Struggle in the Steam Age

This battle was a bit different for Lawrence. He just absorbed some of the energy lost when the souls of the killed monsters merged into nature. These soul energies were only equivalent to 1/10 of the energy left by those evil monsters of the same level.

After discovering this, Lawrence briefly thought about it and thought it might be because this monster is just an ordinary supernatural monster, not an evil creature, so naturally its soul would not be actively absorbed by Bai Zexuying .

Just when Lawrence summed up this new discovery, the magic gunner who was the captain of the opposing team came over with the members of his own team, and at the same time extended his right hand and thanked Lawrence: "Thank you so much, otherwise, Me and my teammates are really going to be in trouble this time."

"It's nothing. After all, we are all civilized people. We naturally have to help each other when we encounter these savage monsters. And isn't the purpose of this competition also to connect everyone's friendship and make everyone more united?" Lawrence also said. He stretched out his right hand and shook the ordinary-looking young man opposite him.

What followed was some mutual self-introductions. From this introduction, Lawrence also learned that the team was indeed from the Republic of Xinzhou, and the captain was Zhu Yan, who was known as the Magic Gunner in Cathay. Magic Gunner. In addition to him, there is also the warrior named Zuo Guan Yong in heavy armor and the puppet master Mo Yu who manipulates the puppet beasts to fight.

Unexpectedly, the young man who was struggling to kill with a Yingzhou-style machete was not a handsome man, but a female swordsman named Okita Sakura, who made the cry just now.

Although the Xinzhou Republic is a country dominated by the descendants of the Cathay people, it does not mean that it is a country with a single ethnic group. Among them are some descendants of colonists from Silla, Nanzhang, Zhenla, and Yingzhou, etc., as well as many local aborigines, elves and dwarves. This Miss Okita Sakura is obviously from Yingzhou.

This team is not weak in terms of configuration, and there are not many shortcomings in professional arrangement. But their weakness lies in the lack of players who have certain powerful skills, so that they seem a little helpless when they encounter a guy whose skills are all focused on defense.

After a brief discussion, the two teams decided to divide the materials obtained from these monsters by 3:2 according to the rules of adventurers. However, out of Zhu Yan's team's gratitude to Lawrence and the others for their helping hand, Lawrence and the others were equivalent to obtaining all the materials on the official-level monster leader.

"So you are a warlock. Let me tell you why what you did just now is different from the fighting style of most magic gunners." Just when Laka and Moyu, with the help of the two warriors, cut up the monster's body to obtain raw materials At that time, Zhu Yan also chatted with Lawrence. "It's a pity that our team doesn't have a spellcaster this time, otherwise it wouldn't be so embarrassing."

Spellcasters are very rare even among extraordinary people. On average, only one spellcaster will be produced out of every ten extraordinary people, and the spellcasters mentioned here also include warlocks like Lawrence who are regarded as half-baked spellcasters by mages. Therefore, it is normal that there is a lack of spellcasters in the participating team of the New Island Republic in front of you.

"Actually, you are just a bit unlucky. All your extraordinary strength is put on defense like this. Monsters that only rely on hand-to-hand combat are too rare. It will be more troublesome for normal teams to face them," Lawrence comforted. said, while looking at the gun Zhu Yan was carrying on his back. "If your gun is not mistaken, it should be able to fire continuously, right?"

"Yes." After saying this, Zhu Yan immediately showed a proud expression. "It uses the gas generated by the bullet to push the piston to reload. Look at the magazine here. It can hold twenty rounds at a time. I just pull the trigger here and I can shoot them all out."

"The overall structure of this gun is very delicate, and it is not because of its extraordinary strength that it can shoot continuously." John, who has received complete active military firearms training, commented after looking at Zhu Yan's continuous-fire automatic rifle, "I believe This is also a direction for the development of firearms in the future.”

"Why is it the direction of development in the future?" Lawrence seemed a little confused. He was really wondering what the industrial system of this world was all about. "Obviously the structure of this gun does not contain any power related to the extraordinary, can't the arsenal outside imitate these things?"

"It's really impossible." Zhu Yan explained, "The principle of this gun can indeed be reproduced through extraordinary power, but many structural parts inside can only achieve the required strength by using extraordinary materials. In addition, the precision of this gun to the parts has exceeded the limit of the current industrial processing capabilities, and can only be processed with extraordinary strength."

"That is to say, the main difficulty that ordinary people face in making this weapon is the material science and the processing ability." Lawrence shrugged, and he finally understood why such an advanced design could not be popularized. : For the industrial level, materials and processing capabilities are basically the cornerstones. If these two points cannot be satisfied, no matter how good the design is, it is useless, and it can only simply stay on the drawing.

It's just different from Lawrence's previous world, because of the existence of extraordinary power in this world, some designs that are obviously beyond this era can also be customized with the help of extraordinary power. But that doesn't mean it's universal.

While chatting, everyone has almost collected the materials on the monster. Unfortunately, the characteristics of this monster are too clear, so their skin and teeth are worth collecting.

After simply distributing the spoils, Lawrence and the others bid farewell to the New Island Republic team. It's just that after they made an appointment five days later, that is, on the sixth day after entering this space, they went directly to meet near the mine.

"Now we have a total of 153 points." Cog said after Zhu Yan and the others walked away. "The biggest official-level leader monster just now was counted on the head of our team, and the points for the few little monsters that we killed were also added."

"So when you extend a helping hand to others with a kind heart, fate will also prepare a gift for you, and everything you do will receive due feedback—"John Taking advantage of this opportunity, I began to give some moral teachings to everyone.

"Okay, okay." Seeing John's eloquent posture, Lei Suo quickly stopped him. "Every minute here counts, so let's just get quiet and get going."

For the rest of the day, Lawrence and the others seemed to have used up all their luck, and basically did not encounter any supernatural monsters except for two quartet walking alone.

"Actually, our luck is already very good." Lawrence encouraged the team members who looked a little discouraged during the camp at night, "I chatted with the captain of the New Island Republic during the day. We also encountered two other teams, and they only got a dozen or twenty points, and they didn’t encounter any boss monsters at all.”

"If you say that, we are really lucky." Leto said after taking a sip of the coffee I just brought out, and then he looked up at Lawrence. "By the way, the magic you used to attack the leader monster during the day looks like a missile storm!"

"It's Missile Storm." Lawrence smiled, "I successfully upgraded to a third-level warlock last night."

"This is absolutely fantastic," Lesso yelled, drawing everyone's attention. After briefly explaining what happened here, everyone had a happy smile on their faces.

"It's really great!" John patted Lawrence on the shoulder and said, "Now the chances of our team getting ahead are much higher."