Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1549 - 648: Crystal Energy Cannon_3

Under Qu Shilin’s expectant gaze, Wang Tao extended his hand and took out the Crystal Energy Cannon.

Once the Crystal Energy Cannon left the treasure chest, it quickly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into its previously massive form and obediently stopping right in front of the two of them.

"Let me try if I can use it!"

Qu Shilin immediately moved to the rear of the Crystal Energy Cannon, where there was a Crystal Energy touch screen. Unlike an electronic display, the information on this screen was minimal, and Wang Tao couldn’t understand any of it.

After Qu Shilin executed a series of rapid operations, a line of prompts appeared on the screen. Qu Shilin immediately exhaled in relief and enthusiastically explained to Wang Tao:

"The cannon indicates insufficient energy, temporarily unable to fire. This means everything is functioning normally!"

The power of this thing is enormous; the research institute naturally wouldn’t dare to preload it with Crystal Cores. If it accidentally discharged, the blast might not only obliterate the institute but also blow the plaza and City Hall into the sky.

Having confirmed that loading and unloading posed no issues, Wang Tao’s thoughts began to take shape.

If they used a few Crystal Energy Cannons to deal with the sea beasts, it should be much easier, right? The only uncertainty was how powerful it truly was...

"How many Crystal Energy Cannons do you have currently? Should I run some field tests with these cannons tomorrow?"

Wang Tao looked at Qu Shilin and asked.

"Right now, we have a total of six Crystal Energy Cannons. The materials to manufacture these things are incredibly costly. Only this one remains in the lab; the other five were distributed to the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Legions a while ago to let them test if the Crystal Energy Cannons could be incorporated into real combat—but there hasn’t been much progress so far..." freewebnσvel.cøm

The Fifth Legion specializes in research. These Crystal Energy Cannons were jointly developed by the Fifth Legion and the research institute, so they kept theirs here for easy access when needed for further study.

"So, what level of damage can these Crystal Energy Cannons inflict?"

"In theory, each blast from a Crystal Energy Cannon is equivalent to the full-power strike of a Level 6 Awakener, and it deals long-range, wide-area damage!" Speaking of this, Qu Shilin quickly clarified, "Of course, I mean a normal Level 6 Awakener—not someone like you... You’re ridiculously overpowered!"

"...I’ll take that as a compliment."

Wang Tao shrugged, but he was satisfied with the Crystal Energy Cannon’s destructive power.

A full-strength attack from a Level 6 Awakener was nothing to scoff at. If several Crystal Energy Cannons targeted the same objective, they might be able to instantaneously obliterate a Sixth Rank Lord!

And most importantly, the cannons had incredible range and a massive blast radius! If used against those transparent fish, wouldn’t they be perfect?

"So, what do you think? Tomorrow shall we..."

Qu Shilin looked at Wang Tao expectantly.

"Sure, tomorrow we’ll head out to test them! I’ll go fetch the other cannons in a moment."

"Great! If the results are promising, our research institute will sell off everything we have to make more of them!"

Qu Shilin was full of anticipation but then sighed and added:

"Actually, we initially envisioned mounting these Crystal Energy Cannons onto Powered Armor for combat, but after damaging several suits of Powered Armor during tests, we scrapped that crazy idea. Unless we can develop larger and stronger Powered Armor—but current technology doesn’t support building oversized Powered Armor. It’d be great if we could acquire more Biological Weapons with armed functionalities for our research..."

"..."

Wang Tao gave Qu Shilin a peculiar look.

Biological Weapons with armed functionalities? He had plenty of those at his disposal. They were practically useless to him now and had been gathering dust inside his Space Backpack for ages. If Qu Shilin hadn’t brought it up, Wang Tao might have completely forgotten about them...