In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

Lu Yuan's current position is very delicate.

At the Kunlun base, if Lu Yuan claimed to be the second-best person in Great Xia's crystal core technology, absolutely no one would dare to shamelessly claim to be number one.

It was common for several gray-haired professors to argue heatedly at the lab entrance over the chance to recruit Lu Yuan into their project team.

Even the arrogant old men at the Academy of Sciences called him "Lu Gong" (meaning "Lu Engineer"), and some even jokingly called him "the most powerful junior college student in Daxia".

This kind of star-like treatment made Lu Yuan, a socially anxious person, stand up a little more straight.

"Advisor Su! Engineer Lu!" The guards at the door suddenly saluted with their legs together.

The two nodded in acknowledgment.

After passing through two heavy blast doors, the two arrived at the light weapons testing area.

The noise here is significantly less than outside, with only the occasional crisp "poof" sound.

"Commander Su,"

Lu Yuan took a futuristic-looking gun from the weapon rack and handed it to Su Ran.

"This is the newly designed 'Wolf Fang-1' crystal energy assault rifle."

The gun body is longer than the traditional Type 95 or Type 191, and the whole body is made of high-strength polymer and titanium alloy.

A first-order crystal core, emitting a faint glow, is embedded in the stock of the gun.

There was no magazine below the barrel, only a light blue guide rail.

"Gunpowder will no longer be used for propulsion."

Lu Yuan explained, "It fully utilizes the energy within the crystal nucleus for excitation, accelerates through magnetic rails, and emits a high-energy particle beam."

With an effective range of 800 meters, no recoil, no muzzle flash, and noise only one-tenth that of a traditional rifle.

Su Ran took the gun; it felt heavy, but the center of gravity was perfectly designed.

He raised his gun and aimed at a two-centimeter-thick homogeneous steel plate two hundred meters away.

Pull the trigger.

"call out!"

An extremely faint whooshing sound rang out, and a streak of blue light instantly sliced ​​through the air.

Two hundred meters away.

The steel plate, which was strong enough to withstand a regular 7.62mm bullet, was pierced through instantly, as if it were made of paper.

The cut was bright red, a mark left by high-temperature melting.

There was no loud roar, no acrid smoke.

Only extreme speed and extreme penetrating power.

"Good gun."

A hint of admiration flashed in Su Ran's eyes.

Nowadays, when shooting at mutated creatures, except for tungsten-core bullets, traditional bullets tend to ricochet when they hit the mutated creatures' bone armor.

However, high-temperature particle beams directly melt through the material.

"How's the production capacity?" Su Ran asked.

"The production line is running at full capacity, with a daily production capacity of 10,000 units."

Lu Yuan spoke up, "We currently have 50,000 units in stock, ready for deployment at any time."

"Fifty thousand?"

Su Ran frowned slightly.

Fifty thousand crystal-energy assault rifles, scattered into the long offensive front of the Great Xia, were no different from throwing a handful of salt into the ocean; they wouldn't even make a ripple.

But this is just the beginning; it's only a matter of time before the entire army is re-equipped.

"Perhaps we could select elite troops and try to form a small-scale special forces unit with priority allocation."

Su Ran thought to himself, "Using the concept of special operations, we can also carry out decapitation missions in the future."

"continue."

He put down his gun and walked to the next booth.

There stood a large, dark-colored object.

It looks like a mortar, but the muzzle is unusually large, and the base is densely covered with various cables.

"Thor's Individual Crystal Energy Cannon"

Lu Yuan patted the thick cannon barrel. "A second-tier mutated beast can be instantly killed with a single shot to the torso. Due to the limitations of the high-precision lens, only fifty 'Thunder' cannons can be produced per day."

"Give it a try." Su Ran said succinctly.

Lu Yuan immediately waved to the tester in the distance.

A soldier wearing an exoskeleton stepped forward, knelt on one knee, and skillfully operated the cannon.

"Target: Abandoned tank 3,000 meters away!"

"Charge!"

hum!

At the muzzle, a blue sphere of light began to condense, and the surrounding air was violently distorted due to the high temperature.

Three seconds later.

"put!"

A blue beam of light shot out, instantly traversing a distance of a kilometer.

The abandoned tank in the distance exploded!

It wasn't the kind of explosion where fragments fly everywhere; rather, the entire turret, along with half of the hull, was vaporized by the high temperature in an instant.

Su Ran squinted, looking at the wreckage in the distance where molten iron was still flowing.

Su Ran's lips involuntarily curled upwards.

"The Great Xia's fear of insufficient firepower has now been completely cured."

"The problem is that this kind of crystal core cannon consumes a lot of energy."

Lu Yuan added from the side, "Each shot consumes half the energy of a first-order crystal core."

Apocalyptic wars are fought by attrition and rely heavily on industrial strength.

However, the Great Xia Dynasty had none of these.

Su Ran turned around and looked at Lu Yuan, "A problem that can be solved with crystal cores is not a problem."

Lu Yuan then showed Su Ran several heavy weapons developed to match the "Xingtian" exoskeleton.

There are individual electromagnetic rail nail guns specifically designed for armor penetration; there are also Gauss shotguns for close-range mowing down of hordes of corpses; and even a high-frequency vibrating battle axe for melee combat.

The dazzling array of goods is overwhelming.

Without exception, these weapons all require exoskeletons to provide energy and power support, making them killing tools tailor-made for future steel warriors.

"Compile a list of the test data and production plans for these weapons and send it to my office."

Su Ran gave the final order.

"yes!"

Having finished his business, he didn't linger any longer and turned to leave the testing ground in a few strides.

New equipment and new weapons also mean new tactics.

He had to return to headquarters immediately and incorporate these ideas into future war plans.

……

Half an hour later, in the highest command center.

On the enormous holographic sand table, countless points of light representing armies and monsters collided fiercely, their red and blue colors intertwining in a shocking display.

Li Guodong's eyes were bloodshot as he and several staff officers were tensely coordinating troop deployments.

After Su Ran entered, she got straight to the point.

"Old Li, good news."