CH 7

In the afternoon, after finishing his dessert, Old K silently walked into the basement and saw his broken glass display case. He was angry, but when he turned his head, he saw Mason Cooper, a young man, skillfully assembling an anti-material sniper rifle with a bandage wrapped around his eyes.

Old K became interested in this mysterious villain who leaned against the wall and watched Mason spend several minutes reassembling the gun while blindfolded. The young man mechanically repeated the process until he could do it in under two minutes.

"What are you doing?" Old K suddenly asked, causing Mason's movements to pause briefly.

"I suspect your eyes are just for decoration. Of course, I'm choosing weapons for our mission," Mason replied without looking back.

"But you're clearly dismantling my collectibles," the villain said with an unpleasant tone. "Although your skills are impressive, I spent a lot of effort collecting them from different places. You'd better not damage them."

"Don't worry, Mr. K," Mason said as he dismantled the sniper rifle again. "I like guns, and guns like me. I'll find the most suitable one for me and help you complete this mission. I hope you can give me my freedom when it's over."

"I will, Mason. I always keep my word," Old K said as he walked up the stairs. "Assuming you come back alive... Here's some advice: bring more guns. There will be a lot of enemies. Don't worry about the bullets; I've got that covered."

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After Old K left, Mason breathed a sigh of relief. Dealing with that guy was really uncomfortable, but there was also good news. Just as Mason finished assembling the gun, a translucent screen flashed before his eyes, and two new blueprints appeared.

"Successfully completed Outstanding Craftsmanship: Quick Assembly. Engineering skill proficiency increased by x10, currently at Level 1. Professional blueprints unlocked. 'Critical Strike Hunting Rifle' series blueprints unlocked, 'Engineering Explosives' formula unlocked, 'Engineering Bombs' series blueprints unlocked."

Mason was immediately filled with surprise and excitement. He rubbed his numb arms and fingers and examined the newly unlocked equipment blueprints.

Blueprint description: Critical Strike Hunting Rifle (Classical Double-Barreled Hunting Rifle)

Quality of creation: Determined by the creator's craftsmanship, with a maximum quality limit of "Epic."

Creation traits:

Using different materials to make the Critical Strike Hunting Rifle will provide different enhancement attributes, but the finished product made according to the blueprint will always have a "Critical Strike" effect.

This weapon can be equipped with various engineering accessories and ammunition and has three modification paths: "Pump-Action Critical Strike Shotgun," "Precisely Calibrated Critical Strike Hunting Rifle," and "Short-Barreled Critical Strike Hand Cannon."

Item description: I want your Titanium Dog Eye, your Critical Strike Hunting Rifle, and your Adidas sneakers!

Tip: Entry-level firearm modification blueprints have been unlocked.

"Is this a beginner's bonus?"Mason looked at the four gun blueprints and fell into a long silence. To be honest, he couldn't understand how four guns with completely different styles could come from the same blueprint.

But this didn't stop the young man from feeling the joy of getting a "new toy".

He turned his head and looked at the guns in Old K's collection cabinet that he had taken apart and reassembled many times. He sneered and walked over to take the few guns that he had taken apart at least thirty times.

Almost without looking, he easily disassembled them with a few clicks and selected usable parts according to the blueprint in front of him.

The flowing movements were like those of a black gun dealer who had been in the business for many years.

Many "excellent" gun components that he had selected from Old K's collection had already been placed in the box next to him. These components, which exceeded the usual quality, were not something Mason cared about using.

As he assembled these guns according to the blueprint to use as his own backup guns, he looked at the other two unlocked blueprints.

Formula Description: Engineering Explosives

Creation Trait: By adding different raw materials, the explosive power of the explosives can be increased and different effects can be produced.

Currently unlocked: High Explosive/Shrapnel/Incendiary Explosive Formulas

Item Description: In some fantasy worlds, this thing is called "Goblin Engineer Explosives", so promise me to be careful when dealing with it, okay?

Mason's heart warmed as he looked at this formula. This was exactly what he needed in his current situation, and the formula for "Engineering Explosives" was a series.

It was more of a "design concept" than a specific type of explosive.

This set of design blueprints included everything from conventional hand grenades to unconventional simple rockets, including goblin landmines and self-destructing sheep, and even fantastical things like "wind-up self-destructing squirrels" that looked very unscientific.

Even if Mason installed a power system for it, it could form an intelligent blasting mode similar to a drone swarm.

At the moment he saw this blueprint, Mason took two of his "collected" bat darts from his belt. There was just enough space inside to put explosive materials, making it a perfect match for this almost versatile engineering explosive.

"I can also have my own explosive bat dart, just throw it out, and then Boom!"

Mason grinned, but then shook his head.

No way, the cost of one of these things was worth a luxury car. Only someone crazy like Bruce Wayne would throw this thing like a dart.

Whose money was blown in by the wind?

Besides, didn't he have all kinds of intelligent drones and explosives collected by Old K at his disposal?

Disassembling all those things not only gave him enough engineering parts, but also enough to assemble at least thirty engineering explosives.

It would be too embarrassing not to know how to use these things that he had picked up for free.

Several hours later, with a soft click, the black gun barrel was fitted into the slender rifle in Mason's hand.

The overall shape was very similar to an SVD light sniper rifle, with a dark wooden stock installed, compact and slender, modified and polished with components from several guns.

A built-in box-shaped magazine held 12 standard sniper rounds, with backup rounds."But this weapon for long-range sniping doesn't have a scope installed. Mason, who has combat assistance, obviously doesn't need that thing for shooting within a kilometer."

At the moment this gun was assembled, an information tag appeared in front of Mason:

Precision-calibrated explosive hunting rifle · Unnamed

Quality: Excellent item · Excellent craftsmanship

Features: Precision calibration (precision enhancement) · Critical hit (damage enhancement, chance to cause double damage) · Durable (uses a large number of excellent accessories, reduces firearm wear and tear, and reduces the chance of barrel explosion)

Creator: Mason Cooper

Item evaluation: From this moment on, you are no longer a simple 17-year-old boy. As your novice work, you should give it a decent name.

Successfully completed the first excellent craftsmanship · excellent quality engineering creation, and Engineering skill proficiency increased by 10 times.

"Unnamed?"

Mason blinked.

He touched the gun he had assembled entirely from his chosen materials, like a craftsman touching his first work, or parents touching their first child.

The young man showed a slightly cold smile, patted the simple gun body, and said:

"I'll call you 'Old K'. I think you understand the meaning of this name. Anyway, I'll leave it to you from now on!"

The young man put his new gun aside, looked at the time again, and now it was nine o'clock at night, fifteen hours before Old K's mission started.

He was indeed a little tired, and then Mason took a knife and came to his own hand.

The burst of pain instantly woke him up.

While skillfully taking out the first aid kit at hand to stop bleeding, disinfect and bandage himself, he walked towards the explosives piled up in the corner of the wall and picked up a standard C4 explosive and an exquisite drone.

Take advantage of the momentum to complete the Engineering Bomb and try to get more 10 times proficiency improvement.

He still needs to make a shotgun and a handgun.

Time is tight and the task is heavy. Mason doesn't plan to sleep tonight.

He touched the small wound behind his neck, where a bomb that could blow his head off was buried, making him extremely stressed.

He's almost out of time!

How can he sleep now!

Whether he can rush Engineering to Lv2 depends on this one bet. Once Old K's exploration begins, he probably won't have so much time to leisurely assemble these things.

As for fatigue...

Mason looked at the blood-stained knife and the roll of gauze on the table, shrugged his shoulders, and could also practice some first aid skills.

This wave is not a loss.

At 11 o'clock the next day, the door of the basement was pushed open.

Old K, who had changed into what looked like a hunter's leather armor and boots, came down.

This guy had a one-handed sword around his waist, a strange crossbow on his back, and his hair tied into a ponytail while wearing a mask, looking like a knight about to go to war.

This dress is somewhat strange in this era.

But considering that this is Gotham, there are too many weirdly dressed guys walking around the city, so Old K's dress is no problem going out on the street.

"Your teammates have already gathered, go upstairs and eat something to prepare for departure."

Old K shouted, Mason yawned, and without looking back, he said:"Wait a moment, I'll finish assembling this flying bomb."

"Hmm?"

Old K walked over in surprise and took a glance, almost causing a brain hemorrhage on the spot.

All of the exquisite drones and devices he collected were dismantled beyond recognition.

In front of Mason, there were more than thirty strange-shaped flying machines neatly arranged on the table, as well as several "legged" ones that looked like miniature mechanical spider-crawlers.

They looked strange but had a hint of cleverness, unlike the shoddy things put together by mischievous kids.

Old K picked up one of them and looked at it for a few seconds, then looked at Mason with a strange tone and asked, "You can do this? Are you really just a 17-year-old high school dropout from Gotham?"

"Gotham locals have a special preference for bombs, and most people are multi-talented."

The young man who had too much cultivation of immortality replied weakly, "If you give me enough materials, I can even make you a Bat-suit... What? You don't believe me? The blueprint is all in my mind."

"Hehe."

Old K let out his signature sarcastic laugh.

But he didn't say much, just frowned and looked at Mason's terrible condition. He took a slender glass bottle from the belt filled with small bottles of various colors, handed it to Mason, and said, "Drink it. I'll pay for this bottle so it won't affect your condition, but you owe me a favor."

"Hmm?"

Mason took the small bottle with a strange deep purple color and said, "Do you really think I'll gulp this thing down? It looks poisonous."

Although he said that, in the instant the young man touched it, the character card gave information tags:

Unknown alchemical compound detected, analyzing... The item is "Owl Potion," which can quickly replenish the drinker's energy and vitality but has certain toxicity.

Alchemy skills and knowledge are too low to obtain the complete formula.

"Vitality Potion·Primary" formula has been recorded.

"I only need to press a button to kill you. There's no need to use poison."

Old K coldly showed the young man the exquisite golden controller in his hand, patted his shoulder, and said, "Drink it up! Pack up your things and go upstairs."

After saying that, he turned and left, and Mason didn't hesitate to gulp down the liquid.

At the moment the cold liquid flowed into his throat, a fireball exploded in Mason's throat and stomach, making him feel like he swallowed a piece of coal and dry heaved.

But after a few seconds, the weakness caused by staying up late dissipated, and he suddenly became full of energy.

"Old K is still an apothecary? No, an alchemist?"

Mason stared at the formula for the vitality potion that was analyzed in front of him, blinked his eyes, and thought, "Fellow practitioners are enemies. Great, I have one more reason to kill him."

A few minutes later, Mason put his customized gun "Old K" on his shoulder, carried the modified pump-action explosive shotgun on his back, put all 35 engineering bombs he made into a military backpack, and took some components for repairing firearms. He found a gun belt and inserted the large-caliber explosive revolver with a sawed-off barrel into his waist.

Finally, he picked up the Penguin's armed umbrella on the table and walked up the stairs humming a tune in a fully armed posture.In front of him, his data was clear on the screen:

Name: Mason Cooper

Trait: Skilled engineer (hands as precise as a machine when making or performing first aid, not affected by any interference), self-injuring first aider (faster when performing self-aid)

Combat skills: Shooting Lv1, Fighting Lv0

Crafting skills: Alchemy Lv0, Engineering Lv2, Forge Lv0, Tailoring Lv0, First Aid Lv1

The bright Engineering Lv2 and First Aid Lv1 made him very satisfied.

Unfortunately, he didn't unlock any new professional blueprints this time. It seemed that those blueprints were just occasional rewards, and the really powerful ones had to be researched and collected on their own.

But it didn't matter, the future was promising!

When he stepped into the top floor of the house, Old K was already waiting for him.

Mason didn't pay attention to the other strange-looking people, he just stared at Old K, who was busy next to a strange wooden door embedded in the wall.

He put a black stone into the cat's eye position of the door, which theoretically could not be opened.

Then, he glanced at the people behind him, grinned, turned the brass door handle down three notches, and then pushed the door forward in the gaze of everyone.

With a swish, the door embedded in the wall was pushed open.

A layer of rotating starlight screen appeared in front of them.

Old K was very satisfied with the shocked and ignorant look on his new teammate's face. He felt a sense of achievement, like a stage magician, and made a "please" gesture to the people in front of him, saying:

"Please, everyone, a new world is waiting."

"A new...new world?"

A strange man dressed in green tight-fitting clothes all over his body, carrying a brown backpack on his back, stuttered and asked.

"That's the literal meaning."

Old K played with the golden bomb remote control in his hand, with a threatening meaning.

He hummed and said:

"The place we are going to explore is another world...I have told each of you that the Star Alliance is not something anyone can join. All our actions are completed in other worlds.

Do you understand?

Now, who will show everyone some courage?"

Mason shrugged, carrying his backpack, and was the first to step into the light gate in front of him, behaving very cooperative.

Almost at the same time, Bruce Wayne, who was having lunch with his old lover in Wayne Manor, saw his butler rushing towards him in a hurry.

The master smiled at the catwoman lying on the hospital bed, then stood up and walked towards Afuo. The old butler whispered:

"That pheromone signal has been captured, young master. Mason is on the other side of Naihe Island, but there is a problem in that area."

"Problem?"

Batman frowned and asked.

"What do you mean?"

"If the pheromone signal hadn't suddenly appeared, we wouldn't have even noticed that there was such a building in the slums of Naihe Island. You have passed by there several times during your night patrols, but ignored its existence."

Alfred whispered:

"It has been 'hidden'! It should be some kind of...uh, magic?""Master, it seems that in order to save that young man, you may need to temporarily break your rule of being alone and find some of your scarce friends in the magic circle.

But Mason Cooper, is it worth it for you?"