The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse-Chapter 585 - 481 Blueprint
Chapter 585: Chapter 481, Blueprint
Chapter 585: Chapter 481, Blueprint
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The compound bow I saw this time.
Still, it was somewhat beyond Wu Heng’s expectations.
It was slightly different from the bows and arrows from the Otherworld that he had brought with him before.
These ordinary survivors could easily shoot the bow, and they were very accurate at that.
The power was also considerable.
Perhaps it could replace the traditional longbows of the Otherworld.
Wu Heng continued to ask, “Tell me the exact address, or how to find that place?”
The body went silent for a moment, then answered, “Leave the train station and head east about 5 kilometers, and you’ll see the factory.”
5 kilometers to the east.
Wu Heng repeated it silently in his mind to reinforce his memory.
There were still two questions left.
Looking at the corpse’s bloated figure, he asked, “You’re so fat, were you like this before, or is there a reason?”
Under the current circumstances, even getting enough to eat was a problem.
If he had ample food supplies, he wouldn’t have taken the risk of ambushing the railway.
And this fat guy named Brother Hu could take a beating as well.
A punch from the Level 17 Tuolga could kill a man outright, but when it hit him, he just flew backward and wailed on the ground for a while.
Then he charged back towards him again.
The corpse replied, “It should be related to the Corpse Core, but I’m not sure.”
“Did you consume a Corpse Core?”
The corpse answered, “No, I didn’t dare to eat it directly, I cleaned it and soaked it in a whiskey barrel, drinking a little every day.”
After the five questions were answered, the heavy body just fell down.
Wu Heng was somewhat surprised by the last question.
Soaking it in a whiskey barrel.
Could such a method induce changes in a person?
Was the effect of the Corpse Core diluted by the alcohol?
Or was there some other reason?
Wu Heng couldn’t figure it out.
Kerim collected several compound bows, and Wu Heng immediately stored them in the Space Ring.
Then, standing in the middle of the hall, he activated [Corpse Battlefield], and as the ring of light spread, the bodies on the ground rose.
They slowly stood behind him.
Wu Heng checked the room where the person had lived.
There was some stored food and a radio that was still broadcasting information from the outside world.
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Tap tap tap~!
Before long, the sound of dense footsteps arose.
Qi Hancai, leading a large contingent of Skeletons, charged straight into the train station hall.
She glanced at the bloodstains and torn flesh on the ground.
She quickly walked towards Wu Heng.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine! Everyone has been rescued. There are a few women inside. Ask them whether they want to come with us or if they have their own base. Get the people on the train down to move the stuff here onto our train,” Wu Heng said.
“Okay!” Qi Hancai replied.
While walking to the room next to her, she used the walkie-talkie to arrange for people to come and transfer items.
Soon enough, the survivors who had come with the train walked in briskly.
And moved all the supplies here onto the train.
Qi Hancai also brought back the rescued people and several numb-faced women.
She had them help with moving the supplies.
She then approached and said, “Five women, all locked up by these people, have nowhere to go and are willing to come with us.”
“Then take them back with us, they won’t survive long here,” Wu Heng said.
Even leaving food for the women in the current weather.
It would be hard for them to survive.
“Yeah.” Qi Hancai nodded and then asked, “Are we going to wait for daybreak or head to ‘Enzhou City’ overnight?”
“Wait for daylight, there’s a factory outside that makes bows and arrows, let’s go there first,” Wu Heng said.
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The original plan was to head directly to the next city after rescuing the people.
But now, they planned to first check out the compound bow factory.
“A factory that makes bows and arrows? Isn’t that illegal?” Qi Hancai frowned and asked.
Before, these things were strictly managed.
“It might be for competitions, we’ll know when we see it,” Wu Heng speculated.
Whether it was a black factory, or one that produced for competitions,
it didn’t matter anymore.
What mattered was the end result, whether or not it could be utilized by Wu Heng’s side.
“I’ll have someone arrange a room for you.”
“Rest in the car for a while. It’s almost dawn. Let everyone finish up their work and rest in the car, too. We can leave the skeletons to guard here.”
Wu Heng walked towards the direction of the train.
Qi Hancai followed behind, using the walkie-talkie to tell everyone to come back to the car to rest after moving the supplies.
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The next day, in the morning.
The skeleton army was assembling outside the train station.
In addition to the skeletons brought over by the train, they also found bodies previously killed by survivors nearby the station.
After converting them, they added over a hundred more skeletons to their numbers.
“Everything is arranged,” Qi Hancai said.
Several skeleton flying dragons that came with them had their magazines fully loaded with solid iron bullets.
Wu Heng nodded and said, “Let’s go.”
He continued to issue orders to the skeletons, and the army began to advance eastward along the road.
As they traveled some distance,
the number of zombies in the vicinity gradually started to increase.
Growls and footsteps could be heard from a distance and from both sides.
Dense groups of zombies, like black torrents, rushed out from roads in the distance and alleys on both sides.
They surged towards them along the road.
The mass of zombies grew larger and larger, filling their field of vision.
Wu Heng glanced at them and then ordered directly, “Send out the skeleton flying dragons to drop the iron bombs.”
Whoosh whoosh~!
The skeleton flying dragons took off and opened their bomb bays above the heads of the zombies.
Dense iron bullets fell like torrential rain.
Because of the accumulation of snow on the ground, there wasn’t much dust kicked up.
But the streets where the zombies once were were instantly cleared.
They turned into a ground littered with corpses.
After dropping the bombs, the skeleton flying dragons returned.
Wu Heng continued to command, “Advance.”
Rustle rustle~!
The skeleton army moved forward, killing all the remaining zombies along the way.
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They continued to advance for five kilometers.
On both sides were various shops, with many repair shops among them.
Xiao Xiao entered a body and shared a view of a building.
The sign at the door read [Sanda Archery Equipment & Sports Goods Co., Ltd.].
It really did exist, and the scale was not small.
“It’s over there, we’ve passed it,” Wu Heng called out to Qi Hancai in the distance.
Qi Hancai walked over.
The army left the main road and proceeded down the right fork.
After about five minutes, they saw the factory area shared in the image.
“Go in,” Wu Heng ordered.
The skeleton army rushed in, filling the entire courtyard instantly.
Inside the factory, there was an office building on one side and a sizable workshop on the other.
Wu Heng was the first to enter the workshop to check it out.
Glass shattered, the interior looked as if it had been half-exploded, with large areas smashed to pieces and scorched black all around.
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“It must’ve been those people who found more zombies in the workshop and used explosives,” Qi Hancai speculated.
“Right, let’s go to the office building.”
The equipment inside was definitely unusable.
What remained to be seen was whether they could find any blueprints.
Entering the office building.
The two of them checked each room one by one.
Over here…” Qi Hancai called out.
Wu Heng walked over; this was a place like a data station.
The wall-mounted safe was opened wide, revealing numerous blueprints inside.
Wu Heng picked up the top one and unfolded it, his eyes lighting up in an instant.
Blueprints for a compound bow.
They listed the names and specs of the materials, along with precise dimensions and requirements.
It was exactly what he needed.
Opening the second one, it was written with bow handle 6061 aluminum material and processing specifications.
Such detailed blueprints.
“How is it?” Qi Hancai asked.
“Very useful, the trip wasn’t in vain,” said Wu Heng as he collected all the blueprints and searched the vicinity.
All the related books were taken as well.
Then they headed back outside together.
Qi Hancai asked, “Are we going to use this type of bow from now on?”
The survivors at the base were all using strong crossbows provided by Wu Heng.
They actually had substantial power.
Just that they were quite heavy.
“Depends on the situation, it’s too early to say if we can make them. The various aluminum and steel materials mentioned might not be something we can process.”
“A normal production should be lighter than those strong crossbows,” said Qi Hancai.
“Right, we’ll find a professional back at base to see if we can find substitute materials.”
The Skeleton Army returned to the train station.
After a brief rest, the train set out again.
Heading for the next stop, ‘Enzhou City.’
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Four o’clock in the afternoon.
The sky had already darkened.
The train stopped in the distance, and the Skeleton Army, armed with weapons, faced the onrush of the zombie horde.
The screams and sounds of blades hacking filled the space.
“Advance,” ordered Wu Heng.
Rustle~!
Skeletons with spears stood up amidst the pile of corpses and started pushing forward against the zombies.
Batches of zombies fell one after another.
Tainted blood turned the white snow on the ground into deep red patches.
With the army pushing their way down to the station,
The zombies were gradually cleared out.
Only the ones with missing limbs, who were a step slower, were still screaming, crawling forward slowly.
They were rushed by ax-wielding skeletons, chopped to death amidst the chaos.
The whole space finally quieted down completely.
The skeletons began to clear the battlefield, making way for the rails.
The train also slowly entered the platform.
Wu Heng looked at the nearly seventy or eighty bodies of evolved zombies in front of him, released [Bone Manipulation Skill] on each, and then started searching for corpse cores.
A total of 12 cores, not too many but still a decent number.
Wu Heng continued to release [Corpse Battlefield], and skeletons started standing up all around.
Joining the Skeleton Army, becoming one of its members.
He continued to check inside the train station.
After confirming there was no danger,
The survivors on the train, carrying various tools, alighted.
Temporary lights were erected.
All external doors and windows were sealed off and bars were welded in place.
Everyone had their own job, and they worked with the efficiency of rehearsed countless times.
“Get dinner ready, are you eating here?” Qi Hancai arranged tasks for the people and came over to ask.
“No need, just prepare a room for me,” said Wu Heng.
“Okay!” Qi Hancai nodded and immediately had a room prepared.
After entering the room,
Wu Heng also opened the boundary door and returned to Gold and Silver Island.
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Walking out of the study,
Wu Heng first went to the Alchemy Laboratory.
He put today’s corpse cores into a freezer on the side and glanced at the progress of the Alchemists.
Various medicinal herbs and refined elixirs filled the experiment tables.
But the Level Three Potion had still not been made.
The Third-level corpse cores in the Organ Jar were still inside.
After leaving the Alchemy Laboratory,
Wu Heng went to the Mechanist’s room.
He handed over the complete set of ‘Compound Bow’ blueprints obtained today.
Also, there were two finished compound bows as references.
Guns and bullets were still a distance away from mass production,
but the compound bow’s main feature is the conversion of the pulley system into the limb’s rebound force, making drawing the bow easier and more powerful.
Making this weapon, considering Otherworld’s forging techniques, shouldn’t be difficult.
It could be issued to both the survivors at the base and the Guard Team here.
The potential uses were quite extensive.
After leaving the Mechanist’s room,
he headed downstairs.
Upon seeing Wu Heng come down, dinnerware was immediately prepared.
Wu Heng sat down and started eating.
Mini, eating beside and said, “Master, during the day, Steward Xi Ligui came by.”
“Did another case come up?”
“No, she inquired about how the preparations for your fleet were going and mentioned that ships docked at the harbor have again spotted pirate activity,” Mini said.
Wu Heng frowned.
Pirates had appeared again.
Whether it was a newly formed Pirate Group or some pirates who had previously escaped,
they needed to be dealt with sooner rather than later, otherwise, with no one to manage, more and more people would join the pirates.
“Hmm, I’ll take a look at the harbor tomorrow.”
After dinner,
The three trained in the training room.
As the sky grew dark, they retired to their rooms to rest.
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The next day, at the harbor,
The harbor was bustling with life, much like before.
Numerous trading groups docked, and a vast number of workers began moving materials at the port.
Different from before,
The Skeleton Army guarded the harbor, and the workers’ conflicts had diminished.
Even in disputes, as soon as the skeleton approached, both parties went their separate ways.
Very conscious.
At the docking area for the association’s fleet,
Philippa took Wu Heng aboard the deck of a large warship,
Excitedly saying, “You folks on Gold and Silver Island are really generous, reinforcing this ship without asking me for money. Being an Island Master is awesome, huh?”
Wu Heng asked, “Did you give them any money?”
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“They didn’t want it, how could I give it!”
