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Chapter 59 Swarm of Insects, Light Machine Gun, and Instant Refinement
From the moment Qin Feng gave the assembly signal, a 15-person squad had already donned their weapons and equipment in less than five minutes.
Lu Sheng sat in the passenger seat of Qin Feng's car and raised his hand to indicate that the engine should not be started yet.
He sent a message to Liang Shan, who quickly organized the workers to come to the gas station warehouse. By the time they had lifted the long wooden stakes, Qin Feng's convoy had just stopped very close by.
Because the convoy also recovered the remains of the ferocious beast during the rescue, there were two small trucks in the convoy, which were used to transport timber and steel at this time.
Once all the materials needed to build the wall were loaded onto the truck, Lu Sheng told Qin Feng that they could set off.
Later, a convoy drove out of the camp and set up a defensive line on the road in front of the ruins of the commercial street.
The workers who came with them were already in high spirits, and they were even happier to see that there was a fully armed convoy protecting them.
They quickly unloaded the long wooden stakes from the vehicle and drove them down one by one along the route planned by Lu Sheng, forming the prototype of the wall.
Half an hour passed, and only a few ferocious beasts approached. They were basically killed as soon as they appeared, and there was no phenomenon of a group of ferocious beasts.
Lu Sheng sat in the car. He thought it was good news that the ferocious beasts were not launching a large-scale attack, but he could clearly see that Qin Feng's face did not look relaxed at all.
"Qin Feng, we haven't seen many ferocious beasts yet, why do you look a little nervous?"
"Brother Lu Sheng, recently a large number of ferocious beasts have entered the ruins, right?"
Qin Feng didn't answer directly, but asked a question first. Only after seeing Lu Sheng nod in confirmation did he continue:
"Even though there are a lot of ferocious beasts around, only a few of them came to us, a group of prey that were completely exposed in the wild and had no place to move.
This situation most likely points to one thing: a leader has assessed our strength and is gathering a beast tide powerful enough to crush us.
After listening to Qin Feng's assessment, Lu Sheng thought for a moment and decided that they could use the same tactics as last time:
"Do you have any snipers in your team? Set them up in the watchtowers so they can snipe the enemy leader as soon as he appears."
"Brother Lu Sheng, this strategy isn't foolproof, and it's unlikely to work this time."
Qin Feng reached out of the car window and pointed to the remains of a ferocious beast not far away.
Lu Sheng saw that it was a medium-sized beetle, about the size of a dog, with sharp mandibles like iron pincers.
"These are soldier insects from the Ironjaw Insect swarm. The few that have arrived since the start of construction are all of them. These things must have already built nests in the ruins and multiplied in large numbers."
Their leader is the queen insect deep within the nest, responsible only for determining the number of troops to deploy; she does not appear on the battlefield.
Lu Sheng searched through his predecessor's memories and found that his predecessor had seen this kind of ferocious beast in a book when he was in school. It was called the Lord type.
Since the leaders of these ferocious beasts do not appear on the front lines, there is only one way to deal with them.
"So, this time we have no choice but to fight head-on?"
Qin Feng affirmed Lu Sheng's understanding:
"Yes, hold the line until the wall is built."
Just as the two finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from Qin Feng's bracelet:
"Captain, the beast horde has moved out. To the due west, there are Ironjaw Bugs."
Upon receiving the news, Qin Feng quickly opened the car door, climbed onto the roof, where a light machine gun was mounted.
He pointed his gun to the west and soon saw a swarm of insects leaping out of the ruins and rushing toward the defensive line.
Lu Sheng also took out a gun, attached an extended barrel, and held it out of the car window.
The moment the swarm entered engagement range, the entire convoy opened fire simultaneously. Amidst the hail of bullets, a small mountain of corpses quickly piled up at the front of the swarm.
This was the first time Lu Sheng had witnessed a battle between destructive awakened beings. The light machine gun on the roof of the car was pushed to its limits in Qin Feng's hands, and the bullets it fired were like a car's windshield wiper, erasing the lives of swarms of Ironjaw Insects.
The first wave of Ironjaw Bugs was quickly wiped out, but less than fifteen minutes later, he saw the second wave, which was far more numerous than the first.
An hour into the battle, the swarms in front were held back by firepower, while the swarms behind continued to pour in, and the density of the swarms grew higher and higher.
From a distance, it looks like a whole patch of dark clouds lying close to the ground.
Worse still, despite the formidable firepower, Lu Sheng could still notice that the dark cloud was slowly creeping forward.
He then looked at the workers. Because of their experience building the wall the first time, they were relatively calm, but it would still take some time before the project was completed.
After a quick assessment of the situation, Lu Sheng decided, out of caution, to add fuel to the fire for Qin Feng.
"Qiushui, bring over a batch of steel in a cart, about as tall as you."
He sent a voice message to Cheng Qiushui via his wristband, then opened the car door, climbed onto the roof, and startled Qin Feng, who was focused on slaughtering the ferocious beast.
"Brother Lu Sheng, what are you doing up here?"
"We're giving you even more firepower."
Lu Sheng grabbed the barrel of the light machine gun and instantly melted it.
Some of the steel prepared for the construction of the wall turned into streams of light and flowed into the light machine guns.
"Vehicle-mounted light machine gun, about to consume 2 units of steel to upgrade to vehicle-mounted light machine gun lv1, optimize structure and improve workmanship, so that it can withstand more of the power of the long night, please select the enhancement attribute:"
1. Spare barrel: An additional underloading mechanism is added to install a spare barrel. When the barrel overheats, the barrel can be quickly replaced by turning the mechanism.
2. Advanced Materials: The gun body is constructed with more advanced materials, making it lighter and increasing the strength of the recoil spring to accelerate the machine gun's rate of fire.
3. Integrated shock absorption: The ergonomic stock and handguard, along with a heavy-duty barrel, reduce vibration and thermal deformation during firing, extending sustained firing time while improving accuracy.
Qin Feng had heard of Lu Sheng's methods, but this was the first time he had witnessed them firsthand.
Through his destructive talents, he could feel the connection between his weapon and his mind when using it, but now he discovered that this connection had been severed.
"Qin Feng, don't just stand there. I trust your experience. I have three enhancement options for you. Choose the one that's most advantageous for you right now."
Lu Sheng's voice brought him back to his senses. Lu Sheng then briefly explained the three upgrade paths, and after listening, he immediately made a choice:
"Secondly, I need more firepower."
"it is good."
After Lu Sheng finalized the upgrade attributes, the entire vehicle-mounted light machine gun was quickly reconfigured. As the light faded, Qin Feng discovered that the weapon in his hand had reconnected with him.
However, it felt different than before.
What he felt from this connection was a more violent power than before.
He took a deep breath and pulled the trigger. This time, the bullets shot out at such high speed that they formed a red line in the air, instantly cutting a gap in the swarm of insects.