Big Sister
After introducing the [Gunsmith's] arsenal, it's time to talk about the [Big Sister's ] little toys.
Over the past two months, Xue Ming has switched character accounts multiple times using her pinky finger, a fact that the weapon designers at the Dead Puppet Agency have become accustomed to. However, Jessica still shows signs of a surge in Madness Index when she sees the Bailu Plus version.
Especially when the "Big Sister" asked Jessica for a bra and sports bra, the disgust and awkwardness she showed when wearing the small-sized bra, coupled with that woman with a lithe figure and smooth scalp, who looked like a nun or armed monk, talking to Jessica about all sorts of trivial matters in Jiang Xueming's tone, Officer Jessica was almost furious to the point of fainting!
On a side note.
B·Side's ability is limited to healing damage to the physical body's essence; it cannot promote hair regrowth.
--Hair, like the keratin in nails, is already dead once it grows out.
Overdosing on White Lady's products or the Universal Elixir will cause excessive hair growth, just like when the first BOSS injected Xue Ming with a full 250 milliliters of the Universal Elixir for her arm injuries.
That concludes my digression.
Four hours later, the Big Sister returned to the ironworks family quarters, where she worked day and night, risking her life, and went back to the recreation room to retrieve her divine weapon.
In the order of serving the dishes, the first course is an appetizer.
Like the Milky Way, it was <Alien> weapon that the Big Sister couldn't understand.
It seems that after the two veteran engineers from the Soviet weapons design bureau began to let their imaginations run wild, Dalang and Erik also started an arms race, producing increasingly outrageous designs.
Its shape resembles a piece of engineering plastic, but describing it as engineering plastic is an understatement.
The Big Sister couldn't understand it at all. Holding this "gun" that looked like a hockey stick and was only thirty centimeters long, she couldn't even find its firing mechanism and trigger.
"I switched to a new character account, and my intelligence dropped by fifty percent. Explain to me what this thing is." Xue Ming was very impatient, almost to the point of being agitated. "Ideally, you should be able to convince me to willingly spend 180,000 on it in three sentences."
Darren and Foreman Eric didn't say a word.
The two men worked together, one in front and one behind, taking out more clubs from the weapon box. Then, a pair of high boots appeared.
They incorporated these sticks as the basic firing unit for 9x39mm rifle cartridges into this exoskeleton armor.
As Goncharov and Polechev said--
--Why does your first high-powered handgun have to be a handgun?
The quick-witted Japanese man and the cunning United Kingdom took turns speaking to the Big Sister.
"Put on your boots."
The Big Sister put on these high boots only on her right leg and tested her mobility.
It is not thin or light; the boot shaft acts as armor covering the major artery on the outside of the thigh.
Darren pointed at the rubber tire. "Kick it!"
Xue Ming slightly bent and straightened his foot, lifting his leg. As the instep naturally straightened, six round holes appeared at the ankle joint. It was as if the change in the angle of the ankle caused the three firing mechanisms on the left and right sides to raise the barrels of a gun.
Big Sister: "Brilliant!"
Right now--
--[Fragrant Dream] involuntarily popped its head out and replied, "Meow?"
Xue Ming pressed it back down, and the female character's control over her soul power seemed to have worsened.
After the designers put on their earmuffs and got ready, the Big Sister delivered a powerful kick of over 600 pounds to the target.
When the instep struck the target, a tremendous sonic boom was generated.
The rifle bullets burst out with a deafening thud as they were kicked. In that instant, the Big Sister grinned wildly with joy, hearing the whistling sound of the ejection clutch in her boot as it returned to its original position.
The rubbery debris exploding from gunpowder and bullets sounded like celestial music.
Then, as if possessed or poisoned, she began to ravage the next target.
"Wait! Wait, wait, wait! Don't just keep kicking! Give it a kick! Give it a kick!" Dalang shouted his second sentence.
The Big Sister immediately switched to a straight kick, and the powerful, resounding thud of her shoe made her feel like she was ascending to heaven.
After an unknown amount of time, the boot on my right leg went from being fully loaded with 240 bullets to feeling light as a feather.
The Big Sister's face was flushed, and steam rose from her body due to the intense exercise. Her right leg was still trembling slightly from the repeated, high-intensity kicks.
She lifted her leg and flexed her foot, the back-and-forth motion allowing the twelve emission holes in her heel and ankle to dissipate heat. The lingering smoke and embers emanating from them seemed so sexy to her.
Finally, Foreman Eric finished his third sentence. "It's ingenious, and deadly."
Three sentences made the Big Sister spend 180,000 yuan.
This is no joke.
Xue Ming saw that the hockey stick-shaped firing mechanism was the core component of these boots.
Darren and Eric disassembled the bolt carriers of the VSS and the Giant Wave, and used the simplest approach to complete the "firing" action.
As we all know, a bullet only needs a firing pin to be fired. However, to ensure firing, the force transmission of the ammunition requires a chamber and a barrel. These components constitute a very basic version of the firing mechanism, which is the original design concept of the hockey stick.
And the other functions, all the other fancy tricks—
--Darang and Eric incorporated them into these boots.
Eric said, "We use extremely high-strength nano-adhesive strips and polycarbonate sheets for the lining, and SHP polymer nylon for the outer shell. This ensures that the boots are bulletproof while maintaining their toughness, resilience, structural stability, and extreme bending and stretching characteristics—there are no metal parts except for the barrel, firing pin, and bullet."
Darren held the other shoe and disassembled twelve hockey-shaped triggers.
"It can fire six bullets at once, with a reserve of 240. A kick or stomp—it takes more than 300 pounds of force to break through the endurance board's safety mechanism. With your weight, you don't need to worry about accidental discharge when jumping or running."
He stroked the concealed shell-throwing window on his calf.
"Six spent cartridge cases will be ejected from both sides of the lower leg, followed by the bolt returning to its original position and six new bullets being inserted. I believe no small or medium-sized unit could withstand such a kick; body armor below level three would be rendered unusable almost instantly, and even large padlocks made of copper or iron could be kicked open—the key point is..."
Darren removed the endurance plate and the SHP/PA66 nylon armor plating. The strength of these two composite armors was comparable to the bulletproof glass of vehicles used for armed escorts. The bullets in the ammunition compartments were neatly stacked in a row.
"It allows you to reload quickly, complementing your [Fragrant Dream]."
As he said this, Daron pressed the pistol case against the armored chuck of the boot, held down the decorative zipper, and pulled it up—twenty-one bullets instantly entered Jingguang's magazine in one smooth motion, without having to load them in one by one.
"Fuck!" the Big Sister cursed out.
Fragrant Dream almost cried at that moment; seeing Mr. Darren was like seeing a long-lost relative.
"As for strength," Eric tapped the incredibly resilient nylon component, which had undergone heating and die casting, "Like the Galaxy's receiver structure, we added silicon carbide and corundum to ensure its hardness. A bullet can slice through its flesh, but once it reaches the pressure plate, it will come to a complete stop. Even a titanium-plated steel blade would chip if it were to strike it."
The design language of these boots as clothing is very simple, even to the point of being rudimentary.
Aside from the two angled, slash-shaped openings on the inner thighs and two auxiliary zippers for replenishing Jingguang's ammunition, there are no other decorations.
Like the casing of a galaxy, its surface of aluminum oxide and silicon carbide shimmers with fluorescence, like ten million industrial gemstones embedded in the dark night sky.
The inner layer of fabric is made of fleece and Kevlar, which also serves as a final safety measure to stop bullets.
Xue Ming had been struggling with the lower half of the Flash Butterfly Armor outfit, but now these high boots completed the final piece of the puzzle.
When the titanium-plated copper barrel of the gun is exposed, it looks like two pink roses blooming on the ankle, about to be stained even redder by blood.
Taro said nervously, "We call it [Wenyu Kodamaru Black Immaculate] -- Domaru is armor."
With that, Darren handed the suspenders of the high boots to the Big Sister; the MOLLE-structured rope suspenders were all that was needed to secure the armor and the musket.
"The white kimono is a woman's wedding dress, but I couldn't think of any other good name, so I'll call it the Black Immaculate —it's the enemy's mourning attire."
Xue Ming had no objection. "I like groin kicks. One kick and you're basically a saint. It's perfectly reasonable."
After finishing this heavy appetizer, the Big Sister had expended a lot of energy. She brewed White Lady's coffee, drank it all in one gulp, and after recovering her strength, her shoulder-length black hair grew back. Learning from her lover Xiao Qi's tying technique, Xue Ming made herself a high ponytail.
Opening the main weapon case reveals a standard fully automatic rifle.
It retains the VSS's gun design, but compared to the previous Galaxy hydraulic silencer system, it removes all silencers, making it extremely streamlined into a short assault rifle for CQB combat.
It's incredibly light, so light that even Big Sister could pick it up and fire it with one hand.
Just how outrageous is it?
Using Jingguang's pistol case, Xue Ming held it with his right hand, raising it without touching his shoulder, and fired continuously. At a distance of seventeen meters, he could hit all twenty-one targets and achieve a score of eight rings or higher on eighteen targets.
The reason it is so lightweight is that most of its casing and frame are made of aluminum alloy, which is treated with T6 aerospace-grade anodizing process, giving it an overall strange pink color.
Gantcharov blushed, still wanting to take credit. "I spent a long time mixing the colors; its name is [Wenyu Diwana], after our hunting goddess."
"Very good!" The Big Sister took aim seriously and adjusted the position of the collapsible stock. "Excellent!"
Its muzzle pointing, combined with the holographic sight's eye distance, aiming baseline, and trigger pull, are all finely tuned. As a primary weapon, it's deadly—all other fancy features are secondary.
If compared to the Eye of the Blood Wolf, the Eye of the Blood Wolf would have an advantage in firefights at distances of 500 meters or more, but the advantage of 9x39 ammunition lies in overwhelming firepower in urban warfare or close to medium range.
When a traditional rifle bullet hits body armor during a firefight, the enemy may still have a chance to catch their breath.
However, the 9x39mm lightweight supersonic high-power rifle bullet, without any deceleration treatment, can destroy the fighting will of lightly armored units with a three-round burst.
Its bullet's kinetic energy, calculated according to the formula, with a weighted projectile of 26 grams, a muzzle velocity of 300 meters per second, and a kinetic energy of 1,170 joules. This is the destructive power of the Milky Way.
The weight-reduced steel-core bullet weighs ten grams, has a muzzle velocity of 770 meters per second, and a kinetic energy of 2,964 joules. This is the destructive power of Diwana, the goddess of the hunt.
Jingguang and Yinhe use the same subsonic heavy bullet. Due to the limitation of the short barrel, the muzzle velocity is 260 meters per second. The bullet's kinetic energy reaches 878 joules. It far exceeds most home defense pistols. Those that shoot faster are not as powerful, and those with greater kinetic energy are not as accurate or fast.
Hard-core steel bullets can penetrate 8mm steel plates within 100 meters and penetrate light body armor within 400 meters. By using heavy tungsten core armor-piercing bullets, the noise level is only 48 decibels within 200 meters, which is the main reason why Galaxy can transform the noise of this special type of bullet into the screeching of seagulls.
These bullets are called ruble launchers because of their high cost, low yield, and other reasons.
The two tall boots, when fully loaded, held 480 rounds of ammunition, weighing a total of 13 kilograms, which were practically negligible and caused her no real pain.
Finally, dessert.
--Xue Ming held the sword in his hands; it was 131 centimeters long and weighed 6.6 kilograms.
Its exaggerated weight is due to the fact that it has almost no bevels, no handguard, and no hilt.
It is not a Chinese sword, or rather, like Magic Wand, it lacks any sword blade, wax, spine, or edge. Only a slightly raised curve reveals its short, stout frame and rounded blade.
Its handle is simple and crude, wrapped in black plastic cloth, until the blade edge abruptly curves inward, transforming into a round-headed battle blade.
It's less of a sword and more of a modernized, reforged version of Magic Wand.
The Big Sister made no attempt to conceal her family's treasure, reaching out to touch the blade of the greatsword.
"--Is it not sharpened?"
According to traditional blade-sharpening methods, to cut protein and muscle, fishmongers and butchers would commission knife makers to sharpen the blade with a sharp angle, using a very large blade to apply pressure to remove bones and meat.
If you need to chop bones, it is most suitable to use a blunt-angled axe blade to strike the tough bone. The axe blade can also be used to break through multi-layered fibrous materials such as wood.
Therefore, most Japanese swords, or round-edged fruit knives, cannot cut through rattan or bamboo poles; they can only cut grass, chop pigs, and cut through cartilage, etc.
Like the greatsword Xue Ming received, Gantcharov didn't make a fine blade for it; he simply polished it into a clumsy, round edge and stopped. Even if the Big Sister pressed down hard on the edge, the knife could hardly leave a cut on Thumb, let alone be sharp enough to cut a hair in two.
Polechev shouted, "That's not how you use it! Big Sister!"
Gancharov chimed in, "Let it shine! Let it shine! We used the finest steel to forge this great sword to slay demons and vanquish evil!"
Just as Xue Ming was examining the blade, intense heat emanated from the surface of the steel sword.
Cr25Ni20 can withstand temperatures of over 1,000 degrees Celsius. Combined with its steel-cladding and laminating process, the core is covered with extremely hard austenite and a titanium-plated layer.
It burst forth with intense flames, like an energy fountain, spewing out pure white radiance.
The seemingly incapable round blade, when Xue Ming casually swung it, quickly turned the contact surface between the rubber tire and the blade into a torrent of scalding mud. The thick, smooth blade surface was as if coated with a nano-hydrophobic coating, leaving no trace of dirt.
Flames rose from the tires, and the acrid smoke triggered the fire alarm.
Two Jingguang pistols, one long and one short. The 6.5-inch one belongs to Xue Ming, and the 5.4-inch one belongs to the Big Sister.
Two VSS prototype rifles, one long and one short. Galaxy belongs to Xue Ming, and the Hunting Goddess belongs to the Big Sister.
The two Ark Hammers serve as magazines and are part of the Fragrant Dream's melee weapons.
The name of the war sword is [Wu Huan· Berloberg], which is the white god and sun god in Slavic mythology. It belongs to the Big Sister.
A delicate umbrella frame and waterproof plastic sheeting wrap it up, making it both a rain umbrella and a way to keep the owner warm on rainy days.
The casting work is finished. The total cost of these items was 1.22 million Hui Stone Currency. This includes design fees, manufacturing costs, material costs, post-production fine-tuning, bullet costs, and various secondary processing, such as titanium plating, anodizing, DLC coating furnace, ultrasonic processing, and so on. Each part has to go through multiple processes, and the cost of scrap in the final product is huge. This is the money spent by Fragrant Dream on the cutting and sandblasting work.
About a quarter of the money I got from the boss has been spent.
Since A Xing generously transferred a sum of money to Brother William last time, Xue Ming has told this rascal to hand over his bank card for the gunsmith to keep. The two of them still have more than five million Hui Stone Currency in their accounts, mainly as rewards for their trip to Niflheim.
According to Commander Jessica, if you stay at the Dead Puppet Agency for three to six months, you might be captured by Rune and turned into a living dead.
Two months passed, and Xue Ming's financial resources were almost exhausted. He rushed back to the Nine Realms with his equipment to continue practicing at the shooting range.
Before leaving, she still used the account of the Big Sister, wanting to figure out all the changes in [Fragrant Dream].
At the platform of the Dead Puppet Agency, she handed over all her equipment to the weapon transport department and paid the shipping fee in the name of the nameless Big Sister. For the first time, she properly shouted "[Fragrant Dream]" in her female form.
A giant steel cat bursts forth from its body--
When the human and the spirit met again, both were startled.
Fragrant Dream: "My God!"
The Big Sister: "Are you sighing? Or are you calling me?"
Fragrant Dream stared wide-eyed at Xue Ming's arms and legs, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
The Big Sister was observing the changes in soul power.
--Its shape has changed very noticeably, especially its head.
The mask, which was originally half-open, now almost completely revealed the cat's face, with a more pointed chin and larger eyes.
A tuft of white hair emerged from the breastplate and neck. Just like the BOSS, who also had a tuft of white hair on his neck. In short, this kid now seems to have turned into a little girl. Just like her physical body, she has grown a few centimeters taller.
Then I saw Fragrant Dream's eyes flickering, and she suddenly lowered her head and lifted her skirt armor.
"Where's my baby?!"
Even the Big Sister couldn't understand this strange change. She was only trying to test the power of her soul and recall it, so she immediately reached out to touch the head of her little finger.
The little girl immediately fainted when a large hand grasped her chin under her pinky finger.
--It seems that Soul Might's abilities haven't changed.
Thinking this, the Big Sister shouted "Fragrant Dream" again, releasing her superpowers.
When Feng Jiali woke up, she was in a terrible state.
Specifically, he seemed to have been drained of his energy, and his body trembled as if he hadn't slept for a very, very long time.
This strange phenomenon immediately made the Big Sister feel extremely uneasy, and she asked a question.
"What's wrong with you?"
His pinky finger trembled, his throat was dry, and he couldn't describe what he had experienced in his dream in those few short seconds.
A few seconds in the real world can feel like ten minutes or even longer in a dream.
He raised his right arm with his little finger, revealing the bluish-gray skin of his arm. The blood flow slowed down, and he almost fell into Gate of Death several times.
"I... I... I had a nightmare, and I can't wake up. I was being beheaded, my hands were being chopped off, I fell into a meat grinder. Every time I die, I have to die in a new way!"
The leader's increasingly incoherent speech made Big Sister more and more uneasy. It seemed that Fragrant Dream had another form, [Dark Dreams], which, like her female character account, had turned from a beautiful dream into a nightmare.
Big Sister: "SD!"
The giant steel cat immediately materialized. "What's wrong?"
"What did you do to Him? Why does He seem to have suffered a mental breakdown? Why can't He recover?" Xue Ming asked, feeding the little finger tea. "Can you heal Him?"
Fragrant Dream shrugged indifferently, seemingly unaware of the changes within itself, and replied in the tone of a spirited young woman from Dongbai Department Store, "I need to go to the VIP tea room to verify it again."
"I don't know!"