I handed over the game to the gaming industry, and the government gave me a hacked version.

Chapter 283 Is this... a beach landing?

Holy crap!

A strong smell, a mixture of rust, gunpowder smoke, and salty sea breeze, violently wafted in.

The soft carpet beneath my feet was no longer there, but a cold, hard metal floor.

Chen You was inside a narrow, oppressive fortress.

The walls were made of dark alloy with a faint glow, and the exposed pipes overhead emitted a low hum.

The only view came from a narrow firing port less than a meter wide directly in front.

Looking out through the firing port, one sees a dark beach stained crimson by the setting sun.

In the distance, the dark red seawater was churning eerily, like a boiling pool of blood.

There is no grand epic feel, no mystical realm shrouded in ethereal mist.

All that's there is the overwhelming smell of a war-torn meat grinder.

Chen You's face was as black as the walls of a fortress.

Is this what they mean by "a body honed through a hundred battles"?

This is the purest and most direct combat trial that he specifically chose, spending a thousand gold coins to avoid all the pitfalls of "testing one's character" and "experiencing reincarnation."

He felt like he'd been scammed again.

And this time, he jumped into the pit on his own initiative.

"Hill!" Chen You suppressed his anger and turned around to growl.

There was a person standing behind him.

Or, to put it another way, a "human-like being".

It was a figure whose build was exactly the same as Hill's.

But instead of a flowing long dress, she was wearing a matte black bodysuit that covered her entire body and accentuated her perfect curves.

She wore a tactical helmet, and her expression was not visible behind the dark goggles.

At this moment, she was in an extremely standard, precise posture that was utterly devoid of any aesthetic appeal—

With a click, a giant crossbow bolt, nearly two meters long and shimmering with energy, was loaded into the menacing giant ballista fixed to the firing port of the fortress in front of Chen You.

"Hello, adventurer." The voice coming from inside the helmet was still Hill's pleasant voice.

But stripping away all emotion leaves only absolute, straightforward narration.

"The combat support system is at your service. Your role is 'Annihilation Magic Crossbow' gunner, and my role is 'ammunition feeder'."

Chen You's eye twitched slightly.

ammunition feeder?

He pointed to the massive ballista, its complex structure and unmistakably advanced, and questioned:

"This thing, can't it automatically reload? I spent a thousand gold coins on a manual transmission?"

"Manual loading ensures that the energy core of each crossbow bolt is perfectly matched with the magic array, maintaining energy output efficiency at over 99.7%. This is a paid premium feature."

The gunner, Hill, spoke without a trace of emotion.

"..."

What a great paid exclusive feature!

How is it any different from those car salespeople who call "manual window opening" a "retro rocker-style window control system" when they describe manual loading in such a sophisticated and elegant way?

"Okay, you're a professional." Chen You gritted his teeth and sat down in the gunner's seat.

What can I do if I made this choice myself?

Let's do it!

The cold metal seat vibrated as he gripped two thick control levers with both hands, a feeling of oneness between man and weapon welling up within him.

[Trial Mission: A Body Forged in a Hundred Battles]

[Mission Objective: Hold the position and withstand one hundred waves of enemy attacks]

Current wave number: 0/100

Just then, a piercing alarm blared throughout the entire fortress!

"Buzz—Buzz—"

The blood-red sea outside the firing port began to churn violently.

One by one, wet, dark figures covered with barnacles and twisted shells trudged out of the water.

They resembled corpses rotting in the sea, covered in decaying seaweed. Slow-moving yet with a clear objective, they roared as they charged toward the fortress where Chen You was.

[First wave: Decomposed corpses on the mudflats, quantity: 100]

"They're here."

Chen You took a deep breath, suppressing all his complaints about Hill and the system.

Although it's a reskinned shooting game, it's still much more controllable than playing cards.

If we fail again, we'll really lose face!

He gripped the control stick tightly, channeling his immense spiritual power into it through his arm.

hum!

The massive Annihilation Magic Crossbow lit up with intricate golden patterns, and the crystal at the core of the energy arrow that had been loaded into it suddenly burst forth with a sun-like light.

Aim, lock on!

Without Chen You needing to do much, an auxiliary aiming frame automatically appeared in his field of vision, firmly capturing the rotting corpse at the forefront.

"I'm getting into it."

A cold smile curled at the corner of Chen You's lips as he pressed the launch button.

There was no popping sound of a bowstring, only a muffled sound of energy being released.

"call out--!"

A thick golden beam of light tore through the dim air, instantly traversing a distance of nearly a thousand meters and accurately hitting its target.

There was no explosion, no echo.

The rotting corpse on the mudflat, along with more than a dozen of its kind in a straight line behind it, evaporated and decomposed silently the moment they came into contact with the golden beam of light, leaving not even a speck of dust behind.

A clean, straight passage, emitting wisps of blue smoke, appeared amidst the dense mass of rotting corpses.

[Defeat 18 rotting corpses on the mudflats and gain 18000 experience points]

A massive string of experience figures popped up before Chen You's eyes.

"There's even experience points to be gained?"

This shot dispelled most of his earlier annoyance.

"Click".

Before he could even process what was happening, Hill, the ammunition feeder beside him, had already loaded the second energy crossbow bolt at a speed that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

The movements were fluid, fast, precise, and ruthless, full of industrialized violent aesthetics.

"Reload speed 1.9 seconds, slightly below optimal by 0.2 seconds," the feeder reported in a completely emotionless tone.

"Cause: Your first firing caused a slight overload on the barrel, activating the cooling system and affecting the closure accuracy of the loading port."

Chen You: "..."

He now strongly suspects that the bomb supplier is Hill himself, deliberately using a different persona to attack him.

"Shut up, load your bomb."

Chen You was too lazy to waste words with her, so he poured his spiritual energy into the area again and aimed at another area densely populated with monsters.

call out--!

Another golden beam of light shot out, clearing another straight line.

A massive amount of experience points kept flooding the screen.

This is hardly a boring battle!

This is clearly the most efficient monster-slaying paradise!

Chen You became very excited.

Launch, empty, reload, launch again!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Golden beams of "deathly light" crisscrossed the beach, slicing the waves formed by hundreds of rotting corpses into pieces.

In less than a minute, the entire beach fell silent, leaving only charred remains.

[First wave, complete.]

[Reward: 50000 Experience Points]

"Not bad." Chen You breathed a sigh of relief, feeling completely refreshed.

This feeling of crushing others with sheer force was more intoxicating to him than any scheming or intrigue.

"When is the next wave?" he asked without turning his head.

"30 seconds left," the feeder's voice came through. "We suggest you use this break to relax and prepare for more intense combat."

"unnecessary."

Chen You flexed his wrists and stared intently at the distant sea.

Next, let's try a different approach.