novelraw Chapter 81: Super Bubble Gun
Chapter 81: Super Bubble Gun
"Good dog, good dog..."
’These are anti-spy dogs,’ Wang Yi thought. ’They can eavesdrop from miles away, and their ability to "listen well and distinguish good from evil" is incredible. If I keep them in the village, they’ll be perfect for catching spies and moles. They’d never miss.’
"Da Mao!"
Wang Yi shouted. The dog, Da Mao, let out a bark. Not far away, Pang Damao also hurried over in response. "What are your orders, Boss?"
He glanced at the six strange, Six-Eared Yellow Dogs, but he’d learned not to be surprised. His boss possessed Immortal-like abilities; conjuring six large dogs out of thin air was hardly shocking.
"It’s funny that you two have the same name!"
Wang Yi chuckled before introducing the six dogs to Pang Damao. "These six Six-Eared mongrels have names. They’re Da Mao, Er Mao, San Mao, Si Mao, Wu Mao, and Liu Mao. They can listen well and distinguish good from evil. Anyone they relentlessly chase and try to bite is almost certainly a bad person! From this day forward, they’re assigned to the Intelligence Department. You need to take good care of them and bring them along on your daily rounds. For now, take them to receive those Refugees. Lead them to the shacks by the hundred-mu of farmland south of the village and get them settled. And remember, if the dogs don’t like someone, we don’t accept them!"
"Huh?" Pang Damao was stunned for a moment before nodding vigorously. "Right, right, right!"
The Six-Eared mongrels, who were extremely intelligent, barked twice at Wang Yi and then trotted toward the group of Refugees with their tails wagging.
Soon, Pei Zhi and the others were beaming with joy. The group shouldered their various bags and bundles once more and slowly made their way toward the south of Eggshell Village, following Pang Damao and the Octagonal Cage Soldiers.
Wang Yi stood still, busy taking photos of the incoming Refugees with his Talent Assessment Machine. He wasn’t in a hurry to review the assessment data; the photos and information would be saved automatically, so it wasn’t too late to sift through them for talented individuals when he had free time.
To Wang Yi’s delight, out of the three or four hundred people in the group, not a single one had caused the Six-Eared Yellow Dogs to bark in alarm. It seemed they were all good, honest folk. If he had to single out one person who seemed shady, however, it would be Pei Zhi.
Pei Zhi had a commanding presence. With his thick eyebrows and large eyes, he looked like a generous and upright man. But the mongrel, Da Mao, stared at him intently, as if keeping him under surveillance. Pei Zhi pretended not to care, but sweat beaded on his forehead.
’Why is this calf-sized dog staring at me? It has six ears... so strange. It’s not going to bite me, is it? No, I must remain calm and composed. That’s the only way to make a good impression on that leader. It’s just a dog. Nothing to be afraid of. Even with a broken leg, I’ve practiced martial arts for years. My foundations are still solid. If we were to fight, I wouldn’t let this mutt get the upper hand...’
Pei Zhi’s heart was pounding, but on the surface, he appeared calm and unconcerned. He even walked up to Pang Damao and struck up a conversation, attempting to build some rapport.
CLICK, CLICK, CLICK...
Wang Yi kept snapping photos with the Talent Assessment Machine, as if he were conducting an immigration check.
After assessing everyone, Wang Yi fell to the rear of the group.
Only then did he leisurely open the blue blind box.
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Ding! One Box, Many Openings Talent activated. The current Chaos Blind Box opening will now calculate 8 results.
Ding! Box Opening Enhancement Talent activated. Applying item Enhancements.
1: Embossed Plastic Bucket (Green, Enhance +1)
2: Thermostatic Baby Bottle (Green, Enhance +2)
3: Long Wavy Wig (Green, Enhance +3)
4: Badminton Racket (Green, Enhance +4)
5: Mahjong Table (Green, Enhance +5)
6: Dual-Sided Hot Pot (Green, Enhance +6)
7: Modeling Clay (Green, Enhance +7)
8: Bubble Gun (Green, Enhance +8)
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Wang Yi raised an eyebrow.
’So much for ignoring superstition,’ he thought. ’I opened a blue box, and all eight items are green. What are the odds? It doesn’t look like I got anything good... I’ll just pick the Bubble Gun. Isn’t that a kid’s toy?’
Wang Yi muttered to himself for a moment. After he made his selection, a cute, duck-shaped Bubble Gun appeared before him. It was about what he’d expected: clearly a child’s toy you’d fill with solution to blow bubbles. It had a plastic shell, a very bright orange-yellow.
However, this was not the Bubble Gun’s final form. A golden light flashed over it eight times in succession. Then, the toy gun, originally less than twenty centimeters long, began to scale up, growing larger and larger...
POP! The cockpit of Prototype No. 1 was too small, and the Bubble Gun was instantly teleported outside.
Wang Yi peered out of the cockpit. The duck-shaped Bubble Gun now lay on the ground, looking to be almost two meters long, though it still retained its cute aesthetic.
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Name: Super Bubble Gun
Description: A high-tech weapon created by Enhancing a toy bubble gun eight times.
Effect: [Self-Charging Battery]. Equipped with a Self-Charging Battery, this electric toy will never run out of power.
Enhancement +1: Bubble production efficiency doubled.
Enhancement +2: Loaded with an infinite supply of bubble solution.
Enhancement +3: Loaded with a high-tech bubble solution formula. Bubbles create a concussive blast when they burst.
Enhancement +4: High-tech bubble solution formula enhanced, increasing blast power.
Enhancement +5: Gun body enlarged and materials reinforced. Adaptability increased. Maximum bubble diameter is half a meter.
Enhancement +6: Gun body enlarged...
Enhancement +7: Gun body enlarged...
Enhancement +8: Gun body enlarged and materials reinforced. Maximum bubble diameter is 4 meters.
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"Holy shit, this toy gun turned into a heavy weapon!"
Wang Yi was overjoyed.
’I can’t possibly carry a two-meter-long Bubble Gun!’
’But that doesn’t matter!’
’Because I have a Mecha!’
Wang Yi had Prototype No. 1 heft the Super Bubble Gun. And wouldn’t you know it, for a Mecha of Prototype No. 1’s size, the gun was a perfect fit!
The next moment, Wang Yi began to test-fire the gun. He aimed at a distant pine tree and pulled the trigger. The Super Bubble Gun lit up with a rainbow of colors, and to his surprise, it even started playing music: "Daddy’s daddy is called Grandpa, Daddy’s mommy is called Grandma..."
Accompanied by the nursery rhyme, a stream of bubbles flew out, scattering widely until a huge cloud of them filled the air.
The iridescent bubbles were dazzling, but they looked no different from ordinary soap bubbles, drifting about on the breeze.
The group of Refugees looked over with curiosity. As the music continued to play from the Bubble Gun, Wang Yi felt a flush of embarrassment.
’This Bubble Gun is useless,’ Wang Yi thought. ’The bubbles just fly everywhere. There’s no way to aim precisely...’
Just as he was concluding that the Super Bubble Gun was impractical, the first bubble landed. It was immediately followed by a massive BOOM, like a detonating hand grenade, that instantly blasted a half-meter-deep crater in the ground.
The other bubbles landed right after. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The barrage of explosions made the ground tremble, sending dust and pulverized rock flying into the air.
Wang Yi yelled, "Holy shit!" and quickly released the trigger. Now he understood the true power of the Super Bubble Gun. The weapon had no accuracy whatsoever, and talking about "effective range" was pointless. But each bubble was a bomb—and a powerful one at that. Holding down the trigger was all it took to unleash a continuous carpet bombing.
’This thing really is a heavy weapon,’ Wang Yi thought. ’It’s not suitable for an infantry soldier, but it should be a great addition to the Heart of Chaos...’
He pictured the Floating Mountain suspended high in the sky, with vast clouds of iridescent bubbles drifting down from it, unleashing a relentless, carpet-bombing barrage on the ground below. The Super Bubble Gun and the Floating Mountain, he decided, were a perfect match.