My Great Spear is Thirsting!

Although Wang Zhen had decided to use the Remington 1875 revolver, it still required some modifications. After all, a standard-material handgun might be fine against ordinary people, but its lethality would plummet against armored targets. If the target happened to be some inhuman monster, this pistol would be no different from a toy.

In reality, this is the awkward predicament of thermal weapons; while they possess great power, they are also heavily restricted. Once countered, their effectiveness drops off a cliff.

Wang Zhen rarely used firearms before due to his age and stature. After all, how could an innocent, cute, and soft-looking child pull a pistol out of his back pocket?

Even if it were a hobby, it wouldn't be appropriate.

Therefore, while Wang Zhen had practiced shooting, it was merely practice; he wouldn't reach a point where he didn't know how to fire a gun, but that was all.

Of course, as a boy, liking guns was normal and perfectly reasonable.

Wang Zhen asked Selene to modify two revolvers based on the Remington 1875 design and to craft two stylish holsters and a belt to match.

There was only one condition: they had to be cool.

"Selene, the material of the guns must be sufficiently durable... let's aim for the strength of an autocannon," Wang Zhen said casually.

"Master, you should actually refer to the Boltgun, the high-powered firearm from Warhammer 40,000. Its prototype is the GyroJet series of rocket-propelled firearms produced by the American company MB Associates in the 1960s."

"Its uniqueness lies in its specialized ammunition, which is better suited for the revolvers you've given me. Furthermore, since Master is proficient in Alchemy, we can scale them down slightly while maintaining their destructive power. This way, we won't have to worry about the gun's volume becoming distorted or uncomfortable to use due to a thickened barrel," Selene replied after pondering Wang Zhen's suggestion.

Wang Zhen was familiar with the legendary Boltgun from the Warhammer universe, a fictional weapon from a gaming world. Its primary characteristic was that it felt like a magical fusion of a handgun and a man-portable anti-tank rocket launcher—shrinking the anti-tank rocket, loading it into a magazine, and firing it from a thick, oversized gun.

The gun itself was actually unremarkable; much like a disposable anti-tank rocket launcher, the barrel was merely a carrier. The true core lay in the various types of specialized micro-armor-piercing rockets designed for different combat scenarios.

Using this as a prototype to modify the Remington 1875 was indeed suitable for him. After all, as an alchemist, he could perform alchemical modifications that were uniquely his own.

A few hours later, Selene returned with two Remington 1875 revolvers that had grown significantly in size, along with several differently colored bullets, for Wang Zhen to test.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang..."

Because the caliber had increased, the two revolvers had naturally grown larger, roughly the size of a Smith & Wesson M500. The bullets came in three colors: yellow, red, and gray.

"I modeled them after the dimensions of the Smith & Wesson M500. A 12.7mm caliber is already the limit for a handgun; any larger would require scaling up the entire firearm proportionally, making it unsuitable for practical combat."

"I manufactured the bullets to the dimensions of the 12.7×41mm Magnum round, which is the size used by the Smith & Wesson M500."

"However, our gunpowder quality is insufficient to create micro-rockets of such a small size. Therefore, these bullets are only slightly more powerful than standard .50 Magnum rounds. I've increased the muzzle velocity from the .50 Magnum's 602 m/s to 900 m/s, and boosted the muzzle energy from 4,109 joules to 17,000 joules!"

Although Selene spoke in specific, impressive-sounding parameters rather than common firearm names, Wang Zhen understood that what she was describing were the stats of the legendary Barrett M82A1 anti-materiel sniper rifle.

By presenting such precise data, Selene was telling Wang Zhen that while she hadn't managed to create a true Boltgun—due to the lack of sufficiently powerful gunpowder—she had produced a 12.7×99mm Browning machine gun round (.50 BMG). Consequently, these two oversized Remington 1875s were equivalent to two Barrett M82A1 anti-materiel sniper rifles shrunk down to handgun size.

This level of power was insane.

As long as Wang Zhen raised these two guns, even if the opponent were wearing Level 6 ballistic plates—the kind that could stop rabbits at US NIJ Level 5—they wouldn't be able to block these shots.

Caliber is justice!

Truth lies only within the range of the cannon, and dignity lies only at the edge of the blade!

Wang Zhen weighed the two guns in his hands and felt exceptionally comfortable.

He was well aware that although these two guns had been modified by Selene, they still didn't compare to actual cannons in terms of caliber or power, falling short even of small artillery or autocannons.

However, Wang Zhen believed that with the support of Transmutation Circles, the power of these two revolvers would soon catch up to and surpass that of a 155mm howitzer.

Wang Zhen was so confident because, for one, he had previously used the "Dead River" and "Philosopher's Stone" Transmutation Circle to transmute dozens of "Ouroboros Eyes," and he had also "milked" the "Gate of Truth" dozens of times to acquire a vast amount of knowledge.

Now, the "Gate of Truth" had left an avatar in Wang Zhen's consciousness space, ready to respond to his sacrificial rituals at any time.

That's right!

In light of Wang Zhen's frantic pursuit of knowledge, the "Gate of Truth" had retracted its lowest-ranking projection but left behind an avatar of itself.

This showed just how much the "Gate of Truth" valued Wang Zhen.

Especially after Wang Zhen used the Human Transmutation Circle to exchange a body containing Alucard's blood with the "Gate of Truth," the Gate directly obtained alchemical knowledge from another world. To reach the ultimate mythical form of alchemy and increase its power, it had to constantly consume knowledge to compensate for its own deficiencies and become more complete. The blood of Alucard provided by Wang Zhen was exactly what the "Gate of Truth" needed to achieve this.

These two Remington 1875 revolvers, while not reaching the level of a true Boltgun, had seen a massive increase in power. Selene, however, remained unsatisfied. She left the two prototypes and the ammunition with Wang Zhen and prepared to return to her work.

"Selene, could you change your appearance? I'm getting a bit of aesthetic fatigue from looking at this one for so long," Wang Zhen asked with a serious expression.

"Is that necessary?" Selene asked back, looking bewildered.

Having only recently awakened her self-awareness, she still retained many characteristics of an artificial intelligence, namely her meticulousness regarding plans and projects.

Because she hadn't enabled the Remington 1875 to reach the power of a Boltgun, she considered it a failure. She was eager to return to her research.

"It is necessary! A change of appearance is like a change of pace; if you change your look, it's like becoming a new person. Who knows... maybe by changing your appearance, you'll unlock the solutions to those problems of yours."

"Decided. I'll have her change her appearance in every story world from now on!" Wang Zhen watched Selene turn and leave, noncommittal, and chuckled to himself.

"This way... everyone... should be... satisfied, right?"