Сhаpter 10: Witnеssing the Pоwеr оf thе Наnd Crоssbоw, Finding thе Sрacе Pendant
A fоul stеnch аssаultеd hеr sеnses. Мо Qiаnqian held hеr brеath, rаised the hand сrossbоw, and took аim.
A hundrеd metеrs аway, Ji Yunting аnd his group werе аlsо dеaling with zombiе аttасks.
Perhаps bеcausе there wеre morе of them, theу hаd аttraсtеd a larger numbеr of zоmbiеs.
Ji Yunting casuаlly relеasеd а bоlt of lightning, сausing sevеral zombiеs tо сonvulse on the spot, struck by thе еlectric arс.
Sеizing the opроrtunity, Yang Yong, He Song, and the others swung their blades, severing the zombies’ heads.
Sun Mingxue quickly ran over, cut open the heads, and retrieved the zombie crystal cores.
Sun Mingxue was a water-type Superpowered Individual. As she picked up the crystal cores, a stream of water washed over them.
The cleaned crystal cores were then stored in her pocket.
The six of them cooperated with remarkable tacit understanding.
Amidst the intense battle, however, Ji Yunting was somewhat distracted.
His gaze kept drifting toward the spot a hundred meters away.
There, Mo Qianqian was slowly advancing.
He saw a zombie lunging at Mo Qianqian from between the gaps in the buildings.
His eyes darkened slightly as he suppressed the impulse to rush over and save her.
It might be good for her to get hurt and suffer a little.
Otherwise, she would never learn.
The world outside the Safe Zone was not a paradise, nor was it a place where she could act willfully and recklessly.
She needed to understand that the only one she could rely on was him.
Ji Yunting watched Mo Qianqian.
He expected to see fear and helplessness on the young woman’s face.
But there was none.
The girl he remembered as so weak that anyone could bully her now wore an expression of cold indifference as she looked at the charging zombie.
He also saw Mo Qianqian raise that ridiculous wooden toy…
…
Mo Qianqian raised the hand crossbow and aimed.
With a soft whoosh, the crossbow bolt shot forth.
It struck the zombie’s head with precision, force, and accuracy.
Contrary to Ji Yunting’s expectation that the arrow would fail to penetrate the zombie’s defense, the moment the bolt hit the zombie’s head, the head exploded like an overripe watermelon with a bang!
This outcome was within Mo Qianqian’s expectations. Given the kinetic energy of the crossbow bolt during her test shots, hitting the head would undoubtedly cause it to burst.
Foul black blood mixed with decaying brain matter splattered in all directions.
Even with some mental preparation, she couldn’t fully adapt to such a scene.
A violent churning began in her chest and stomach, and a wave of nausea shot straight to the top of her head.
Just as she was about to vomit, she caught sight of the astonished looks directed her way by Ji Yunting and the others from a hundred meters away in her peripheral vision.
Hah, a bunch of trash.
Suppressing her nausea, she picked up the crystal core that had fallen nearby, turned, and walked into the intact building beside her.
With the building blocking their view, she could no longer hold back and leaned against the wall, vomiting.
…
A hundred meters away, Ji Yunting stared blankly in the direction where Mo Qianqian had just stood.
Yang Yong, He Song, and the others also wore expressions of disbelief.
“Did Mo Qianqian kill that zombie on the ground?
With that wooden toy in her hand?” Yang Yong asked incredulously.
Apart from Ji Yunting, none of the others had seen Mo Qianqian raise the hand crossbow and take the shot.
But they had clearly witnessed her bending down to pick up the crystal core, the mess of decaying brain matter on the ground, and the headless zombie.
Mo Qianqian had already entered the building’s interior, disappearing from the sight of Ji Yunting and his companions.
Ji Yunting frowned, his eyes darkening.
The toy hand crossbow he had always dismissed was actually a formidable weapon.It appears to be a weapon capable of long-range sniping without consuming energy.
Of course, there are long-range weapons in this Wasteland.
Weapons like Energy Guns are equipped in their team.
But no one would use them lightly.
Because long-range weapons require energy consumption when fired.
And energy is extremely precious in this Wasteland.
Yet the wooden long-range weapon in Mo Qianqian’s hands seems not to require energy.
Moreover, its power is quite impressive, and the only consumable used when firing is a sharpened wooden stick.
If his hunting team could master such a weapon…
Besides the weapon exceeding his expectations, Mo Qianqian’s various performances today also gave him a sense of slipping out of control.
He hadn’t expected that Mo Qianqian truly had the courage to kill zombies alone.
…
Mo Qianqian couldn’t even vomit in peace inside the first intact building.
Three zombies were hidden within the chaotic and desolate interior of the building.
Sensing the scent of living human flesh, the three zombies lunged at Mo Qianqian with claws bared.
After three soft whooshing sounds…
Mo Qianqian harvested three Crystal Cores, along with vomiting until the world turned dark.
After vomiting, Mo Qianqian didn’t forget to put on an act and search the building.
The outskirts of the Urban Ruins had long been explored countless times.
Mo Qianqian’s feigned search naturally yielded nothing.
As she walked out of the building, Mo Qianqian caught sight of Ji Yunting and the others several dozen meters away.
Ji Yunting was also looking at her.
Their eyes met, Mo Qianqian’s gaze indifferent.
Ji Yunting’s eyes held a faint scrutiny.
Mo Qianqian had no intention of acknowledging Ji Yunting. She shifted her gaze and continued walking forward along the left side of the road.
Passing the spot where she had shot the zombies earlier, she bent down to retrieve the crossbow bolts she had used.
She carried over fifty bolts on her back, which wasn’t a small number.
But according to the plot, this hunting expedition was likely to be fraught with twists and turns. Worried about running out of bolts, she dared not waste them.
As long as they were still usable, she picked them up to reuse.
Zombies weren’t densely packed on the outskirts of the Urban Ruins, and Ji Yunting’s group had lured away some not far off.
Mo Qianqian encountered few zombies.
Spotting zombie traces from a distance, she simply aimed and killed them with her crossbow.
With the Hand Crossbow in her hands, she hardly ever missed.
Long-range weapons had this advantage: with preparation, zombies could hardly get close to her.
Several dozen meters away, Ji Yunting’s gaze would involuntarily flick toward Mo Qianqian’s direction at regular intervals.
Yang Yong, He Song, and Sun Mingxue also witnessed Mo Qianqian effortlessly sniping zombies with her Hand Crossbow.
Surprise, disbelief—various emotions flashed in their eyes.
“Is that wooden toy-like Hand Crossbow in her hands really such a formidable weapon?” Yang Yong still found it hard to believe.
After a brief moment of astonishment, Liu Yu’s eyes gleamed faintly. “When she snipes zombies with her Hand Crossbow, it doesn’t seem to require energy.”
Liu Yu’s words were clear enough. After Yang Yong, He Song, and the others grasped the meaning, their eyes slowly brightened as well.
Only Sun Mingxue’s eyes flickered with gloom and jealousy, though she quickly composed her expression, regaining her usual dignified and gracious demeanor.
“Yunting, perhaps we should go ask Qianqian where she got that strange wooden weapon,” Sun Mingxue suggested….
Mo Qianqian continued to kill zombies and collect Crystal Cores while pretending to search through the ruins along the roadside for anything potentially valuable.
She didn’t want to go through all this trouble, but those scumbags a few dozen meters away kept glancing in her direction from time to time.
She couldn’t just treat them as fools, could she?
To smoothly claim the Spirit Spring Space, she had to put on an act.
As she fought her way through the zombies, occasionally stopping to rummage through debris, she finally arrived at the entrance of the third intact building on the left side of the road.
Before her was the half-person-high concrete block mentioned in the book.
But she couldn’t make it too obvious.
She strolled leisurely into the intact building as if casually searching inside.
Along the way, she sniped and killed two zombies hiding within the building.
Then, emerging empty-handed, she acted as if unwilling to give up and forcefully kicked the half-person-high concrete block.
The base of the concrete block had likely weathered over time. Though it appeared stable, her kick caused it to crash down with a loud thud.
Hidden in the crevice beneath the block, a zodiac pendant was revealed.
Mo Qianqian feigned surprise as she bent down to pick it up.
At that very moment, Ji Yunting and his group happened to approach a spot not far from Mo Qianqian, and Sun Mingxue caught sight of Mo Qianqian picking up the jade pendant.