Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Two quarters of an hour later, Zhuang Xu, who had not yet escaped from the boundless fear, was locked up in a dim cell. Then, several soldiers placed the daggers, thunderbolt balls, dagger arrows and other things he made in the corridor outside.
Zhuang Xu used his fingertips to dig into the ground and moved forward inch by inch, stretching his hand as far as he could to grab a handful of guns outside the prison door.
With a weapon, he could escape.
Just at this moment, a foot stepped on the back of his hand and crushed it hard.
“Ahhhhhh!” He let out a shrill scream, then rolled uncontrollably, looking as miserable as a reptile.
“It’s so noisy.” A clear and melodious voice rang out in the cramped prison.
The foot immediately moved away, allowing Zhuang Xu to catch his breath. He raised his tearful face and looked up, only to see Le Zhengming standing with his hands behind his back, looking back with dark eyes, a sinister murderous intent filling his deep pupils, so sharp and piercing.
Zhuang Xu was stabbed so hard that he couldn’t even open his mouth to cry out in pain, and his entire body was frozen by the even greater fear.
Le Zhengming stepped back two steps to make room at the prison door, then took off his outer robe and spread it neatly on the ground.
A young man came out from behind him, knelt down on Le Zhengming’s outer robe naturally, picked up a firearm and examined it carefully.
Zhuang Xu’s eyes widened, feeling both horrified and justified. This young man was Zhuang Li.
“Did you do this?” Zhuang Li asked in a gentle voice, sliding his slender fingertips across the butt of the gun and stroking the barrel back and forth as if he was admiring a favorite.
Zhuang Xu barely supported his upper body and sat sideways against the cell door. He didn’t want to lie like a dead dog in front of Zhuang Li’s eyes.
“Then do you know its launch principle?” Zhuang Li continued to ask.
Zhuang Xu pursed his lips and did not answer, as if he was dismissive of the question.
“You don’t know. You just built it according to the blueprint. You don’t know why it propels the projectiles to kill the enemy.” Zhuang Li put down the gun, tapped his temple, and said firmly: “When did those skills appear in your mind?”
Zhuang Xu could no longer maintain his arrogant demeanor and his eyes instantly widened, revealing extreme horror. How could Zhuang Li know his secret?
7480, who was watching all this silently, said: “…”
Despair was no longer enough to describe its mood. The child of destiny that it hid so well was finally dug out by the host!
“You, what are you talking about?” Zhuang Xu tried to play dumb.
“Do you know how ridiculous it is that you can make this weapon without knowing its launching principle? It’s like you can’t fly but suddenly grow a pair of wings. It’s pure fantasy.” Zhuang Li shook his head and sneered.
Zhuang Xu’s pupils trembled violently, he was both shocked and scared. He wanted to ask Zhuang Li how he knew his secret, but he didn’t know how to start.
At this moment, Zhuang Li opened his palm to Le Zhengming who was standing beside him.
Le Zhengming then handed over an exquisite wooden box.
Zhuang Li opened the wooden box and took out the things inside.
Zhuang Xu’s eyes were immediately drawn to it, and he was shocked. That thing was also a firearm, and its appearance was even more exquisite. Zhuang Xu now knew that he could also make this kind of weapon!
“Do you also have a military library in your head?” In extreme panic, Zhuang Xu sold himself out.
“Military library? I see.” Zhuang Li suddenly realized, and then held the gun he made in his left hand and the gun made by Zhuang Xu in his right hand and shot at the empty wall.
Zhuang Xu’s gun needed to light the fuse and wait for a short time before firing the bullet, but Zhuang Li’s gun made a loud noise the moment the trigger was pulled, and the powerful bullet punched a deep hole in the masonry of the cell. After a long time, the other gun fired the bullet, but only left a small hole in the masonry.
Judging from the range, power, and firing speed, it was obvious that the gun made by Zhuang Li was several times more advanced than Zhuang Xu’s gun.
“No wonder you suddenly became so powerful…” Zhuang Xu thought he understood everything, with deep disdain and resentment in his heart.
His disdain stemmed from Zhuang Li’s true face. In fact, the other party had always been a fool, and the fact that he had made such a big change was just a gift from God!
His resentment stemmed from the injustice of God. Since he was given such a great opportunity, why did he also give it to Zhuang Li? There could only be one destined person, right?
Zhuang Li put down the two guns, shook his head and chuckled, “What do you understand? Do you think everyone is as incompetent as you and can only rely on pie in the sky? Let me tell you how this weapon works.”
Zhuang Li picked up the gun he had made and disassembled it into its components. He explained in detail the entire process, from the heat generated by the explosion of the gun to how the pressure was increased in the barrel and how the bullet was pushed forward. He then picked up the matchlock gun and quickly disassembled it into a pile of parts, enumerating its defects and ways to improve it.
Zhuang Xu sneered with gritted teeth at first, but after hearing the latter part his face was full of disbelief and confusion.
He had spent only a few years to thoroughly understand a library of military books, so he was definitely not a fool. He could tell that Zhuang Li really knew the workings of this weapon in detail.
Zhuang Li could easily disassemble them into scattered parts and could also quickly reassemble them. He really understood, so he could make them, instead of just following the drawings like him.
Zhuang Xu’s body swayed and he almost collapsed to the ground.
It was a big blow to him that Zhuang Li had real talent and knowledge. Because he always knew that he, who was praised by the outside world as the most talented scholar in Wei State, did not have that ability. If this military library did not appear in his mind, he would be nothing.
The anxiety caused by this cognition made him extremely proud and at the same time extremely inferior.
But now, Zhuang Li had destroyed his pride and infinitely magnified his inferiority complex.
“No, you and I are the same, right? We are the same kind of people! Otherwise you wouldn’t know that I also have a military library in my head. You are not a genius at all!” Zhuang Xu denied frantically.
“The brain of a genius is a treasure trove by nature. It does not need any divine power or gift from heaven. It will naturally become richer through daily learning. It can break through imagination and even create miracles. Of course, you will never understand this feeling, because you and I are two completely different people.”
Zhuang Li’s contemptuous laughter dealt a fatal blow to Zhuang Xu.
Zhuang Xu opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhuang Li stiffly, the fear in his heart spreading out in circles. There was a phrase used to describe smart people, “so smart that they are almost like monsters”, and now, the Zhuang Li sitting in front of him was just such a monster!
He moved his body with difficulty, trying to get away from the monster.
Zhuang Li smiled at him and said slowly, “Look, I can make a weapon like this, but I only made this one and gave up. Can you guess why?”
“Why?” Zhuang Xu was totally unable to understand Zhuang Li’s thoughts.
If he knew how to make such a powerful weapon, he would work day and night to equip all his soldiers. In that case, he could conquer the Central Plains and establish a great cause.
Zhuang Li was a smart man, he should understand the value of this firearm.
“So, this is the biggest difference between you and me. We see the world differently.” Zhuang Li stretched out his slender index finger and tapped his own dark pupils in the air.
Zhuang Xu was completely absorbed by his unfathomable pupils, and his mind fell into deeper confusion. He felt more and more clearly that he and Zhuang Li were really different, because he couldn’t understand what the other person was saying.
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