Our neighborhood has been transported again.

Chapter 249 Robbery Mission
As I stepped onto the ground of my home, Jia Liang, dressed in a long gown, walked towards me.

Two to three hundred people were lying in ambush around the node entrance, forming a fan shape. Eight vehicles carrying crossbows were also brought in and aimed at the node.

Qin Ziwu's eyelids twitched when he saw these vehicle-mounted crossbows aimed at the nodes.

If this thing accidentally goes off, it's no joke.

Fortunately, nothing bad happened.

Jia Liangcai smiled, seemingly unsurprised by Qin Ziwen and his men's victorious return.

"Liangcai, make the arrangements. Everyone performed very well today and deserves a reward. Two catties of fresh meat for each person, and two liters of Healing Spring water."

Upon hearing this, many people who knew about the Fountain of Healing showed excitement.

Those who didn't know about it asked other elderly people, and after learning about the uses of the Healing Fountain, they all became quite expectant.

Some people shouted "Long live the chairman!"

"In addition, those injured in battle will be provided with Healing Fountains free of charge by the guild to help them recover completely."

Qin Ziwen's gaze fell on a wounded soldier beside him, and the following part was mainly addressed to him.

His injuries appeared to be the most severe; he needed assistance to walk.

"Where are you injured?"

The injured man looked embarrassed.

The people around him were trying not to laugh, but finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"President, he twisted his ankle because he didn't step properly when he went downstairs," someone revealed the truth.

The onlookers burst into laughter.

Qin Ziwen was speechless for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "It's best if it's not serious. Just be more careful next time you leave."

Besides him, seven other people suffered injuries of varying degrees.

The injuries were mostly to the cheeks and palms, with no damage to the bones or muscles.

The leather armor was thick and made of high-quality materials, with several layers of animal hides applied to the vital areas.

Some people took off their armor and looked at the gaps in the leather armor, feeling a bit scared.

Some of them rushed forward without thinking much; the atmosphere had reached a certain point, and they just followed the person in front and charged forward without thinking.

Cao Biansheng took off his armor, and there were seven or eight "wounds" on the surface of his lamellar armor. Most of them were not deep. Some were scratches from sharp weapons, and some were dents the size of rice grains.

Relying on their armor, they didn't think much during the battle and charged straight ahead.

He was hit several times, but his armor blocked them all.

When facing an unarmored enemy, just protect their face and eyes, then aim directly for their vital points.

"President, we found a ballista in a room on the third floor across the street. We couldn't take it with us, so I set it on fire. It seems that the ballista didn't have wheels; it was fixed there."

"Just burn it." Qin Ziwen was quite satisfied.

The battle ended, and everyone gradually dispersed.

Qin Ziwu said, "Brother, I feel like we won a bit too easily."

Jia Liangcai explained with a smile: "Young Master Wu, war depends on the right time, place, and people. We have sharpened our weapons and prepared our horses, and with our intentions to attack the unsuspecting, this great victory was a natural outcome."

Jia Liangcai then asked Qin Ziwen, "My lord, has this mission been accomplished?"

"Yes, their shipyard is gone." Qin Ziwen nodded.

"Congratulations, my lord!" Jia Liangcai's face lit up with joy. "On this sea, without a large ship, one can only be trapped on a deserted island."

"Yes, without a dedicated advanced shipyard, a regular dock simply won't suffice."

Qin Ziwen had a deep understanding of this. Before the construction of the Ghost Shipyard, even with a seasoned shipwright like Tao Fu, shipbuilding was a time-consuming and labor-intensive task.

For ordinary shipbuilding structures, unless the level is very high, the speed is basically impossible to increase.

Moreover, they can only build small boats; large boats are basically impossible.

Without a ship, it's virtually impossible for the other side to complete their mission.

Qin Ziwen thought of the two elephant bird carcasses hanging in the tree earlier. After a moment's thought, he decided he could take advantage of the night to go to the island and let them complete one or two hunting tasks on the opposite island first!

Then they had no more boats and could no longer hunt sea creatures, so the outcome was basically decided.

With this thought in mind, Qin Ziwen went to the Armory and took away the single-handed crossbow that Li Yue and the others had made. "I'll take it and test it in actual combat."

"Okay, please let me know if you encounter any problems while using them, President." Li Yue then took out a total of fifteen forged arrows of three different types from the warehouse next to him.

There are three types of arrows: thick-headed arrows for hunting giant beasts, broad-headed arrows for bleeding, and cone-headed arrows for armor penetration. There are five of each type.

Mount the harpy eagle, arrive at the opposite island, and fly close to the edge of the beach.

Based on what we saw this morning, elephant birds seem to prefer to roam in wooded areas near the sea.

Their resting and sleeping areas should also be near this type of terrain.

But after searching around, they couldn't find any trace of the elephant bird.

"Could it be in the forest, out foraging for food in the morning?" Qin Ziwen pondered, when suddenly, the harpy eagle beneath him stopped moving.

After observing for a while, Qin Ziwen spotted the target on a reef near the sea.

Under the moonlight, the waves crashed against the rocks.

A massive lizard, nearly four meters long, with black scales reflecting the faint light, swam out of the sea.

It came ashore, shook off the seawater from its mane and back, and then walked towards the beach with an arrogant gait.

On the beach, it surveyed its surroundings.

Choose a spot, paw at the sand, then turn around, sink your rear end, and sit down with the base of your tail in the pit.

Then it begins to lay eggs.

Qin Ziwen lowered his right hand, which had been holding the crossbow, back down.

Silently watching the island monitor lizard finish laying its eggs, and waiting for it to fill the sand pit with its hind legs.

Raise the crossbow again, aim it at its head, and pull the trigger.

"boom!"

The island monitor lizard's head visibly exploded.

His head just popped open, and a small piece was missing.

He died on the spot.

"These thick-tipped arrows are indeed useful." Qin Ziwen took out a new cone-shaped arrow from the quiver, pulled back the crossbow string with one hand, changed the arrow, and continued to select targets.

Tonight appears to be the time when the island monitor lizards give birth.

On this beach, one after another, monitor lizards emerged from the rocks and came to the beach to give birth.

He quickly picked another target.

The advantage of a crossbow is its short range, making it easier to aim.

Aside from the slight effort required to change arrows, shooting is almost effortless, allowing you to keep aiming without having to pull the bowstring to maintain balance.

In other words, even an ordinary person who isn't that strong can, after basic training and mastering aiming and arrow-changing skills, hunt and kill a low-ranking prey like the island monitor lizard, a primary hunting target, all by himself.

Even if it's at the bottom of the list, it's still a four-meter-long monitor lizard. If this one-handed crossbow can be mass-produced, its significance will be immeasurable.

He enables ordinary people to complete hunting tasks independently.

Raise the crossbow and wait until the target is within forty meters before pulling the trigger.

The cone-shaped arrows instantly pierced his head.

"hiss--"

When attacked, the first reaction of the island monitor lizard is to flee.

It spread its limbs and ran wildly towards the sea.

(End of this chapter)