Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 69 The Azure Dragon is Not a Green Pepper

Lei Chi rubbed his chin. [Little Mischievous Monkey] only had two equipment slots, and now both were used. It also had a dedicated storage space to store hidden weapons.

After a moment's thought, he took out an egg and handed it to the "Little Monkey." Unexpectedly, as soon as the "Little Monkey" grasped the egg, its attributes changed again, gaining a range of 20 meters. It could then use the egg to attack targets, with the attack power remaining unchanged.

They really did use eggs as hidden weapons.

However, eggs are consumables and can only be used once. Once they're used up, the [Little Mischievous Monkey's] attributes will probably revert back to normal.

"This little monkey is just a joke right now. To make it stronger, we'd need some high-level equipment..."

Lei Chi quickly made a summary, and he also went to the trading hall to search for equipment.

You won't believe it until you search. In the trading market, equipment prices are incredibly high. A piece of armor that adds 1000 health points can be priced at 1,000 gold coins. Even trashy equipment like a beret sells for 10 gold coins or more.

There were a few high-level pieces of equipment in the auction house that Lei Chi really coveted.

For example, there's a [Thor's Hammer], a long-handled warhammer that adds 1000 attack power and 2000 health points, with a paralysis effect. It's currently priced at over 100,000 gold coins, with a fixed price of one million gold coins.

For example, a set of [General's Armor], which adds 10 points of magic resistance, 10 points of armor, and 3000 points of health, is priced at over 100,000 gold coins.

"Goodness, if I had that many gold coins, I'd just buy gems and upgrade the tower. It doesn't seem worth it to save up equipment for that little rascal."

Lei Chi shook his head. He could understand the high prices of equipment and items. After all, the main gameplay of the Tower Defense World was tower defense, and equipment and items were relatively rare. Scarcity drives up prices, so it was normal for them to be expensive.

After browsing the trading post, Lei Chi completely gave up the idea of ​​buying equipment for [Little Monkey]. He went to the mushroom hut for a meal, and after eating and drinking his fill, he happily started the 16th wave of monster invasion.

The 16th wave of invading monsters is the Rolling Stone Boar, a round monster with rock-like skin. It is larger than a buffalo, has 2880 health, makes a rolling stone sound when it runs, and moves at a speed of over two meters per second. Eight of them can spawn from the [Time-Space Wormhole] every second, for a total of 8000!

This wave of monster invasion posed little challenge to Lei Chi. Although the 8000 rolling boars that entered Jingyang Ridge successfully broke through, they spent about twenty seconds inside.

In those twenty-odd seconds, their health points generally decreased by more than two thousand. After they came out, most of the Rolling Stone Boars only had two or three hundred health points left, and were eventually poisoned to death in the War Corridor.

The Azure Dragon in Jingyang Ridge has gained another 80 years of cultivation!

As for the reward for defeating the 16th wave of monster invasion, the gold mine will be upgraded to LV5, adding another gold mining spot, and the gold mining efficiency will be doubled again, meaning you can get 16 copper coins for each gold mining action completed.

After defeating wave 16, players can obtain gold coins from the gold mine at a considerable speed. Even with skeleton miners, whose gold mining efficiency is only 60%, they can theoretically collect 1.728 gold coins per hour.

If you collect all 5, you can gather 8.64 gold coins per hour, and 207 gold coins per day.

"Ding, system notification: Your gold mine has been upgraded to LV5. Defeating monster invasions will no longer upgrade the gold mine level. You can continue to upgrade the gold mine level by upgrading scrolls or other methods. Please explore on your own."

"Ding! You can start the 17th wave of monster invasion at any time. The invading monster is a Flame Porcupine. The Flame Porcupine has a fast movement speed and high fire magic resistance. After entering the camp square, it can set the buildings there on fire, causing permanent and irreversible damage. Please start with caution."

Upon hearing the system notification, Lei Chi thought to himself that the Flame Porcupines' health points should not exceed 4000. He believed that Jingyanggang and the Azure Dragon could work together to kill them all. However, since the Rolling Stone Boars could break out of Jingyanggang, the Flame Porcupines should be able to as well.

Although they will eventually be poisoned to death, they may still rush into the camp square despite their poison wounds. If they do set it on fire, that would be really frustrating.

Just to be on the safe side, Lei Chi decided to hold off and not rush into starting the 17th wave of monster invasion.

Next, he bought invasion insurance with 100 gold coins, made some berets and placed them in front of the mushroom house. Then he pulled out a deck chair from in front of the mushroom house, lay down comfortably on it, brought up the chat panel, and silently watched the screen, waiting for the invading players to arrive.

Time passed slowly, and at this moment, the protection period of the Thunder Pool secret camp ended. Immediately, a system notification sounded in his mind: "Ding, alarm, player Wang Daochang has launched an invasion war against your secret camp."

"It's him again! He launched an invasion right after the protection period ended. It seems he came prepared and had been planning this for a long time!"

Lei Chi shook his head indifferently; in his opinion, Wang Daochang's intrusion skills were just so-so.

At this very moment, Wang Daochang and his group were shouting slogans in the gang hall of the thugs.

"Intrusion, we're professionals; robbery, we're serious..."

This was a team of 60 people; they spoke loudly and chanted their slogans in perfect unison.

Wang Daochang was very confident about this invasion, and his team members were eager to try.

"Team leader, let's get going! You tank the tower, I can't wait to be the tiger-slaying hero!"

"I mainly want to try the abalone rice!"

"I heard that if you infiltrate this camp, you can drink Moutai!"

"Let's go!"

After the crowd finished chanting their slogans, they started making a racket.

Wang Daochang waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said, "Everyone, remember this: before entering Jingyang Ridge, make sure you have enough health. Once inside, run as fast as you can! Alright, let's begin, everyone, charge with me!"

After saying this, the leader of the seventh group of thugs was the first to rush into the teleportation portal. The next moment, he arrived at the [War Corridor]. Just as he was about to wave to the others behind him, he immediately received a system notification: "Jingyang Ridge is fifty meters ahead. There is a green dragon in the mountain. Please proceed with caution!"

"Huh?" Wang Daochang was taken aback.

"Huh? Did I hear that right? There are green peppers in the mountains?"

The players who followed also received the system notification. Some didn't pay attention and ran forward mindlessly while shouting "Charge!"

Some, like Wang Daochang, were stunned for a moment.

"Jingyang Ridge, that's right? Why aren't there any big tigers in the mountains anymore?"

"Has Wu Song been here?"

"What the heck are there green peppers in the mountains? Did they turn it into a vegetable garden?"

"Whether it's a green bell pepper or a red bell pepper, brothers, charge! It's for our lunchboxes!"

"Go, go, go!"

The group quickly started running, and the little yellow ducks and big white doves on both sides of the war corridor were just decorations in their eyes. They soon bravely and fearlessly rushed into the Jingyanggang gate tower.

Only then did I learn what a Azure Dragon was!

As soon as Wang Daochang entered Jingyanggang, he was greeted by familiar terrain, familiar environment, familiar paths, and the same small forest. Suddenly, a strong wind arose, and he looked up sharply. Nearby, a small blue dragon was coiled in mid-air. The dragon opened its mouth wide, and a green lightning bolt shaped like a trident struck him.

boom!

"-205! Trident Lightning, poison gas enters the body, movement speed -30%!"

Wang Daochang's health bar instantly dropped by a small amount; he was completely stunned by the lightning strike!

"The Azure Dragon isn't a green pepper, I'm a damn big tiger!"