Watching the experimenter place the metal cannonball on the rail, Todd looked at the empty keel seat behind the railgun and asked strangely, "Who's in charge of firing?"

Wayne replied while directing the personnel present to carry out the final adjustments: "I have already sent someone to inform the driver of the railgun, she will come as soon as possible." ”

Todd was a little surprised: "You mean, this cannon is not operated by everyone?"

"The controller who fires the electromagnetic cannon must connect his body to the keel of the cannon body, and at the moment of launch, a powerful electric current will pass through the nervous system, and ordinary people simply cannot bear that kind of pain. ”

Todd was a little curious: "So, who can take this role?"

"Your Majesty, do you remember? The carrier of the Tesla parasite, the abandoned girl you rescued from the cave in the first place, Cosette, was one of the few pilots who could activate the cannon. ”

Todd reminisced for a moment, and quickly remembered the xenomorph girl who had been abandoned by her parents in a cave and quietly waiting for her to die.

Wayne added: "I'm now trying to figure out how to expand the team of electromagnetic cannon pilots, and after testing and observation, the elven race in the Holy Cult Army, if they undergo a series of training and are equipped with the right equipment, may be able to meet the requirements for operating electromagnetic guns." ”

Todd nodded, turned to the office area of the lab, and found a chair to sit down.

The wait was not long.

Soon, the sleepy-eyed, still somewhat dazed Cosette was brought into the laboratory by the Holy Army.

"Why ...... so late"

Before Cosette could finish her sentence, she caught a glimpse of Todd sitting in a chair smiling, and immediately swallowed the second half of the sentence.

Wayne held the noteboard in one hand and said to Cosette: "Your Majesty is coming to watch the launch of the xenomorph railgun today, and now that the charge is over, you can start at any time, you can prepare." ”

Cosette struggled to look away from Todd, nodded at Wayne, and then led the way into the back of the lab.

Wayne walked up to Todd's side and whispered, "Your Majesty, there is an observation deck above the laboratory, where you can also watch the launch, and it is safer, do you need to ......?"

Todd got up from his chair, shook his head and said, "No, I'll just keep it here." ”

As if he had already guessed such an answer, Wayne shrugged helplessly: "Do your will." ”

A few minutes later, Cosette walked out, dressed in a leotard made of special leather and gelatin, with a row of raised holes in the back for nerve connections, and she walked up to the xenomorph railgun and took a deep breath.

She sat down slowly on the keel-made seat, leaning back full, letting the sharp parasite nerve hook pierce into the skin behind her.

With a slightly pained look, Cosette looked in Wayne's direction and said loudly, "I'm ready!"

After Wayne once again checked the status of all the equipment to the staff around him, he finally nodded and said, "Let's start." ”

Cosette stretched out his hands, grabbed the handle at the end of the cannon's rail, and quietly closed his eyes.

The keel parasite limbs around the seat, like living tentacles, slowly extended, extended, and closed, eventually enveloping Cosette in it, forming an enclosed cockpit connected to the railgun.

Then, two keel rails tens of meters long, with a slight humming sound, began to slowly rise and align with the wall at the end of the laboratory.

Wayne said to the experimenters at this time, "Open the floodgates!"

The sound of heavy hinges resounded in the empty hall, and the wall at the end of the laboratory was controlled by hidden mechanisms, rising and opening up little by little, and the outdoor scenery gradually appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

The laboratory, built in the middle of the mountains, faces the sea directly after raising the gates, and the sound of raging waves and fierce winds sweeping out from the outside world is deafening.

Wayne ordered again: "Corrective target!"

Several concentrating xenos wearing dragon bone armor, using a dense ruler and a prism table, locked the launch target to an isolated island about 8 kilometers away from the laboratory, and after repeated corrections, they turned back and reported: "The target data has been transmitted back to the cockpit!"

Under the gaze of everyone, the xenomorph railgun piloted by Cosette slowly moved the muzzle of the cannon under the movement of the keel limbs, and finally locked onto the target.

Seeing that all the preparations were over, Wayne issued the final command loudly: "Launch!"

The flickering blue light on the surface of the xenomorph railgun became brighter and brighter, and the flow speed became faster and faster, and in the end, the entire giant cannon seemed to lose its original color, turning into an extremely dazzling blue sun that was impossible for the naked eye to look at.

The sound of electromagnetic thunderstorms filled the entire space, hitting everyone's eardrums like a raging storm, completely suppressing the sound of waves and wind from the outside world.

All that could be heard in the huge laboratory was the sharper and sharper electromagnetic energy.

In just one ten-thousandth of a second, a flash of light comparable to a sunspot burst exploded from the xenomorph rail cannon body.

A beam of near-light velocity was shot out of the muzzle and vanished in an instant.

Almost at the same time, a dull and loud explosion, accompanied by a slight shaking of the ground, shook the entire Twilight City.

Compared to the crowd affected by flashes and sounds, Todd was the first to return to normal.

He walked to the gate at the end of the lab and looked at the isolated island in the distance.

The original island was nearly 1,000 square meters in size...... Gone, replaced by a burning place of purgatory. It is like a crater that can only be created after a meteorite impact, reminding the world of what a huge impact has happened here.

Rubbing his sour and red eyes, Wayne walked to Todd's side and said excitedly: "As long as this weapon is transported to the battleship, no matter how strong the fortress is, no matter how tall the city wall, in the event of such an attack, it will turn into a pile of powder!"

Todd let out a long breath, his face full of uncontrollable joy: "This is a great victory, a landmark work...... Your results have even exceeded my expectations......"

For the first time, Wayne's pale face showed a sincere smile: "It's my honor to receive your compliment. ”

"Continue to refine and refine this weapon, and in the next operation, I think it will come in handy. ”

Todd looked at the black smoke rising higher and higher on the sea in the distance, paused for a moment, and continued to ask: "The xenomorph railgun is indeed a powerful weapon for attacking fortresses and cities, but how will it perform in the face of moving targets such as warships?"

Wayne thought for a while and replied: "If it's that kind of large or medium-sized warship, the xenomorph railgun can completely solve an entire fleet with one shot, because in the face of these vulnerable targets, the cannonballs fired don't need to hit directly at all, as long as they can form coverage damage, it is enough." However, if it is a small ship with more agility and speed, it may be difficult for the railgun's attack to cause fatal damage. ”

Todmo rubbed his chin and said in a deep voice: "In this case, if I am the commander of the enemy army, as long as I abandon all the large warships, organize a large number of small warships, and use the gap between the railgun launches to attack in a scattered formation, I can enter the stage of entanglement with the xenomorph destroyers." That's not a good thing for us......"

Wayne pondered for a while and nodded: "There will indeed be such doubts, please rest assured, I will continue to improve the weapon performance of the battleship." ”

"You've done a great job. Todd patted Wayne on the shoulder: "In the Heavenly Library, there are some books and knowledge that I don't open to everyone, but I will leave a passage there for you to read alone." ”

With that, Todd ignored Wayne's ecstatic expression and turned to walk into the middle of the lab staff, beginning to loudly praise their efforts and performance, promising to reward everyone handsomely.