Dragon's Origin

Chapter 330: Getting Started (Part 2)

Wang Sheng had never been polite to these Grand Masters from the Exquisite Pavilion. He believed these Grand Masters also didn't want Wang Sheng to be polite with them.

Crafting items for someone like Wang Sheng, who was full of novel ideas, wasn't a chore but an opportunity. It was a chance to broaden their horizons and showcase a new world of possibilities in their profession, and no one wanted to miss it.

Wang Sheng directly chose Old Tie, which was a given, and then he found Grand Master Wu, who he had encountered last time during his advancement, the creator of the Emperor's Sword. After that, Wang Sheng didn't name anyone else but let Old Tie and Grand Master Wu pick.

They needed a master craftsman for making measuring tools, one for crafting bows and crossbows, one for making bowstrings, one for manually grinding metal, and one for manually carving metal tubes, especially carving the inner tubes. Basically, that was what they needed for the time being.

As soon as Old Tie heard Wang Sheng's requirements, he knew that Wang Sheng was definitely making a crossbow. This was consistent with his previous guess. As for the arrows without fletching, Wang Sheng would explain when they were actually making them.

All the people and materials that Wang Sheng needed were moved into the Marquis's residence, with the guards of the residence responsible for security. Wang Sheng and these Grand Masters began to prepare for the start of work.

Most of the materials were ready, with only one type yet to arrive, which would be delivered to the capital in half a month. However, it didn't prevent Wang Sheng from starting some preparatory work.

What Wang Sheng wanted to make was indeed a crossbow, and it was a long-range composite heavy sniper crossbow that he envisioned would be more powerful than the M200 sniper rifle. This also aligned with Wang Sheng's original identity as a sniper.

Ever since Wang Sheng saw his sniper rifle bullet being caught by someone's bare hands in Worry-Free City, Wang Sheng knew that the M200 was not invincible in this world. Perhaps it still had lethal power against those below the fifth level or even the sixth level, but once it reached the seventh level or above, as long as the opponent had some defense, it would only be able to injure their skin at most.

Wang Sheng himself also cultivated, so he naturally knew the condition of his muscles. Earth's small-caliber rifle bullets couldn't penetrate Wang Sheng's muscles. At long range, sniper rifle bullets might be able to break the skin, but they would definitely not penetrate the muscle layer. If he was like this, let alone others?

The power of a bullet actually depends on the kinetic energy carried by the bullet. The kinetic energy formula, 1/2 x mass x velocity squared, is easy to calculate. The .408CT rifle bullet of the M200 weighs about 27 grams, with a muzzle velocity of 915 meters per second, which calculates to just under eleven thousand four hundred joules.

To increase the power of a bullet, there are actually only two ways: one is to increase the weight of the bullet, and the other is to increase the muzzle velocity. What Wang Sheng wanted to do was both of these.

However, Wang Sheng didn't plan to do it by changing his bullets and sniper rifle. He directly planned to use a batch of advanced materials from this world and use this group of Grand Masters to create a composite heavy sniper crossbow.

The thrust of the gunpowder in the chamber can be calculated. At eleven thousand four hundred joules, with a barrel length of 736.6 millimeters, the average thrust of the gunpowder should be around fifteen thousand five hundred Newtons, which translates to about one thousand six hundred kilograms, or three thousand two hundred pounds.

The material Wang Sheng was looking for this time for the crossbow arms needed to be able to withstand fifty thousand pounds of force and have extremely fast rebound speed. The power of the crossbow arms is equivalent to the thrust of gunpowder. When the length of the crossbow is fixed, the greater the power of the crossbow arms, the greater the kinetic energy of the arrow shot out. The greater the power of the crossbow arrow.

The faster the crossbow arms rebound, the greater the initial velocity of the arrow. The greater the initial velocity, the farther the range and the greater the power. Wang Sheng fully considered this feasibility, and the rest depended on the materials found by the Exquisite Pavilion and the craftsmanship of the Grand Masters.

To Wang Sheng's surprise, the Exquisite Pavilion was truly a paradise for crafting Grand Masters. They found a piece of crossbow arm material suitable for Wang Sheng's requirements, and its elasticity exceeded one hundred thousand pounds, reportedly reaching about one hundred and sixty thousand pounds of force, which was a whole order of magnitude higher than Wang Sheng's requirements. If magnified through a pulley system, it would increase the gunpowder thrust of a sniper rifle by fifty times. Coupled with Wang Sheng's double crossbow arm and double bowstring design, the kinetic energy of the arrow shot would be a hundred times greater than that of the M200.

Even an eighth or ninth level master couldn't increase their ability to withstand a single point by a hundred times compared to a sixth level master. This was an armor-piercing heavy arrow, and even a legendary realm master couldn't withstand this arrow.

With such arrow kinetic energy, in Wang Sheng's initial calculations, the initial velocity of the arrow shot was four times that of a sniper rifle bullet, and the weight of the arrow was more than six times the weight of the bullet.

Calculated, the arrow speed should exceed ten times the speed of sound, and the range could be three to four times longer than the original, which is reached ten kilometers. Such a long distance was not necessary, and the accuracy could not be guaranteed, so after some calculations, Wang Sheng still increased the weight of the arrow and reduced the speed of the arrow.

How heavy the arrow is most suitable still needs to be tested in practice. This is the work after it is made. Now, the necessary conditions for manufacturing this composite heavy sniper crossbow must first be met.

"With such a powerful crossbow arm, how could you possibly draw it?" As soon as Old Tie heard that Wang Sheng wanted to make a crossbow, he knew what was going on, but he was still a little worried. With such a powerful crossbow, unless it was drawn by several livestock, he had never heard of anyone being able to open such a strong bow by themselves.

"Using a cocking device," Wang Sheng explained, "Using the principle of leverage, it can save a lot of effort, and then my strength can basically pull it open. What I'm worried about now is whether there are suitable bowstrings that can withstand such a strong crossbow arm."

"Don't worry, no matter how great the power, there are bowstrings that can withstand it," Old Tie was not worried about this at all: "As long as you can pull it open, even stronger bows can withstand it. However, your arrows have no fletching, how do you maintain balance?"

They were about to create an unprecedentedly powerful weapon. This was definitely an excellent opportunity to challenge the limits of materials and weapons, and everyone was excited. Various questions were raised first to see what solutions Wang Sheng had.

"In order to ensure accuracy and stable flight, I decided to use rifling to increase the arrow's rotation instead of fletching," Wang Sheng patiently answered Old Tie's questions. Then he explained the principle of static and dynamic balance generated by rotation to Old Tie and others. To get them to create things, they had to know why they were doing it.

Old Tie and others listened with great interest. Even if some things were really confusing, everyone understood that this was really a new field of knowledge. Especially the Grand Master who was making the crossbow, he couldn't wait to memorize everything Wang Sheng said.

There were many questions, but before starting to work, one thing had to be resolved first, and that was the reason why Wang Sheng required a Grand Master to make measuring tools, to have precision measuring tools.