Chapter 155: Chapter 123: Copying the Tank, Electromagnetic Pulse

Of the total one hundred tons of Fine Steel, fifteen had already been used to produce one hundred and fifty Scatter Cannons, leaving eighty-five tons remaining.

Lin Feng called Li Ran over and asked for the total headcount in the camp. Excluding Chen Yanyan and Lin Feng himself, there were one hundred and fifty-six people.

More than fifty of them were defenders from the Thirteenth Division who had sought refuge after the first line of defense collapsed. This group included over twenty veterans—all of whom were Awakeners—and thirty new recruits.

Based on one Replica Tank carrying twenty people, they would need at least eight.

This would consume eighty tons of Fine Steel.

That would leave only a final five tons.

Lin Feng thought it over. He decided to use four tons of Fine Steel to equip each vehicle with five Scatter Cannons. The last remaining ton would be used to Copy around a hundred Replicas of the Divine-level Pistol—in other words, Heavy Machine Guns with unlimited ammunition.

This way, each Tank would have approximately five Scatter Cannons and twelve Heavy Machine Guns, providing both a high firepower ceiling and anti-air capability.

Moreover, every member of the vehicle’s crew would have a job to do.

One person would be responsible for driving. Of the remaining nineteen, twelve spots would be taken by heavy machine gunners. As for the final seven, besides the five needed to operate the Scatter Cannons, there would be two left to handle logistics and act as substitutes.

A total of forty Scatter Cannons and nearly one hundred Heavy Machine Guns... With that kind of firepower, plus the Land Patrol Battleship as the flagship, they could match the output of an entire heavy armored brigade!

They could easily annihilate an army of over ten thousand Black Spine Zergs on the spot. If the Swarm were several times larger, they could use the Tanks’ high mobility for kiting and containment, continuously whittling down the enemy’s forces and ultimately thwarting the Zerg Race Mother Empress’s invasion.

This was the source of Lin Feng’s confidence in the promise he’d made to the Jia City Mother Empress.

With this down-scaled version of an Invincible Fleet, Lin Feng would only need to focus on the Tier Two Zerg Race dispatched by the enemy, freeing him from the worry of being trapped within the Swarm.

And with his Lv25 Armor-Piercing Magnetic Cannon and the Lv25 Flying Tiger Armor he wore, Lin Feng was confident he could eliminate any Tier Two Zerg.

He could kill as many ground-based Tier Two Zergs as came his way. As for the Wind-winged Zergs in the sky, he wouldn’t shy away from a one-on-one fight; if it came to it, he could always hide in a Wormhole or among a cluster of buildings.

When the time came, even if the second line of defense was breached by the Zerg Race, Lin Feng would step forward and single-handedly block the Hai City Mother Empress’s furious assault.

With this in mind, Lin Feng, brimming with confidence, began his grand Copying project.

First, he used five tons of Fine Steel to Copy forty Lv19 Scatter Cannons and one hundred Lv9 Heavy Machine Guns.

He then took the remaining Red Quality materials from the Land Patrol Battleship’s storage, including the pair of Giant Mandibles from a Tier One Late Stage Black Spine Zerg and the Flying Wing Membrane Wings from a Cyan-winged Zerg.

He fused them, along with the weapon Replicas, into the Copying process for the Tank.

The result would be a Lv19 Tank Replica possessing a variety of Attributes.

A flash of red light enveloped the materials laid out before him. After a moment, Lin Feng distinctly felt a surge of Energy being drawn from his body...

His footing faltered. Before his eyes, the ten tons of allocated Fine Steel and the various materials and weapons fused together into a large Tank.

Lin Feng took two steps back, and a string of data appeared before him:

[Lv19 Flying Wing Tank—Replica, Red Quality]

[Not upgradable. Defense: 150, Damage: 130, Average Speed: 150 km/h, Range: 1,000 km]

[Extra Attributes: Biological Armor (Defense Power +50), Armor-Piercing Car Head (Damage +20), Unlimited Firepower (twelve Heavy Machine Guns, Damage: 40), Multiple Cannons (five Lv19 Scatter Cannons, Damage: 190, Range: 5 km, Ammo: 5,000, Bullet Recovery: 1/sec), Ground Effect Flight Mode (Speed +150 km/h, adapts to complex water and land terrain, fuel consumption +100%, Range reduced by half)]

[Note: As a Replica, it cannot be Upgraded, but it can receive Energy replenishment from the original Land Patrol Battleship to power its movement and extend its range.]

After reading the description for the Flying Wing Tank Replica, Lin Feng noted that while it was significantly weaker than the original, it was still incredibly strong.

Its 200 Defense Power (150+50) could withstand an attack from any Black Spine Zerg, and with a ramming Damage of 150, it could break through the Swarm’s encirclement during a charge.

Its firepower was even more impressive.

As a Replica of the Lv19 Grenade Cannon, the Scatter Cannon was far stronger than the old Lv19 Machine Cannon he had before. The only drawback was that its ammunition capacity was nearly half...

But those extra thirty points of Damage gave the Flying Wing Tank Replica enough firepower to kill any Black Spine Zerg. Even against a Tiger Spine Zerg, a synchronized volley from the five Scatter Cannons on the vehicle’s observation deck would pose a serious threat to the Tier Two Zerg.

The nearby team members, witnessing this miracle with their own eyes, let out cries of utter disbelief.

They were especially awestruck as they watched plates of Fine Steel and weapon components transform into a super-Tank three meters wide and ten meters long. Its form was solid iron-black, covered in armor plating, and its triangular front was sharp and grim, radiating pure violence.

It was every man’s ultimate dream.

Add to that the five Scatter Cannons protruding from the second-level observation deck and the twelve Heavy Machine Guns mounted around the hull, and its powerful arsenal was comparable to a large military fortress!

Each one was a mobile fortress of firepower.

Even a heavy tank, the so-called king of land warfare, would pale in comparison.

Many of the veteran drivers in the group were already itching for a chance to get behind the wheel of such a Tank.

Lin Feng took it all in, then, with an air of utter calm, walked over to the second batch of prepared materials.

A portion of his Energy had been drawn out the moment he created the Replica. ’It wasn’t much,’ he thought, ’but the drain was far more noticeable than when I Copied the Armor-Piercing Magnetic Cannon.’

’Still, a single Tank Replica consumes a hundred times more Fine Steel Material than a Scatter Cannon of the same level. It’s only normal to feel a bit weak.’