Apocalypse: Hero of Potato Fields-Chapter 356 - 346 New Mission

"Lin Yi, can I make a suggestion?" Siri’s voice echoed in Lin Yi’s mind.

"Of course you can."

Lin Yi was lying in bed, reading The Art of War.

His subordinates knew nothing about planning a large-scale offensive.

Hubert was a mercenary commander, Solomon was a regular army officer, and Su Xin was a SWAT commander.

The shelter urgently needed an experienced military leader.

Previously, his subordinates’ skills were always sufficient, but now they had to fight on a large-scale battlefield.

"I think we should create reconnaissance beetles, intelligent ones that can analyze information.

This will make the reconnaissance work more efficient, and I can save some effort."

The Beetle Queen seemed quite enthusiastic about this idea, as breeding bugs was rather boring.

But with reconnaissance beetles, she could sneak around and do something more interesting.

"That’s a good idea. I agree. Hmm... Can you deploy scouts all over the shelter?

That way, if something goes wrong, they can report to the internal security department."

"Yes, of course." Siri said confidently.

"Do you need my help to create these bugs?"

"I can handle it myself, but we need to reconsider the plan and determine how many scouts we need."

"Okay..."

After talking with Siri, Lin Yi continued reading and waiting.

He was convinced that if the Zombie General launched an attack, it would be at night...

The entire area in front of the walls was piled with corpses.

The shelter retreated behind the second layer of walls, followed by the third layer.

Then, when enough zombies filled the desert...

A mage fired a fireball, and a chain reaction turned the small desert into a raging fire.

The fire was so fierce that it melted the sand into coarse glass.

At least fifty thousand zombies were burned to char...

Lin Yi read his book, occasionally chatting with the Beetle Queen, who almost never slept.

Siri lived a long life, having forgotten many things, but she still remembered a lot.

Recounting it all could take several lifetimes, the only problem being her memories were often blurry and lacking details.

But chatting with her was still interesting.

When the sun rose, Lin Yi took a nap for about an hour, then did his morning washing and had breakfast.

"Why do you all look so tired?" Lin Yi smiled as he approached the breakfast table.

"Uh, probably... because of last night’s crazy battle?!" Annie answered loudly.

"There was a huge explosion, and the whole sky turned orange. I was super scared, boss."

"You still don’t have faith in me, do you?" The boss shook his head.

And then he saw the happy couple.

"You should learn from Melanie and Xiaochuan."

"Learn from them, huh?" Annie said sarcastically, glaring at the affectionate couple.

"How is the reward progress over there?"

"I... I need two more hours... But it’s not my fault! You keep sending me more and more rewards!" Annie shouted.

She always thought she was done, and then more rewards would appear!

"Two hours? Let’s settle it at that. Do you have any good news to tell me, Sylvie?"

Lin Yi asked the red-haired girl, who had dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep.

"Boss. We stayed up all night and finally completed it. Your Russian Rifle has finally been transformed into a Third Level Weapon!"

Sylvie said, then... fell asleep.

"She is really exhausted..."

Lin Yi teleported Sylvie to her bed.

After breakfast, everyone started working.

Lin Yi checked the construction of the walls and fortifications, as well as the city’s demolition progress.

He also distributed copies of The Rider skill book to everyone wanting to continue riding mutated horses or beetles.

Of the 353 riders, only 170 decided to learn the skill, while others planned to leave the cleanup team once the island was cleared.

Recruiting mecha pilot volunteers went smoothly afterwards.

In fact, the volunteers outnumbered what they required.

The volunteers were aware of the beetle symbiotic creatures, but everyone was already used to Siri, the three insect men, and the worker beetles.

Moreover, if they really wanted, they could remove the bugs from their bodies at any time...

But this meant killing almost sentient creatures, so they would only do so if absolutely necessary.

Therefore, once the symbiote entered the body, there was no other way to get rid of it.

In the shelter, there were five First Level mechas and one Second Level mecha. Many tried driving them, but only a few could control the Second Level mecha for ten minutes.

Most couldn’t last even five minutes.

Beetle symbiotes needed about 24 hours to adapt to their new hosts.

After recruitment, Lin Yi went to the Treasure Room.

He summoned a Kalashnikov Rifle created by the Weapon Makers.

[AK-15, Third Level]

Version #5.

A weapon designed for special forces.

Efficient, reliable, accurate, equipped with a detachable bayonet and a 40mm underslung grenade launcher.

Caliber: 7.62mm.

Effective range: 2500 meters.

Main attributes:

Attack Power: 22

Bayonet Attack Power: 17

Magazine Capacity: 30

Weight: 8 pounds

After examining the gun, Lin Yi walked to a table.

On the table lay a sheet of paper, a skill book, a cube, and other rare items.

Annie personally opened 10,407 green rewards, 6,066 blue rewards, 1,054 purple rewards, and one red reward.

The red reward was dropped by a Level 4 mutated creature, but the list didn’t specify what it was.

Thanks to the Heart of the World Phoenix, the rewards of the five races are now merged together.

Moreover, only those associated with the Shelter can open rewards now.

Because of this, the names of weapons and armor now come in a wide variety.

Annie compiled a simplified list:

Weapons — Level 1: 1,149 items, Level 2: 3,464 items, Level 3: 2,029 items, Level 4: 471 items

Armor — Level 1: 692 items, Level 2: 1,936 items, Level 3: 1,120 items, Level 4: 281 items

Equipment — Level 1: 901 items, Level 2: 2,575 items, Level 3: 1,558 items, Level 4: 333 items

Skills — Common: 450 items, Rare: 196 items, Unique: 15 items

Annie has reviewed all the different item names, highlighting interesting items she believes are better than similar items on Earth.

[Siege Shield Bracelet, Level 4]

A perfect piece of high-tech work.

The Siege Shield can generate an adjustable, indestructible barrier.

Equipped with a built-in battery and an additional power slot.

Hidden Attributes Detected:

Defense: 32

Battery Capacity: 300/300

"Interesting!"

Lin Yi put on the bracelet, which weighs about 1 pound, it protects his arm from wrist to elbow.

He issued a command to the device, and within seconds it generated a full-body shield.

The shield is made of thin metal, providing not much defense in itself, just two points more than a Level 3 shield.

However, once the energy barrier is activated, it can cover an area up to ten meters high and eight meters wide.

"What else do we have? Hmm... a plasma shotgun? Very nice."

[Plasma Shotgun, Level 4]

A next-generation close-range weapon.

Powered by magic power, it has a built-in battery and an additional power slot.

This shotgun has excellent stopping power, but the recoil is significant.

Effective range: 30 meters, can be charged to increase damage, not usable underwater.

Hidden Attributes Detected:

Attack Power: 28

Battery Capacity: 150/150

Each shot consumes 0.5 magic power points

Next up are Second Level items: healing ointments, nutrition bars, etc.

They look different from one another but generally serve the same purpose.

However, there are also some other interesting items. For instance... a hand grenade!

Among the Level 3 items, there is a lot of obvious junk.

For example, a small Light Altar.

It’s clearly a device of the Child of the Sun team because its design purposes to enable them to more effectively absorb nutrients from sunlight.

There are also some unusual items, such as a magic storage device.

This is a blue crystal hanging on a string, about the size of a person’s thumb, capable of storing up to 100 magic power points.

Unlike an Energy Core, the magic storage device does not harm the user; it’s considered equipment rather than an accessory.

Lin Yi has to figure out whether there are items that can be transformed into a magic storage device since spare batteries are essentially every mage’s dream.

He also found four Mage Pendants, seven formulas, fifty rejuvenation vaccines.

And a large number of zombie bait.

"Now I know how the Child of the Sun team survived..." Lin Yi said while holding an unusual cube-shaped device in his hand.

[Tower of Light, Level 4]

Once installed, the structure will store sunlight, which can be used for launching attacks.

Lin Yi installed this device on the floor.

It looks like a huge rock, with a giant transparent crystal atop, about the size of a watermelon.

The rock is six meters tall, one meter wide, and one meter deep.

When defending against a horde of zombies, the damage caused by this tower may not be significant, but... the Child of the Sun team has their workshop of some kind, called an "altar."

It can be used to construct altars with various purposes, including defensive altars.

Lin Yi immediately attempted to craft something, curious about the outcomes, and he was pleasantly surprised.

Items that once seemed like useless junk turned out to be incredibly useful.

Light Altars, including small Light Altars, can be transformed into something like a Space-Time Filter, storing solar energy and converting it into magic power.

"Don’t forget to study these altars thoroughly." Lin Yi made a note on his phone.

While Lin Yi was busy checking the rewards,

a notification sound suddenly appeared.

[New Task!]

You have two weeks to clear out the enemies on this Moving Island. If you fail or refuse this task, you’ll be fined 50 million Survivor Coins.

Moreover, Earth and Tilian will no longer be protected and may be subjected to invasion.

Good luck!

"Are you sure it’s not two days, but two weeks...

Why so long? Did we really underestimate the Zombie General?

...Or does he have an ace up his sleeve?"