chsdbacks Chapter 231 Weapon Merchant
Chapter 231 Weapon Merchant
Chapter 231 Weapon Merchant
In the era before Connors traveled back in time, many games featured the character of a "weapons merchant."
He is now playing that role, providing ammunition and weapons support for The Punisher's zombie-slaughtering universe.
Gwen wasn't idle either; the task of building the base was assigned to her.
Gwen's method of creating the manufacturing base in the Lost World was also quite simple and crude: she used spider silk to suspend a series of buses between buildings.
All unnecessary equipment inside the bus, such as seats and handrails, was removed, leaving only an empty shell of a carriage.
Five or six empty carriages were connected together by spider silk, creating a makeshift doomsday base nearly twenty meters above the ground.
"Weapons, ammunition, vehicles, armor—"
"The Punisher," seated in one of the few remaining chairs that hadn't been removed, addressed Connors:
"There are still some people in this world who haven't been infected by the zombie virus. I have to make sure that some of them survive."
"My original hunting plan was simply to clear out the areas along the way, but now I have a new plan."
"Even if they become zombies, those with superpowers can still use their abilities, including those who rely on their suits."
"I need to find those guys who can spread the virus on a large scale, like Ant-Man, Yellowjacket, and Wasp."
"The first weapons I need are area-of-effect weapons, which will allow me to kill those guys when I can't aim at them."
The Punisher was ruthless and taciturn. After delivering such a long speech, Connors figured the other man would remain silent for a while, so he quickly asked:
"Based on your description, the most suitable weapon would definitely be a flamethrower?"
The Punisher nodded.
Having absorbed all the fighting and weaponry knowledge from "Batman," Connors was no stranger to the "flamethrower," except for one small problem.
Batman has never used a flamethrower in solo combat, so his memory does not include the type that can be used solo.
In his memory, the flamethrower was the huge vehicle-mounted flamethrower on the Batmobile, the kind that could shoot flames more than twenty meters high.
Given some time, Connors could make a small flamethrower by hand based on his existing knowledge, but the problem is he's a bit lazy.
So, to the bewilderment of the Punisher, Connors jumped from the suspended bus onto the street below and used his ability to "reconstruct" the parked vehicles.
The gasoline in the car's fuel tank was compressed and put into a steel canister, while the car's internal pipes were "reorganized" by Connors into connecting pipes for the flamethrower.
In just a few seconds, Connors "reassembled" several cars on the roadside into a giant flamethrower.
The flamethrower was so large that the Punisher couldn't use it properly while standing to the side.
Connors didn't create such a huge flamethrower for the mortal "Punisher" to use; he had something else to make.
A bottomless crack appeared in the ground, so deep it seemed to reach the earth's core. The surrounding buildings shook violently, and then Connors drew out magma from the depths of the earth.
Under the influence of abilities such as "Little Tricks" and "Reorganization," the magma boiled and twisted in the air like living things.
Recalling the knowledge he had gained from Batman, Connors processed the magma at lightning speed.
Soon, a suit of armor, entirely black and capable of completely enveloping the user, stood beside "The Punisher".
This is the "Hellbat Armor" from Batman's memory, except that the armor that Connors has now replicated doesn't have the pointed ears on its head.
The Punisher understood Connors's meaning. He walked up to the armor and let it put on itself, even though the armor lacked a system—Batman's AI memory contained no information about programming.
The armor doesn't perfectly replicate Batman's ability to go toe-to-toe with Darkseid, and Connors' "reconstruction" isn't a panacea either.
Even so, the Punisher, wearing this suit of armor, was able to easily lift the huge flamethrower without showing any signs of strain.
However, that's all there is to it; this suit of armor does not have any functions other than defense and increasing strength.
"This suit of armor allows you to operate regardless of any treacherous environment, even in space or the deep sea."
The oxygen supply will be provided by themselves. There won't be any incident of "Ant-Man" crawling into their bodies.
Connors explained that he thought the Punisher would immediately pilot the suit to find Ant-Man and the Wasp, but after a brief period of getting used to the suit, the Punisher chose to take it off.
Gwen peered out of the bus in the air, curiously wondering what the Punisher was up to.
The Punisher, having removed his armor, looked around before disappearing into a roadside convenience store that had become ruins. A few minutes later, he emerged with a can of paint in his hand.
Perhaps unable to find white paint, "Punisher" held a can of bright red paint, as red as blood, shook it well, and began spraying it onto the upper body of the armor.
A few minutes later, a huge blood-red skull appeared on the upper half of the jet-black armor. The Punisher nodded in satisfaction.
"That's fine."
This suit of armor couldn't support the Punisher's flight capabilities, nor did he need that function. Instead, he made a request to Connors:
"Flame guns alone are not enough; I also need some ammunition."
Connors, as if granting a wish with a magic lamp, took the shotgun that "The Punisher" himself carried:
"Modification goals: Fully automatic firepower coverage, increased armor-piercing capability."
Ordinary shotgun shells were quickly transformed in Connors' hands, some becoming depleted uranium slugs, and others becoming more powerful dragon's breath rounds.
Dragon's Breath bullets are drum magazines that combine fragmentation rounds, giving them a more powerful area-of-effect damage capability.
These are just preliminary modifications. Connors has added a hydraulic buffer system to the gun body to counteract the recoil of fully automatic fire and ensure accuracy in burst fire.
The barrel is covered with a graphene heat dissipation sleeve to prevent overheating and deformation caused by high firing rates.
After doing all this, Connors let the Punisher leave on his own to hunt down the Ant-Man family, while he led Gwen in another direction.
There was only one sign of life there, but Connors had sensed a violent energy surge while making the flamethrower and shotgun for the Punisher.
That direction leads to downtown New York City, where the Avengers Tower is located.