Chapter 180

For these upgraded firearms, the manufacturing difficulty wasn't considered high for Lin Xian, but the main problem was bullets.

Gunpowder preparation, material conversion—bullets weren't too complex, but Lin Xian's manufacturing speed was limited, and he used them up quickly. He couldn't multitask either.

The 1130 hadn't been built yet. Once this guy was handled, it would be another big consumer of bullets. Lin Xian had calculated that to make this thing fire for 15 seconds, his preparation center would have to work for a whole day. After the gunpowder and materials came out, he would have to keep manufacturing them to turn them into bullets.

Besides this, he also had to devour machines, manufacture other things, upgrade the R&D center—these all required occupying his time and energy.

It just so happened that Lin Xian's mechanical manufacturing was single-threaded work and couldn't take care of everything. If he were to supply the firepower for the entire train, he wouldn't have enough even if he were squeezed like a stud horse on the spot. Then where would he have time to devour and upgrade?

"Hee hee~ I'm waiting for you to build the electromagnetic railgun."

"After I handle the 1130, the next step is to handle that."

"By the way." Kiki finished speaking and directly lifted her feet off the ground, floating lightly past Lin Xian, floating in the air with her arms crossed, looking at Lin Xian while flying backward: "Eh, I think it's necessary for us to go to Star City. Anyway, we've already torn our faces with the Federation people, so we might as well get some high-end technology from them."

"Are you saying we should drive directly into Star City and go to war with their Federation Garrison Army?"

"Stupid!"

Kiki poked Lin Xian's forehead with a finger: "We won't sneak in. As long as you let me connect to their system terminal, I can steal some blueprints you want directly for you. Or you can scan them quietly."

Lin Xian smiled: "Makes sense. Forgot you could fly. Worth considering, worth a try."

This was indeed a plan that could be referenced. Currently, the world's high-end war equipment was either in the hands of the Interstellar Army or the Federation. Without being in a situation of fleeing in a sorry state, taking the initiative to obtain blueprints was also a good way.

"Heh heh, you're finally enlightened."

"Alright, let's start working." Lin Xian took a deep breath, lifted the blackout board of the carriage to look at the pitch-black platform outside, and then sat down in the empty carriage, preparing to start working.

"Build which one first?"

"Of course, the robot."

Lin Xian stretched out his hand at this time, light appeared in his hand, and many rare materials began to fly out. A black chip was slowly taking shape.

"The PX-05 engineering robot of the climbing elevator can autonomously connect to the system program. Besides inspection, welding, and moving, the speed is also relatively fast, and it's solid. With this, it can directly help me maintain the weapon station supply chain."

Kiki's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "Wow, smart. Then have you ever thought about refitting this robot into combat mode to use for resisting enemies?"

"Thought about it." Lin Xian said: "But my ability level isn't enough to mass-produce drones. Building one takes a few hours."

Kiki nodded: "Fine, then you build it first, and I'll help you overwrite the system, and then let this guy help you refit and maintain the train."

"Right."

Assembling the 1130 was a huge project, not just building it and throwing it on the carriage. Others couldn't help, so Lin Xian planned to build this engineering robot first to help him solve some key work. And for this set of large equipment, Lin Xian needed Kiki to use telekinesis to help.

"Hee hee, then with this thing, we'll have an extra powerful mechanical helper." Watching materials keep flying out in Lin Xian's hands, Kiki said excitedly:

"Don't be happy too early."

Lin Xian was incredibly serious at this time, the Mechanical Heart running crazily. Although mechanical manufacturing had now risen to Level 3, he still felt great pressure when starting to manufacture at this time.

*Ssh, ssh, ssh~*

Mechanical core, central control, frame, Hall-effect anode layer thrusters, various sensors, small motors, energy groups...

Two hours passed, and the prototype of the engineering robot finally gradually took shape.

Kiki was very nervous on the side. Seeing Lin Xian sweating profusely, she even ran over to fan him with her hand: "No rush, no rush, it's about to succeed."

"Do you still think it's so easy for me to build things now?" Lin Xian said.

"Alright, alright, know you've worked hard~" Kiki giggled: "Then I'll massage your shoulders."

"No need, don't disturb me." Lin Xian was speechless. He was focused now, so where did he need her to offer flattery?

"Cut~" *Click~*

With the assembly of the last piece of mechanical outer shell skin, this small engineering robot was finally successfully built by Lin Xian.

"Wow, succeeded!"

Blue smoke curled up, and the yellow double-armed robot lay quietly on the floor. Lin Xian was sweating profusely. At this time, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the small robot in front of him, he felt quite emotional in his heart.

He had once thought about manufacturing a robot army for combat, and this engineering robot gave him a solid lesson. The road of a mechanic was long and arduous. He estimated there was still quite a way to go before reaching that stage.

"Try it." Lin Xian wiped his sweat and said to Kiki.

Kiki immediately turned on the power button of the engineering robot. *Ding~* 'Program starting'.

The sound rang out. The main control panel of the PX-05 engineering robot in front of him lit up with fluorescent light. A very low electric motor sound rang out, and the thrusters on the robot lit up with light blue light, then slowly rose into the air, floating in Carriage No. 12.

"Wow, so amazing!" Kiki's eyes lit up: "You wait."

After saying that, she immediately took out the mobile computer, connected to the engineering robot's program interface, and began to configure the system.

"Fine, you handle it first, I'll seize the time to handle that cannon."

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"Alright," Kiki said readily. The two had developed a good tacit understanding from Jiang City all the way here.

After speaking, Lin Xian began to check the materials in the decomposition space, and then didn't hesitate anymore. While Kiki was debugging the robot, he directly started manufacturing.

*Whoosh~*

Light flickered in his hand, a large amount of metal materials began to fly out, condense, shape, forge, and assemble!

Gradually, a large 1130 close-in weapon system was manufactured by Lin Xian. In Carriage No. 12, Kiki was also working focusedly on helping.

And as this heavy weapon gradually took shape, Lin Xian's gaze also began to get excited.

"Finally going to possess a massive weapon!"

*Clang, clang, clang! *

Base, lifting platform, roof automatic cabin door, rear supply device—Lin Xian didn't follow the original paint job but made some adjustments.

The photoelectric observation and phased array radar completed assembly. A movable close-in weapon system that could be lifted appeared in Carriage No. 12, a massive object weighing more than ten tons carrying a fierce murderous aura.

*Woo~*

At this time, the PX-05 engineering robot in Kiki's hand also completed basic configuration and flew over, starting to help Lin Xian install the cannon base.

"Done, but I still need to spend some time on the supply configuration you want. Let it help with chores first!" Kiki put her hands on her hips, looking smug.

"Phew..." Lin Xian nodded and sighed: "Finally got it out."

It was already early morning.

For Lin Xian, he actually lacked experience in manufacturing this kind of large device for the first time.

Before, he manufactured firearms, armor, accessories inside the car, including the freezer in the dining car, which were relatively simple mechanical structures. That water purifier was considered a relatively precise thing manufactured by Lin Xian. Lin Xian had absolutely no experience with this engineering robot and the 1130 close-in weapon system, so he spent a lot of time.

Mechanical Manufacturing: 3 (260/1000)

Lin Xian opened the light screen of the Mechanical Heart and found that these two things directly increased the manufacturing proficiency by more than two hundred.

"Increased so much, not bad..."

Mechanical devouring and mechanical manufacturing were the basic skills Lin Xian was eager to improve, which could greatly improve his upgrade efficiency. Although the materials in his decomposition space were basically bottomed out at this time, it total allowed him to get it out.

(End of chapter)