Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Shadow Type 3 Electric Sniper Rifle
[You have completed a major repair of a Basic Mechanical Weapon. The repair difficulty is rated as: Difficult. You have gained 150 points of Mechanic Professional Experience and 300 points of Basic Mechanical Repair Skill Experience.]
[You have completed an initial repair of an Intermediate Mechanical Weapon. The repair difficulty is rated as: Difficult. You have gained 200 points of Mechanic Professional Experience and 500 points of Basic Mechanical Repair Skill Experience.]
Half a day later.
In the repair room, Su Yu let out a long breath, looking at the two weapons in front of him.
The Chain Saw had already been almost completely repaired by him.
Although there were some additional features, such as being able to activate at critical moments to unleash the saw's power and further increase the cutting speed at the risk of motor damage—these functions Su Yu couldn't reproduce.
All the conventional functions of this Chain Saw had been fully restored by Su Yu.
As for the Double-Range Shotgun, it still needed some work.
Although Su Yu successfully reproduced the core mechanism that switches the range of the Silver Deer Shotgun,
he didn't know if it was because of the poor quality of the replacement parts or his skills not being up to par. Ultimately, the near-range of the reproduced Silver Deer Shotgun was only thirty meters, and the long-range just barely passed the fifty meters threshold.
Yet as a trade-off for sacrificing range,
the lethality of the shotgun was greatly enhanced.
Su Yu looked at the detailed repair rating feedback from the system.
[Repair Rating Overview]
[Overall Repair Evaluation: Moderate]
[Overall Repair Outcome: Functional]
[Post-repair...]
"At least it was successfully repaired, right?"
Su Yu scratched his head, mumbling confidently to himself.
After all, he repaired these two weapons to gain experience, and now that he had it, that was enough.
As both weapons were successfully repaired by Su Yu,
the familiar feeling of upgrading came over him again.
However, this time, the feeling of amplification in learning abilities like memory and comprehension wasn't as strong, and the enhancement in physique wasn't as significant as when he first took the job.
But it still further reduced the necrotic tissue on Su Yu's right arm caused by radiation sickness.
From this efficiency, it seemed.
"At most by level seven, I can completely cure this radiation sickness through the physical improvements from leveling up!"
Su Yu clenched his fists slightly, his eyes filled with anticipation!
"Nuonuo, place the repaired firearms on the counter, and also send these two over there. By tomorrow, the hunting team might come to claim the repaired guns."
"Got it."
Obediently, Nuonuo came over, carefully placing each repaired firearm in its place.
Su Yu peeked outside at the sky, which had already turned a complete leaden gray. It was only seven o'clock, and back home, even in the village, people wouldn't sleep so early, but in the Sanctuary, it was completely dark.
Su Yu didn't do anything exceptional, just sighed lightly and returned to the bedroom to prepare for sleep.
Before going to bed, he glanced at the bedside table.
There, an Electric Sniper Rifle lay quietly.
The Electric Sniper Rifle looked exceptionally new.
But Su Yu knew that its newness was due to the careful maintenance he and his mentor had provided periodically over time.
In reality,
several core components inside the sniper rifle,
the Power Core, Capacitor Magazine, etc., were all in disrepair.
However, it was the most treasured possession of Su Yu's mentor in this world.
The kind-hearted old man spent his entire life without ever leaving the Sanctuary, solely relying on a few nearly crumbling propaganda magazines about the glorious days of the Human Empire during the Great Expedition ten thousand years ago, fostering his longing for space and the galaxy.
Even on his deathbed, the elderly gentleman never forgot to tell Su Yu to strive to leave this Ruins Star in the future, to witness for himself whether the universe and galaxies were as magnificent as the magazines described.
However, though Su Yu was grateful for the old man's teachings and guidance, he felt powerless to achieve this goal.
Due to the wars of the past and on the Ruins Star, the descendants of these survivors had long lost the technologies of the glorious era.
Moreover, in Su Yu's memory, Ruins Star had a very peculiar history. Whenever a dominant force developed to its peak, it would vanish in a very short time.
Even though Su Yu did not know the complete history of Ruins Star, he understood that it had long forgotten its past as a member of the Human Empire and lost its former technology.
To step into space would only be a dreamer's folly.
But now, Su Yu felt that it was no longer just a dream.
His gaze fell on the Electric Sniper Rifle left by the old man.
With Su Yu's focus, a line of information appeared.
[Shadow Type-3 Energy Sniper Rifle]
[Current Status: Severely Damaged]
[Repair Possibility: Possible (current repair possibility less than 0.1%)]
[Level: Exceptional (Mechanical Creations ranked from low to high: Simple, Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Special, Exceptional...)]
[Note: In the process of repairing or recovering Exceptional Mechanical Creations, a Mechanic may trigger inspiration with a chance to receive a random reward, including but not limited to a large amount of professional experience, random skills, random Exceptional Mechanical Blueprints...]
"A random Exceptional Mechanical Blueprint!"
Though unsure whether the Exceptional Mechanical Blueprint could randomly yield a design related to a Spacecraft,
at least having this note gave Su Yu a glimmer of hope!
Furthermore, not just for his mentor's last wish,
but also for himself,
Su Yu wanted to leave here.
Living on this radiation- and dust-buried Ruins Star, apart from those who have awakened Extraordinary Ability, ordinary people generally consider living to thirty as long-lived.
Even in the Sanctuary, reaching fifty is already considered old age.
The old man Su Yu spoke of was only fifty-one or fifty-two years old at his time of death, yet already had aged as if he were a seventy to eighty-year-old back in Su Yu's village home.
Gently stroking the Shadow Sniper Rifle in his hand,
Su Yu took a deep breath, pulled up the covers, and drifted into sleep until morning.
Upon waking from his slumber, Su Yu immediately headed to the dressing mirror.
As he anticipated, after two enhancements, the eroded areas had regressed, and the symptoms returned once more.
However, this progression was much, much slower than before.
"At this rate, even if I don't level up any further, my right arm's complete erosion could be staved off for at least five months!"
Finally, escaping the worst fate,
Su Yu let out a relieved breath and opened the repair room's door, only to hear a rather gruff voice coming towards him.
"Su boy, I came as soon as I heard you were infected with radiation sickness. How are you feeling now? Any better?"
The voice spoke, and immediately, a burly, bear-like middle-aged man, nearly two meters tall, squeezed through the repair shop door, looking at Su Yu with eyes full of concern!