The two steel behemoths at sea bombarded each other for more than ten minutes without achieving anything. Neither managed to damage the other.
Li Qinwu said, "All right, let's go. We still have a long way to travel, so no more watching.
"These two big fellows both had low offense and high defense. Their smoothbore cannons simply couldn't penetrate each other's armor. They could blast away here for hours, and once they ran out of shells, both sides would head back to port."
Li Qinwu found the black Gravity Rail, stepped onto it, and led the way forward.
Little Knife warned them, "Look... our guns and ammunition are gone!"
Prompted by his words, everyone looked down and discovered that the guns and bullets they had carried had vanished, leaving behind only their leather ammunition pouches.
Li Qinwu understood after giving it a little thought.
"The guns and ammunition we brought were from World War II, when Smokeless Powder was already widely used as Propellant.
"This was 1862. Human weapons still used Black Powder, and Smokeless Powder technology had yet to mature. Naturally, that ammunition disappeared."
Little Knife asked, "But, Boss, our guns disappeared too. Aren't they made of steel?
"Steelmaking was already quite advanced in this era, wasn't it? They could even build two ironclads, so why would our guns disappear?
"And your axe! Your axe is gone too!"
Li Qinwu felt around in his pocket and only then realized that the fire axe he had brought down from Gravity Villa had somehow vanished. That axe had accompanied him through both World War I and World War II!
After pondering it briefly, he understood.
"Alloy. It must be Alloy!
"The fire axe I brought down from Gravity Villa used Alloy, and the barrel and bolt of the MG42 also used