MTLNOVEL Chapter 228: Teleportation, Darkville Black Iron Tribe
Today, the Flame Emblem Club wasn't as bustling as usual.
Because a Quenching Furnace had appeared in the Lion Heart Empire, Quenching Castle was no longer the only option for Quenching Masters.
Though it wasn't as lively as before, it merely wasn't as overcrowded.
The Flame Emblem Club remained the prime choice for Da Xia's Quenching Masters, both for its location and its cooperative model, which greatly satisfied the Da Xia superpower users.
For many Quenching Masters and superpower users, seeing a second Quenching Furnace in the Western World made them hope that others would go to the Lion Heart Empire for quenching so they wouldn't have to wait in long queues.
The summoning countdown was still three days away.
Lin Zeyu had finally purchased all the materials needed for the crossbow's second forging from the market, handing them over to Master Gulu to perform the second forging on Su Muyu's crossbow.
He also took the opportunity to earn some Vice Profession experience.
The forging process went smoothly, as Black Iron Dwarves are naturally talented at forging, a gift determined by their species.
After the second forging, the crossbow's attack power greatly increased.
"Superior Mia's Crossbow+9"
"Item Level: B Level"
"Specifications: Length 72 cm, Bow arm width 58 cm, Weight 2.3 kg"
"Attribute: Attack Power 210"
"Special Effects: Melt Armor, Broken Sensitivity"
"Evaluation: A crossbow forged from refined iron, engraved with Mia's name."
Su Muyu used this crossbow, usually firing Flame Elemental Arrows created by her skill.
This skill had a hidden property—wind direction and wind resistance had little impact on the shooting accuracy of the Elemental Arrows.
This allowed her to accurately hit a target one hundred meters away.
She could also achieve significant accuracy at two hundred meters.
For ranged weapons, a range of 100 meters was already quite far.
A pistol's effective range is only 50 meters.
Of course, the effective range of a pistol doesn't mean that bullets lack power after flying 50 meters.
Beyond 50 meters, pistols struggle to maintain accuracy.
Moreover, the typical operational scenario for a pistol is actually urban combat from 5 to 20 meters.
Anything beyond 20 meters might warrant switching to a rifle, and if precision shooting above 100 meters is necessary, a sniper rifle should be used.
While many sniper rifles have an effective range of 1000 meters, not every shot is taken at that extreme distance.
Therefore, Su Muyu's ability to hit targets accurately at 200 meters was quite impressive.
After the forging was complete, Su Muyu joyfully held the newly-forged crossbow.
This crossbow was a testament to her friendship with Mia.
Originally, she thought it would be difficult to see Mia again after parting ways at Stone Hammer Castle, but unexpectedly, the Bansel Clan was summoned to Blue Star.
She was eager to share the upgraded attributes of the crossbow with Mia, but unfortunately, Mia had already returned to her original world.
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Everything was ready, and now it was the last day of the summoning countdown.
The families of Lu Heng and Su Muyu gathered for a peaceful and joyous dinner.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the three team members met in the training room.
Midnight was approaching, and they were about to be transported; Lu Heng instructed the Mechanical Tiger Anka to start its self-check program to test the installed modules.
The Mechanical Core of the Mechanical Tiger was unlikely to fail, but with three modules installed, regular checks were necessary to ensure smooth operation.
The anti-gravity module and mechanical wings functioned well, and the miniature missile launcher was also in good condition.
However, only six miniature missiles remained.
During their time with the Sikes Civilization, they had obtained 24 missiles from Yeliana Sikes, but now only six were left.
They would need to economize before entering the Cyber World again.
Fortunately, the Mechanical Tiger Anka now had a laser emitter installed in the mouth, capable of emitting high-energy lasers upon opening its mouth.
The threesome gathered, drinking beverages and chatting.
Waiting for the call of the Abyss.
"I hope we get transported to a Cyber World this time; I want to get a high-tech kinetic sniper rifle," Lin Zeyu began to wish.
In terms of future weapons technology, there were three technological paths: kinetic energy weapons, missile weapons, and energy weapons.
The Sikes Civilization's technology tree was primarily focused on energy weapons, supported by missile weapons.
Sniper rifles fell under kinetic energy weapons.
In fact, all firearms and cannons belonged to kinetic energy weapons.
In the Sikes Civilization, most firearms were laser guns, so Lin Zeyu had not found any kinetic energy weapon better than the existing sniper rifles he used.
"I think we should visit the Bansel Clan; it's been a long time since we left Stone Hammer Castle. It would be nice if we could return," Su Muyu still hoped for a reunion with friends.
"Any summoning is because the target civilization is facing an Abyss invasion and a crisis. Mia might not like your idea," Lu Heng teased with a smile.
Su Muyu thought for a moment and responded, "That's true, if Stone Hammer Castle wasn't facing a crisis, there would be no need to summon us there. In that case, let's hope we aren't summoned to the Bansel Clan."
She didn't wish for her friends' tribe to face a crisis, especially since the Bansel Clan's population was already small and couldn't afford such disasters.
As they chatted idly, time slipped through their conversations, and soon it was midnight.
Lu Heng checked the time, and with 30 seconds left, he extended his hand and said, "Get ready."
The team members reached out, stacking their palms on top of each other.
Lu Heng gave one last instruction, "Once the teleportation is complete, immediately check your surroundings. If we're not all together, ensure your own safety first, and then find a way to regroup.
"Be cautious of other superpower users, we can't fully trust anyone but ourselves."
"Understood!" the two chorused in response.
The final 3 seconds of the countdown ended, and the teleportation began.
A flash of white light appeared before their eyes, blindingly bright, making it impossible to keep them open.
After the brightness, there was endless darkness.
Data on the Abyss Battlefield began to appear in front of their eyes.
[Teleported to Abyss World: Molten Lava Plain]
[World Brief: A world filled with lava, with red molten rivers flowing over the land, and the scorching temperature grants its inhabitants high flame resistance. Inside the grand architecture of the Black Stone Mine, terrifying creatures reside.]
[Event: The Darkville Black Iron Tribe, residing here, were attacked by demons and lost their homeland, Black Stone City. To reclaim Black Stone City, the Darkville Black Iron Tribe fought for three years, yet still couldn't drive the Abyss creatures away from the mine.]
[Danger Level: 5]
[Battlefield Mode: Survival Mode]
[Main Quest]
[1. Avoid being pursued by the Darkville Black Iron Tribe.]
[2. Avoid being pursued by the Bloodline Demons of the Black Stone Mine.]
[3. Survive 15 days on the Molten Lava Plain.]
[Challenge Task]
[1. Find the fallen traitor and eliminate them.]
[2. Kill 30 Bloodline Demons and earn the forgiveness of the Darkville Black Iron Tribe.]
[3. Drive the Bloodline Demons out of the Black Stone Mine and help the Darkville Black Iron Tribe rebuild their homeland.]
[Teleportation complete, loading common language of the Molten Lava Plain.]
After the teleportation, Lu Heng opened his eyes immediately and saw Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu looking over at him.
The three of them had teleported to the same location.
With a team contract in effect, most times the team members would teleport to the same location.
Only on very rare occasions, due to certain world events, would individual team members teleport to unique locations.
The three materialized inside a stone house.
This time it wasn't a jail cell or a prison wagon, but a stone house.
The door of the stone house was open, they were not imprisoned.
Besides Lu Heng and his two teammates, there were seven others in the stone house.
That is to say, there were a total of ten people in the stone house.
This instance of the Abyss Battlefield was designed for at least ten people, but according to the summoning patterns of the Abyss Battlefield, it usually wouldn't transport all superpower users to the same location.
There must be other locations with other summoned superpower users.
Thus, the scale of this instance of the Abyss Battlefield must be for 20 or even more than 30 people.
Once everyone in the stone house had awoken, they naturally split into three groups.
Clearly, there were three teams, divided into a 4-3-3 configuration.
Moreover, not all three teams were from Da Xia; among them, one four-person team consisted of three Caucasians and one African descent, with one of the Caucasians being a blonde woman.
All three teams were vigilant but behaved relatively friendly for the time being.
As this Abyss Battlefield mode wasn't a Source Material combat, immediate mutual slaughter probably wouldn't occur.
Lu Heng quickly surveyed the environment, then noticed some oddities in the stone house.
For example, there were some food wrappers on the floor.
Indeed, food wrappers from the Human World, still stamped with the manufacturer's details and the production date.
Lu Heng picked up a compressed biscuit wrapper, raised it to show the other two teams, and asked, "Yours?"
The leaders of the two teams shook their heads, denying it.
There was no reason to lie about this.
That is to say, these two teams wouldn't lie over such a small matter, so where did the wrappers in the stone house come from?
Lu Heng already had an answer in mind, having seen this situation many times in a past life.
The blonde woman from the four-person team frowned and asked, "Not yours either?"
Lu Heng shook his head and answered, "Not ours."
"If everyone says it's not theirs, then where did these wrappers come from? Did someone get teleported here ahead of us? It's no problem; we can cooperate and utilize the head start to complete the tasks faster," the leader of the four-person team volunteered for cooperation.
Everyone shook their heads and denied any connection to the wrappers on the ground.
"Impossible. If it's not yours, are you saying the Black Iron Tribe here eats compressed biscuits? Lying at this time is pointless," the leader of the four-person team accused someone of lying.
Lu Heng thought for a moment and dispelled his doubts, "It's possible that other superpower users were summoned here before us. Haven't you encountered situations where the same Abyss Battlefield has multiple summonings?"
Hearing Lu Heng's words, people from the other two teams pondered and didn't raise further doubts.
If a group of superpower users had been summoned before them, then things were getting complicated.
Typically, a second summoning only occurs if the previous batch of superpower users failed their mission and didn't resolve the crisis.
That means, the earlier batch of summoned superpower users might have been annihilated.