I Can Enhance My Talents Using Unlimited Skill Points Novel - Chapter 353
Chapter 353: Extraordinary Cannon
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
At the military committee, a meeting was underway.
The threat of mutant creatures was becoming more and more serious. Those in the country were almost cleared out, and now it was time to get rid of those outside the country.
The content of the discussion was mainly about the defense and reinforcements at the southwest border of the Daxia Kingdom. The participants were from the military leaders.
Not long after, a communications officer barged in with a phone, his face filled with anxiety.
Commander Wei Zhengdao’s expression darkened. The communications officer had actually interrupted the meeting. Did he not know what kind of situation they were in?
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“Chief, there’s an urgent call from the southwest air base.” The communications officer’s back was drenched in sweat under the gazes of many military leaders.
Hearing that it was from the Southwest Air Force Base, Wei Zhengdao’s expression changed. He took the phone and placed it to his ear.
“Commander Wei, I’m Feng Tao.”
“What is it?”
“In the area around Mount Everest, under the cover of the red fog, we suspect that powerful black tide creatures are hiding there, secretly controlling the changes in the Ganges Kingdom.”
“What!” Wei Zhengdao’s eyes widened.
Perhaps because the shock brought by this news was too great, the phone slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground. Seeing this, the communications officer quickly helped to pick it up.
This type of special phone was made of high quality materials, and could even be used to smash walnuts. Of course, it would not be a problem if it fell to the ground. There was only a small white mark left on it.
“Hello? A black tide creature? Is it like the shadow monster from the last time?”
“We can’t be sure yet. We only know that it’s a huge eye hidden under the red fog.”
Although he had forgotten to turn on the speakerphone, Feng Tao’s words seemed to have been put through a loudspeaker and echoed clearly in the meeting room. The military leaders all had solemn expressions on their faces.
A few minutes passed.
After passing on the urgent news, Feng Tao hung up.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was heavy. The military leaders were overwhelmed by the news.
The incident involving the shadow monster the last time still left a vivid impression in their minds. These black tide creatures were a terrifying threat that could destroy the entire country. If they could not hold them back or their weaknesses were grasped, the Daxia Kingdom would not be able to deal with the consequences.
They were worried. Why was there a huge eye there? However, it was useless no matter how worried they were.
In the face of the powerful black tide creatures, nuclear weapons were no longer enough. Even the two martial masters, Elder Zhang and Elder Huang, were helpless. There were also problems that had yet to be resolved with the reforged extraordinary weapons.
In the end, Chen Yiming was still the last line of defense for the Daxia Kingdom.
However, if the last line of defense could not withstand it, the Daxia Kingdom would be finished in an instant.
“The space plan,” Commander Wei Zhengdao muttered.
“The space plan,”
The other military leaders also thought to themselves.
Unlike the passive invasion from the otherworld, the black tide from outer space was taking the initiative to actively attack.
After blocking the first wave, there would be a second, third, and fourth wave. There was no hope of defending themselves over a prolonged period.
For now, escaping seemed to be the best choice.
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After rescuing the two pilots, the group returned to the southwest air base.
Mount Everest was enveloped by the red fog. Surprisingly, there were no more movements, as if the red fog was more of a warning.
For this reason, the meeting among the higher ups was held for a day and night. Chen Yiming attended with the help of a long-range communication device.
In the end, they decided on a relatively conservative solution: They would not provoke or communicate with each other. They would increase the number of patrols at the southwest border.
Chen Yiming stayed at the base for another two days. After confirming that the huge eye hiding under the red fog had made no move, he boarded the plane with Chen Yingying on the third day and returned to Jiangnan province.
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In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
At the Jiangnan Firearms Factory, on the shooting range, a cannon of average design was quietly parked there.
The observation tower not far away was filled with staff from the factory. It was very lively inside, and they were all here to watch the first-generation extraordinary cannon being tested.
Chen Yiming and Ye Jianyuan stood beside the cannon and chatted casually.
“I heard that the abnormal situation on Mount Everest has been resolved?”
“It’s hard to say. For the time being, there’s no further information. Perhaps the huge eye isn’t a black tide creature at all, but a powerful creature from the otherworld.”
“Are you serious?”
“It shouldn’t be wrong. If it’s really a black tide creature similar to the shadow monster, why would it be interested in those fragments of extraordinary weapons?”
“If the huge eye is not a black tide creature, how can it control the mutant creatures?”
“The mutant creatures in this area of South Asia were all created by that shadow monster. Isn’t the other party already dead? Perhaps the huge eye is extremely good at creating illusions and tricking the mutant creatures.”
“Now that you mention it, could it be that the huge eye is here to take refuge on the blue planet?”
“I’m not sure about that.”
Chen Yiming didn’t mention this unconfirmed guess at the meeting with the higher ups. He had only casually voiced his guess when he was chatting with Ye Jianyuan.
The reason was that among all the clues, the only clue that suggested that the huge eye was part of the black tide was that the other party could control the mutant creatures.
Of course, others did not know the information he had gotten from various sources like the female spirit, the 10,000-meter-long corpse, the shadow monster, and so on.
Just because it was able to control mutant creatures, they subconsciously thought of the huge eye as a black tide creature.
Time quickly passed by.
“Sorry to keep you waiting.”
At some point, a voice sounded from afar, interrupting the two people who were chatting.
The people who had arrived were the factory head, Xu Jian, and a middle-aged man in a blue uniform. This person’s name was Lu Qiming, and he was an expert in large-caliber artillery.
“It’s alright. I came over at the last minute. Sorry to trouble you,” Chen Yiming said politely.
“It’s no trouble at all. It’s our honor that you’re willing to hand over the project to the Jiangnan Firearms Factory,” the factory head, Xu Jian, said respectfully.
At the moment, almost all the fragments of the extraordinary weapons had been invested in the space plan. The projects leaned more towards the construction of the spaceship’s hull than the creation of powerful weapons.
There were not even enough fragments to go around the military factories under the three armies for the direct production of weapons.
Therefore, the Jiangnan Firearms Factory had been eyeing it for a long time. Now, they finally had a chance to participate.
Next, the factory head, Xu Jian, introduced Chen Yiming to the artillery expert, Lu Qiming. The cannon project was created by a team led by Lu Qiming who had worked overnight for a week.
The cannons were made from biological materials with different attributes. The cost was relatively high, but they should be able to launch three attacks using the power of nature before breaking.
The attack range was estimated to be three to five kilometers, and the attack was in the form of a powerful wind blade.
The lethality was highest within one kilometer of the center of the attack. It could ensure that the wind blades covered the entire area. Warriors who were three kilometers away had enough space to dodge the four wind blades.
In the end, because it was a first-generation product that was rushed out, he recommended not to shoot it a third time to prevent the gun from exploding and causing the operator to be accidentally injured.
“It’s still quite dangerous!”
Chen Yiming sighed after hearing the explanation.
Lu Qi hurriedly explained, “It takes more than a minute to mobilize the power of nature to fire a shot using the fragment of the extraordinary weapon in this cannon. For a warrior, there’s enough time to run more than a few kilometers away.”
“However, if they happen to be close to it when it’s firing, there’s still a chance that they will be killed by the wind blades,” Chen Yiming said.
Lu Qiming was speechless.
This was a serious problem.
The material of the cannon in front of them was clearly incomparable to that of the futuristic fighter jets.
Moreover, the power of nature of the wind attribute could cut through the barrel of a cannon easily, thus imposing a higher requirement on the firing mechanism.
Due to such reasons, the cannon barrel could theoretically only be used thrice.
This alone brought about a huge risk. To the current humans, it was a weapon that was half angel and half demon.
“Let’s try firing a round,” Chen Yiming suggested after a long time.
Lu Qiming looked at the factory head, Xu Jian, and asked for his opinion.
It had to be known that this shooting range was only designed according to the standards of ordinary firearms. At most, it could be used as a firing point. The real targets were the mountains behind.
It was foreseeable that the outcome of this first attack would be the destruction of the surrounding environment.
Xu Jian smiled and said, “Go ahead and fire! I just reported to my superiors, and there are soldiers blocking the entrances to the mountain. No one is allowed to enter the mountain until the test is over.”
Soon, everyone took a step back, leaving a large space around Lu Qiming.
Lu Qiming took out a small bottle of transparent liquid from his pocket and explained, “This is the catalyst to activate the supernatural cannon. After communicating with the army’s main equipment factory, we experimented with it based on their ideas.”
Chen Yiming extended his spiritual power to examine it.
This catalyst was obtained by diluting some kind of biological material. As for why it could activate the fragments of supernatural weapons, no one could explain it clearly, but it did not stop humans from using it directly.
After a simple explanation, Lu Qiming pulled open an opening at the side of the cannon. He poured in a small amount of the translucent liquid and sealed it up.
Chen Yiming used his spiritual power to study it and sensed the transparent liquid flowing down a thin tube and dripping onto the fragment from the extraordinary weapon that laid at the core of the firing device.
