Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 129 Pea Rifle
Perhaps it was because there was some trust between each other, or perhaps the desire to survive once again took over their minds.

The extremely angry wild boar immediately gave up its intention to attack again after hearing Fu Zikui's warning, turned around, and ran forward again.

The giant wolf had already climbed up by now. It did not give up, but it also did not attack alone again.

It just hung far behind the wild boar, waiting for the wolves to arrive, and then use the wolf sea tactics to grind the prey to death.

Unfortunately it can't wait any longer.

Although a fourth-level mutant wild boar cannot outrun a giant wolf of the same level, its speed is faster than those of a wolf pack with lower strength. Coupled with its strong desire to survive, it dares not stop for even a moment when it runs.

After all, if the wolves fail to catch prey, they will just go hungry, but if they are caught, they may lose their lives!

It is well known that predators such as wolves and tigers have strong explosive power but poor endurance.

At the beginning, the giant wolf could still hang tightly behind the wild boar, waiting for the arrival of the wolf pack; but when the wild boar ran more than ten kilometers in one breath, the giant wolf finally chose to give up due to lack of physical strength, and returned dejectedly to meet up with the wolf pack.

"Okay, everyone come down."

Fu Zikui saw that the wolves had gone far away and knew that there was no danger now, so he gave an order to the people floating around him.

"It's finally safe!"

Ma Yuan landed slowly on the ground while patting his chest in relief. If the wolves didn't leave, his energy would be exhausted. Even so, his face looked very pale due to the excessive consumption of energy.

"I didn't encounter mutant beasts the first two times. I'm really unlucky this time."

Zhuo Songyang muttered softly that he had failed to bring back the food safely this time, so his bonus was definitely lost, and he didn’t know whether he would be punished.

Xu Qihang beside him sighed, "Sometimes it's like this, things are unpredictable, and we can't control when the mutant beasts appear."

After a pause, he patted Zhuo Songyang on the shoulder and said, "It's okay as long as you are fine. You can earn the money back sooner or later."

In front of the team, Fu Zikui smiled after hearing the conversation between the two and said, "Qihang is right, talent is the most important. As for food, wolves only eat meat and have no interest in rice. I will bring more brothers with me after I go back to report to the city lord."

"By then, if these wild wolves dare to show up again, we may have to fight them hard!"

After he finished speaking, seeing that everyone's negative emotions had turned around, Fu Zikui's face became serious, "In the final analysis, it's because we are too weak, there is no other reason to blame. If you all have strength above the third level, I will never give the order to retreat!"

Hearing his words, Ma Yuan clenched his fists and said, "Yeah, I am too weak. If I could become a fifth-level awakener like City Lord Li, why would I need to be afraid of these things?"

At this time, the wild boar that had been panting nearby also came over to rest. After there was no danger, it became lazy again, and was constantly digging the snow with its front hooves, trying to dig out some edible grass roots.

"Let's go. We're still more than ten kilometers away from home."

On the other side, in the laboratory, Li Mu was holding a dark green gun in his hand.

The gun is about half a meter long and streamlined. It looks a bit like the world-famous "AK47", but it is not made of steel, but wood. That's right, this is the new plant that Li Mu spent a week to transform, a plant gun that can fire solid bullets with source energy.

The reason why it took so long was that at the beginning of the experiment, the plants created by Li Mu had many shortcomings. Either the range was not far enough or the power was not strong enough, and these could not meet his ideas.

So he spent three days conducting dozens of experiments, but the final result still did not meet his expectations.

At this moment, Hong Pengfei's words reminded him, "Boss, there is no perfect thing in the world. Even before the end of the world, with advanced technology, firearms can only take into account the advantages of one aspect. Either the rate of fire is fast and accuracy is sacrificed, or the rate of fire is sacrificed and power and accuracy are focused. The difference between the two is like that between a sniper rifle and an automatic rifle. You can't expect a sniper rifle that can penetrate five centimeters thick armor with one shot to fire hundreds of rounds a minute like an automatic rifle. This is unrealistic."

After hearing his words, Li Mu finally came out of his dilemma and started to think about making different types of plant guns.

The "AK47"-like weapon he is holding in his hand now was created after two days of experiments and continuous correction of shortcomings.

Its prototype is a pea, and its inspiration comes from the pea hand cannon, so Li Mu named it the Pea Rifle.

After disassembling several automatic rifles, he gave up the complex design of the original and only imagined a few features in his mind: rifle, rapid fire, source energy drive, etc.

He then spent another two days transforming the money tree.

After absorbing metal, the modified money tree no longer produces spiritual coins containing source energy, but metal bullets. These bullets are solid, about one centimeter long, red all over, and incredibly hard!

At this moment, the door of the laboratory was gently pushed open, and Hong Pengfei walked in. He looked at the plant gun in Li Mu's hand, and a hint of surprise and joy flashed in his eyes.

"Boss, did you really succeed?" Hong Pengfei couldn't help but ask.

Li Mu smiled and nodded, then handed the gun to Hong Pengfei: "Try it and see if this pea rifle can meet your expectations."

Hong Pengfei excitedly took the pea rifle and carefully examined every detail of it.

After an inspection, he nodded with satisfaction, then injected source energy, aimed the gun at the target erected by Li Mu in the laboratory, and gently pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" With a crisp gunshot, the bullet was fired at an extremely fast speed and accurately hit the bull's eye a few meters away.

Hong Pengfei stared at the bullet with a complete dent in the center of the target, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

Then he pulled the trigger continuously, firing more than a dozen bullets within a few seconds, and all the bullets hit the target.

"Boss, this gun is awesome!"

"The shooting just now didn't consume much of my energy at all!"

Hong Pengfei shouted excitedly, his respect for Li Mu growing deeper.

Li Mu smiled and patted Hong Pengfei on the shoulder: "Thanks to your advice. We can't just pursue perfection, but should find the solution that suits us best. Although this gun cannot have all the advantages, its firing rate and power are good, which is enough."

(End of this chapter)