Chapter 148: New Machine, Wazimo Yiduozi!

Just as Li Ang felt something was off, Ma Kusi seemed to accept Blancdu's explanation and slightly relaxed his brow: "You've been hoarding these mech soldiers for quite some time, haven't you, City Lord?"

"Don't underestimate us old folks, Ma Kusi."

In response to the Public Security Bureau Chief's question, Blancdu let out a self-deprecating chuckle.

Ma Kusi paid it no mind, merely turning his gaze toward Li Ang beside him: "We owe you a great deal—without you, the damage could've been far worse."

With his keen eyesight, he could easily distinguish which insects Blancdu had slain and which Li Ang had killed.

Seeing the giant worm whose entire head was charred black, as if torn apart by violent force, Ma Kusi's eyes flickered slightly.

At the First Tier, Li Ang's profession showed exceptional physical enhancement, notable self-healing, and minor ranged spell capabilities.

Now that he's advanced to the Second Tier, his spell abilities seem to have greatly strengthened.

"What a strange profession."

Ma Kusi couldn't help thinking.

Normally, a profession only excels in one aspect; it's rare to see someone like Li Ang.

After all, knowing a bit of everything means understanding little of anything.

Unfortunately, this Public Security Bureau Chief didn't know Li Ang could take multiple professions, so he didn't realize that Junyan wasn't a skill carried by the 【Qi Refiner (San Yi)】.

To others, it might mean jack-of-all-trades, master of none—but for Li Ang, it was different.

He could turn himself into a well-rounded, no-weaknesses build.

Stats, mechanics—he wanted it all!

Just as the minds of those present diverged, Li Ang suddenly spoke: "City Lord, could I try using your machine gun?"

"?" Blancdu blinked at Li Ang's request, then replied, "Sure."

"But aren't you an Alchemy artisan? My machine gun is a Mechanical device."

Hearing this, Li Ang immediately sensed something odd.

'Knows so much about me?'

He suppressed his suspicion without showing it—now wasn't the time to think.

But Blancdu was wrong about one thing: Li Ang wasn't planning to study the machine gun—he intended to use it to max out his 【Gunner】 level.

After receiving Blancdu's permission, Li Ang walked up to a machine gun and began firing at the insect swarm beyond the cave mouth.

【Using firearms to kill enemies, Gunner experience +5】

【Using firearms to kill enemies, Gunner experience +7】

With Li Ang firing bullets without a hint of hesitation, his 【Gunner】 experience began rising rapidly.

Beside him, Blancdu's electronic eyes flickered red as he watched.

"Do Alchemy artisans really analyze gear this way?"

The City Lord felt Li Ang was unlike any Alchemy artisan he'd encountered before.

But upon remembering that Li Ang's main profession wasn't artisan at all, he let it go.

Probably just some rogue artisan's unique method of analysis.

Soon, the 【Gunner】 profession reached max level, and Li Ang reluctantly handed the machine gun back to the mechanical soldier beside him, still craving more.

But by now, the number of insects at the cave mouth had dwindled considerably.

Seeing this, Ma Kusi said: "It seems the insect swarm's assault has ended."

Yet before he finished speaking, a terrifying explosion echoed from the sky.

All three Second Tier practitioners instinctively looked up—and saw a crimson dragon, its body covered in spikes, flapping its wings above the energy shield.

The next instant.

Endless light and heat erupted from its mouth, slamming violently into the city's energy shield.

Boom—!

Ripples spread outward in concentric waves from the point where the breath met the shield.

Li Ang, seeing the dragon's clearly modified body, finally understood where the insect swarm's dragon genes came from.

The insect swarm had somehow acquired a dead dragon's corpse.

'Even the insect swarm has hooks!'

Recalling the information that had appeared on his panel during his first transmigration, Li Ang finally understood what the 【Insect Nova】 truly meant.

Could it be that some insect actually took up a crafting profession!?

At that moment, Ma Kusi beside Li Ang turned pale: "Where did that dragon come from!?"

Clearly, the Public Security Bureau Chief hadn't anticipated the insect swarm had such a card up its sleeve.

Unlike Li Ang and Ma Kusi, whose expressions varied, Blancdu's mechanical soldiers merely stood still, watching the dragon in midair, capturing image after image and transmitting them to the rear.

Then