Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 122 - 103: Repeating Crossbow_2

Chapter 122: Chapter 103: Repeating Crossbow_2

Stone nodded, "Okay, then we’ll decide on the Repeating Crossbow."

Assuming the map is more important than the Repeating Crossbow. Shana chose the Repeating Crossbow, sacrificing Nightmare’s significant personal interest and damaging Shadow’s interests, which has no benefits for Shana colluding with Nightmare. Assuming the Repeating Crossbow is more precious than the map, Shana seeks the greatest interest from the base’s perspective.

Therefore, as long as Shana suggests choosing the Repeating Crossbow, she is considered a good person in Stone’s eyes, confirming he didn’t misjudge Shana. As for the matter between Shana and Nightmare, Stone believes that one shouldn’t jump to conclusions lightly. Even if Shana is colluding with Nightmare, she hasn’t done anything against the base so far.

Take the textile factory as an example. Even if Shana prompted Lin Wu to scavenge the textile factory, helping Nightmare complete the mission, and in turn, Nightmare gave Lin Wu a sewing Skill Book. So what? This Skill Book has already helped the base. No matter whether the sewing Skill Book was scavenged by Nightmare or prepared in advance, Lin Wu would not get sewing without going to the textile factory.

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Half an hour later, when Nightmare returned to the outside of the Shadow base and learned that Stone wanted the Repeating Crossbow, his heart quivered slightly, and he argued strenuously, "For the long-term interest of your base, I think the map is more appropriate."

Stone said, "I have already decided."

Nightmare, not uttering a word, reluctantly took down the Repeating Crossbow and held it in his hands, unwilling to part with it, but after hesitating for a long time, he finally traded the Repeating Crossbow to Maya.

Repeating Crossbow X3, with a magazine capacity of 10 arrows, light crossbow. The characteristic of a light crossbow is its short range, cheap arrows, and a very high arrow recovery rate. The crossbow’s feature is its silence. One common drawback of crossbows is the inconvenience of loading a new bolt after each shot. However, the Repeating Crossbow X3 has made up for this defect.

The arrows use less consumables, the Repeating Crossbow doesn’t get damaged, it’s lightweight, silent, rapid-firing, comes with a double zoom scope, and practically combines the best features of firearms and Crossbow Arrows. Although the Repeating Crossbow doesn’t have the loading trouble, it still has two disadvantages. First, since it is a light crossbow, its range is only 25 meters. Unlike the range of firearms, beyond 25 meters, the Repeating Crossbow loses its lethality.

The second disadvantage, operating a crossbow requires skill, mainly adjusting the crosshair’s elevation based on the distance of the zombies. Within 10 meters, the Crossbow Arrows tend to fly upward, and after 10 meters, they start to drop. Of course, the magnitude is not significant, but once a light crossbow is chosen, aiming for the head becomes the only option, thus operation heavily relies on skill.

Previously, Maya had been playing with a light crossbow, but after getting the Repeating Crossbow, she went back to the warehouse, took up 30 Crossbow Arrows, and shot a round at the straw target at the door. At 0.3 seconds per arrow, the firing speed is faster than some handguns, with eight out of ten arrows recovered.

Nightmare, watching by the side with eyes turning green, saw Little Knife also wanting to try the Repeating Crossbow, and reminded in a deep voice, "We should set off."

Maya called out, "Lin Wu, drive the Overlord." To go through the tunnel, they had to traverse the wilderness, and the Overlord had strong off-road capabilities.

Lin Wu bid farewell to everyone, "See you later."

Everyone responded in turn, "See you later."

The katana would serve as the final payment, to be given to Shadow after the mission was completed.

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After entering the tunnel, Maya discovered just how handy the Repeating Crossbow was. Moving forward and shooting at the same time, within a safe distance, by merely moving the direction of the Repeating Crossbow and continually pulling the trigger, zombies fell like targets.

"It’s so damn frustrating," Lin Wu complained while running around collecting arrows. Maya was walking on the tracks, with zombies fallen all around. Bending down for each arrow retrieval was necessary.

Lin Wu, a prominent expert among Blood Plague survivors, could only do the collecting job behind others.

Little Knife, with eyes full of eagerness, said, "Maya, Maya, I want to play too."

Little Knife’s aim was much worse than Maya’s; she crouched, aimed, and missed twice in a row. Fortunately, Crossbow Arrows were silent; even if they hit the zombies, they didn’t feel anything. Maya crouched beside Little Knife, patiently taught her how to estimate distance, and adjusted the crosshair’s elevation based on the 10-meter standard.

However, estimating distance is quite subjective, and Little Knife couldn’t grasp the technique in a short time. Under Maya’s guidance, her hit rate improved, but it was still only around 40%. In contrast, Maya achieved a 100% hit rate, excluding the zombies’ head movement during the Crossbow Arrow’s flight.

Nightmare followed quietly five meters behind the pair. Lin Wu approached him, saying, "Your temper doesn’t seem too bad."

Nightmare looked at Lin Wu.

Lin Wu explained, "At least you haven’t been hurrying us."

Nightmare responded indirectly, looking towards Maya, "She’s better with it than I am." His tone contained many implications, indicating that Nightmare was quite indifferent to the fact that the Repeating Crossbow ended up in Maya’s hands.

Maya exclaimed, "Frenzy!"

Lin Wu hurried forward, but saw that Little Knife had already stomped Frenzy to death, leaving him exasperatedly shouting, "Get back here." So his only role was picking up trash?

A loud voice? Times had changed; only a small part of the tunnel’s zombies had respawned, and such numbers were not enough for Maya alone to cut down. The more threatening Frenzy had disappeared before the faces of two masters specialized in taking down Frenzy.

Seeking revenge on Little Knife, Lin Wu asked, "Little Knife, are you responsible for Corpse Looting or collecting Crossbow Arrows?"

Little Knife glared at Lin Wu, "Can I choose neither?" Meanie!

Lin Wu responded, "We can’t waste, right?"

So, with Maya leading the way, Nightmare following, Little Knife picking up arrows, and Lin Wu looting corpses, the group advanced quickly. Soon, they reached the perilous train zone. However, now there were fewer zombies in the train than players, with Maya taking the left track, Lin Wu the right track, and Little Knife walking through the carriages.

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