When you can't evolve significantly in a short period of time, then relying on external objects to strengthen yourself is not necessarily an excellent choice.

The experience of human beings in dominating the food chain for millions of years illustrates this point.

Lin Xi never believed in the saying that "relying on foreign things to be strong is not really strong".

In his opinion, the people who think like this are definitely guys who are crazy after reading martial arts novels, and their heads are all washed.

The biggest difference between humans and animals is that they are good at using intelligence to make up for their physical deficiencies, and use different tools to deal with different dilemmas, which is far sharper and more efficient than a single creature evolving a single minion.

In the early days of this cataclysm, the main reason why human beings collapsed so quickly was because of the suddenness of the incident, most of the tools had not had time to play a role, and the social order of human beings was destroyed in an instant, and a large number of emaciated technicians were corpsed, and a large number of professional equipment were also idle and abandoned.

But Lin Xi does not think that this is the disadvantage of foreign objects, on the contrary, he feels that it is the very small part of the tools that play a role to protect the safety of the survivors, such as the underground garage he lives in at the moment, which is far superior to the nests dug by other species themselves, warm, sturdy, and very safe.

At this time, the reason why human beings seem to be at the end of their rope is only because the status of the entire race in the natural world was too high before, so when they fall, they are particularly conspicuous.

If you think about it, you know that everyone is used to the kind of life that rides on the heads of other species in the past, pampering and pampering, and eating hundreds of other lives at any meal, but now they suddenly fall to the same position as the previous food and pets, which is naturally extremely unaccustomed, and it feels like the end of everything when you look at it.

But according to Lin Xi's observations, the real situation is far from being as bad as it seems.

You don't see that except for the crazy and alienated metamorphosis of giant earthworms and ocelots, the current situation of most creatures is actually not as good as the current humans, but these creatures were not very mixed in the food chain system before the cataclysm, and now no matter how tragic the contrast is, it is not as miserable as humans, and even if it is a giant dog or a mutant earthworm, the surviving army of humans can actually destroy them as well, the difference is that the giant dog is fought with bullets, And hit the giant earthworm with rockets.

The most important thing is that Lin Xi always firmly believes that as long as the survivors can survive the most difficult early days of the troubled times and retain the fire of civilization, then as people become more and more adaptable to the environment, the corresponding technology will also enter a state of accelerated recovery, and at that time, it will be time for humanity to regain the crown of its species.

Of course, all this is still too far away to say, and it can only be regarded as a little bit of reverie that Lin Xi is struggling to survive.

The real question before him now is:

Weapons.

And it must be a weapon in hand, so that he can exert his brute strength as much as possible.

At first, his first instinct was to think of a gun, but reason immediately told him that it was okay to think about it for now, and it was not necessary to try to find a gun.

Not to mention the political system and public security environment of the Celestial Empire before the cataclysm, so that there is almost no possibility of guns and ammunition falling to the people, even if the goddess of luck is really possessed and Hong Fu Qitian allows him to find a gun, the use of it is also a big problem.

Lin Xi couldn't remember where he had seen a statistic before, saying that an ordinary person who had never used a gun had only a one-fifth chance of hitting a moving target the size of a human body.

This is definitely a data that makes people laugh bitterly and even despair.

You must know that the firearms of the Celestial Empire mainly play a role in deterring criminals, and they are not equipped with a few bullets in the first place, if there is only this level of hit rate, it may not be possible to shoot a prey until Lin Xi misses all the bullets, so it is better to smash it directly with stones.

With his current brute strength, the power of the stones thrown out at close range may not be weaker than ordinary pistol bullets.

What's more, the guns also have the shortcomings of loud gunshots and huge movements, and the ghost knows if you shoot down, will there be some terrible predators, and in terms of the vibration of a shot, even if the giant earthworm suddenly rushes out and eats it in one bite the next moment, it is not surprising at all.

Finally, Lin Xi himself summarized his needs for weapons at this stage:

It must be heavy, so that you can double your current strength;

It must have a long stalk, so that it is safer to face predators;

It must be sturdy, preferably only a blunt instrument, otherwise the general instrument simply cannot withstand the reaction force of its own smashing and will easily break.

Unfortunately, he soon found that his requirements for weapons were simply not met.

Because he is now like a peerless warrior in ancient legends, both arms have the strength of a thousand catties, which has far exceeded the limit of ordinary people, and there are not many hardware stores near the university town, and the tools that can meet his requirements are not even a single one after looking for a circle, either too light or too brittle, and it will break after two clicks.

"Be long."

In a store where a large hole in the roller shutter was pried open, Lin Xi sighed and threw a galvanized water hose twisted into a twisted shape on the ground.

"Still won't work."

This is the seventh hardware store he has found, but unfortunately there is still very little gain, which is extremely disappointing.

Fortunately, at this time, a part-time experience in the summer vacation gave him inspiration.

After sitting dejectedly on the ground for a while, Lin Xi's eyes lit up suddenly:

"There it is! Ready-made tools are not good to make, why don't I make some weapons that meet the requirements myself? In places like machinery factories, the most important thing is heavy steel, not to mention the parts used in some machine tools, the materials are all tool steels with high hardness, which are much more durable than ordinary steel on the market! ”

As soon as he thought of it, Lin Xi immediately picked up his equipment and embarked on the journey again.

Soon, in a small alley near the university town, he found a shop with the words "welding, sheet metal, cold work" written above the façade.

"This is it."

Lin Xi smiled slightly.

From the outside, this shop should be very small, and compared to the factory where he used to work part-time, it is not at all a level in terms of scale.

The main building of the factory is basically converted from a private house, with a single door, the gray and yellow wall skin reveals a stale musty smell, and even the door is the dilapidated wooden door of the old-fashioned private house.

It seems that it should just be a small workshop opened by a nearby resident who knows a little craft, and he just relies on some sporadic small gangsters on weekdays.

A month has passed since the cataclysm, and the sheet metal workshop has long since disappeared from the hustle and bustle of the machines of the past, and behind the silent door, there is a deathly silence.

"I hope there's something I want."

Lin Xi looked at the closed door of the store and licked his chapped lips with some apprehension.

The next moment, he suddenly raised the hammer in his hand and smashed it on the door panel in front of him with a fierce blow!

Bang!

A bang!

In the flying sawdust, Lin Xi suddenly let out a provocative roar at the hole in the door that had been smashed open by himself!