Wasteland Development Diary

Bai Bi brought over two heavy iron boxes.

“Whew, these are 【Suppression Rounds】, 2000 rounds per box, 4000 rounds in total.”

“Mr. Zhou, please check them.”

Zhou Yi said, “No need, I definitely trust you on this.”

He handed over a Light N納 Storage, which contained the Light Seeds for payment.

The Demon Huntress next to him had already opened the ammunition box on her own. She grabbed a finger-thick cylindrical bullet from inside and stuffed it straight into her mouth, starting to eat it.

Bai Bi made a gesture for Zhou Yi to follow him, leading him aside and whispering, “The Demon Huntress is still young and doesn't have a good temper. Please don't take her seriously.”

“Is she different from you?” Zhou Yi asked.

“We are all Weapon Mechs, it's just a matter of when we were created. Don't look at me like this, I was already on the battlefield during the United Resistance Army era.”

She smiled and said, “It's not an exaggeration to say I'm battle-hardened.”

Zhou Yi further confirmed, “You mean, Mech-Lifeforms, Light N納 Seeds, and humans formed the United Resistance Army and fought the Celestials… back then?”

“Yes.”

Bai Bi nodded, “We, the earliest batch of Weapon Mechs, have enough experience to know how to restrain our desires and instincts. But the Demon Huntress was born in a peaceful era. That child is only 5 years old now. Although she has great talent, she is still too young after all.”

The Demon Huntress was actually a five-year-old child.

Zhou Yi felt a bit complicated.

But speaking of which, Wasteland Company is also in its fifth year of establishment, so it can be considered fate.

“Everyone dotes on her. But she has high aspirations, but because she is too young, her ability development and self-exploration are not complete enough. So, when she loses to us in internal competitions, she often hides and cries alone.”

The rabbit-eared girl showed a helpless expression, “In battles, individuals with different mechanisms have certain restraining relationships with each other.”

“Being strong in one-on-one situations doesn't necessarily mean you can perform well on a real battlefield. Every Weapon Mech has a time and environment that suits their combat. As long as there is no class difference in the level of life, there is actually no absolute saying of who is the strongest…”

Zhou Yi nodded.

He deeply agreed with this.

“But in free-fire mode, the Demon Huntress is indeed not as good as most Weapon Mechs. Because she is not a solo combat type, she can only exert her power in coordinated operations.”

“She can expand and enhance the abilities of the holder.”

Bai Bi introduced, “That is, the stronger the holder, the stronger the power she exerts.”

Zhou Yi asked, “What is the specific mechanism?”

“This is considered each Weapon Mech's element ability. The fewer people who know about it, the better the effect. But since you hold her, it's okay to tell you.”

Bai Bi said solemnly, “The Demon Huntress can extend the holder's abilities through bullets.”

“The more common Seahorse Shooter's 【High-Speed Light Gun】 has a range of 75 meters. If it is released externally through the Demon Huntress's bullets and gun barrel, then the range can be extended to 175 meters and comes with a 【Suppression Altar】 effect.”

“This is the Demon Huntress's skill; she is a top combat assistant.”

Zhou Yi hissed when he heard this.

The Demon Huntress's mechanism is to increase the range and attach the effect of suppressing active abilities.

Most importantly.

His strongest attack skill, 【Life Strike】, can exchange life for life. But it must be close combat to exert its power, and the conditions are very limited in actual combat.

Now with the Demon Huntress's mechanism, the range is directly pulled to 100 meters!

Life Strike has a bullet mode!

The future is promising.

Zhou Yi glanced behind him.

The silver-haired Weapon Mech was still eating bullets one by one.

She didn't seem to be eating, but rather working. Her face was serious, and she would check each bullet to confirm it was intact before swallowing it.

Zhou Yi asked Bai Bi again, “Is there a place here where I can test fire or test abilities?”

“Of course. We need to test the performance and combat power of many weapons, so we have a shooting range.”

Bai Bi said, “I'll take you there.”

After the Demon Huntress swallowed all the bullets, Bai Bi led Zhou Yi and his group away from the water plant, bid farewell to Hong Xing who was guarding here, and walked to an open space next to it.

She said, “Wait a moment, I'll contact Sister Qing Zheng. She's in charge of the shooting range.”

After a moment.

A green halo emerged from the ground.

Bai Bi took the lead and walked inside, waving to Zhou Yi to signal, “Stand here, we're going to the shooting range.”

Zhou Yi, Yuan Xiao, and the Demon Huntress all stepped into it.

Green light scanned over everyone from top to bottom—including the golden pen-shaped Atmospheric Lifeform on Zhou Yi's chest.

It seemed to be doing a check one by one.

Zhou Yi suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness, and the surrounding space appeared distorted and stretched.

“Don't worry, this is normal.” Bai Bi said with a smile, “Our 【Sky Road】 leads directly to the shooting range, safe and fast.”

Ten seconds later.

All the abnormalities disappeared.

Zhou Yi found himself inside a strange high wall.

This was a wide square. Stone slabs with holes were assembled into the ground. Stepping on it felt very resilient, somewhat like the rubber floor of a gym.

Two strange black rubber figures emerged from the ground. They were one tall and one short, with circles of target rings on their bodies, and a red bullseye in the middle.

The two rubber figures faced Zhou Yi's group and made a punching motion, seemingly challenging them.

“This is our shooting range target dummy.”

Bai Bi pointed at them, “Just hit them. Because it is a basic test, we have not enabled abilities such as high-speed dodging and actual combat counterattacks, only testing damage resistance.”

Before she finished speaking.

Zhou Yi heard two bangs in his ears.

The Demon Huntress's palm at the front end of her wrist had turned into a silver double-barreled gun, which was smoking.

Zhou Yi noticed that there were two more bullet holes on the rubber figure that was hit.

Two pieces of information also appeared above the bullet holes.

【Damage 822, with "Suppression Altar" effect for 3 seconds】

【Damage 822, with "Suppression Altar" effect for 3 seconds】

The Demon Huntress's single bullet damage is 822 points.

Zhou Yi remembered that the Sea God's B+ grade Fish Die Light fish damage was 360-994, but each shot required a 16-second cooldown.

The Demon Huntress's output could be stably at 822 per second.

The strength difference between A-grade and B-grade is obvious.

The "Suppression Altar" effect is very useful in actual combat. It can lock the opponent's active skills and continuous firing can complete the suppression and sealing of the ability domain.

However, what Zhou Yi wanted to test most right now was another thing.

“Demon Huntress, I need you to extend my ability.”

The silver-haired Weapon Mech said, “Put your hand into my body.”

Zhou Yi tried to put his left hand on her shoulder, then was grabbed by the Demon Huntress and moved to her back.

His entire arm was swallowed into her back.

Zhou Yi grabbed a delicate multi-section metal structure.

The touch was cold and smooth.

His finger hooked onto a metal trigger.

“That's it, it's my spine.”

The Demon Huntress said, “Expand your ability and pull the trigger to use my 【Demon Huntress Spine Chamber】.”

When holding the spine, Zhou Yi found that he and this Weapon Mech were one.

The Demon Huntress's body became an arm extension.

He could even clearly read the other party's thoughts.

What she was thinking about was one thing.

—Fire, fire, fire! Hurry up and fire!

The two became one mind.

At this moment, the Demon Huntress suddenly said, “Don't read my mind, focus on firing and fighting, that's the most important thing.”

“Oh, okay.”

Zhou Yi came back to his senses.

He adjusted his breathing and activated 【Life Strike】.

The Demon Huntress's gun barrel flickered, and she fired at the target dummy in front of her.

The rubber figure staggered.

【Damage 1822, with "Suppression Altar" effect for 3 seconds】

Zhou Yi was very satisfied.

He had just dealt the minimum damage of Life Strike, using 1000 health points to deal 1000 damage.

It also had an overlap with the Demon Huntress's damage.

The biggest range defect of Life Strike was solved through this external connection.

In the future, he can also participate in the A-level life battlefield!

Zhou Yi felt very happy.

Although being a commander in the rear is safe, it's more enjoyable to go to the battlefield and fight directly.

Add me, I'm not very good at fighting.

……

After firing more than a dozen consecutive shots, the Demon Huntress's accuracy and stability were quite good.

Zhou Yi raised a question, “Do I have to hold your spine to use the 【Demon Huntress Spine Chamber】?”

“Yes.”

“Or I can revert to a pure weapon state, it might be easier to hold me.”

Zhou Yi thought for a while, “Let's just leave it like this.”

No wonder Bai Bi said that the Demon Huntress is a top battlefield assistant.

Her ability is hidden enough.

The Demon Huntress has not yet flowed to the outside world to participate in combat, and there is no data about her.

This allows Zhou Yi to instantly deal high damage with 【Life Strike】, giving the target enemy a fatal blow.

Weapon Mechs really have to try their best to hide their element abilities.

But soon, Zhou Yi knew that raising the Demon Huntress was not easy.

“Half of the bullets are gone.”

The Demon Huntress naturally opened her hand, “I want more bullets, buy them for me.”

Zhou Yi: “……”

She used 4000 bullets like they were toys.

The child doesn't feel sorry for the father's money.

Children from wealthy families are really hard to raise...

Bai Bi couldn't stand it anymore, she stood up and said, “You need to know that Mr. Zhou is your holder now. You can't ask for various resources without limit like you used to do here. You have to consider him.”

“Don't be willful!”

The Demon Huntress looked annoyed at Bai Bi's reprimand, “How annoying! How can I become stronger if you don't feed me bullets! You guys didn't want to give me bullets before!”

Zhou Yi immediately said, “I'll buy another 10,000 rounds.”

“20,000 rounds.”

The Demon Huntress held up two fingers, “At least today, I want to have fun!”

“Okay.”

Zhou Yi nodded.

“Don't worry, I'll use them sparingly in the future.” The Demon Huntress added, “I'm not barbaric and unreasonable, nor am I extravagant and wasteful. I just need a lot of bullet shooting to improve. I will prove in the future that these bullet feedings are valuable.”

The child seemed to have been holding back badly.

She hadn't had fun in the past.

Zhou Yi said with a smile, “Do as much as you can with how much money you have. There are still some savings now, so I can feed you more bullets. If we don't have money in the future, then we have to tighten our belts and live a hard life.”

The Demon Huntress nodded, showing a smile for the first time, “That's right, unlike the old things who are obviously rich but are always stingy with me…”

“Impudent!”

Bai Bi shouted and glared at her.

The Demon Huntress scoffed, but didn't say anything more.