Earth’s Best Gamer

“But this won’t be enough to handle Extraordinary Eagle Men, will it?” Ji Ye asked.

Although the “Viper” could indeed pose a threat to Extraordinary creatures within a hundred meters, the blue light used by the Eagle Men could shoot an arrow from over 200 m away, and so, that gun alone wouldn’t be enough to suppress them.

“Yes, for the Extraordinary Eagle Men, we mainly count on this one.”

Li Qing nodded, put down the sniper rifle, and picked up another one next to it.

[Serpent of Death]

[Level: Extraordinary Rank-5]

[Rarity: Common]

[Description: A firearm built by the Twin Dragon Mount with the famous Barrett M82A1 as a prototype. It is powerful enough to kill the target from a long distance away, but some aspects of this gun are somewhat mediocre.]

Compared with the Viper, the Serpent of Death was more imposing in both its name and its appearance.

The body of the gun was blackish grey, which could absorb light. The total length was nearly 1.5 meters, and the barrel was observably a size bigger, which reminded one of a ferocious boa ready to strike. One look and Ji Ye could tell that it was a fierce weapon!

“A Barrett?”

Although Ji Ye didn’t know much about guns because of the gun control in his home country, he had heard of this gun before.

Moreover, he used to play a shooting game, and the power of this gun had greatly impressed him.

“Master, would you like to try it?”

Seeing the way Ji Ye’s eyes flickered, Li Qing immediately handed him the formidable weapon.

…

Bam!

There was a muffled sound, one that was much louder than that of the Viper, and an armor-piercing bullet of a bigger caliber and with a sharper tip shot out of the gun barrel with fire and smoke.

“Master, that’s a nice gun…”

Mister Bug had heard about the gun testing and arrived in excitement. He fawned over Ji Ye as soon as the latter tried the gun.

However, in the seashore 300 m away, a Soft Gold Armor used as the target didn’t change at all.

Because the silver sniper rifle bullet missed the target by two meters and flew into the sea mist in the distance!

“Why is it called the Serpent of Death?”

Mister Bug immediately pretended that he had poor sight and didn’t see what had happened. He then turned around and asked Li Qing curiously.

“It’s not that easy to shoot accurately.”

Ji Ye smiled and didn’t find it embarrassing.

It sounded easy in the forum to shoot a target with a sniper rifle from hundreds of meters away, but he had no experience with guns, and there was no equipment to test the wind speed. He would have to depend on his luck to actually hit anything.

Thanks to his great physical strength, his accurate control over every single muscle in his body, and his great sight, the discrepancy was only around two meters from 300 m away.

“Elder Jiao came up with the name. He said that since our settlement was called the ‘Twin Dragon Mount’, we could name heavier weapons after creatures close to dragons. The common ones could be snakes, the more advanced ones could be serpents, flood dragons, and dragons!” said Li Qing.

That was quite a straightforward way to name the weapons.

The Black Serpent revolver Li Qing used before was only Extraordinary Rank-1, and it lost the ability to kill targets over Ordinary Rank-5 from 50 m away.

The Viper was Extraordinary Rank-3. In its sniper mode, its effective shooting range was around 300 m.

As for this Serpent of Death, according to Li Qing, it should be effective within 1000 m!

Bam!

Ji Ye took about 10 s to aim at the target again.

A silver sharp-tipped bullet shot out of the Serpent of Death. It spun at a high speed and flew for 300 m before it hit the soft golden armor on the left side of its belly.

Because of the speed and the piercing force, even the soft golden armor, which could dissipate the impact, was pierced through by the bullet.

“Well, it really is a powerful gun. It’s strong enough to destroy the golden light of a Metal Man Commander!

“Can we build this in mass production now?”

Ji Ye nodded, feeling content with the power of the heavy sniper rifle.

However, the soft golden armor wasn’t one of the best models.

But Ji Ye could say without a doubt that this gun would be able to kill an Eagle Man Commander in a range of 500m.

“Not yet… Because there are still some issues that need to be solved.”

Li Qing shook his head when he heard the question.

Compared to the arrow of the Eagle Men, the human’s sniper rifle had a longer shooting range, but it also had its shortcomings. When shooting from a long distance away, it wasn’t as accurate as the Blue Light Arrow used by the Eagle Men, and it was harder to hit the target.

With the Barrett as the prototype, the Serpent of Death still had some problems in that aspect, which was why it still couldn’t be mass-produced.

Ji Ye missed the target not just because he was inexperienced with the gun.

“How many have you made so far?”

Ji Ye asked Li Qing when he heard that.

“Three, but they were all Common in their qualities, and the dispersion distance at 500 m is about half a meter, which isn’t what we expected. Maybe it’s because we’ve used alternative materials…” said Li Qing.

“Shouldn’t Barrett be extremely accurate?

“I read in a forum that someone could shoot a beer bottle cap from 1,800 m away with a Barrett sniper rifle,” Mister Bug asked curiously with wide eyes.

“You believe something you read in a forum?”

Li Qing shook his head.

“Bragging aside, even the best sniper rifle in the world will have a dispersion diameter of over half a meter after 1,000 m. From 1,800 m, you’ll be very lucky to even hit a box of beer, let alone a bottle cap.

“Moreover, strictly speaking, Barrett isn’t the most accurate sniper rifle either, because it wasn’t designed to take out humans. It’s a rifle against machines. Its purpose is to sabotage large targets such as armored vehicles, airplanes, bunkers, and ships.

“And we’ve chosen this gun because we need its ability to destroy the Eagle Men’s golden defense from 500 m away.”

Li Qing gave him a lesson on the background information.

“However, it has enough estimated accuracy. As long as it could hit the target, even if it couldn’t hit the vital point, it could still severely wound the Eagle Men with its great power after it shattered their golden light and took away their combat ability!

“But we’ve run into some problems…”

Li Qing frowned.

“Elder Jiao has been busying himself with the problem recently. Only yesterday, he went offline and spent his Honor to find academicians in the field. He even consulted the weapon experts of the Barrett company.

“But after all, those people aren’t in the Land of Inheritance themselves, so it will take a while to solve the problem.”

Li Qing’s eyes were bloodshot.

Because of this, the research team on guns had been having a hard time in the past few days. They couldn’t eat or sleep, and even the assistant players with advanced degrees had bloodshot eyes.

They couldn’t help it. The Viper could only work on common Eagle Men. If they couldn’t suppress the Commander Eagle Men from afar, the humans would suffer a great loss after the battle started.

This Serpent of Death was very important strategically.

“Give me two ‘Serpents of Death’. I’ll try to modify it with my own talent,” Ji Ye suddenly said.

Ji Ye didn’t tell the others the specific properties of his Fusion talent.

But he didn’t try to hide it from his own people.

After all, he had used his talent more than once, and people like Elder Jiao and Li Qing had made some guesses.

…

Actually, there was also another problem with the sniper rifle, which was that apart from Li Qing, no other member of the Twin Dragon Mount had ever touched a gun.

Luckily, that wouldn’t be too big a problem.

Because in the Land of Inheritance, one could use their EXP to practice their shooting. With a professional like Li Qing and after spending thousands of EXP, even a settlement soldier of the ancient time could become an adequate sniper!

Of course, if they wanted to make any further advancement, they would need some talent.

It had been a few days since Ji Ye fused the Soul Alpha Wolf.

After he made another advancement, the Cooldown time for fusing an object with Transcendent power was reduced.

“Fusion!”

In a sealed-off room in the metal factory, Ji Ye spoke in his mind while holding a Serpent of Death in each hand.

Hum!

Two streaks of white light surged before they moved closer to each other.

About ten minutes later, the white light dissipated, and the two guns were still in Ji Ye’s hands. They didn’t seem to have changed at all.

However, the property of the gun in his left hand was shown as “damaged”, while the other one was…

[Serpent of Death]

[Level: Extraordinary Rank-5]

[Rarity: Superior]

[Description: A new gun was created after fusing two Serpents of Death, which greatly improved its accuracy. The bullet shot from the gun could kill the enemy like a deadly serpent!]

It was still Extraordinary Rank-5, but the rarity had been raised to Superior.

Although it hadn’t reached Perfect, there was no doubt that it was a great improvement from its original Common grade.

Just like when fusing the two Bronze Bulldozer Crossbows together back then, Ji Ye knew every detail of this fused sniper rifle in his hand, from its weight and volume to the structure of the parts and the tiny lines on each bullet.

Right now, he knew the gun better than the designers and manufacturers like Elder Jiao and Li Qing.

The shortcoming of the low accuracy was solved by his intention during the Fusion, which was why this gun had become a Superior one.

It was safe to say that the error margin of this gun during long-distance sniping could be minimized with this kind of gun structure. With the advantage of “synchronizing with the gun” that was achieved during the Fusion, even the sharpest shooters of the Eagle Men wouldn’t be his match!

“So, shall I try it on the Eagle Men myself? After all, a weapon should be tested in the real battle before mass production.”

Ji Ye smiled as he held the heavy sniper rifle in his hands.