Chapter 649 Crystal Energy Cannon

Hope the institute's actions were faster than Qu Shilin said. In just seven days, those awakening fruits became brand new awakening potions.

"After knowing the method of awakening potions, it is not difficult to make them. The only difficulty is that the awakening fruit, the main medicine, is rare. As long as there are enough awakening fruits, we can produce awakening potions continuously!"

Qu Shilin explained to Wang Tao with a smile.

"I see!" Wang Tao nodded, and then said, "Then I can take these people out tomorrow..."

He was originally planning to go to the crack again tomorrow. Since the awakening potion has been made, it is just right to take these people out and increase their strength to the current upper limit. Otherwise, even with the awakening potion, they will not be able to awaken.

"You will go out tomorrow? Have you recovered?"

Hearing Wang Tao's words, Qu Shilin immediately asked with concern.

"Well, it's almost done."

Wang Tao explained with a smile.

The recovery speed of awakening energy is extremely slow. At the beginning of awakening, only 100 points can be recovered every day. Later, as the strength increases, the recovery speed gradually increases, but not much. With Wang Tao's current strength, the awakening energy can only be restored by 10% at most every day, which is 1,000 points.

Wang Tao used the explosive flame before and used up all 10,000 awakening energy. It would take 10 days to restore the full value.

Of course, Wang Tao can also use the awakening energy beads or awakening crystal cores, but this is a bit too extravagant.

Because whether it is the awakening energy beads or the awakening crystal cores, they can only restore 100 awakening energy each time.

Wang Tao has quite a few awakening crystal cores in his hand, but the effect of the awakening crystal core is only effective for the same level. He is the sixth level, and the awakening crystal cores below the sixth level have no effect on him. He can only use the sixth-level awakening crystal cores, but there are not many sixth-level awakening crystal cores.

Although the awakening energy beads are not limited to the level, he can always use them, but the awakening energy beads are not something that must be dropped when killing zombies, and the number is less than the sixth-level awakening crystal cores!

Whether it is the awakening energy beads or the awakening crystal cores, they are generally used for emergency purposes. It was a bit extravagant to want to use these things to replenish his 10,000 awakening energy.

When Wang Tao was outside before, he rarely used awakening energy beads and awakening crystal cores, and rarely waited for awakening energy to recover, as if awakening energy was endless. But that was because killing creatures above the lord level would restore a certain amount of awakening energy.

Wang Tao has always hunted creatures above the lord level, and he has not recovered much after consuming them, so he is not worried about not having enough awakening energy.

But those transparent fish are elite level, and no matter how many Wang Tao kills, he will not restore any awakening energy for him...

So, he might as well wait for a few days until the awakening energy is almost restored automatically before going out.

"Can I go with you? I want to see those living sea beasts with my own eyes, which will be of great help to our research..."

Hearing Wang Tao say that he has almost recovered, Qu Shilin immediately looked at him eagerly.

Although she is already a sixth-level awakener, except for her good physique, she has almost no combat ability and is a scumbag. Her ability is all in scientific research.

So she usually won't go out unless she is sure that her safety can be guaranteed. The few times she went out, she was with Wang Tao. She was not at ease with others, and Wang Tao could give her an unparalleled sense of security.

These mutant monsters in the sea are very magical creatures. Qu Shilin's research on them is just the beginning. If she can see a living sea beast, it would be best if she can scan it with her mental power, which will be of great help to her research.

In addition, Wang Tao also has some understanding of sea beasts, and it should not be as dangerous as before, so Qu Shilin also wants to go out with Wang Tao to see.

"Okay."

Wang Tao thought about it and did not refuse.

He now has a better understanding of sea beasts. Just be careful and don't let Qu Shilin fall into a dangerous situation.

"Thank you!"

Qu Shilin happily hugged Wang Tao, and then handed all the more than 40,000 potions to Wang Tao.

"The awakening potion is in here!"

There are dozens of large boxes in total. After all, it is an awakening potion, and safety work must be done well.

Looking at these boxes, Wang Tao seemed to suddenly think of something. He waved his hand and several large boxes of different shapes appeared in front of her.

"What is this?"

Qu Shilin was no longer surprised by Wang Tao's ability to take things out of thin air, and she didn't ask much. She was just curious about this treasure chest.

"This is a storage treasure chest. There is a compressed space inside, which can hold a lot of things. You can put things in it in the future, or study these treasure chests."

These storage treasure chests were obtained by Wang Tao from the cracks before. Now the cracks are full of water and can no longer be entered. The treasure chests are basically out of print. But Wang Tao still has a lot of them, and it's no problem to give Qu Shilin a few. He had forgotten this before, and now he remembered it when he saw so many boxes of potions.

"Ah? Compressed space? So magical!"

Qu Shilin quickly opened the treasure chest and studied it carefully. The more she looked, the more shocked she was.

She didn't know what the principle of these treasure chests was. If it could be explained by technology, it was obviously beyond her cognition. However, this is the end of the world, and even people with special powers and awakened people, who are considered superhuman in peacetime, have appeared. It is reasonable to have a space treasure chest that can store items.

But what Wang Tao didn't expect was that after studying the treasure box for a while, Qu Shilin did not rush to study the principle of the treasure box, but thought of a use for the treasure box.

"You said that non-living animals should be able to be put in it... Then if we put some heavy weapons in the treasure box and take them out during the battle, wouldn't it greatly improve our combat effectiveness?"

"Heavy weapons?"

Wang Tao was stunned for a moment. Are there any heavy weapons now?

There may have been cannons, missiles, or even nuclear bombs before, but since all electronic equipment has been paralyzed and electrical energy cannot be used, these weapons have basically become scrap metal.

These weapons were not used before because they were afraid that zombies would survive the explosion and mutate into more powerful zombies. But now, these weapons can't even be used... Where are the heavy weapons?

Seeing Wang Tao's doubts, Qu Shilin suddenly took him to a laboratory with some pride.

"Well, this is a weapon like this. Although I didn't develop it, I also played a role in it!"

Looking at the huge gun barrel with a different style in front of him, Wang Tao opened his mouth slightly.

"This is... the crystal energy cannon you mentioned before?"

Qu Shilin told him before that when the Hope Research Institute was developing crystal energy guns, it was already developing crystal energy cannons simultaneously.

It's just that the energy in the crystal core is not so easy to control. It would be good to be able to create a crystal energy gun. If you want to create a crystal energy gun with a larger caliber, you have to continue working hard. And the cannon-looking thing in front of me looks very much like a crystal energy cannon...

"Yes, this is the crystal energy cannon! And it's a mass-produced version!"

Qu Shilin immediately introduced Wang Tao.

Theoretically speaking, the crystal energy cannon is an enlarged version of the crystal energy gun. But that’s easier said than done.

If the crystal energy cannon were made according to the scale of the crystal energy gun, the crystal energy cannon might kill one of our own people before killing the enemy.

Therefore, the crystal energy gun has been manufactured long ago, but the crystal energy gun has not made any big breakthrough.

Qu Shilin didn't say much about the specific principle, but it was very complicated anyway.

At that time, Qu Shilin gave Wang Tao a crystal energy sniper rifle. That thing was extremely powerful. Qu Shilin herself was knocked out of blood after just one shot. That gun is the largest caliber weapon they can make. No matter how large the caliber is, they can't control it.

Now after such a long period of hard work, the difficulty of crystal energy cannons has finally been overcome and they are all ready for mass production.

However, although this crystal energy cannon is powerful, it also has shortcomings.

The first is the issue of consumption. Each time the crystal energy cannon is fired, a large amount of crystal nuclei are consumed, and part of the energy is lost during use. The institute will conduct in-depth research on energy consumption next, and there should be improvements in the future.

Secondly, there is the issue of flexibility. These crystal energy cannons need to withstand the burst of crystal energy, so they use a lot of materials, are large in size, and are terrible in weight, making them unable to move quickly. It's okay to use it to defend the city, but it's more troublesome to use it to go out and fight.

Finally, there is the issue of defense, which is also the most fatal weakness - these crystal energy cannons may look very powerful and domineering, but in fact they are very fragile and easily affected by the outside world, making them unable to fire. It is simply a realistic version of the "glass cannon".

This obviously doesn't work in the apocalypse. Some of those zombies, monsters, etc. are very fast. What if you prepare for a long time and finally break the crystal energy and transport it, but an ordinary zombie randomly comes over and destroys the crystal energy cannon, that would be a big loss.

So this crystal energy cannon looks good, but its actual effect is limited. In the past, when new crystal energy guns appeared, Qu Shilin would ask Wang Tao to test them, but after these crystal energy cannons were manufactured, they no longer bothered Wang Tao. For Wang Tao, this may not only not improve his combat effectiveness, but also will become a burden.

Today, when Qu Shilin saw these treasure boxes, she felt that this treasure box was suitable for containing crystal energy cannons - two of the three shortcomings of crystal energy cannons were solved at once!

There is no way to solve the problem of high consumption for the time being, and we can only look at the subsequent optimization of the institute. But the problems of poor flexibility and low defense can be solved at the same time!

Carrying a treasure box with you is much simpler than carrying a crystal energy cannon. Even though this treasure box is relatively heavy and requires a crystal energy vehicle to pull it, it is still much better than pulling a large and heavy crystal energy cannon. .

And inside the treasure box, the safety of the crystal energy cannon will be much better. You can even take it out before firing, and then put it back into the treasure box and slip away directly after firing. In this way, the safety of the crystal energy cannon will be greatly enhanced.

Seeing the light in Qu Shilin's eyes, Wang Tao immediately touched his chin and said:

"From what you said, it seems quite suitable... Why don't you give it a try?"

"Give it a try!"

Qu Shilin nodded immediately.

So, Wang Tao placed one of the treasure boxes near the crystal energy cannon, then put his hand on the cannon and moved his mind.

brush--

Wang Tao seemed to lift the crystal energy cannon with one hand, and in the process, the crystal energy cannon was shrinking rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, this giant crystal energy cannon entered the treasure chest and shrank to almost the size of a figure.

"It really works!"

Seeing this scene, Qu Shilin clenched her fists in excitement.

Look at the space inside the treasure box. One treasure box can hold many crystal energy cannons! In other words, a team carrying a treasure chest may become a terrifyingly lethal artillery regiment in a short period of time!

But now is not the time to be happy. Putting the crystal energy cannon in is only the first step. We must make sure that it can be taken out smoothly and can be fired normally after it is taken out.

Under Qu Shilin's expectant eyes, Wang Tao reached out and took out the crystal energy cannon.

After leaving the treasure chest, the crystal energy cannon quickly grew larger. In the blink of an eye, it became as huge as before and stopped in front of the two people in a proper manner.

"Let me try to see if it works!"

Qu Shilin immediately came to the tail of the crystal energy cannon. There was a crystal energy touch screen here. This was different from the electronic screen. There were not many things displayed on it, but Wang Tao could not understand any of them.

After Qu Shilin's quick operation, a line of prompts appeared on the screen. Qu Shilin was relieved immediately, and then explained to Wang Tao very happily:

"The cannon prompts that there is no energy and it cannot be fired for the time being. It means that everything is normal!"

This thing is too powerful. Naturally, the institute dared not put a crystal core in it. Otherwise, if it went off, this shot might blow up the institute, the square, and even the city hall.

After confirming that there was no problem with putting in and taking out, Wang Tao's mind became active.

If we use a few crystal energy cannons to deal with those sea beasts, it should be easier, right? But I don't know how powerful it is...

"How many crystal energy cannons do you have now? It should be okay for me to take these cannons out for testing tomorrow?"

Wang Tao looked at Qu Shilin and asked.

"There are currently six crystal energy cannons. The materials used to make this thing are still very expensive. Only this one is left in the laboratory. The other five were given to the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Corps some time ago. Let them try to see if they can use the crystal energy cannons in actual combat, but there is no effect yet..."

The Fifth Corps is also a talent in scientific research. These crystal energy cannons were jointly researched by the Fifth Corps and the Institute, so they didn't take them away. They can come to the Institute when they need to study.

"Then how powerful are these crystal energy cannons?"

"In theory, each attack of these crystal energy cannons is equivalent to the full force of a sixth-level awakener, and it is a long-range, wide-range damage!" At this point, Qu Shilin hurriedly explained, "Of course, I'm talking about a normal sixth-level awakener, not you... You're too abnormal!"

"... I'll just think you're praising me."

Wang Tao shrugged, but he was still very satisfied with the power of this crystal energy cannon.

The full force of a sixth-level awakener can do a lot of damage. If several crystal energy cannons are aimed at the same target, they may be able to kill a sixth-level lord instantly!

And most importantly, it has a long attack distance and a large burst range! If it is used to deal with those transparent fish, wouldn't it be just right?

"How about it? Tomorrow we..."

Qu Shilin looked at Wang Tao expectantly.

"Okay, then let's go outside and give it a try tomorrow! I'll get those cannons later."

"Okay! If the effect is good, our institute will continue to make a few more even if we have to sell everything we have!"

Qu Shilin was looking forward to it, and then sighed:

"In fact, what we originally thought of was to let the power armor carry these crystal energy cannons to fight, but after several power armors were damaged, we cancelled this crazy idea. Unless we make a larger and more powerful power armor, but the current technology does not support the manufacture of large power armor. It would be great if we could have more biological weapons with armed functions for us to study..."

"..."

Wang Tao looked at Qu Shilin with a strange look.

He still has a lot of biological weapons with armed functions. Those things are of no use to Wang Tao now, and they have been gathering dust in the space backpack. If Qu Shilin didn't say it, Wang Tao would have almost forgotten it...