Volume 9: Molten Mine Chapter 459: The Exploding Gun
"I... I don't remember..." Park Sangyou said at a loss, "But, but... that security guard is the level 7 cyborg I mentioned... He should have a gun... As for the type of gun he carried , I didn't pay much attention."
"Damn it, it looks like those three guys really came out of this place." The Hound cursed inwardly, took out a piece of compressed biscuit from his pocket, tore open the package in a few seconds, and stuffed it into his mouth - while performing this series of actions, his eyes were always fixed on the front of the tunnel, and the assault rifle was tightly tucked under his armpit, keeping a posture ready to shoot at any time.
Everyone stood up immediately and grasped their weapons tightly - no one spoke again, which made the sound of the hound chewing biscuits particularly clear in the tunnel.
Ke Lan raised his hand and made a "slow advance" gesture, allowing Valentina to control the machine and slowly move forward.
"Leighton, go check this bullet shell." Ke Lan said softly.
Layton nodded, jumped off the back of the mecha, landed on the ground, bent down and picked up the shell.
"It is indeed a 10mm caliber Ark series full-power bullet. Judging from the inscription on the bottom, it is a new product produced by the military arsenal in 948..." Layton said, "Also, judging from the propellant residue, the degree of deformation of the cartridge case, and the collision marks of the firing pin, this bullet should have been fired in full-automatic shooting mode... At the very least, it should have been a long burst of more than ."
"Can you see this kind of thing?" Zhuo Ligetu asked in surprise.
"Well... after touching so many guns and bullets, I can still tell some differences. What's more, the big guy's original job is to deal with weapons, so his judgment is still very reliable." The Hound explained. In the current situation, he didn't have the heart to joke.
"But the problem is, if it was fully automatic shooting, there shouldn't be only this one bullet shell left behind... Could it have been picked up by someone?" Ivan asked.
"Everyone get off the bus," Ke Lan said solemnly, " Change to the No. 4 advancing formation and continue forward."
The No. 4 advance formation is a squad-sized infantry-tank coordinated formation, generally used for frontal assaults on local positions that have been hit by artillery and missiles. Although the reconnaissance team does not have tanks and armored vehicles, it is completely feasible to use mechas to replace the tank positions.
The Valkyrie One was at the front, clearing the way, with Zhuo Ligetu and Layton on the two wings wearing heavy armor, responsible for fire control, while the others used the mechas as cover and followed quickly - everyone put their index finger against the trigger guard, ready to fire at any time.
After advancing fifty meters along the tunnel, they picked up more than a dozen almost identical bullet casings, which made everyone's nerves even more tense.
The area where the battle took place should be not far ahead.
"In the distance... there seems to be something on the ground?" Leighton whispered, turning the searchlight beam over.
It was a gun, a gun with its barrel exploded. The barrel had opened up like petals, and the torn steel bars were tangled together. There were still traces of metal melting and solidifying on the surface.
A large-capacity C-Mag drum magazine lay quietly not far from the rifle.
"It's the Ark-199 squad-level light machine gun... Judging from the length of the barrel, this one should still be a carbine model with the barrel cut off." Layton said, "Because the caliber of the ammunition used has not changed, it is still a 10mm full-power bullet, so the recoil of this thing is much greater than that of the Type 01 rifle. Without a bracket, only enhanced people or modified people can control the gun in full-automatic shooting."
"My troops never choose this thing. There are many better options among squad-level light machine guns. This thing is useless except that it is easy to carry and can replace accessories with Ark rifles at will." said the Hound.
"There are differences between the Ark-199 and the Type 01 rifle... In order to support long-term continuous shooting, the barrel of the original Ark-199 is specially strengthened. The content of Nino alloy is around 8%, which is much more durable than the barrel of the Type 01... To be honest, this is the first time I have seen an Ark-199 with a burst barrel." Layton shook his head. "Although it is a machine gun, it is definitely used mainly for long and short bursts. The performance of the original barrel will not have any problems. Unless the user empties four or five drum magazines in one breath with almost no intervals in between, there is a possibility of a burst barrel."
"Maybe the barrel isn't the original one?" said the Hound.
"It's almost impossible. I think... their project shouldn't be so short of this little funding, right ?" Having said that, Layton still walked forward and picked up the machine gun with its barrel exploded.
"It's the original barrel for sure...hiss, it must have fired at least a thousand rounds of bullets continuously..." Layton pulled out the "blooming" barrel, took a look and said.
A large-capacity C-Mag drum magazine can only hold 80 rounds of 10mm caliber Ark full-power bullets, but who would carry a dozen heavy and cumbersome C-Mag drum magazines on their back?
Even the ammunition box weighing dozens of kilograms carried by the heavy firepower operator only has 500 spare rounds.
"Look, there are bloodstains on the grip and receiver of this gun." The Hound said, "Could it be that the gunner was injured when the barrel exploded? Could it be that he didn't even wear armor or protective clothing?"
"Not likely." Layton shook his head. "If that man was really injured by the explosion, there would be no blood on the handle."
"It's not just a burst barrel. If he hadn't taken off his armored gauntlets and gloves, there shouldn't be any blood on the grip." Ivan said bluntly, "But this is good news for us. In addition to the blood, there are also a lot of muscle tissue fragments left in the anti-slip groove. At least we can use these clues to determine the identity of the gunman."
There are two most accurate ways to determine a person's identity: bone scanning and DNA information. Unlike the old era, when DNA information was only collected from people with criminal records, on the Ark, as soon as a person is born, his DNA information will be recorded in the archive and bound to his personal file.
The blood and muscle tissue were carefully scraped off with a steel needle and placed into a glass tube filled with reagents, which was then inserted into the testing equipment. Fortunately, the reconnaissance team's mission this time was to search for survivors in the mining area and identify the victims, so these equipment were almost all available...but what was unexpected was that they would come in handy in this situation.
