Ye Feng ignored the bewildered middle-aged man with the big gold tooth. He and Xiao Xiao quickly walked to a large counter filled with various weapons.
"Little brother, are you going to explore the Red Shore ruins?"
"Come, pick a few handy weapons!"
The owner of the weapon stall was a middle-aged man with a muscular build, a red bandana tied around his forehead, and a kind face. Seeing Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao arrive, he immediately greeted them enthusiastically.
"Your gun... its structure is a bit strange? What model is it?"
Ye Feng took a good look and asked his questions.
He noticed that about half of the weapons displayed by the red-bandana man were firearms. Apart from having the obvious shape of a gun, he couldn't recognize the model of any of them!
However, one or two of them looked very similar to the ones held by the Tyrannosaurus Base guards he had seen before!
"Little brother, these firearms are very different from those in the old world. They are specially made to fire bullets containing arcane energy, so it's normal that you don't recognize their models!"
"Strictly speaking, this new type of firearm doesn't have a model yet!"
"Of course, the bullets compatible with these firearms are also specially made!"
The red-bandana man didn't look down on Ye Feng for not recognizing these custom firearms; instead, he patiently explained.
"Bullets containing arcane energy?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng was immediately surprised.
He was already surprised that the people here had developed a civilization powered by arcane energy. He hadn't expected even their firearms to be related to arcane energy!
"Yes!"
The red-bandana man nodded. "Besides the dense zombies in the Red Shore ruins, the most dangerous things are the mutated monsters, caused by the强化血清 (strengthening serum) or something else."
"Some of these mutated monsters are so tough that even armor-piercing rounds can't penetrate them. Some can breathe fire, and some are terrifyingly cold... Old-world firearms, unless they are large-caliber weapons, would be stretched thin trying to deal with them!"
"These bullets containing arcane energy can effectively inflict damage on them, or buy you time to escape!"
As he spoke, the red-bandana man took out a gun from behind the counter.
"Moreover, the runes on the surface of bullets with different attributes seem to be consistent?" Ye Feng, holding two earth-yellow bullets displayed by the red-bandana man, was quite surprised after observing them.
"Yes!"
The red-bandana man nodded. "The runes on the surface of these bullets are indeed the same, but when fired from different firearms, they carry different arcane energy attributes!"
"Truly magical!" Ye Feng couldn't help but exclaim softly.
"To use these custom firearms, you also need to insert an arcane yuan coin to fire the bullets!" The red-bandana man pointed to a groove on the side of a gun he held, then inserted an arcane yuan coin. Instantly, a slightly curved character for "fire" lit up on the left side of the gun body.
"Of course, because these firearms carry arcane energy of various attributes like metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, they are relatively more expensive!"
"As for this model, although it doesn't carry elemental arcane energy, it's still immensely powerful, no weaker than old-world rifles! It's more than enough for exploring the outer areas of the Red Shore ruins!" The red-bandana man then took out a rifle from under the counter.
"Kid, stop looking. You can't afford any of this stuff!" Suddenly, a mocking voice rang out. Ye Feng was curiously examining the red character for "fire" on the gun.
"Who is it?" Ye Feng felt a bit annoyed.
He looked towards the source of the voice and saw that the person mocking him was Xu Xun, who had just been surrounded by a group of people, enjoying their flattery. Following Xu Xun, about half a meter behind him, was the middle-aged man with the big gold tooth.
"Hmph, bumpkin. I don't know where you were hiding before, not even knowing about arcane energy firearms!"
"Let's go, stop looking. You can't afford this stuff!"
"And you, a young brat, shouldn't even dream of exploring the Red Shore ruins. The zombie hordes alone would scare you to death!" Xu Xun sneered, glancing at Ye Feng with disdain in his eyes. The middle-aged man with the big gold tooth behind Xu Xun also looked mocking and disdainful, with obvious anger in his eyes.
"As expected of Young Master Xu, he looks so handsome even when he's scolding people~"
"I really want to have his babies!"
"Long live Young Master Xu, tell that little nobody to scram!"
"Support Young Master Xu~"
Amidst the praise and flattery of the crowd, Xu Xun walked directly in front of Ye Feng and said to the red-bandana man, the owner of these special firearms, "Boss, give me two ice-attribute rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition!"
The red-bandana man did not respond to Xu Xun but tilted his head slightly to look at Ye Feng. "Little brother, these custom firearms are very rare. Today is my last day at Tyrannosaurus Base. This is a golden opportunity!"
"Hmph, boss, are you blind? How could this little nobody, who doesn't even have a spatial rift ring, afford such guns?!" Seeing that he was being ignored, Xu Xun became enraged and cursed directly.
"How much is this gun?" Ye Feng also ignored Xu Xun and asked the red-bandana man.
"Each elemental arcane energy gun costs 500 arcane yuan coins, and the non-elemental ones cost 200 arcane yuan coins. The bullets are all 1 arcane yuan coin per round!" The red-bandana man replied quickly.
"Phew!" Hearing the red-bandana man's words, Ye Feng let out a sigh and muttered, "It's not particularly expensive!"
"Heh~ kid, you've come this far, why are you still putting on airs!" Seeing this, Xu Xun sneered. "Kid, being poor isn't your fault, but it's your fault to be poor and still show off!"
"Damn it, where did this idiot come from!" Ye Feng cursed inwardly. If he didn't want to reveal his strength here, he would have dealt with this guy long ago. He looked at the middle-aged man with the big gold tooth not far away, guessing that guy must have said something to Xu Xun. However, Ye Feng couldn't be bothered with Xu Xun, who was clearly looking for trouble. He walked up to the red-bandana man and pointed to several guns. "Give me one of each of these five elemental guns, and 500 rounds of ammunition!"
"Hahaha~........."
"Everyone look, this little nobody can really pretend... Ha..." Xu Xun was laughing wildly when he suddenly stopped, as if he had been choked by something. Because he saw Ye Feng taking out arcane yuan coins, piece by piece, from a black bag...