Having completed the ultimate tempering, Li Wei's obvious next goal is naturally to unlock the genetic lock.
Choosing "Iron Heart" signifies that he has essentially determined his goal for unlocking the genetic lock—the power chain and the hub chain.
However, the process is just too difficult.
Since completing the ultimate tempering, Li Wei has pricked himself with three doses of Class C gene fluid, improvement is present, but unlocking the genetic lock seems still far away.
Putting away the impatient mood, Li Wei warns himself that this is a process of accumulation and haste won't help.
At present, the unlocking of new book pages has encountered a bottleneck, and unlocking the genetic lock is far from reach, Li Wei thinks he should find some other means to enhance his combat power.
The new engraving ammunition seems to be a feasible plan.
Exchanging from the guild's reward list is indeed very expensive. However, there are not just one way to obtain new design blueprints.
For example, Cai Yutong.
This woman, who is good at using firearms and even hand cannons, must have a considerable number of design blueprints in her hands.
She will definitely develop towards the Will Chain in the future, and it is estimated that the path she takes will be mainly focused on thermal weapons. Not to mention means such as grenades and hand cannons, just the types of engraved bullets that Li Wei has seen and she has used have already had five kinds.
Subtly penetrating bullets like this low-level ammunition are routine ammunition in Cai Yutong's hands. Such as penetrating bullets with better penetration, explosive bullets with small-scale explosive effects, crystal bullets that can release the power of frost to freeze the enemy's actions, and impact bullets with strong stopping effects, she has never used them sparingly in battle.
Of these five types of bullets, aside from the Submunition Penetrator, Levi covets the other four varieties.
Moreover, this does not account for other types of psychic-carved bullets she might have kept as a trump card.
If he could learn the design diagrams of psychic-carved bullets from her, that should be a pretty good thing.
It's just that Levi feels a bit too embarrassed to bring it up. A design diagram, being so expensive when redeemed from the guild's reward list, would Levi be so shameless as to ask Cai Yutong for it directly?
That's too brazen.
Even if he is willing to pay some kind of price for it, Levi doesn't know what he could exchange.
After pondering for a bit, he came up with an idea in his mind.
He arrived at the doorway of Cai Yutong's room.
This girl is a native Four-leaf Clover resident, and her home is located in the Four-leaf Clover community. However, her parents work outside most of the year and only return home once or twice a month. As she is also an apprentice of President Mars, she might as well live in the guild for a long time and rarely goes home.
A moment later, Cai Yutong opened the door. She looked at Li Wei, who was standing outside, with a hint of surprise on her face. She really didn't expect that Li Wei would take the initiative to find her.
"What's up?"
Li Wei felt a bit embarrassed in his heart, but it didn't show on his face at all. He smiled and said, "I hope to learn from you how to make engraved bullets."
"To exchange thoughts?"
"Sort of, mainly, I still want to learn some new ways of making engraved bullets. However, please rest assured that I am not a greedy person. Within a month, I will exchange a design blueprint of an engraved bullet that you don't have and teach it to you. Do you think this exchange is okay?"
After speaking, Li Wei felt somewhat apprehensive as he looked at the girl in front of him. This was the best solution he could come up with, and if Cai Yutong was unwilling, he indeed couldn't find any other way right now.
"Sure, no problem." Cai Yutong agreed readily, saying, "Originally, we hunters should exchange more with each other. My impact shells were obtained by exchanging blueprints I acquired with others."
"Thank you."
Cai Yutong nodded, stepped aside, moved the door and made a gesture of invitation, saying, "Then come on in."
Cai Yutong's residence was similar to Li Wei's in layout, but as soon as one entered the house, there was a clearly discernible feeling of a girl's boudoir.
Long-term resident Cai Yutong had obviously meticulously decorated her own room.
Before Li Wei's visit, Cai Yutong should have been preparing drinks. The two didn't immediately start discussing the design blueprints for carved bullets, and Li Wei observed Cai Yutong making coffee.
A moment later, two cups of steaming coffee were ready.
Taking the coffee handed by Cai Yutong, Li Wei took a sip and praised: "The skill is really good."
Cai Yutong squinted and smiled: "Thank you for the compliment. Which design blueprint of the carved bullet do you want to exchange? Just to let you know, I can't teach you the blueprint of Ice Crystal Bullet, as it was originally taught to me by my mentor, and it's not suitable to exchange with others."
"It's okay, I understand," Li Wei responded before starting to ponder.
The Ice Crystal Bullet is indeed the carved bullet he wants the most, but since the other party has said so, there is no other way.
Armor-piercing rounds were first ruled out. This patterned round is an upgraded version of the secondary armor-piercing round that Levi掌握s, and although its effectiveness has greatly improved, Levi does not actually have such an urgent need for it, especially since he still has the special skill of [Deadly Shot]at hand.
Therefore, he needed to make a choice between explosive rounds and impact rounds.
In the end, he chose impact rounds.
The main effect of explosive rounds is still on lethality, and Levi does not actually lack lethality right now. Comparatively, impact rounds can impede the enemy's actions and even push away the enemy's effects, which might achieve better results in some cases.
"Choose impact rounds huh? Not a bad choice, I believe this type of bullet can play a powerful role in Mr. Levi's hands." Cai Yutong praised, and then she began to rummage in the cabinet under her workbench.
A moment later, she took out a pamphlet, handed it to Li Wei, and said, "The design blueprint is here. Take it."
This is the design blueprint of the impact shell. It seems to be more substantial than the secondary penetration shell Li Wei obtained previously, which also reflects that the production process of the impact shell is indeed more difficult and complicated.
Upon receiving the design booklet, Li Wei expressed his gratitude and said, "I have another favor to ask."
"What is it?"
"If you have time, could you demonstrate the production process?"
"Sure!" Cai Yutong said, "Hehe, I can also enjoy the feeling of being someone's teacher."
Li Wei also laughed: "This won't take up too much of your time, will it?"
With a smile like a blooming flower, Cai Yutong looked very excited and said, "No, no, don't worry, let's get started!"
She sat at her workstation and took out her own set of tools.
The tools she has are similar to Li Wei's, but in terms of quality and the inherent value of the tools themselves, there is a huge difference. Both are energy converters, both are magical pattern carving knives, and both are energy wires. The things others use are at least a hundred times more expensive than Li Wei's.