Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 7 Unlocks Tower Defense Technology

Ma Dongqi shook his head. He walked forward, and as soon as he exited the war corridor, he saw Lei Chi. He was greatly surprised and said, "Hey, you're still online in the middle of the night?"

"You're here to raid my base in the middle of the night too?"

"Um..." Ma Dongqi smiled a little embarrassedly, "Brother, please don't be offended. I'm just here for a late-night snack. Two boxed meals will do."

Upon hearing this, Lei Chi's eyes widened, and he shouted, "Two portions?"

"Yes, two will do! I know you're having a tough time, bro... How about I pay for them? Oh right, your level is too low, you haven't unlocked the trading hall yet, so you can't accept gold coins. Consider it a debt then, just give me two boxed lunches!"

"No way!" Lei Chi waved his hand hastily. "How can you only take two portions? Take them all! Don't leave me a single one!"

Ma Dongqi was taken aback, thinking to himself that this guy was being sarcastic. He smiled and said, "Brother, it's just a game, don't get carried away. I know you're frustrated. Starting with three weak opponents is a recipe for disaster for anyone. I had a similar experience back in the day, so I understand how you feel. But the point of playing games is to have fun. Stay calm, don't get frustrated or angry, and everything will be alright!"

"Did you invade here to be my life coach? I'm not buying it. Since you're here, don't try to be a hypocrite. Show some guts, kill me, and take everything you can. Oh, and there's a gold coin in the mine, take that too! And that orc laborer, kill him!"

Looking at Lei Chi's resolute expression, Ma Dongqi understood.

This person must have completely broken down!

I've given up on myself, I don't want to play anymore!

I guess he wanted to delete his account and start over, but he even reminded me that there were gold coins in the gold mine!

What a good person! Before deleting their account, they want to give themselves everything.

"Brother, I understand!" Ma Dongqi cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Lei Chi. "Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

"Don't hold back, come on, kill me first! Make it quick!"

As Lei Chi spoke, he covered his head and squatted down on the ground.

He considered himself to be quite adept at taking beatings.

"Alright then! I'll remember you, bro. When you restart the game and unlock the friend system, remember to add me as a friend. If you ever have any difficulties, just let me know, and I'll definitely help if I can!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up!"

Ten minutes later, Lei Chi revived in front of the Mushroom House with a big smile on his face.

"Master, something terrible has happened! Master, something terrible has happened!"

Just then, the orc laborer Harley rushed over, looking panicked, and said, "Bandits have invaded! They've stolen all the gold coins I worked so hard to dig out!"

"Good job! Excellent!" Lei Chi smiled, then looked at Harley, his smile vanishing. "Why didn't I kill you?"

"what?"

The orc laborer was taken aback by the question, scratching his head in bewilderment.

Lei Chi frowned and muttered to himself, "Another piece of trash, utterly useless! Are players these days really this bad? They can't even handle arson, murder, and looting?"

Just then, a system notification sounded in his mind: "Ding, your secret camp has been maliciously invaded by players, and your belongings have been looted..."

"Ding, loss statistics: Camp Master killed, 10 lunch boxes lost, 4 drinks lost, 1 gold coin lost!"

"Ding, claim calculation in progress..."

"Ding! Your deposit is 1 gold coins, and your camp defense index is 3. After calculation, you will be compensated with a claim chest worth 30 gold coins. Would you like to claim it?"

"Another 30! Extract!"

The Thunder Pool Response System quickly delivered the compensation box to him.

"Ding! One insurance policy ensures the safety of the city. No fear of invasion, no worries about reconstruction. You have opened the claim treasure chest and obtained camp reconstruction materials: one blueprint for a Tier 1 Beast Tower, one scroll for upgrading Tier 1 Tower Defense Technology, and 10 gold coins."

"Awesome!"

Lei Chi shouted, "Getting up in the middle of the night to give away free kills is definitely worth it!"

He quickly checked the reward items, and the blueprint for the Tier 1 Beast Tower immediately turned into the blueprint for the Little Tiger.

"Another set of little tigers? Are you kidding me?" Lei Chi was speechless. Starting with four little tigers, there's probably no one else like this.

[Level 1 Tower Defense Technology Upgrade Scroll: Special item, consumable item, bound item, untradeable. Upon use, select one locked Level 1 Tower Defense technology and unlock it immediately.]

"Unlocking technology?"

Lei Chi is a Beast Tower player. Currently, there are four tower defense technologies available to unlock in the city defense center: [Claws LV1], [Fangs LV1], [Wildness LV1], and [Focus LV1].

The first two technologies target melee Beast Towers, the [Wildness] technology targets all Beast Towers and increases critical hit chance, while the [Focus] technology only applies to ranged Beast Towers.

After a moment's thought, Lei Chi immediately used the technology to upgrade the reel and chose to upgrade to the "Focus" technology.

"Ding! Upgrade scroll successfully used. Congratulations on unlocking the Tower Defense Technology [Focus LV1]! All your ranged Beast Towers' attack power +2!"

Lei Chi thought that although he didn't have any ranged beast towers, melee towers were useless in breaking through the monster invasion, at least for the first few waves. Upgrading melee technology was pointless. It would be better to upgrade ranged technology first, and once he had ranged beast towers, his combat power would increase directly.

As for the 10 gold coins in the compensation chest, Lei Chi didn't gamble on the defense tower construction blueprints. He used 5 coins to buy insurance and kept the other 5.

A moment later, Lei Chi placed the fourth tiger cub symmetrically at the very front of the war corridor.

These four little tigers, some sitting and some lying down, meowing, are quite adorable. Unfortunately, they are defensive towers after all and cannot leave their positions.

Although the little tiger is just for decoration now, its construction has increased the camp's defense index by a little, which can improve the amount of compensation.

Lei Chi ordered the orc laborers to continue digging for gold, and then went back to his room to sleep.

Time passed, and the sun rose in the east, the morning glow like gold. Lei Chi had already eaten breakfast, and he lay on the recliner, basking in the warm sunlight, feeling very comfortable.

"Ding, alarm! Player Su Youlin has launched an invasion of your secret camp."

The system notification sounded in Lei Chi's mind, making him even happier.

Su Youlin, a LV12 Elemental Tower player, was thin and was walking stealthily down the War Corridor.

"I acted rashly, on a whim, and just came over."

Su Youlin cautiously looked around.

Something is wrong here!

There was only one tiger cub in the camp yesterday, how come there are four now?

Could it be that this guy named Lei Chi has been holding onto the construction blueprints without ever using them?

Moreover, his camp has boxed lunches and drinks, which is very strange, as novice players would never have these things at the start of the game.

"This guy called Lei Chi is definitely not an ordinary player. Could he really be a pro player who's retrained?"

Su Youlin recalled a legend he had once heard. It was said that a high-level player in the Elemental Tower who had reached level 30 completed a mysterious task, deleted his account, and started playing the Tech Tower again, receiving a bonus of 1,000 gold coins at the start.

He didn't know if it was true, but there were hidden quests, hidden items, and various random events in the Tata World. It wasn't impossible that he would receive a subsidy after deleting his account and starting over.

"Could this Lei Chi be playing dumb to outsmart everyone? But why didn't he even engage in the first wave of monster invasions? And how did Chen Hanxiang and Ma Dongqi manage to invade him?"

Su Youlin knew that after Wu Jingang led them to invade this place yesterday, Chen Hanxiang and Ma Dongqi each invaded it on their own and made a fortune, grabbing a lot of boxed lunches.

That's why he rushed to launch the invasion today, hoping to make some money.

But after arriving here, he began to regret it.

The four little tigers were placed at the entrance of this camp, which looked very strange. The player Lei Chi was definitely not simple. Was he deliberately setting a trap for me?