Chapter 1 Accompanying Qian Tiao to Gamble

I spent the whole night with Sister Qian Tiao gambling on the gladiatorial contests. This gambling-addicted young woman came with a full bag of money, only to lose it all.

Her metaphysical gambling skills proved once again that gambling is a road of no return.

Su Lun, on the other hand, was in a good mood.

Although he also lost several thousand Liso, the thank-you gifts he received from Reina and Fatty Charlie more than made up for it.

In the morning, he treated the penniless big shot Qian Tiao to breakfast and sent off this big shot who had agreed to gamble again in the future. Then, Su Lun found a hotel, wanting to see what was so special about the famous guns Reina had given him.

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Inside the sealed room, Su Lun opened the alloy metal box, entered the password, and heard a crisp sound of metal gears meshing.

Seeing the two rune fire guns in the box, Su Lun finally understood why the big shot Qian Tiao had said, "Don't flaunt your wealth."

These two guns were simply too recognizable. Their appearance had a strong punk-tech vibe, understated yet luxurious. They had the kind of steady style that made people immediately recognize that these two fire guns were of high quality and very valuable.

One black, one green, the gun bodies were entirely engraved with high-level runes that combined aesthetics and practicality.

"Azure Fiend and Thunder Serpent?"

Su Lun looked at the inscriptions on the gun bodies, his pupils narrowed slightly.

Having exclusive names meant they were "famous guns."

The definition of "famous guns" was that they were made by a famous gun manufacturing master, unique existences.

These guns were very different from mass-produced goods in terms of materials, design, hand-made enchantment, runes... Their unique craftsmanship meant that they could not be mass-produced, and it also meant that these guns had some special functions.

In the mechanical box, there was also a certificate of authenticity labeled "Maxim Gun Workshop" and the technical parameter manuals for the two fire guns.

Su Lun had heard of the deceased "Master Maxim," a top-tier figure in gun manufacturing, who devoted his life to forging high-quality guns. Because this master had passed away and his works were few, every one of his existing works would cause a frenzy in the market. Those high-quality fire guns were also the "divine weapons" that all gunslingers dreamed of.

Su Lun raised his eyebrows slightly as he looked. This gift was not light.

These were top-level luxury goods that people from the outer city almost never had access to.

Perhaps only a financial group like Reina's family could take out two of them as thank-you gifts at once.

[Thunder Serpent]

Detailed explanation: The gun body is made of Hager-Yeah nickel-based alloy, weighing 3.3 kg; the gun body is engraved with level 2 stability runes, level 3 solid runes, and recoil kinetic energy recovery runes; the entire body has advanced elemental conduction enchantment, dust-repelling enchantment, and anti-oxidation enchantment; this gun has a rate of fire +20%, hit rate +135%, and bullet muzzle velocity +50% compared to fire guns under this standard; it can load up to level 3 high-explosive rounds, with an effective range of 300 meters when loading ordinary bullets, and 600 meters when loading armor-piercing alchemical bullets...

[Azure Fiend]

Detailed explanation: Weighs 2.5 kg; the gun body is engraved with level 2 stability runes, level i cooling runes, level 2 solid runes, and special-grade permanent runes; the entire body has intermediate elemental conduction enchantment, dust-repelling enchantment, and advanced wind element rifling magic纹; this gun has a rate of fire +110%, hit rate +40%, and recoil -75% compared to fire guns under this standard; when loading ordinary bullets, it has a rapid-fire record of 700 rounds without jamming, and an A+ rating in alchemical bullet rapid-fire tests...

"Such strong attributes... Is this still a handgun?"

Su Lun looked at the technical parameters of the two guns, and he actually felt a sense of being unable to put them down.

He himself was now a mechanic who had mastered [Beginner Mechanical Mastery], and he could also modify and manufacture ordinary guns.

That was why he was so shocked when he saw the attributes of these two guns. dà fēng xiǎo shuō

The attributes of these two rune fire guns could not be said to be outstanding, they were simply too excellent.

[Thunder Serpent] was a large-caliber, super-powered handgun, which could be said to be a "hand sniper rifle." The blessing of advanced runes gave it the power and range of a general sniper rifle.

The effective range of a conventional handgun was only 50-100 meters, but this gun reached 300 meters, even more so when loading alchemical bullets.

And [Azure Fiend] was a high-rate-of-fire gun, with precision, fast rate of fire, and very little recoil, which were the advantages of this fire gun.

The data of this thing was so exaggerated that it was no different from a general light machine gun. That special extended magazine would definitely double the gunner's firepower.

After not daring to use [Three-Headed Ghost], Su Lun was worried about not having a rune fire gun that he could rely on, and now these two came just in time.

One with great power, one with rapid fire, they were simply a perfect match.

These were one or two levels higher than the two that Fatty gave him in the underground cave, and they were clearly high-level rune guns of the collector's item level!

Moreover, in addition to the two handguns, there were several boxes of alchemical bullets neatly placed in the mechanical box.

Su Lun gently stroked the bullets in the box, as if stroking the delicate skin of a peerless beauty.

He didn't have the slightest fluctuation in his heart when Fatty sent him 500,000, but looking at these two guns that Reina sent, he really liked them.

Not to mention that the few boxes of alchemical bullets were probably worth over a million, these two famous guns were things that you couldn't buy even with money.

Mm, sensible Miss Reina.

"But the luxurious appearance of these guns is also a problem..."

Su Lun looked at the two extremely high-value fire guns, his eyes turned, and he thought of something.

He didn't have any collectibles here, guns were meant to be used.

But if he just hung them on his waist like this, it would be too eye-catching. A small-time gangster was not worthy of this kind of top-level famous gun.

Although his current skills were not enough to manufacture guns of this level, it was no problem to make slight modifications, such as... making them look old, or spraying them with paint?

Su Lun also realized that Reina wasn't mindless and hadn't thought about it. On the contrary, she had carefully selected these two rune guns that didn't look too peculiar, and then sent them over. She probably guessed that they wouldn't be convenient to carry, so that he could easily modify them...

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It was almost ten o'clock when Su Lun came out of "Bearded Man's Mechanical Modification Shop" on Green Street.

When he came out, the gun holsters at his waist under his windbreaker had been replaced with two slightly different-looking, but old and mottled fire guns. The runes on the gun bodies, which originally looked very high-end, were also covered with paint, concealing their sharpness and making them look unremarkable.

He tested the guns at the shooting range, and the feel was surprisingly good.

The guns lived up to their names. [Azure Fiend] fired rapidly, with green ghost flames coming out of the muzzle. Even after firing hundreds of rounds continuously, the muzzle wouldn't get hot, and it wouldn't jam at all; [Thunder Serpent] sniped accurately, with the bullet trajectory looking like a fleeting lightning serpent, precise and deadly.

Su Lun finally experienced the power of "money," and with two famous guns in hand, his combat power increased significantly.

Because he had money, Su Lun was also thinking about getting a motorcycle as a means of transportation, otherwise it would be inconvenient to take the bus every time he went out.

It just so happened that the owner of the modification shop, Wright, had collected a batch of old military motorcycle parts from the inner city and had just modified a high-performance heavy motorcycle. Su Lun took it for more than 20,000 Liso.

Firearms, leather jackets, motorcycles…

Now the gear was complete, a standard for old gangsters.

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Calculating the time, today was the day to take possession of the house.

Su Lun had had enough of the environment of cheap hotels and urgently needed a private and stable residence to make puppets and practice some alchemical arts that made a lot of noise.

Before long, he rode his motorcycle to the small Western-style building at 88 Ginkgo Avenue.

The landlord, Grandet, still had a smiling face, and you couldn't tell at all that he had just rented a "haunted house" where people had died.

Probably because the money had already been paid and the contract couldn't be reversed, the fat man no longer hid the fact that people had died.

"I heard that people used to die in this house?"

"Oh, dear sir, as you know, too strong dark spiritual power is a disaster for ordinary people. I think it was just an accident... Moreover, don't you just need this dark spiritual power?"

"..."

The small building had been cleaned very thoroughly.

The first floor had a living room, dining room, fireplace, and a maid's room; the second floor had a bedroom and study, a very standard layout.

Although the furniture was a bit old, it didn't look like it had ever been used.

And there was that empty cement basement that could be used as a shooting range and laboratory.

The price and environment were really impeccable.

After all, people had died in this house, and more than one.

Su Lun had Grandet accompany him, and carefully inspected every room along the way.

Wherever he had doubts, he quietly scanned it with his All-Knowing Eye, but he didn't find anything unusual.

Except that the concentration of dark spiritual power in the basement was a bit high, which might cause people to become deformed, Su Lun really didn't find any other factors that could be fatal.

Was he overthinking it?

It was rare to find such a suitable property, and Su Lun didn't plan to give up just because people had died there.

He took the keys, and then rested in the house for the whole day.

He still didn't find anything unusual.

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At night, Su Lun asked Kai for leave and didn't go to patrol Green Street.

Now he had a very important thing to do, which was to turn the spider leg materials and blueprints into alchemical implants and become a proper professional.

Turning cursed materials into alchemical implants required a complex enchanting and alchemical conversion process. Su Lun's current [Beginner Forging Introduction] level could only tinker with Black Iron-level materials, and there was still a high probability of failure.

Originally, he only thought that he could get a Silver spider leg material, and then he could just find a better alchemy shop to customize his [Eight-Armed Spider God Spear].

But now, the materials were too good, and he was also in trouble.

People could still be found in the outer city to refine Silver and Gold quality materials.

But the "Dark Gold" cursed material required very high-end enchantment, runes, and refining techniques, which placed extremely high demands on the alchemist's comprehensive skills. Even a "Master" level was required to ensure that the refining would not fail and the materials would be scrapped.

And throughout Old London, the number of alchemists who reached the "Master" level could be counted on one's fingers. Such talents were often the enshrined members of various major families in the inner city. There were even fewer in the outer city. Even the alchemists in the three major gangs had only barely reached the "Expert" level at most.

Su Lun only had this one Empress Spider Leg, and he didn't dare to try it randomly.

Therefore, he planned to go to the black market to inquire about whether there were any "Master-level craftsmen" in the outer city.

As a last resort, he didn't plan to use that little bit of favor to find that rich woman, Reina.