Chapter 144: Another Severed Head (51–53/101)
As they were about to enter the factory, Soldier Xiao Liu suddenly whispered, "Minister Wu is a bit socially unaware. If he accidentally says something unpleasant, just let it slide and don't mind it."
Yang Yuan was startled for a moment but still nodded. As long as they were willing to help design the sight, everything else wasn't an issue.
He wasn't so fragile.
Due to permission issues, the two had to go through multiple checkpoints before finally reaching the inside of the factory.
Then, after waiting for over ten minutes, Yang Yuan finally met the so-called Minister Wu.
...
"You want to customize a sight for your arm crossbow?"
Minister Wu, wearing glasses, looked at Yang Yuan with a scrutinizing gaze, "What kind of arm crossbow? Let me see it first so I can figure out how to design it."
Yang Yuan immediately took out the regular arm crossbow he had made earlier to gain experience with crossbow arrows and handed it to the other party.
The arm crossbows he made later were all identical in model, so as long as this one worked, the others would too.
However, the ones upgraded initially would probably be shelved again because the parts added later couldn't be upgraded together.
"This kind?"
Minister Wu looked disdainful, "Is this a toy? Does it have a range of ten meters?"
"Exactly ten meters," Yang Yuan laughed.
"..."
Minister Wu looked at Yang Yuan with a strange expression, "You have the ability to extend the range of the arm crossbow? Fine, I won't bother asking, but this kind of arm crossbow, since it's strapped to your arm, can't use a scope. Using a scope would make it impossible to aim because when aiming, your arm must bend to get your eye close to the eyepiece. But with your arm bent, the eyepiece points towards the elbow unless your head can twist and your neck stretch several times its length."
Yang Yuan frowned, "Is there no other way?"
Minister Wu shook his head, "Unless you strap the arm crossbow to your upper arm, but then you can't fire it. The other hand helping with the firing could work but adds unnecessary hassle. I don't recommend that."
After a pause, he said, "However, I can design a panoramic red dot sight for you. It won't achieve the effect of a sniper scope, but for an arm crossbow, it's more than sufficient."
"Panoramic red dot sight?"
Yang Yuan thought for a moment and nodded, "Then let's go with the red dot sight."
"A thousand Spirit Monster Cores."
Minister Wu stated, "Stay if you're willing, leave if you're not."
"...Alright."
Yang Yuan waved his hand to produce a thousand standard Spirit Monster Cores, "When will it be ready?"
"Give me five minutes."
Minister Wu scanned the wooden arm crossbow with a scanner, then operated the computer, ignoring Yang Yuan who was standing to the side.
"..."
Yang Yuan could only patiently wait.
There was also a 3D printer here, but it was extremely complex, almost like a supercomputer, made of many modules. Printing an item involved many processes.
Without a certain level of technical skill, you couldn't even understand it. However, it could print very fine items.
In fact, Yang Yuan's first toy Power Armor was printed using this kind of printer.
About five minutes later, a brand new plastic arm crossbow was printed.
Minister Wu played with the plastic arm crossbow for a while and then tossed it to Yang Yuan, "I also redesigned the arm crossbow for you. I guarantee it's much better than your original one. As for the sight, it's a bioelectric sensing device with laser-assisted aiming... never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway. Just try it. A thousand Spirit Monster Cores won't be a loss for you."
Yang Yuan looked at the small arm crossbow, identical in appearance but completely different inside, somewhat speechless. What's with this hand speed?
Well, Leader Chen could handcraft Power Armor, so this Minister Wu probably wasn't much worse than Leader Chen.
Soon, he mounted the arm crossbow on his left arm, just about to ask how to use the sight since he hadn't even seen where the sight was.
But when he looked ahead, he was surprised to see a red dot appearing in his field of vision.
It was a tangible red dot, not something only he could see. A very fine red beam actually extended forward.
"This is the panoramic red dot sight. Normally, the red dot doesn't appear, and it only lights up when your finger is on the trigger. It uses bioelectricity, no battery installed. As long as the sensing chip inside the arm crossbow doesn't break, it won't fail."
Minister Wu pointed at the display in front of him, which showed the anatomical diagram of the new arm crossbow.
"..."
Yang Yuan was a bit helpless. To be honest, he wasn't entirely satisfied.
Because the structure of this arm crossbow was much more complex, it would definitely require more experience to upgrade later.
But the other party wasn't aware of his abilities, and indeed, it did have a hint of advanced technology.
To modify a toy-like arm crossbow into something resembling advanced tech, regardless of whether it only took a few minutes, at least the other side put effort into it.
So he could only nod, "Thank you, Minister Wu. Can you give me the design files? Also, what material is that chip made of?"
Although he didn't need the design files since his printer could scan the finished product to replicate it, he couldn't make that too obvious.
"The chip material is a sensing diode. It's not very technical, but I can give you a box if you want, one box holds a thousand pieces."
Minister Wu casually handed over a matchbox-sized plastic box and a USB drive.
Yang Yuan took them, suddenly asking, "Do you have any Firepower Flying Discs here? If possible, I'd like to buy one."
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