Chapter 376: Doubling Tracking Acceleration Enchantment Bullet

On the outskirts of London, within a secret facility.

Several armored Jaguar XJs pulled up in front of a large building.

Moments later, Murphy also walked out from an office, coming to the door to warmly shake hands with Patrick, "Prime Minister, welcome to your guided inspection of Umbrella Industries."

Patrick's mouth twitched, pretending to be oblivious, knowing well who the real boss was here. But since Murphy's identity hadn't been disclosed in the muggle society, he had to play along, "Hello, Mr. Murphy, let's go."

"Right this way, Prime Minister," Murphy gestured invitingly, leading Patrick into the lobby.

"Umbrella's military division has just been established. We have set up three R&D bases in the country, and this is one of them, also the most comprehensive in terms of products," Murphy briefly introduced the place, then continued, "Next, I'll take you on a tour of some of the main products under development at this base. Let's start with the light weapons R&D department."

The light weapons R&D department consisted of two interconnected buildings, half for R&D and design, and the other half for testing and demonstrations.

Murphy led Patrick directly to the demonstration area. Behind a pane of bulletproof glass, Murphy pressed the intercom button, "Tester, demonstrate the Rainstorm machine gun."

Across the bulletproof glass, a tester, donned in protective gear—to prevent accidental ricochets, as a sign on the wall proclaimed "Safety First! The Bell Tolls for Thee!"—picked up a light machine gun from a rack and announced through the microphone: "Rainstorm light machine gun."

Then, he unfolded the gunstock from its folded state and locked it, "The stock is foldable, with a length of 835mm when folded, 1030mm when extended, height 260mm, barrel length including flash suppressor is 485mm, made of engineering plastic and fiber materials, weighing 6.8kg, fed by belt but can also use a magazine, standard belt holds one hundred rounds, magazine holds 150 rounds."

Holding up a bullet for display, he continued, "7.62mm caliber, with single, three-round burst, and automatic fire modes, theoretical firing rate of 12,000 to 16,000 rpm."

"What?"

It all sounded standard until the firing rate was mentioned.

Patrick wasn't a military enthusiast, but he had brushed up on quite a bit of basic military knowledge recently. Even Gatling guns, let alone light machine guns, typically have rates of a few thousand rpm at most. A seemingly ordinary light machine gun with a firing rate of 10,000 rpm? That's ten thousand rounds a minute, with only a 150-round magazine?

"Begin the demonstration," Murphy said.

The tester loaded the magazine, and targets appeared twenty meters ahead.

Aiming and slightly swaying the gun's muzzle, he pulled the trigger. In an instant, the targets were densely pelted and fell one after another; the same happened with the second and third rows of targets.

From the sparks flying off the targets, it seemed thousands of rounds hit the targets in just a few seconds.

"How...?" Patrick was baffled, "How is this possible?"

Murphy pressed a button on the console, "You can watch the slow-motion footage."

The surveillance screen beside showed slow-motion footage.

The Rainstorm's muzzle flashed as a bullet was fired, but soon after leaving the barrel, it seemingly split into two, then four, eight, and finally sixteen bullets pounded the targets like a rainstorm.

"This is... a duplication spell?!" Patrick, having been exposed to magic, had a basic understanding.

"Cough, it's void particle technology—physical duplication," Murphy said. "Though we usually call it a duplication spell for simplicity."

"In fact, the gun itself hasn't been much modified. The duplication spell is enchanted on the bullet, which is activated as it passes through the barrel, duplicating every two milliseconds, up to five times, turning one bullet into sixteen."

"The gun's firing rate is about 800 to 1,000, but with bullet duplication, it exceeds 10,000 rpm."

"This makes it a light machine gun with the weight and portability of its kind, yet with firepower surpassing even that of heavy machine guns, without increasing ammunition consumption. A single infantryman carrying two magazines can suppress an entire enemy squad."

"This is just a basic product. We can adjust the enchantment to control where the duplicate bullets appear. For example, having them line up directly in front of and behind the original bullet creates a continuous line of fire; horizontally spreads them into a fan-shaped barrage; or surrounds the original bullet for shotgun-like spread damage."

"We're researching incorporating the enchantment adjustment mechanism directly into the gun, allowing the use of standard enchanted bullets with different firing modes selectable on the gun itself."

Listening, Patrick thought of Contra, a popular arcade game.

Isn't this just like the various bullets in Contra?!

But the Rainstorm was just the beginning. Murphy pressed the intercom button again, "Tester, demonstrate the 'Grim Reaper's Eye.'"

Setting down the Rainstorm, the tester picked up a heavy sniper rifle, "Hulk anti-materiel sniper rifle."

After showing the foldable tripod, grip, and detachable parts, the tester said, "This rifle weighs 13.2kg, with a five-round magazine, using 12.7mm caliber bullets, muzzle velocity of 1470 meters per second."

Patrick felt something was off but couldn't pinpoint it until the tester picked up a scope, "Grim Reaper's Eye scope. Compatible with all enchanted firearms."

This was the Grim Reaper's Eye?

After mounting the scope and a laser pointer to the sniper rifle, the demonstration began. The targets changed to three; the tester aimed at the leftmost target with the scope and pressed a button on the rifle's body, "Marked."

Then, he casually placed the sniper rifle on the table, aiming the laser at the second target and pulling the trigger.

"Bang!" The leftmost target hit the bullseye.

He aimed the scope at the rightmost target, pressed the rifle button, and, keeping the laser on the second target, pulled the trigger again.

"Bang!" The rightmost target hit the bullseye.

Patrick realized, "Bullets that automatically track?!"

"Correct," Murphy said, "The rifle is enchanted with a launching spell, accelerating bullets like a railgun, achieving muzzle velocities over Mach 4. But what's important is the Grim Reaper's Eye scope. It allows for 'all shots hit' marking of targets. Subsequent bullets automatically aim at the target."

"Unaffected by wind speed, gravity, etc., it hits wherever you aim in the scope."

"Of course, it requires special bullet enchantments, and the angles can't be too extreme."

"But theoretically, this rifle could make anyone a marksman who never misses, enabling soldiers to hit targets kilometers away."

"Imagine, on the battlefield, if your soldiers are all like Zhang Taofang or Simo Häyhä, combined with the Rainstorm, just one person could hold off an infantry platoon."

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