The range covered by the three construction cards wasn’t very large, but luckily, the fortress An Suisui had chosen also took up very little space—just enough for the walls to form a complete circle.
When the three construction cards created the walls and enclosed the area, the walls emitted a faint earthy yellow glow, gradually merging together into a single, solid barrier.
At that moment, a green health bar appeared above the wall, marked with a “LV1” level.
“This thing can be upgraded too?” An Suisui paused and tried to check the wall’s stats.
[Level 1 Construction Item—Wall: Defense 1000, HP 5000, Attack 0]
And at the end of the level, in small, inconspicuous text, there was a note:
[Next upgrade requires 5,000 gold coins. Current coins: 0]
So it really could be upgraded?
Curious, An Suisui put some of her coins into the wall, and the coin count on the wall steadily increased.
“It finally feels like a real tower defense game,” Jian Shi commented.
He also contributed some of his own coins to the wall.
Five thousand coins was a lot, but as a front-line defender, Jian Shi had killed so many monsters over three rounds that he had at least eight or ten thousand coins.
With both of them investing, the newly built dirt wall quickly leveled up. The rough earth wall turned into a reddish brick wall, looking much sturdier than before, and all its stats at least doubled.
Jian Shi was thoughtful.
The game wouldn’t introduce something random—if this thing could be upgraded, did that mean there were even bigger challenges ahead?
Their equipment was getting better and better, but the monsters’ danger level wasn’t keeping up. The further they got, the bigger the gap.
Except for the occasional tough boss, the regular monsters were basically under control.
But that couldn’t be the game’s intention. The game would only get harder, not easier.
After Jian Shi’s analysis, An Suisui agreed. The sense of urgency made her sit down and sort all the items she’d picked up, distributing them to each player.
In her eyes, all the players were her little soldiers.
Whether the team could make it to the end depended on whether she, as the “commander,” could control the overall situation.
The items from the earlier waves were all pretty ordinary.
Special items like construction cards and stamina potions were rare.
But the loot from the third wave was really odd. Besides things like snakeskin and venomous fangs, there were also antidote pills, anti-impact pills, and other items with strange effects.
An Suisui didn’t know what these things did, so she gave a few to each player and kept the rest, sitting alone on the high platform, surveying the field and preparing for what was next.
The fourth wave of monsters gave them a shock right from the start.
This time, the small monsters weren’t just fast and strong—they were also highly poisonous: scorpions.
The antidote pills immediately proved their worth.
The scorpion monsters attacked in formation, some going after the front-line defenders, others crawling through the underground tunnels dug by previous monsters.
When they finally made it through the maze-like tunnels and emerged, they found that the “victory target” they expected was nowhere to be seen.
Not only was there no carrot, there wasn’t even a leaf.
The monsters were instantly lost.
An Suisui stood on her distant high platform, with a perfect view of the front lines.
What’s with these dumb monsters? Were they mass-produced on an assembly line?
They didn’t even look around, just followed the old routes set by previous monsters.
Why did they assume the carrot would always be in the same place?
When the scorpions finally figured out the right direction and started running, the fourth wave’s mini-boss appeared.
The mini-boss was also a scorpion, but more than ten times bigger than the regular ones, with a terrifying barbed tail.
But the funniest thing was, after dodging the players, the mini-boss just charged straight for the carrot’s old spot, and like the small monsters, got completely lost.
An Suisui: “……”
Not only were the small monsters dumb, the mini-boss was too. No wonder Jian Shi and the others didn’t even bother chasing it—by the time they finished off the front-line monsters, they could just go back and deal with the big scorpion at their leisure.
Letting out a breath, An Suisui gripped her weapon, ready for action.
The first batch of small monsters had already found the real carrot and were heading her way.
An Suisui slid down from the top of the tower and paced along the three-meter-high wall.
In front of the wall was a wide patch of ice, which she’d made with her ice gun during a break.
The slick ice was very effective at stopping most creatures from attacking.
The first wave of scorpions finally made it to the base, and just as An Suisui was about to attack, she noticed that after crawling onto the ice, the scorpions all stopped moving.
Of course—scorpions are afraid of the cold.
The whole area was covered in ice she’d made, colder than anywhere else.
An Suisui would occasionally add more ice, and the scorpions, crawling along the surface, felt the chill from below and just froze in place.
With a sigh, An Suisui realized her little fortress was perfect—a natural enemy for most cold-blooded creatures.
She leisurely slid down, gliding across the ice to pile up the frozen scorpions and deal with them.
Her easy time in the back caught the attention of the front line.
They copied her, making lots of ice in front of the spawn point, and the monsters’ attacks weakened so much that the players had plenty of time to rest.
This peaceful period lasted until the fourth boss appeared.
No matter what, bosses were always strong.
But this round, the players were well-rested, in top form, and hadn’t used up many items.
The boss was immediately hit with a fierce attack. Sensing something was wrong, it roared, slammed the ground with its bear paw, and broke away from the players, charging straight for the carrot.
This boss didn’t care about fighting—it had a clear goal.
Its aim wasn’t to kill the players, but to eat the carrot they were protecting.
But after running for a while, it realized something was off.
There was nothing on the open ground ahead—not even a single scorpion.
Looking around in confusion, the boss couldn’t figure out where its target had gone.
The players, who had been left behind, finally caught up and launched a fierce attack. After a half-hour battle, they finally won.
An Suisui: Stealing the carrot seems to have driven the monsters and bosses crazy.
Doesn’t the game ever notify these bosses?
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