Chapter 239: Not enough bullets? I'll turn the sniper rifle into a machine gun!
[Apocalypse Calendar: Day 24]
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[Survival points settlement successful: Survival points +6114]
[Survival points remaining from yesterday: 7011]
[Total survival points: 13125]
The survival points interface always carries a "record" function.
It accurately records what important things the survivor did the previous day and clearly informs them how many survival points they will earn for those actions.
Survival points are very important for survivors.
When resources are extremely scarce, the survival points obtained daily allow survivors to get things that are hard to find, like water or some agricultural products, or processing and manufacturing materials.
But for Lin Yue, these survival points are always in a "can't spend them all" state.
The most costly "Universal Upgrade Design" originally required a lot of survival points; he could exchange them for wine, which he had in abundance, even more than water. Nearly everyone in the group was eager to deliver these useless things to him as fast as possible whenever he wanted!
After exchanging a lot of things that were just trash to him, sent from Levik's group from their corpses in the Storage Space, his total survival points soared to 13799.
But no matter how high, it's useless.
Lin Yue feels that he can spend so little, and rather than spending, it's better to save it. Who knows when the Survival Points Mall would upgrade, and maybe something he really wants will appear.
If he doesn't have enough survival points then, it'd be a problem.
"By the way, is it time to manufacture some sniper rifle bullets?"
Lin Yue closed the system panel and stood up abruptly.
Recently, the sniper rifle has been used heavily; bullets are indeed a big issue. Moreover, the shotgun shells are down to ten; in a critical situation, they could be depleted instantly! This chapter was first seen on MV^LEM^PYR.
Things can't continue like this.
He took out the High-Precision Research Workstation and placed it directly beside the bed.
He took out a sniper rifle bullet and a shotgun shell.
With nitrocellulose, copper chunks, and lead blocks prepared, Lin Yue promptly disassembled a sniper rifle bullet.
[L115A3 Sniper Rifle Special Bullet: Bullet head, primer (alloy), bullet core (steel), gunpowder/nitrocellulose]
The bullet core requires steel this time!
Good thing, without dismantling the iron tower—the symbolic spirit of those living well in Neon—Lin Yue wouldn't find this thing anywhere.
Now, this stuff is what he has most!
[You lost stainless steel X2, steel block X3, nitrocellulose 1000g]
[You gained 1300 rounds of L115A3 Sniper Rifle Special bullets!]
1300 rounds!
Lin Yue suddenly felt a sense of being a nouveau riche!
1300 rounds, enough to go wild and use the sniper rifle as a machine gun!
He took out one of the bullets he made and compared it with the original, unable to discern any difference.
Looking back at the original sniper rifle stock, with the newly manufactured ones, there were 1672 rounds in total.
A wealthy household!
Lin Yue took a deep breath.
With this many bullets, how can he not use them more often?
He decided to make the sniper rifle appear more frequently, practicing his aim and feel.
Always using the M19 pistol for close combat is not his style.
Lin Yue self-evaluated; initially, when he had no other option, he had to use the Iron Spear as a melee weapon, but once he got the Steel Repeating Crossbow, he rarely used it more, even when the quality of the Iron Spear had upgraded to excellent, it remained the same.
Because weapons for mid to long-range combat put him in an absolute proactive position at the start while confronting enemies, allowing him to freely decide the battle's outcome according to his own thoughts.
So later on, he always used the Steel Repeating Crossbow or Alloy Tactical Crossbow and such things; with the sniper rifle acquired, even the Steel Repeating Crossbow is only used to deal with monsters prone to catch fire in the Secret Realm.
Afterwards, whether in the Secret Realm, Otherworld, or Underground Ruins, Lin Yue feels he can make good use of this sniper rifle.
As for the M800 Shotgun, it's for saving lives.
Yesterday, this thing stopped a large group of Monster Winged Dragons charging at him and Bai in the Secret Realm; at close range, its power was exceedingly great.
Even those Monster Winged Dragons with incredibly hard bones could be shredded.
The downside is, there are no ear muffs or earplugs to reduce the deafening gunshot sound, making ears suffer every time it is fired, which even affects combat.
"By the way, does the Survival Points Mall have such earplugs or earmuffs?"
Lin Yue opened the Survival Points Mall again and entered the keyword.
Nothing.
There was a so-called "Noise-Canceling Earplugs," upon reading its description of "suitable for use during travel and in noisy environments, ensuring restful sleep," he realized it was useless.
So, is there any on the trading panel?
With a mindset to give it a try, Lin Yue searched around.
Unexpectedly, he found there really was!
[Seller: Linger Clarkson]
[For sale: 4M Super Noise-Cancelling Ear Muffs]
[Required item: 2000 survival points]
[Seller's note: Useless to me, useful for you, 2000 survival points is what I want.]
What!
It actually required survival points, and 2000 points at that!
Lin Yue was astonished.
This person is simply... too kind.
Only asking for such a small amount? Isn't that a loss?
Lin Yue immediately placed the order, losing 2000 survival points.
Since the trading panel upgrade allowing survival points trades, Lin Yue has had no need for this. What he needs is always exchanged for various hard currencies in his hand.
Thus, he never paid attention to transactions selling survival points on the market.
Taking out the "Super Noise-Cancelling Ear Muffs" from the Storage Space, Lin Yue discovered these were exactly like those worn by shotgun-wielding characters in movies.
Putting them on simply, Lin Yue let Bai growl once; the result was nearly inaudible!
Good stuff, now the shotgun has no flaws!
So next, he needs to mass-produce these shotgun shells.
He took out a shotgun shell and noticed this thumb-thick bullet had a layer of plastic-like casing outside.
Initially, Lin Yue found it odd why the cartridge casing could be made from plastic.
But upon getting the design diagram from disassembly, he knew his habitual thinking really needed change.
[M800 Shotgun Special Bullet: Cartridge casing (high-strength engineering plastic), projectile (lead/steel), nitrocellulose]
This high-strength engineering plastic was harvested plenty from automobiles earlier, just enough.
What is he waiting for then?
Descending into the warehouse, Lin Yue prepared the materials for immediate production!
[You lost high-strength engineering plastic X2, steel block X3, nitrocellulose 1000g]
[You gained 900 rounds of M800 Shotgun Special bullets!]
A massive amount of bullets entered Storage Space, and Lin Yue loaded these bullets into the shotgun in his hand.
The sound of reloading echoed, as Lin Yue raised the weapon in his hand, wearing the ear muffs.
He decided to fire one shot outside right now, anyways there's no shortage of ammunition!
However, just at that instant.
Bai suddenly rushed downstairs into the basement, with Lin Yue wearing earmuffs knowing nothing about what it was up to.
He took off the earmuffs to find Bai seemed to be growling towards the direction where the Underground Ruins Stone Gate, never visited before, was located!
Lin Yue furrowed his brows, picked up the shotgun, and quickly approached over there.
The location of the Underground Ruins Stone Gate was on one of the emergency passages.
And soon, he discovered that the stone gate had already opened a gap, revealing inside a hand with green scales, already extended out!