142: Chapter 142 Crossbow Modification: A God-Tier Weapon Against High Armor

"Use poison!"

"When facing high-armor units, you must use attacks that ignore armor!"

Su Yang reacted quickly and immediately opened the Shennong Creation Institute panel.

The recent battle against the Nature Race Insect Swarm had dropped a modification related to poison.

He clicked into the Symbiotic Weapons section under Xenomorph biological research.

Sure enough, a technology had lit up.

[Obtained Expert D-rank loot, Nature's Bite (Quality +1)]

[Can unlock Poison Enchantment at the Xeno Experiment Station; can cause poisoning effects after dealing damage to enemies]

[Technology: Toxic Crossbow]

["My arrows are coated in deadly poison, you know": Research the Nature Race venom sac and transplant its toxin-producing function onto the crossbow.]

[Function: Organically combine the Nature Race venom sac with the crossbow to form a symbiotic weapon. After upgrading, each crossbow bolt fired will carry neurotoxins. The neurotoxins can paralyze the enemy's senses, causing them to rapidly lose the ability to act.]

[Legendary Quality Additional Trait: The durability of the neurotoxin is increased, and it will cause irreversible weakening of the target's mobility.]

[Prerequisite Technology: Level 4 Great Qin Armored Crossbowmen (Only experienced Crossbowmen can control living weapons)]

[Unlock Cost: One Nature's Bite / every 20 modifications]

[command points: 600 command points / per modification]

[Time: 5 seconds]

A symbiotic crossbow with added neurotoxins! Su Yang's eyes lit up.

After this modification, as long as he hit an enemy, he could paralyze them.

This could greatly reduce the speed of the Bug Swarm Tide, and it would likely be very effective against the Insect Swarm's siege behemoths!

Moreover, because of the Astrology Tower's strategy, the quality of Nature's Bite had increased by 1 level, reaching Legendary rank.

Legendary-grade loot brings trait improvements whether used or modified.

After the Legendary-grade trait improvement, the durability of the crossbow bolt's neurotoxin would be strengthened.

And even after the enemy recovers, they would suffer irreversible damage to their mobility.

The Legendary quality undoubtedly further enhanced the effects of the crossbow bolts.

And this enhancement didn't cost extra; it was practically like getting it for free!

Su Yang's thoughts flickered, and he excitedly invested command points.

He felt that this modification was tailor-made for dealing with high-armor units!

[command points - 12000]

[Technology Toxic Crossbow modifying...]

With the command points invested, the modification was completed quickly.

When the modified Crossbowmen walked out of the barracks, Su Yang's eyes widened.

This was a symbiotic weapon!

After the modification, a device had been installed in front of the heavy crossbows held by the Crossbowmen.

It wasn't a mechanical device, but a pale purple living substance attached to the front of the barrel.

After the crossbow bolt was fired, it would pass through this living substance at the muzzle, thereby being coated with neurotoxins.

Although it was a living substance obtained from researching the Insect Swarm, it didn't look as disgusting as the Insect Swarm.

Its exterior was smooth and streamlined, and its pale purple body merged perfectly with the heavy crossbow's frame.

It looked like he had bought a skin for the crossbow!

Whether in terms of appearance or performance, Su Yang was very satisfied with this modification.

All preparations were complete, and the next step was to welcome the attack of the Bug Swarm Tide!

Su Yang climbed the iron city wall to personally oversee the battle.

50 Great Qin Armored Elite Soldiers and 40 Great Qin Armored Crossbowmen were evenly deployed on the north city wall, standing by.

With the sonic detection device, Su Yang didn't need to deploy troops on all four walls to prevent sneak attacks.

Now he could concentrate his forces in one place, and if the Insect Swarm detoured and tried to break through from other walls, he could send units then.

Their speed while detouring outside the city definitely wouldn't match the soldiers moving in a straight line between the city walls.

In addition to the Armored Elite Soldiers units, the Skyfire Guards and Fire Dragon Guards were also deployed.

Although artillery units were not very effective against the Gray Rock Clan, Su Yang still had two Fire Dragon Guards climb the city wall.

Two Skyfire Guards were positioned below the city wall, ready to operate the skyfire tower.

This was a defensive battle with no retreat, so even if the effects weren't strong, they had to be used.

News came from the scouting Scouts that the Insect Swarm was about to enter the range of the skyfire tower.

Su Yang's thoughts flickered, signaling the Skyfire Guard soldiers below the wall to operate and start the skyfire tower, while switching his perspective to the frontline Scout.

In the Scout's perspective, the Gray Rock Clan Stinger Bugs, glowing with a pale blue light, were advancing rapidly.

Large groups of Stinger Bugs covered the ground, like a blue ocean.

The range of the skyfire tower was 3000-8000 meters, and the Insect Swarm was indeed about to enter range.

"skyfire tower, activate!" Su Yang ordered.

Two Skyfire Guard soldiers quickly took their positions and started the skyfire tower.

Buzz, buzz, buzz——————

The humming sound from the skyfire tower grew louder and louder, and the thick heating coils became increasingly red.

"Earth-Splitting Bomb, prepare!"

A massive explosive stone, 1.5 meters in diameter and resembling a meteorite, rolled into the skyfire tower's launch chamber.

The skyfire tower was essentially an enlarged version of the Skyfire Guard; the effect was the same, but the caliber was even more terrifying.

The counterpart to the Skyfire Guard's Skyfire Bomb was the Heaven-Burning Bomb, while the counterpart to the High-Explosive Bomb was the Earth-Splitting Bomb.

Because high flame temperatures had little effect on the Gray Rock Clan, Su Yang chose the Earth-Splitting Bomb, which had a smaller range but greater power.

"skyfire tower deployed, Earth-Splitting Bomb loaded."

"Target calibrated, requesting permission to fire!" the soldier responded.

Su Yang calmly watched the movement trajectory of the Bug Swarm Tide, waiting for the best firing opportunity.

"Fire!" When the Bug Swarm Tide reached a certain point, Su Yang ordered.

Boom————————————

The skyfire tower fired, and a huge roaring sound rang out.

The entire earth sank with it.

The ignited Earth-Splitting Bomb rose into the sky and shot toward the target location.

Upon receiving the launch information, the Scouts quickly retreated; the power of the skyfire tower did not allow them to observe the situation at close range anymore.

Boom——————————

Not long after they withdrew, the Earth-Splitting Bomb landed.

The firelight formed by the explosion was like a newly born sun, directly engulfing the explosion area.

Everything within 50 meters of the impact point was directly pulverized by the explosion, followed by an immensely powerful shockwave.

Taking the impact point as the center, it expanded rapidly outward.

The crystal spores around the impact site were shattered in circles, and some were even uprooted.

Even the Scouts who had withdrawn nearly 1 kilometer away felt the strong impact.

[Killed Level 13 Tyranid Titanium Crystal Stinger Bug (Variant), command points +130 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Level 13 Tyranid Titanium Crystal Stinger Bug (Variant), command points +130 (30% bonus)]

[Killed Level 12 Tyranid Titanium Crystal Stinger Bug (Variant), command points +120 (30% bonus)]

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This shot hit the center of the Bug Swarm Tide's forward troops.

A series of kill notifications instantly appeared on Su Yang's panel.

At least 50 Stinger Bugs died directly from this explosion, and countless more Stinger Bugs suffered serious injuries.

"High armor? Shock resistance?"

"Those are just excuses for insufficient caliber."

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