Live Specimen Test

Live Experiment

In the underground testing ground, the third sample of the Focused-Energy Drilling Round was loaded onto the short-range catapult.

At the far end of the firing range, a few artisans had just secured the simulated target.

Layers of damp animal hides were bound tightly together, with bone fragments and thick membrane glue stuffed in the middle to simulate the toughness and slipperiness of a Grayblood Lesion.

Victor stood beside the catapult, his single eye fixed tightly on the crude sample round. "Load."

The heavy shell was pushed into the guide groove, and the tail positioning pin clicked shut.

"Fire."

With a dull, heavy thump, the short-range catapult shuddered violently.

Dragging a black streak, the Focused-Energy Drilling Round drilled precisely into the middle section of the target. The iron frame responsible for securing the target shook fiercely. The thin mithril cone at the front tore through the damp animal hide, and instead of being bounced away, the entire shell wedged firmly inside.

At first, the surface hide merely bulged out, but it quickly collapsed back down. Then, several soft tubes were squeezed out from the fracture, their broken ends all showing torn, frayed edges.

Victor rushed over and sliced open the target with a single knife stroke.

"My lord, the third test passed!" He pushed the sliced-open target toward Shien, saying excitedly.

"The shell didn't burst, the inside broke! It tore the inside to pieces!"

Shien took the short knife, cut through the damp animal hide along the entry angle of the shell, and then rummaged out the bone fragments and black-blood soft tubes inside to confirm the cutting direction of the fragment guide grooves.

The inner soft tubes were indeed torn apart from the middle section, and the explosive force had not been wasted on the outer shell—the