My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Servant number 6 was also thrown into the air by the enormous recoil, and the scene spun around in his head.

Xia Zuo struggled to steady it.

"Haha...it worked..." Xia Zuo laughed in a low voice.

Killing a small acorn beetle grants 3 experience points and unlocks the [Pistol Specialization] and [Revolver Specialization] skills.

The idea of ​​using Blood Element minions to kill monsters and gain experience is perfectly feasible!

The problem of recoil can be solved as long as it is resolved.

Xia Zuo piloted Servant No. 6 to fly away from the battlefield, intending to find a secluded place to conduct further research.

He sensed the number 1 servant left on the ceiling of the Beast Arena and sent the number 6 servant to a location in the Mogus Mountains, 30 kilometers northwest of Stillwater.

After confirming that there were no humans or monsters around,

Xia Zuo activated [Blood Servant Enhancement], channeling a large amount of life force into Servant No. 6, helping it to condense into a 1-meter-tall human form, and its maximum health also reached 800 points.

Xia Zuorang's servant No. 6 lay prone on the ground, bracing his feet against the tree stump for leverage, and fired from a prone position.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, startling the birds resting in the woods, and small animals in the nearby rustled and fled.

As for Servant Number 6... it... it was not only broken in half... its body was also crushed into a blood clot several centimeters thick by the recoil... the surrounding ground was also soaked with large areas of blood.

The number 6 minion's health dropped by 400 points in an instant.

Xia Zuo sat at the table, his brows furrowed as he activated [Health Reversal], restoring 40 health points to Servant No. 6 and collecting the bloodstains scattered on the surrounding ground. He pondered the reason why Servant No. 6 had lost health.

The first shot was fired by a hand-shaped blood elemental minion.

After the bullet was fired, the Blood Servant was thrown by the recoil and moved in the direction of the recoil without resisting the force.

With this shot, after the bullet was fired, the humanoid blood element servant chose to withstand the recoil, but due to its fragile body, it was damaged by the enormous recoil.

Therefore, something needs to be found as a support to absorb the impact in place of the blood element servants.

Before each shot, have the Blood Elemental Servant secure the support before pulling the trigger.

Normally, the Blood Element servants would move around carrying the support structures, guns, and bullets.

…Isn't this support just bone?

Should we give the Blood Servant a bone?

Bone grafting?

Bone magic?

Xia Zuo scratched his head, realizing that there was indeed a strong connection between blood magic and bone magic.

Bone magic provides skeletons to blood element minions, strengthening their bodies.

In data-driven terms, modifying a Blood Elemental Servant with bone magic is equivalent to adding a [structural value] to it.

When firing a gun in the future, the structure value will be consumed first. As long as the structure value does not drop below 0, the blood minion's health will not be affected, and its appearance will not be deformed.

Bone is not the only option for support materials; metal objects can serve the same purpose.

For example, find a blacksmith to make a simple gunstock and stand combination so that the Blood Servant can fire bullets while lying down.

In addition, alchemical materials with kinetic energy absorption effects can also provide a buffer function. Filling them into the blood element servants might reduce the amount of health lost when firing.

But where can we get the support structure or energy-absorbing material?

Xia Zuo scratched his hair, feeling a bit troubled, as he had hit a new roadblock.

He found a notebook, organized his thoughts on the blank pages, and envisioned the ideal form of the Blood Servant.

4 points in the early hours.

Xia Zuo let out a long sigh of relief, picked up the cooled tea and took a few sips to refresh himself.

Two pictures appeared in the notebook:

The blood servant in the first picture, when viewed from the side, resembles a triangle with a gun barrel inserted.

It has a metal shell, a tripod that can be inserted into the ground, a barrel hole, and an observation hole. The interior is filled with a large amount of kinetic energy absorbing material to ensure that after firing a bullet, the blood element servant will neither lose health nor be pushed by the recoil and displaced.

The second picture.

Blood Element servants have a canine-like appearance.

It is easier to stabilize when it is on all fours, and the inside is reinforced with hard bones using bone magic.

When using a firearm, extend the barrel from your head, grip the ground with all four feet, and then fire.

Xia Zuo's eyes darted back and forth between the two pictures. Suddenly, he slapped his forehead, flipped to the page in "A Comprehensive Explanation of the Elemental Body" that introduced the human skeleton, picked up a pencil, and drew a new picture on the new page.

The blood servants in this picture are human figures dressed in weapons.

The palm area is equipped with kinetic energy-absorbing material, and the body is no longer made of bone, but of sturdy steel structures.

Long structural components correspond to long bones.

Short structural components correspond to short bones.

Flat steel plates correspond to flat bones.

Rollers, gears, and other components correspond to the irregular bones at human joints.

When firing, the Blood Servant locks the latches on the steel structure, connecting the hand and foot components into a single unit. This allows the recoil to be transmitted directly from the hand to the ground through the steel bars, rather than having the body absorb the impact.

Xia Zuo held up his notebook and admired his work under the bright alchemical lamp.

This is a blood element servant with a human-like appearance, but whose internal components are made of pure metal!

It can not only walk, jump, and shoot like a normal human, but it can also fly and transform.

If the connection structure of the steel components were further refined to improve the flexibility of the joints, it would be possible to enable these blood element servants to perform highly difficult movements, and even wield swords to engage in close combat with enemies.

We should give it a name to commemorate it.

Xia Zuo crossed his arms and considered for a few seconds, then picked up his pen and wrote above the painting:

[Blood Guardian Experimental Version v0.1.1]

He paused, then wrote next to the name: "(Temporary Name)"

Currently, there is a lack of both materials and tools, so the process of creating the Blood Guardian can only remain on paper for the time being. The three drawings are more like concept sketches and are destined to be far from the final product.

Xia Zuo glanced at the clock on the table.

It was 4:30 a.m. Silver Moon Federal Time.

I need to go meditate.

He carefully put away the Blood Guardian's sketches, manipulated Servant No. 6 to store the revolver and ammunition, and then made a detour back to the lumber mill.

Scarface and his men repelled acorn worms near the front camp and happened to be returning to the lumber mill in a cargo wagon.

In front of the dormitory building.

After counting the number of people several times, the security chief in charge of the operation reported the battle situation to "Sid" with a grim expression:

“Mr. Sid, there were 22 gunmen involved in the battle just now, and only 15 returned. Most of them were not seriously injured, but four suffered fractures and two were seriously injured and unconscious.”

"The ammunition is basically used up, and everyone only has five or six rounds of spare ammunition left in their ammunition pouches."

"The bodies of those seven people... may not come back. When the acorn beetles retreat back to their nests, they may drag their bodies back with them."

“Hmm.” Scarface gave a low hum. “Tomorrow during the day, have the wounded taken back, bring over another batch of gunmen, and more ammunition. We must wipe out this hideout by tomorrow night.”

"Yes, Mr. Sid."

The supervisor turned around and told the exhausted gunmen to go upstairs to rest, and then had the lumberyard security guards come and carry the wounded to the wards.

Shazo manipulated Servant No. 6 to hide the revolver and ammunition in a dry tree branch, then let it crawl into the crack of the windowsill, and finally looked at the perspective of the other servants.

The goatee-bearded host, Doom, is already asleep.

Andrew and Ross, the two detectives from the Alien Corporation, had been busy all day and were now resting in their rented carriage. Andrew was on night watch, while Ross was fast asleep in the carriage.

Xia Zuo stretched and used [Bloodline Sensing] to leave An Ru'er a message that he would be getting up a little late today. Then he lay down next to her and entered deep meditation.

...

It was a little after 9 a.m. that day.

Xia Zuo woke up from his meditation, washed up quickly, and went downstairs to have breakfast.

Anru left a message using a bloodline connection, saying, "I'm taking Janice for a walk around the streets, and I'll take her out for lunch."

Xia Zuo sensed their location—they were shopping in a large department store in the central city.

After breakfast, Xia Zuo took out the sketch of the Blood Element Guardian from the drawer in his study, pondering the feasibility of creating a humanoid Blood Element Guardian.

"Oh, right." Xia Zuo snapped his fingers.

When he was studying the subject of magical objects at Beatrice Academy, the instructor mentioned that "in order to design a feasible alchemical product, you must first build an accurate model."

Xia Zuo stuffed his notebook into his briefcase, put on his thermal coat, locked the door, and headed towards the community entrance.

His destination was Yingrui University.

First, go to the Mage Guild, pay a sum of points in advance, and obtain the right to use the Rare Alchemy Room, as well as a temporary access card to the Ordinary Materials Warehouse.

The specific costs will be settled after the alchemy lab is finished being used.

During the Winter Veil holiday, most of the students at the university had gone home.

There are many unused alchemy rooms in the alchemy building.

Xia Zuo chose an alchemy room that had been used relatively many times—more use meant that the performance parameters of the alchemy equipment and tools in the room were closer to the median under normal circumstances, making them easier to use.

Designing a biomimetic human skeleton made of metal is a very complex engineering project.

Fortunately, Xia Zuo's starting point was not to create a metal skeleton that perfectly conforms to the human body structure.

All he sought was a simple transmission system that could transfer recoil to the ground.

Solid, durable, reliable, stable, and portable, while key components must be simple and easy to manufacture—these are the requirements that Xia Zuo had for this simple transmission system.

Hmm... we need to add one more thing.

In the foreseeable future, inland areas like Jing Shui Town will be within the range of the Blood Guardians' activities.

Therefore, it is necessary to take into account the local refining level and raw material conditions, and determine in advance what materials are available.