Apocalypse: Hero of Potato Fields-Chapter 343 - 338: Arrival of Zombie Elites

Nightfall descends.

The giant dragons replace the soldiers and commence killing zombies.

Mira is slashing and biting amidst the zombie horde, while Da Chuan is destroying the bridges built by giants.

Spider webs freeze easily, but destroying stone bridges requires a lot of effort.

Dragons must attack from high altitude, which diminishes the power of Flame Magic.

As a result, giants and dragons fall into an endless cycle of building and destroying bridges.

Thanks to the dragons, zombie influx is reduced by two-thirds, but hasn’t ceased.

The Zombie General still employs cannon fodder tactics.

After eating, Lin Yi asks, "Solomon, how’s the reconnaissance going?"

"The intelligence we’ve gathered makes no sense; much of this island is occupied by a huge city.

We can’t determine how many zombies are inside.

So far, the drones have only scouted half the island, but are certain it has swallowed several Arks. I’m sending you the photos now."

Lin Yi opens his phone.

He sees a photo of a vast medieval city and two photos of small fortresses.

One looks identical to the fortress at the first attack on the Shelter by Terghai, the other resembles medieval architecture.

"Interesting." Lin Yi mutters as he studies these fortresses, deep in thought.

"Looks like we’re up against a rather powerful enemy... Do you think the General still keeps all the loot obtained from conquered Arks?"

Solomon’s eyes light up upon hearing this; he hadn’t considered that!

"How are the soldiers? Any casualties?"

"Dozens, most injured by Sprayers and acid zombies. The members of the Child of the Sun team aren’t harmed at all."

Lin Yi takes a sip of tea and looks at Sylvie: "Is there a lot of damaged equipment?"

The red-haired girl was waiting for this question, so she answers immediately.

"Yes, we’ve repaired each AP-4 rifle twice now. After that, the equipment that needs most repair are the Knights’ swords and shields."

"What about the Power Armor?"

"We have a problem in that area... we’re still assembling Power Armor for the Child of the Sun team.

You haven’t received these armors yet, but the existing parts can only allow us to make First Level System Equipment, and we have to make some parts ourselves..."

"Hmm..." Lin Yi thinks for a while, tapping his fingers on the table.

"What if we manufacture more parts?"

"The more parts we make, the higher the power armor level will be. We can even upgrade it to Level Three. It also provides attribute bonus!"

"But that would take a lot of effort... we don’t have time to do that now. Make them Level One - a total of four thousand sets of Power Armor."

"We’re already doing that! We can dismantle the Power Armor later and reassemble them with more parts."

"What about the Slaughterer?"

"We can make them, but they can’t be used."

"Alright."

Lin Yi turns to Rein: "You performed great today, well done. What level are you now?"

"Ten... twelve levels..." Rein replies, almost unable to speak from happiness.

Lin Yi just praised her!

He finally acknowledged her contribution!

"Whoa?! I have to hear what happened, Rein!" Annie interjects.

Other girls are equally curious.

While the girls chatter, Lin Yi starts talking with the Professor.

Mark is still studying those chips that enable aliens to pilot Mecha, but he still has a long way to go.

The technology is very advanced and complex, but the potential it represents is indeed remarkable.

However, the Mecha pilots they’ve captured all died after the chip was removed.

According to the Professor, once the chip is installed, it becomes an essential part of the user’s body. Without it, their brain ceases to function.

The Professor is also eager to conduct experiments on this Moving Island. He’s still investigating that unusual tree they found on the last island.

People have started calling it the "Mushroom Tree" because of the shape of its branches. The leaves on the branches really look like mushroom caps.

All the Doctors are striving to make immune pills, and today, all the Doctors, Weapon Makers, and others finally reached Level 10.

But the Professor is most excited that the person with the "Savior" skill has reached Level 10.

He has actually gained the ability to extract viruses from the human body. His ability to purify water and soil has also improved significantly.

Without any additional effort or help from the Shelter, the Savior can purify half a ton of water or three hundred square yards of soil each day.

The Healer learned to grant temporary immunity to Level 4 and below viruses at Level 3 skills.

But the stronger the immunity and the longer it lasts, the more Magic Value it consumes.

There are too many issues waiting for Lin Yi to address.

He doesn’t get a chance to escape until deep into the night when the lab finishes analyzing the Wind Skill Book.

As usual, it cost 1000 Coins.

The next item Lin Yi wants to analyze is another Magic Skill Book.

Since encountering the intelligent mutated marine creatures, the Americans have been pestering for Thunder Skill Books.

They desperately need these skill books.

The Shelter doesn’t have much demand for this skill, but if their allies on the island lose their navy, it will be news for everyone.

"There’s no place like home..." Lin Yi mumbles, collapsing onto the bed. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Physically, he’s not exhausted.

But mentally, he’s completely drained.

It’s been a long, long time since he had such a tense day.

Frankly, when he saw the Water Crane Clan, he thought he was seeing compatriots.

...Then there’s the island.

Who could have imagined so many giant Level 4 monsters there?

The Zombie General’s wit is frightening, and the number of cannon fodder he can muster is equally impressive...

At that moment, a knock on the door sounds.

"Come in."

Lin Yi knew it was Chen Youyou.

She closed the door tightly behind her and walked toward the bedside.

She was only wearing a bathrobe, and thanks to the infusion of life force and the help of the frog beautician, her visibly more beautiful body was clearly outlined beneath the robe.

Lin Yi sighed and said, "We might fall into big trouble at any time, I can’t be distracted."

"How about a relaxing massage?" Chen Youyou asked, looking somewhat surprised.

"Uh... okay."

Chen Youyou went to the rehabilitation center almost every day.

An elf girl there was teaching her massage techniques and regularly gave her massages.

Chen Youyou conjured some essential oils from the storage and began to gently massage Lin Yi’s neck, shoulders, and back.

"You haven’t told me about your new abilities." Lin Yi asked.

Chen Youyou was quite a good masseuse, though she could apply a bit more pressure.

"I can now read the thoughts of ten or more people at once. I haven’t had a chance to thoroughly test it.

If I’m willing to expend a large amount of magic value, I can even read people’s minds.

But I can’t see their memories, only what they’re currently thinking."

"Does their native language matter? Can you read the thoughts of the Taru Race?"

"No, it doesn’t matter."

"That’s impressive." Lin Yi commented, then fell silent.

After a while, he spoke again, "How is our management situation?"

"We are an interstellar company!"

Chen Youyou paused for a moment, then said, "Things are progressing smoothly, and our efficiency is improving.

But we need more experienced employees, and people with management experience."

"By the way, how is your sister? How’s the school?"

"The school is doing great." Chen Youyou smiled.

She was truly very satisfied with the current situation.

"We’ve found some very excellent teachers, the children have learned a lot and really like it."

Chen Youyou spent a long time telling Lin Yi about the school’s situation and how happy her sister and the other children were there.

Then they started discussing the Shelter’s residents.

Even after Chen Youyou finished the massage, they chatted for hours until she fell asleep directly.

Unfortunately, Lin Yi couldn’t sleep.

Lin Yi had a reason to worry about the Zombie General.

Around 2 AM, a new attack began, and this time it was larger in scale than the previous one.

The enemy still held some backup.

The monster capable of using Earth Magic had been unknowingly slowly filling in the pits.

Now these pits mostly no longer existed, and a large group of third-level zombies suddenly charged towards the walls.

After teleporting to the battlefield headquarters, Lin Yi sounded the alarm to awaken his soldiers and officers.

The temporary base was located at the foot of the wall, and soldiers slept in armor.

Within just 60 seconds, most soldiers had already ascended the walls.

A blazing flaming tsunami illuminated the area in front of the walls, burning a large number of undead creatures to ashes.

However, the Zombie General was prepared for this, so the zombies avoided this flame trap.

If they couldn’t avoid it, they would retreat or scatter in all directions.

But in reality, very few zombies managed to do this successfully.

All infantry, archers, and beastmen were deployed to the top of the walls.

Most mages were still resting, waiting for their moment to shine.

The knights were also resting because they didn’t have much use on the walls, and almost all members of the Child of the Sun squad were in position.

Now that rewards were combined, weapon makers could transform human equipment into alien equipment, and vice versa.

Three thousand wolf fang clubs were transformed into the Child of the Sun squad’s throwing spears, but only distributed to over four hundred warriors who reached level 5.

These warriors could enchant their spears with magic, just like archers enchanted their arrows, or like Hilania people enchanted their boomerangs.

However, most members of the Child of the Sun squad were equipped with crossbows and basic spears, and those without crossbows were throwing burning mixtures.

Repeated explosions illuminated the dark battlefield, third-level zombies were fast and agile, with some managing to rush to the base of the walls.

Zombies began forming "living stairs."

Although the number of corpses available was much lower compared to first-level and second-level zombies.

The structure they built looked more like a living pyramid rather than stairs.

However, climbing the 60-meter-high walls was no easy task.

The fewer zombies in the pyramid ultimately became its fatal weakness.

A volley of fire was enough to topple an entire pyramid structure, but when the zombie pyramid fell, zombies began constructing another.

The moat at the foot of the walls also came into play.

Lightning Mage and Water Mage electrocuted hundreds of zombies, while the latter conjured a string of water spears.

Several electrified tsunamis appeared.

They were quite effective, but the mages ended up being scolded for using up half of the water in the moat.

Lin Yi had to wake the Lille Branch workers to pump water from the river and refill the moat.

The archers were also going all out; they had plenty of electric arrows.

All other warriors engaged in ranged combat were frustrated because their explosive spears and boomerangs were almost useless against the enemies in the moat.

Zombies’ bodies were gradually absorbed underground, which increasingly irritated the Zombie General.

Since this meant he had to limit the battlefield’s size to ensure the corpse accumulation speed was faster than the absorption speed.

After his surprise attack failed, the Zombie General decided to get serious and deploy his elite troops.

A veritable medieval zombie army was advancing from the island towards the walls.

Including siege ladders, archers, and even a catapult.

Beside them, strong zombies were holding huge stones, and groups of second-level zombies cooperated to drag even larger stones to the battlefield...