Chapter 3: The Bleeding Mantis Crossbow

  The girl confirmed that the man in front of her was not who he thought he was, and politely stretched out her small hand: "My name is Li Qian, thank you for your hospitality."

  "It's great to see you too." Zhang Feng stretched out his large hand and grasped a soft small hand, and his heart couldn't help but flutter.

  Li Qian stood up and said: "There are still three days before the worm tide bursts out, I hope you can live a little more easily."

  "What's a bug tide?" Zhang Feng had heard this term for the second time, and he hastily asked: "What exactly is a bug tide? Why do you all keep saying that. How scary can a bug tide be?"

  "Is there anyone else who knows about the worm tide?" Li Qian originally wanted to leave, but stopped and asked: "Is it Chen or Zhang?"

  Zhang Feng asked urgently: "It seems like you know all about this, what's going on?"

  Li Qian looked at Zhang Feng and sighed: "It's no harm to tell you, but you won't be able to hold on. Not just you, we may not be able to hold on either. The Bug Tide is a cleansing that appears after the battlefield emerges, it will wipe out all unqualified participants, making the first-level battlefield return to its original state and become a true battlefield. At that time, a large number of elite and rare bugs will appear, and their numbers are not something we can withstand. Let's go, Zhang Feng, there are still three days left, I wish you a happy life."

  Li Qian wanted to leave, but was stopped by Zhang Feng. He asked urgently: "You seem to know a lot about the changes on Earth, tell me, what's going on with the Earth? What has the world become?"

  "The earth is a huge playground, and you are the player. Only my ancestors left some materials to let us know more about the playground than ordinary people do. Well, I've said all I can say, goodbye."

  Li Qian dodged and weaved, passing by Zhang Feng's side and disappearing into the streets.

  The last two words were still floating in the air, but all around him was only himself.

  "Locust plague, is locust plague really that terrifying?" Zhang Feng muttered to himself, still somewhat bewildered.

  Ke Li Qian's words, however, made him understand some information. The earth had indeed become a game arena, but not everyone was a confused player. Some people still understood everything now, they just kept the information secret and didn't spread it out.

  What is the reason why the earth has changed.

  Or maybe the earth was originally like this, it's just been hidden all along and now it's restored.

  Zhang Feng's head ached more and more as he thought about it, until his mind was completely muddled.

  "This has nothing to do with me, I just hope my parents are safe. Even if a plague of insects comes, I still have to live on."

  Zhang Feng clenched his fists and made a silent vow.

  He cooked some of the remaining meat and put it in a ring, which would guarantee that he wouldn't have to worry about food and drink for the next few days.

  If I can survive the insect tide, I might have a chance to live and enter the second-level battlefield.

  Having gathered everything, Zhang Feng walked out of the supermarket and began searching for rare beetles.

  Since it's called rare, Zhang Feng also knew it wasn't easy to find.

  However, there are only three streets, and we will meet each other sooner or later.

  Zhang Feng continuously lured the beetles with the summoned mantis, and with the help of the Bone Knife and Sawtooth Knife, as well as the Mantis Halo, he easily took down three beetles at once.

  Within one to two hours, he must find a mysterious merchant to sell an item once.

  He soon accumulated over two thousand Earth dollars.

  The speed suit is finally complete.

  The last one ——

  Ring of Swiftness

  Material: Bronze.

  Special Properties: Unlocked.

  Acquire passive skill: Thorny Reflection. Reflect 10% of physical damage from units attacking oneself.

  One of the Speed Suits: Collecting five pieces of speed equipment can unlock hidden attributes.

  Collected four pieces of Turbo Set, activated first attribute, second attribute and third attribute.

  Agility increased by 15 points, physical flexibility increased by 10%. Movement speed increased by 20%.

  Active Skill: Hard Shell - Wrap yourself in a hard shell that can withstand 10% of physical damage. Cooldown: 30 minutes.

  At this time, Zhang Feng's movement speed had accumulated to a 50% increase. Moreover, his body agility had increased by 40%, equivalent to him being able to slash out with his sword in just 0.6 seconds.

  Both hands can slash four knives in one second, and first-level insect-type monsters are almost instantly killed.

  Such equipment would be considered luxurious in the early stages of a game.

  The only thing that didn't satisfy Zhang Feng was that his experience had already accumulated to 450 points, yet he still hadn't leveled up.

  "Continue." Zhang Feng calculated the time and found that there were still two and a half days before the insect tide Li Qian mentioned, and he must continue to strengthen.

  Three praying mantises surrounded a tortoise beetle in the center, constantly using their forelegs to hook and stab at the beetle's shell.

  Zhang Feng didn't care about the number of monsters on the other side, but instead charged directly into the attack, swinging his double-handed knives in a linked motion. With the addition of the praying mantis's attack, he directly beheaded all four insect-like creatures.

  A burst of light flashed, and four insects fell down with only one mantis dropping a single-handed crossbow.

  This crossbow is only two feet long and can hold ten arrows in its quiver.

  Mantis Relic - Unidentified Item.

  Zhang Feng couldn't help but smile when he saw the unidentified ones behind him.

  Even if it's an unidentified Tier 1 weapon, what comes out won't be worse than steel grade.

  Moreover, it was a crossbow, he shot out all kinds of equipment, no less than thirty pieces, but only exploded this one crossbow, which can be imagined, how difficult it is to explode such things.

  Zhang Feng immediately used an appraisal scroll on this crossbow.

  The cyan light on his body suddenly surged, as if shrouded in a mass of cyan mist that condensed and refused to disperse.

  "It's actually even more advanced than the Broken Armor Bone Knife."

  Zhang Feng almost jumped out as soon as he saw the green light.

  The better the attribute and the higher the quality of the weapon, the stronger the light on it.

  The Broken Armor Bone Knife was the strongest among the weapons he had previously forged. The equipment he forged later never surpassed it.

  And now this crossbow's attributes are obviously better than Bone Knife.

  Zhang Feng didn't hesitate and immediately threw out a reconnaissance, startling him so much that he almost dropped his crossbow.

  It's not that he hasn't played games before, it's just that this weapon is absolutely a low-level masterpiece.

  Bleeding Hollow Scourge - One-Handed Crossbow

  Quality: Bronze (Two Stars).

  Attributes: Twin-linked crossbow, capable of firing two bolts per second. Optimal range 75 meters, with piercing damage and a 3-second bleed effect that accelerates bleeding by 15%. Also has a shredding effect, accelerating bleeding by 10% per second for 5 seconds, and reducing the effectiveness of healing and recovery items by 20%.

  "Top-notch, it's really top-notch!" Zhang Feng's hands holding the crossbow began to tremble.

  Two bleeding effects combined is twenty-five percent, and with some good crossbow arrows, ordinary monsters can't withstand two arrows and will probably be instantly killed.

  It's just for show if you have a crossbow but no arrows.

  Zhang Feng remembered that when he was trading with the mysterious merchant, there were people buying crossbow arrows, and they were divided into several types, but he didn't notice the price.

  Zhang Feng immediately put away his weapon and looked at the map to find the mysterious merchant.

  Merchants indeed sell crossbow bolts, divided into three types, all of which are first-class crossbow bolts.

  One is ordinary sharp value one, without any attributes, one earth coin.

  One is a sharp value of two, bronze grade without any attributes, two earth coins.

  The last one is the armor-piercing crossbow bolt, with a sharpness value of 4, and comes with an armor-breaking effect. Additionally, it deals an extra 15% bleeding damage to level 1 life forms. Five earth coins.

  Zhang Feng looked at the crossbow arrow with tears in his eyes.

  The bad ones aren't worth the money, and the good ones are too expensive.

  After all, what can guarantee life is the most important thing?

  Alright, I've had enough!

  One thousand Earth coins bought two hundred armor-piercing crossbow bolts, half of the family's wealth was gone just like that.

  It is indeed the case that after decades of hard work, we have returned to the pre-Liberation era!

  Zhang Feng sighed and ran back to the area where the beetles were after putting away his crossbow and arrows.

  No way. Although the current earth is like a game scene, damn it, there's no teleportation gate, everything has to rely on running.

  Zhang Feng stirred his two legs and spent another half hour running back.

  As soon as he stepped into the area, two mantises flew down from a building and flapped their wings towards him.

  Zhang Feng didn't say a word and shot two arrows into the air with his crossbow.

  Unfortunately, there were some problems with the accuracy.

  One arrow fell short, while another shot directly into a mantis's head, the piercing and penetrating effect was not to be covered.

  This arrow directly went in and out, shooting the mantis out of a hole from mid-air.

  Another praying mantis waved its thick forelegs towards Zhang Feng and attacked.

  But for Zhang Feng now, first-class insect is too weak, and a few attacks will knock down the mantis.

  A saw-toothed knife fell into the storage ring.

  Ranged attacks and close combat are different, having poor aim is not a good thing.

  So Zhang Feng began to constantly use crossbow arrows to kill enemies, and gradually explored some shooting skills.

  Qingli, xunzhao, Zhang Feng once again accumulated 3,000 Earth Coins.

  Just as Zhang Feng was searching for the Beetle's territory again, he unexpectedly saw four people attacking a blue mantis.

  Four people holding axes or clubs, wearing only one or two pieces of bronze equipment, but their movements are extremely agile.

  When Zhang Feng appeared, the four people also noticed Zhang Feng.

  The four of them immediately saw Zhang Feng's equipment, which was flashing with a cyan glow. He had a crossbow in one hand and a bone knife in the other, causing their pupils to shrink violently.

  "One of them hastily shouted loudly: 'Friend, first come first served, we encountered this mantis first, don't interfere.'"

  Zhang Feng shook his head, originally he didn't intend to intervene, it's just that seeing the blue insect made him recall a scene from school.

  He was just cleaning up the mantis and shell insects that appeared nearby, throwing a large amount of fallen equipment into the storage ring.

  The blue mantis gradually became unable to support itself and crashed to the ground with a loud thud.

  A ring flashing with silver light fell to the ground, and the four people were overjoyed by the flashing silver light.

  The first one couldn't wait to pick up the ring, and then the four of them huddled together whispering.

  Zhang Feng ignored them and continued searching for rare insects in every corner.

  At this time, one of the four people who spoke first suddenly stopped Zhang Feng and asked, "Friend, are you selling the equipment on your body?"

  Zhang Feng stopped and said: "I don't plan on selling it, this is something I finally managed to gather."

  "We'll trade this ring with you." The leader held up the ring in his hand: "You should know that it's very hard to get equipment now, especially for elite-class monsters to drop things. This is a white silver piece of equipment, its attributes are pretty good, if you want it, friend, you can exchange it for something on your body."