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Chapter 230: A Miniature Vehicle-Mounted Crossbow?

On the other hand, with the inlay of the fifth-level rare item, the Earth Spirit Source Stone, the previously meager iron ore production experienced a surge.

Iron ingots processed from the lava bunker were transported in large quantities to the Yanwu Military Equipment Bureau.

Long spears, javelins, lamellar armor, and crossbows mounted on carts.

Meanwhile, inside the Divine Machine Workshop, Li Yue was discussing with five people around him.

These five people are all newcomers to the Qin Alliance in recent years, and they are all older than Li Yue.

Among the five, there was one who was engaged in mechanical design, manufacturing and automation-related majors, another who was in materials engineering like Li Yue, and a fitter.

The group argued heatedly about how to shrink the vehicle-mounted crossbow into a portable arm crossbow that could be used by a single person.

"Your plan won't work. It may be smaller and more accurate, but it won't be powerful enough! You've all seen the archery skills of those hunting teams. They're all quite accurate. In the time it takes you to change the crossbow for one arrow, they can fire several!"

"Well, yours has a problem too, it weighs fifty or sixty pounds! Who the hell can carry a fifty or sixty-pound crossbow around? Do you think they're all Superman?!"

Some people lamented, "Alas, it's a pity that we can't make gunpowder for some reason. We purified some saltpeter and prepared it according to the ratio of one part sulfur, two parts saltpeter, and three parts charcoal, but it just won't explode."

"I think the key point is fine, the main thing is that the power needs to be great. Right now they are dealing with large beasts. If the killing power is not strong enough, it will just be a tickle to the beasts."

"Isn't there a vehicle-mounted crossbow? Wasn't your original intention in making the arm crossbow to create a small, portable vehicle-mounted crossbow?"

"Yes, but only if it's a small vehicle-mounted crossbow, not a small tickling needle!"

"But the problem is that the strength of metals can only reach this level now. There has to be a trade-off between weight and lethality."

Li Yue said, “I have an idea. I remember seeing something online before. The Shenbi crossbow from the Song Dynasty was very powerful and difficult to pull open by hand. So they used their feet to pull the string and used the strength of their waist and core to open the crossbow. We could consider that too. Moreover, some of them have increased their strength after breaking through to the extraordinary level. I estimate that they could pull it open by hand without any problem.”

"Can the level of that metal be achieved?"

"It should be achievable. I made a bow arm and tested it. It can be fired without any problems. The main issue is the overall stability."

As everyone was discussing, a person walked in from outside.

"Captain!" Li Yue's eyes lit up, and he immediately exclaimed with delight.

"President!" "President!" the others called out.

Qin Ziwen asked, "I overheard you discussing the Divine Arm Crossbow outside the door just now. Were you planning to make a crossbow?"

Li Yue nodded, "Yes, we want to make a powerful crossbow that can be easily carried and used in the field by a single soldier, one person, or two people."

“This idea is good; power is the key,” Qin Ziwen said.

The vehicle-mounted crossbow is good, but it also has limitations. Although it is equipped with wheels, it is still inconvenient to carry if the terrain is too complicated.

If a more portable crossbow were to become available, it would be a great option.

As soon as the divine machine was created, Qin Ziwen heard a commotion coming from his home not far away.

The crowd was somewhat flustered. From the other side of the node, Red Hare, leading eight mares, emerged arrogantly from the other side of the node.

Arriving in an unfamiliar place, the mares were a little nervous, especially with the humans constantly walking around them, which made them pace back and forth and neigh incessantly.

Despite Red Hare's efforts to appease them, the effect did not seem to be very good.

The harpy eagle, hearing the commotion, flapped its wings and flew over.
Silence fell instantly.

The mares huddled together, trying to hide behind Red Hare.

As a result, because there were so many of them, they formed a circle, putting Red Hare in the very center.

Red Hare:
The harpy eagle glanced indifferently at the group of mares below, and wherever its gaze met, the mares lowered their heads.

After watching quietly for a while, the harpy eagle flew away without saying a word.

After it left, the mares relaxed, but they didn't whinny like before.

Red Hare watched his good brother's retreating figure, his eyes turning red.

It wants to learn too! Qin Ziwen looked at Red Hare's figure, lost in thought.

Red Hare is now an ordinary animal, and the foal born from mating with a female wild horse is also just an ordinary horse.

But if it becomes a superhorse, will the foals that are born be ordinary horses?

This is a question worth pondering.

Currently, neither he, Du Yu, nor the horned eagle can verify this issue in the short term.

Only Red Hare might be able to provide the answer to this question.

Should we take advantage of the last two days and let Red Hare try its best?

The current Gobi Desert map can be considered a guide.

However, sending Red Hare into battle would be asking too much of a horse.

You can't expect it to kill a duck-billed dinosaur.

Would there be any difference in breakthrough missions for herbivores like this?

After a moment's thought, Qin Ziwen took out the dark gold breakthrough card and aimed it at Red Hare to use it.

The breakthrough card transformed into countless dark golden rays that enveloped it.

Please select the extraordinary route for the recruiter - a regular Mongolian horse.

[Tier 1: Wind Chaser (Please run more than 200 kilometers per day for the next seven days)]

[Tier 2: Breeder (Please mate with a supernatural creature within the next three days and successfully impregnate the target)]

[Third Tier: Foot of Victory (While riding a rider, successfully defeat a supernatural creature whose combined weight is no less than the weight of the two riders, and neither the rider nor the rider suffers any damage, limited to half a month)]

Second and third gears.
Forget about the second option.

Finding it a pregnant supernatural creature within three days is virtually impossible.

As for the third gear, Qin Ziwen sighed inwardly, "Red Hare's mission came too late."

However, upon further reflection, it is written here that the driver and the rider must work together to overcome the enemy. If a third party intervenes, it may not meet the requirements.

Therefore, hunting Giant Rock Dragons may not necessarily meet the requirements.

Qin Ziwen stared at the words "driver" and a thought suddenly popped into his head.

It seems that the driver doesn't have to be human, right?

If the harpy eagle rides Red Hare and then goes to hunt a supernatural creature, could it carry Red Hare to complete the mission?

The more Qin Ziwen thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

As for the first tier of missions, with the Healing Spring that can eliminate fatigue, it's practically a guaranteed success.

However, the improvement from the first level is the weakest.

He was somewhat unwilling to accept this choice. Qin Ziwen looked at Red Hare.

No, let Red Hare decide whether to break through to the extraordinary realm.

After hearing the three options, Red Hare stood there dumbfounded.

It wasn't until Qin Ziwen reminded it repeatedly that it seemed to wake from its dream and let out three long neighs.

"Good, that's ambitious!" Qin Ziwen exclaimed in praise.

After its master had walked away, Red Hare turned around in a fit of rage. That eagle was wicked; it had secretly scratched its butt three times!

(End of this chapter)