Doomsday: Gain experience by hunting

Visualizing and outlining the scene.

A fireball rapidly ascends, bombarding the mountain.

Tang Wen flicks his hand, throwing a pebble.

Thud.

The pebble flies out dozens of meters before losing momentum.

This? This distance isn't even as far as a child could throw in a fight.

He shakes his head, it's better not to visualize at all.

He can't find the feeling of force at all.

Again!

Visualize, then throw the stone.

The pebble flies out in an arc, losing accuracy and quickly landing.

Wrong.

Once, twice, five times, ten times.

Continuous attempts, each worse than the last.

Captain Liu below doesn't understand what he's doing.

Zhou Bing steps forward to remind him, "As far as I know, hidden weapon techniques have their own specific visualization methods."

Tang Wen nods thoughtfully.

The Flying Locust Stone is a hidden weapon.

What kinds of hidden weapons are there?

His mind flashes with:

Money darts, throwing stars, hand crossbows, flying spikes, flying swords, throwing knives, etc.

But the next second, he shakes his head to himself, these are all hand-thrown things and have no reference value.

Buzz!

The bowstring vibrates.

Tang Wen looks up to see a huge arrow, like a long spear, rushing towards the circling birds and beasts.

A ballista!

This is a ballista that can shoot right through a wooden house.

Turning his head, he sees four soldiers on the city wall working together, trying to turn the winch to pull another crossbow string.

"These flat-feathered animals are too cunning, flying so high!" Captain Liu curses.

In the sky, the birds nimbly avoid the spear-like arrow, which falls weakly downwards.

The ballista is powerful, suitable for shooting people, horses, and even attacking cities.

But the birds and beasts are small, and in the air, by the time the arrow arrives, they have already dodged it.

However, the elasticity of the bow reminds Tang Wen of another weapon.

A slingshot.

He concentrates and visualizes.

In his mind, he slowly sketches out a "Y"-shaped giant tree, without branches, only the trunk, as if it were a natural slingshot frame.

Two yellow rubber bands, thick as leather, are tied to a black leather pouch and attached to the top.

As he visualizes, the rubber band suddenly tenses, whoosh!

The pebble flies a hundred meters away.

Thud, it falls to the ground.

Huh?

That shouldn't be.

With this little power, it doesn't even go as far as I can pee.

What's the point of visualizing?

After thinking for a while, he once again outlines a super-sized "slingshot" in his mind.

But when pulling the rubber band, he makes an adjustment, the rubber band goes from loose to tight, to taut, to the limit, until the tree trunk is almost bent!

Whoosh!

At the most extreme moment, Tang Wen only feels a slight warmth in his right shoulder, as if a warm current is pouring in, and his arm seems to turn into a huge trebuchet, launching the pebble in his hand.

The pebble turns into a barely visible black dot.

This?

Tang Wen picks up his binoculars and estimates the distance.

The stone flew about a thousand meters.

But that's useless.

There wasn't even a sonic boom just now, obviously the initial speed was very slow, not breaking the sound barrier.

Tang Wen is invigorated, because the Flying Locust Stone skill's experience is rapidly increasing.

[Flying Locust Stone, Expert (4103→4339/6000)]

A skill with Expert-level difficulty, a single jump of more than 200 skill points, this upgrade speed was unimaginable before.

Visualize, Flying Locust Stone is launched.

Visualize again, Flying Locust Stone is launched...

The panel gives continuous feedback!

(4339→4501→4597/6000)

The amount of experience gained is lower each time.

Something is wrong, Tang Wen frowns and ponders.

If the method of visualizing a slingshot that I designed is correct.

The increase in experience should be higher each time.

"Coo coo," "Gaa gaa," "Cheep cheep," the cries of the mutated birds are louder, seemingly angered by the constantly flying crossbow bolts.

Different kinds of birds and beasts spontaneously circle high in the sky.

On the ground, the guards feel uncomfortable.

Having practiced martial arts for many years, their senses are sharp, and at this moment, they have a feeling of being targeted by predators.

Obviously, the birds are staring not only at the bait on the ground, but also at all the humans.

As for the armor on the guards, in the eyes of mutated birds accustomed to diving and hunting, it is just the hard shell of food.

A sharp screech rings out, and the birds spiral down.

"Raise shields!" Captain Liu shouts loudly.

A series of sonic booms erupt, Tang Wen has made his move.

The birds and beasts are unable to dodge and collide head-on with the pebbles, blood and feathers flying everywhere.

The hunting team members breathe a sigh of relief and give Tang Wen grateful glances.

The flying birds are extremely fast, and few people are confident that they can avoid them.

The surviving birds and beasts are also frightened by the roaring pebbles and scatter.

"Commander Tang is too powerful, it's just a pity that the lethality is too great! Not a single good bird was left behind."

Captain Liu sighs, and then loudly instructs, "Keep a close watch, we're definitely going to get a big haul today."

The wilderness returns to calm.

Tang Wen silently visualizes, constantly launching the Flying Locust Stone, the force sometimes strong and sometimes weak.

Captain Liu, who is resting at the stone table, asks Wu Tian, "Commander Tang's flying stone has such a strong explosive force, almost comparable to a Martial Master's full blow. And he's killed two waves of birds and beasts, why doesn't he take a break?"

Wu Tian sighs, thinking of when Tang Wen first joined the team, he was able to beat himself and the others from the first meeting.

His physical strength was so strong that a gauntlet match was useless.

Now that he's become a Martial Master, his physical strength is even more perverted.

[Flying Locust Stone, Expert (4866→4870→4873/6000)]

Time slowly passes, the experience gain becomes less and less, and finally turns into single digits.

Tang Wen understands that this means that visualizing a slingshot is not a suitable visualization method.

Or perhaps it is, but he simply doesn't understand the principles of a slingshot, doesn't understand the conversion between tension and elasticity, so this visualization method has no foundation, and there's no way to imagine how great the force is.

It seems I have to try something else.

He thinks of many technological weapons.

For example, guns and cannons.

He understands a little about the principle of gunpowder weapons, the primer ignites the gunpowder, the gunpowder burns rapidly, the air expands, generating thrust, and instantly pushes the bullet out.

Thinking of this, Tang Wen closes his eyes again, and slowly sketches out a long gun in his mind.

"Awoo!"

"Captain, Commander, sand wolves, sand wolves!"

Captain Liu is both surprised and delighted, "Quick! Both Commanders, please attack as soon as possible!"

After speaking, he leads his men and rushes out, running towards the sand wolves.

That's pretty fierce, wouldn't it be better to defend the city?

Tang Wen is puzzled, but knows that this is not the time to ask.

He and Zhou Bing, without hesitation, immediately run towards the direction where the wolves appeared.

A strange thing happens, the sand wolves' cries rise and fall, seemingly numerous and widely distributed.

But when they see Tang Wen and the others rushing in, they actually turn around and run.

Mutated beasts, at the same level, regardless of combat power, are generally more agile and faster than human martial artists.

Captain Liu and the others are unable to keep up.

Fortunately, Tang Wen and the others are fast enough, and between leaps and bounds, the Flying Locust Stone kills two sand wolves in a row.

Zhou Bing is a little slower, injuring one, and then stepping forward to finish it off.

"It still takes the two Commanders!"

"Quick, bleed them, bleed them!"

"This is the blood of a medium-level mutated beast, it will definitely attract bigger guys!"

Captain Liu's face flushes with excitement.

Then, he explains, "Sand wolves are cunning and intelligent mutated beasts, these few are actually sentinels of the wolf pack.

When they smell blood, they won't all attack.

Instead, they will send sentinels to see how much food there is here, and see if it's a trap.

Seeing that we only hung three baits, and there are so many people, this group of sand wolves definitely thinks it's not worth it."

Wolves are not easy to deal with, that's how they are, let alone these mutated beasts.

Killing wolves, medium-level mutated beasts, is the first time Tang Wen has seen it.

The sand wolf's fur is yellowish-brown, close to the color of the wilderness.

From a distance, it's difficult to distinguish them.

Their bodies are also much larger than ordinary wolves.

Their eyes are amber-colored vertical pupils, it is said that they will glow red at night, instead of the green light of ordinary wolves.

Whoosh!

A bucket of sand wolf blood is poured on the three baits.

The scarlet blood drips down.

The fishy smell in the air is even stronger!

Captain Liu is busy with his men, and the three sand wolves are dissected on the spot.

From fur to internal organs, they are all good things.

Bone marrow, spinal cord, and brain will be sent to make medicine.

Other parts are even better meat.

Tang Wen continues to ponder the Flying Locust Stone visualization method.

Zhou Bing sits in the yard to rest.

After who knows how long, seeing that it's getting dark.

Suddenly, Tang Wen looks at the shadow cast by the distant mountain peak and slowly opens his mouth:

"It seems I have to be on night watch tonight."

Captain Liu just wants to say, Commander, please rest well, we'll take the night watch.

But he hears Tang Wen continue, "We are being targeted by something."

Ah?

Captain Liu's heart instantly rises.

He looks in the direction of Tang Wen's eyes, but can't see anything, and can't feel anything unusual.

Could it be a high-level mutated beast?!