Chapter 185: First Week Settlement |
After leaving the tavern, Qin Ziwen went with Du Yu to the training ground to spar a bit.
On the platform, he felt Du Yu's oppressive pressure even more directly.
On the opposite side of the platform, Du Yu stood holding his spear.
On his side, with Qin Ziwen leading, plus Qin Ziwu, Cao Biansheng, Yuan Ming, Yuan Dajun, Wang Yun, Yang Cunshen, and Deng Guang, a total of eight people formed a military formation.
The formation that could hold off Du Yu for quite a long time a few days ago was broken six times in just three minutes today.
Du Yu's great spear moved as if through undefended territory. If his strength before was still within the understandable scope of official history, now it had almost reached the level of those superhuman powerhouses from legends and novels.
It was becoming increasingly exaggerated.
Everyone kept practicing until 11 PM before returning to their homes to rest.
After washing up, Qin Ziwen lay in bed, and it was almost midnight.
「You have successfully survived for one week on the Gobi Desert map. During this week, you obtained a large number of cards, successfully cultivated a superhuman recruitment follower, completed a Level 2 Hunting Ladder task once... Comprehensive Score: 1845」
「Rewards obtained: 【Breakthrough Card】Limit Breakthrough Card2, 【Function Card】Level 1 Insight1, 【Expansion Card】Height Expansion Card (Medium)1, 【Upgrade Card】Building Upgrade Card1, 【Expansion Card】Grassland Expansion Card (Large)*1」
Qin Ziwen patiently observed carefully. This batch of rewards could not be described as anything less than generous.
Two Breakthrough Cards were equivalent to two tickets to obtain superhuman status.
Then there were the Function Card, the medium Height Expansion Card, and a new card he had never seen before—the Upgrade Card.
This Upgrade Card had a pure black appearance, with only a single white upward arrow on the front.
【Upgrade Card】Building Upgrade Card: Can upgrade an ordinary building to an advanced building of the same type. Building level -1.
He took out the Upgrade Card. The entirely pitch-black card felt slightly heavy, like some kind of black metal.
The effect of this card was terrifying. As everyone knew, the probability of obtaining ordinary buildings was far greater than that of advanced buildings.
Currently, he already had two Level 3 ordinary buildings, but all his advanced buildings were still only Level 1. This showed the difficulty of upgrading advanced buildings.
He only needed to upgrade an ordinary building to level six or seven, then use the Upgrade Card to directly obtain an advanced building of the same type at level five or above.
The later you used this card to maximize gains, the more cost-effective it became.
As for the final large Expansion Card.
One card could basically completely solve the problem of buildings occupying large areas.
The medium Expansion Card added a 5050 meter area to the Home, while the large one added 100100 meters.
A full ten thousand square meters, an area larger than a soccer field.
Although the total number of cards was fewer, they had all become elite cards.
Moreover, ordinary cards themselves had acquisition methods. The number of cards obtained through hunting this week was close to twenty, most of which were ordinary building cards.
Qin Ziwen originally wanted to use the Limit Breakthrough Card on himself, but thinking of Du Yu's three tasks, he hesitated repeatedly and temporarily set it aside.
If he accepted the mission now, he feared even the second-tier task would be very difficult to complete.
At most, he could only complete the first-tier task, which he was unwilling to accept.
Having seen a better choice, yet only being able to choose the worst one, even an idiot could guess the potential of the first tier was definitely inferior to the second tier.
As for the third-tier task... Qin Ziwen felt it was better to just hope that the weekly settlement would give him something good one day.
Preferably the kind of card that could exempt him from tasks and directly complete them.
Then he took out the Function Card, Insight.
This was an old friend. The first Function Card he obtained was Insight.
He crushed it to use it.
【Function Activated: Level 3 Insight】
【Authority has been upgraded. Current authority: Level 3 Authority (2/8)】
【Level 3 Insight: Can be used on card buildings, resource points, recruitment units, humans, and beasts to gain insight into their basic rules or attributes】
Compared to Level 2 Insight, Level 3 Insight added the effect of being able to view beasts.
The use Qin Ziwen could think of was probably being able to more quickly identify outstanding individuals within wild animal groups? If the goal was to capture and raise wild animals, this would be quite good.
Lying in bed, drowsiness washed over him. He closed his eyes and rested.
The night passed uneventfully.
The next day, in the morning, Qin Ziwen slept until after 9 AM before waking up.
This period had been very tiring—early outings, late returns, and the Gobi Desert was hot.
After Du Yu completed his task, a weight had been lifted from his mind.
It was rare to sleep in.
At 3 PM, two new vehicle-mounted crossbows were successfully completed. With four vehicle-mounted crossbows in hand, Qin Ziwen's courage swelled greatly.
Before the expedition plan began, he decided to first complete the nearby Hunting Ladder tasks.
On the sand dune, Luo Gang pointed at the group of Gobi Sand Monitors guarding the area around the altar below.
"We've been monitoring this group of Gobi Sand Monitors for two days and discovered a very interesting phenomenon. While other animals migrated due to lack of water, they always remained guarding this spot. Later, we found the reason. They can dig and find moist soil beneath the sand layer, then bury themselves in it. Their skin might be able to directly absorb the water from this damp soil."
Below, the four vehicle-mounted crossbows were lined up in a row. The core members of the hunting team, in groups of two, were positioned beside each crossbow.
This attack would have the vehicle-mounted crossbows as the core.
Secondly, Du Yu was responsible for covering attacks and finishing off wounded targets.
At the rear of the team, the students from the student council formed groups of three. They held long spears and bows and arrows, responsible for containment and covering fire. Some even held up wooden shields, forming small shield formations.
They were not the main attacking force, but they would drive away and delay the Gobi Sand Monitor group if they surrounded them.
As the winch drums turned, four people began to cock the vehicle-mounted crossbows.
They looked back at Qin Ziwen on the hillside. Qin Ziwen raised his right hand high and then swung it down.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
Four thick crossbow bolts, carrying a violent sound of wind, shot out from the crossbow carriages.
One Gobi Sand Monitor reacted too slowly and was directly shot in the head by a bolt, nailed dead on the spot.
Another giant lizard had its abdomen pierced through, nailed alive to the ground.
Of the remaining two bolts, one broke the tail of a Gobi Sand Monitor, while the other grazed a giant lizard's scalp and nailed itself into the cliff wall.
The first volley: one dead, one seriously injured, one lightly injured.
The Gobi Sand Monitors, who had been peacefully lying on the ground sunbathing, experienced a brief panic.
One giant lizard panicked, stretching out its thick, short limbs and running toward the distance. After escaping for over ten meters, it noticed its companions were all still in place, so it awkwardly stopped.
This group of giant lizards raised their heads, searching for the enemy who dared to attack them.
Finally, they turned their heads, locking their targets onto the humans dozens of meters away.
There were basically no other animals nearby, only this group of suddenly appearing humans who were most suspicious.
Over a dozen Gobi Sand Monitors swung their thick tails, charging toward the group.
While still on the way, the second volley was already closing in.
Two Gobi Sand Monitors were hit as if struck by heavy hammers. Their bodies were instantly knocked flying by the crossbow bolts, rolling several times on the ground before falling still.
Facing the crossbow carriage assault, the Gobi Sand Monitors' charging movements slowed.
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