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One person and one bird, who were full, lay on the balcony to watch the scenery.

As night falls, the lights on the riverside in the distance are bright, and a long strip of light stretches into the distance.The grass and bushes, already dyed with autumn colors, spread slowly in the night, like a gorgeous and dull brocade.

The coke can in Ming Xia's hand was already empty, and it creaked when he squeezed it.Several small cups were placed in front of Qingqiu, containing different beverages, besides Ming Xia's Coke, there were also yogurt and fruit juice.These are things that Qingqiu has never tasted before, some it doesn't like, such as yogurt with oatmeal and fruit pieces, and some things it can't accept at all, such as cola.

These snacks were all bought in the neighborhood supermarket when Ming Xia took it downstairs for a walk after dinner.Since Qingqiu was sent to the "sixth group", the rations in life have been uniformly regulated, so this is the first time he has bought things in the supermarket, and everything is novel.

Ming Xia picked out some snacks that it could eat and brought them back, leisurely waiting for Nanjiang to pick it up.With an identity like Qingqiu, without special permission, he cannot spend the night outside Yaoxi District.

After eating and drinking, Qingqiu nestled down on the tea table very comfortably, "The scenery is so beautiful."

Ming Xia laughed, "I thought you would say that the food is really delicious."

Qingqiu pushed the small cup aside with the tips of his wings, and said with some regret, "I can't eat any more."

"I'll take it back for you to eat later."

Qingqiu blinked his eyes and said softly: "Ming Xia, you are so kind to me."

Ming Xia reached out and squeezed its little paw, "Because I regard you as a friend."

"I had a human friend before." Looking at the lights in the distance, Qingqiu murmured, "It's a classmate studying in the same academy. But he betrayed me later and almost killed me."

Its voice was very soft, and its tone was quite calm, but Ming Xia still felt a little distressed when he heard it, "There are good monsters, and there are good people. Sometimes, we do have bad luck and meet bad guys. But, don't eat it once. Unfortunately, just kill a boatload of people with one pole."

Qingqiu rubbed against the back of his hand.

"What happened to that man?"

Qingqiu turned his head to the other side, and said lightly, "You don't want to know."

There was an inexplicable chill on Ming Xia's back.

"Oh, that's Nanjiang's car," Qingqiu flapped his wings, jumped from the tea table to the railing of the balcony, and said in a tone that was trying to calm the atmosphere, "He's downstairs."

Ming Xia knew that the conversation just now touched a scar in Qingqiu's heart.If he just changed the subject lightly, maybe there would be a not-so-pleasant crease between him and Qingqiu.

This is not what Ming Xia wants to see.

Ming Xia walked over and gently touched Qingqiu's back, "Qingqiu, friends don't expose each other's wounds. If you don't want to talk, I won't ask. This is called respect."

Qingqiu turned his head and looked at him with round bean-like eyes with a hint of hesitation.

"I really like your personality." Ming Xia smiled at it, "You see, we can chat and get along very happily. I think we can still be friends."

Qingqiu lowered his head slightly, as if he was staring at something downstairs.

The doorbell rang, it should be Nanjiang coming up.Ming Xia turned to open the door, Qingqiu said softly behind him, "I will remember what you said."

Ming Xia smiled slightly.

The door opened, and Ming Xia was surprised to see Wen Liang following behind Nan Jiang.

"Teacher?" Ming Xia was taken aback, and hurriedly welcomed them in, "You didn't make a call, what's the matter?"

This is the first time Wen Liang came to find Ming Xia on his own initiative. He used to make a phone call, and Ming Xia was sent to run errands by remote control.Even if Ming Xia couldn't guess the reason for his visit, he knew that something serious must have happened.Moreover, Nan Jiang's face did not look very relaxed.

"What do you drink, teacher?"

Ming Xia was still thinking about where his father kept his tea leaves, so Wen Liang said, "Don't worry about it, I'm here to find you." He paused, and gave a brief introduction to Nan Jiang, " This is Mr. Nan, the representative of Party A of our new project."

Nan Jiang nodded at him, "We meet again."

Wen Liang didn't seem surprised by their acquaintance, and asked Ming Xia directly, "The army you remodeled last time, what about the crossbow? Take it out and let me have a look."

Ming Xia turned to look at Nan Jiang, Nan Jiang also had an interested expression on his face, as if Wen Liang's proposal happened to be what he meant.

Originally, for Ming Xia, Wen Liang was the person who was more familiar and close, but because she was not sure whether Wen Liang knew about the old town, Ming Xia didn't dare to talk to Nan Jiang, for fear that if she didn't care about what she said, she would provoke him again. No unnecessary trouble.

When Ming Xia led them upstairs, Qing Qiu also chased after them.

Qingqiu couldn't care less about losing his temper now, and because of the presence of a stranger like Wen Liang, he also carefully pretended to be honest, snuggling on Ming Xia's shoulder and pretending that he was a pet bird.

As soon as they went upstairs, Nan Jiang and Wen Liang were a little surprised.Probably because he didn't expect this job to be so heavy for this young man.

Looking at his collections again, it is obvious that he collected them out of love, not just as reference materials for work.

"That's it." Ming Xia took out his favorite work, opened it and placed it on the workbench.

The military crossbow modified by Ming Xia is smaller than the standard military crossbow. The bow, arm, arrow, and slots have been re-adjusted to make it more suitable for the jungle, which requires more space. complex environment.

Nanjiang aimed at the target wall and tried it with his hands, and it felt lighter than the standard military crossbow.

All the partitions on the floor of the attic are opened, and the longitudinal distance is between 30 meters and 40 meters.This distance test shooting accuracy is of little significance.The specific data needs to be taken back to the cool laboratory for further testing.

Ming Xia noticed that Nanjiang and Wen Liang exchanged a serious look, and then Wen Liang called Ming Xia to come over and pack the ten, word, crossbow and the notes he made during the transformation for him, and he wanted to take it back to study.

Ming Xia really wanted to ask Nanjiang about Xishan's situation, but because of Wen Liang's presence, he didn't dare to say a word, so he could only send them to the door anxiously.

Wen Liang told him, "Come to the company early tomorrow. Check to see if you have any other notes or records at home, and bring them with you if you have any."

Ming Xia nodded in agreement.

Reluctantly, Qingqiu rubbed against him, flapped his wings and jumped onto Nanjiang's shoulder.

Ming Xia eagerly handed the plastic bag containing snacks to Nanjiang, "For Qingqiu."

Qingqiu looked at the big plastic bag and narrowed his eyes happily.The little discord between them just now has been left behind by it.

Looking at his expression, Nan Jiang guessed what he was thinking, so he reminded him implicitly, "I will go to Teacher Wen's tomorrow."

Qingqiu glanced back at Wen Liang who was walking towards the elevator, and said quietly, "I'll go too."

"Then...see you tomorrow."

The time at night was indeed rushed.Ming Xia thought to himself, if it was daytime, it should give him a chance to inquire about the situation with Nan Jiang, right?

Ming Xia lay on the balcony and watched Nan Jiang and his party leave.He found that although he returned to the urban area, there still seemed to be some subtle connection with the old city.

First of all, it was his grandfather, who spoke to him in a very strange tone, as if he had some other meaning: probing or instructing.Immediately afterwards, I got involved with the "sixth group" at work.

Ming Xia recalled Wen Liang's original words: a government cooperation project.

Projects involving the "Sixth Group" are definitely not as simple as sports equipment.The team led by Wen Liang mainly develops shooting, shooting, and other training equipment.Subdividing it further down, and implementing it on Ming Xia's head, it is the bow and crossbow.

As for things such as bows and crossbows, if their role in sports and entertainment is discarded, only their most primitive functions remain.

Ming Xia remembered the night when the water lily appeared, the flames that exploded on it.For these behemoths, ordinary ammunition may be difficult to play a role.At least from what he saw with his own eyes, those firepower attacks did not cause any substantial damage to the water lily, at most they only blocked its attack - if ammunition and ammunition are useless, what can bows and crossbows do? What is the effect?

Compared with weapons, weapons, bows and crossbows do not make a lot of noise and have better concealment.But how useful would such an advantage be when facing monsters?

The strange power they possess makes them not even need to see with their naked eyes and listen with their ears when facing an attack.

Ming Xia thought of the water vet's weird vertical pupils that could penetrate the wall, and the armor-like scales.If Nanjiang was preparing to deal with such a monster, then his crossbow must at least be able to penetrate its scales.

There are many issues that need to be reconsidered, but in the final analysis the most important factors are always: killing, wounding, and force.

Ming Xia lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, thinking in his heart how much killing, wounding, and strength could deal with water gnats.

When he was about to fall asleep, a sudden idea hit him like lightning: the water lizard can escape from the body!

Qingqiu said that at the beginning of waking up, the water scorpion once attached to the human body of Qiao He, but escaped from Qiao He's body when Shui Ji tried to devour it, and finally killed Shui Ji in turn. Ji.

Ming Xia also saw it with her own eyes that night. It first looked like Qiao He, and then it turned into a snake. In the process of such changes, is its body still a flesh and blood body in the normal sense?

Even if, in the face of such a monster, if it only hurts its body...is it really useful?