Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 85 The Bizarre Monkey

The mountains and seas stretch endlessly.

This is a world so vast it's unimaginable.

Between the starry sky and the earth, there are countless bubbles in the sky. These bubbles float, some high and some low, and most of them are still, but occasionally you can see some of them falling slightly.

Each bubble is a small world, containing the player's secret camp.

To be precise, the secret camp will only appear in this space-time after the player defeats the 35th wave of monster invasion.

The endless mountains and seas below are the main world of the Tata world.

However, it is not easy to descend into it.

In a secret camp, Zhao Zilong was carefully wiping his mechanical warhorse with a silk scarf, his movements as gentle as caressing a lover's face.

A bowling ball-shaped robot flew behind him and emitted a mechanical electronic voice: "Master, according to my calculations, with the current defense capabilities of our camp, we can already break the record for the Endless Challenge. After the challenge ends, the camp will descend 50 meters without any problem, bringing us even closer to the main world."

Zhao Zilong nodded and said slowly, "Understood. Aman, help me find out what kind of building Jingyanggang is and how to obtain it."

"Yes, Master!" the bowling ball-shaped robot responded quickly. "No direct information related to Jingyanggang could be found. Could you provide more detailed data, Master?"

"Yes, it's built on the war corridor. It looks like a gatehouse. Crossing that gatehouse will lead you into a mountain forest. There's a blue dragon in the forest. That blue dragon should be a third-tier beast tower. The forest isn't big; you can pass through it after walking fifty meters..."

"Based on the owner's description, a database search indicates that the building the owner mentioned is very likely a custom level!"

"Custom levels?"

"Yes, custom levels are special buildings that players can set up themselves, which can be placed in the War Corridor and have dungeon-like features."

"How did you obtain this type of building?"

"There are many ways to obtain custom levels. You may get them by defeating special challenge bosses, from reward chests, or from certain special shops. However, there is no fixed method to obtain them. If you want to get custom levels, you can only rely on luck."

"Luck... that guy was really lucky. How did he get the custom level?"

For a moment, Zhao Zilong felt a pang of envy for Lei Chi. He shook his head and said, "Aman, inform the various factions about their situations."

"Yes, Master!"

The little robot projected a light and shadow information panel in front of Zhao Zilong, and said unhurriedly: "Based on the data from various leaderboards, there are currently 304 players from the Mechanical faction who have entered the Endless Realm, 223 from the Magic faction, 7 from the Mystic faction, 61 from the Tech faction, 421 from the Elemental faction, and 2 from other hidden factions. The one closest to the main continent should be a player from the Elemental faction, nicknamed 'Hidden,' and no specific information can be found. Based on historical data, if nothing unexpected happens, this Elemental Tower player will be the first to enter the main world and transform the secret camp into a sacred territory..."

"Wait a minute!" Zhao Zilong raised his hand to interrupt the little robot. "Aman, haven't any Beast Tower players entered the Endless Realm?"

"No! According to the leaderboard information, only one player in the Beast Tower team cleared the 30th wave of monster invasions, named Hua Tianbao, a Hall of Fame player. And fewer than 10 people cleared the 20th wave of monster invasions!"

"How could it be so terrible?"

"According to the database, the Beast Tower is mostly a physical melee type, which is relatively difficult to deal with monster invasions in the early stages. It has the fewest players. However, Beast Towers generally have growth potential and can be upgraded continuously. Moreover, as a living defense tower, it has the most complex skill settings and technological support. High-level towers are not inferior to other types of defense towers."

"Okay, keep an eye out for a player named Lei Chi. If he makes it onto the leaderboard, let me know immediately!"

"Yes, Master!"

Zhao Zilong muttered to himself, "If only I could take over Jingyanggang... That Thunder Pool, he must have some kind of advantage. He seems to be deliberately luring me to invade his camp. Judging from his expression, he's quite smug and happy... Oh well, I'm too lazy to think about it anymore. I'll focus my main energy on the Endless Challenge and try to descend into the main world as soon as possible to unlock the Sacred Territory gameplay."

A moment later, Zhao Zilong started the Endless Challenge.

Endless Challenge is an advanced gameplay mode that players can access only after defeating wave 35. The better the player's performance in Endless Challenge, the closer their secret camp will be to the main world. Once they successfully descend into the main world, their secret camp will be transformed into a sacred territory, and the player will become a tower defense lord, allowing them to expand their territory in the main world and acquire unlimited resources.

The main world is like an unclaimed mountain of gold; obviously, the sooner you descend into it, the better.

However, to this day, not a single player has successfully descended into the main world.

Starting the Endless Challenge, descending into the main world, and unlocking the Sacred Territory gameplay are things that top players like Zhao Zilong consider. For someone like Lei Chi, who hasn't even broken through the 20th wave of monster invasions, let alone the Sacred Territory gameplay, he doesn't even know about the Endless Challenge gameplay.

"I need to catch up with the top players as soon as possible!"

Lei Chi stood with his hands behind his back, full of fighting spirit and confidence.

In front of him, Little Monkey No. 1 had dropped his beret and was now wearing the Black Lion.

The Black Lion is a black metal armor with a lion head carving on the front. It has a very imposing design. Little Monkey No. 1 liked it very much and put it on in no time. He was so happy that he did somersaults on the big rock and took out the Rubber Band Slingshot to practice.

[Little Mischievous Monkey] Number Two, wearing the silver scale breastplate and green beret that Number One had replaced, showed a very human-like expression of envy.

At this point, the attributes of [Little Monkey] No. 1 are quite good.

Its attack type is chaos, with 10 points of physical attack power, 10 points of magical attack power, an attack speed of up to 20, and a range of 20 meters!

With an attack speed of 20, it can attack 20 times per second, which means it can break a rubber band slingshot in 50 seconds.

"This monkey can pull the slingshot 20 times a second, I wonder how insane it is. The output is explosive. If it were to hit a unit with no armor and no magic resistance, it could deal 200 points of physical damage and 200 points of magical damage per second..."

Lei Chi thought to himself that he should let the monkey lie low for now and release it when they were ready to challenge the BOSS.

"If we can get another 300 kills, [Black Lion] will gain an extra 3000 health points, and [Little Monkey] No. 1's attack speed will increase to 50. If we also have a weapon that won't wear out, then we'll be unstoppable."

Lei Chi felt a renewed sense of anticipation.

Next, he planned to spend the money.

The system gave me 5000 gold coins, I have to spend them!

He first arrived at the [City Defense Center].

"It's just [Fang LV2], only 100 gold coins, upgrade!"

"It's just [Claw LV2], only 100 gold coins, upgrade!"

"Look, the [City Defense Center] can be upgraded to LV3 now, for a mere 1000 gold coins... That's damn expensive, I'm not upgrading!"

In less than half a minute, Lei Chi spent 200 gold coins to unlock all the second-tier city defense technologies.

He strolled over to the Ancient Sanctuary and muttered to himself, "Rebuilding is just a thousand gold coins, right? Come on, we're not short of money!"

A thousand gold coins were instantly deducted, and the rubble at the entrance of the Ancient Sanctuary immediately disappeared, revealing a rather spacious opening.

Lei Chi strode in, as if entering a tunnel. He felt the road was quite spacious. After walking 300 meters, Lei Chi arrived at a stone chamber of 2,000 square meters.

The stone chamber was empty, making it appear quite spacious, and there was a mural on each of its three walls.

In the first mural, a group of simple line drawings depict a giant, abstractly styled beast besieging it.

In the second mural, there is still the same group of simple line drawings of little people kneeling around the giant beast, looking very devout, while the abstract-style giant beast sits upright, like an old monk.

In the third mural, the group of simple line drawings of tiny figures appear to have slaughtered the abstract-style giant beast and used its sharp teeth and claws to make weapons.

"Can studying these murals yield one and only one ancient technology, technique, or religious symbol? It seems this expert has arrived... Talent is the most valuable asset!"

Lei Chi couldn't figure out anything from the three murals, so he went to look for SpongeBob.