"It turns out you can wind the string with your foot. It's so hard to wind it, no wonder it's so powerful."

Xu Xin walked to the window, aimed at the poplar tree trunk outside, and pulled the trigger.

“Whoosh!” “Crack!”

The crossbow arrow hit the place he wanted to shoot accurately. Most of the crossbow arrow was embedded in the tree trunk, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling slightly.

"Powerful!" Xu Xin was very satisfied with the power of the crossbow. He went down to collect the arrows that had been shot out, and then used the crafting table to make a small wooden quiver. The quiver could hold 100 arrows, and Xu Xin put all the arrows into it and hung it aside.

Next up was the heavy crossbow mounted outside the treehouse. This was crafted directly from the treehouse's crafting list. Xu Xin clicked on the "Treehouse Modification" option on the screen. The new heavy crossbow now appeared in the list.

Iron Automatic Heavy Crossbow (Green): This iron automatic heavy crossbow automatically attacks enemy units, offering greater power and a longer range. It can be loaded with five rounds at a time. Requires 10 Green Wood, 5 Green Iron Blocks, and 2 Green Sinew.

[Heavy Crossbow Arrow (Green): A heavy and sharp arrow that can pierce a beast with its own weight. Recyclable. Requires 2 Green Wood and 1 Green Iron Block.]

Compared with the previous wooden weapons, iron weapons are obviously stronger, so Xu Xin chose to make an iron heavy crossbow without hesitation.

【Please select the location of the heavy crossbow】

A diagram of a tree house appeared on the screen, and the heavy crossbow could be installed on the wall inside the canopy.

"Can't it be installed below? The blind spot is too big if it is installed on the wall." Xu Xin said to himself and had to choose the first floor. After all, the first floor was high enough. He was afraid that the accuracy would be affected if it was farther from the ground.

There was a "click" sound coming from downstairs, indicating that the heavy crossbow had been assembled. Xu Xin made five more heavy crossbow iron arrows and went downstairs.

A small window appeared on the inner wall where the heavy crossbow was located. There was a small round hole under the window, which looked slightly thicker than the iron arrow of the heavy crossbow. There was also a simple joystick next to the round hole.

Xu Xin looked out the window and saw a heavy crossbow that was almost two meters long and wide installed just below the window. The main body of the giant crossbow was made of wood, and the important parts were made of iron. It looked very lethal and gave people a sense of security.

Xu Xin looked at the small hole under the window: "This should be where the arrows are assembled, right?"

Xu Xin pointed the heavy crossbow iron arrow in his hand towards the cave entrance. There was great resistance, so he increased his strength. When the iron arrow was completely immersed in the cave entrance, the sound of a crossbow being strung was heard from the crossbow outside.

Xu Xin looked at the cave entrance. It was already empty, so he should be able to continue filling it.

The automatic heavy crossbow can be loaded with five arrows at a time. Xu Xin pushed all five heavy crossbow arrows in his hand into the hole. After the last arrow was pushed in, the tail of the arrow could still be seen from the hole, indicating that it could no longer be loaded.

"How do I make it fire? With this joystick?" Xu Xin held the joystick in his hand.

[Heavy Crossbow Joystick: Controls the direction of the heavy crossbow. Pull it outward to fire, and press it inward to activate automatic mode.]

Its item identification function is thoughtful.

Xu Xin operated the heavy crossbow and pulled it towards a white-grade poplar tree outside.

The heavy iron crossbow bolt shot out rapidly, precisely towards the spot he had aimed. With a loud "crack," the bolt pierced the trunk of the poplar tree, piercing it completely. The entire trunk then broke apart, falling to the ground and turning into several pieces of wood.

"It's powerful! With this kind of killing power, most beasts won't be able to withstand it if they can hit it!"

However, there is a problem with this heavy crossbow. Since it has been assembled and cannot be moved, its range is only in this direction. Other directions and the position inside the tree house are not within the range.

If we want to solve this problem, we can only wait until more heavy crossbows are made in the future.

He went down to retrieve the heavy crossbow arrows and put them back into the heavy crossbow. He did not set the heavy crossbow to automatic attack mode. If a few small wild beasts came, it would automatically attack, which would be a waste of crossbow arrows.

Back on the third floor, the fine salt had already precipitated out. Xu Xin took a little and tasted it. The taste was no different from packaged salt.

“Eat, eat!”

"Ying!" Coco, who was dozing off on the side, became energetic when she heard about the meal and ran over immediately.

"You little guy." Xu Xin stuffed an apple into the dog's hand, and Coco held the apple and started to eat it.

Xu Xin couldn't wait any longer. He cut off a small piece of the remaining bear meat and put the rest in five-kilogram portions on the trading platform. After all, it had been more than two days and would go bad if left any longer.

Xu Xin hung the snake gallbladder on the window of the tree house, took out the snake meat, cut off a few pounds, paired it with bear meat, lotus root and mushrooms, sprinkled with fine salt and started to grill it.

Before long, the sizzling sound of oil and the rich aroma of meat made Coco, who didn't particularly like meat, stop chewing on her apple and said, "Hmm?"

"Do you want to eat?" Xu Xin asked Keke with a smile.

"Ying!" Coco was interested in meat for the first time.

After giving some of the roasted meat to Coco, Xu Xin couldn't wait to take a bite.

"Emm, this is so comfortable~" Xu Xin felt his whole body sublime. The salt completely enhanced the flavor of the barbecue. This was real barbecue! He never wanted to live without salt again!

Coco was also tearing the barbecue with her little mouth, making whimpering sounds from time to time, and seemed very satisfied with the taste of the barbecue.

"We have salt, meat, and vegetables. Next time, we need to look for staple crops like rice and wheat, and other seasonings like peppers." Xu Xin licked his lips after eating his fill. While others were still worrying about survival, he had already begun to pursue the quality of food.