Apocalypse: Hero of Potato Fields-Chapter 319 - 318: Rein and Chen Youyou
Lin Yi noticed something was wrong with Rein.
"Are you okay? Your breathing is rapid. Do you need to return to the shelter?"
"No! Everything is... fine..." Rein focused on the weapon in her hand, and a notification appeared.
[Warning!]
There are no settings in this weapon suitable for your element. To use magic arrows.
you must at least craft one magic arrow.
You may use the following element: Dark Element Level 2.
Available points: 5/5
She was a bit surprised, but quickly calmed down.
A black substance arrow materialized.
Rein released the bowstring, and the black arrow flew down towards the zombie horde, striking the back of a poor zombie.
A moment later, a twenty-meter-wide hemisphere appeared, leaving only frozen zombies and snow.
All liquid in the air and inside the zombies turned to ice.
"Well done, Rein! That’s awesome. Is it my imagination, or is the attack range larger this time?"
Lin Yi realized that any enemy hit by this would surely perish!
"Mm-hmm!" the happy girl replied.
"What setup did you use?"
"Four points on power, one on attack range."
"Put all points into attack range."
"Okay!"
Rein focused on the bow and crafted another arrow according to Lin Yi’s setup.
She shot the arrow... but missed, hitting the wall of the building opposite.
However, the hemisphere still struck about a dozen zombies, its diameter had already increased to 30 meters.
"Are they dead?" Lin Yi asked, referring to the three zombies hit by the hemisphere.
"Yes, I gained three experience points," Rein said a bit disappointed.
"Don’t worry, you’re basically strong now, go learn this skill."
Lin Yi handed her an archer skill book.
"But boss... this is too expensive..." Rein turned around, then immediately turned back.
The boss’s face was very close to her... too close!
"Don’t worry," Lin Yi replied calmly.
Rein learned the skill and returned to the bow’s settings interface.
"I now have two more points, boss!"
"Put them all into attack range."
The girl complied and shot another arrow. The hemisphere seemed to have expanded to 40 meters!
"Nice job, Rein! If you want to become stronger, you have to practice every day.
This bow is yours now, and if you shoot well enough, I’ll let you join important battles."
Lin Yi said, patting Rein’s head.
What will happen when she reaches Level 3?
Xiaochuan learned the ’Master of Archery’ skill at Level 3, becoming a mass destruction weapon.
Just his arrows could completely change the situation of the battle, even doubling the power of regular archers.
Lin Yi transported her back to the shelter and then returned to the fortress.
He left without any problems.
Mutant creatures tried to play some tricks, but the soldiers detected their intentions from afar.
After all, this wasn’t their first time dealing with this situation; the guards were already familiar with such actions.
Easily thwarting the common tactics of mutant creatures.
With the ’Celestial Eye’ system monitoring zombies, snipers based on the information provided by ’Celestial Eye’, eliminated dangerous mutant creatures.
Lin Yi now tries to use mages less, as their levels are already higher than everyone else’s.
"Caw! Caw!" Lin Yi turned around, seeing the proud phoenix floating in the air.
"What’s up, you plucked chicken? Here to squeeze me again?" the boss glared at the bird.
"No. It’s successful." The bird replied while flying around the watchtower.
"Will all the rewards now merge?"
"No. You need to get a thousand rewards from each race to incorporate them into your rewards on Earth." The phoenix answered calmly.
"Are you kidding me?!"
"This is the decision of the shelter. But you can pay a fee to change it, costing you fifteen million coins."
"No way!"
"You’d better build more arks. That will make me stronger." The bird said and then disappeared.
"Quite subtly expressed, silly bird." Lin Yi chuckled and went back to his busy work.
He handled all sorts of things, as the number of zombies slowly approached zero.
The number of zombies was less than he imagined.
Only over eighty thousand.
And they set bait all over the city.
The boss released the beastmen, ordering them to collect railroad tracks and other useful items. He sent Solomon to the warehouse and then headed to the airport.
~~~~~~
A bit earlier.
Chen Youyou’s office in the castle.
"Vine, can you do me a favor and email Immanuel’s report on vinegar production to me?"
"Sent." A charming thirty-year-old woman replied.
She was once an alien slave but later decided to change careers, becoming Chen Youyou’s administrative assistant.
She was not only smart but also multilingual, able to learn new languages effortlessly.
She mastered quite good English in just two weeks.
In addition to that, she had striking, perhaps even exotic looks, pointed ears, purple skin, with a somewhat unusual skull and body shape.
While Chen Youyou was contemplating, a knock on the door drew her attention.
"Come in."
People always came to her with all sorts of issues... they didn’t know where to put uniforms, or the Argonans and Hilania people were fighting again...
The door opened, and Rein walked into the office.
Her eyes were sparkling.
She has made up her mind!
"Rein?" Chen Youyou said, then pointed to a comfortable sofa.
"Do you have a question for me? It’s almost dinner time, you could wait until then to ask. Or is it a personal question?"
"It’s a personal question."
Rein said, then stared at Vine.
She’s so beautiful!
Rein doesn’t understand...
Doesn’t Chen Youyou envy her?
What if the boss falls in love with this exotic purple alien?
No, he wouldn’t fall in love with her...
But what if she tries to seduce him?
Also no, the boss wouldn’t do that...
Nothing happened in Cologne...
Aah! Vine is too beautiful.
With so many competitors, how can she fight for Lin Yi?
"Rein? Are you okay?" Chen Youyou asked, touching the young girl’s forehead.
"You don’t have a fever..."
"No... Sorry, I... I just want to talk... privately..."
"I’ll ask the community organizer about the situation of the Argonians." Vine giggled and then rushed out of the room, closing the door.
"Want some coffee?" Chen Youyou smiled sweetly.
"Sure..." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
Chen Youyou brewed coffee and brought some snacks from the kitchen.
She had a nice espresso machine in her office, but she didn’t use it often.
"Alright, go ahead. Don’t worry, this will be our little secret." Chen Youyou said with a smile while sipping coffee.
She liked Rein.
She was a nice, adorable young girl, just a bit shy.
"Chen Youyou... do you love the boss?!" Rein managed to ask,
almost shouting.
Her face flushed red, curling up into a ball.
"Rein... I don’t even know how to answer that, I think he’s a great guy, and I don’t deny that I really like him,
both as a boss and as a man...
But, you know... at our age, people view love and feelings somewhat differently.
I mean... I can only speak for myself, I can’t speak for him...
Well, maybe I can speak a little for him...
I’m sorry... I confused you."
"So you do love him..." Rein murmured, tears welling up.
Then she jumped up: "I don’t care! I won’t give up!"
"Rein... the last thing he needs right now is a girl distracting him, getting in his way..."
"I’m not a child anymore!" the twenty-year-old girl shouted.
"Oh, Rein... it’s not just about age, he doesn’t need someone who will cause trouble, he needs someone who can support him."
Chen Youyou came over to the tall girl and hugged her.
Rein was still grateful and hugged her back.
"Chen Youyou... what should I do?!"
"Support him, help him, try not to get in his way, and don’t declare your feelings to him. Once this is all over, we can compete for him.
But I won’t easily give him to you!"
"Yeah... I won’t either!"
"You’re so cute!"
~~~~~~
"I doubt we’ll find any planes here..." the boss muttered as he approached the airport.
He saw the barbed wire, the tent city, and... a massive group of zombies.
"What do you see, Melanie?"
"I see abandoned military vehicles, but it’s hard to tell if they are in good condition from here."
"What types, how many?"
"Two tanks, jeeps, and armored personnel carriers. There may be more, we’ll need to get closer to see."
Lin Yi heard this and then piloted the "Dagger" aircraft over the fence and the zombie horde.
The zombies wheezed and groaned, trying to claw at him, but they couldn’t reach the tasty prey flying high above them.
The prey ignored them, scanning the camp.
"I see the tanks. No planes, right?"
"No, but there might be in the hangar."
"Possibly." Lin Yi flew towards the hangar, where there weren’t as many zombies, but signs of a fight remained.
Typical scenario...
The people here were evacuated by the army. Some were infected, causing an outbreak in the camp.
Seems like this place needs a thorough clean-up.
Lin Yi saw ammunition and guns, continuing his search.
After finding a quiet spot on the runway, he summoned some soldiers to clear the area.
Then it was back to the usual steps: build fortifications, set traps, and gain experience points.
The number of zombies here was not high, around ten thousand, but it was enough for every Ark person to reach level 5.
A few fairies also reached level 2, bringing the total number of level 2 fairies to 89.
Lin Yi gained 255 experience points.
There weren’t many zombies above level 1 here, so it wasn’t the most lucrative harvest, but they still received hundreds of Ark rewards.
He won’t let anyone open these rewards.
He needs a thousand rewards to integrate the Ark rewards into the unified reward shelter...
