The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 496 - 489

Chapter 496: 489

For Gao Yuan now, it was impossible to hope to conquer the world with just one type of weapon.

So Gao Yuan could already foresee his future—that unavoidable outcome of becoming a humanoid arsenal. If he didn’t know what kind of opponent he would face each time before going into battle, a whole assortment of weapons was indispensable.

"Forget it, I can’t think of anything else. It’s still better to summarize and discover slowly through exercises and actual combat. Now, let’s talk about this cannon,"

Ram shifted his attention back to the barrel and said to Jack, "You can create a firing mechanism that shoots projectiles, no problem, right?"

Jack had long been confident and replied, "There’s already a mature solution from which to choose. Adopting the design of the Soviet Union’s PTRD anti-tank rifle, extending the barrel to recoil away from the shooter and reduce the recoil force, single-shot loading, the structure is simple but reliable. Most importantly, it can significantly reduce weight. I estimate its length to be between two meters and two and a half meters. Such a gun can only be operated by two people together. Now, let’s fire it up."

The gun removed from the tank was a twin-barreled cannon, which meant it couldn’t be manually fired but was instead electrically controlled—there wouldn’t even be a trigger.

However, this kind of problem was certainly no match for Jack. Connecting the power source, setting up the control system, then securing the gun on sandbags with ropes on both sides to prevent the cannon from flying off after firing. Moreover, Jack had also installed a speedometer beside it to test the initial velocity of the projectiles.

It took half an hour to get busy with these preparations. Finally, everything was ready, and Jack pressed the firing button.

Since the disassembled cannon didn’t have a sights, they could only fire it roughly.

After firing the cannon, Jack pondered for a long time. Then he finally took off his noise-cancelling headphones and said to Gao Yuan, "The initial velocity is thirteen hundred meters per second, high chamber pressure, high initial velocity, the firing mechanism can’t be too light."

"Mhm, you decide on your own. I trust your abilities. The only question is, how long will it take to finish?"

"A few hours. I can’t make the barrel at all, but since we already have the barrel, the rest is much simpler. I only need to refer to the whole cannon to make what’s needed quickly. However, we need to add a sight and a carrying handle to the barrel. Which type of mechanical sight do you guys want? A notch sight, or a peep sight?"

"A peep sight, can you add a Picatinny rail to it? We might want to install scopes."

"That’s doable. Let me think, adding a Picatinny rail is simple, but pretending to align mechanical sights is troublesome, needing constant adjusting. Plus, since this cannon can shoot very far, we also need to ensure accuracy at long distances, so... the mechanical sight is the trickiest part. Can we skip it?"

Ram thought for a long time, then he shook his head, "We can’t skip it. The environment for combating the Armored Beasts is very complicated, and most of the time, it’s going to be quite close, so we’ll still need the mechanical sights."

That’s when Rabbit suddenly said, "I’ll stay and help you test it, be your assistant."

Ram smiled faintly, looking at Rabbit with eyes that saw through everything, and said, "You want to stay so you can pick out the best barrel, right?"

Rabbit replied confidently, "Yeah, is there a problem? Why don’t you stay too? Let you choose first. I don’t need to rush home, and you could stay too, just hang around to watch."

Ram didn’t say anything more. He just flipped the middle finger at Rabbit, then said to Jack, "I’m off. Let me know when it’s ready for collection—the sooner, the better."

Jack held out his hand, stopping Ram, "Hold on, I’m not your underling, I don’t earn your contribution points. I’m here to do business, and now you want to place a custom order for a weapon, it’s time to talk about my fee, isn’t it? My rate is a dozen beers for one gun barrel, brand doesn’t matter, and I require payment upfront."

Ram, looking utterly surprised, said, "Dude, get this straight, I brought your whole family here from America, I saved you guys, and now you’re talking about a fee with me? One beer, no more."

"Buddy, are you joking? Sure, it’s the end of the world, but is this place Eden? You’re fighting wars here, so it’s not safe, and you spend every day in my shooting range, using up my precious bullets, using my equipment to satisfy your wild ideas, ten beers, no less."

"Dude, don’t you know there’s a shortage of everything around here? Beers aren’t something we stockpile in bulk, there really aren’t many left now, so the value of beer is too high. How about whiskey? A bottle of whiskey for a gun barrel, that’s my final offer."

"Buddy, I drink beer for fun, I’m not an alcoholic, I don’t like whiskey, let alone home-brewed whiskey, so it’s eight beers, really can’t do less. This job is very time-consuming and energy-draining, and, your Blade of Satan needs maintenance, it needs some parts replaced, right? Eight beers?"

Ram fell silent. After a long pause, he extended his hand, "Enough talk, five beers, five for one barrel, and pick out the best one for me. I’ll throw in an extra five."

"Deal."

Jack immediately shook hands with Ram and then, with an air of urgency, said, "Payment first, make it quick, bring me the beer."

Gao Yuan couldn’t help but ask, "Why don’t you guys just brew your own beer?"

Turning his head, Ram replied, "We brew whiskey, but not beer, because... wait, why don’t we brew our own beer?"

Jack was stunned, then exclaimed, "Beer... you can brew it yourself?"

"Fuck! Of course, you can brew beer yourself, are you an idiot? God, with our thousands of people, has no one thought about brewing beer?"

Jack was extremely shocked, "I just love drinking beer, how would I know how to brew it myself? Fuck!"

Gao Yuan’s comment had left both Ram and Jack in utter shock and anger, especially Jack, who was stunned that beer could be brewed and furious that he had only just now realized it could be brewed.

"All I’ve been thinking about is where to find a supermarket that hasn’t been looted, a warehouse, to find a lot of beer, but it never crossed my mind that I could actually brew my own, oh, oh, oh, fuck! Shit!"

Pointing at Jack, Ram said firmly, "If you do a good job, I’ll start brewing beer, any problem with that?"

Jack immediately put on a sycophantic smile and said, "No problem, absolutely no problem! Sir, I’ll produce three mature and complete gun sights today, but please bring the advance payment first, I need to drink the beer to get the work started, thank you."