Chapter 583 - 270: Light Cannon’s Power, Sample No. 1’s Energy Adaptation

Chapter 583: Chapter 270: Light Cannon’s Power, Sample No. 1’s Energy Adaptation

[Level 31/39 Ion Laser Cannon, Golden Quality]

[Upgrade Points: 0/3, Basic Damage: 1000, Effective Range: 25 km, Instantaneous Fire Times: Unlimited, Energy-Gathering Ion Cannon: 15/15, Energy Recovery Speed: 1/h]

[Extra Attributes: Laser Energy Concentration]

[Laser Energy Concentration: After locking onto and firing at a target, each Ion Laser Cannon shot lasts for 10 seconds. In addition to its Basic Damage, it deals an extra 600 Damage per second as the temperature rises.]

[Note: Damage decays with increased attack distance. The critical threshold is fifteen kilometers. Beyond fifteen kilometers, total Damage decays by 10% for each additional kilometer.]

[Can be switched to Level 29 Electromagnetic Cannon mode.]

[Evaluation: This is a Golden weapon capable of burning through multiple layers of Defense with high temperatures. Within ten seconds, it can reach a maximum temperature of 7,000 degrees and pierce through anything. If that doesn’t work, just fire another one!]

[Note: Synchronized Tier Jumping Upgrade Energy has been acquired. You may initiate self-Upgrade when in optimal State.]

The changes from this Upgrade weren’t huge. The most noticeable was the five-kilometer increase in maximum Effective Range. As a result, the distance for the maximum Damage threshold also increased by five kilometers.

Now, the Level 31 Ion Laser Cannon could launch a beyond-visual-range strike on a target outside the city district.

It was comparable to a short-range missile.

The number of stored Energy-Gathering Ion Cannon shots also increased from ten to fifteen. This boost in ammo capacity would allow Lin Feng to eliminate more High-tier Zerg Race members in a short period.

What surprised Lin Feng, however, was that the 1,000 Basic Damage hadn’t changed at all. Instead, the damage-per-second of the Laser Energy Concentration attribute had increased by one hundred.

This way, the total damage of each Light Cannon shot would increase by a thousand.

With its current 7,000 damage potential, it was enough to threaten a Level 36 Mid-stage Perfection Mother Empress that didn’t have the extra life bonus from a Biological Nest.

After leaving their Biological Nest, their own maximum Life Value was less than 7,000.

And once the Ion Laser Cannon was upgraded to Level 33, it should be capable of dealing 9,000 total damage in a single shot.

At that point, it would become a powerful weapon in Lin Feng’s hands for killing Mid-stage Mother Empresses.

After its Upgrade, the Level 31 Ion Laser Cannon’s appearance hadn’t changed much. The color of the aperture at the muzzle was just a more brilliant gold compared to the previous pale-gold and white.

’One day, when its beam turns pure gold, that will be the glorious moment it can take down a High-tier Life Form with a single shot.’

Putting away the upgraded Laser Cannon, Lin Feng piloted the Reproductive Armor Mecha over to the Incubation Pyramid, opened the chest plate, and stepped out of the cockpit, covered in viscous fluid.

Multiple tentacles extended from the Pyramid and attached to Lin Feng’s body, quickly cleaning him off.

Nearby, Jiang Yun’er also emerged from the cockpit of the Mother Empress. She cleaned the mucus from her body, then dealt with the aberrant tissue that had grown due to her Assimilation Form.

Once they were both clean, Lin Feng walked over to Ling Yi and handed her the Plate Bone Sphere that the Reproductive Armor Mecha had brought back.

"Including this one, we should have three neural cores now. From now on, use the Mother Empress as a template and begin incubating and cultivating more mass-produced No. 2 Machines."

Ling Yi nodded. The matter of incubating the main Nest was almost complete. In the future, she would also need a Mother Empress mecha to conceal the truth of her being a Mother Empress Avatar.

And although the Mother Empress was a mass-produced model, it still required subsequent mass production to achieve iterative upgrades and continuously enhance its combat power.

The more samples they had, the more problems they could identify.

However, the process of cultivating Tier Three Mother Empress Cells was extremely costly in terms of Biomass Energy. Even with the surrounding mountain forests providing nutrients, the time required for refinement and cultivation couldn’t be completed in just a few days.

But if they had the complete corpse of a Tier Three Mother Empress, they could use its existing Tier Three Cells for rapid division, allowing them to quickly propagate the flesh-and-blood body needed for a Mother Empress mecha in a short time.

The principle was the same as when Ling Yi had used the Level 19 Cyan-winged Zergs in the Jin City Base to rapidly cultivate a large number of Cyan Wing Membrane Wings.

But when Ling Yi mentioned this with a slight frown, Lin Feng just smiled and changed the subject to the matter at hand.

"How long will it take for the Prototype Machine and the Mother Empress to finish recharging and restore their Spiritual Power?"

Ling Yi linked with the Incubation Pyramid’s tentacles to check and evaluate the state of the two Mechas, then shook her head.

"The Prototype Machine’s Spiritual Energy consumption was immense. This last battle used up two-thirds of its reserves. Its Spiritual Power recovery speed is determined by the remaining base storage."

"In other words, the less it uses, the faster it recovers. If it had only used a tenth, it might have recovered in just a few minutes."

"But now, with a full two-thirds depleted, it will need at least fifteen hours to return to a perfect state. We’re looking at after noon tomorrow."

As she spoke, Ling Yi sighed with emotion.

"After all, it isn’t a true sentient life form. Spiritual Power is its major weakness."

Lin Feng’s brow furrowed. The time required for recuperation was far too long.

If they waited until noon tomorrow, the Multi-Emperor Alliance would certainly come up with countermeasures. They might even abandon their pincer attack, redeploy the three Mother Empresses from the north, and launch a concentrated assault on Yunxia Ridge.

Lin Feng’s original plan, however, was to lead a portion of his team to Qin Hu’s location in Beihai Town right after midnight tonight, in the early hours of the morning.

He wanted to help the Southern Corps break the Zerg Race’s siege and, at the same time, help Qin Hu advance to Tier Three.

This would not only catch the enemy by surprise but also intimidate the five Mother Empresses watching Yunxia Ridge like hungry tigers.

It would make them realize that even if the Swarm completely broke through the Underground Hive’s tunnels, they still wouldn’t be able to take down all the Salvation Army forces within Yunxia Ridge.