Chapter 183: Chapter 183: The Invasion War Begins
Shelter.
Lin Yi opened his eyes.
His bed was an eyesore, looking like a giant snake shedding its skin.
His face and body skin, pink and tender, resembled a baby’s bottom.
After tidying up the bed, Lin Yi took a shower.
Only then did he realize that the elbow of his left arm had completely regenerated.
During breakfast.
Because the girls had a girls’ night the previous evening, everyone was quiet from lack of sleep.
However, the Da Chuan brothers were whispering excitedly about something.
Lin Yi put down his food.
"Da Chuan, what’s gotten you so happy?"
"Boss... uh... I..."
"He got himself a girlfriend," Melanie answered sleepily.
Da Chuan glared vehemently at his brother.
"Xiaochuan!?"
"Sorry! She sensed something was off and forced me to ask, so..." Xiaochuan offered an excuse.
Lin Yi simply gave Da Chuan a thumbs-up, then continued eating breakfast.
However, upon hearing the news of Da Chuan’s girlfriend, the drowsy ladies perked up, and the usual lively breakfast chatter resumed...
Lin Yi wasn’t interested in this topic; he glanced at Solomon who was eating meat.
"How’s everything progressing?"
"Everything is ready; by the time the Zombie General realizes what we’re up to, it’ll be too late."
"Excellent!"
Lin Yi nodded, deciding to swiftly end the island invasion before heading to Berlin, then to Russia...
Around 9 AM.
In the battle meeting, everyone was watching the soldiers’ "before and after" video report on arson.
The once lush forest had now become a wasteland of ashes.
The soldiers exceeded their task, setting about a hundred fires over the night and burning approximately two-thirds of the forest.
Fires also ignited in the lakeside town and southern town, which was a pleasant surprise.
However, the Zombie General reacted indifferently.
He made no substantive responses, only a few attempts to capture the arsonist soldiers.
He even sent mutated creatures to chase them.
But they were only level-1 mutants, unable to catch up with the jeeps, and the soldiers were professional, skillfully dispersing the pursuers and killing dozens of mutants.
"I think we can start our action now." Lin Yi smiled after watching the video report.
"I agree," Hubert said.
"I also agree," Terghai added.
"Everything will go smoothly, boss!" Solomon finally chimed in excitedly.
"Then we’ll proceed as planned. Scouts will first scout the area, then we’ll send in the construction team. Next, we’ll search out all the hidden zombies and eliminate them. Our target is the center of the island.
"I’m sure there’s something important there. Remember how we got the first piece?"
"Of course, we set up a special device in the center of the piece!"
"If I’m not mistaken, something important is at the island’s center. Once we get there, the Zombie General will do everything he can to eliminate us. We might get surrounded, so we’ll need to fortify our position..."
The next full hour, humans and beastmen discussed the attack strategies, finally concluding—
They needed to set up multi-layer defenses in the canyon, while deploying mobile defensive forces outside the canyon.
But first, they needed to cut down the Zombie General’s forces as much as possible.
Meanwhile, scouts and construction teams were busy on the island.
With the beastmen’s help, they spent about an hour and a half building lookout towers, assisting in transporting heavy components.
The reconnaissance was swift, finding that most zombies indeed hid in the forest, and the fire caught them off guard.
Thus, the Zombie General lost most of his forces, and the zombies lucky enough to escape the fire traps retreated to the southern town and lakeside town.
The small town had now become the first target for the human and beastman allied forces.
According to the scouts’ preliminary information, about 30,000 zombies were hiding there.
The key was the word "hiding!"
They were hidden inside buildings, with only a few thousand lonely zombies wandering the streets, trying to mislead humans.
...
"Alright, Louis, load the ammunition."
Lin Yi said lazily, gazing at the lakeside town nearly filled with dark water.
He had tested the zombies before with bait, but they only glanced at it and continued their business.
Louis had a method for this; he brought his steam-powered tank.
Its main weapon was loaded, aimed at the town, and fired.
Six shells whistled through the air...
There’s room for improvement in accuracy, but importantly, the shells landed in the town, instantly igniting six fires.
Then, the battle began just like that!
Zombies staggered out of the town, rushing straight at the small allied forces.
"The scout made an error this time with the information." Lin Yi said calmly, looking at the endless horde of zombies.
Hubert put away the binoculars and pointed towards the town, "They said ’about’ 30,000, but this waterfall-like surge of zombies is far more..."
"I can’t imagine what would happen if we walked boldly into that town. We’d be engulfed by the tide of corpses..."
Solomon’s forehead was covered in cold sweat; he had already decided to retrain the recon team after the battle.
Suddenly, a red light enveloped Lin Yi’s body, then... he felt incredibly light, filled with energy yearning to be released.
Just like Popeye after eating spinach!
[Shaman Teo has used a skill on you, your power and agility will double for two hours!]
[Shaman Teo has used a skill on you, your endurance will increase twofold for 1.5 hours!]
[Shaman Teo has used a skill on you; you are now immune to level 1-3 viruses!]
[Shaman Teo has used a skill on you, doubling your reaction speed and cognitive ability!]
Teo didn’t just cast skills on Lin Yi, everyone was taken aback.
Including Terghai: "I haven’t felt... such strong magic for many cycles."
"I myself didn’t expect... to join the war again." The shaman responded with a smile.
After spending some time in the human camp, he looked a hundred years younger.
Lin Yi also smiled, he looked at the old beastman: "It seems it was truly worth it..."
"It’s all thanks to your equipment." The shaman said honestly, pointing at his level 4 Mage Gloves and level 3 Mage Armor.
[Mage Gloves, Level 4]
Magic Skills +12. Magic Value consumption reduced by 35%. Allows the mage to perform any type of magic.
[Magic Armor, Level 3]
A set of armor consists of five parts: helmet, chest armor, pants, shoes, and gloves. Wearing
it allows the wearer to absorb magic power from an energy core inserted into a special slot, without increasing the risk of infection.
Set bonus: Magic +8.
Other attribute bonuses: Power +6, Agility +6, Endurance +6, Vitality +6, Magic +6.
[Hidden Attributes detected]:
[Defense: 13]
Both beastmen and humans were very confused to learn these pieces of equipment could be worn by a beastman shaman.
Some even speculated that the shaman was actually half-human, half-beastman, or that the beastman warrior was an independent species...
According to the old shaman, he had never cast so many skills on such a large group of warriors before.
But thanks to these pieces of equipment and extra energy cores, he didn’t even break a sweat...
"Archers! Fire first, then mages attack, and then you fire again, repeat the cycle!"
Lin Yi shouted.
"Ready... fire!"
A volley of enchanted arrows rained down, wiping out many zombie enemies.
"Machine gunners, fire at will! Mages, wait two seconds, then unleash your attack!"
Ninety percent of the human and beastman combatants had rallied for this battle.
A total of 2,500 beastmen and 600 humans.
Bullets, skills, and magic were pouring out constantly.
Louis bombarded the town and the surging zombie horde with his devastating killing cocktail.
The beastman warriors thirsted for battle, as their cognitive speed had been enhanced, making the zombies’ movements feel like they were in slow motion.
The machine gunners were thrilled, their shooting accuracy increased several times, while the close combat warriors endured the anticipation with great patience...
"Looks like ordinary zombie tactics; sending cannon fodder out first... What is that magic?"
Lin Yi pointed at a flock of silver birds flying into the sky and asked Teo.
About a thousand silver birds were hovering in the air, around 200 meters above the zombies.
"That’s just Terghie’s skill!"
"I’ve never seen such magic before?"
"It requires ten shamans to collaborate to cast, and it would leave them exhausted. It wasn’t achievable before you provided us with the energy cores."
"Understood."
Lin Yi turned to the battlefield, looking up at the sky.
The number of silver birds kept increasing until there were about two thousand.
They circled the battlefield, suddenly shrieking as they swooped down to attack the zombies, landing on them and exploding.
Some zombies managed to grab the birds, only to have their arms blown off as a result.
Lin Yi watched as a square formation of about 1,500 enemies was instantly wiped out, with another 500 severely injured and couldn’t help but admire.
"That skill is impressive!"
The battle raged intensely.
Despite the heavy casualties, the zombies relentlessly charged at the two factions. Though they left approximately 20,000 of their companions’ corpses on the ground—
Ultimately, they still reached the intruders!
But there, they encountered the close combat warriors, with beastmen roaring and bravely charging towards the zombie army, while humans covered them.
Like tanks crashing into parked cars, zombies were sent flying everywhere, and the humans behind seized the chaos to finish off the fallen zombies.
Meanwhile, archers bombarded the enemies with explosive arrows, alleviating the pressure faced by the beastmen.
However, due to Teo’s skill, the beastmen felt almost no pressure when facing ordinary zombies...