Chapter 70 Mermaid Boss Monster
Jiang Baiyue rushed to the main gate of the base, where two familiar team captains were already directing the battle from the city wall.
Looking up, they saw that the monster, aided by the rising water, had grown taller than the base's city walls.
【Mermaid Monster - Abnormal (Water) (Lv6: 2487/2500)】
The mermaid monster has more attack methods than the zombie. When the player's bullets approach, it draws a circle with one claw, and a water curtain barrier appears in front of it.
The bullet is like a person landing on a spring mattress, getting slightly dented, and then quickly bouncing back.
"Get out of the way!!"
"Damn! It can bounce back."
"Luckily we have the protective shield, otherwise we really wouldn't have been able to escape."
"This monster looks disgusting. It has human-like arms and claws, a fish tail, and two legs. It's amphibious."
"It's a good thing it's not a flying monster, otherwise we wouldn't be able to hit it at all."
Jiang Baiyue also took out her double-arrow crossbow and joined the attack.
"Left side! Attack! Right side, prepare!"
"Launch! Launch!"
After observing the situation, she immediately devised a strategy. She divided the players on the left and right sides into two teams and separated some of the players with special abilities.
While the shooting team took turns firing, the mermaid monster's water curtain blocked their shots and prevented them from taking care of other parts, so the needle-and-wheat-awn first had the fire-type ability player attack the mermaid's middle part.
The mermaid sensed danger and immediately made a strange sound, which startled everyone and made them feel nauseous.
The stagnant water surged upwards, blurring the player's vision, and he immediately turned around and vomited.
"vomit……"
"My dinner..."
Does anyone have earplugs?
"Earplugs are useless? They even have silence skills. How are we supposed to fight? We can only hope that the shield can hold up."
Jiang Baiyue's heart sank. The protective shield could definitely hold, but it would consume a lot of materials.
At this moment, the base's materials were completely depleted, which would limit future development, and it was unclear when the next wave of monster attacks would arrive...
The sound of artillery shells booming came from behind, a powerful and overwhelming sound—boss-level monsters had also been encountered in other directions.
Jiang Baiyue glanced at the message. Sunflower said that the arrow tower near the public toilet was attacked by a level 5 bone fish monster with sharp bone spikes on its back.
At this time, only a few people were sending messages in the chat area asking to buy weapons and medicine. From the information revealed, it was pieced together that other bases were also facing attacks from 2 to 3 level 5 or 6 monsters.
Several of the base's wooden huts have been destroyed by the monsters' attacks, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries.
The prices of healing potions, bandages, stress-relieving items, and other medicines and items have risen again.
"I have the blueprints for the earmuff prop, but I don't know if they'll be useful?"
"Go and make them! Make a few to try first."
Jiang Baiyue: "Give me the blueprints. You can use the workbench to make earmuffs for free later."
The usually taciturn man became excited: "Um, could I change my status to permanent residency? I'll offer the earmuffs for free!"
Jiang Baiyue: "I'll calculate your points and give you permanent residency as well."
Upon receiving the blueprints, Jiang Baiyue immediately sent them to Zhang Meizhi, instructing her to prioritize their production.
In just a short time, the damage rate of the protective shield rose to 12.16%, and this was even with materials being continuously consumed for repairs.
We must stop the mermaid monster from attacking the protective shield.
Jiang Baiyue: "Everyone! Try your best to survive! After the victory—we'll hold a feast!"
Wow!
"Is it free to eat?!"
After completing a round of shooting, someone excitedly asked a question.
Jiang Baiyue shouted in response and immediately issued a notice.
"free!"
"Yo-ho! Keep it up, friends!"
Victory belongs to us!
Everyone felt stressed, but the allure of delicious food and free meals boosted their spirits.
Jiang Baiyue temporarily handed over command authority to the mercenaries to Needle and Wheat, while she stepped back to join the supernatural attack team.
The players' offensive became even more intense. With the experience from last time, everyone cooperated more seamlessly, and almost everyone could immediately understand the instructions and execute them simultaneously.
After being attacked three times in a row, the mermaid monster was finally enraged, and its health dropped below 2300.
Although their health was still high, everyone saw hope, and their ultimate goal was to stop the merman monster from attacking the shield.
That's enough...
The next moment, just as everyone was rejoicing, the mermaid monster sank to the bottom of the water and began attacking the protective shield underwater!
"What a sneaky guy! Damn it!"
"How can we attack if it doesn't come up?"
"So many fish monsters!"
The mermaid monster sank to the bottom of the water, but did not give up attacking the protective shield on the water. It summoned many small fish monsters to pile up and cover the shield to bite.
Clang clang clang!
The sound of sharp teeth tearing at air or hard objects rang out, and the degree of damage to the protective shield rapidly increased.
"Molotov cocktails ready—!"
The team quickly adjusted their tactics, having the left team light and throw Molotov cocktails, while the right team attacked with bows, arrows, pistols, and rifles.
A massive, rolling, orange-red flame swept across the area, carrying a strong, pungent smell of burning flesh. Those who had finished their attack uniformly took out masks and put them on.
"Luckily, I had the foresight to buy several masks."
"Me too, otherwise I really would have to step back and have some porridge first."
The fish-like monster on the protective shield screamed as it was scorched by the flames and fell into the water with a splash.
At this point, no one had time to think about how to pick up the dropped items.
The only hope was that after the battle was over, they could try to scoop them up with a fishing net.
"The earmuffs are ready! Everyone, add me as a friend—Needle Tip and Wheat Ear—to claim your earmuffs!"
According to the description, the earmuffs do indeed block out some sound.
During the lull between attacks, players took the opportunity to add each other as friends and collect and wear earmuffs.
"Everyone! Watch the hand gesture!"
This was pre-arranged. In response to the mermaid monster's sonic attacks, while wearing earmuffs would block out the sound, they would also be unable to hear commands, so they would use hand gestures to communicate.
Although there are some inconveniences, it greatly reduces the chances of the mermaids interrupting their attacks.
After the small fish monsters on the protective shield were cleared away, the mermaid monster floated back to the surface, and to everyone's surprise, the mermaid monster's wounds had healed.
"Ugh, no martial ethics, but comes with healing abilities."
"If we didn't have these protective shields, how many people would have died today?"
A player waiting to be replaced on the stairs said, "Many people have died and quite a few have been injured in other bases without protective shields."
A barrage of arrows once again struck the mermaid monster's abdomen with precision, while another group of bullets aimed at its lower body.
After the superhumans unleashed attacks such as lightning, spikes, and fireballs on the two water curtains, they seized the opportunity to attack other parts of the mermaid monster.
The battle lasted until 4:30 a.m. Jiang Baiyue rested twice with the first batch of combatants, and this was the third time she went down from the city wall to rest.
She was squatting down drinking meat porridge when Chimera sent her a message saying that the monsters had retreated and were no longer attacking the protective shield.
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