Apocalypse Convoy: I Watch Ads to Refresh My Supplies
Chapter 49

Extraordinary Powers Exposed, the Energy-Devouring Gun!

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Lin Qi listened to Wang Feng's account as he gazed at the mountain of corpses.

The thick smell of blood filled the air, also sweeping away the questions in his mind.

He now understood what Green Radish had meant earlier.

The captain looked kindly, but he really was no good person.

No wonder he had been bringing every survivor into the convoy, good or bad!

It was all so Niu Wudi could steal Ghost Cash for him at night!

Killing troublemakers like Wang Hu could even earn the captain a good reputation. It was killing two birds with one stone!

There was something Niu Wudi had not mentioned on their way back, but Lin Qi had seen it clearly.

On the return trip, Niu Wudi had scattered Ghost Cash around the convoy, seemingly casually.

Lin Qi had not asked much about it. Connecting it to the Ghost Well, he had actually guessed the Extraordinary's intention.

Niu Wudi probably would not have come up with such an idea. Most likely, the captain had instructed him.

Perhaps Ghost Cash never appeared in the wilderness at all, and those scattered notes were actually bait deliberately left by the Extraordinary.

After all, every trip into the Ghost Well required a corpse...

Lin Qi withdrew his gaze from his surroundings. It was now twelve, and he opened the Virtual Panel again.

Even though his lightning abilities were already powerful, he still chose to buy a bottle of Leibi first.

Now that he knew the Ghost Well existed, a hundred Ghost Cash was mere pocket change.

As the ice-cold Leibi entered his mouth, Lin Qi opened today's new advertisement.

The female host looked the same as ever. Today, she was toying with a revolver that gleamed silver.

Rather than making many exaggerated claims in today's advertisement, she went straight into introducing the revolver in her hand.

[The revolver we're introducing today is called the Energy-Devouring Gun.]

[As its name suggests, the Energy-Devouring Gun can imbue ammunition with your special elemental abilities!]

[Please note that the Energy-Devouring Gun requires no ammunition replenishment, but it can only generate six bullets a day!]

[Imbuing it with certain elemental abilities might even produce unexpected properties!]

[To thank our new and returning customers, the Energy-Devouring Gun costs just 999 Ghost Cash!]

[Stock is limited, so it's first come, first served!]

As Lin Qi listened to the host's introduction, his eyes gradually lit up.

A gun that could imbue bullets with elemental abilities!

Didn't that mean he could imbue bullets with lightning?

In that case, wouldn't he be able to shoot and repel or kill eerie beings without even touching them?

With almost no hesitation, Lin Qi placed his order!

A revolver, cold to the touch, appeared in his hand.

The Energy-Devouring Gun looked no different from an ordinary revolver.

Lin Qi tentatively fed lightning energy into the Energy-Devouring Gun.

The next moment, a faint blue glow began spilling from the revolver's cylinder!

He opened the cylinder and found threads of lightning beginning to coil and flicker around one bullet!

"What a treasure!"

Lin Qi's eyes filled with delighted surprise, then shifted thoughtfully.

The host had said the Energy-Devouring Gun could only generate six bullets a day, but had never mentioned a limit on how many bullets he could obtain!

It was clearly different from [I Fine You 800 Yuan!]!

[I Fine You 800 Yuan!] refreshed its uses the next day, but the Energy-Devouring Gun did not!

Lin Qi fed lightning power into the Energy-Devouring Gun. It was as though the bullets were charging, and before long, all six were flickering with lightning!

"I need to test my idea."

Muttering to himself, Lin Qi unloaded five bullets, leaving one ready for use.

If those five bullets had not disappeared by tomorrow, that would mean his idea could work!

If he could stockpile the bullets he obtained each day, it would definitely be an enormous boost for him!

He wrapped the five lightning-shrouded bullets in a rag to block out the flickering lightning before slipping them into his trouser pocket. Having acquired lightning energy, he was completely unaffected by energy of the same kind.

Only after storing the ammunition did he begin examining the revolver in his hand.

Naturally, he had never handled firearms. After all, before the apocalypse, he had lived in a country where guns were almost never seen.

His only experience with guns was probably as a ten-year CrossFire veteran.

Lin Qi had never handled a real gun, but any ordinary person could figure out how to use one with a little examination.

Just as he was still lovingly wiping the Energy-Devouring Gun, he caught sight of Green Radish walking toward him out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing Green Radish, Lin Qi hurriedly put away the revolver and waited for Green Radish to approach.

"Kid, come here a moment. The captain wants to see you."

Standing outside the vehicle's window, Green Radish looked Lin Qi up and down with an inscrutable look in those eyes.

"All right."

Lin Qi actually knew what he was about to face.

Niu Wudi might have been all brawn and no brains, failing to notice that Lin Qi had used an ability.

The captain and Green Radish, however, had their wits about them. As long as Niu Wudi reported the horrific state of Scarface and the others, along with his encounter with Lin Qi, the captain would surely have little trouble deducing Lin Qi's situation.

At the time, Lin Qi had not expected an accident or an encounter with Niu Wudi, so he had never planned to dispose of the bodies.

After all, whatever kind of corpse it was, it would become food for eerie beings after a single night.

Lin Qi followed Green Radish, his thoughts racing.

To be honest, he was not really a bona fide Extraordinary, and he did not know what a stage-one Extraordinary was actually like.

But none of that mattered now.

Previously, he naturally could not have exposed his ability.

Now, he knew about the Ghost Well and possessed the ability to wield lightning.

He could simply say that his Extraordinary Sequence controlled lightning.

As for the details of the Extraordinary Sequence, he did not know them, nor did he need to explain them.

Everyone had secrets. He did not believe the captain would reveal every detail of his own ability!

Green Radish brought Lin Qi into the captain's makeshift tent.

The tent was spacious, with a folding table in the center and quite a few empty snack bags on top.

The captain was currently the only person inside, lounging leisurely on a reclining chair in a pair of floral shorts.

He fanned himself with a palm-leaf fan as the chair's creaks echoed through the tent. His face was full of contentment, making him look exactly like an old geezer enjoying retirement.

The captain seemed to wear a constant smile, and there was a relaxed air about him that felt somewhat out of place in the apocalypse.

Only when he saw Lin Qi arrive did he get up and look him over, clicking his tongue in wonder despite himself. "I knew there was more to you, kid. Tell me, have you awakened an Extraordinary Sequence?"

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