Chapter 49 Waste Utilization
"I wonder if these guys' attack methods are a bit primitive."
The guy with the afro pulled out a crossbow arrow and expressed his doubts.
After all, it is a mechanical life form, so shouldn't it have some guns and other things?
These are bayonets and crossbows, all cold weapons.
"You don't understand this. Mechanical life does not necessarily mean that technological productivity is highly developed."
Obviously, Sweeping Robot No. 2 has the most say on this topic.
"It involves the profound knowledge of the origin of mechanical life."
"In any case, don't have preconceived notions just because they are mechanical life forms. Just regard them as the primitive age of cold weapons."
This explanation makes it easier for everyone to understand.
【Bang! 】xN
Just then, a mechanical dog came out from a gap in the defense line.
It just grabbed with its claws and climbed up to the platform.
"Fuck you, grass!"
The nearest scarecrow rushed over and waved the fire extinguisher like a stick.
Bang!
The mechanical dog was knocked away and disintegrated in mid-air.
"Coach Shi, be careful!"
Just when his eyes were attracted by the straw man, Shi Li suddenly heard Secretary He's call from behind him.
He looked back and saw that a mechanical dog that had broken through from another direction had already rushed nearby, and this guy's target was obviously him.
【Bang! 】
The rusty bayonet on the mechanical dog's head was aimed at his thigh.
“…”
Shi Li frowned, and with a flick of his wrist he equipped the [Iron Rod].
Now his iron rod is different from before, it is a C-level card.
[Iron Rod]: Obtain an iron rod and improve your physical strength
From merely improving strength to comprehensively improving the physique.
Coupled with the LV10 player level bonus, he now feels as strong as if he had activated the [Anti-Hypoxia Constitution] in the previous dungeon.
So he slightly turned sideways to avoid the attack, raised the iron rod in his hand and hit the mechanical dog.
Bang!
The mechanical dog broke into pieces all over the ground.
“I’ll go!”
Secretary He, who witnessed the whole process, was shocked.
Whether it’s that straw man or Coach Shi, why are they both so strong?
This physical strength seems to be no less than those melee cards below!
“These guys are a little low intensity.”
Shi Li was looking at the mechanical wreckage on the ground, feeling somewhat surprised.
Judging from the feel of the iron rod, it seems that this thing is not very sturdy.
Bang!
Just then, a gunshot rang out.
Then he heard a scream from the guy with the explosive head next to him.
"Mushroom! Why are you shooting me?!"
"Bandage it! I need a bandage !"
The guy with the afro covered his butt and blood gushed out.
"S-Sorry."
Mosaichu felt a little embarrassed and put the mushroom gun behind his back.
It had good intentions to help, but unexpectedly it hit the wrong target.
"I knew it! I'm tall and handsome, you must have disliked me for a long time!"
The guy with the afro glared at it fiercely.
"I really didn't mean it!"
"I won't bother with you this time, aim better next time!"
"Don't worry, next time I'll aim at your head and shoot, and that should be fine."
"???"
The two guys were arguing, but it didn't stop Shi Li from thinking about a problem.
"Can you modify machinery?"
He pulled Sweeper No. 2 over and pointed at the mechanical dog he had just killed.
The remains of this guy were collected into a pile by him.
"You mean fix this guy?"
"These are low-level machines. If they are kept in good condition, it won't be difficult to repair them."
Sweeper No. 2 said it was not a big problem.
"No, it's not a repair."
As Shi Li spoke, his eyes drifted towards the bottom of the platform.
The two-headed captain was charging there alone in armor.
As for his group of younger brothers, they had long been killed by the mechanical dogs because they were too weak.
This is actually understandable. After all, the two-headed captain himself was wearing armor, but his group of younger brothers not only had poor combat effectiveness but also went into battle unarmed. It was normal that they were killed after just a few encounters.
Except for the death of the two-headed captain's minions, the whole battle went quite smoothly.
After about ten minutes, almost all the mechanical dogs were wiped out.
"Go to hell, grass!"
Bang!
With the last mechanical dog being smashed by the straw man with a fire extinguisher, the first wave of enemies was completely wiped out.
The panel that everyone had seen before had changed.
[Next wave of enemies attacks: 00:14:59]
[Current annihilation wave: 1/100]
There are still 15 minutes of preparation time, and 99 waves of enemies left.
So they redistributed the positions of the minion cards to fill the gaps left by the Slime.
Then the minion card with healing means will start to restore the status of other minion cards.
Secretary He and the parrot were also equipped with healing item cards and joined the healing team.
Shi Li pulled the Sweeping Robot No. 2 and asked it to help him implement his ideas.
When the 15-minute intermediate time was over, dust rose again on the yellow earth in the distance.
"It's still mechanical dogs, but this time there are more of them than before!"
The sweeper stood on the platform and reported the situation.
"Everyone come in, let's dodge the first wave of crossbow fire first."
Director Xiu was well prepared and invited everyone to enter the passage.
And taking advantage of the previous luck, everyone placed several followers in front of the crystal to block the crossbow arrows with their bodies.
Since there were more mechanical dogs this time, the crossbow arrows fired from the sky fell like rain.
After the rain of arrows passed, Director Xiu took the lead and climbed out again.
"Um?"
But as soon as she stood on the platform, she saw a strange scene.
There were 12 people with cat and dog heads, half-kneeling on the wall.
These guys were Shi Li's second-level summons as followers, so of course she wouldn't find it strange.
The strange thing is, they all held... a large metal crossbow in their hands!
Looking more closely, isn’t this the thing that those mechanical dogs were carrying before?
[Listen to my command! Aim! ]
The two-headed captain below the platform raised one arm and swung it violently.
【emission!】
Whoosh!
Crossbow arrows were immediately shot out.
This wave of salvos killed at least 5 mechanical dogs.
[All of them, arrow up! ]
The two-headed captain continued to give orders, and the team members turned around and picked up the crossbow arrows that were piled up like a mountain next to them.
"This is such a beautiful move!"
Director Xiu understood.
At this time, everyone else also climbed out of the passage.
"How's it going, Coach Shi? The crossbow I modified is pretty good, isn't it?"
Sweeper No. 2 looked at Shi Li.
It is a piece of cake for it to modify these metal mechanical crossbows.
Because unfortunately, its talent as a poker player is related to this.
It is a dungeon-oriented [Metal Reshaping].
When in a dungeon, the structure of metal items can be quickly changed to a certain extent.
At Shi Li's instruction, it modified the relatively intact crossbow arrows left behind by the previous wave of mechanical dogs.
This turns them into crossbows that can be controlled by pulling the trigger.
The mechanical dogs' crossbows can only be fired once because they have limited load capacity and cannot carry more large crossbows.
But it’s different here. They have as many crossbows as they want.
“Not bad, not bad.”
Looking at his troops who were still firing in unison, Shi Li nodded with satisfaction.
In fact, not only the recruits, but also the Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit, the Guard Adjutant and other follower cards, as long as they have fingers that can pull the trigger, are all assigned a crossbow.
Anyway, it's useless to stand there and wait until the enemy arrives, so why not hurry up and deal a few attacks?
The most pitiful one among them is the ghost-fire boy.
Under Shi Li's command, he was forced to get off the car and join the archery team.
Even the most beloved modified tram was forcibly requisitioned by Kung Fu Sheep Rabbit and used as a shelter, and it was now riddled with holes.
"I want to play too!"
Director Xiu was so excited that he grabbed a spare mechanical crossbow from the ground and pulled a crossbow arrow from the straw man's body.
"Fuck, be gentle."
The straw man expressed his dissatisfaction with this behavior.
However, the one who was faster than her was Shi Li.
I saw that he had already picked up a crossbow, stood on one foot on the wall, tilted his head and squinted one eye to aim.
whoosh...clang!
The crossbow arrow accurately hit the core of a mechanical dog, causing it to become paralyzed and fall to the ground immediately.
“This is good stuff!”
When the target was hit, Shi Li's eyes lit up.
This thing is much better than a gun and won't go off accidentally.
"Xiaoxiao, this is a good idea!"
The show director on the other side also shot and blew up a mechanical dog.
At her signal, everyone picked up their crossbows and tried to consume as many enemies as possible before they arrived.
In the end, the number of mechanical dogs that this wave of mechanical dogs were able to reach before the defense line was less than half of the previous wave, and they could not pose any threat at all.
"This crap thing can't even hit the target! Gugugu!"
Bang!
The second wave of enemies ended. Except for Mosaichu who angrily threw his crossbow, everyone gave Shi Li and Sweeper No. 2 approving looks.
In the previous wave, the core crystal was attacked by the mechanical dog and lost 5 points of energy, but this time, this did not happen at all.
Only a few crossbow arrows failed to block and hit the force field shield.
After two waves, the current force field energy value is [983/1000].
And so things went on smoothly.
The 3rd to 9th waves are all mechanical dogs.
"Okay, let's all put away our cards."
But what surprised Shi Li was that after clearing the 9th wave of cards, Director Xiu gave them such an instruction.
You know, their defense lineup is already relatively stable, and they only made minor adjustments after the previous waves of battles. Why do they want to remove all the cards?
Are you planning to completely rearrange it?
Apart from him, other teammates who had never experienced the tower defense dungeon were also confused.
"It's the BOSS. The little BOSS is coming."
Secretary He knew their doubts.
Following his prompt, everyone looked at the panel.
Sure enough, this time the countdown started from 20 minutes, and there was a skull symbol next to it.
"We have to act according to circumstances in the BOSS battle. After it appears, we will temporarily play the follower cards according to the situation."
Director Xiu also explained the reason.
"I see."
Shi Li suddenly realized something and felt a little excited.
The previous waves of mechanical dogs were too messy, and he wanted to see if the BOSS would be interesting.
However, before the 20-minute limit was reached, or to be more precise, just after 5 minutes, Sweeping Robot No. 2 made a discovery.
"Look! The boss seems to be coming!"
It points to the distance, which is the edge of the yellow earth within sight.
“It seems to be a mechanical dog.”
Shi Li squinted his eyes and could roughly see a vague outline.
At this time, the silhouette stood still, as if waiting for the time limit to arrive before launching an attack.
"This is probably a special mechanism that takes care of us in the dungeon. It lets us know the type of BOSS and where it will appear in advance."
As Director Xiu was explaining, he noticed Shi Li's eager expression.
"Don't think about it. If I'm not mistaken, there will be an air wall over there."
"It's impossible to drain the boss's health in advance."
She pointed out Shi Li's thoughts.
"Is that so?"
In fact, even though she said that, Shi Li still wanted to try it himself.
So he took out the [sprinkler truck], opened the door and sat in the driver's seat.
"Is there anyone who wants to go with me to take a look?"
He stuck his head out of the car window.
"..." x2
The straw man and the mushroom avoided the sight at the first opportunity.
“Ga ga ga!”
Uncle Tiaotiao seemed very interested, jumping on the spot and raising his hand.
"Uncle, come up and take you for a ride."
Shi Li patted the passenger seat generously.
Buzz!
At this moment, a red light suddenly fell from the sky and landed on the earth.
One end of the light is connected to the core crystal.
The other end extends far away and connects to the feet of the BOSS in the distance.
"Okay, the BOSS's location and route have been determined."
"We will wait for the follower cards to cool down, then we can build our defense."
Director Xiu waved his hand, signaling everyone to rest where they were.
"Okay, then we'll be back soon."
Shi Li signaled Uncle Tiao Tiao to fasten his seat belt.
[Beep beep beep beep~beep beep beep~]
Then a cloud of dust was stirred up, and melodious music suddenly galloped across the yellow earth.
The road conditions of this natural landscape are bumpy, and there are always potholes or stones of different sizes on the ground.
As if to show off his driving skills, Shi Li would steer around even a small stone or pothole.
Many times, such operations will cause the wheels to run over larger objects.
In short, he drove the car in a winding and shaking manner.
When driving at high speed, the bumpy experience made Shi Li feel like the whole car was about to fly from time to time.
Comfortable, very comfortable.
"vomit!!!"
But Uncle Tiaotiao's head was already hanging out of the window and he began to vomit.
The BOSS was far away from the sentry post, but the sprinkler truck was moving very fast, so within a minute or two, Shi Li arrived in front of the BOSS.
Jie~~~~~!
After stopping the car, Shi Li walked in front of Boss.
It is indeed as Director Xiu said, the front is the boundary of the copy and there is an air wall.
The BOSS just stood there stupidly, and didn't seem to notice their arrival.
This guy looks very similar to the mechanical dog, but it lacks the crossbow on its back and has an extra pair of legs, which means it has six legs in total.
There is no bayonet on the head but it is a genuine mechanical dog head. Judging from the sharp teeth, it should have strong biting and tearing abilities.
It is huge, with a body height of 3 meters, almost as big as the [Giant Zombie Beast].
