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Chapter 52 - Critical Situation

After all, that one is said to only be able to manufacture mechanical types of weapons.

But this person in front of us, is 'omnivorous', able to make anything.

"Go to the edge area, perhaps it can open a path to the outside," advisor Chen Xianzhi said.

"Not sure, we'll need people to try it slowly."

Yang Yuan tried to open the door again, this time nothing unusual happened, but once the door opened, a wave of scorching heat rushed in.

Fortunately, he had a cooler on him, and he was always wearing the Power Armor, otherwise, he might have been burned.

Behind the door this time was a scene of ashes, everywhere was dust that had been burned.

Leader Chen couldn't wait to stick his head out, looked behind the door, and exclaimed, "This is where the safety zone is located, but it's another overlapping space of the Ancient Ruins, somewhat similar to a parallel world. Unfortunately, all overlapping spaces within the Ancient Ruins are affected by the power of the Drought Fiend, so hiding in them is meaningless."

"What a pity..."

It's a pity it's not that unknown space from before, it seems that every time the interlayer space is opened, it is random.

Yang Yuan closed the door once more and temporarily handed it over to Jia Weixin: "I'll trouble you to try to open it next, finding a path out of the Ancient Ruins would be the best."

He didn't linger here and instead went back to his own tasks to prepare for the battle two days later.

Jia Weixin immediately had people move the Door of Arbitrariness to the very edge of the Ancient Ruins and sent people to try to open a path to the outside.

The person responsible for opening the door first marked a reference ten meters ahead, which is outside the Ancient Ruins, and then began to open the door.

As long as the reference appears behind the door, it should be the path out of the Ancient Ruins.

However, with each door opening, they began to gasp.

Because almost every time the door was opened, the scene behind the door was different, even if the terrain was the same, the reference was completely different.

It seems that there really are infinite spaces within these Ancient Ruins, and these infinite spaces are like parallel worlds.

...

Back at the factory, after eating the meal made by Zhao Jiayan, Yang Yuan returned in front of the printer.

[3D Printer Lv.7: 14162/2560 (Upgradeable)]

"More than ten thousand experience already?"

Yang Yuan's eyes lit up and he started upgrading.

...

[3D Printer Lv.8: 11602/5120 (Upgradeable)]

...

[3D Printer Lv.9: 6482/10240 (Enhanced 3D Printer, can print items with material hardness not exceeding 11, added scanning function, maximum detail refinement of printed items; not upgradeable)]

So much experience is needed later, more than ten thousand experience points, just enough to reach level nine.

Fortunately, after reaching level eleven, the experience will reset, otherwise, who knows how much it would accumulate to.

"Being able to print materials with a maximum hardness of eleven, that's not bad."

Yang Yuan was quite satisfied with this.

After all, diamond hardness is only ten points, and he currently doesn't need something that hard, what he needs is better functionality.

The level nine 3D printer hasn't seen new functions yet, maybe they'll appear at level ten.

"Let's make a few more arm crossbows, ones that integrate into the arm, they should be useful in critical moments."

Yang Yuan recalled the Marvel arm crossbow he helped Jiang Yiyi upgrade before, and was about to model it manually when he suddenly thought of the scanner function of the printer.

Immediately, he chose the scan function, scanned the Marvel arm crossbow on Jiang Yiyi, then disassembled it into parts. 

After finishing this, he made a list of materials for someone to fetch.

This time he chose metal materials strong enough in both hardness and toughness, to create arm crossbows of good quality.

Once the materials arrived, he chose to print three copies of each part separately.

"Awoo..."

"Bang bang bang!!"

Suddenly, a howl came from a distance, followed by gunfire, and the howling disappeared in an instant.

Yang Yuan frowned, knowing without needing to look, that someone must have been Reversing Yin and Yang, turned into a small Drought Fiend, and then shot by the military.

"The Drought Fiend... truly endless misfortunes!"

Not only does it cause high-temperature disasters, but it also Reverses Yin and Yang, assimilating other creatures and turning them into Drought Fiends.

This damned thing is simply an undead army.

What's left of the thirteenth team after this mess?

For those strangers, Yang Yuan mainly felt sympathy; his true concern was for his companions, Zhao Jiayan and Jiang Yiyi.

"Can't coolers really stop it? How about Marvel-level coolers?"

Seeing the arm crossbows' parts were still printing, Yang Yuan went to the supply crate and peered inside.

There were two hundred coolers left in the supply crate, but they were all only level ten, a bit short of level eleven, the Marvel level, needing just a bit more experience.

"By tomorrow morning at the latest, they should reach the Marvel level, hopefully, they can curb it by then."

Even if one Marvel isn't enough, what about two hundred?

Or even three hundred Marvels?

There will definitely be some effect.

Before long, the arm crossbows' parts were all printed.

He assembled the first one and checked the data:

[Arm Crossbow Lv.1: 0/3 (Effective range one hundred meters; non-upgradeable)]

"A hundred meters starting effective range, not bad."

He continued assembling the other two.

Once the remaining two arm crossbows were assembled, he printed a large batch of crossbow arrows, then called Zhao Jiayan and Jiang Yiyi to practice arm crossbow accuracy with him, a last-minute effort, since he didn't want outsiders to know about these three arm crossbows.

In the blink of an eye, a night passed.

As soon as dawn broke, a sudden explosion sounded from afar.

The booming sound could be heard even hundreds of kilometers away.

Clearly, the Drought Fiend was getting closer, and Jia Weixin ultimately decided to launch a direct attack on the True Drought Fiend to forcefully lead it away.

"Bang bang bang..."

Perhaps because the True Drought Fiend mobilized its power, radiation suddenly intensified, and gunfire echoed within the safety zone again, suggesting more people were mutating.

Moreover, the gunfire has hardly ceased since it started.

The situation has evidently reached a very critical point.

This morning, the entire safety zone was enveloped in an extremely oppressive atmosphere.

Even Yang Yuan felt a sense of anxiety.

Inside the factory.

A large group of ordinary people continued to throw ordinary Plum Blossom Darts in the corner.

Yang Yuan, with Jiang Yiyi and Zhao Jiayan, practiced arm crossbow accuracy at the metal house's entrance, targeting the canopy of a giant tree outside the factory, while also earning experience points for the three arm crossbows.

"Big brother..."

Suddenly Jiang Yiyi called out nervously.

"What's wrong?" Yang Yuan asked.

"I suddenly feel uneasy."

Jiang Yiyi said, glancing toward the factory entrance, just in time to see Storm walking in from outside.

This powerful Wind Superpower User had bloodshot eyes at that moment because a close friend of hers had mutated and had to be killed.

Seeing Yang Yuan, she walked over directly, asking somewhat pleadedly, "Mr. Yang Yuan, can you create an item to suppress the radiation power of the Drought Fiend?"

Because of Jiang Yiyi's unusual behavior, Yang Yuan became somewhat cautious and subtly replied, "Once the cooler is fully made, maybe it could have some effect."

"How long until the cooler is fully made?" Storm asked impatiently.

As soon as she spoke, her head suddenly spun, everything in front of her turned into overlapping shadows, and her power started to scatter inside her.

"What's going on with me..."

Her face changed, and suddenly she collapsed, falling into unconsciousness.

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