[Fusion successful! You have developed the Electromagnetic Scanning Tactical Goggles!]

"Oh?"

Han Xiao raised an eyebrow. This wasn't what he wanted, but it was useful for snipers. It was more accurate than thermal imaging and could scan the inside of walls. If it was used on a scope, wall penetration shots would be very accurate.

"Again."

[...This attempt consumes 30,000 experience.]

[Fusion successful! You have developed the Electromagnetic Pulse Jammer!]

"That's the one." Han Xiao nodded. There were quite a few blueprints in this combination, and the electromagnetic pulse jammer was a common one with a high probability of appearing. Besides the jammer, there were several other blueprints that could meet his requirements. He had originally prepared experience for a third fusion, so this saved him some.

Electromagnetic pulse jammer, this thing was very famous, it was just mmp... oh wait, it was emp.

The desert didn't lack vehicles. As a sniper, mastering distance was key. A anti-vehicle jammer was essential.

Right, he still lacked some high-power explosive rounds, landmines, and traps.

Stroking his chin, Han Xiao suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"This time, I don't seem to need to fuse. I can try creating it myself!"

In the past, players had limited use of the self-creation function, but he could truly comprehend knowledge and integrate the principles of knowledge and other blueprints to create new blueprints, using his own knowledge to supplement the various details of his ideas. By using the self-creation function to skip the lengthy research and development process, he might even be able to research some powerful blueprints ahead of time.

The core principle of high-explosive ammunition was a highly flammable gas. If this gas was compressed into a larger container, its power would also increase, no less than a fragmentation landmine.

Since he was going to make a burst-type landmine, he needed to add gunpowder and projectiles. This required considering how to ignite the sealed highly flammable gas. After thinking about it, Han Xiao decided to layer the inside of the explosive round, neutralizing the highly flammable gas with an inert gas and sealing it separately in one layer, leaving a mechanism to set up a delayed trigger. When the time was up, it would automatically open, the gas would leak into the gunpowder, and directly ignite the explosion.

However, since he was going to create it himself, Han Xiao felt that he might as well add the finished product's diversified power and add the principle of Heimdall grenades.

Let's do it!

Han Xiao quickly refined his ideas and began to manufacture. Creating a mech required first creating a finished product before determining whether the self-creation was successful. The players' self-created mechs were setting the design route, putting on materials and parts, selecting tools, and then starting to load the bar, with the success rate entirely dependent on luck.

But Han Xiao was personally involved in all aspects of manufacturing and could make fine adjustments at any stage. The success rate wasn't even in the same league.

Soon, a metal disc landmine about thirty centimeters in diameter was made. He opened the panel and activated the self-creation determination.

[Determining blueprint self-creation...]

[Determination failed]

"It actually failed." Han Xiao frowned slightly.

The determination failed because the mech couldn't achieve the intended effect or had obvious flaws.

He found a place to test the power of the first finished product and found that there was a problem with the triggering of the highly flammable gas, gunpowder shrapnel, and poison gas. It exploded, but the power didn't reach the expected level at all, so he had to modify it again.

The gas was very difficult to control. As long as there was a slight mistake, he would have to start over. He perfected the mech time and time again. The test field at Farian's base for testing weapon power was blasted to blackness, filled with poisonous gas everywhere. Even he had to retreat, otherwise he would continuously lose health.

Finally, after the thirteenth failure, the panel issued a heavenly prompt.

[Determination successful, you have developed a self-created blueprint!]

A blueprint for a new type of explosive round appeared in his mind. The panel automatically recorded all the principles. Han Xiao looked at the effect and pondered, "Then it will be called Highly Flammable Poison Gas Delayed Explosive Round... too uncharacteristic, let's call it Poison Explosion Burning Mine!"

[Naming successful, you have obtained the self-created blueprint [Poison Explosion Burning Mine]!]

After the self-created blueprint was recognized by the panel, it became a skill. The blueprint level could be improved through experience, and various parameters were clearly understood. With a template to learn from, the manufacturing speed became faster.

"As I thought, the self-created blueprint function is suitable for my situation and has great potential to be tapped." Han Xiao's eyes sparkled.

"Next is to create a sufficient number of explosive rounds."

...

Night.

Han Xiao drove to an open area, where he set off a row of fireworks and made a delayed launch process. Then he went to the only way for the Rose Armed Forces to reach this area, set up traps, and buried jammers and poison explosion burning mines.

You want to ask him how he determined this was the only way?

Well... have you heard of the shortest distance between two points being a straight line?

Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that the enemy might detour, but there was no loss. At most, he wouldn't be able to ambush anyone and would continue next time.

The electromagnetic pulse jammer was a cylindrical device with a base. Han Xiao created a portable model, about one meter high, with a radiation diameter of three hundred meters. It released high-frequency electromagnetic wave signals, which interfered with precision instruments and electronic components. The targets included communication equipment, electronic control instruments, detection radar, etc. The anti-vehicle effect was excellent. It acted on the vehicle's electronic control system, such as sensors and controllers, causing the vehicle to be paralyzed and malfunction.

Although Han Xiao didn't think that the Rose Armed Forces' vehicles had anti-electromagnetic interference processing, he took precautions and debugged the jammer's power to a very high level. In this way, unless the entire vehicle was wrapped in anti-electromagnetic metal, it would be hit as long as there was a gap. The price was that the jammer consumed a lot of energy. A high-energy battery worth two thousand would be exhausted in ten seconds... but it didn't matter much. The jammer didn't need to continuously release emp, as long as the first wave of attacks was completed, the effect would be the same.

After completing the trap, he parked the off-road vehicle behind a sand dune, about four hundred meters away from the trap location, and then quietly crawled on the ground, aiming with the Crimson Falcon, like a patient hunter.

The temperature in the desert dropped sharply at night, and the cold wind rolled up the sand. Han Xiao wrapped his high-necked windbreaker and wore thick leather gloves on his hands to prevent frostbite from affecting his accuracy.

"Boom!"

In the pre-set area, a dozen fireworks shot into the sky, extremely conspicuous in the night sky, even clearly visible from more than ten kilometers away.

...

"There's a situation!"

In the Rose Armed Forces stronghold, the lookout saw the fireworks exploding in the distance and quickly reported to the leader Luo Qing.

Luo Qing quickly ordered, "Dorothy, take someone to check it out. Be careful of other armed groups. If you encounter an attack, immediately send out a distress flare."

Dorothy nodded, selected twenty mercenaries, quickly put on their tactical suits, filled their pockets with various magazines and grenades, and drove away in four desert off-road vehicles.

At the Godon Mercenary Organization's stronghold, the leader Godon also saw the fireworks and said coldly, "Send someone to check it out. There may be a firefight. Bring all the manpower."

A number of armed off-road vehicles drove out of Godon's base.

The same scene was also played out in several other nearby strongholds that could see the fireworks.

...

The Rose Armed Forces' off-road vehicles sped along, their tires shoveling up sand, dragging a long sand dragon behind them.

"Instructor Dorothy, do you think that might be a sign of Philo Niel's appearance?" a female mercenary asked.

Dorothy looked ferocious. When she pursed her lips tightly, she looked like a black tiger about to devour someone. Her eyes flashed with fierce light, and she snorted coldly, "Hmph, if Philo Niel was so easy to find, we wouldn't be wasting more than two years here. This time, it's probably someone causing trouble again. All of you be vigilant. Maybe it's another trap set up by Godon!"

"Buzz—"

As soon as she finished speaking, a strange electric current sounded out of thin air. Dorothy's five senses, which were beyond ordinary people, sensed a special wave spreading from not far away. At the same time, the car's dashboard burst into a flurry of sparks. The four off-road vehicles immediately lost control and crashed into each other in a crooked manner, as if they were drunk. No matter how the driver stepped on the accelerator, they couldn't start.

"Enemy attack!" Dorothy was shocked and quickly scanned the surroundings warily.

What was it that paralyzed their cars? Could it be emp?!

The mercenaries hurriedly scanned around, and all they could see was the yellow sand under the night, without any abnormalities.

The desert was vast and empty, and the starry sky at night was unobstructed. The bleak night wind blew.

A burst of goosebumps rose on the arms of this group of Rose Armed Forces mercenaries, as if their necks were being pinched by a big hand, and the sense of oppression was almost suffocating.

"Bang!"

A Rose Armed Forces mercenary was blasted away by the huge kinetic energy, and fell heavily into the yellow sand, silent. A gaping blood hole in his chest was shocking.

"There's a sniper, hide behind the car!" Dorothy was shocked and angry, and hurriedly greeted her teammates to hide behind the car, and shot a distress flare into the sky, and the white light illuminated the night sky.

The Rose Armed Forces mercenaries were a little relieved. The stronghold was very close to here. As long as they persisted for fifteen minutes, reinforcements would arrive!

Lying on the sand dune, Han Xiao looked up at the distress flare and tsked, "This is a cloud-piercing arrow, and thousands of troops come to meet you? You are too simple."

Changing to a high-explosive magazine, he shot at the location where the poison explosion burning mine was buried. Where the bullet landed, flames ignited, burning the poison explosion burning mine buried under the sand.

"Boom—"

With a loud noise, a surging sea of fire surged up, and the other landmines that Han Xiao buried reacted in a chain, and exploded one after another!

The flames devoured the four cars, mixed with a strong poisonous gas, and the panel frantically refreshed the double continuous damage of poison and burning to the enemy.

The Heimdall grenade was a kind of poisonous gas grenade, also known as the "Justice Heimdall grenade". The principle was used in the poison explosion burning mine, making the power more diversified.

Coughing sounds rang out one after another. Dorothy felt nauseous and depressed. Her ordinary teammates were even worse, dizzy, and vomiting.

If everyone continued to stay where they were, they would either be burned to death or poisoned to death!

"What a sinister bastard!" Dorothy endured the churning nausea in her chest and roared, "Charge over, only by killing the sniper can we live!"