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Chapter 250 Return to the Forest
But after running a few steps, it felt a darkness descend upon it.

The harpy eagle pressed down, pinning it to the sand.

A few minutes later, the island monitor lizard gradually stopped moving and lay quietly on the beach.

But beneath it, a large amount of blood flowed out.

Qin Ziwen glanced at the Hunting Ladder missions; it was still 1/10.

This means it is not dead yet.

Compared to thick-tipped arrows, tapered arrows have a stronger armor-piercing ability, but their wound width is insufficient. It is difficult to kill such large prey with one shot, and you can only slowly bleed it to death.

It seems it's better if it's wider.

The thickness of an arrow is justice.

Afterwards, Qin Ziwen began hunting the island monitor lizards on this beach, which was two or three miles wide. The battle here had affected some of the island monitor lizards nearby. For example, behind the rocks next to them, two monitor lizards that had just emerged withdrew their heads.

They hid themselves away from the bottom of their hearts.

However, monitor lizards continue to come up to give birth in other parts of the beach.

Qin Ziwen considered himself a kind person, and he would wait until the island monitor lizards had finished laying their eggs before hunting them.

His tests showed that the thick-tipped arrow was the most powerful, but it required a high distance to maintain accuracy, and it was difficult to keep accurate beyond fifty meters.

Secondly, there are the cone-shaped arrows. If they hit a vital spot, even if the target doesn't die immediately, they will be seriously injured afterward, greatly reducing their combat effectiveness.

The weakest, or rather the least suitable, arrow for hunting these sea creatures is the broad-headed arrow.

The broad-headed arrow has the strongest bleeding effect; its flat arrowhead resembles a shovel.

After hitting its prey, the spinning arrow will tear its body apart, creating a larger wound that causes it to bleed continuously.

However, for large prey, unless multiple arrows can hit simultaneously, it is still too difficult to make them bleed to death quickly from a single wound.

Broad-headed arrows are perhaps better suited to dealing with people.

For a person's physique, the size of the wound torn by a wide-headed arrow is just right.

After an hour of hunting.

The mission to hunt the island monitor lizard has been successfully completed.

Complete the first-level quest in the Hunting Ladder: Hunt 10 adult island monitor lizards.

[Rewards: Level 2 Common Building Card *1, 1 Point]

After completing his mission, Qin Ziwen originally wanted to find the elephant bird.

But after searching for a while, he saw many people on the island carrying torches and rushing towards the beach.

Qin Ziwen chuckled; it seemed the other party had guessed that someone was trying to steal their mission.

After all, they've been here for two days; they couldn't possibly be unaware of what animals are on the island.

They might have already started hunting and trying to complete the mission.

"gone."

Qin Ziwen patted the eagle's head. Now that the other party had arrived, they could leave first.

Anyway, one task has been completed, and the objective has been achieved.

On the way back, Qin Ziwen casually took out the card, wanting to see what card he had obtained this time.

[Building Card] Level 2 Residential Building *1
A level 2 residential building?!

Qin Ziwen's lips curled up in a smile.

The "Residential House" card is somewhat rare and not commonly seen.

With houses, the community can recruit more people.

In his plan, residential buildings occupy a very important position.

Back to the Ordnance Bureau.

Li Yue and his colleagues are still working overtime at this hour.

Seeing Qin Ziwen return, Li Yue wiped his hands and came up to him, "Boss, I just saw that a task on the Heavenly Ladder Ranking has been completed."

"I finished it. Your crossbow is good, but it's a bit heavy. It might be difficult for an ordinary person to use." Qin Ziwen placed the one-handed crossbow on the table.

He shared his experience with Li Yue, saying, "Changing arrows can be quite strenuous for ordinary people. Either two people need to work together, or you need to use your feet to step on your waist and abdomen to generate power."

Upon hearing this, Li Yue sighed, "There's nothing we can do. The strength of existing materials can only reach this level. Unless we can find a metal with just the same hardness and toughness, but lighter in weight, we can reduce its weight."

"But even if this metal really exists, it's more suitable for making armor; it's a waste to make crossbows." Qin Ziwen thought of the resource upgrade card he had traded from Luo Gang.

Why don't we take a gamble now?

The iron ore is currently only level 2; upgrading it will cause it to drop to level 1.

But this is a gamble.

If the new ore vein is not a metal with properties like iron.

Now most industries in the community have to shut down.

After much hesitation, Qin Ziwen finally put the card away.

Let's wait until we have another level 2 iron ore as an option before considering upgrading, since upgrading is random.

He then went to Ghost Dock.

Upon seeing Qin Ziwen, Tao Fu rushed over as if he had seen a savior, saying, "My lord, the shipyard is short of wood."

"How much is missing?"

Tao Fu said, "The more the better. We're running out of wood in our homestead, and we need more than just this one boat."

Qin Ziwen pondered, wondering where he could quickly obtain more wood.

Suddenly, he thought of a place.

Initial forest map!
The backtracking function, which has been activated but not yet used, is a good opportunity to try returning to the forest once.

There may be few other things in the forest, but there is no shortage of big trees.

The only problem is that the time is a bit tight, with only 6 hours.

Therefore, there must be a sufficient number of people cutting down trees.

It would be best to send more people; in six hours, they should be able to cut enough wood for several boats.

After thinking it over, Qin Ziwen decided to wait until tomorrow during the day to take action, since everyone would be asleep by now.

He found Jia Liangcai and gave him instructions.

the next day.

Long queues formed inside the community.

Many people carried axes, saws, and other tools. Some had brought them themselves, while others had received them from the community.

Upon arriving before the crowd, Qin Ziwen activated the time travel feature.

[Please select the return map: 1. Forest or 2. Gobi Desert. Once the passage is opened, it will remain open for 6 hours. Those who do not return within the specified time will be lost within the map.]

Qin Ziwen looked at the last two words, "lost".

He had previously considered what the consequences would be if he hadn't returned through the passage by the end of the rollback period.

Will they remain permanently on the original map, be forcibly brought back, or face other penalties?

The "lost" here might be the punishment for not returning on time.

As the thought crossed his mind, Qin Ziwen silently recited in his heart, "Forest."

in an instant,
Behind him, a bronze metal gate, four meters high and three meters wide, suddenly appeared, standing there silently.

Then, the door, which no one touched, automatically opened inward, and a blinding ray of light shone on the ground from behind it.

Inside the community, many people watched the shocking scene unfold.

When the bronze door was fully opened, many people saw the familiar meadows and the familiar forests through it.

Some people were stunned, and their eyes suddenly reddened.

Some people even experienced rapid breathing.

Only after experiencing the latter two maps did many people realize how "gentle" the first map was.

There is no shortage of water, and resources are plentiful.

The animals around them were also so "harmless".

Even the giant toad that appeared last did not cause any casualties; as long as it was not disturbed, there would be no problem.

"Time is limited, let's act quickly and go." Qin Ziwen waved his hand and took the lead into the door.

(End of this chapter)