CHAPTER 145: CHAPTER 146: METHODS TO DEAL WITH DOUBLE DISASTERS? I HAVE THEM

The rumbling continued to echo across the desert.

Lin Yue clutched his numb hand, the ringing in his ears still reverberating.

Just a moment of carelessness had gotten him hooked, and he emptied the magazine in one go, but now the aftereffects required him to take a moment to recover.

The same recovery was needed by Bai and the Little Ice Lizards, who were disoriented by the continuous blasts and kept making "gawu" and "puji puji" sounds, seemingly in considerable pain.

Lin Yue looked at the M19 still in his hand, taking a deep breath.

He hadn’t expected shooting to be so exhausting.

"Many strengths, but the weaknesses seem to be quite fatal as well."

Calming down from his excitement, Lin Yue began to evaluate this new weapon.

Sure, its power was tremendous, and being able to fire 16 bullets in quick succession made it a formidable weapon, especially against humans or monstrous creatures like Lizardmen, where it could certainly be effective.

But the drawbacks were too prominent.

The recoil, which Lin Yue felt he could adapt to with practice, caused such a jerking motion during firing that it was challenging to aim.

Even if he managed to aim, hitting the target was not guaranteed since every shot required aligning the sight, giving enemies ample time to act.

Moreover, the loud noise during firing truly harmed his ears; if he experienced tinnitus afterward and an enemy approached from another direction, he wouldn’t hear them.

Furthermore, using it in the Secret Realm or Underground Ruins would definitely attract more enemies due to the gunfire.

Lin Yue definitely didn’t want a group of Monster Winged Dragons or Lizardmen coming after him.

Wasn’t that what happened yesterday? If not for a stroke of luck, he wouldn’t have gotten away so easily.

"The recoil makes using a sighting scope impossible; I’ll need an infrared one, but unfortunately, no one has one." Even if Lin Yue didn’t browse the trade group, he could guess no one was selling one.

It seemed he’d have to acquire it from a box in the future.

"The loud noise also demands a silencer, but again, it’s unavailable."

Lin Yue shook his head—these two items could only be obtained from treasure chests or within the Secret Realm; hoping to find them in the Survival Points Mall or trading seemed impossible.

Both items, no matter which, would be highly sought after or immediately stored in someone’s Storage Space as a prized possession.

Lin Yue casually opened the trading panel, entered "silencer," and awaited the "zero search results."

Soon, however, a search result appeared.

[Seller: Casbrooke]

[Item: Universal Pistol Silencer]

[Requirements: Water, Vegetables, or Fruits]

[Seller’s Note: Damn, those live streaming people eating fruits and vegetables in the group made me envious. I want some too! Does anyone have extra? I don’t even use this silencer!]

Lin Yue thought he must be seeing things.

A silencer for a pistol, such a valuable item, only required mere fruits and vegetables?

He left a message: "I’ll take it. What kind of vegetables or fruits do you need?"

However, after waiting a while, Casbrooke didn’t reply, so Lin Yue returned to the shelter, grilling lamb chops and dismantling miscellaneous items brought back from the bank.

Unexpectedly, his remark caused a significant stir in the entire group!

"Guess who just directly bid on Casbrooke’s listing that was up for over a day without any bids?"

"Maybe Casbrooke’s got serious issues—everyone uses cold weapons. Who could he sell a pistol silencer to, especially for the current precious vegetables and fruits?"

"The only one selling fruits and vegetables in the group is Lin Yue, but Lin Yue wouldn’t want that kind of thing, right? I remember Xia Feihong mentioned he uses a tactical crossbow—can’t fit a pistol silencer on that."

"Say what you want, but it was Lin Yue who placed the bid..."

"What the heck, really?"

"No way, what’s he gonna do with a silencer? Store it?"

"Is it possible that Lin Yue already has a pistol?"

"Are you kidding? It’s only been a few days since the apocalypse started, and everyone still uses cold weapons! I admit Lin’s strong, but having a pistol is ridiculous."

"True, his use of a tactical crossbow already put him several levels ahead of us. Last time I saw him using burning arrows, as our leader mentioned."

"Haha, to wrap this topic up, if Lin Yue actually has a pistol, I’ll do a handstand while eating crap on a live stream!"

"+1, I’ll do something even more extreme—a Thomas spin while eating crap!"

"If he has a pistol, I’ll change my nickname to ’Lin Yue is my dad’!"

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The conversation shifted to the Underground Ruins, until someone suddenly noticed that Casbrooke’s silencer had been sold, but nobody realized the significance of this.

As for Lin Yue, he couldn’t care less about what was being said in the group.

They could say whatever they wanted.

His relationship with them was straightforward.

Purely transactional.

One-time deals.

No unnecessary chatter, he’d trade what he had for what he wanted.

"I traded 2 pounds of strawberries for a silencer, is this thing really that worthless?"

Lin Yue held the black, heavy silencer, attached it to the muzzle of the M19, and tried firing another shot. As expected, most of the noise was muffled!

"Divine artifact!" he exclaimed.

This decibel level shouldn’t easily attract distant enemies’ attention anymore. Although the sighting issue remained unresolved, it was already good enough.

If necessary, firing all sixteen rounds could shred a Lion-headed Bear, let alone a Monster Winged Dragon or Lizardman.

After manufacturing another 900 bullets, Lin Yue stored the weapon.

He had grilled 30 lamb chops, enough for now. He lifted his head, gazing at the overcast sky, and stood up to stretch.

Surveying his surroundings, Lin Yue finally set his sights on the walls.

His shelter now had two layers of walls: the first was a fifty-meter radius centered around the shelter, and the second extended ten meters beyond the first.

Within the first layer of walls, he had four shelters on the ground, each occupying 40 square meters.

The two other space-consuming structures were the greenhouses and the Melting Furnace.

Each greenhouse was 8x30 meters, totaling 480 square meters for both, while the Melting Furnace was only 50 square meters.

All these things combined, along with the gaps between them, barely exceeded 800 square meters.

Meanwhile, the total area within the first layer of the wall was 8000 square meters!

"Be it acid rain or flood, as long as these are kept away from the water, wouldn’t that solve the problem?"

Lin Yue’s idea was rather simple.

Seal the shelter, greenhouses, and Melting Furnace with walls to ensure no leaks, and there’d be no concern about floods.

This was precisely the "lid" method he had thought of before!

"If the flood’s 3 meters high, then there’s nothing I can do. But so long as it isn’t, this method would work!"

As Lin Yue spoke, he began building a stone wall close to the shelter. Just as the second wall was erected, a drop of rain suddenly fell from the sky and landed on his hand.

At the same time, a piercing pain surged through!

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