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

Keep in mind that the War Corridor is only five meters wide, while the Ice Slime has a self-destruct radius of three meters. If the Ice Slime were on the other side of the defensive tower, or far away from the defensive tower, then it would be acceptable for it to self-destruct.

But what if it's near the side of the defensive tower? If it's a tower that's controlled by someone, it's fine, but if it's an uncontrolled, automatically attacking arrow tower, it's hard to tell whether the exploding Ice Slime will hurt itself.

Or perhaps the area-of-effect towers that he plans to buy in the future could explode in large numbers when the Ice Slime gets close, destroying him entirely. These are all unstable bombs, and in the current environment, Yang Fei doesn't want to spend resources repairing defensive towers.

"Congratulations, Trainee Lord Yang Fei-1! You have perfectly cleared the first wave of the Novice Trial in 1x Extreme Mode. You can start the 2x Extreme Mode Monster Siege at any time, or you can directly choose the second wave of Easy Mode Monster Siege. Note that after selecting the second wave of Monster Siege, you will never be able to challenge the remaining 1st wave in 1x Extreme Mode again."

"Congratulations, Trainee Lord Yang Fei-1! You have perfectly cleared the first wave of the Novice Trial, the 1x Extreme Monster Siege, and obtained the Basic Building Card - Quarry, which has been sent to your system space... Countdown: 5 minutes."

As the familiar notification sounded, Yang Fei climbed down the Ice Arrow Tower with ease, leading all his subordinates and his men back to his own sky island. He skillfully retrieved the defensive tower, then used the one-click recycling function to collect all the spoils, happily calculating his gains!

"220 more copper coins, 188 bio-rubbers, 6 gray crystals, and one gray arrow tower. No new types of slimes have been added, so it's hard to track patterns yet. However, judging from the quantities, the drops are indeed random, with elite monsters having a slightly higher drop rate."

After glancing at his loot, Yang Fei stopped trying to figure out the patterns. He first took out the basic reward quarry card and built it directly. Except for some special rewards, the four doubling extreme modes basically corresponded to the basic difficulty, only in reverse.

The highest difficulty reward is a quarry; the highest difficulty is a quarry. The easiest difficulty is a troop lair, and the highest difficulty is another troop lair. Within the same large wave of monsters attacking the city, the initial reward corresponds to the final reward.

This may seem like a double reward, but it's actually malicious. Under normal circumstances, this reward pattern is the same as the first wave. The easy difficulty rewards are often the best in this wave. If you want to get the best reward twice, then try the ten-times limit. Monsters with double attributes are waiting for you!

As for the extra gray arrow tower card, Yang Fei could only keep it for the time being. There was nothing he could do; there were too few subordinates who knew how to use ballistae, so building it wouldn't be of much use. The current defensive towers were still sufficient, at least for the next 2x limit. With the arrow towers and tentacle jellyfish working together, they should be able to barely clear the level.

However, Yang Fei is temporarily not considering challenging the double-limit mode this morning. Firstly, everyone is tired and needs to digest the accumulated experience. Secondly, it's almost noon, and Yang Fei needs to prepare lunch.

Of course, before that, Yang Fei went to the core thatched hut alone and spent 100 copper coins to upgrade it. There was no other way; whether upgrading the well or his already limited system slots, he needed to upgrade this core building.

The initial well can only support ten people for living and production purposes. Currently, Yangfei Island has over fifty people, including those being raised, so an upgrade is necessary. Furthermore, the system's inventory slots have a stacking limit of 100 for all items other than basic currencies like gold coins and crystals.

Of the ten system slots, five are currently occupied by bio-rubber, one by all copper coins, one by all silver coins, one by all crystals, and one arrow tower card. I'm really not rich.

Core Thatched Hut (Intermediate): Resilience 1100, Defense 11, Spell Resistance 11. The core building of the Sky Island. If it is breached, the defense is considered lost, the lord loses the Sky Island and returns to his own world.

Core Thatched Hut (Upgradeable): For 200 copper coins, the Core Thatched Hut can be upgraded to an Advanced Core Thatched Hut. The concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding environment will increase slightly, and the area of ​​the floating island will also increase to a radius of 200 meters.

Core Thatched Hut (Special): The Core Thatched Hut is highly bound to the lord. All of the lord's permissions are related to this core. Currently, it unlocks the system data panel, system warehouse, Heavenly Path Shop level 2, and the lord's exclusive abilities—move, adjust, and one-click collect.

The Lord's ability to carry passengers has been unlocked, allowing you to lead ten non-Sky Island residents to and from Sky Island. At the same time, the system warehouse has been upgraded to 15 slots, and the stacking capacity has increased from 100 to 200. The Heavenly Path Shop has unlocked some additional items beyond the basic rewards.

Note that core buildings initially have no grade; their grade changes every three upgrades. Some auxiliary buildings will be affected by this and unable to upgrade. Please upgrade the grades of auxiliary buildings in a timely manner to improve the grade of core buildings.

At the same time, please note that upgrading the quality of core buildings will significantly increase the attractiveness of surrounding sky islands to potential monsters in the surrounding environment, thereby increasing the probability of monster harassment and random monster sieges.

As the number of copper coins in his system grid increased from 620 to the auspicious number of 520, Yang Fei's thatched hut was enveloped in a beam of light. The core building upgrade began, and the floating island beneath his feet began to expand into the void, moving from a radius of 50 meters to a radius of 100 meters.

As the sky island trembled, Yang Fei lost his balance. Just as he was about to help himself to the nearby recruit hut, something soft gently pressed against his back. Then, a pair of slender hands, bound by wooden handcuffs, descended from above, trying to lock Yang Fei in a warm embrace.

Yang Fei shuddered and, taking advantage of his small size, nimbly slipped out from under those jade-like hands before being completely embraced. He quickly ran forward a few steps, grabbed the hut, and looked back at the succubus girl with a hint of mockery on her face, still shaken.

"I'll reward you tonight, don't rush me." Yang Fei wanted to say something threatening, but the words caught in his throat. After all, the succubus girl was a hero in these two defensive battles, and if he were too harsh on her, Yang Fei would feel really bad. So he could only temporarily shirk responsibility and leave it to him to figure out a solution that night.

As for what he might come up with tonight, he'd deal with that later. If all else failed, he'd fight to the death. What are men like us to fear? Yang Fei's resistance stemmed from his own inferiority complex, compounded by the significant difference in their physical sizes. But once he let go of everything, Yang Fei didn't care anymore. Climbing to the top is what makes a true man!