Apocalypse: Hero of Potato Fields-Chapter 373 - 359: Dryad

Finally, Rein wore a low-cut design, baring her shoulders, and a rather short skirt.

She wore black lace stockings on her legs and shoes with small heels on her feet, which made her even taller than she already was.

"It suits you well." Lin Yi looked Rein up and down, then said, "This dress... can it only do this much?"

Rein was stunned, only returning to her senses a few seconds later.

"No, it says it can protect me from magic attacks, but it will consume magic power. After evolving, it can become even more powerful armor."

"How long does it need to evolve after giving it the energy core?" Lin Yi asked, looking at the dress.

"The evolution will complete instantly, but I was just born, so it’ll take at least 24 hours."

"Then let’s do it after the battle. Should I take you back to the wall, Rein?"

The girl nodded her head.

Next are the skills ’Grand Mage’ and ’True Sight.’

Who should they be given to?

"True Sight" can see all information about the target, however, the more complex the query, the more magic power is consumed when answering.

Moreover, magic resistance and magic weaknesses are within the range of information it can see...

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Simultaneously.

Lord of Space-Time, Mizar Altus, at the council hall of the Vampire Ark...

"Why aren’t we attacking! This is disgraceful! Mizar, your cowardice has tarnished the honor of the great Argon people!"

A young vampire with a bluish complexion, dressed in a blue cloak, sat by a large table, shouting loudly.

"Mecar is right, Mizar! Explain yourself!" another young vampire interjected.

His family was closely related to the royal family, so he held enormous power, and though young, he was qualified to attend this council.

"Silence!" An elder vampire in a red cloak roared, slamming a fist on the table.

"The only disgrace here is that rookies like you can join the legion and be entrusted with important positions!"

A young blond vampire smirked: "Let me explain the current situation to these fools.

The longer we wait, the weaker the enemy becomes.

Once a large horde of zombies attacks them, as they withdraw their troops, we strike. Isn’t that right, Lord Altus?"

"Very right, Waratal," an ancient vampire replied, grinning.

He was extremely old, even older than Azaros when Lin Yi had first seen Azaros.

"But there’s another reason: I’m sure you’ve noticed the enemy loves using fire.

Many of my chimeras are adapting to this element now, and I’m creating some special chimeras to surprise them.

I’m sure our friends will love them, hehe... cough, cough!"

"Master, please have a sip of the advanced warrior’s blood!"

A servant in a silver cloak rushed over with a tray, upon which sat a giant golden chalice.

"Good... very good." The elder vampire took the chalice and drank a liter of blood in one go.

"Let’s continue..."

Before he finished speaking, there was an explosion, and the fortress violently shook as if it were hit by a massive earthquake.

The vampires jumped from their seats, huddled together, forming a magic barrier around themselves.

"What’s happening?!"

"The fortress is on fire!"

A servant rushed to the window to look out: "Fireballs are falling from the sky!"

The vampires rushed to the windows, just then a magically enhanced shell struck the wall near the window where the servant stood.

The one-and-a-half-foot thick stone wall was destroyed, and the servant, along with the vampires who had left the magic barrier, weren’t spared.

Some vampires survived but were seriously injured, but the servant was blown to pieces, his remains splattering across the room.

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The artillery bombarded the barracks and central fortress, while Da Chuan hurled fireballs into the area, carrying out a carpet bombing of the enemy’s ark.

The vampires reacted almost immediately, hundreds of flying monsters soared into the sky.

They varied greatly, each different in size and form.

One appeared to be a creature with housefly wings, another seemed like a sparrow-crocodile hybrid.

These monsters came out of their stone abodes and flew into the sky, heading straight for Da Chuan.

But as soon as they got close to Da Chuan, they were struck by a chain lightning.

Dozens of monsters began to smoke, their lifeless bodies plummeting to the ground.

Mira was also there, protecting her partner.

Seeing the aerial units flying toward him, Da Chuan charged directly at them.

When he got close enough, he spewed a flame, but only hit three of them.

These creatures seemed to understand the dragon’s mind, quickly flying in different directions while trying to get as close to him as possible.

However, Mira wouldn’t sit idly by.

Her boyfriend’s body belonged to her alone!

The silver dragon roared threateningly and conjured a hurricane to halt the monsters’ movements.

Then struck them with dozens of lightning bolts, killing several on the spot.

Seeing the aerial situation getting dire, the vampires dispatched reinforcements.

These chimeras were different from the previous batch.

They were mounts ridden by vampire mages.

They flew in tight formation, creating a magic barrier to block Mira’s lightning attacks.

The vampires then launched countless lethal magic attacks at the female dragon in response to her assault.

Da Chuan met the enemy’s counterattack at the magic barrier.

He tested the power of the barrier, then quickly realized it was time to retreat.

His magic value had dropped to 20%, and anyway, he had completed his task.

The dragons’ retreat signaled the artillery to cease fire, humans had to give the vampires time to prepare for an attack, otherwise, they might directly hide underground.

The military top brass and Lin Yi both did not wish for this situation to occur. It’s always better to lure enemies into a trap than to walk into one themselves.

Besides, if the vampires and zombies attack simultaneously, they would really be in big trouble...

The Zombie Lord was clearly waiting for the right moment too.

What was he waiting for? Only he knew, but Lin Yi had a good guess, as hordes of zombies were swarming towards this island.

However, Lin Yi was waiting for something as well.

The AK-15 rifle he had been longing for!

No matter the cost, Lin Yi was determined to equip the entire army with these guns, so humanity could use a barrage of bullets to scatter the zombies.

The Weapon Craftsmen were already mass-producing armor-piercing assault rifle ammunition.

When the various front lines of the Shelter temporarily calmed down, Lin Yi did not idle.

He first went to the fields.

He was really eager to see Orianna transformed into a dryad; such a transformation takes time...

"What are these bugs used for?!" Lin Yi exclaimed when he saw spiders pulling plows and one of Boria’s centipedes tilling the soil.

"You mean the beetles, boss? They are excellent labor!" Lin Yi turned around and saw Orianna, who was slimmer and had a better figure than before.

Her legs had grown a bit longer, her waist and skin were a pale green, and her ears were sharp and pointy.

Moreover... her precious long golden hair still cascaded down to her hips and was even thicker than before.

"If you want those spiders, keep them, but I need those centipedes to deal with the vampires."

"Alright." Orianna agreed unexpectedly cheerful.

"Ever since I became a dryad, everything has gone much smoother. Can I have a Mage Pendant and some accessories? I promise to make the soil more fertile and the crops grow faster!"

"Help yourself. As for the crops... could you make those fruit trees grow faster too?"

"Sure, boss! Thank you." The dryad smiled cutely.

After handling matters in the field, Lin Yi went to the hospital. The hospital added 25 Recovery Beds, bringing the total number to 60 beds.

But almost all the new beds were used to upgrade the advanced recovery terminals.

After the shop upgraded to level 20, several new workshop upgrade options appeared, but the professor and hospital staff had already decided what they wanted to upgrade.

[Large Magic Storage Device]

This device collects excess magic power from patients and stores it for future use.

Attributes: Magic capacity: 50,000 Magic Value, daily magic depletion: 2 Magic Value.

Price: 500 Second Level Energy Cores, 5 Recovery Beds, 500,000 Coins.

[Automatic Healer]

This device utilizes excess magic power from patients to heal their bodies.

It can also use magic from the Magic Storage Device.

Price: 2 Recovery Beds, 200,000 Coins.

[Blood Collector]

This device efficiently collects and stores blood.

When connected with all other equipment in the hospital, it can be used to treat patients.

Price: 1 Recovery Bed, 50,000 Coins.

Lin Yi immediately installed two Blood Collectors.

The collected blood significantly saves Magic Value when treating patients.

Then the professor requested the boss to initiate a "voluntary" blood donation drive.

The number of coffins increased to 40.

In short, the hospital eventually had 40 coffins and 11 Recovery Beds, along with 500 regular beds.

The Shelter still needed more beds.

But the real issue was their urgent need for doctors with system skills.

Thanks to the newly acquired Skill Books, they now had 10 doctors and 8 healers.

The number wasn’t large, but it was better than nothing.

Aside from all these new devices, the professor also wanted another series of apparatus, but those looked more like they belonged in a monster lab than a hospital.

So Lin Yi refused them.

The Alchemy Laboratory remained mostly unchanged but had some interesting upgrade options.

But since most doctors were working in the hospital, only Azaros remained in the Alchemy Laboratory.

He was tirelessly making Stat Reset Potions and Immunity Pills, with barely any time to rest or sleep.

After dealing with matters in the hospital, Lin Yi finally arrived at the core area of the Shelter: the Weapon Craftsman’s workshop!

Unlike the doctors, 8 new Weapon Craftsmen had arrived, though most of them were at Level 1.

The first thing he did was double the workshop’s area.

The entire floor of the castle was designed with the Weapon Craftsman’s workshop in mind, so expanding the space was not an issue.

Furthermore, there were now 22 Weapon Craftsmen, and they would be extremely cramped in the original workshop.

[Magic Reactor]

This device generates magic power from energy cores and the surrounding environment.

It connects all users and equipment into a single system, optimizing magic consumption and reducing it by 20%.

The initial power of the battery is 8,000 Magic Value, with a magic recovery rate of 200 Magic Value per hour.

Additional energy cores will increase its efficiency.

Price: 1 Fourth Level Energy Core, 160,000 Coins.

[Space-Time Magic Source]

This device supplies the workshop with magic extracted from the Sea of Space-Time and increases the magic recovery rate of all equipment and users by up to 500%.

Note: Can only be installed in a Shelter or Ark.

Price: 1 Space-Time Filter, 100,000 Coins.

"Hold on! Those boxes... I completely forgot about them!" Lin Yi mumbled to himself.

He grumbled softly.

Then he teleported to the Treasure Room.

Before him were three boxes: one green, one blue, and one purple!