"Wolf?"
Ji Jue lowered his eyes and glanced at the screen, then continued working with his hands.
On the workbench, the parts just completed on the lathe had been sorted into categories and partially assembled. Their edges, not yet chamfered, were razor-sharp.
After undergoing dozens of rounds of Earth Bearing Sea Containing, the metal had turned black with a reddish glow. Its mere existence continuously eroded and devoured the surrounding spiritual substance and matter.
Beneath the surface framework of Three-Phase Alchemy, the interior incorporated numerous applications of Fiendification Alchemy. The combination complemented the savage aura of the materials themselves.
There was no Blessing and no complicated structure. Strictly speaking, it was merely an ordinary material whose Materiality Enhancement had been forcibly driven to its limit. There was no need to cherish it or handle it carefully. As long as the consumable could function properly, that was enough.
It was a break-action Turning Wheel pistol.
But unlike other models, its central cylinder held only three rounds.
With such a low ammunition capacity, the caliber could be raised to nearly that of a 10-gauge shotgun—almost two centimeters across.
The bullets also required special manufacture, but to Ji Jue, that was no trouble.
It was nothing more than a matter of grinding away at it over time.
Amid work that was unbearably dull to ordinary people, Ji Jue flicked his fingers. Deus Ex Machina activated, once again taking control of the servers deployed throughout Tower City. At once, the silent wall of screens before him lit up one after another.
Scenes from completely different locations around Tower City appeared. Soon, the images began moving rapidly, racing toward the same destination.
At that very moment, in Tower City—in sewers, on rooftops, inside garbage bins and ditches, at construction sites...within the mud—tiny mechanical spiders suddenly