sinovels Chapter 15 World-Destroying Thunder, Another Ranking Weapon
Chapter 15 World-Destroying Thunder, Another Ranking Weapon
"You call this basic training?!"
"Brother Lu, from today onwards, you're my brother!"
"Number one! Our Chinese equipment has taken the top spot globally!"
Zhao Lei slapped Lu Yan's shoulder hard with his large, fan-like hand, almost knocking him to the ground: "Brother, how... how are we supposed to brag to others after this?!"
The revelry in the workshop hadn't even subsided when the world's largest Awakened forum was completely in an uproar.
A post with a title in bold, blood-red text was instantly pinned to the top: 【WTF?! China tops the global weapons rankings? What the hell is a Duel Staff?】
[OP: Attribute screenshot... Am I seeing things? Six stats, all perfect, +210% spell damage? Are the blacksmiths of the White Eagle Empire on collective vacation?]
[1L: Fake image! It's definitely photoshopped! This kind of data couldn't possibly exist!]
[2L: The person upstairs, go check the rankings yourself, don't pretend you're blind.]
[13L: I just got back from the leaderboard, my hands are shaking. Gabriel's Sigh got pushed down, and the White Eagle Empire's face got slapped so hard.]
[45L: I have a bold guess: Has China discovered some kind of bug in the secret realm? Or used some forbidden method we don't know about? This doesn't conform to the basic principles of equipment manufacturing!]
[46L: I second that. This is no longer a technical issue; it's a rules issue. I demand that the White Eagle authorities intervene and investigate, as this is disrupting the balance of global secret realm exploration!]
Doubt, insults, jealousy, and fanaticism—all sorts of emotions intertwined in the virtual world of the internet, creating a storm.
At the eye of the storm, Lu Yan acted as if nothing was wrong, ignoring the tactical tablet that his teammates handed him, which displayed a forum page.
He turned around, his calm gaze falling on Wen Yue.
"Wen Yue, it's your turn."
Lu Yan asked, "What is your understanding of archers?"
The question came so suddenly that Wen Yue was stunned for a moment before subconsciously answering, "Accurate, swift, and fatal." This was a creed etched into her bones from the very first day she became an archer.
"Not entirely correct." Lu Yan shook his head, scribbled a few lines on the projection board, and pushed a brand new document in front of Wen Yue.
"Take a look at this."
Wen Yue leaned closer, her gaze falling on the document title—"Explosive Crossbow".
She was completely stunned: "This...this...this is completely different from my previous attack methods!"
From a nimble hunter who roams the edge of the battlefield, seeking opportunities for a fatal blow, to a cumbersome artilleryman carrying a heavy crossbow?
She instinctively resisted.
Xiao Qianyu also frowned, feeling that the plan was too extreme: "Wen Yue's fighting style has already been set, and such a big change is too risky."
Lu Yan tapped on two key talents in the document.
"Look here, [High Explosive Grenade], upgrade it to the maximum level to unlock the variant - [Chain Detonation], which can detonate all launched but unexploded grenades at the same time."
"Look at this next, [Scatter Grenade]. When maxed out, the variant effect is to increase the grenade fuse time and reduce the spread range, but greatly increase single-target damage."
Lu Yan looked up at Wen Yue, who had a blank expression: "Now, put these two talents together with the [Multi-Shot] attribute on the weapon, what comes to mind?"
Without waiting for Wen Yue's answer, he directly revealed the answer: "You will get an instant grenade attack with no explosion delay and damage that increases exponentially!"
Lu Yan checked the documents and the weapons arsenal.
Why use a crossbow? Because this type of heavy weapon has a natural, huge damage bonus against explosive skills.
Lu Yan planned a path for Wen Yue that would completely overturn the traditional understanding of archers—abandoning single-point sniping and embracing area bombardment.
To persuade her, and also to collect core materials for the new weapon, Lu Yan directly marked the next target on the map.
【Goblin Demolition Factory】. A level 40 dungeon known for producing high-energy, unstable crystals and various explosives.
Half an hour later, the team regrouped.
Upon entering that secret realm filled with the smells of engine oil and gunpowder, they were greeted by a tidal wave of goblin suicide bombers and goblin lumberjack mechs.
In the past, the scenario required Zhao Lei to tank the damage with his shield while Shen Xinglin harassed from the flanks, and the whole team to handle it cautiously. This time, the script is completely different.
Lin Chuxue held the [Duel Staff] and stood quietly in the center of the group without even moving.
Then, everyone witnessed what "infinite power" really meant.
No chanting is needed, no cooling is required.
Ice storms and lava fireballs poured from the tip of her staff at an unprecedented frequency.
A torrent of ice and fire elements completely submerged the front half of the entire goblin factory.
Those goblin mechs that had once given the pioneering teams a major headache were reduced to nothing by the brutal magical storm; their armor didn't even last a second before melting away like ice cream under the scorching sun.
Wen Yue stood blankly in the back row, not even having a chance to draw the bowstring.
She watched as the monster, which once required the entire team to be on their toes, became as fragile as paper in Lin Chuxue's hands.
Lu Yan's theory was proven irrefutably by Lin Chuxue in the most forceful way.
Armed with explosive crystals and special alloys powerful enough to flatten a small mountain, the team returned to the workshop.
Lu Yan stood in front of the worktable again.
This time, he chose attributes such as [Physical Area Damage], [Explosion Radius], and [Reload Speed], which are contrary to the traditional archer's "accuracy" and "speed".
The atmosphere in the workshop was even more tense than last time.
When Lu Yan pressed the last engraving stone into the groove, and the worktable once again emitted a legendary orange light, everyone held their breath.
A heavy crossbow, with its menacing design, complex structure, and violent aesthetics, lay there quietly.
Its crossbow body is shorter than that of a regular longbow, but several times wider and thicker, covered with heat sinks and energy conduction lines, giving it a heavy and imposing presence just by looking at it.
[World-Destroying Thunder (Legendary)]
[Weapon attack power 1125-1685]
[Affix 1: Elemental damage increased by +180%]
[Affix 2: Base physical damage increased by +220%]
[Entry 3: Multishot +5]
[Entry 4: Weapon critical hit rate increased by +120%]
[Entry 5: Weapon critical hit damage increased by +250%]
[Entry 6: Increases grenade-type skills by +90%]
Because crossbows have a very slow attack speed, their attack power is very high, placing them far ahead of the rest of the crossbow rankings.
The light screen refreshes, displaying the global weapons rankings.
[NO.1: Duel Staff]
[NO.2: World-Destroying Thunder]
The White Eagle Empire's "Gabriel's Sigh" has been relegated to third place.
China dominates the charts!
This time, before the crowd could cheer, Wen Yue silently stepped forward and picked up the heavy crossbow.
The top-tier training ground of the Longwei Base.
Wen Yue awkwardly held the [World-Destroying Thunder] in front of her and pulled the trigger according to Lu Yan's instructions.
First fire several rounds of scatter grenades, then fire high-explosive grenades.
A grenade with a faint trail of light flew out at a moderate speed, tracing a parabola, and landed in the target area a hundred meters away.
Missed.
However, at the moment the grenade landed...
A horrific explosion occurred.
boom--!!!
A blinding light and a deafening roar erupted simultaneously, and a visible shockwave spread out in a ring, plowing through half of the training ground.
Standing a hundred meters away, Wen Yue was thrown off balance by the aftershock and fell to the ground covered in dust.
She got up, not bothering to brush the dust off her clothes, and stared blankly at the target area in the distance that had been razed to the ground.
There, the dozen or so alloy dummies that once stood there are now nowhere to be found, not even a single intact fragment.
"My hair..."
At this moment, Wen Yue finally understood Lu Yan's words.
The official account of the White Eagle Empire released a strongly worded announcement on its global forum:
We have reason to suspect that China is using some unknown, forbidden technology to destructively mine resources from secret realms and manufacture equipment with abnormal attributes. This behavior seriously disrupts the strategic balance of the global Awakened world. We hereby lodge our strongest protest and public condemnation of China's unilateral breach of the tacit agreement!