Chapter 106 Night Raid by the Giant Monster
There was no time to rest. Jiang Baiyue ate a few half-grown roasted corns in a daze, when she heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from all directions on the city wall.
Chimera also sent a message in private: the monsters have attacked the base again.
Command was still given to Chimera, Needle and Wheat, and Sunflower, along with the 10 deputy commanders they brought with them.
Jiang Baiyue immediately notified the logistics team to organize logistical work, and distributed three duck-shaped bags filled with food and one bag filled with medicine to a pig-slaughtering knife.
After arranging the basic city defense work, Jiang Baiyue first opened the communication area and posted transaction information.
"Lying Down and Being a Lazybones: Territory Stone Trading! Ore Trading! Weapon Trading! Alien Energy Core Trading! Food and Medicine Exchange! My Shop Trading! @Everyone"
As soon as the message was sent, private messages started popping up one after another.
He sent Jiang Baiyue five nuclear bombs without using an umbrella on a rainy day.
"Don't use an umbrella in the rain: Use with caution. This thing will destroy resource points, and farmland cannot be placed on land within the blast radius."
"Lying-down Salty Fish: Okay! I won't use it unless absolutely necessary. [Trade - Territory Stone *10], can be crafted after upgrading the workbench, can expand the protective range of the base's shield."
Aside from old friends not using umbrellas in the rain, the others also traded some medicine and food with each other.
However, the food only had 1-2 days left before its expiration date.
Those with long shelf lives are unwilling to be exchanged during this special period.
Jiang Baiyue looked at the bustling discussion area.
Almost simultaneously, all bases in District 301 were attacked by monsters.
In the world chat area, only a few players were speaking in other sections, and their sections were also facing impending disaster.
She discovered that this rainstorm disaster was more severe; in the hottest zones, the temperature soared by 10 degrees Celsius in a single day, leading to a surge in demand for drinking water; in the coldest zones, the temperature dropped rapidly as well, and some people with poor physical condition were already experiencing breathing difficulties.
How long exactly is the Eternal Night? How many days can they endure it?
Jiang Baiyue brought up the base's control panel and upgraded all the arrow towers. Then she upgraded the general store, ranch, mercenary bar, armory, and boutique to the highest level, level 5.
She hired all the mercenaries from the bar and arranged for them to fight zombies outside the base.
On the city wall.
The green streetlights were close to the outside of the city wall, and darkness lay just two meters away from the green light.
There was no trace of light penetrating between the two; the darkness stood there like an opaque wall.
Chimera covered her ears; with her exceptional hearing, her mind was filled with the deep, piercing roars of various monsters, as well as the sounds of them crashing through and crushing the buildings and trees outside the base.
A series of thumping sounds came from the darkness as enormous zombies emerged into the green light's range, causing the people on the city wall to widen their eyes.
These monsters are all familiar, but they are now much more powerful than they have been before.
Helmeted zombies are already difficult to break through, and now they're wearing armor and dragging a spiked club that's over a meter long.
After the spiked club was dragged across the ground, a shallow crater a few centimeters deep appeared.
"Captain, take your medicine quickly. Don't stop taking it."
For safety, all patrols on the city wall openly displayed their four attribute values: health, hunger, stress, and stamina.
At this moment, Chimera's stress level suddenly soared to 81. The deputy commander next to her turned around, saw it, and was shocked. She patted Chimera's shoulder hard.
Chimera thanked them, immediately took the medicine, and her stress level returned to 0, putting her teammates at ease.
"Arrange for the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth substitute teams to take turns going to the arcade, and replace one team once they achieve good results."
"Team 5, 3 people per group, go and guard the 2 nearest arrow towers."
The group leader of Group 5 responded and quickly divided the group into teams, leading one of his team members to the nearest arrow tower on the right.
When the two arrived, the arrow tower had just finished upgrading. The group leader of Group Five breathed a sigh of relief and then, with the system's prompt, used the arrow tower to launch the first supernatural arrow.
The blue ice arrow, carrying a chilling aura and an unstoppable momentum, plunged headlong into the darkness.
The group leader of Group Five's expression froze; nothing had happened.
Clang clang clang...
Five seconds later, the hissing sound of water freezing rang out, and the group leader of Group Five relaxed.
The icy blue ice froze the monster within a radius of about half a meter. The ice reflected a green light, making it visible to those around it, including the monster itself.
"Wow! That's amazing!"
"Hahaha! We'll definitely win!"
The group leader shouted excitedly, the fear receding. He couldn't help but wonder what effect the arrows he released would have, given that he possessed wind-type abilities.
He stood to the side, firing a crossbow, and took a picture with one hand in the air. He then posted it in the chat area and shared it with his friends.
"Level 1 Disability: Wow? What kind of superpower is that? How long can it freeze people?"
"Evergreen Tree: 1 minute! The zombie's health bar has decreased by a small amount, and it seems to be slowed down as well."
"Evergreen Tree: It's not a superpower, it's the arrows released from the arrow tower."
"Throwing meat buns at a dog: Are you sure it's an arrow tower? If it really works like an arrow tower, I'll build a few more right away!"
"Yellow sand flying everywhere: !! Arrow towers can be used like this. I thought we wouldn't need them this time."
"Love is a light: Urgent! Anyone have antidepressants?! I'm also trading compressed biscuits and bacon!!"
"King of Spades: I'll have my older brother arrange it right away! Everyone, please share any information you have! Let's help each other out!"
"Crazy Sisi: Anyone have food? Let's trade! Reasonable prices! @Everyone"
"Meat Buns Throwing at Dogs: @Everyone, if your stress level stays above 30 for an extended period! If you get scratched by a Night Stalker and don't treat it, you'll mutate! Make sure you have plenty of medicine on hand. There's a pharmacy at this base, and you can trade basic food ingredients! DM me!"
"Green Hills and Clear Waters: @MeatBunsBeatingDogs, really? How did you find out?"
"Silver Carat: Damn it! How am I supposed to live like this? These days, whose stress level doesn't go up every day? Sometimes if you're not careful, it just goes up while you're fighting."
"Eating smaller, more frequent meals to lose weight: How long is 'for a whole day'? 1 hour? 1 day?"
"Yong'an: Day 1! Everyone, it's best to supervise each other. The base rules must be amended to prohibit creatures within the base from attacking each other!"
"Throwing a meat bun at a dog: That's right."
"Blooming Flowers: How did you know? Really? Medicines are so expensive these days! It's okay at our base, we can exchange them by submitting missions in the mission hall, or we can exchange them with points."
"Yong'an: I have a research institute building in my base. I captured more than 10 night-stalking monsters and used them to conduct research. NPCs' words are generally credible."
"Throwing meat buns at a dog: I heard it from an NPC."
Jiang Baiyue took a moment to see that a player's base had a pharmacy, and immediately sent a private message to the person who had it.
Medicines are as scarce as food. This time, the plants withered because she had enough staff to discover and rescue them in time, so the loss was not significant.
Jiang Baiyue still had a lot of food in her warehouse. Now that the monsters had started attacking the base, she planned to take out some more to exchange for medicine.
Although she has her own medicine-making station, she still needs to consume materials to make medicine, and she wants to conserve her materials as much as possible.
"Throwing meat buns at a dog: I need granite, clay, and an electric motor; food is also available for trade."
"Lying-down Salty Fish: What medicine do you have? Give me a list. I can give you 3 generators, and I also have some potatoes with slightly worse stats; roasting them alone can reduce hunger by 20 points. Screenshot.jpg"
Fully matured potatoes have better attributes, but this batch was rescued from withered plants and has not yet fully matured, so its attributes are slightly inferior.
There was no way to hide this matter, and Jiang Baiyue didn't intend to cheat anyone, so she directly told Roubaozi that it was no big deal.
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