Chapter 2 : Chapter 2
Chapter 2: The Armament System, Studying Diligently
“System, what can you do?”
[Ding, answering the host: By consuming gold coins, you can exchange for various weapons.]
“What kinds of weapons can be exchanged?”
[Ding, the list of exchangeable weapons is as follows:]
[Luger P08]: Muzzle velocity 400 m/s, effective range approximately 50 meters. Exchange price: 200 gold coins.
[Glock 17]: Moderate power, high reliability. Exchange price: 300 gold coins.
[Desert Eagle]: Large-caliber pistol with immense power, muzzle velocity approximately 400 m/s, effective range about 100 meters. Exchange price: 800 gold coins.
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[UZI Submachine Gun]: Easy to operate and portable. Exchange price: 1000 gold coins.
[MP5 Submachine Gun]: Highly stable when firing, almost no recoil, supports 15-round, 30-round, or 100-round drum magazines. Exchange price: 1500 gold coins.
[P90 Submachine Gun]: Strong penetration, large magazine capacity, suitable for close-range combat. Exchange price: 1800 gold coins.
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[RPK Light Machine Gun]: Large magazine capacity, long effective range. Exchange price: 3000 gold coins.
[M249 Light Machine Gun]: Possesses powerful suppressive fire. Exchange price: 4000 gold coins.
[Gatling Gun]: Extremely high rate of fire, sustained firepower, strong adaptability, and great deterrence. Exchange price: 8000 gold coins.
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[M16 Assault Rifle]: High rate of fire with good accuracy. Exchange price: 2000 gold coins.
[AK74 Assault Rifle]: Lower recoil and higher accuracy. Exchange price: 2500 gold coins.
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[CheyTac M200 Sniper Rifle]: Extremely high long-range accuracy. Exchange price: 5000 gold coins.
[Barrett M82 Sniper Rifle]: Tremendous power and relatively simple operation. Exchange price: 7000 gold coins.
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Ryan stared at the list of weapons, practically drooling.
There was no helping it—no man could resist firearms.
However, when he saw the exchange prices listed afterward, he immediately swallowed his saliva.
Even the cheapest firearm on the list cost 200 gold coins.
Although he did not know the currency value of this world, he could easily imagine that 200 gold coins was a massive sum.
At the very least, it was for him right now.
Moreover, that was only the price of the weapons.
Ammunition was calculated separately.
The bullets for the earlier firearms were acceptable—1 gold coin could buy several hundred rounds.
But the price of sniper rifle ammunition nearly blinded his metaphorical titanium-alloy eyes.
One gold coin per sniper round!
This was outright robbery.
The system vividly demonstrated what it meant by “when the cannons roar, gold flows like water.”
“System, your prices are way too high. Can you make them cheaper?”
[Ding, answering the host: Weapon prices are set by a unified standard and cannot be changed.]
[If the host finds them expensive, you may exchange for weapon blueprints instead. The host can gather materials in this world and craft the weapons independently.]
“Blueprints? Are the materials even available in this world?”
[Ding, rest assured, host. The blueprints have been optimized by the system. All required materials can be found in this world.]
“I see.”
After communicating with the system for a while, Ryan gradually understood its function.
Now, all that remained was for him to grow up—then he could truly make use of this Armament System.
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Six years later.
Ryan was now six years old.
It had been six years since he transmigrated into this world, and he had gained a basic understanding of it.
He was currently living in an orphanage located in a town called Lute.
Lute Town was part of the Kingdom of Mia, situated in its southern region.
The rabbit-eared woman who took care of him was named Kaya, the head of this orphanage.
The children all affectionately called her Aunt Kaya.
From conversations between Aunt Kaya and the other caretakers, Ryan learned that he and the beast-eared girl from before had been abandoned together at the orphanage’s entrance.
Originally, Aunt Kaya had intended to name the two babies.
However, after Ryan learned how to speak, he told her that he wanted to choose his own name.
Aunt Kaya readily agreed.
Without hesitation, Ryan gave her his name from his previous life.
The orphanage did not have any special arrangements for children under six. They simply spent their days playing happily.
Outwardly, Ryan was a child, but inwardly, he was an adult.
In order to avoid being discovered, he had no choice but to disguise himself as a normal child and play along with the others every day.
Only he knew how exhausting that pretense was.
But there was no helping it—if he wanted to grow up safely, the disguise was necessary.
And so, Ryan finally turned six.
Starting from the age of six, the orphanage began teaching the children.
In the morning, they learned common knowledge, writing, and arithmetic.
In the afternoon, they exercised to strengthen their bodies.
Thanks to his experience from his previous life, Ryan found arithmetic extremely easy.
The arithmetic of this world was very simple.
As long as he brought out the ultimate “artifact”—the multiplication table—
In Aunt Kaya’s eyes, he was already a genius in mathematics.
She even said that if Ryan became a merchant in the future, he would surely be an exceptional one.
To this, Ryan had only one thought—
The multiplication table was truly amazing!
He devoted all his time to studying general knowledge and written language.
Perhaps it was the effect of transmigration—
When he studied, he felt an itch in his head, as if his brain was growing.
No matter what kind of knowledge it was, Ryan learned it extremely quickly, to the point that Aunt Kaya frequently praised him as a genius.
Each time he received praise, he would also receive envious looks from the other children.
Their little eyes were filled with longing.
Ryan did not pay much attention to such trivial matters.
Because from Aunt Kaya’s stories, he had learned an important fact—
Magic existed in this world.
Magic!
Something that only existed in fantasy on the Blue Planet of his previous life.
Yet here, it was real.
Aunt Kaya told Ryan about the origin of magic.
Ten thousand years ago, magic did not exist in this world.
Until one day, a woman named Erebona discovered a gigantic tree at the very center of the continent.
At first, she thought it was just an ordinary tree.
But when she approached it, she noticed a fruit at the very top.
The moment she saw that fruit, an impulse arose within her—
Eat it!
However, the tree was far too tall. She simply could not climb to the top.
Yet in the next moment, a miracle occurred!
The fruit fell from the top and landed precisely in front of Erebona.
Without any hesitation, she ate it.
From that moment on—
The first person in the world to wield magic was born.