Tower Defense Lord, random Wishing Tower at the start of the game.

Chapter 1: The Forbidden World

"Awaken, Tower Defense Lord!"

Lin Chuan suddenly opened his eyes and looked around blankly.

I wasn't sleeping at home, so how did I end up here?

A virtual screen opened up in front of me.

"Ding-dong!"

"Tower Defense Lord Lin Chuan has been bound."

"Start with random initial reward."

At the same time, streams of information entered Lin Chuan's mind.

"A forbidden zone for all tower defense players!"

Billions of people on Earth were teleported in.

Build defensive towers to defend against monsters in the forbidden area.

Lin Chuan had also read many online novels.

Everyone is very familiar with the culture.

"I never expected to transmigrate into a light novel."

"Since we're here, let's make the best of it."

A familiar voice rang in my ears.

"Ding-dong!"

"Random defense tower successfully obtained, Wishing Tower acquired."

On the virtual screen, a uniquely shaped wishing tower appeared.

[Name]: Wishing Tower (Sole Building)

[Level]: LV1

[Skill]: Make a Wish (Available)

[Note]: You can make one free wish per day to fulfill your wish. The higher the level of the wishing tower, the higher the success rate of your wish. The second wish will require energy crystals.

"The only building."

"Wishing Tower".

"Your wish can come true."

What would happen if the Wishing Tower's forbidden area were destroyed?

Suddenly, a screen of light appeared before my eyes.

"Unable to make desires that exceed one's own capabilities."

It turned out to be the case.

Then you can only make wishes within the current level.

Lin Chuan looked around; his current territory was 1000*1000.

It was pitch black outside.

Behind him was a dilapidated tent, which was his main city, displaying level LV1.

Upgrading your tent unlocks more buildings.

On the edge of the territory was an iron mine, a stone mine, a gold mine, a forest, and a thicket.

Iron ore produces metal, stone ore produces stone, gold ore produces gold coins, trees produce timber, and shrubs produce food.

These are all essential materials for upgrading your territory.

It is also a basic resource for every tower defense lord.

"How do I begin?"

"Upgrade the tent first?"

Just as Lin Chuan was wondering what to do.

The tower defense system popped up a tutorial mission.

"Ding-dong."

"Every evening, monsters will attack your territory."

"You need to build enough defensive structures to keep out wild monsters and protect your territory."

"Start the beginner quest: Territory Protection War."

"Gather resources, upgrade your tent to LV2, and unlock the arrow tower."

Resource extraction requires farmers, but lords can also extract resources themselves.

Farmers are produced from tents, and a basic farmer requires 10 units of food.

Lin Chuan checked his personal storage, which contained 100 units of various resources.

The tent is designed to accommodate ten people.

Each basic farmer occupies one population.

In the early stages of territory development, they need to explore resources.

Lin Chuan produced ten directly.

"Ding-dong."

"Start production of 10 basic farmers".

The production efficiency was very high; before long, ten shirtless farmers were standing outside the tent.

"Your Majesty, the Great Lord."

"We have answered your call to serve you."

Lin Chuan checked the resources needed to upgrade the tent.

"All I need are gold coins."

"100 gold coins to upgrade to LV2".

I opened the beginner resources in my package and upgraded my tent to LV2.

"Ding-dong."

"Upgrade complete. Your tent has been upgraded to LV2, and warehouses and residences have been unlocked."

Warehouses are for storing goods, and houses are for farmers to live in, thus increasing the population.

Both types of construction require wood, stone, metal, and food.

Lin Chuan has run out of food.

Ten farmers were sent to the bushes to gather wild berries from the bushes.

After gathering the food needed for construction.

Warehouses and residences were built.

Next, upgrade the tent to LV3 to unlock the most important building, the tower base.

With a base, various defensive structures can be built.

"200 gold coins are needed to continue upgrading."

Lin Chuan has exhausted all his resources; the only way to get more is to continue mining.

But that's too slow.

Lin Chuan looked at the wishing tower.

"Now is the time to use you."

The Wishing Tower at level 1 cannot grant wishes for items of too high a level.

But for basic resources like resources, making a wish should be something that can be achieved.

Lin Chuan activated the wishing tower.

"I wish for the most resources I can currently obtain."

The sound had barely faded when...

The wishing tower emitted a burst of white light.

Then Lin Chuan heard the tower defense system's notification sound.

"Ding-dong."

"Received 10000 gold coins, 10000 wood, 10000 metal, 10000 stone, and 10000 food."

A Level 1 warehouse can store a maximum of 10,000 resources.

Any more and you'll get liquidated.

enough.

That's enough!

Of these resources, gold coins are the most worthwhile.

The mining speed of gold coins is slow.

It is the hard currency traded among various tower defense lords.

With these gold coins, I can exchange them for more resources in the Lord's Trading Market.

Of course, that's a story for later.

The immediate priority is to upgrade the tent level as soon as possible.

Tent upgrade selected.

"Ding-dong."

"The tent level has been upgraded to LV3, unlocking new building bases and blacksmith shops."

The base of the tower was specifically built for defense.

The blacksmith shop is for forging equipment.

An essential building for exploring and defending the forbidden world.

Open the building panel and build the blacksmith shop first.

And the base of the tower.

Lin Chuan was not in a hurry to build.

Instead, they first upgraded the buildings within their territory to LV3.

Warehouse LV3 increases storage capacity.

Upgrading of residential buildings has increased the population.

The population of level 3 residential houses is 30 points, plus the population from upgraded tents.

A level 3 territory has a population of 60.

The population was mainly used to train soldiers.

This requires upgrading the tent to LV4 to unlock the barracks building.

There are several prerequisites before you can upgrade to LV4.

Build at least three defensive towers and upgrade them to LV3.

Lin Chuan then checked out the LV3 blacksmith shop.

Its main function is to forge various standard equipment for soldiers.

The higher the level, the faster the forging speed.

If a skilled blacksmith comes to work there, they can forge high-level equipment with attributes.

"Soldiers have not yet been trained."

"But standard equipment can be developed first."

The selection yielded 10 sets of standard outfits (LV3).

Each set requires 300 units of iron, wood, and food.

Lin Chuan had enough resources, so he chose to start forging.

Next up is the wishing tower.

When preparing to upgrade, the prompt indicated that it was a special type of arrow tower and required energy crystals for the upgrade.

This type of crystal can only be obtained by killing monsters in forbidden areas.

After understanding the basic functions of a building.

Lin Chuan chose to build the tower base.

One tower base requires one unit of population.

Currently, the most important structures around the territory are tents.

Without a tent, he would become a dark refugee.

Killed by monsters from the Dark Forbidden Land.

Four tower bases were built around the tent.

Upgrade it to a basic wooden arrow tower.

"Ding-dong."

"Wooden arrow tower upgrade complete."

Then level up to LV3.

"Ding-dong."

"The wooden arrow tower has been upgraded to LV3, increasing its firing rate and attack power."

[Name]: Wooden Arrow Tower

[Level]: LV3

[Attack Power]: 30

Rate of fire: 0.3

[Note]: The most basic arrow tower, with no skills and a slow firing rate, but it is the only defensive building in the early stages of all tower defense lords.

Just as Lin Chuan finished upgrading.

A wolf howl echoed from the wilderness.

Immediately afterwards, the tower defense system popped up a message.

"Ding-dong."

Night fell.

"A monster has appeared in the forbidden area. Lord, please prepare your defenses."