Chapter 113

Inside the protective barrier in the villa's backyard, a pale blue energy membrane isolated the open space from the outside world. The snow on the ground had been compacted by the previous ability test, leaving only shallow footprints when stepped on.

Su Jing stood in the center of the open space, her hands hanging naturally at her sides, her fingertips shimmering with a faint glow of supernatural power—today she would thoroughly test the expansion and contraction speed of the flight wing membrane to ensure that she could use it to move quickly after entering the dungeon, avoiding ferocious beasts or chasing friendly monsters.

"Let's try to hide it completely first. There were always tiny traces left before, and we were afraid it would be exposed in the dungeon."

Su Jing took a deep breath and focused her mind to draw energy into her body—the pale blue wing membrane that was originally faintly visible on her back was as if it were being pulled inward by an invisible hand. The faint light on the membrane gradually weakened, and the light spots at the edges gradually merged into the skin and finally disappeared completely. When she reached out to touch her back, she only felt the texture of ordinary clothing, without any bumps or abnormalities.

The system panel pops up a notification: "[Flight wing membrane successfully retracted, 100% concealment, no energy leakage, unlocked 'Instant Deployment' function (can be fully deployed within 1 second)]".

She felt relieved and tried to trigger "Instant Deployment" again—as soon as she thought about it, a slight tingling sensation came from her back, and the pale blue wing membrane fully deployed with a "hum". The membrane surface shimmered with flowing light, like a layer of fine starlight. The deployed wing membrane area was 10% larger than when she practiced before, and the curvature of the edges was more in line with aerodynamics.

Su Jing gently flapped her wing membrane, and her body slowly lifted 30 centimeters off the ground. Without the previous swaying, she tried to move to the left. The wing membrane turned flexibly, propelling her body smoothly across a distance of 10 meters, and she stopped next to a dead tree at the edge of the open space.

"It's time to test the flight speed."

Su Jing took out a mini timer from her pocket and pressed the start button. At the same time, the wing membrane flapped downwards sharply—her body felt as if it were being lifted by a gentle force, and she rushed forward instantly. The wind swept past her ears, carrying the chill of the snow, but was blocked by the airflow barrier formed by the wing membrane.

She flew along the circular route inside the protective barrier, with the membrane flapping at a stable frequency of 3 times per second, circling the 50-meter-diameter open space. One circle, two circles, three circles... When the timer showed "1 minute 12 seconds", she had just completed 10 circles, covering a total distance of about 1,570 meters.

"That works out to exactly 50 kilometers per hour."

Su Jing stopped flying, landed slowly, retracted the wing membrane, and checked the timer data—1 minute and 12 seconds, or 72 seconds. The previous setting was 50 km/h. She realized the flapping frequency had been too fast and deliberately slowed it down to try again: this time the wing membrane flapping frequency...

"Finally stabilized at 50 km/h."

Su Jing turned off the timer, and the system panel popped up: [Flight ability test completed: Wing membrane retraction and extension without delay (0.5 seconds to retract, 1 second to extend), stable flight speed of 50 km/h, flight time increased to 8 minutes (originally 5 minutes), proficiency +15 (currently 50/100), suitable for quick transfer and avoidance of ferocious beasts in dungeons] .

She rubbed her back. Although maintaining the wing membrane for a long time made her slightly tired, it was much easier than the first time she practiced. This speed was enough to catch up with moving monsters in the dungeon and escape danger in time.

After testing her flight ability, Su Jing turned around and returned to the control room on the first floor of the villa—the tools she had used to organize her dungeon inventory were still on the control table. Now she needed to make metal arrows to match the laser gun to make up for the lack of ranged attacks.

She retrieved 10 kilograms of manganese crystal and 5 kilograms of hematite from the space's "ore reserve area." The two ores landed on the operating table. The deep purple of the manganese crystal and the dark red of the hematite formed a striking contrast. Both were high-hardness ores with a purity of over 90%, sufficient to withstand the energy impact of the laser gun.

"First, melt the ore to ensure that the alloy has sufficient hardness and toughness."

Su Jing raised her hand, manipulating the minerals to control her supernatural abilities. A pale blue glow enveloped the two minerals, causing their surfaces to gradually heat up and melt into a silvery-gray molten liquid. The molten liquid gathered into a sphere in mid-air without dripping. With a thought, she drew the molten liquid into a thin, long metal thread, then slowly shaped it—

First, make the arrow shaft, 8 mm in diameter and 30 cm in length, with spiral grooves engraved on the surface to facilitate the attachment of the laser gun's energy beam and increase the range;

Next, make the arrowhead. Condense the remaining molten liquid at one end of the arrow shaft, press it into a triangular shape with sharp edges, and grind the tip into a needle-like point that can penetrate the thick fur of monsters.

As the first arrow took shape, Su Jing touched the arrowhead with her fingertip, feeling its cold hardness. She picked up the laser gun, loaded the arrow into the slot below the barrel, and pulled the trigger—

A pale red laser beam wrapped around the arrow, which shot out with a "whoosh," striking the target paper on the wall of the control room. The arrowhead pierced through the target paper, leaving a small hole in the metal plate behind it.

System notification: [Metal arrow (manganese crystal-hematite alloy) compatibility test successful: can withstand laser energy attachment, range increased to 300 meters, penetration power ≥ 2 times that of ordinary steel arrows, current production quantity: 1/50]

For the next hour, Su Jing repeated the process of melting and shaping the ore, stopping to check every 10 arrows she made: whether the groove depth of the shaft was consistent, whether the sharpness of the arrowhead met the standard, and ensuring that each one could be used with the laser gun.

When all 50 arrows were completed, five black quivers were neatly arranged on the workbench, each containing 10 arrows. The quivers were fitted with Velcro closures on the outside, allowing them to be attached to hooks on the outside of a backpack for easy access.

Su Jing put the quiver into the "weapon zone" of her spatial storage one by one.

Placed alongside the laser gun and the golden crystal dagger, the system panel updates: [Dungeon Ranged Weapon Reserves: 50 Metal Arrows (compatible with laser guns), 1 Laser Gun (full energy + 3 spare energy blocks), Melee Weapon: 1 Golden Crystal Dagger, complete attack system].

She leaned against the control panel, took a sip of warm ginger tea, and ran her fingertips across the system panel—there was one day left until the "Wild Monster World" dungeon opened.