Tower Defense Game: My Kingdom of Eternal Life

"Brother Leg, what should I do next? There are still two hours until the first wave of monsters attack the city, but I can't even get out of the room now."

Zhang Yao asked hurriedly.

"Don't worry, this is one of the reasons why I mentioned at the beginning that your situation is actually not that bad."

Cheng Shen opened the trading market and replied at the same time.

"I just speculated at first, but the information you subsequently provided continued to confirm my thoughts.

Since there are patrolling guards, chefs, and habitable safe houses in that castle, it means that it is not as chaotic as you think, but has some special operating rules.

However, this rule may not be very friendly to ordinary people.

The monsters in the castle will operate according to the rules. In this case, they will not let in the monsters from outside easily.

The system is even less likely to allow you to participate in a tower defense game before you control the castle.

And the items you get from the treasure chest are even more important evidence.

The treasures we open are basically materials and recruitment scrolls, but yours is equipment.

Therefore, the danger you have to face will only come from inside the castle, and you don’t have to worry about monsters attacking the city."

After saying that, Cheng Shen felt that his words were not rigorous enough, so he added.

"At least you don't have to worry about it now."

"I see."

Zhang Yao suddenly felt weak when he heard this, "Then I'll feel at ease! I'll just hide in the room and don't go out when the monsters attack the city later!"

"..."

Cheng Shen's thoughts paused for a moment.

He saw a transaction in which wood was exchanged for stone. The ratio was naturally 1:1. Both materials were basic resources and there would be no premium.

He has a total of 53 units of stone.

After building the Ice Arrow Tower, there are still 23 units left.

He replaced all these stones with wood.

Repairing the fence requires 10 units of wood, repairing the training stakes requires 5 units, and the campfire continuously consumes wood.

At present, wood has a far greater effect on him than stone.

Cheng Shen checked and found that the territory was surrounded by forests, with no towering mountains and no obvious mineral veins.

In other words, he will definitely be short of stones in the future.

But relative.

He could use enough wood to exchange stone with other lords.

At this stage, the key is to make full use of all the resources at hand and try to survive the monster siege.

And water.

There is only 1 unit of purified water in the territory, which can barely meet his daily intake.

But Cheng Shen remembered that when watching the World Channel before, there was a river directly near the birth point, so there must be no shortage of water resources.

After searching for specific criteria he discovered he was wrong.

How wrong.

Although some people guard a river and a wheat field at the beginning, the exchange prices of food and water in the market are still ridiculously high.

Not every lord can provide food and water in the resource pack at the beginning.

Each person starts with only two pieces of bread and a bottle of water, which is barely enough for one person for a day.

Not to mention that the demand doubled after recruiting a unit.

In the market, the price of a piece of bread has reached the same value as an iron ingot!

The price of water is slightly lower and much more expensive than basic supplies.

Such prices are obviously unreasonable.

"Someone is trying to control the trading market..."

Cheng Shen saw the clues.

There must be some artificial manipulation behind such crazy food trading. If the price of food was just high, he would understand it, but now there is even a shortage of water. There is no other explanation other than someone deliberately controlling sales.

Think about it for a moment.

He will understand.

No one can guarantee that food resources will be available after monsters attack the city.

This first batch of food and water is the most precious. Once it is robbed, it will not be replenished later. Therefore, the lord who controls a large amount of water resources in the early stage must have rare goods and can exchange for anything he wants.

Everyone has selfish motives.

Including him.

Controlling the sale of water resources can help a lord accumulate a large amount of important resources in a short period of time, giving him more hope of survival.

But in fact, by excessively squeezing other people's living space to achieve the purpose of strengthening oneself, it is just a slow suicide.

Even capitalists know how to cut leeks sustainably.

pity.

Few people can see the long term.

However, at present, this trend does not appear to be serious.

Mainly because the first wave of monsters haven't appeared yet, so no one knows what the situation is like here.

If the food problem cannot be alleviated after the first wave of monsters, then something will happen.

Cheng Shen thought a lot, but the resources at hand were not enough for him to take preventive measures.

He just took out five pieces of bread and exchanged them for ten units of purified water.

Then I checked it and found that I couldn't exchange it for anything good, so I closed the market.

Before the first wave of monsters, it was impossible for anyone to exchange recruitment scrolls or architectural drawings for supplies. They were all required to exchange for the same items.

Only after the first wave of defense is completed will the trading market become richer.

"Your idea is wrong."

Cheng Shen replied at this time.

"I guess that the monsters in the castle will be much stronger than the monsters in the previous waves of sieges, or even the monsters in the first ten waves.

Even if you have the equipment, you will never be able to deal with it at this stage.

The purpose of the system should be to let you fight against the monsters attacking the city and grow in the battle.

If you choose to hide in the room and wait until the weakest first few waves of monsters are eliminated by the castle guards, you will completely lose your chance of survival."

"...Oh! I understand, Brother Leg! Isn't this just a game of killing monsters and upgrading!

Gaining experience, upgrading levels, and exploding equipment are my strengths!

Wait for my good news, Brother Leg!"

Zhang Yao seemed to suddenly realize.

"……careful."

Cheng Shen still had something to say.

He felt that there should be many places worth exploring in the castle.

For example, the chef on the first floor.

The red room on the second floor.

Since that monster castle can always maintain operation in a unique way, there must be some special rules.

If Zhang Yao can figure out the rules, he will definitely be able to move around the castle more easily and even master the castle.

But all this is based on his survival.

As a stranger he has never met, Cheng Shen has given him enough help, and now it depends on his own fate.

[Build or not - Ice Arrow Tower? 】

"yes."

At the system's prompt, Cheng Shen took out the construction materials, selected the wooden fence at the gate and used the drawings.

Rumble...!

The ground trembled.

Light emerged, and a three-meter-high blue stone tower slowly rose from the ground. The upper part of the arrow tower was a stone sculpture with the image of an archer. The whole body was covered with light white frost, and even the surrounding temperature dropped a lot out of thin air.

The moment the construction took shape, the icon of the arrow tower also appeared in the territory model in his mind.

Cheng Shen can freely control the arrow tower to attack any unit.

Its range covers the entire courtyard.

Therefore, even if a monster attacks from the side or rear, there is no need to worry about leaving its attack range.

"The attack speed of 1.6 is about one strike every two seconds. To be honest, it is a bit slow. After all, it is an auxiliary defense tower controlled by the main..."

"But the first wave of monsters shouldn't be too strong."

Cheng Shen thought to himself.

After all, the Ice Arrow Tower is a rare-level defense tower. Even if it is not an output tower, it is not a problem to defend the first wave of monsters.

Cheng Shen deduced this from Zhang Yao.

Very simple.

Look at the attribute strength of his two pieces of equipment.

The two pieces of equipment combined are probably equivalent to the properties of an Ice Arrow Tower, or even worse.

If the system thinks it can survive at that level, the arrow tower will definitely be able to easily defend the first wave of monsters.

certainly.

He also needs to make some preparations.

Wood fence, repair!

Cheng Shen chose to invest ten units of wood.

The wooden fence surrounding the entire courtyard suddenly took on a new look when shrouded in white light.

【Wooden Fence】

【First level】

[Level: Normal]

【Level:1】

[Effect: Protect the basic defenses of the territory. Before the durability of the wooden fence is exhausted, no monster can invade your territory through the ground]

[Characteristics: None]

[Durability: 5000/5000]

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