Chapter 39 Universal Workbench

“Michael, I feel something is wrong…”

Alba held the plasma cutter and turned his head to look around. Apart from the blood spurting on the walls and the ground of the cabin, there was no trace of the mutants, let alone the survivors in the space station.

The two thought that after the appearance of three small mutants, more and more monsters would appear on the road ahead, but they were on high alert all the way through several cabins, and they did not see any more mutants until they were almost at the secondary weapons depot.

Without Alba’s reminder, Li Nanke’s sense of crisis gradually spread and grew.

This feeling is not an immediate and intense sense of danger, but a silent and slow accumulation that becomes increasingly intense.

It is like falling into the endless deep ocean alone. Although you still have enough energy and can survive by floating on the surface of the sea, you can also clearly feel that your strength is gradually draining away. Sooner or later, you will run out of energy and sink into the bottomless darkness.

Li Nanke didn’t say anything and quickened his pace towards his destination.

The secondary weapons depot is located on the side of a long corridor. The gate made of high-strength alloy looks indestructible, and there is also an identity recognition device on the side.

He had an idea and asked Alba to step forward and try to crack it.

Holding a powerful portable optical computer, Alba quickly cracked the identity recognition device, but the door to the secondary armory was not opened.

Alba helplessly spread his hands and shrugged, pointing to a slot next to the door and said, “It’s not that I don’t have enough skills. This thing is a door with both electronic and mechanical security. Just breaking the electronic device will not open the door. The mechanical lock must also be opened.”

Li Nanke took out a metal card and inserted the key into the card slot under Alba’s surprised gaze.

With the sound of mechanical gears meshing, the door to the secondary weapons depot opened.

The internal space of the so-called secondary weapons depot was extremely small, about the size of a single room. The weapons depot was completely empty, without any of the expected high-tech weapons… not even a cold weapon dagger.

There was only one sci-fi-looking workbench in the armory, on which were installed various advanced robotic arms.

Alba’s eyes lit up and he couldn’t help licking his lips. He walked forward and touched things here and there, more excited than seeing a woman. He said, “This is an additive manufacturing technology printer. It can achieve rapid prototyping of objects based on existing drawings, which is commonly known as 3D printing.”

“This printer is obviously not a rubbish version for civilian and commercial use, but a classified military model… known as a universal workbench!”

“We’ve made a fortune… No, we’ve made a fortune! We can use this thing to quickly manufacture various advanced weapons, but the prerequisite is that the printer has sufficient internal materials and some data drawings.”

According to Alba’s explanation, Li Nanke recalled the 3D printers on Blue Star in his previous life, which could usually only achieve micron-level accuracy and relied on the layer-by-layer stacking of physical materials. To manufacture certain complex objects, only small parts could be printed one by one, which then had to be assembled manually.

The high-tech in front of us uses plasma deposition technology, which can construct objects at a certain microscopic level. With the assistance of nanorobots, it only takes a few seconds to manufacture a complex weapon. It also integrates complex functions such as testing, optimization, modification and upgrading. No wonder it is called a universal workbench.

Li Nanke operated the “universal workbench”, but there were no weapon drawings stored inside the machine. The drawings and data were all stored in the key of the small metal card. The card had to be inserted into the machine for it to be used normally.

He couldn’t help but curse in his heart. The rewards given by the Great Other Shore really didn’t allow anyone to take advantage of any loopholes.

Even if the door is cracked electronically, there is still another layer of mechanical lock. Even if the door is dismantled violently, the workbench inside without the drawings and data is no different from a piece of mechanical waste.

However, after opening the drawing list, the contents quickly attracted his attention.

【Wave Particle Pistol】

[High Energy Pulse Rifle][Plasma Jet Gun]

【Linear Laser Cannon】

【Plasma Cutting Sword】

【Electromagnetic Oscillating Hammer】

[Power armor]

There are four firearms, two melee weapons and a set of protective armor in the blueprint list.

Each weapon and armor consumes a different amount of materials, and the materials stored in the universal workbench are not enough to make all of these things. Two of the items consume particularly large amounts of materials, and after they are made, they are basically out of reach of other equipment.

The two items are the ‘Linear Laser Cannon’ and the ‘Power Protective Armor’. Since the items have not been manufactured, Li Nanke cannot see the specific attributes of the equipment, and it feels like opening a blind box.

“Should I go all in on one item, or choose a variety of equipment with less consumables?”

His own melee weapon is a chainsword. Although the quality of this weapon is only ‘ordinary’, when the armed characteristics are at the maximum level, the lethality of this weapon cannot be underestimated. There is no need to add other melee weapons for the time being.

And its own protective ability is strong enough after the “Sea Scale” is fully upgraded. The “power protective armor” sounds like a metal shell worn on the body to resist external damage, and it is not an urgently needed equipment.

The only thing he lacks now is a powerful long-range attack method. The functionality of the shock rifle is powerful enough, but its actual lethality is too weak.

Li Nanke pondered for a long time and finally made up his mind that All in is a kind of wisdom.

The name of the Linear Laser Cannon suggests that it is a very powerful long-range weapon, so… it’s you!
As he pressed the option, the robotic arms on the workbench danced rapidly, and various nozzles spewed out plasma. In places that could not be seen by the naked eye, nanorobots worked to quickly cool the plasma and solidify it into shape.

Heavy firearms came into being out of nothing, gradually taking shape from the bottom up.

Finally, all the robotic arms stopped, and a fierce gun with an extremely high-tech appearance was officially produced.

It is not accurate to call this thing a firearm. A more accurate description is that it looks like a launch tube for an individual air defense missile. It is thicker and more ferocious than the launch tube of the FIM-92 Stinger air defense missile. It is a huge individual weapon that needs to be carried on the shoulder to be fired. No wonder it is called a cannon.

【Linear Laser Cannon】

【Type: Weapons/Firearms】

【Quality: Excellent】

[Rating: 19/100]

[Details: The cannon is powered by a high-energy battery pack, which can convert the battery energy into laser energy almost completely at one time, producing a high-energy-density destructive laser beam. The linear laser beam can penetrate various materials, including armor plates, concrete walls, etc., and is very lethal to solid targets. This is an extremely powerful weapon, but the 5-second energy conversion process required for firing and the long-term cooling of the internal optical components after firing have become the fatal flaws of this fierce weapon, which greatly reduces its score. ]

[Note: Second Battalion Commander! Where’s your fucking Italian cannon? Pull it here!]

(End of this chapter)