All-out Tower Defense: My Card-Drawing Talent is a Bit Strange

Chapter 152 The Banshee's Lament

Yang Fei was speechless. Under normal circumstances, one of these things is enough, because port facilities can be expanded on a large scale. Building too many is meaningless unless your sky island is really big. Otherwise, what's the use of having more of these things?

Perhaps it could make it easier for the void ships in my port to travel? Just like city traffic, more cars mean more parking spaces and more roads. Perhaps in the future, when I have more void ships, a large number of ports will also be necessary?

At the very least, more ports would allow more void ships from outside merchants to dock, which would make it easier to trade with the outside world, wouldn't it?

Although this world has teleportation arrays, teleportation is different from void ships. Extraordinary beings are those cultivators and some wealthy people who have urgent matters to attend to. They may be able to use teleportation arrays to travel, just like private jets.

Most people still prefer to travel by voidship. Although voidships are slower, they are more affordable and comfortable, just like cars, ships, and trains.

But right now, he doesn't even have a single void ship! He has two ports but no ships, isn't that ridiculous? Yang Fei really wished this thing could turn into a station construction blueprint, or a train station construction blueprint, or even a stable construction blueprint if all else failed!

What I need is intra-island transportation. What's the point of giving me so many extra-island transportation buildings?

Reluctantly, he put away the port construction blueprints. He didn't have the time or ability to build it now. Once his first port was completed, the construction team would have to work tirelessly to build the ancillary facilities. There was simply no time left.

Unless the port's ancillary facilities don't need construction foremen or martial arts realm construction workers, freeing up his special construction team, he really has no other choice.

After bringing Nora and Sephira to the top of the city wall and having them begin gathering troops from other races, Yang Fei took stock of the zombie-attracting team's gains from the previous night.

There were a total of 501 pieces of flax and 2065 copper coins, as well as some pots, pans, and small household appliances, but no means of transportation that Yang Fei wanted.

No, it's not that there weren't any, but rather that the means of transportation they found weren't suitable for Yang Fei's needs. For example, a pink scooter—what was Yang Fei supposed to do with that? Riding that thing was worse than walking!

There was no other way; the portal opened by the Fallen Heavens on Qianwu Star was located in an underground parking lot deep in a city. The original cars had long been dismantled and used to block the entrance by the refugees, and although the number of zombies being lured in had been gradually increasing in the past few days.

However, they hadn't even left the area outside the building where the portal was located. Finding a children's scooter that was still in working order was already considered a stroke of luck for the search team.

After all the preparations were completed, it was already 5:30 in the morning. At this time, the morning sun had just risen. After a good night's sleep, everyone was full of energy. Yang Fei also took a deep breath and started today's monster siege on time.

"Understood, Trainee Lord Yang Fei-1, your Novice Trial Fourth Wave Doubled Limit Mode (1x Limit) Monster Siege will begin in ten minutes. Monster type: Sprite/Slime, Monster level: Beast Level 0/Beast Level 1, Monster quantity: 13106/69102."

"Please note that you have now activated the fourth wave of the Novice Trial in the doubled extreme mode (1x limit) monster siege. The monsters' four-dimensional attributes have increased by 1.1 times. Please adjust your tactics accordingly."

"Please adjust the position of the War Slab — the move and rebuild functions will be restarted after the siege ends."

The total number of monsters in this wave was better than Yang Fei had expected, totaling only around 80,000. According to previous estimates, the final 10x limit should have a total of around 800,000. With some effort, this number should be achievable in a little over a day.

Since the existence of the Elf Combat Force, the threat of ordinary monsters such as slimes and fairies has become negligible. Whether it is the normal version or the elite version, they can only be blocked at the door, making defense exceptionally easy.

The only downside is that the number of berserk slimes continues to rise, reaching nearly 30,000. It seems that my special rewards will decrease significantly this time. However, as long as nothing unexpected happens, I can accept this situation.

After an hour and a half, Yang Fei finally arrived at the next wave of the Mimic attack. This wave of Mimics still didn't have thousands of them, but the total number was over seven hundred. Moreover, there was another splitting phenomenon, with only about three hundred and seventy appearing the first time.

The time had come to test their own elegy tower! Because those female demons were absolutely loyal to Yang Fei and strictly carried out his orders, they remained restrained throughout the entire battle and had no intention of participating. They knew very well that only now was the time for them to truly demonstrate their value.

In fact, they did not disappoint Yang Fei's expectations. Within twenty seconds of the treasure chest monster's appearance, along with the first inferno...

The Elegy Tower erupted with a high-pitched wail that instantly swept across the entire battlefield, passing through all the monsters. All the monsters trembled, and the health of most of them dropped slightly, including the treasure chest monsters that had not yet set out.

That's right, it's those mimics that haven't set off yet. This surprised Yang Fei a lot. He had tried using defensive towers to attack those mimics in advance before, but those defensive towers had no effect at all. Why can these elegiac towers be attacked?

"The songstress from the abyss world is eager to showcase her voice, but for the creatures of the world of order, her voice is a death knell! The Banshee can release mental pollution within a visible range every ten minutes, which can forcibly inflict 10 points of mental damage on any creature of order that hears her voice."

Recalling the description of the Banshee's Lament skill, Yang Fei pondered, "Forces ten points of mental damage to Order creatures!" This was the most crucial part of the entire skill description. After some refinement, the most important word extracted from this sentence was not ten points of damage, but the word "forced"!

Although mental damage should be classified as magical damage before entering the Qi Refining Realm, which is the Transcendent Realm, adding forced damage directly turns it into something similar to true damage, forcibly deducting health, which even physical defense and magical resistance may not be able to resist.

Yang Fei had previously experimented with using ice arrow towers to attack those immobile mimics. The subsequent freezing damage from those ice arrows should also be considered spell damage, but it was useless. After the mimics were hit, there was no damage displayed, and they could still move.

In other words, physical and magical attacks alone probably cannot harm those immobile mimics, but the forced damage from the Elegy Tower breaks through this limitation and directly damages those mimics.

If that's the case, then this Elegy Tower is outrageous! I need to exchange for more. I've never even heard of a defensive tower that can bypass the physical defense and magical resistance of martial artists and directly cause damage.

Perhaps it's due to a lack of experience, or perhaps those predecessors held back, but in any case, this thing only proves one thing: this kind of defensive tower is very precious! In fact, because it's linked to the Abyss Shop, this thing can already be considered a specialty of our Sky Island.

Once I have a container to hold a soul, I might actually be able to mass-produce this thing. Moreover, this thing has the characteristic that it cannot be upgraded by the defense tower upgrade workshop, and I can firmly grasp the right to upgrade this thing, forming a monopolistic relationship between superiors and subordinates.

At that time, he would have complete control over the pricing of this thing, and no one else would be able to do anything about it. He would be rich, truly rich, with a complete monopoly! Yang Fei couldn't even imagine how ruthless it would be!

After finishing his dream, Yang Fei shook his head and turned his gaze back to the mimics. As Yang Fei had expected, the mimics were injured, but because they were in their mimic state (i.e., in a stationary state), their movements were not restricted.

After 29 seconds, when the banshee's wail sounded again, the mimics had already appeared at the end of the war corridor. It seemed that only by damaging them while they were moving could they be imprisoned. When stationary, even if they were damaged, their subsequent movement would not be restricted at all.

Once this was figured out, the battle became much simpler. This wave of mimics had all appeared because of the Banshee's Lament and were now imprisoned in place. It was time for the artillery positions to put on a show. After a large number of direct-fire cannons fired in salvos, these mimics were quickly left behind on this war corridor.

The next wave of treasure chest monsters also met the same fate, being hit by the Banshees once again. The cannon fire rang out again, and seeing that there were no more monsters on the blue door, Yang Fei let the Banshees let loose and sing loudly.

They hadn't attacked before and hadn't gained any experience. Now that the big problem was solved, they could get more kills and quickly level up themselves and the tentacle jellyfish. This was also a benefit given to them by Yang Fei.

With the banshee's cries, which were completely unlike those of a human, this wave of monster siege came to an end.

"Congratulations, Trainee Lord Yang Fei-1, you have perfectly cleared the fourth wave of the Novice Trial in Extreme Mode (1x Extreme) Monster Siege. You can start the 2x Extreme Mode Monster Siege at any time, or you can directly choose the fifth wave of the Easy difficulty Monster Siege."

"Please note that after selecting the fifth wave of easy difficulty monster siege, you will never be able to challenge the remaining double-limit mode in this wave again. The number of times you play the double-limit mode directly affects your subsequent daily rewards, so please choose carefully."

"Congratulations, Trainee Lord Yang Fei-1! You have perfectly cleared the fourth wave of the Novice Trial, the 1x Extreme Monster Siege, and have obtained a Steel Smelter Construction Card, which has been sent to your system space — countdown five minutes."

Watching the mimics transform into real treasure chests one by one, Yang Fei nodded. These guys who had been bothering him for so long were finally dealt with, and the unease in his heart finally subsided. He could now properly plan his next defensive move.

Previously, I had been busy dealing with these treasure chest monsters, which meant that my defenses were basically centered around them. My previous plans for various defensive tower groups, troop coordination, and squad commander selection could now be put on the agenda.

At the same time, the succubus sisters were finally freed from this matter, and they finally had two high-ranking commanders, allowing them to finally squeeze out some time to properly cultivate.

After accumulating experience over these few waves, especially after experiencing several inexplicable epiphanies in battle, Yang Fei was genuinely afraid of the rate at which his strength was increasing. Originally, he planned to spend several months or even years completing the path before becoming a first-tier martial artist. However, Yang Fei already felt that the threshold of not entering the first tier was approaching. If he continued at this pace, not to mention a month, he could try to break through to the non-entry-level realm in just a few days, and a month later he could break through to become a first-tier martial artist. This was not in Yang Fei's plan.

Although there's nothing wrong with gaining enlightenment and digesting experience feedback to improve one's realm—sometimes this kind of growth is even better than arduous self-cultivation—cultivation is ultimately a process of accumulation, and Yang Fei prefers to take it slow. This kind of advancement speed is no longer something Yang Fei can control.

Therefore, Yang Fei had to slow down his pace and let his succubus sisters familiarize themselves with the responsibilities of a high-level commander. He could also take some time to find talent and cultivate his own Sky Island team.

After all, he has a more crucial identity as a lord. Even if he's unwilling, he needs to calm down and reflect. Only when he has a stable foothold in this world can he cultivate properly.

Yang Fei built the newly acquired steel smelter next to the previous steel plant, but he no longer had any smelting workers. Therefore, the factory had to be temporarily closed, and he had to find and recruit workers himself.

Look, this is what the lord did in his early days. There was no fancy travel, just a simple working environment where he had to do everything himself. There was no fancy office, just his own dilapidated little wooden hut.

Sigh! Too many tears to recount. Let's focus on the loot: 50 Gray Ice Arrow Tower Cards, 97 Gray Arrow Tower Cards, 650 Gray Crystals, 21666 Bio-rubbers, 1601 units of wood, 1342 White Rice Seeds, 56 Silver Coins, and 76667 Copper Coins.

The drop rate for rarer items is indeed decreasing, while the drop rate for common and elite monsters like bio-rubber, wood, and white rice seeds is increasing. Overall, the drop rate has decreased somewhat.

However, Yang Fei was helpless; he couldn't reduce the frequency of the berserk slimes appearing!

As for the treasure chests, the results were pretty good this time: "70 white treasure chests, 230 gray treasure chests, 90 white revival treasure chests, and 260 gray revival treasure chests." A total of 750 treasure chests. Although it's not over a thousand, it's a huge profit compared to the effort put in this time.