Tower Defense Lord from Earth

Chapter 2, Wave 1 Monster Invasion

"A volley of arrows, a rain of arrows washing over the ground—that's awesome! I love it!"

Liu Huasheng was overjoyed and quickly kicked the alpaca 008 next to him, saying, "Hunchback, how long until the monster invasion starts?"

"7 minutes and 59 seconds left!"

"At 7 minutes and 59 seconds, my basic arrow tower can store 479 arrows. A single volley of arrows would be devastating!"

Liu Huasheng felt pleased and looked around the basic arrow tower, liking it more and more as he looked at it.

He kicked the alpaca 008 again and said, "Hunchback, how do I restore my stamina? And what's outside my territory? Is there any background information? Are there any NPCs? Can I get beginner quests?"

The alpaca said, "Players' stamina can recover naturally, usually fully recovering in a day. They can also use items to speed up the recovery, such as stamina potions. The land you've descended upon is called Lostanp, and seven other players have arrived on this land with you..."

"All I can tell you is that Lostanp has a total of 12 gold mines, two engineering shops, two relic shops, and 19 monster spawn points. All players spawn at the mining sites. The nearest player is five miles to the east, and the nearest monster spawn point is five miles to the south. You'll have to explore the rest yourself!"

"you mean……"

Liu Huasheng rubbed his chin. "Am I supposed to play a battle for supremacy with seven aliens in Lostamp first?"

The alpaca said, "You can also form an alliance and defend together!"

Liu Huasheng shook his head.

An alliance?

An alliance with aliens?

And coordinated defense?

With limited resources, there's no point in forming alliances. Ultimately, a hierarchy must be established!

Liu Huasheng did not believe that other players would coexist peacefully with him.

At this very moment, about five miles away from Liu Huasheng, on another high ground to the east, a burly man was wielding a construction hammer like a demon.

In front of him, a basic arrow tower gradually took shape.

Behind it, a goat was chattering incessantly.

The burly man was named Wang Shuaibo, and the goat was, of course, his game assistant.

"Master, two tigers cannot share one mountain. The other seven players are all your enemies! You are a 22-year-old martial arts master with formidable strength. I suggest that once your stamina has recovered, you infiltrate the opponent's territory, seek an opportunity, build a tower to seize the gold mine, and eliminate one opponent first!"

Wang Shuaibo glanced at the goat with disdain and said, "Do I need you to teach me?"

"Master, you must be careful not to enter the enemy's turret range, or you'll get shot. If you die, I'll disappear too!"

"You talk too much nonsense!"

Wang Shuaibo muttered to himself, ignoring his game assistant.

On each of the other six high grounds, there is also a player and their game assistant.

The game assistants were all different, and the players each had their own agendas.

After Liu Huasheng finished building the basic arrow towers, he waited a few minutes and then saw a huge ball of light appear below the high ground.

That ball of light was a portal, from which one after another, plump rats emerged.

They walk upright, are about fifty centimeters tall, and their steps are quite synchronized!

"It's here!"

Alpaca008 broadcasts beside Liu Huasheng: "The first wave of monster invasion has begun. The invading monsters are Earth Rats, totaling 500. They will be wiped out in five minutes. Earth Rats have no attack power and disappear after entering the gold mine. Each one can steal 5 gold coins!"

Liu Huasheng could now see the attribute information of those human-standing ground rats. They were just level one monsters with health bars above their heads and only 5 health points!

"What's the point of attacking if you can't even launch a shot? These gophers are just here to steal coins!"

Liu Huasheng curiously looked down and saw the ground rats marching in orderly steps, moving forward at a leisurely pace, and soon entered the range of the basic arrow tower.

With a whoosh, an arrow flew out from the small house on top of the basic arrow tower and accurately hit the first ground rat in the row.

The giant ground rat squeaked, immediately fell backward, kicked its legs, and died!

Its body quickly turned into light and disappeared, without affecting the progress of the giant ground rats behind it.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...

The basic arrow tower continuously fires arrows, each arrow killing a giant ground rat without missing its mark.

Its attack power is 10 points, while the giant ground rat only has 5 health points, so it can kill twice in one hit!

Liu Huasheng observed from the high ground and felt that the ground rats were paving the way with their lives. If it weren't for the fact that the corpses would turn into light and disappear, he would be stepping on the corpses to move forward, and the long snake formation would be getting longer and longer.

"The basic arrow tower's attack speed is still too slow, only attacking once every two seconds. 500 ground rats can be wiped out in 5 minutes, averaging 100 per minute, but the basic arrow tower can only kill a maximum of 30 per minute, leaving 70 left over. The firepower is a bit lacking..."

Liu Huasheng silently calculated that if he ignored the speed at which the mole troop moved forward, many moles would eventually be able to leave the range of the basic arrow tower.

The actual situation was roughly as Liu Huasheng had predicted. Five minutes later, the mole squad, in a long, serpentine formation, surged up the high ground. At that time, there were exactly 350 moles left.

Liu Huasheng knew he had to do something, so he picked up his construction hammer and stepped forward to block the way.

He wasn't afraid of wild monsters that had no offensive capabilities. He swung his building hammer wildly, smashing the moles until they were knocked over and squeaking.

"Hahaha, which coward dares to challenge me to a duel?"

Liu Huasheng was still shouting, feeling like he was a god of war.

But despite his fierce appearance, he has no offensive power and cannot inflict damage. The groundhogs he knocks away will quickly bounce back to the group and continue their journey.

However, Liu Huasheng's actions did manage to slightly hinder the advance of the mole squad, giving the base arrow towers more time to attack.

A moment later, the last spawned mob also entered the range of the basic arrow tower.

At this point, all the giant ground rats were already within the range of the basic arrow tower, with probably less than 200 remaining.

Just as a giant ground rat was about to escape the range of the basic arrow tower, Liu Huasheng raised his construction hammer and shouted, "Come on, unleash a volley of arrows and wipe out these rats!"

The basic arrow tower responded immediately, and the small house on its top instantly glowed red, followed by a large number of arrows flying out from it like a shower of flowers.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh...

The arrows aimed automatically, and a volley of arrows killed all the ground rats in just a breath or two. White light flashed across the ground, but with fewer rats than arrows, a large number of arrows were wasted.

"Ding!"

The game assistant, Alpaca 008, stared wide-eyed at Liu Huasheng and played a system notification: "Congratulations on killing all the Earth Rats and successfully repelling this monster invasion. You have unlocked 10 personal storage slots and the trading function. You can now trade resources with other players!"

"Ding! Defense reward issued: 100 gold coins, 100 wood, and one random treasure chest."

"Ding! You've achieved a perfect defense, and you were the first player to complete the defense on the minimap. Rewards are calculated, and you'll receive two additional random treasure chests!"

Accompanied by the sound of alpacas, three treasure chests, each a meter tall, immediately appeared in front of Liu Huasheng.

These three treasure chests are exactly the same, with attribute information. They are all [Random Treasure Chests], which can randomly yield resources, materials, building blueprints, equipment, etc.

"Using cheat codes is awesome!"

Liu Huasheng was overjoyed and immediately opened the first treasure chest.

The alpaca then announced from the side, "Ding! Congratulations on obtaining one thousand pieces of dried rat meat! Great! You won't have to worry about food for a while!"

"Damn, dried rats! Are we going to eat these?"

Liu Huasheng's face darkened, and he opened the second treasure chest.

"Ding! Congratulations on receiving 100 fresh apples, 200 loaves of bread, and the [Tower Moving Skill Book]."

"Note: After using the [Tower Relocation Skill Book], you will gain the Tower Relocation skill. Outside of combat, you can move the position of a defensive tower using your mind, but each move cannot exceed 400 meters and will consume 100 gold coins! After the defensive tower is moved, it needs 5 seconds to stabilize, during which time you cannot attack. A defensive tower can only be moved once every 24 hours."

"Apples and bread, great! No more eating dried rats! Moving towers? Not bad, no more worrying about where to build defense towers!"

Liu Huasheng took out a booklet from the treasure chest and used it immediately. A golden light flashed on his body, and the skill [Tower Shift] appeared in the skill list.

He then opened the third treasure chest.

"Ding! Congratulations on receiving 300 bottles of mineral water, 200 pieces of dried rat meat, 100 packets of spicy pickled vegetables, and 1 bottle of recovery potion!"