Players are coming, fortunately I have a time travel simulator

Zhou Ning certainly didn't buy this gun just for mission progress. While this cursed supernatural weapon was incredibly effective, it depended on how it was used. Using it on a human would likely curse them, but using it on a mechanical creature could be a deadly weapon.

However, the specific effect remains to be tested.

After sealing the mini mechanical warrior back into the card, Zhou Ning took out [Damian's Ordinary Mirror] and chose to enter the mirror.

What appeared before Zhou Ning were ruins full of ancient elf style.

Walking along the long corridor for about twenty minutes, Zhou Ning arrived in front of a huge ruin.

This is a ruined area in the style of an elf. In the middle of the ruins stands a tall magic tower. Among the broken brick walls wander countless black mirror ghosts.

Zhou Ning unsealed the mini mechanical warrior, and after a brief thought, he picked up his revolver and pulled the trigger at the mirror ghost closest to him.

Zhou Ning was actually quite puzzled about the bullet issue. He originally thought that this world would change the bullet's trajectory just like the first time he came in, but subsequent tests showed that this was not the case. He could only guess that perhaps Elvis had mastered a deeper use of the mirror.

A bullet bursting with brilliant light and fire flew out, facing the mirror ghost's head. The shocking words -345 appeared on the mirror ghost's head, and its figure suddenly disappeared and flashed in front of Zhou Ning.

Zhou Ning started evasive shooting, his figure left a shadow, and he suddenly retreated. At the same time, the mini mechanical warrior, under Zhou Ning's control, pushed forward and fired at the mirror ghost!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After only three bullets, the curse effect was triggered. A sizzling sound appeared on the mirror ghost's body, and black smoke came out of his body, as if his flesh and blood were melting. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a white skeleton with a debuff on his head.

[Curse of Pirate General Victor: Turns you into a walking skeleton, reducing your defense to zero, making you afraid of sunlight, and losing your sense of fear and pain. This lasts for 30 seconds.]

"The effect is good!" Zhou Ning was delighted. The curse effect could be perfectly matched with his ripple shooting to form a COMBO.

Even if he meets Harrison Rivers again now, as long as he is lucky, he can inflict serious damage to him in an instant.

After the test was completed, Zhou Ning no longer hesitated and pulled the revolver towards the mirror ghost that had turned into a skeleton. With a bang, a flame flashed and the mirror ghost shattered instantly.

[Your ripple shot dealt 779 damage to the Mirror Ghost (50% damage amplification), you killed the Mirror Ghost (lv25 spirit), and you gained 7200 experience.]

Zhou Ning breathed a sigh of relief and checked the damage on the mini mechanical warrior. It had just been hit twice by the mirror ghost and smoke began to come out of its body. It was really difficult for this primary machine to participate in the battle.

After sealing the mini mechanical warrior back into the card, Zhou Ning chose to return to the real world. The test just now had proved the power of the Pirate General Victor's flintlock pistol. As long as the combat effectiveness of the mechanical warrior was upgraded, it could definitely serve as his main combat force.

Zhou Ning thought about it and opened the control panel. He still had more than 7 experience points, so he simply spent 6 experience points to upgrade the level of the Wandering Gunner by 2 levels.

[Roaming Gunslinger] upgrades to level 4, Agility +3 (Superior Physique feat adds an additional 0.5), Vitality +1, Spirit +1. You gain 2 free attribute points.] x2.

He still had over 1 experience points left, but he didn't hold back. He opened Puppet Alchemy in the Life Skills column and selected Recipe Deduction. As mentioned before, Recipe Deduction allows you to combine [Puppet Alchemy] with other Life Skills at the cost of experience points, thereby deducing new recipes. However, a slight difference is that Recipe Deduction does not reset the Life Skill level to zero, but only consumes a large amount of experience points.

Zhou Ning chose to merge [Puppet Alchemy] and [Precision Machinery Manufacturing] without hesitation.

[Successful, you obtained the blueprint [Medium Mechanical Structure]]

[Medium Mechanical Structure: Click to use to summon a medium-sized mechanical structure specialized in combat. Duration: 40 minutes, cooldown: 40 minutes.]

Judging from the parameters, it is stronger than the mini mechanical warrior and more suitable for combat, but the materials are also much more expensive. Zhou Ning calculated that it should be no less than 60 Vekta, which is equivalent to 3 times that of the mini mechanical warrior.

It is very expensive, but in order to improve combat effectiveness as quickly as possible, this money cannot be saved. Zhou Ning even plans to directly advance puppet alchemy to the intermediate level.

The previous mini mechanical warriors were given 7% proficiency. Generally, the cost is proportional to the proficiency gained. I guess making less than 10 medium-sized mechanical structures is enough to reach the intermediate level. The extra cards will not be lost, and players or Sun Guardians can digest them at will.

Having made up his mind, Zhou Ning simply washed up and then lay down on the small bed. He took out the blocks he had bought earlier and started to play with them.

"I heard that you know how to use this thing?" Zhou Ning asked in his mind.

"I know, but I forgot." Zhou Ning could hear a hint of laughter in Jasmine's voice. "I only remember that this thing is called the Modoric Cube. It was a container used by the ancient Modoric people to store documents."

"Also, I don't know much about the Mordoric language. You can ask a language expert, maybe you can get an answer."

"It's useless to say anything." Zhou Ning curled his lips, but what Jasmine said was also a way. Wick University should not be short of experts in ancient languages.

……

The next day was Sunday. Zhou Ning had to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of the fat boy Alan in the evening, so he didn't have much time to spare. In the morning, he planned to buy materials for a medium-sized mechanical structure and start trying to make it. In the afternoon, he would buy a formal suit for the dinner. His schedule was packed.

Therefore, early in the morning, Zhou Ning got up early. After washing up, just as he was about to take the umbrella, Jasmine's cold voice appeared in his mind:

"There was no rain this morning."

Zhou Ning: ...

He silently put the umbrella back into the umbrella stand.

Ever since his relationship with Jasmine began to improve, Zhou Ning finally discovered a new function for the portable grandmother: weather forecast, and it’s incredibly accurate!

Zhou Ning took a carriage to the trade zone and deliberately avoided the Golden Oak Herb Shop. He visited various herbal shops, alchemy shops, and engineering supply shops. To make medium-sized mechanical structures, he needed some spiritual silver pieces, citrine and other items. It happened that Zhou Ning bought some of them when he was visiting the underground market last time. Other things he needed were silver ingots, mithril rods, silver bolts, and some alchemical materials for drawing alchemical arrays. The cost was much more expensive than Zhou Ning estimated. A mithril rod alone cost almost 40 Vecta.

Finally, after running all over the trade zone, Zhou Ning spent 580 Victa to buy 6 sets of materials for making medium-sized mechanical structures, feeling extremely distressed.

It was almost noon when Zhou Ning returned to the alchemy laboratory carrying large and small bags.