Others try to survive on an island, I try to survive on a raft?

Chapter 102 The Age of Hot Weapons is Coming

Chapter 102 The Age of Hot Weapons is Coming

Not long after Su Jin's brilliant idea came to mind, Shen Qiaoqiao's weak voice came from behind him.

"Ugh—I feel a little better, but I still feel awful. I slept too long last night and can't fall back asleep."

The little girl emerged from the cabin with a hunched back, looking extremely haggard.

However, she wouldn't deprive herself of it. She secretly made herself a cup of royal jelly, which she's holding now and now, taking sips from time to time.

The sweet taste, combined with the nerve-soothing effect of royal jelly, improved her complexion slightly.

She walked onto the deck and her eyes widened when she saw the large patch of red shell on it.

She didn't even bother to drink the royal jelly in her hand. She ran over, squatted down, grabbed a piece of the shell as thick as a baby's arm, and examined it in her hand, turning it over and over.

The weariness in her eyes vanished, replaced by the fervor of seeing top-notch material.

"Wow! Uncle, did you guys raid their entire base?"

"No, we only killed a small portion," Su Jin said with a smile. After all, these were just gathered on the beach; there might be more in the forest.

"That's still amazing," the little girl said symbolically, then focused her attention on the materials in her hands.

Her fingertips glide lightly across the pale red shell, and when she pinched it hard with her nail, only a faint white mark was left.

She looked up at Su Jin with some excitement and said in an excited tone, "What a great thing! The hardness, the toughness—if you stack them together and flatten them, you can make the top-of-the-line bulletproof chest armor."

"The shells of these third-tier sea beasts would probably chip if cut by ordinary swords and knives. Only the heavy crossbows with piercing capabilities on our ship could deal with them."

"Or we could cover the top of our ship with a layer of fabric, like a rain shelter or something. It's very corrosion-resistant and can also protect against magical attacks from sea monsters."

Shen Qiaoqiao became more and more excited as she spoke, even gesturing: "Even if you take these sharp parts off and polish them a little, they'll still be ready-made spearheads, guaranteed to pierce monsters accurately every time!"

Li Yuanyuan listened attentively, nodding in agreement. She didn't know much about weapons, but hearing that they could be used to make bulletproof vests and sturdy protective gear made her feel much more at ease.

Shen Ruying smiled and thought her daughter's idea was indeed good.

However, after listening to this long list of proposals, Su Jin just smiled mysteriously and did not show much surprise.

He walked over to the pile of shells, picked out the longest and straightest one from a young man's body, and held it up to the sunlight to examine it.

"Qiaoqiao, your idea is sound, but your vision is a bit narrow." Su Jin raised an eyebrow, his tone revealing a confident and mischievous smile.

"Huh? This is still small?" Shen Qiaoqiao pouted, unconvinced, and took another sip of royal jelly to calm herself. "You don't actually want to use it to build an aircraft carrier, do you?"

Su Jin shook his head, gently ran his finger along the inner wall of the hollow shell, and then gestured for everyone to come closer to look: "Take a look inside. I just observed that these Burning Shell Jet Beasts have a natural spiral pattern on the inner wall of their bodies in order to make the heat jets they spew farther and more accurate."

Lin Xuan, who had been rubbing her aching chin, disregarded her discomfort and leaned closer for a closer look. Her academic instincts kicked in, and she exclaimed in surprise, "This is—natural rifling?!"

"That's right!" A strange light flashed in Su Jin's eyes, the kind of fervor an ambitious survivor would show when seeing a revolutionary weapon.

"This isn't some kind of armor material; it's clearly a series of incredibly sturdy, naturally rifling, seamless gun barrels!"

He weighed the thick outer casing in his hand, his tone somewhat excited: "These thinner ones, with a little skillful processing and the addition of our future gunpowder, can be ready-made rifle barrels, while those thick ones—"

He glanced back at the several massive, deep red shells and said in a deep voice, "Those are natural heavy cannon barrels!"

"We didn't consider artillery before because it required too many materials and a lot of high-quality steel, but now the ocean is delivering the most crucial components to us in bulk!"

"These materials are all cylindrical, so Qiaoqiao doesn't need to reshape them. She just needs to make them smaller if they're too big, and add more material if they're too small, until they're all made into standard cannon barrels."

Upon hearing this, the deck suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

Four pairs of beautiful eyes widened as they stared intently at the pile of red shells that had originally been used as building materials.

barrel?

Cannon barrel?

If we can really develop firearms, then sea monsters don't seem invincible.

This is the culmination of human knowledge, the most brilliant invention!

The fear stemmed from the lack of firepower. With cannons, sea monsters were nothing!

Those incinerating jet-powered beasts could only spray water up to 30 meters, not even as far as a ballista.

But artillery has a range of over 100 meters, not to mention its terrifying explosive destructive power.

With artillery in hand, let alone Tier 3 sea monsters, we probably wouldn't even be afraid of Tier 4 sea monsters.

This is the confidence that gunpowder gave them. As modern people, they had great faith in the power of firearms, even though they had only seen the power of these weapons in movies.

Thinking about this, the girls' faces became very excited.

"Six hundred and sixty-six! Brother Su is so clever!"

Li Yuanyuan jumped up and excitedly spun around several times, looking like she was about to break through the deck. She was just like a crazy girl who had won the lottery.

In her simple little mind, as long as you have a cannon, you don't care what kind of deep-sea monster it is, you can just blow it all to smithereens.

Although Shen Ruying wasn't that out of control, her beautiful eyes were still filled with admiration.

Looking at Su Jin's spirited appearance, she felt an overwhelming sense of security.

Yes, in this precarious sea, what word is more reassuring than "firepower suppression"?

Su Jin grinned broadly, for this was indeed the most crucial step on his path to becoming the Pirate King.

The era of cold weapons is coming to an end, and they are about to enter the era of firearms. At that time, they will be unstoppable!

If you have something to say, go tell it to his cannon!

Just as everyone was immersed in the fantasy of the cannon firing and leaving nothing but barren land, Lin Xuan suddenly coughed lightly and said, "Everyone, don't be so happy yet, listen to what I have to say—having a cannon barrel does solve a big problem, but just having a barrel isn't enough to make it fire."

She held up a few fingers, listing the practical difficulties one by one: "First, the cannons need a lot of iron to make the base and mounting brackets, otherwise the recoil from a single shot could flip our deck. Second, and most importantly—"

Lin Xuan paused for a moment, then her tone became much more serious: "That's gunpowder."

"We don't even have half a gram on hand right now, and that's the most serious thing!"