Volume 4: National Craftsmanship Chapter 136: Are the 500 strong crossbowmen genetically-locked or supernaturally-powered?
Meng San came to the Craftsman Soul Research Institute. In order to facilitate his own production and experiments and prevent some strange things from appearing in front of the pouring workers, Shen Jin expanded a small research institute in the back. "Boss, Pang Guang said you have something to talk to me about," Meng San's voice sounded from behind.
Shen Jin put down the [Construction Foam Backpack] and [Construction Foam Spray Gun], and a small open-air space covering an area of 1,000 square meters has been fenced off. It is surrounded by [Construction Foam] blocks that have not yet dried. After it is completely dry, Shen Jin plans to find someone to paint this place and make some wall art paintings to add a little brilliance to the cold Artisan Soul Research Institute. "I heard that your Meng family's swordsmanship is unique, but you always use the sword?"
Meng San blushed when he heard this. He had talked about how good his knife was before. Then after getting the boss's Sword of the Soul of the Craftsman, he threw away the knife instantly and changed his knife skills to sword skills, just to have a good weapon.
“Ahem… Actually, my Meng family’s swordsmanship is pretty good too, but it’s just not as famous as my knife skills. Yes, that’s it!”
Shen Jin smiled and said, "Oh? You seem to be quite good at using a sword, so I'll keep these two knives for myself!"
Shen Jin took out the purple [Mayuling·Cleaving Knife] and [Mayuling·Curved Knife] from his backpack, turned them around, and put them back, "Boss, wait a minute!"
Meng San's eyes immediately turned red. He was a knife player and could tell the quality of a knife at a glance. Although he couldn't tell what material the purple blade was made of, the glossiness and sharpness of the blade. With his eyes as a second-level transcendent, he could clearly see the dust particles floating in the surrounding air being cut in half when they encountered the blade. Even dust could be cut!
How sharp this knife is!
"I think that the reason why my Meng family's ancestors were able to show their prowess in the army was mainly due to their swordsmanship. Swordsmanship is just a minor skill. This kind of precious sword must be matched with my Meng family's swordsmanship! Live by the sword, die by the sword!"
"Good fellow! Don't bother with this, go fight the zombies. Which of these two do you like better?"
"I want several...is that okay?" Meng San was delighted to see the soldiers, so he naturally wanted them all.
"Uh...it's not impossible!"
Shen Jin has plenty of resources anyway, and he doesn't need Meng San's two swords, "Then I'll give them all to you!"
Meng San caught the two knives thrown by Shen Jin, and his hands were as steady as a dog. The weight of a knife was 80 kilograms, which was not a pressure at all for a second-level extraordinary person, not to mention a power-type extraordinary person like Meng San. He might be a little inflexible with an 800-kilogram knife. After playing with it for a while, Meng San walked away contentedly, and kept muttering: Meng family swordsmanship sees the light of day again...
"As expected, there are no loyal men, only mistresses (weapons) that are not good enough. The ancestors were honest with me!"
Shen Jin also made a [longbow]. Compared with the [shortbow], it is larger in size, 1.5 meters high. The pulling force of the bow is increased, requiring stronger strength, and the length of the corresponding [arrow] is also increased, to 0.9 meters!
The combination of these brings stronger penetration and longer shooting distance, but... the shooting speed and accuracy are not as good as the [shortbow]. Compared with the two weapons, each has its advantages and disadvantages. To sum it up, the longbow is used in positional warfare and the shortbow is used in roaming warfare. For someone like Shen Jin who loves to build fortresses and play defensive battles, the longbow is the most suitable. Anyway, zombies are killed one by one, so you can just stand on the city wall and close your eyes and shoot down. It only needs to be powerful and can shoot far.
"But... in order to make it easier for them to fight in various places, it would be best if they had one of each type of bow. Since they have the [Craftsman's Soul Backpack] anyway, it's just a matter of taking up one more slot!"
As for the [Boomerang], it is a weapon composed of 4 [blade] parts. Shen Jin made one and found that... he couldn't throw it accurately at all!
The [Boomerang] did not fly in the direction he wanted. Although it was very sharp, it flew all over the yard and even punched several holes in the [Craftsman Soul Smelting Furnace]. It turned out that its sharpness was terrifying!
"I need to find someone who knows how to use hidden weapons to teach me how to use it. It's too difficult, so I'll keep it in the bottom of my box for now!"
Finally, Shen Jin began to make the weapon he had been dreaming of for a long time: the [Crossbow]!
This more modern weapon can crush the [longbow] and [shortbow] both in the game and in reality. Why are there no longbows and shortbows for carrying out tasks in modern society, but military crossbows are still equipped?
It’s because this weapon is very powerful!
When performing some secret missions, it is more useful than firearms, with low noise, high power and high accuracy.
Even the only 500 remaining army crossbowmen in Q City, although they are just ordinary people, after they pick up the crossbows, they can become a threat to the extraordinary people. If they do not have special defensive skills, a round of intensive shooting will cause heavy casualties among the extraordinary people. However!
Now with the crossbow of the craftsman soul, Shen Jin believed that even a defensive extraordinary person would find it difficult to defend, not to mention those zombies, "Let's go!"
Shen Jin directly made standard equipment. He first made 500 of them to arm the crossbowmen, awaken the extraordinary powers, and then distribute them to various teams to provide long-range output. A skilled crossbowman extraordinary power will add great suppression power to the team. The zombies may be shot in the head before they can even touch the people. "Then... Mayuling can't be used. It will be used up before making dozens. We still have to use the old ones..."
Flamewood, Iron, Slime, Steel, Wire, Feather.
It is worth mentioning that the crossbow arrows are relatively short. The [Crossbow Core] component is formed by the base material of the arrow shaft + cast metal, and the [Feather] component is made of feathers to synthesize a bunch of [Crossbow Arrows]. The number of crossbow arrows shipped is also much larger than that of bows and arrows. After all, less materials are used. "Luckily, I just drew two sets of [Slime Blocks], one green and one blue, both are good for making crossbow arms!"
Slime material has high elasticity and is suitable for making various bows and crossbows. It can bring extremely high resilience. Sun Can brought a lot of slime last time and it is still in the box, but it is definitely not enough to arm 500 people. Fortunately, Shen Jin just drew 2 sets of [Slime Blocks], which can be decomposed into 2×64×64=8192 [Slime Balls]. If a crossbow arm is made of slime material, 16 balls are needed. The two sets of materials drawn are just enough to make 512 crossbows. The auxiliary material is pig iron, which can absorb blood to restore durability. The straight line is used as the bowstring. In fact, many people have a wrong common sense, that is, they think that archery is to pull the bowstring to make it deform, so as to generate elastic force to shoot the arrow. This is wrong. The bowstring cannot have elasticity. Instead, it is made of hemp rope or mixed line, which cannot be deformed. What really provides elasticity is pulling the bowstring, causing the bow arm to deform, and then the bow arm rebounds to generate elastic force, driving the arrow to shoot. Therefore, the bowstring only needs non-deformed line. Shen Jin throws a ball of line into the [component processing table], and a good bowstring will come out.
Another aspect that can increase the lethality is the material of the arrows or crossbows. For example, in ancient times, there were poisoned arrows that could kill you if shot into your body, or burning arrows like rockets. Shen Jin used [Flame Wood Arrow Shafts] for all his crossbows. He sprinkled a layer of steel on them to make [Steel-Flame Wood Crossbow Core], and then paired them with [Feather Feathers] to form a tube of [Steel Crossbow Arrow]. This crossbow arrow would be on fire when shot out...
Soon, Shen Jin made 500 [Blue Slime Crossbow]/[Green Slime Crossbow] and 1,000 matching [Steel Crossbow Arrows]. However, ordinary people cannot use these crossbows because they cannot pull the bowstrings. "Then the question is... should we awaken the superpowers of these crossbowmen or open their gene locks?"
Fu Wei's gene optimization drug 2.0 has completed clinical trials and can stably help humans open the first-order gene lock. Just think about it, for the first time you can get a tingling...ability-enhancing experience without having to go through pain!
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