Chapter 17 Weapon Modification Options

As the Iron Ore gradually flew higher in the atmosphere, the number of empty jellyfish following the spacecraft was gradually decreasing.

Just as the terminal reported when Chen Ming was cleaning up the empty jellyfish.

The gas in the empty jellyfish cannot be quickly converted, which means that it is difficult for them to immediately reduce the density of the gas in their bodies and cannot move quickly to high altitudes in the atmosphere.

Just find a way to quickly take off, and after the gas density at high altitudes decreases, the empty jellyfish can be thrown off.

The spacecraft quickly escaped from the pursuit of the empty jellyfish, and Chen Ming immediately let the spacecraft hover in place to maintain balance.

He quickly unfastened the seat belt, picked up the terminal that had just fallen to the ground, and quickly checked it.

Fortunately, it was just a minor problem. Chen Ming picked up the tools in the repair kit that had been placed beside him and fixed it immediately.

Chen Ming immediately opened the content introducing the empty jellyfish again and quickly went through it.

It can only be said that what was recorded in the terminal is completely different from what Chen Ming just saw.

The records of the empty jellyfish should be a docile animal, but the group he encountered was extremely aggressive for some reason.

Chen Ming glanced at the original location below through the porthole.

Anyway, he could not go there.

The Iron Ore was still a civilian spaceship after all, and the firepower of the onboard weapons could not deal with that number of empty jellyfish.

Even if Chen Ming had a panel to replenish bullets, it was also possible that the machine gun's firing rate was not enough and he could not control it, causing the empty jellyfish to explode close to him.

The armor of the spaceship was already somewhat unable to bear it, and any mistake could lead to the destruction of the ship and the death of people.

Chen Ming could not gamble.

Fortunately, he had prepared before.

He selected several alternative landing sites, but he did not expect that they would really be used.

Chen Ming called up the map on the terminal and found the second priority landing site.

This place is not far from the first priority site, and it is also a plain.

But the difference is that the color here is purple when seen from space.

This time Chen Ming was very cautious and carefully confirmed the target location in the air.

All his attention was focused on the purple forest nearby. If there was any disturbance, he would fly away immediately to prioritize the safety of the spacecraft.

However, this time it was very smooth, and the spacecraft successfully landed on the gentle slope of a hill.

There were no aggressive animals around.

Chen Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The first thing Chen Ming did after the spacecraft stopped was to open the panel of the spacecraft and confirm the damage to the armor.

Under the self-explosion attack of the jellyfish just now, the damage to the spacecraft armor was more serious than before entering the high-density asteroid belt.

The durability of the port side armor dropped to about 40% again, and other places also suffered losses.

Chen Ming pressed the maintenance button at the first time, and after consuming a certain amount of energy, the durability of all armor was increased to about 70% again.

At least it can withstand a wave of attacks of that intensity just now.

If it is repaired again, Chen Ming may have to spend the rest of the day in a daze.

After repairing the spaceship armor, Chen Ming immediately opened the panel of the machine gun.

[22mm machine gun]

[Type: Small kinetic weapon]

[Manufacturer: Sinda Rockwell Weapons Company]

[Ammunition load: 1000/1000]

[Effective killing range: 2000 meters]

[Fire rate: 240 rounds/minute]

[Durability: 19%]

[Performable operations: Replace/Repair/Reconstruction]

Just as Chen Ming thought, the [Reconstruction] option appeared in the executable operation column, just like the mining laser.

After clicking it, four options appeared in front of him.

[Reconstruction options · 22mm machine gun]

[Chain feed] [Double gun barrel] [Stabilized bracket] [High-strength gun barrel].

[Chain feed] is to replace the original mechanical device inside the spaceship with a belt feed to speed up the loading speed of bullets, but it is not friendly to logistics.

But Chen Ming does not need logistics, and the consumption of bullets is replenished by one button on the panel, which is harmless.

[Double-linked barrel] As the name suggests, adding another barrel to the machine gun will increase the overall firing rate by 80%, not to mention doubling it.

[Stabilizing bracket] is a device arranged inside the machine gun to stabilize the shaking of the barrel under continuous firing.

Even if the computer controls the machine gun to fire, the problem of recoil cannot be avoided. This modification is used to improve shooting accuracy.

And [High-strength barrel] is a modification that allows the machine gun to keep the barrel temperature from being too high after long-term firing.

These four modification options are also the modification methods that Chen Ming saw when he was reading books before.

When Chen Ming was flipping through the books in the terminal before, he was wondering why there were so many types and contents of books about weapon and spacecraft modification?

Now, seeing that the port machine gun only had 19% of its durability, Chen Ming understood.

There was no certainty that there would be any dangers in space travel, and using only two of the most basic weapons would definitely not be safe for old sailors who often had to travel outside.

Therefore, it became very common to modify the hull and weapons.

As long as some outrageous modifications were not made, such as biological and chemical weapons, the law enforcement agencies in most places would turn a blind eye.

So Chen Ming decided to modify the weapons according to the practices of the old predecessors.

He didn't want to encounter a situation where he encountered danger but had no ability to resist.

And Chen Ming could only say that he wanted all of these four modification options.

But not now.

The repair of the armor just now consumed Chen Ming's mental energy very much, and he could only replenish the durability of the machine gun at most.

It was a pity that Chen Ming only repaired the machine gun. Suddenly, he saw a few blue balloons floating outside the porthole.

Chen Ming immediately became nervous.

The barrels of the two machine guns were already aimed at them.

These suddenly reappearing empty jellyfish were larger than the ones he had seen before, and the power of their explosions might be even more terrifying.

However, this time, these large empty jellyfish did not show any aggression, but were very docile, as if they were just passing by.

But Chen Ming did not dare to relax at all, and his consciousness was focused on the engine of the spacecraft, ready to shoot and start the engine to run away at any time.

It was not until these empty jellyfish drifted away with the wind that Chen Ming's tense nerves relaxed and he breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that not all empty jellyfish are hostile to spacecraft.

But this does not mean that Chen Ming is safe, and danger may come again at any time.

However, Chen Ming did not back down. In order to find food that can support his space travel, he must take such risks.

Chen Ming strengthened his determination, took the advanced plant analyzer the size of his arm removed from the planting cabin, and stood in front of the hatch on the side of the spacecraft.

The hatch opened.

Under the illumination of the gradually brightening starlight, a purple world appeared in front of Chen Ming.

Purple trees, purple grass, purple sky, everything looks purple, but not the kind of nauseating purple, but the kind of purple that makes people feel comfortable like lavender.

Chen Ming didn't rush out of the spaceship, but looked at the wrist of his protective suit.

The gas quality detector on his wrist and the protective suit showed a few lines of words.

Habitable air environment.

No lethal gas.

No pathogenic microorganisms.

Chen Ming confirmed again that there was no danger around, and then took off his helmet.

Standing at the edge of the hatch and breathing a breath of fresh air from the outside, the expression on Chen Ming's face gradually calmed down.

Then he walked off the spaceship.