In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits

Ordinary semi-automatic pistols have an effective range of only about 50 meters at best. Of course, that's the theoretical data; in actual use, hitting a target with a pistol is difficult even at 25 meters, let alone 50.

Army pistol assessments are generally conducted at around 20 to 25 meters, no further, because beyond that, hitting the target with a pistol bullet depends entirely on faith.

That group of thugs clearly didn't understand this principle, and started shooting at Old Zhang and his team's assault boat from over 100 meters away. As a result, they ran out of bullets in their pistols without achieving any substantial results.

The two pistols made a series of popping sounds, which sounded lively but were actually just for show.

Compared to the short range of pistols, military crossbows are much more accurate, and they also have scopes for assistance. These security team members used the scopes to aim, directly placing the crosshairs on the thugs and releasing the arrows.

The crossbow bolts flew very quickly, and in just one round of shooting, six of the thugs' assault boats were punctured and deflated, with the people on board being thrown into the floodwaters.

Some of the thugs on the boats were directly hit by the crossbow bolts. The three-edged arrowheads were terrifyingly lethal, piercing deeply into the thugs' bodies.

The thugs let out desperate screams, but to no avail. The lethality and penetration of the three-edged arrowheads were extremely terrifying. Even before the disaster, it would have been difficult to save these thugs, let alone in this end-of-the-world situation with a lack of medical supplies.

The crossbows fired a total of three rounds, and the thugs on the enemy boats were hit by arrows and fell into the water one after another. At this time, the security team of the residential complex directly launched their assault boats and approached. Some thugs tried to beg for help.

What awaited them was not rescue, but a fierce slash from the security team wielding their horizontal sabers.

The leading thug boss was struggling in the floodwaters at this moment. He hurriedly swam towards the assault boat, and Old Zhang slashed down hard at his neck.

With a *plop*, the thug leader's head flew into the air, and blood splattered into the floodwaters.

Soon, the 70-plus thugs were either shot to death by the military crossbows or hacked to death. All died miserably...

Old Zhang and the others directly had the residents of the residential complex form a security team for self-protection and began to expand their sphere of influence. In fact, Old Zhang's residential complex already had a large population, with over ten thousand residents.

After they finished dealing with the situation here, they began to sail back to their own residential complex. As soon as they returned, they saw a gang that had previously clashed with them planning to take advantage of the situation to loot.

A mere 60-plus people dared to come and threaten them, and were already fighting with the residents who had stayed behind.

The returning security team directly aimed their hand crossbows at the thugs and began shooting. After firing the crossbow bolts, they started to engage in melee combat with the enemy.

Those holding riot shields and bulletproof shields stood in front, while those behind them continuously fired their hand crossbows. The sword and shield-wielding security team members constantly hacked at the thugs' heads.

The entire building was in chaos, and the thugs were quickly caught in a pincer movement and completely annihilated. All the thugs' corpses and heads were hung on the residential buildings of the complex as a symbol of deterrence.

This move was indeed effective. In the following period, Grandeur City was no longer harassed by gangs.

The gangs also knew that the security team of this residential complex was ruthless and well-equipped. Even with guns, they might not be able to win, after all, pistols have limited offensive power.

Of course, these are all stories for later.

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After two battles, Old Zhang was very satisfied with the weapons he had traded for, especially the military crossbows and the horizontal sabers. Killing people was too easy; it was simply divine assistance.

In the battle with the thugs, he directly used the riot shield to block attacks and then slashed with his saber. The opponent's machete was directly cut into two pieces, along with an arm.

During the combat summary, Captain Wu, Old Zhang, and the retired soldier in charge of commanding presided over the meeting.

"Captain, the weapons we traded for are really too useful. It can be said that the power of these weapons in these two battles today was amazing. We need to expand the size of the security team and strive to ensure that everyone has the ability to protect themselves!" a resident said.

"Brother Li is right. These weapons are so easy to use; they're simply unstoppable!" another resident said.

In fact, they had had conflicts with these thug forces before, but both sides were using simple weapons, so the fighting was always a close match. Now that they had upgraded their equipment, their combat effectiveness had increased dramatically.

The other residents also felt that what they said made a lot of sense. Their security team was still too small, and they needed more weapons and equipment.

Captain Wu and the other two exchanged glances, and finally Captain Wu made the decision, "We still need to do our best to trade with them. We must ensure that our residential complex has enough self-protection capabilities. In this day and age, it's better to rely on ourselves than on anyone else. We must continue to band together for survival. According to the information I received, the empire has collapsed."

"So we must speed up the pace of arming ourselves. We will next take out a portion of public supplies to continue trading for weapons. Does anyone have any objections? You can raise your hand to vote!"

Unsurprisingly, everyone raised their hands in agreement. After this period of fighting, everyone was very clear that as a middleman trading force, they were now a piece of fat in the eyes of some gangs.

Countless gangs and thug groups were eyeing their supplies, but their unity and strong combat effectiveness had deterred many forces from taking action.

Especially after these two battles today, where they killed more than 100 people and suffered very few casualties themselves, even the gangs with guns were wiped out. Their reputation will definitely spread.

After Captain Wu finished speaking, he turned to Old Zhang and said, "Old Zhang, thank you for your hard work. Please contact Manager Li. This time, we'll make a big deal, using medicines and other survival supplies, plus some antiques, to exchange for weapons!"

"Okay, I'll contact him right away!"

Then Captain Wu said to everyone, "After you go back, you can take out some antiques from your homes and exchange them for weapons. For the present, our priority is survival, including some of my useless things will also be taken out!"

"Captain, we'll go find them right away after we get back!"

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Li Ming was directing the army's training when he suddenly received a report from his subordinate.

"Report, Commander, your old subordinate Old Zhang contacted you, there will be a large-scale transaction tomorrow! And the other party wants to have a face-to-face meeting with you," a soldier reported.

Li Ming nodded, "Okay, I'll go there myself tomorrow. Take three squads out tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

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