Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 378 Multiplied Tracking Speed ​​Enchantment Bullet

In a secret facility on the outskirts of London.

Several armored Jaguar XJs drove up to a building.

A moment later, Murphy also came out of an office, greeted Patrick warmly at the door, and said, "Your Excellency, welcome to the Umbrella Corporation for guidance and inspection."

Patrick's lips twitched. What's with the act? They might not know who's the boss between us, but do you think I don't know?

However, Murphy's identity was not publicly known in Muggle society, so he could only play along, saying, "Hello, Mr. Murphy, let's go."

"Your Excellency, this way please." Murphy gestured for him to enter and led Patrick into the hall.

"Umbrella Military Industry has just been established. We have set up three R&D bases in China, and this is one of them, and it also has the most comprehensive product range." Murphy gave a brief introduction to the situation here, and then said, "Next, I will take you to visit some of the main products under development in this base. Let's go to the light weapons R&D department first."

The light weapons research and development department consists of two interconnected buildings, one half of which is used for research and design, and the other half for testing and demonstration.

Murphy led Patrick directly to the demonstration site. Behind a transparent bulletproof glass panel, Murphy pressed the call button. "Tester, demonstrate the Rainstorm Machine Gun."

Across the bulletproof glass, a tester donned protective gear—to prevent accidental injury from ricochets, given the prominent sign on the wall that read, "Safety in Production! Always Be Vigilant!" The tester then picked up a light machine gun from a nearby shelf and announced into the microphone, "Rainstorm Light Machine Gun."

He then unfolded the stock from its folded position and locked it. "The stock is foldable. When folded, the gun is 835 mm long and 1030 mm when unfolded. The gun is 260 mm high. The barrel, including the flash suppressor, is 485 mm long. The entire gun is made of engineering plastics and fiber materials. The gun weighs 6.8 kg. It is belt-fed, but magazines can also be used. A standard belt holds 100 rounds, while a magazine holds 150 rounds."

As he spoke, the tester took out another bullet from the side to demonstrate, "7.62 mm caliber, with single shot, three-round burst and full-auto modes, and a theoretical rate of fire of 12,000 to 16,000 rpm."

"Um?"

The above sounds pretty ordinary, but what's with this theoretical rate of fire?

Patrick wasn't a military enthusiast, but he had recently brushed up on a lot of basic military knowledge. Even heavy machine guns like the Gatling gun only had a rate of fire of around a few thousand, while light machine guns typically had a rate of fire of less than a thousand. Could this seemingly ordinary light machine gun really have a rate of fire of ten thousand?

Ten thousand bullets per minute?!

Its magazine only holds 150 rounds.

"Let's begin the demonstration," Murphy said.

The tester installed the magazine, and then a row of targets appeared twenty meters in front of him.

The tester set up the gun, aimed, and then pulled the trigger, the muzzle swinging slightly.

In an instant, the targets were hit by a barrage of bullets and fell down. Then the second row of targets appeared and fell down again, and the same happened to the third row.

Judging from the sparks that flew off the target, it's likely that thousands upon thousands of bullets hit the target in just a few seconds.

"This..." Patrick was somewhat bewildered. "How did they do that?"

Murphy clicked a button on the console. "You can take a look at the slow-motion footage."

A set of slow-motion footage appeared on the monitor screen next to it.

A flash of light appeared from the muzzle of the machine gun, and a bullet was fired. But just as it left the muzzle, the bullet suddenly split into two. A moment later, the bullet seemed to split again, becoming four, then eight, and finally sixteen bullets struck the two nearby targets like a rainstorm.

"This is... a copying spell?!" Patrick had already been exposed to magic and naturally had some knowledge about magic.

"Ahem, it's Void Particle Technology—Physical Replication," Murphy said. "Of course, we usually call it the Replication Charm, since it's more descriptive."

"In fact, the gun itself is not modified much. The replication charm is enchanted on the bullet. When the bullet passes through the barrel, the delayed multiplication replication charm enchantment on it is activated, replicating once every two milliseconds, up to five times, so one bullet can become sixteen bullets."

"The gun itself has a rate of fire of about 800 to 1,000, but with the bullets multiplied, it has a rate of fire of over 10,000."

"Therefore, this is a light machine gun that has the weight and portability of a light machine gun, but can achieve or even exceed the firepower suppression capability of a heavy machine gun, and its ammunition consumption is no different from that of a regular light machine gun. Two magazines are enough for an ordinary infantryman to suppress a squad of enemies."

"This is just a basic product. We can also adjust the enchantments to control the spread of the clone bullets. For example, if the clone bullets appear in a straight line in front of and behind the live bullet, we can create a continuous straight bullet chain; if they appear in the horizontal direction of the live bullet, we can create a fan-shaped barrage; or if they are concentrated around the live bullet, we can create an area damage like shotgun shells."

"We are currently researching how to install the enchantment adjustment method on the gun body. This way, we can use a uniform enchanted bullet and achieve different firing modes by adjusting the mode of the gun body."

As Patrick listened, he couldn't help but think of a currently very popular arcade game, Contra.

This thing is just like the bullets from Contra, isn't it?!

But the torrential rain machine gun was just the beginning. Murphy pressed the call button again, "Tester, demonstrate 'Death Eye'."

The tester put down the rain machine gun and took a heavy sniper rifle from the display stand, "Hulk anti-materiel sniper rifle."

The tester then demonstrated the foldable and detachable bipod, introduced the grip and detachable parts, and then said: "This gun weighs 13.2kg, has a magazine capacity of five rounds, uses 12.7mm caliber bullets, and has a muzzle velocity of 1470 meters per second."

Patrick sensed something was off, but couldn't quite put his finger on it. The tester then picked up a scope nearby and said, "Death's Eye Scope. Works with all enchanted firearms."

Is this the Eye of Death?

The tester then mounted the scope onto the sniper rifle and added an additional laser sight.

The demonstration began, and the targets were changed to three. The tester first aimed at the leftmost target with the scope, then pressed a button on the gun and said, "Mark."

He then casually placed the sniper rifle on the table, aimed the laser sight at the second target, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" The leftmost target hit the bullseye.

He aimed at the rightmost target again through the scope, pressed the button on the gun, then aimed the laser sight at the second target in the middle and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" The rightmost target hit the bullseye.

Patrick understood. "A bullet that can automatically track targets?!"

“That’s good,” Murphy said. “The gun is enchanted with a throwing charm, which accelerates the bullets like an electromagnetic track, allowing it to reach a muzzle velocity of over Mach 4. That’s not important, though. What’s important is the Death Eye scope. You can use it to mark the target with a 'volley' attack, and then all the bullets fired from the muzzle will automatically aim at that target.”

"Unaffected by wind speed, gravity, or other factors, it will fire wherever you see it in the scope."

"Of course, this requires special bullet enchantments, and the angle can't be too off."

"However, in theory, this gun can turn anyone into a sharpshooter who never misses a shot, making it possible for any soldier with eyes to kill a target from a kilometer away."

"Imagine that on the battlefield, your soldiers are all sniper gods like Zhang Taofang and Simon Haye, and with the help of a barrage of machine guns, just one of them can hold off an entire infantry company."

(End of this chapter)