-1!
-1!
Dilapidated wooden door 2
Health: 5/20
Even a common Level 1 zombie has physical strength and attack power superior to an ordinary adult. Moreover, they feel no pain. If not for their lack of brains, inability to think, and inability to perform complex actions,
it would be impossible to kill them. However, for an ordinary adult to kill a zombie head-on, a considerable price must still be paid.
Due to previous extensive injuries, Tāng Bùpíng was clearly not in peak condition. Being able to walk was an achievement in itself; there was no hope of defeating a zombie head-on.
To break through the current predicament, there was no other option but to rely on the system.
Tāng Bùpíng lay flat on the bed, carefully studying the semi-transparent status interface before him. Suddenly, his eyes fixed on a line of text.
'Current buildable space: 1/10 (+expansion conditions not met+)'
Since there was buildable space, did that mean he could construct other buildings?
'System, System! Can I build anything now?'
Tāng Bùpíng asked anxiously in his mind, as he noticed the Gate had only 4 points of health left.
'Meow! Yes, I will immediately display the building list for the host!'
Immediately, a building list appeared before Tāng Bùpíng's eyes.
Normal Buildings:
'Dilapidated Archer Tower 1 (Gold Coin ×10),
Moldy generator 1 (Gold Coin ×500),
Moldy game console 1 (Gold Coin ×5000, Game Coin ×500)'
Special Buildings:
'Auto repair station 1 (Gold Coin ×100, Level 1 common zombie core ×10),
Shield 1 (Gold Coin ×1000, Level 1 common zombie core ×100),
Refrigerator 1 (Gold Coin ×500, Level 1 common zombie core ×50),
…'
There were many buildings that could be constructed on the list, mainly divided into two major categories: 'Normal Buildings' and 'Special Buildings'.
Among them, 'Normal Buildings' only offered 'Archer Tower', 'Generator', and 'Game Console'. 'Special Buildings' offered 'Auto Repair Station', 'Shield', 'Refrigerator', and many other kinds of special buildings.
I won't list them all here, but although there were many buildings, aside from the Dilapidated Archer Tower 1, the resources for the other buildings had not yet met the construction requirements. Fortunately, the Archer Tower was what he needed most right now, because only the Archer Tower had the potential to repel or even kill the zombie smashing at the door.
The Crumbling Shack currently had only one building: a bed. Its layout was as follows:
Wall Wall Wall Wall Wall Wall Wall
Wall ○ Bed ○ ○ ○ Wall
Wall ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Wall
Wall Wall Wall Gate Wall Wall Wall
Here, the '○' places represented areas where buildings could be constructed. Tāng Bùpíng thought for a moment and instantly purchased 6 Dilapidated Archer Tower 1s in the '○' marked locations on the layout map. His Gold Coins instantly decreased by 60.
Six Dilapidated Archer Tower 1s, each 2.1 meters tall, silently appeared out of thin air in the room at the locations Tāng Bùpíng had selected on the layout map.
The room's layout was now as follows:
Wall Wall Wall Wall Wall Wall Wall
Wall Tower Bed ○ ○ Tower Wall
Wall Tower Tower ○ Tower Tower Wall
Wall Wall Wall Gate Wall Wall Wall
The moment the Dilapidated Archer Tower 1s appeared out of thin air, six firing ports automatically materialized on the walls. Arrows shot out from these magically appearing firing ports, targeting the Level 1 common zombie smashing at the door.
The zombie, completely unaware of the danger, continued to smash the door with all its might. It could smell the delicious scent of humans behind this very door.
'Thwack thwack thwack thwack thwack thwack!'
In the next moment, six consecutive arrows pierced the zombie's body, accompanied by a series of sounds.
However, the zombie seemed unfazed, still diligently smashing the Gate. The Gate's health was now only 3 points.
Approximately every 6 seconds, the six Dilapidated Archer Towers in the room would simultaneously fire a volley of arrows.
Each arrow dealt only 1 point of damage to the Level 1 common zombie outside the door.
After the first volley from the six Dilapidated Archer Tower 1s, a small window appeared before Tāng Bùpíng, displaying the situation within a 5-meter radius around the Crumbling Shack.
In the image, a health bar appeared above the Level 1 common zombie outside the door. After two rounds of volleys, it had only 88 health points left. The image showed the health of this common zombie.
Level 1 common zombie
Health: 88/100
Tāng Bùpíng glanced at the remaining health of this common zombie, then at the remaining health of the Gate.
The zombie now had only 88 health points left, and each volley reduced its health by 6 points. With a 6-second interval between volleys, it would take at least 15 volleys, or 90 seconds, to kill the zombie.
Meanwhile, the Level 1 common zombie dealt 1 damage to the Dilapidated wooden door 2 every 30 seconds.
And the zombie attacked before the Archer Towers. With this calculation, the Gate would be destroyed before the Level 1 common zombie's health reached zero.
And this was barely any time after the apocalypse had begun. If the Gate were destroyed now, let alone the matter of his house becoming like an unprotected maiden in the future, allowing zombies or mutated beasts to prey on him; he might soon become a defenseless lamb in the eyes of the zombies.
Tāng Bùpíng's mind raced. He looked at the remaining 80 Gold Coins.
"Since I have decided to survive, I will do everything in my power, and use all means necessary, to win this battle!"
Tāng Bùpíng closed his eyes and said slowly. As he reached the end of his words, he suddenly opened his eyes, gritted his teeth, and used all the remaining 80 Gold Coins.
Thus, the four Dilapidated Archer Tower 1s in the four corners of the Crumbling Shack instantly upgraded to Level 2, becoming Dilapidated Archer Tower 2s. Their damage increased from the original 1 point to 2 points.
This way, it would only take 54 seconds to kill the Level 1 common zombie outside the door.
As Tāng Bùpíng pondered these things, the Gate's remaining health dropped to just 2 points.
Even though the Level 1 common zombie outside the door was now pierced like a hedgehog by the arrows from the Dilapidated Archer Towers, it did not deter its resolve to smash the door before it.
After another 30 seconds, the Gate's remaining health was only 1 point. Fortunately, the Level 1 common zombie's health was also reduced to 28 points.
18 seconds later, the Level 1 common zombie's health completely depleted.
In the image, the Level 1 common zombie dissipated into a wisp of black smoke the moment its health reached zero, and the sound of smashing at the door ceased.
Tāng Bùpíng waited for a while longer until the surroundings were completely silent. He finally let out a long sigh of relief.
The immediate crisis had been averted.
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