Crime Prison Island
Chapter 213 - 94 Human-eating Crossbow

Chapter 213: Chapter 94 Human-eating Crossbow

Late at night, the black market.

No sooner had the two of them arrived than they were led downstairs by a burly man from the Black Blood Gang, without the need to pay an entry ticket.

"Brother Salah said that when you two arrive, you can go directly to the black market management to find him," said the burly man.

Gao Xin nodded and said, "I’ll take a look around first."

As they walked down the streets, they could see that there were far fewer customers than usual.

Kerry whispered, "Ever since the incident with the hunting group, the black market has been like this."

"I came here to sell radiant beast meat yesterday and even saw the Yakuza’s Black Hand searching around, which scared me so much that I didn’t dare to sell it."

Gao Xin chuckled, "That’s normal. If even you know about the black market, do you think the Yakuza wouldn’t know?"

"It’s just a matter of turning a blind eye."

"But if something really happens, they are sure to search the place."

Kerry licked his lips, "Looks like the radiant beef will be hard to get off my hands. Who else could I sell it to... surely I can’t just sell it bit by bit to pedestrians, can I?"

Gao Xin laughed, "Haha, ask everyone you meet, ’Do you want beef?’"

"When would you be able to sell it all? Besides, do you know who you’d be selling it to? That would be an even riskier business."

"It’s best to just sell directly to the black market. I’ll help you sell it later."

As they spoke, they arrived at the place where they had last purchased the gene fluid.

The shabby old man lit up when he saw them and came out from behind the counter.

"Young man, you’ve changed so much. Seems like things have been going well for you?" he said.

Gao Xin smiled, "I’m developing, growing quickly."

The old man continued, "Are you here for the appointment? Follow me, our manager has been waiting for you."

Gao Xin pointed to the armor and weapons shop across the way, "There’s no rush. Didn’t you say that shop opposite is also yours?"

"Do you have any sharper ranged weapons?"

Seeing that he was interested in doing business first, the old man beamed and said, "Of course, do you want kinetic weapons, missile weapons, or energy weapons?"

Gao Xin pondered and said, "I’m not sure what suits me best, could you introduce me to all of them? Let’s say, B level ones."

"Follow me," the old man swapped places with the clerk from the opposite store and personally showed him various pieces of equipment.

"Kinetic weapons are straightforward, mainly guns, cannons, bows, and crossbows. I have a variety of ammunition and arrows here that can meet your needs."

"But that’s also the drawback of kinetic weapons. Without ammunition, they’re just scrap metal."

"Unless it’s an A-level nano weapon that can create its own ammunition, but forget about that. My humble shop doesn’t have such good weapons."

"Well, I won’t introduce guns to you. If you’re good at shooting, I recommend this Eagle Slash Bow, a B-level heavy bow that requires at least five tons of force to draw its nano bowstring, and it also has kinetic acceleration that can boost the arrow’s force to ten tons."

"Its bow body is sharp and tough. Without arrows, it still serves as a B-level close-combat weapon. This is a second-hand good, I’ll sell it to you for ten thousand points."

Gao Xin raised an eyebrow. No wonder Matsuda Yoshiichiro’s archery was so powerful, deadlier than a heavy machine gun.

The bow used by Matsuda must be more formidable than this Eagle Slash Bow.

However, being able to aim through walls must involve special observational methods.

If one can’t hit their target, the effectiveness of the bow is greatly reduced.

"What about missile weapons?"

The old man hoisted a huge rocket launcher, "This is an EAT rocket; we call it a tube. Ten thousand points, and each piece of ammunition costs a thousand."

"It’s a simple and easy-to-use rocket launcher, anti-tank grade. A single shot can usually clear a heavy armor target."

"It has a range of two kilometers and comes with automatic locking and tracking. The explosive power is very strong. A normal Tiger Level can be taken down in an instant. It’s the simplest and cheapest weapon against Tiger Level."

"But you see the drawback, it’s not conducive to stealth, usually only the Black Hand of large forces carry it on missions."

"Plus, it’s a two-shot model. After two shots, you have to reload. Here, wear this ammunition backpack and, together with the ammunition in the tube, you can carry up to four rockets on you."

Gao Xin decisively waved his hand and said, "Forget about those not convenient to carry."

The old man picked up a hand cannon, "If you want something portable, this ’Spear’ might suit you."

"It also has automatic locking, but the range is shorter, just five hundred meters. It can penetrate light armor and medium armor easily, it’s very portable, holds twelve rounds, and with a supply backpack, you can carry thirty-six mini-missiles on you."

Gao Xin asked, "How are light armor and heavy armor categorized?"

The old man raised his eyebrows, "Anything that can block ordinary firearms is considered light armor."

"Something that can ignore light machine guns and to some extent block heavy machine gun fire is considered medium armor."

"And something that can withstand heavy machine guns and even to some extent neutralize cannon fire is considered heavy armor."

"Above that is super heavy armor, which can withstand large-caliber cannon fire and even to some extent neutralize heavy missiles."

Gao Xin pondered, recalling his previous encounters.

He could withstand a heavy machine gun for a while, but not for long, his Exoskeleton Armor would’ve been battered, so he fell into the medium armor category.

If even he was like this, one can imagine that only those who have reached Tiger Level might naturally form heavy armor.

Gao Xin asked, "I get the missile weapons. Great power, automatic locking and tracking, no need for skill, but carrying ammunition is an issue."

"What about energy weapons?"

The old man smiled, "Energy weapons don’t have any of the drawbacks mentioned above, and the ammunition can be self-generated as long as you have energy."

"For example, this magnetic railgun, with 20 ready-to-use rounds and assisting aiming, as long as you’re accurate, you can hit anything, medium armor, heavy armor, or buildings."

"Unsafe mode, charge it up to the red on a True Tiger Level heavy armor target, and one shot will send them to heaven."

Gao Xin looked at the fancy gun, took it over, and tried it; he could hold it with one hand.

He asked, "How much?"

"Seventy thousand redemption tickets, batteries not included," replied the old man.

Gao Xin looked surprisedly at the old man, "Seventy thousand?"

The old man calmly said, "Don’t think it’s expensive, this is still the second-hand price. Energy weapons are like that, their biggest drawback is the cost."

"A lot of proprietary AI technology is used inside, which humans can’t replicate. The price can’t be lowered; it’s expensive but unavoidable."

Gao Xin sighed, "It’s not just expensive; it also takes quite some time to store energy. The biggest drawback of energy weapons is their slow rate of fire."

The old coot nodded, "There are ones with faster rates of fire available, but those are even more expensive!"

"Take the laser cannon for example; the shorter the charging time, the more expensive it is. There are even instant-firing lasers with charging times under a millisecond."

"But damn, they’re ridiculously expensive. With that kind of money, you might as well layer your armor, energy-deflecting shields are the nemesis of energy weapons..."

Gao Xin asked, "Are there any cheaper energy weapons? I don’t need something that can one-shot heavy armor."

The old coot immediately pulled out a fancy hand device: "I knew you were going to ask that, here, the Thunderbolt Crossbow, we commonly call it the ’electric spray’."

"It’s essentially like a shotgun, capable of releasing a high-voltage electric current over a wide area, forming an electric arc between all units, friend or foe, within its effective range."

"As for its power, it’s hard to say. Some heavy armors lacking electrical resistance might be killed by it, yet some lighter armors might be able to withstand it."

Gao Xin said with a strange expression, "It doesn’t distinguish between friend or foe? Won’t I electrocute myself if the enemy is too close?"

The old coot smiled, "Of course, it recognizes you, but you don’t recognize it."

Gao Xin fell silent in thought for a moment.

He felt that every weapon had its obvious drawbacks.

Clearly, there was no weapon here that was fast, strong, and discreet for easy carrying.

If there were, it would certainly be prohibitively expensive.

"Buy kinetic weapons." Suddenly, Gao Jiaoji stood up from behind the counter.

Gao Xin looked at his father, "Kinetic weapons..."

"That’s right, kinetic strikes are the most direct form of attack, never falling behind against any kind of enemy," Gao Jiaoji said.

Gao Xin’s knowledge about mechanics rushed back to him as he turned to the shopkeeper.

"Boss, aren’t there any B-grade kinetic weapons that self-generate ammunition?"

The old coot pondered, "It’s not that there aren’t any, but their power is low, and the materials required can only be taken from your body."

"It’s essentially harming oneself before harming others, so what’s the point? Bullets for kinetic weapons aren’t expensive, even high-explosive rounds don’t cost more than a few hundred points, and carrying a load of ammunition doesn’t really slow you down."

"This kind of weapon is utterly useless."

Gao Xin remembered the symbiotes he had seen previously, including those that grow guns in their bodies - that type of shooter fungi.

Essentially, isn’t that using oneself as the material?

Harming oneself before harming others? Maybe that’s useless to others, but not necessarily to him.

"What kind of weapon? Can I take a look?"

The old coot rummaged through the stock before finally bringing out a box from the warehouse.

Upon opening it, it turned out to be a pair of ornate blue gauntlets.

They also came with white, knife-shaped wings, various streamlined structures, and it looked like it also had a mechanical crossbow attached to it.

Blue and white intermingled, embellished with starry crystals, reminiscent of a meteor shower; the whole thing looked cool and dashing.

"It looks pretty good," was Gao Xin’s first reaction.

The old coot laughed, "Looking good is bloody useless. It’s designed to be so cool because it’s so useless."

"It’s called ’Meteor’, a biologically-based Ghost Hand Crossbow. Using it, your life will be as fleeting as a meteor..."

"But we prefer to call it the ’Human-eating Crossbow’, because wearing it is like being infested with a huge parasite that feeds on you!"

"All the material for firing is provided by you. Everyone who ever traded it regretted it to death."

"One True Wolf, in order to kill another True Wolf, almost drained himself to death, lucky for him he managed to kill the opponent instantly; otherwise, in that state, he’d have been easily counter-killed..."

"The worst part is, it took a C-grade repair solution to recover afterward, costing 2000 points in treatment."

"How do you justify that? With that kind of money, you could swap for a regular kinetic weapon, buy high-explosive rounds, and afford five of them; one hit would severely injure a True Wolf, isn’t that more worthwhile?"

As he detailed the crossbow’s flaws, Gao Xin’s eyes, however, lit up.

"How much?"

The old coot was taken aback, "You want this? You can take it for ten thousand."

Gao Xin scoffed, "You’re selling me this trash for ten thousand?"

The old coot said helplessly, "I’m not jacking up the price, this thing is worth twenty thousand at the Silver Tower because it’s all AI tech."

"Plus, it is a B+ grade weapon, after all, capable of killing a True Wolf in one shot. If you’re at the Tiger Level and daring enough to risk your life, you can even take out your peers."

"To put it plain, it’s a standard ’kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred of your own’ type of weapon, known as ’a life for a life’."

Gao Xin licked his lips, "The more I hear, the more I like it. Give me a discount, and I’ll take it."

Kerry couldn’t help but intervene, "Hold on, Tai Sui sir, do you have a masochistic streak?"

The old coot also thought Gao Xin was odd for choosing something so mediocre.

Last time he bought gene fluid, he preferred those with the lowest chances.

This time was even more extreme, he almost drooled over a weapon that was only useful when risking your life against a mortal enemy, harming both the user and the target.

"If you really want it, take it for eight thousand. You’ve seen for yourself, I’m not scamming you. I’m being upfront about its downsides, which a typical black market boss wouldn’t bother to tell you, they’d just hype it up," the old coot said.

Gao Xin nodded, knowing that the other party wasn’t double-crossing him, or else he would have emphasized the pros.

Yet he still tried to haggle, "You know every downside of this weapon by heart, which tells me you must have driven a hard bargain when its original owner sold it to you."

"Tell me the truth, how much did you pay for it? I won’t let you lose out."

"Don’t fool me, my main reason for coming was to find your black market boss; the weapons were just a side glance."

Seeing that he put it that way, and thinking of the Demon Blade matter, the old coot said, "Fine, I bought it for five thousand, so you can have it at cost. I’m not looking to make a profit anyway, it’s just collecting dust here, consider it a clearance."

Gao Xin was astonished, "You’re ruthless, buying a weapon worth twenty thousand at the Silver Tower, that doesn’t look much used, for just five thousand?"

The old coot smiled, "What’s the use if he doesn’t have the skill? If you dare to buy it, it seems you’re pretty confident in your own physique."

Gao Xin smiled calmly, "In this world, no one understands myself better than I do."

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