evil world to comprehend the T-Virus skill.”
Qi Maosong left as ordered.
Chen Yu remained in place, pondering methods.
Currently,
This method should be feasible.
However, this would mean that the number of auxiliary Contract Adventurer would increase.
Later on, a main combatant might need one or two support personnel accompanying them.
For example, transforming into a sniper rifle, shotgun, or even a Tank, or mech, for the main combatant to use.
“The biggest problem now is how to obtain these cards. The greater the lethality of the firearm, the higher the quality of the card, and the more difficult it will be to acquire.”
“To obtain cards on a large scale, we must first abandon paid Dungeons to attract a large number of Adventurers to hunt firearm-type monsters.”
“Therefore…”
“I need to create a free Dungeon specifically for farming cards.”
To farm cards,
And increase the card drop rate,
We must treat Adventurers like slaves, making them go through immense hardship to kill the card monsters.
This process should ideally be tedious and painful.
Only then will the drop rate be high.
“But in that case, the free Dungeon might not even be effective. Perhaps at first, Adventurers will be curious and go there to play, but over time, they will definitely get bored.”
“Since that’s the case…”
“Then I’ll have to introduce ‘brick-moving’ instances, where Adventurers act as slaves and laborers, going one after another to kill monsters in the Dungeon. After killing them, they will be rewarded with happy coins based on the quality of the monsters killed.”
