In the technological world, gunpowder firearms have been replaced by energy weapons. Most of the gunpowder firearms are in the hands of unscrupulous underground armed forces, and are collected and played as toys. Compared to energy weapons, although gunpowder firearms are no longer powerful, as a toy they are still more interesting than energy weapons.
He pressed the yellow bullets into the magazine with his own hands, and then loaded the magazine into the gun with a "click" sound. Pull the bolt and push the bullet into the magazine. With your finger lightly pressing the trigger, the firing pin fires the primer of the bullet. There is a "roar" accompanied by a solid recoil, and the bullet leaves the chamber. It can be said that such a sense of participation cannot be experienced with energy weapons.
Whether it is playing games or toys, the most important thing is a sense of participation. With energy weapons, everything is fully automatic. All you have to do is press the launch button, and a beam of light will go over and destroy the target. This is a weapon purely for killing or destroying the target. It's like a set of jigsaw puzzles. Once you dismantle the box, all the pieces automatically fit together perfectly. Can this still be considered a toy
In a game, even if you use a plug-in, what people want is not a plug-in that does everything for you. Open the game every day, open game plug-ins, and then you don’t have to worry about anything. You can just watch the characters inside killing everyone, or upgrading equipment, etc. In this case, you may still feel fresh in the first few days, but if it lasts a little longer, you really won't be involved at all, and you may forget to even start the game in the end.
The reason why Ye Zan collects so many gunpowder firearms is just to play with them as toys. I just didn't expect that these toys would actually play a big role in the face of endless resentful ghosts at the Naihe Bridge. However, such cases are very rare after all, and they still cannot change the toy status of gunpowder firearms. Especially at Ye Zan's current level, even energy weapons wouldn't be of much use, let alone those gunpowder firearms.
Lin Mumu was interested in those gunpowder firearms because of his experience in the underworld and the opportunity to operate the gunpowder firearms himself. As mentioned before, although the power of gunpowder firearms is not very good, the fun generated by the sense of mechanics and participation still makes him very excited.
However, even though Lin Mumu knew that the materials used in these gunpowder firearms were very ordinary steel, they were not even considered magical weapons. However, the value of an object made of ordinary iron without a trace of magical aura is somewhat mysterious. Therefore, he is not sure how much this thing called a gun is worth in Ye Zan's heart, and whether it is suitable for him to beg for fun.
Of course, Ye Zan still trusted Lin Mumu quite a bit and knew that he was just having fun, so he handed the Barley sniper rifle to him without hesitation. However, Ye Zan was worried that the technology of firearms would spread to the secular world, so he finally emphasized to Lin Mumu not to lose this gun.
Lin Mumu is also a powerful soul after all. Although he is a little playful due to the way he cultivates, it does not mean that he will lose everything. So, after promising Ye Zan, Lin Mumu took the Barrett sniper rifle and ran away happily.
Watching Lin Mumu leave, Ye Zan did not do anything else immediately, but stood there, touching his chin and lost in thought.
For gunpowder firearms, Ye Zan had always regarded them as toys or collectibles, until the time when Naihe Qiaotou in the Underworld was able to put these collections into use as weapons. This time, Lin Mumu borrowed a gun to play, which reminded Ye Zan of that experience, and at the same time, he also turned his attention to this backward gunpowder weapon.
In fact, gunpowder weapons are not completely useless, and power is not the only criterion for determining the effectiveness of weapons. After all, using the explosive power of gunpowder to shoot bullets at distant targets, although the power is not as strong as flying swords and energy weapons, it has advantages that flying swords and energy weapons cannot compare with.
Compared with flying swords, the advantage of gunpowder weapons is of course that they do not require mana. Especially in an environment where the use of mana is restricted and flying swords cannot fly, if you want to have the ability to attack from a distance, you can only rely on bows and arrows or firearms. Compared with bows and arrows, this kind of gunpowder firearm obviously has greater advantages in terms of power and range.
Compared with energy weapons, the advantage of gunpowder weapons is that they fire physical warheads. Regardless of the power, the physical warhead is not as good as the energy bomb, but the physical warhead means that there is something to be done. Just like back then, at the Alchemy Conference, Yu Leyang used the musket he made, but its power was much worse than that of serious firearms. But by combining the talisman with the warhead, he gave the musket some tactical functions instead of just shooting.
Due to Yu Leyang's own cultivation and vision, the use and modification of muskets are still at a relatively elementary stage. Maybe, when he steps into the Golden Core Realm, the methods he originally used in the Foundation Establishment Realm will no longer be as useful as before and will need to be upgraded again.
However, Ye Zan is already in the Yuanshen realm after all. Not only has he reached a certain level in this world, but he also has the backing of knowledge in the technological world. Therefore, if he were to personally conduct research on the modification of gunpowder weapons, I believe there would still be a lot of articles to be done.
It just so happened that now, waiting for Xie and Lin to complete their promotion to the Nascent Soul Realm, and waiting for Zhenjun Lanfeng and others to condense their own great ways, Ye Zan didn't have much to do for a while. It would be a good topic for Ye Zan to use this time to study the transformation of gunpowder weapons and see how far they can be used.
Thinking of this, Ye Zan didn't waste any more time and immediately turned around and headed to the nearby research center.
"The main lethality of this primitive gunpowder firearm to the target lies in the trauma caused by the bullet being shot into the target. In the past era of gunpowder firearms, people also made some articles on the warheads, but the warheads came and went. shape. Pointed bullets enhance penetration, flat-head bullets enhance stopping power, DUM bullets create greater cavity damage, and tungsten cores and depleted uranium bullets improve armor penetration.”
Ye Zan came to the research center and called up information on firearms on the display screen. Although these things can be directly read into the memory area of his brain through the auxiliary chip in his brain. However, when he was thinking, he was still used to showing it in front of his eyes like this.
On the display screen, various firearm structures are displayed, as well as information on various warheads, as well as various scientific principles involved. On another display screen next to it, it showed some of the talisman contents of this world that Ye Zan had collected, as well as the things about the refining talismans.
"For gunpowder firearms, the main damage is done by the warhead, but the gunpowder in the bullet is also key, which is related to the range and rate of fire of the bullet. In addition, the rifling in the barrel can help the bullet fly more stably, which also affects the range to a certain extent. "
These things may not seem like much, but almost everyone in the tech world knows about them. But Ye Zan now wants to transform firearms, especially if he wants to combine them with things from this world, so many inconspicuous things must be taken into consideration.
For example, if the surface of the bullet is engraved with runes, but when the bullet comes out of the chamber, it will rub against the rifling in the barrel, which will definitely have an impact on the runes. In addition, after the bullet hits the target, the warhead will deform due to the strong impact force. The deformation of the warhead will affect the structure of the runes on the warhead, which may prevent the runes from functioning properly.
Why can Yu Leyang do it and cast the talisman through a musket? It's not because he has any secret skills, the main reason is that the power of his musket is too small, and the force provided to the bullet is not enough to deform the bullet to the point where it affects the normal function of the talisman.
However, the opponents that Yu Leyang faced were only those disciples of various sects in the Foundation Establishment Realm. If you were just facing people with that level of strength, it would be enough to just use the real firearms in Ye Zan's hands, and there would be no need to get any talismans or anything like that. But if Ye Zan wants to transform firearms, he doesn't target those in the Foundation Establishment Realm. The target must at least be at the same Yuan Shen Realm as him.
What's more, if Ye Zan spent a long time just to come up with something that can deal with Yuanshen realm opponents, it can also be said to be a waste of time. Even if he doesn't transform anything, with his current strength, the ordinary Yuanshen realm may not be his opponent, so why waste that time.
You know, Ye Zan has a big heart. Since he plans to devote his energy to it, he must set a higher goal, such as the Dharma Realm.
Even if you don't expect to solve a Dharma Realm with one shot, if you can have something to help you when Ye Zan fights against a powerful opponent in the Dharma Realm, then these things will be valuable. Just like people in this world, whether they are refining weapons, cultivating spells, or studying the art of sword control, the purpose is to enhance their own strength and enable themselves to fight against stronger people.
Therefore, if Ye Zan wants to study the transformation of gunpowder firearms, he cannot simply make some talismans and the like, but must make the gunpowder weapons truly effective when fighting against the enemy. Then, what he has to do is not simply add something to the bullet, but to study the principles of firearms and even basic materials science.
For example, firearms in the technological world have many considerations regarding the material of the barrel due to the explosive power of gunpowder. So now, in this world, Ye Zan has more materials to choose from. Can he find a more suitable material to make the barrel
You must know that the explosive power of gunpowder is related to the range and rate of fire of the bullet, but it cannot be increased without limit, otherwise the result will be an explosion.
In the early firearms era in the technological world, people had just invented and manufactured front-loading muskets. If they directly used later advanced gunpowder, there would be no gun barrel that could withstand such explosive force. Even with the primitive gunpowder used, the musket still has the risk of exploding the chamber. Maybe after the next shot is fired, the barrel in the hand becomes a trumpet.
Now, Ye Zan wants to make gunpowder firearms more powerful and increase the range and rate of fire of bullets by increasing the explosive power. This is an issue that must be considered. Two powerful souls are fighting each other. If your bullet is 0.01 second slower, they may just dodge it. No matter how mysterious the bullet is, it will be useless.
If you want to increase the explosive power, that is, the propelling force of the bullet, then the original barrel may not be able to withstand it, and you will face the danger of exploding the chamber like the original musket. Then, we can only think of ways to enhance the bearing capacity of the barrel from the material aspect, so that the barrel can not deform under stronger explosive force.
As for warheads, in battles between monks, the original penetration and stopping power may not be the top priority. Maybe, you don't have to inject the warhead into the opponent's body, or there is not much possibility of injecting it into the opponent's body, so you have to consider increasing the damage in other ways. Or, if you just want bullets to penetrate the opponent, then facing the opponent's magic protection, or some other protection methods, or even a steel-like body, the material of the bullet must also be reconsidered.
When it comes to materials, whether it's a barrel, a warhead, or any other key component, a lot of testing is needed to find the desired results. Of course, calculations can simulate some things, but after calculating a thousand results, they still have to be implemented in reality. It is impossible to just "crash" the calculations and then use them to make the finished product.
So, for the next period of time, Ye Zan spent time in the research center. Of course, he would still accompany his daughter occasionally, but his main energy was spent on the research on the modification of firearms. He used his financial resources and the influence of the Yuqing Sect to collect various metals from all over the domain. Based on a large number of metals, a large number of alloy ratio experiments are conducted to find suitable new alloy materials.
Of course, materials are only one aspect, there is also technical research, and Ye Zan has not fallen behind either. For example, how to apply some talismans and runes on the warhead, and what kind of spell is more suitable for this casting method. Also, how to ensure that the talisman runes on the bullets are not affected by other factors, and how to increase the power of the talisman runes, etc.
It can be said that the modification work of this gunpowder firearm is definitely not as simple as imagined. It is not just a matter of changing some materials and making a micro-sculpture and everything will be fine.
In this way, time passed day by day. First of all, at the medical center, Xie Wenxuan and Lin Huofeng finally successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul realm. Moreover, because Ye Zan performed an operation on their Nascent Soul, their temperaments remained the same and did not return to their previous nature. Ye Zan took the time to conduct a final check on the two of them. After confirming that their status had indeed not changed, he asked them to return to the Yuqing Sect's outer sect again.
A few days later, Ye Zan felt something strange in the Immortal Palace, stopped what he was doing again, and came to the realm of nothingness in the Immortal Palace.