A technomancer’s journey in an apocalyptic world - Chapter 114

Ryan looked at the barrel full of blood that had been gathered as per his request, along with a large sack full of Spirit stones, that would soon be grounded into dust, and also to increase the potency of the concoction under the advisement of others he decided to use copper dust.

As such a mixture was created in such a way that for every litre of the blood of the magical beast there would be two grams of spirit stone dust and five grams of pure copper dust.

And with concoction being finished he created his first ever blocks for the wall covered with runes, he then proceeded to create a pane of glass covered with runes which he had placed on top of a rectangular table, that he had created, while on one end of the table was a gun that he had placed on clamps, a gun that could be triggered remotely, the reason for that was he wanted to test the working of the runes so as not only to get a better understanding of them but as well as to eliminate any problem that might arise.

Ryan then proceeded to encase the set up with thick metal sheets and a few minutes later he was safely behind a thick concrete wall with Zhan holding the end of a string that would enable them to fire the gun remotely.

Zhan gave a nod before she shouted out in the top of her lungs, “Fire in the hole.” before she gave a tug to the string she was holding and soon a muffled bang was heard.

The duo quickly went towards the test site and upon opening the containment Zhan let out a whistle of appreciation as soon as she the result of the test.

She poked the still scorching hot bullet that lay on top of the table, as she spoke with a smile, “It seems your barrier held on well.”

Ryan gave a nod as he spoke with a smile on his face, “It did work.”

Zhan gave a nod before she touched the pane of glass before quickly withdrawing her hand as she spoke with a wince, “The glass is too hot.”

Ryan let out a tired sigh before he spoke, “I see so my fear came true.”

As Zhan looked at him curiously Ryan began to speak with a sigh, “The barrier stopped the projectile but what about the kinetic energy that the bullet contained, you cannot destroy an energy so what it does that the moment of impact the energy that has been generated is converted to other form of energy and is dispersed, but the process is generating heat as a byproduct.”

“I see, so if you put it on the wall it would cause problem because of the heat, those who will be on the wall will be suffering it, it could also damage or cause accidental ignition of ammunitions.”

Ryan nodded as he spoke, “So true, but at the wall would be large and I can use it to reduce the heat.”

Zhan’s eyes narrowed for a moment before her eyes widened as she exclaimed out loud, “I see, I understand where you are going, putting a glass full of water in a scorching desert would take a long time for the water to vaporize when compared to just throwing the water over a much large area, so what now.”

“A few more tests as I would try to check a theory of mine.”

Zhan simply gave a nod as Ryan once again filled the pistol but this time instead of a single bullet he had attached it with a drum magazine capable of holding around fifty rounds, and getting the entire setup ready the duo once again took shelter behind their shelter wall as Zhan once again shouted out, “Fire in the hole.”

‘Ratatatata’

Was the sound that was heard for a few precious seconds as Zhan spoke with a grin, “The sound of a rather fine gun, but it is a bit more glutton than I would love.”

Ryan simply smiled back but as the duo made their way to the test setup and as they neared it they could see smoke escaping from it and upon opening it they were greeted with the sight of molten glass.

Zhan immediately inspected the area as well as the bullet markings on the wall, as well as a few that lay near it, from behind glass pane as she spoke with a sigh, “I believe the glass pane gave out on the fifteenth mark as it began to melt, as you see traces of molten glass that stuck to the bullets.”

Ryan bit his lips as he spoke, “That is a catastrophic failure.”

Zhan snorted as she spoke, “So, what caused this ‘Catastrophic Failure’?”

Ryan frowned for a moment as he spoke, “I tried to make it such that it would use to the energy to boost the defensive capabilities of the glass pane but it seems that I had underestimated the heat generated.”

“The word itself does not do the situation any justice, just look at the damage on the table itself, it became so hot that part of it was melted and is now a hair breadth away from melting.”

Ryan closed his eyes in deep thought before he waved his hand repairing every damage as he spoke with a frown, “There is one last test I wish to conduct before we move on.”

Cai Bai wiped the sweat off his brow as he watched others working hard on creating the trench, before the world changed he was a civil engineer who had created his own constructed farm and with lots of blood sweat and tears as well as an insane amount of luck he had managed to land a few contracts that had managed him to touch international level.

Cai Bai now was overseeing the work of the construction of the trench as he had once again had the fortune of stumbling upon Ryan and having offered him the expertise he had managed to secure his place as a construction consultant and as such he was giving out finishing touches to the design to make it even more stable.

As such under the combined hard work of many including Ylerias and Cai Bai, they had managed to dig out a place for the foundation of the wall and unlike before it was not a single straight line, but it contained a few more extra bits as Ryan had forgotten the fact that the entire tower needs to have its foundation done from dept of the earth just like the other parts of the wall.

A quick chat with Cai Bai had made Ryan realize his folly without the foundation from deep inside the bosom of the earth the chances of the wall toppling would be incredibly high.

“Mister Cai Bai, how is the work going on.”

Cai Bai looked towards Ryan as he replied with a smile, “We are just finishing up.”

Ryan simply gave a nod as he spoke, “Then if I begin construction of the wall from this part it would not be a problem?”

Cai Bai shook his head while replying back to Ryan, “Of course not.”

With a nod, Ryan slowly began the greatest of his creation to date, and as he focused on the creation of the wall, Zhan had returned but this time she had Ciara with her.

As Ciara arrived she was greeted by what seemed to be a large holographic structure that seemed to show the only the part of the base that would be below the soil level, and through the pale bluish holographic projection Ciara could clearly see her son running around as concrete blocks seem to appear magically behind him.

“No matter how many times I would see him constructing something I would never seem to get enough of it, magic is such an useful tool, if it were our old world it would take weeks to dig this trench let alone constructing such a large structure and yet here we are with a trench dug properly and now he is already constructing it and from the pace he is going he would be done in a couple of days easily.”

As Ciara looked towards the speaker, the person extended his hand as he introduced himself, “Cai Bai, my name is Cai Bai.”

“Ciara, a pleasure, and I do not think you are from our country.”

“No I am not, I am from China and I was visiting your country on business purpose before the apocalypse.”

“I see, then your family….”

A sad look passed over Cai Bai’s face as he spoke, “They are back in China.”

“I see, I hope one day you will be able to visit them.”

A bright smile formed on Cai Bai’s face as he spoke, “I too hope one day I will see them, at the beginning when everything went to hell I had given up on making my way back but now, now I have a hope that I would one day be able to reach them.”

Ciara looked back towards Ryan as a silence descended amongst them for a moment as they watched Ryan working on creating the wall.

It would be near sunset that an extremely tired Ryan lay on the floor grasping for breath, it had taken some time for him to lay down the ground work which led to the completion of the foundation on which the towers and the wall would stand soon.

“Here brother have some water.”

Ryan opened his eyes before he sat up while shakily taking the canteen full of water before gulping down its contents in a blink of an eye before he spoke with a sigh, “Now that is refreshing no matter what anyone says nothing can beat water, it is the best drink ever.”, his eyes then narrowed as he spoke, “Though thanks for the sugar and salt that you have added to it.”

Michalina winked at him as she spoke, “I do not know what you are saying Ryan.”, with that she extended her hand towards him.

Ryan simply snorted at that as he grabbed her hand to stand up before he spoke looking towards the distance, “It is getting dark and we should return, the trench might have prevented some of the animals from crossing over but not anymore, we have to be careful and stay vigilant tonight.”

Michalina shook her head as she spoke with a tired sigh, “No brother we have to be careful and stay vigilant every night till the day we die.”