Chapter 4: The Bloodletting Mantis Crossbow

When the girl confirmed that the man in front of her was not the person she thought he was, she generously extended her small hand and said, "My name is Li Qian, thank you for your hospitality."

"I'm also very pleased to meet you," Zhang Feng replied, extending his large hand to grasp a soft, small hand, which caused his heart to flutter uncontrollably.

Li Qian stood up and said, "There are only three days left before the insect tide is about to hit. I hope you can live more carefree."

"Insect tide?" Zhang Feng had heard this term for the second time and hastily asked, "What exactly is an insect tide, and why do you all keep mentioning it? How terrifying is the insect tide?"

"Are there still people who know about the insect tide?" Li Qian, who was about to leave, stopped and said, "Is it the Chen family or the Zhang family?"

Zhang Feng asked eagerly, "It seems like you understand all of this. Do you know what's really going on?"

Li Qian looked at Zhang Feng and sighed, "It doesn't matter if I tell you; you wouldn't be able to withstand it. Not just you, but we might not be able to either. The insect tide is a cleansing that occurs after the battlefield appears. It eradicates all unqualified participants, allowing the first-level battlefield to return to its original state, becoming a true battlefield. At that time, a large number of elite and rare insects will appear, and their sheer numbers will be beyond our ability to resist. Let's go, Zhang Feng, you have three days left, and I wish you a happy life."

Li Qian wanted to leave but was stopped by Zhang Feng, who was still eager, "You seem to understand the changes on Earth very well. Tell me, what exactly has happened to Earth? What has the world turned into?"

"The Earth is a massive game arena, and you are the player. It's just that my ancestors left behind some information that allows us to have more knowledge about the game arena than ordinary people. Alright, I've said everything I can say, goodbye."

With a flicker, Li Qian passed by Zhang Feng and disappeared into the street.

The last two words were still lingering in the air, but he was left alone around.

"Insect tide, is the insect tide really that terrifying?" Zhang Feng muttered to himself, still somewhat confused.

However, Li Qian's words allowed him to understand some information. The Earth had truly become a game arena, only not everyone was an oblivious player. Some people understood what was happening, but they kept the information secret and did not disseminate it.

What caused the Earth to change?

Or has the Earth always been like this, just hidden away and now restored?

The more Zhang Feng thought about it, the more his head ached, until his mind was in chaos.

"This has nothing to do with me. I just hope my parents are safe. Even if the insect tide comes, I will still have to survive."

Zhang Feng clenched his fists, making a silent vow.

He cooked the remaining meat and put it into the ring, ensuring he would not have to worry about food and drink for the next few days.

If he could survive the insect tide, he might have a chance to enter the second-level battlefield alive.

After packing everything up, Zhang Feng walked out of the supermarket and began searching for the rare beetles.

Since they were called rare, Zhang Feng knew they would not be easy to find.

However, there were only three streets, and he would eventually come across them.

Zhang Feng kept using the summoned mantises to lure beetles. With the bone knife and serrated knife, along with the help of the mantis aura, he could easily deal with three beetles at a time.

In one or two hours, he would sell items to the mysterious merchant once.

Soon, he accumulated more than two thousand Earth Coins.

He also finally completed the speed set.

The last item -

Speed Ring:

Quality: Bronze.

Special Attribute: Unlocked.

Passive Skill: Spiked Rebounder. Reflects ten percent of the physical damage from attacks against oneself.

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

Four pieces of the Speed Set have been collected, activating the first, second, and third attributes.

Agility increased to fifteen points, body flexibility increased to ten percent. Movement speed increased by twenty percent.

Active Skill: Hardened Shell - Using it wraps oneself in a layer of hardened shell, which can withstand ten percent of physical damage. The interval of use is half an hour.

At this time, Zhang Feng's movement speed has been cumulatively increased to fifty percent. And the body flexibility has been increased to forty percent, which means he can now chop a knife in 0.6 seconds.

With both hands in a chain, he can chop four knives in a second, and almost instantly kill a first-level insect.

With such equipment, in the early stages of the game, it can be considered luxurious.

The only thing that dissatisfied Zhang Feng was that the experience had accumulated to 450 points, and there was no sign of upgrading.

"Continue." Zhang Feng calculated the time, and there were still two and a half days left before the insect tide mentioned by Li Qian. He must continue to get stronger.

Three mantises surrounded a beetle in the center, constantly using their mantis arms to hook and stab the beetle's shell.

Zhang Feng didn't care how many monsters there were, but directly rushed into the attack, with both hands of the knife swinging out in a chain, plus the attack of the summoned mantis, directly killing all four insects.

A burst of light flashed, and only one mantis dropped a single-handed crossbow from the four insects.

This crossbow is only two feet long, and the crossbow box can hold ten crossbow bolts.

Mantis Crossbow - Unidentified item.

Seeing the unidentified behind, Zhang Feng smiled.

According to the experience of this period, even if it is an unidentified first-level weapon, it will not be worse than the steel level when opened.

And it's a crossbow. He has played various equipment more than thirty pieces, but only this one crossbow has been exploded. It can be imagined how difficult it is to explode this kind of thing.

Zhang Feng immediately used the identification scroll on this crossbow.

The green light on the crossbow suddenly surged, as if it were shrouded in a green mist, and the condensation did not disperse.

"Actually, it is higher than the bone knife."

Zhang Feng almost jumped out when he saw the green light.

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

The bone knife was the strongest light among the weapons he had played before. Later, there has been no equipment that has been able to surpass it.

And now the attributes of this crossbow are obviously better than the bone knife.

Zhang Feng did not hesitate to immediately throw a reconnaissance, and he was so frightened that he almost threw the crossbow.

It's not that he has never played a game, it's really that this weapon is absolutely a low-level top-notch crossbow.

Bleeding Mantis Crossbow - One-handed light crossbow.

Quality: Bronze (two stars).

Attribute: Two-shot crossbow, two crossbow bolts can be fired per second. The best shooting range is 75 meters, with piercing damage, causing the enemy to accelerate bleeding by 15% for three seconds. With tearing effect, accelerate bleeding by 10% per second, lasting for five seconds, and slow down the effect of healing and recovery items by 20%.

"Top quality, really top quality!" Zhang Feng's hand holding the crossbow trembled.

The combination of two bleeding effects is 25%. Coupled with better crossbow bolts, ordinary monsters may be killed on the spot if they are hit by two bolts.

By the way, without bolts, this thing is just a decoration.

Zhang Feng remembers that when trading with the mysterious merchant, there are crossbow bolts for sale, and there are several kinds, but he didn't pay attention to the price.

Zhang Feng immediately put away his weapons and went to the mysterious merchant according to the map.

The merchant did sell crossbow bolts, which are divided into three types, all of which are first-level crossbow bolts.

One is the ordinary one, with a sharpness value of one, without any attributes, one Earth coin.

One is the sharpness value of two, bronze level without any attributes, two Earth coins.

The last one is the armor-piercing crossbow bolt, with a sharpness value of four, with an armor-piercing effect, and an additional 15% bleeding effect on first-level life. Five Earth coins.

Zhang Feng looked at the crossbow bolts and wanted to cry without tears.

The bad ones are not worth much, and the good ones are too expensive.

But ensuring life is always the most important, right?

Well, I'll bear it!

A thousand Earth coins were used to buy two hundred armor-piercing crossbow bolts, and half of the family property was gone.

It's really hard work for decades, and it's back to the liberation in one morning!

Zhang Feng sighed, and after installing the crossbow bolts, he ran back to the area where the beetles appeared.

There's no way. Although the current Earth is too much like a game arena, there is no transfer portal