Apocalypse: Hero of Potato Fields-Chapter 355 - 345 Building Defense_2

Behind another gigantic door was a living area and a room resembling an infirmary.

In this room, as well as in six other rooms, there was nothing of value.

But in the last room...

"A treasure chest, boss! A genuine treasure chest!" Piero shouted.

"There are no traps here, it can be opened," the scout with x-ray vision said after inspecting the chest.

There were many people in the shelter with interesting yet underrated skills.

Generally speaking, they were either infantry gunmen or civilian volunteers.

But with the appearance of the Stat Reset Potion, these skills gained a new significance.

The soldiers began upgrading these skills, because if a skill proved useless, they just needed to drink a potion and allocate the points to another skill.

"Please, boss!"

"Why do you always give me that pitiful look? Sigh... Alright, open it."

"Thank you, boss!" Piero ran to the treasure chest.

He used a thin flame to break the lock, and the chest sprang open.

"Wow!"

"Survivor Coins? But why put them in a treasure chest?" Lin Yi muttered to himself.

"It’s not worth the effort to get them..."

Lin Yi complained, seeing the coins in the chest. Each was worth between one and ten coins.

"Perhaps in this Ark, they are used as currency," Li, the usually taciturn one, suggested.

"Makes sense, it’s the same at the port." Lin Yi nodded, moving to the next chest.

But it was also full of coins, as were the other chests.

There were six chests in the room, all filled with coins.

However, besides the chests, there were other items, including a few crates of energy cores, some crates of books, and...

Two carved boxes.

These boxes weren’t rewards but adorned with gemstones and gold as ordinary boxes.

The first box contained a potion recipe, the other held an ordinary skill.

[Skill Book: Rider]

This skill allows the user to proficiently ride, enhance, and control mounts.

"Not bad... I need to conduct a small experiment. If this works on insects and mutant animals...

Hmm... a strengthened Beast Tamer with a Third Level Rider...

Oh, and this is..."

[Recipe: Attribute Potion]

This recipe can be used to make a potion that grants two Attribute Points when consumed. It can only be consumed once a week.

"This is good stuff." Piero’s eyes lit up looking at the potion: "Boss~ I want it! You’ll give me this potion, right?!"

"Of course, I will, but we need to make sure we can produce it first..."

"Understood..."

"See what else there is." Lin Yi began flipping through the books in the crates.

As he expected, the other skills were duplicates.

He didn’t find anything else of interest; if there had been anything valuable here once, it had long since turned to dust.

They took all the treasures and counted them. There were 400 copies of each Skill Book and 3,200 Second Level energy cores.

These cores were all blue, meaning they came from zombies.

They counted exactly 1.5 million coins.

While Lin Yi scoured the underground labyrinth, the city was being actively dismantled.

His subordinates found some nice loot, including a warehouse filled with ores and scrolls.

There was iron, silver, copper, tin, and many other materials, totaling twenty tons!

They sent out trucks, and people wearing power armor began transporting the goods back to the shelter.

The road to the defense line had been repaired, even though it took dozens of energy cores to do so.

However, all Earth Mages were given clearance to go to the rehabilitation center.

The front line was now three kilometers long, and the first layer of steel walls was completed.

A long line of trucks continuously made the journey from the shelter, delivering building materials.

They also constructed a temporary camp and a warehouse filled with burning agents. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Lin Yi was highly suspicious of whether the Zombie General would launch a full-scale attack.

He anticipated more feints and diversionary tactics, aimed at draining their power.

The soldiers quickly brought in generators, searchlights, and heavy vehicles.

Even Louis’s tanks joined in.

They loaded zombie corpses onto trucks and dumped them in pits at the border.

Since they were building fortifications on the island, in a full-scale assault on the walls, they might be overwhelmed by the corpses; hence, they planned to build multi-layered defenses.

This way, if needed, they could retreat and continue fighting behind another line of defense.

Before nightfall, the Zombie General didn’t pull any more tricks, but everyone was convinced he would attack at night, as that was when humanity was most vulnerable.

However, humans also had some tricks up their sleeve.

Lin Yi had containers filled with burning agents buried throughout the desert.

They just needed to shoot a flaming arrow or cast a spell, and the entire desert would explode...

Moreover, there were still zombies hidden in the sand.

"Boss, what do you think?" Immanuel stood in front of his newly assembled steel wall, smiling as he asked.

This steel wall was 40 meters high, 6 meters wide, composed of many different parts.

It was nearly hollow inside, but not even a Third Level mutated creature could breach its steel panels in one go.

At least not the first time... and even if they did, the wall wouldn’t collapse.

"I like it," Lin Yi nodded, then turned to the old man, "How much did it cost?"

"Just 12 coins per meter," the self-satisfied forty-year-old replied.

"So a total of 200,000 coins? We need to build it large enough to cover the entire border. We will work through the night until it’s complete."

Immanuel had already spoken with the workers at the factory, and they were all willing to achieve victory at any cost.

"But it won’t be finished until morning."

"There’s no point in making everyone work through the night if the Zombie General attacks; he will do it tonight.

So if you can’t finish by then, let your people get some sleep."

"Are you sure about that?"

"I’m not sure if the Zombie General will appear, but I have a feeling he’s lost interest in attacking us."

Lin Yi gave an evil smirk.

"At least until he’s desperate. But we will eventually corner him...

Anyway, how are the metal spears progressing?"

"Just a moment." Immanuel reached into his pocket and pulled out a notebook.

"We have ten thousand unassembled kits, and once the wall is complete, we’ll resume spear production."

"Just those? Why don’t you talk to someone from Tilian, anyone will do.

Get them to manufacture spear parts for us, explain our needs, and have them figure something out.

But we need a lot, and we need them fast."

"Alright, boss. If you don’t mind, I have a few ideas about collaborating with Tilian on production."

The defense line was gradually taking shape. Civilians worked hard, and soldiers were preparing for a long, sleepless night.

Even the insects were working tirelessly.

Their task was to dig traps for zombies on the front Ark, though some were also sent to recon the enemy’s territory.

The Beetle Queen also dispatched some scouts and young Devourers.

Four hundred Devourers had already been born, and Kaya was learning to control them.

The Devourers were small in size and could fly, making them extremely suitable for reconnaissance.

The only issue was that they had nearly no intelligence, so controlling them required a lot of effort.

Essentially, one had to continuously observe the surroundings through their eyes.