Chapter 51: Chapter 49: Battle Armor, The Grand Shopping Spree, Level 9 Precision Handgun
With the remaining seven hundred and thirty shopping points, the group headed to the second floor of the guild.
Due to the airtight environment, the air conditioning here was more sufficient than the lobby below, with a temperature around twenty-five degrees Celsius, and fewer people coming early in the morning.
Usually, only near noon would the staff post the tasks received yesterday and release new bounty orders.
Lin Feng and the others walked to the other side outside the bulletin board.
This was the guild’s specialized equipment store, dedicated to serving Evolvers, providing high-end goods required by the Desert Hunting Team.
The majority of items here were brought in from the major cities, while a small portion came from the harvests of past ruins. If the Four Major Villages have no need for them, they could sell them to the guild in exchange for points.
Most prevalent among them are weapons, followed by armor and protective gear, as well as outdoor survival necessities such as tents, mattresses, binoculars, entrenching tools, and portable small medical first aid kits.
Compared to ordinary Deserted Village Squads, professional Desert Hunting Teams have considerably better equipment treatment.
This is what human life should be.
Fully equipped, though the prices are not so beautiful.
Survival small tools are generally around a dozen points each, followed by weapons, a military knife made of high-carbon steel costs twenty points.
Machetes and spears also cost forty to fifty points.
Long-range weapons are more expensive, pistols are generally sold for seventy to eighty points, bullets at one point for ten rounds, rifles being the most expensive, with a replica AK selling for two hundred and fifty, bullets at one point for five rounds.
Chen Shanshan presented the Evolver certificate, and the store manager enthusiastically introduced the products to the group.
Lin Feng picked up the replica AK and took a look.
Not only were the manufacturing techniques very rough, but there were also various flaws in the details, with very low durability, feeling as if it was refurbished second-hand goods.
The advantage is high damage, Level 7 AK, with basic damage of 35 points, plus all bullets being full-power rounds, strong penetration, and an additional five points damage increase:
"Replica AK Rifle lv7, White Quality"
"Basic Attributes: Damage 35, Effective Range 800 meters; Remaining Ammunition 0/30; Durability 6/10; Can consume one Life Value to upgrade"
"Extra Attributes: Full-Power Rounds (Damage +5), Automatic Mode (Fire Rate 20/s)"
"Evaluation: A semi-handcrafted automatic rifle, made with old milling machines and faulty precision tools, creating this classic AK replica. Severely worn, low durability, affects shooting accuracy, prone to jamming. Cannot expect wasteland industry to produce exquisite weapons, though shabby, it is still usable."
Forty points of damage, the same as a shotgun, and it’s an automatic rifle with powerful firepower.
Apart from bullets being somewhat expensive, there are also problems of jamming and low shooting accuracy, the shortcomings are indeed many.
Although for Lin Feng these are not a big deal, as long as it’s upgraded, most issues can be resolved...
But the problem is the replica AK and the current Wolf Fang Revolver already have overlapping functions, and there’s no need to spend two hundred and fifty points to buy this industrial scrap.
Swapping for Enhanced Meat to upgrade a pistol multiple times yields the same effect.
Moreover, the current Wolf Fang Handgun completely meets the needs, the firepower has already exceeded excessively, holding another identical gun is not as good as buying a set of armor to improve the Defense.
With seven hundred and thirty points, this time is mainly for Chen Shanshan and Lin Feng’s equipment upgrades, especially for the former, as the only Evolver in the team currently, when hunting beasts, she definitely has to charge into the fray.
A set of high-quality armor is very necessary.
But armor and protective gear are precisely the most expensive in the store, a professional camouflage combat suit with exhaust fan cooling function costs one hundred points.
An Alloy Steel bulletproof insert plate costs thirty points.
Level 3 Helmet, Chest Armor, Back Armor, Shoulder Armor, Arm Guards, Leg Guards, and Combat Boots, the entire set forms a Battle Armor, with a minimum of three hundred and fifty points.
Wearing it can withstand rifle bullets or over a ton of impact, as well as the bites of Level Nine Desolate Beasts.
With the physique of an Evolver and wearing such armor, it can be called a human-shaped light tank, just like the Fearless Warrior in the game, charging into the beast pack as if slicing melon.
Except for Tier One Evolved Desolate Beasts that can power struggle back and forth, ordinary Late-stage Enhanced Beasts are completely powerless to retaliate.
The only drawback is that the whole set weighs eighty kilograms, even for Late-stage Enhanced People, running a few kilometers would be exhausted to the point of collapse. Only Evolvers with strong Physique can wear it flexibly and continuously fight.
Although very heavy, the flaws don’t overshadow its merits.
The most difficult situation in the Wasteland is getting injured, and a full-body Battle Armor can greatly reduce the likelihood of suffering external injuries.
At most, there’s bone fracture internal injuries from collision impact, as long as it’s not tear external injuries causing massive bleeding, relying on the physique of Evolvers, all can recover.
For this, Lin Feng was very tempted, although expensive, requiring three hundred and fifty points, it can greatly enhance survival in combat.
Even if it costs nearly half of the remaining points, the enhancement of Chen Shanshan’s ability is undoubtedly enormous.
Should an encounter with the Desert Wolf Pack arise, having her wear this Battle Armor, she can single-handedly take on the entire wolf pack without any problem.
Thus, upon Lin Feng’s proposal, everyone unanimously decided to purchase a set of Battle Armor.
And due to Chen Shanshan’s physique, the final custom-made Battle Armor was only one meter seventy tall, saving a lot on material costs, after bargaining, it was settled at three hundred points.
The downside is it is suitable only for Chen Shanshan.
Lin Feng couldn’t even fit into it.
Currently, there are still four hundred and thirty points remaining, as Chen Shanshan has already spent the major portion, she firmly refused to take any more weapon equipment.
Lin Feng then began searching for firearm components.
There are four main categories: compensator, silencer; scopes for aiming; grips for stability; and extended magazines.
The most expensive among them are the silencer and the scope.
These are precisely what Lin Feng needs the most.
The scope can improve shooting accuracy and expand Lin Feng’s range of attack, while the silencer is essential for remote sniping.
It can reduce disturbance to the beast pack.
However, these two start at twenty points each.
Especially the silencer, which is expensive, and under automatic shooting conditions, durability drops by one every five seconds, nearing scrapping after four hundred bullets.
The reason it’s sold expensively is that it kills invisibly, presumably used for assassination.
A large-caliber silencer costs thirty points, plus an ordinary three times scope, totaling fifty points.
After securing handgun attachments, Lin Feng went to the Holy Spring Village shop downstairs, showing Father Su An’s badge, and spent only eighty points to buy a purification extraction filter originally priced at one hundred and fifty.
He spent a total of one hundred and thirty points.
There were three hundred points left, reserved for Liu Mingfei and Ah Lian, with one hundred points each. Ah Ming temporarily did not participate in combat due to injury, hence no additional allocation.
The remaining one hundred points were divided among Ding Yi, Liu Qian, and Ah Ming, with each receiving thirty points.
Everyone then dispersed to seek the supplies they needed.
Lin Feng sat in the hall, consumed one Life Value to the handgun in his pocket, performing a fusion upgrade, then began examining the newly acquired Level 7 purification extraction filter.
Ah Ming bought the necessary external and internal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Because they were somewhat expensive, he also spent part of Ah Lian’s points, while the latter purchased a set of professional combat suits with ventilation and cooling functions to enhance battle endurance.
Ding Yi opted for a shovel and a small medical first-aid kit.
The remaining Liu Family siblings, Liu Qian had Liu Mingfei buy a set of combat suits as well before dragging her brother to the corner of the shop’s miscellaneous goods section.
Using the leftover points, they bought several books on automotive repair knowledge.
The prices weren’t low, ranging from five to ten points per book.
Seeing Liu Mingfei’s puzzled expression, Liu Qian quietly explained as she searched for the books she needed:
"When the electric vehicle comes out, you’ll definitely be the driver, then the situations requiring you to get out and fight will become less frequent. Though it won’t be dangerous, your role will become less significant."
"The second Evolver candidate is certainly Lin Feng, followed by Ah Lian. Even if you want to be a driver for life, you have to become an Evolver."
Then Liu Qian spoke earnestly:
"Constantly improving your professional skills is the way to highlight value. Study these books well later and once we return, go over them. When handing over the electric vehicle, point out all the issues and defects you can find. Understand?"
Liu Mingfei suddenly understood, hurriedly took the books.
Liu Qian picked out several wasteland journals, documenting various mutated desolate beasts, survival experiences, and tales of hunters’ expeditions.
As the major purchases went on, by noon, everyone gathered in the first-floor hall.
Now the Level 8 Wolf Fang Handgun at Lin Feng’s waist has completed a comprehensive upgrade:
"Precision Pistol Level 9, White Quality, Brand"
"Basic Attributes: Damage 45, Effective Range 1200 meters, Remaining Wolf Fang Bullet Ammunition: 1000; upgraded to Host Level Limit"
"Extra Attributes: Bullet Recovery 1/1s; Space Magazine 1000 rounds; Automatic Mode Fire Rate 20/s; Rapid Pursuit Muzzle Velocity 900m/s"
"New Extra Attributes: Precision Lock, Silencer"
"Precision Lock: Enlarges target by four times when aiming, includes red dot sight, can lock onto moving targets"
"Silencer: Equipped with silencer, reduces muzzle noise by 80%, difficult to hear clearly beyond fifty meters, but effective range decreases by 30%, detachable"
"Note: Scope is integrated into Precision Pistol, permanently equipped, not detachable"
"Evaluation: Self-contained four times scope precision pistol, carries sniper rifle’s bullet initial speed, large-caliber bullet power, within effective range when locked onto a target, bullet never misses. With silencer attached, kills enemies silently; however, note the impact of silencer on bullet shooting precision!"
After briefly reviewing the upgrade notifications, Lin Feng shifted his gaze back to the purification extraction filter in his hand.
Then, as everyone returned with their haul, taking the three-wheeler, riding off on bicycles from the Guild...
Nearby, two Late-stage Enhanced People were observing Lin Feng’s group on the two bicycles from afar.
One squinted slightly:
"Confirmed, right? It’s the master’s bicycle!"
The other agreed:
"That’s correct, Steward Li rode these two bicycles that day, and left the camp with the newcomer."
"Now Steward Li is missing, yet the bicycles are in these people’s possession, could it be..."
"Go! Quickly report to Miss Tian."