A howl tore through the night sky. A shell slowly spun through the air before finally landing beside a trench.
Boom!
The flash drove back some of the darkness. Dirt sprayed from the impact point, scattering across the charred trunk of a tree that had been burned countless times, peppering it with holes.
The dirt blasted away by the shell alone had the force of a shotgun blast. The lethality at the center of the explosion was self-evident.
The orange-yellow flames gradually faded, leaving a faint burnt smell in the air. This was the distinctive scent produced by burning white gunpowder. Some unknown genius had developed this "white-phosphorus yate acidic gunpowder," whose kinetic energy was several hundred times greater than that of ordinary gunpowder. That genius had originally intended to provide humanity with energy, but unfortunately, "white-phosphorus yate acidic gunpowder" was used for war.
Firearms made with white gunpowder and Wensluo Steel could penetrate almost anything. Ordinary steel was as brittle as paper. The only materials capable of providing effective defense were Wensluo Steel and Lomis crystal.
One gram of Lomis crystal was worth fifteen million Langke, so it was destined never to be used in war.
Inside the trench beneath the night sky, Su Xiao patted the dirt from his head. Based on his estimate, if a white-gunpowder shell landed within three meters of him, he would suffer severe injuries even if he survived.
The shells were filled with compressed white gunpowder. Its instantaneous explosive force was even greater than Apollo's.
Su Xiao was not the only one. None of the contractors in this world dared to take a white-gunpowder shell head-on. Once, a heavily armored Tank had been hit by one by accident. In the end, his teammates had to pack him up. The man had been blown