Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Grinding Experience
Inside the shelter.
Lin Yi looked at the design blueprint and was quite satisfied.
What is the "Old Te Wall"?
This is a barrier wall built at the US-Mexico border after the election of the old US President, Te.
Lin Yi and the other two made even more powerful modifications based on it.
The first layer of the fence is 9 meters high, with barbed wire on top, making it nearly impossible to climb. It has slanted posts and supports, and can even move...
Currently, all civilian volunteers are working in the fields, harvesting a massive 200 tons of potatoes, 64 tons of vegetables, and 25 tons of wheat.
Members of the "Recycler" organization are also busily working in Ra’an.
Therefore, Lin Yi decided to test some gadgets on the island, the junction between zombies and beastman tribes.
After talking with Terghai and showing him the zombie bait, he and the beastman lord devised a plan.
They placed movable walls in a semicircle ahead of the mountain pass on the island, while retaining defense facilities around the pass in case they needed to retreat.
The beastman lord brought twenty elite warriors, all in full steel armor, wielding brand new weapons.
These warriors looked imposing, equipped as they were, they were enough to confront a group of zombies head-on.
Each beastman was equipped with two powerful six-square longswords and a ferocious-looking two-handed axe as a backup weapon.
Teruo was also invited to come, so he could both observe what others were doing and demonstrate his abilities.
Lin Yi gave him a Third Level accessory, a Mage Pendant, and a Fourth Level Mage Gloves.
The shaman had seen Fourth Level equipment before but had never actually held one.
So the old beastman was assessing his new employer’s strength from a fresh perspective.
The bait is a device about the size of a microwave, somewhat resembling the flashing red light on top of a police car.
Inside is a Second Level Energy Core, with a few buttons to adjust its range of effect.
Lin Yi set it to half a kilometer.
The junction island was once surrounded by dense forest, but the beastmen had cleared out a quarter of the trees, so zombies couldn’t approach silently.
Lin Yi turned on the bait; it started emitting an inaudible beeping sound, and it worked exceedingly well!
Zombies immediately poured out of the woods.
The beastmen assumed combat stances, and the soldiers opened fire.
Of the thousand zombies, only five managed to reach the wall.
On the island, corpses were not automatically absorbed, so someone needed to collect them.
If an endless horde of zombies came pouring in, it would be impossible to collect all the corpses, which would eventually allow zombies to climb over the wall using the piles of bodies.
Therefore, Lin Yi ordered to intercept the enemy with a barrage of bullets at the wall, preventing them from getting close.
Of course, this method would consume more ammunition, but there was really no other choice.
Humans were wearing the best equipment, with all the Third and Fourth Level armors distributed to the soldiers.
They had eight Third Level pistols and twelve Laser Rifles. The pistols blew off zombie heads like bursting watermelons, and the laser rifles could penetrate two, even three zombies at a time.
As Lin Yi pulled the trigger, he continuously received experience points notifications.
In just five minutes, he earned 68 experience points, each shot exploding like a hand grenade.
The beastmen intended to showcase their prowess, but the human soldiers stole all the kills...
"This is just a small warm-up; the next wave of enemies will be larger, so be prepared."
Lin Yi told the beastman lord and ordered all the bodies on the battlefield to be cleared, then set the bait’s range to one kilometer.
The bait worked!
More experience points surged out of the forest.
This time, the laser rifles were handed to Louis, the new Weapon Smith, and the doctors to help them level up.
But everyone using the laser rifles had two soldiers supervising them, as these weapons were extremely dangerous. Even a stray bullet or laser beam could instantly kill a human or a beastman.
Except for Louis, everyone’s shooting skills were terrible!
That cunning old lecher was eager to reach Fifth Level, so he studied a whole set of shooting courses with Solomon.
Laser rifles had no recoil and were extremely accurate, so it was just a matter of aiming at the enemy’s head...
The enemy came in an endless stream.
Even a Second Level mutant appeared.
It ran chaotically at the edge of the battlefield, but the mutant didn’t jump around for long.
Lin Yi activated Combat Reflex, instantly gaining 50 experience points, with the charged laser beam piercing through the mutant and the tree behind it...
The density of zombies increased, and the number of corpses climbed. To some extent, corpses blocked the fierce attacks of the zombies.
But they piled higher and higher, causing soldiers to adjust their firing angles accordingly.
"Solomon, the enemy is about to break through the line of defense, burn them all!"
"Understood, boss!"
Solomon swiftly gave orders to the soldiers.
The soldiers immediately began loading the mini catapults!
This is Louis’s latest invention, capable of launching small projectiles up to 7000 meters away.
The catapult was loaded with small clay pots with fuses, filled with an explosive mixture.
The soldier lit the fuse, and the bomb flew towards the enemy’s rear.
The first bomb hit a tree, and the forest was instantly engulfed in flame. It was as if this forest had been soaked in gasoline for a week...
To ensure success, the soldiers launched six more projectiles.
Once the enemies engulfed by dazzling flames were all cleared, Lin Yi ordered the wall to be moved back.
The fire wall was shrinking by the minute, time was pressing, and the burning trees were not insurmountable barriers for the zombies either.
The Beastman Lord quickly had his people kill the zombies that weren’t completely dead yet, and send their corpses to the beastman area.
Half an hour later.
The fire wall finally extinguished, and the zombies began charging through the burning forest towards humans.
A few were on fire, but most charged forward unscathed...
However, these walking corpses ran headlong into a dense barrage of bullets and arrows.
During this time, Lin Yi discovered that as long as the zombie lure device was active, mutants couldn’t control the regular zombies.
Because they would madly rush towards the lure like headless flies.
But once the lure was turned off, the mutants would regain control, become more organized, and easily form a living wall.
"Archers and mages, attack with full force! Take out those monsters in the back! Solomon, have them shoot into the woods to reduce enemy numbers."
"Boss, the laser rifle has overheated."
"Damn! That fast?! We’ve only been fighting for half an hour, alright, have them fall back and let the guns cool down, control the firing rate next time. They’ve been pulling the trigger like it’s a machine gun... what the hell..."
"The enemy is retreating."
"I see it, listen up everyone! Attack with full force! Don’t let those experience points get away!"
Skills, magic spells, bullets, and laser beams flew through the air like a torrent, reaping experience points as the enemies fled.
"They’ve run... maybe it’s good to make that general a bit nervous, hehe."
"Boss, this is advantageous for us! If he withdraws all his forces, we’ll have more breathing space." Solomon said, looking at the burning forest.
"Small groups of enemies are easier to eliminate than large troops."
Lin Yi shook his head, then pointed in the direction the zombies were retreating, squinting his eyes.
"When we get over there, there will be no sturdy walls, no retreat routes. They might surround us for miles from all sides. We might not even know we’re surrounded."
"What about the vehicles? We have an armored combat vehicle, and Louis is finishing the second one."
"That’s nice but not enough, we need to clear this forest first. We need good visibility and wide paths, and..."
Everyone began clearing the battlefield.
This time they killed a total of—
zombies and one second-level mutant, plus the first wave of 1130 zombies,
gaining twenty white rewards.
One green reward.
And 10212 coins.
Lin Yi gained 267 experience points, but he still needed 15% more to reach the next level...
Louis successfully leveled up from three to five.
The others also leveled up at the end of the battle.
The wall was moved to the beastman area and stored in their warehouse for future use.
The entire operation, from start to finish, took only two hours. It turned out that the laser rifle was extremely effective, and now every soldier dreamed of owning one.
But they overheat too quickly, meaning the firing rate must be strictly controlled.
Teruo was amazed at Lin Yi’s tactics and strength.
He initially thought Lin Yi set up all this just to see what the old shaman was capable of, but in fact, it was the opposite... he didn’t get a chance to show off at all.
It’s worth mentioning that during the conflict between humans and beastmen, he was too sick to participate in the battle,
but after starting the lake water therapy, he had regained part of his mobility.
Before, he had only heard of Lin Yi’s exploits, but now he witnessed them firsthand.
He even started doubting if asking for ten thousand coins a day was too presumptuous...
Terghai found Lin Yi, saying he really liked these laser melee weapons because every beastman warrior’s soul craved the passion and blood of battle...
Until Lin Yi showed him the explosive gun, the kind that kills a whole area in one blast.
Only then did the Beastman Lord realize that the premise of battle passion and bravery was to stay alive first.
"Solomon, go talk to Terghai, tell him to have his people clear the area of trees after the fire, so we have good visibility and mobility."
"Yes, boss!"
"By the way, we also need drones, even cheap ones are better than nothing, I know a place to find them, but obviously, they won’t come cheap..."
Lin Yi murmured to himself.
He had already realized that such equipment is crucial for any large camp, so unless the price is extremely high, no one would sell it...