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Chapter 244 One-Handed Crossbow

Qin Ziwen arrived at the Military Equipment Bureau.

Inside the Shenji Workshop, Li Yue and the others were busy, with clanging sounds coming from all directions. When they saw him arrive, they immediately worked together to lift out the finished product they had just made.

Looking at the single-person crossbow in front of him, its arm nearly 1.2 meters wide and its entire body pitch black.

Qin Ziwen stepped forward, grasped the crossbow with one hand, lifted it up, and gently weighed it in his hand.

“It weighs twenty-eight jin,” Li Yue said from the side.

"Hmm." Qin Ziwen could sense that the crossbow was not light; it would be considered quite heavy for an ordinary person.

"How powerful is it?"

“Three hundred meters.” Li Yue held up his finger. “Within three hundred meters, it can penetrate a wrought iron plate that is four or five millimeters thick. Within one hundred meters, it can directly penetrate lamellar armor.”

As he spoke, Li Yue took out another arrow and handed it over. This crossbow bolt had a peculiar appearance; the arrowhead was much thicker than that of an ordinary arrow, and it was made entirely of steel with distinct edges. The tip had a barb and a blood groove.

"This is a whale-hunting arrow, specifically designed to shoot sea monsters. It's probably difficult to kill them with a single arrow using this one-handed crossbow, but it can continuously bleed them out."

Qin Ziwen took it, rubbing the cold arrow shaft between his fingertips. "Can this be used in water?"

“It can be used when the sea creature surfaces to breathe or swims to shallow water,” Li Yue replied.

"No, what I mean is, if we dive to the bottom of the sea, will this one-handed crossbow work properly underwater?"

Li Yue thought for a moment, "Then the range is probably only a dozen meters."

“This thing probably won’t work well in the water.” Li Yue shook his head honestly. “It probably won’t be very effective beyond ten meters. Seawater has resistance, so even the most powerful crossbow bolts will have limited effectiveness once their range increases in the water.”

"What if it's a ballista?" Qin Ziwen suddenly asked.

Li Yue almost lost his train of thought. He suddenly looked up and exclaimed in surprise, "Boss, are you planning to move the ballista into the sea? It'll probably be ruined after a few uses. Seawater is corrosive and will severely damage the parts and the wood."

Qin Ziwen said, "Corrosion can be repaired, but what about the lethality? Can the ballista maintain its lethality at a depth of 20 or 30 meters underwater?"

Li Yue discussed with several craftsmen around him and finally came up with an answer: "At this distance, the crossbow should be able to maintain sufficient lethality, and the skin of sea monsters is generally not particularly tough."

Qin Ziwen nodded. As long as it's useful, that's fine.

“If we’re going to hunt sea monsters, I have an idea,” Li Yue said, raising his hand with some excitement.

"speak."

"Boss, weren't you planning to equip the ship with ballistae? We can tie some air bags or empty barrels to the ends of the ballistae! Then, once it goes into the water, these empty barrels will create buoyancy and continuously deplete its energy."

Qin Ziwen pondered, "Hanging this thing on the tail will affect the accuracy of the ballista, won't it?"

"It has some impact, but it's not a big problem. They've used ballistae to shoot at it, so it must be quite big. It's a high-angle shot at a low angle, so as long as the distance isn't too far, it won't have much of an effect. Besides, these empty barrels can be used as buoys. If we make the ropes a bit longer, we can help us locate the sea monsters."

"Okay, you can do whatever you want." Qin Ziwen nodded, picked up the finished single-person crossbow, and added before leaving, "By the way, you can also try to design a catapult harpoon that can be used underwater, it will come in handy later."

"Okay," Li Yue patted his chest and assured him, "I guarantee I'll complete the mission."

After Qin Ziwen left, Li Yue pondered deeply, when suddenly a brilliant idea struck him. He clapped his hands and exclaimed, "I've got an idea!"

Li Yue was quite excited; he felt like he was Lu Ban reincarnated! Since arriving here, he has always had an inexhaustible supply of inspiration when thinking about machine making.

Qin Ziwen arrived at the Giant Beast Breeding Center.

As he approached the bushes, a dark figure darted out and bumped into him.

Qin Ziwen was knocked back half a step by the impact, steadied himself, and patted the big head, "Hei Zai, you're heavy again."

The little guy has been developing very quickly lately. He's almost as tall as his chest now. Perhaps it's due to early childhood and the accelerated growth spurt, but Blackie eats a lot every day, almost changing every single day.

"You've grown so fast. It won't be long before I can really ride you around." Qin Ziwen patted Hei Zai's head.

It's quite interesting to think about, riding on the back of a Tarbosaurus Rex, and Blackie is a mutated individual, with a different color from ordinary Tarbosaurus Rex, being completely black with crimson eyes.

Hei Zai made a gurgling sound in his throat, opened his mouth, and gently took Qin Ziwen's finger into his mouth, smearing his hand with saliva.

I don't know where this habit of licking people came from; I've never heard of a little dinosaur liking to lick people.

"Alright, alright." Qin Ziwen withdrew his hand, wiping the drool off Hei Zai's tender skin. "Come on, let me stretch your legs."

Inside the residential compound, a large number of residents were strolling around outside in a densely packed crowd.

At this moment, many people were picking up seafood on the mudflats, while others were casting fishing rods into the water.

Upon seeing Hei Zai next to Qin Ziwen, many people stopped in their tracks, and some took out small silver fish they had collected from the bucket, intending to feed Hei Zai.

Hei Zai glanced at it, then raised his neck high, his face full of disdain.

Perhaps it's because it's a Tarbosaurus with Gobi blood, and its diet almost entirely consists of fish.

It's not very interested in seafood.

"Guild Master, when will you be able to become a Dragon Knight?" someone shouted.

"Let's talk about it when it's a bit bigger." Qin Ziwen chuckled and patted Hei Zai's head.

After walking a few steps, he saw someone looking for him.

"President Qin, Teacher Luo wants to see you." Zhou Xiaqing ran over breathlessly.

Looking at Zhou Xiaqing's expression, Qin Ziwen guessed what was going on. He realized that he hadn't seen Luo Gang since the map crossing.

Follow Zhou Xiaqing to a room on the third floor of the teaching building, towards the back.

The room was filled with a faint smell of Chinese medicine.

Luo Gang lay on his side on the bed, his lips pale and his eyes weak.

"What's wrong?" Qin Ziwen sat down next to him. "Trying to emulate Liu Bei entrusting his son to Zhuge Liang at Baidi City?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Gang couldn't help but laugh, then coughed violently.

Qin Ziwen handed him a piece of paper. Luo Gang covered his mouth and took a while to recover before he said, "It was discovered before I transmigrated. I have lung cancer, but I don't have the opportunity to receive treatment or have surgery here."

"Then you don't need the healing card?" Qin Ziwen asked in surprise.

Luo Gang looked resentful. "Didn't you make a deal with me?"

Qin Ziwen was taken aback, it seemed that way, "Then you don't need to."

"I could hold on for a while, but seeing how anxious you were, I decided to give it to you first. I didn't expect this card to be so hard to get."

Luo Gang sounded somewhat helpless as he spoke. He had thought that healing cards wouldn't be that hard to obtain, but he was unlucky and still hadn't gotten any even after the map was changed this time.

"I happen to have another one here, an internal injury treatment card." Qin Ziwen took out an external injury treatment card and tossed it to him.

Luo Gang took the card and couldn't wait to use it.

After a while, color gradually returned to his face.

(End of this chapter)