Chapter 129: Congratulations, You Got It Right

“Giant Electromagnetic Railgun Vehicle Component.”
[Reasonable]
If it’s reasonable, then generate it. As for the other ideas, they can be verified one by one later.

Lin Mu hurriedly opened the crafting station.
[Giant Electromagnetic Railgun]: 500 iron ingots, 100 copper ingots, 10 silver ingots, 100 universal materials, 200 electronic components.

This really is a massive piece of equipment.

Craft.

A black object resembling a colossal cannon materialized in Lin Mu’s backpack.

However, this thing was just too large; even the rooftop was insufficient to install it. It seemed the only option was to place it on the ground.

Upon clicking use, a ten-meter-tall black turret appeared.

Its barrel wasn’t a traditional round tube but was formed by four elongated triangular prisms with gaps between them.

As Lin Mu connected the power source to the railgun, each light strip along the barrel lit up, gradually converging at the barrel’s center.

The four long triangular prisms glowed brighter from the base upward, and the entire machine emitted a faint humming sound.

Lin Mu licked his lips. Now was the perfect moment for a super-strong enemy to appear. He wanted to see just what kind of damage a theoretically near-light-speed weapon could deal.

Anna, standing nearby, watched the suddenly appeared gigantic device with curiosity.

She had seen large objects before—catapults were even bigger—but for a ninth-rank creature, this was nothing.

“Anna, look at that creature up there. Would you call it a big one?” Lin Mu asked excitedly, pointing at a two-headed beast in the sky.

“That’s a chimera. How could a creature like that be here?” Anna frowned in confusion.

“What rank?”

“Looks like an eighth-rank.”

“Then watch this.”

The newly installed electromagnetic railgun turned its barrel directly toward the chimera in the sky.

A 20-centimeter-diameter iron ball appeared in the barrel.

Hum! Whizz!

A barely audible sound flashed past, and the energy level on the barrel dropped by two segments.

The chimera instantly dissolved into a cloud of blood mist and vanished.

Anna blinked in astonishment. What just happened?

Such a huge chimera was gone just like that?

She walked to the window, looking at the heavy machinery outside with a puzzled expression. “Don’t tell me that chimera was destroyed by that thing just now?”

“Congratulations, you’re getting good at answering first. Too bad there’s no prize.”

Lin Mu was very satisfied with this outcome.

In his opinion, the 20-centimeter iron ball was a bit overkill; a 10-centimeter ball would suffice.

As for whether the speed was near-light-speed, he wasn’t sure.

But judging by what he saw, the velocity was certainly fast; he just didn’t know the maximum range.

With the addition of the railgun, some large monsters could be taken down with a single shot.

This greatly reduced the difficulty for others defending the city.

Two hours passed, and the four black spatial portals closed.

The number of monsters hadn’t increased much—still about the same—but on their path lay a ten-meter-high road of corpses constructed from monster bodies.

Around it were mounds of varying heights composed of corpses.

During those two hours, the spatial portals had sent out ten waves of monsters, totaling roughly over a hundred thousand.

“Looks like the first wave of city defense is almost over. Everyone, stay alert. Use laser cannons as much as possible; avoid using machine guns,” Lin Mu said, watching the screen as he picked up the walkie-talkie.

“Roger!”

“Roger!”

This should be the last batch. These monsters were generally larger in size.

“They’re ninth-rank monsters,” Anna said with a furrowed brow.

She was increasingly puzzled by the situation with these monsters.

How could there be so many?

If there were magic crystals inside, they could make some magic crystal cannons...

She glanced at the electromagnetic railgun outside and thought it seemed the magic crystal cannon wouldn’t be much use.

Its damage wouldn’t even be enough to tie the electromagnetic railgun’s shoelaces.

Hum! Hum! Hum!

One shot from the railgun made a whole string of monsters vanish instantly, its speed remarkably fast.

After ten shots, the railgun began recharging.

Fortunately, the recharge speed was quite fast.

As for why a vehicle-mounted wind turbine could recharge the railgun so quickly, it had to be attributed to the rules here.

The battle progressed faster than expected. Half an hour later, not a single monster remained alive.

No monster was within fifty meters of the defensive array.

“Captain, is our city defense mission complete?”

Lin Mu looked toward the office through the window; the countdown was still running.

“Not yet, but you can arrange for people to stand guard and take shifts resting.”

“Understood, Captain.”

Anna looked at Lin Mu with confusion. “Aren’t you going to do anything about the monster meat? Some of it isn’t tasty, but some parts are actually quite good.”

Lin Mu frowned. “Can’t we wait until it’s completely over?”

In his view, the outside would remain dangerous for 48 hours.

Anna was momentarily speechless. Yes, they were still in the middle of the city defense mission.

But...

“It’s not that it’s impossible; it’s just that if left too long, the magic crystal energy will dissipate from the monster meat into the air. By then, the quality of the magic crystals obtained will be much poorer.”

Lin Mu waved his hand. “It’s fine; we’re not relying on that energy anyway.”

Besides, he could recycle it. If worse came to worst, he could just toss it to the back for recycling.

The corpses lay there. From above, the small town looked like a deserted town surrounded by the dead.

Time slowly passed.

Outside, nothing changed.

Lin Mu glanced at the office beside him; the countdown continued.

What was going on?

“Shuyi, prepare today’s meal. The next battle probably won’t come for a long time.”

Lin Mu speculated that those monsters from before had been the attackers during the first 24 hours.

He had merely shortened that 24-hour period a bit.

During the battle, he also kept an eye on those spatial portals.

Only after they eliminated a batch of monsters would new creatures appear, which explained why the monsters never varied.

It was also possible that there was a set release schedule, and monsters would emerge at fixed times.

His kills might have caused an early release.

Regardless, it no longer mattered. At least for these 24 hours, the area seemed safe.

Lin Mu stroked his chin, looking at the large screen.

“Anna, why don’t you bring back the corpses of those monsters?”

“Huh?”

Anna looked at him puzzled. Didn’t he just say it was dangerous outside? How could she go out now?

“Ahem, I think it’s not dangerous anymore. Didn’t you say the energy would dissipate if left too long?”

Anna eyed him suspiciously. “You’re not using me as a guinea pig, are you?”