Chapter 188: Chapter 188: Battle for the Guardian Crystal
Shelter.
Lin Yi noticed a couple on the empty ground to the right of the stage—Da Chuan and a young girl, passionately kissing.
The girl was also a black sister, with short hair, about a head shorter than Da Chuan.
She wasn’t the stunning beauty type, but Lin Yi understood that for a man, looks aren’t the most important destination.
The prettier the girl, the more trouble there might be...
After Katsya’s performance, an older singer walked onto the stage with a guitar. He calmly came out and began singing a song by the band Sabaton.
This fellow performed with such passion that the audience refused to let him leave for half an hour, repeatedly demanding an encore.
The subsequent performers weren’t anything special, so Lin Yi went home.
Due to the regeneration skill, it took him a long time to fall asleep.
After waking early the next morning, he went to exercise, but because his attributes had enhanced, the gym equipment in the shelter was no longer effective for him.
So, he decided to run while wearing the "Slaughterer-2" power armor, but without activating its auxiliary power.
It was exhausting, but not bad.
He ran in that gear for about thirty minutes; only then could he sweat or feel muscle soreness.
After showering, he felt great.
He decided to help Giselle prepare breakfast.
Lin Yi stirred the vegetables in the frying pan and asked.
"How are your kids? Uh... sorry, I kind of forgot their names."
"Irena and Dominic, thank you for asking, boss! They’re doing fine, they’re in school and they love it."
Giselle was surprised by the question; it was the first time Lin Yi asked about her kids.
Currently, the shelter had improved school conditions, ensuring kids ate well and chose good teachers.
"That’s good. By the way, Giselle, have you thought about becoming a Professional? I think the extra attributes couldn’t hurt you, making childbirth easier, and you wouldn’t get sick or anything."
"I... I never really thought about it before..."
Giselle paused chopping vegetables; she had never even considered becoming a Professional.
Everyone knew that Professionals almost never got sick, healed quickly from wounds, and were much stronger than ordinary people...
"Discuss it with Solomon."
"Okay... boss."
The other core members of the shelter soon woke up too, sleepily stumbling to the canteen for breakfast.
Annie yawned, "Boss, did you get up earlier than everyone again?"
"Can’t help it; my skills let me regain energy with just a few hours of sleep each night."
Lin Yi shrugged, replying while tearing a piece off a juicy meat.
"By the way, Katsya... Last night I heard an old guy sing, and he sang really well..."
"Are you talking about Hans? What about him?" Katsya replied in a somewhat hoarse voice.
She had slightly strained her vocal cords the night before, but the professor said she’d be fine by lunchtime.
After all, the water and air in the shelter truly had healing effects.
"He sang well, I really liked it!"
"Boss, I didn’t know you liked heavy metal music! I’ll start learning today..."
"..."
Lin Yi didn’t know what to say, so he just nodded and looked at the others.
"Where’s Gautier?"
"He didn’t sleep at home last night..." Xiaochuan said.
"Understood, I saw him and his girlfriend at Katsya’s concert last night..."
"You saw her? What does she look like? Da Chuan didn’t let us see her! Ouch!"
Annie got excited, then as usual, was whacked hard on the back of the head by Orianna.
Orianna placed a piece of rabbit meat in her mouth, "Mind your own business!"
At this moment, Lin Yi suddenly thought of something and raised his voice so everyone could hear.
"Annie! We stashed lots of rewards waiting for you in that room..."
"Boss! Why are you so mean?!"
...
After breakfast, Lin Yi began preparing for the upcoming large-scale operation.
The operation was divided into two phases.
Phase one: Lure the zombies to the center of the island and reduce their numbers.
Phase two: Solidify the army’s positions in the center of the island and purify the crystals.
While the soldiers were preparing, Lin Yi went to buy that special device.
[Medium Fusion Device, disposable]
A device used to capture Space-Time Fragments, maximum size: medium.
Install the fusion device on the fragment and activate it.
Please note, fusion speed depends on the distance between the device and the fragment center.
Please note, when the device is activated, all hostile entities on the fragment will try to destroy the device. Once the fragment is captured, all hostile entities will be eliminated.
[Price: 10,000 Coins]
"It’s a bit expensive, but... it’ll certainly purify this island, right?"
[No, keep looking!]
"What?! You can’t mean..."
[Large Fusion Device, disposable]
A device used to capture Space-Time Fragments larger than ’large’ size.
[It can also be used to purify the Wandering Island]
Install the fusion device on the fragment and activate it.
Please note, the fusion speed depends on the distance between the device and the center of the fragment.
Please note, when the device is activated, all hostile entities on the fragment will attempt to destroy it. Once the fragment is captured, all hostile entities will be eliminated.
Note: To purify the Wandering Island, the fusion device must be installed on the central crystal.
[Price: 100,000 Coins]
"Are you freaking insane, Shelter?! Why is it so expensive?! Speak up!"
No matter how much Lin Yi cursed at the Shelter, it remained silent.
The problem was he only had 100,000 Coins, and he needed two devices.
After teleporting to the beastmen, he found out that they were even more broke, with only 50,000 Coins in their treasury.
"Looks like I really have to go out and sell potatoes again? Unless..."
Lin Yi walked hopefully to his laptop to check the current status of his vending machine.
"Awesome! I’ve got hope!"
Your vending machine:
[Vending Machine 1, Balance: 0 Coins.]
[Vending Machine 2]
[Balance: 247,055 Coins]
"Haha!"
Lin Yi muttered greedily.
"Looks like not beating up Tatiana was a good thing... she made me a lot of money!"
After buying two fusion devices, Lin Yi reminded the beastmen that they owed him a small amount of money.
This thing shouldn’t be covered by him alone.
Then, Lin Yi headed to the barracks.
The army was ready for battle, and the civilian volunteers were prepared as well.
Among them were 600 humans and 400 beastmen, most of whom were women.
However, for the first phase, they only needed the finest warriors.
Vehicles drove into the enemy’s heartland, and the army divided into three groups. The first group headed to the southern entrance of the canyon, the second group went to the west of the southern city, and the third group headed east of the southern city.
The first group’s task was to establish a defensive line.
The first group included beastmen in power armor and a hundred humans skilled in melee combat.
Because vehicles were extremely difficult to maneuver in the canyon, they had to manually transport the extremely heavy steel walls.
They set up defenses on both the north and south sides, with fifteen defensive barriers on each side.
Unfortunately, this cost about 10,000 Coins, as they didn’t have enough steel walls, and they didn’t want to dismantle the Shelter’s outer defenses.
The second and third groups consisted entirely of humans in vehicles, mostly archers, mages, and machine gunners.
Mobility and survivability were their most important traits, so they were equipped with the best equipment the alliance could provide.
Once all preparations were complete.
Lin Yi approached the giant crystal and took out the strange device from his backpack.
It was a cylinder, about 1 meter high and about the same in diameter.
The silver metal frame glittered in the sunlight, and if not for the mountain blocking it, it could be seen kilometers away.
"Alright, how do I use this?"
"Fusion Device Guide for Dummies"
[To start the island purification program, place the device on the crystal and press the "activate" button!]
[To start the island purification program, place the device on the crystal and press the "activate" button!]
[To start the island purification program, place the device on the crystal and press the "activate" button!]
"I can understand it in one go!"
Lin Yi followed the instructions, placed the device on the crystal, and pressed the big red "activate" button.
The device emitted a terrible screeching sound, and six slender blades shot out from its body, embedding into the crystal, securing the device firmly.
Once secured, a drill-like nose protruded from the bottom of the device, drilling a deep hole into the crystal.
Then, a small white funnel appeared.
The device started beeping, and then the crystal itself started beeping.
Seconds later, the crystal began to tremble, the vibrations becoming so strong that they could be felt even thirty meters away.
[Time Remaining: 05:59:01...]
A countdown timer appeared on the device’s screen, starting the countdown.
They had to hold out for six hours, then all the zombies would be eliminated.
In Lin Yi’s view, this... well, it was almost impossible... or rather, it would be impossible if not for his brilliant plan!
[Warning!]
[Wandering Island purification program initiated, protect the large fusion device, or the program will be aborted, all hostile entities will attempt to abort the purification program, and upon completion, all hostile entities will be destroyed!]
Solomon was in communication with the scouts, reporting, "Boss, there’s movement in the City of Death."
"Copy, we’re following the plan, don’t hold back the energy core and ammunition."
"Yes, boss!"
"Did you hear that, Terghai?"
"The beastmen are ready."
The beastman lord grinned, baring his fangs, and looked at Teruo, while the old shaman nodded and cast skills to buff the warriors of the first squad.
He then immediately retreated to the rear!
Zombies poured out of the city like a tsunami, rushing towards the beastmen and humans.
Arrows, magic, bullets, and flames shot at the enemies, instantly eliminating at least one or two thousand undead creatures.
Countless zombies were incinerated in seconds, the sky obscured by smoke from burning rotten flesh.
Louis began carpet-bombing the zombie hordes with incendiary grenades, creating more chaos.
A flock of silver birds descended from the sky, exterminating another thousand shambling entities, yet the relentless zombies continued their merciless advance...