Chapter 234: Blood Abyss

High-frequency... 」

Lin An slowly gripped the cold sword hilt, carefully examining the long sword in his hand.

Unexpectedly, the extremely thin long sword is very heavy.

Although this weight is insignificant given his strength, it defies common sense.

Is it made with a special alloy?

「Woo—! 」

He casually waved it twice; the blade split the air, and the wind wailed.

At a glance, there's nothing particularly special about it.

Is a special-material alloy weapon worth keeping here?

Lin An noticed the details around him; all weapons and equipment were not kept in separate lockboxes.

Only this sword, and it came with no instructions.

So, this is...

Is this the mysterious weapon Chu An had me look for?

Lin An's thoughts stirred, his mental power reaching through the wall to contact Colonel Chu in the meeting room:

"Chu An, is the thing you want me to find a red sword?"

"A cold weapon, a high-frequency vibrational weapon?"

"What is this used for? I tried it, and there's nothing special."

He tried dragging his fingertip across the blade, but it was only slightly sharper than an ordinary longsword.

Without exerting force, not even his skin could be cut.

The name is awkward to pronounce; Lin An had never heard of such a thing.

"That's right."

In the meeting room, Chu An multitasked, giving everyone a brainwashing lecture while answering his question:

"High-frequency vibrational weapons are one of our nation's nine class-A experimental devices, with extremely high secrecy; only very few people know about them."

"This project has only just begun; because the research wasn't going smoothly, it was transferred here to continue."

"And the red long sword in your hand is called Blood Yan."

"Later you can try pressing the fingerprint switch at the bottom of the hilt; I'll first explain its principle."

Hearing that, Lin An instinctively turned the hilt and saw a slight depression at the bottom.

He originally thought it was for inlaying something, but it turned out to be a button.

On the other end of the mental link, Chu An's voice continued:

"High-frequency: refers to high-frequency shock waves, with vibration frequencies reaching up to tens of thousands per second. Using a high-voltage rectifying vacuum tube self-oscillator to generate a high-frequency electromagnetic field, causing contacted materials to undergo molecular polarization in that field."

"In other words, this sword, when activated, can produce vibrations of over ten thousand times at an extremely small amplitude, releasing tremendous energy."

"As everyone knows."

"Any object is composed of tightly connected molecular structures; the harder the object, the denser its molecular structure."

"Like ordinary weapons cutting, when destroying an object's integrity, the essence is severing the connections between its molecules."

"This is also why thinner weapons are sharper."

"Back then, we aimed to develop the strongest anti-armor weapon, attempting to use this as a breakthrough."

"But once a weapon becomes too thin, it is limited by material properties and easily breaks or gets damaged during use."

"Thus, the concept of high-frequency weapons was born."

Chu An paused for a moment, slightly lifting his glasses:

"Since pushing sharpness (thinness) to the limit doesn't work, we instead increase the number of strikes."

"As long as the number of cuts is sufficient, it can still sever molecular bonds."

"And a high-frequency weapon, conceptually, is equivalent to a weapon that can strike over ten thousand times in one second!"

"Upon contacting an object's surface, it instantly oscillates back and forth, cutting; thus destroying any armor with ultra-high efficiency."

After hearing that, Lin An gripped the Blood Yan in his hand tightly, understanding Chu An's meaning.

His heart was shocked.

Chu An's meaning is simple: this sword, even without needing to swing it, just needs to be placed on any object's surface, equivalent to making over ten thousand cuts in an extremely short distance.

Over ten thousand times—doesn't that mean nothing can resist its cutting?

Lin An took a deep breath, somewhat eagerly pressing the activation switch on the Blood Yan.

「Buzz!! 」

At the moment of activation, the blood-red blade instantly trembled, a strong vibration transmitted from the wrist.

The muscles of the sword-wielding arm trembled, then were forcibly calmed.

If it weren't for his sufficient strength and high physical fitness.

Lin An seriously doubted that an ordinary person would have their arm shattered by the vibration at activation, turning into a puddle of flesh.

The high-frequency buzzing sound makes one's heart palpitate.

At extremely high vibration frequencies, the originally blood-red blade blurs into a slight afterimage.

At a glance, it looks like a mental illusion, making it impossible to see the blade's trajectory.

Lin An's eyes flickered; he tentatively slashed the Blood Yan toward the ground.

「Sss! Sss! Sss! Sss」

Continuous metal-cutting sounds rang out instantly.

Holy shit!?

Lin An, who rarely shows emotional fluctuations, couldn't help but curse upon seeing the effect of Blood Abyss.

The ground, tough enough to rival metal armor, was suddenly sliced into a hollow, standing arc.

He didn't use any strength at all, relying solely on the sharpness of the blade, he easily...

No, it should be said that it effortlessly sliced through the alloy ground.

Like a hot knife cutting through butter.

Lin An had no doubt that if he let go, this sword would keep falling, with nothing able to hinder it in the slightest!

This 'sharpness' level...

A bit exaggerated...

Lin An gazed admiringly at the long sword in his hand, examining it back and forth.

Truly a weapon strong enough.

He had been thinking that after some time, upon completing the Savior mission and obtaining Cain's Blade, what would he normally do?

With the Soul-Soothing Sword Sheath, it would be a shame not to nurture Cain's Blade.

But even if he nurtured it, he would still have to use ordinary weapons against enemies in daily combat.

Unless he spends time searching everywhere for mutants to see if they can drop weapons, or else find the Awakened Ones who manufacture equipment.

But both methods are unreliable.

The equipment dropped by mutants is uncertain, and the weapons dropped aren't necessarily swords.

The Awakened Ones who manufacture equipment are pitifully few, only a handful have appeared in the channel.

Moreover, they are far away; he couldn't even bring them over.

However, now that he has obtained Blood Abyss, it completely makes up for this shortcoming.

This weapon, although not system equipment, Lin An believes that in terms of damage alone, Blood Abyss is absolutely not inferior to a blue equipment!

Ultimate destructive power!

But for such a powerful weapon, why does Colonel Chu say it hasn't been successfully developed?

With doubts, Lin An reconnected his mental power to Chu An in the meeting:

"Does this weapon have any drawbacks?"

"You previously said to let Zhang Hai continue researching; you were referring to this weapon, right?"

In the meeting room, Colonel Chu assigned tasks at lightning speed, while on the other side he responded to his question via telepathy:

"That's right, this weapon has three flaws."

"However, for you there are only two."

"The first is the vibration problem; not to mention ordinary people, even a mechanical arm made of alloy would be shaken to collapse."

"Ordinary Awakened Ones also cannot use this weapon."

"High-frequency vibration is not as simple as shaking a limb to pieces."

"This vibration wave causes resonance in the internal organs; only your physique can endure using it."

"But prolonged use might be unbearable for you."

"The second is the energy problem."

"The self-exciting vibrator of Blood Abyss consumes a large amount of energy; I plan to have Zhang Hai replace it with spiritual energy consumption."

"Don't you have a spiritual energy core? That can serve as the battery."

Lin An:....

Damn, this guy can indeed see the things on his waist.

Even the things inside his ring can be seen.

Once again, Lin An felt the urge to dissect Colonel Chu's heart.

What kind of talent is this perverted? It feels like there are no secrets from Chu An for himself.

No wonder Colonel Chu, before revealing his abilities, immediately gave himself an S-rank item and explained so much.

Putting it in normal circumstances.

Given Lin An's personality, if he weren't sure whether someone is friend or foe, he would absolutely cut down Chu An with a single sword.

After all, his equipment and items are too abundant; once exposed, they could attract countless people to covet them madly.

On the other end of the mental connection, Chu An paused a moment and then said the final point:

"These two flaws of Blood Abyss are actually nothing; its biggest problem lies in the material."

"It's fine against ordinary enemies, but when facing powerful mutants, it's likely to be directly damaged."

"Although its material is made of top-tier nitrogen alloy, it's still not enough against high-level mutants."

"So, I hope Zhang Hai can use mutant materials to reforge a full set of weapons for you!"

In the meeting room, Chu An's lips curled up, and in the mental call his tone rare ly carried a hint of fervor:

"Your telekinetic control can completely command a large number of flying swords at once..."

"As long as you have enough high-frequency weapons, you can become a strategic-level weapon in the future!"

"Become a moving death calamity!"