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

Level 4 shop is still a long way off. Upgrading this thing is tied to the core building, which means Yang Fei needs to upgrade the core building twice more before he can unlock level 4 shop.

Why not just build the defense towers directly on the floating islands? They're not unusable anyway. As long as they're placed on the edge of the island, the defense towers can still attack when enemies enter their range. It's just that if they get destroyed, the losses will be quite significant.

Yang Fei's current plan is to use these ten defensive towers to defend at least the next two-times and five-times extreme modes. This is Yang Fei's goal for today. As for the ten-times extreme mode, he'll see how things go. Yang Fei really doesn't want to sell off any more of his assets.

Having built the flamethrower, Yang Fei breathed a sigh of relief. With the battle in mind, it was time to think about making a living. Yang Fei went to the well and retrieved its information.

Water Well (Initial): A basic building on the Sky Island. Under normal circumstances, it can produce enough drinking water for 10 people or supply water to the corresponding farmland per day. It is susceptible to environmental factors. Drought will lower the water level and reduce production, while the rainy season will increase production.

Water Well (Upgradeable): A basic building on the Sky Island. Its level is affected by the core buildings. It costs 100 copper coins and 10 units of common stone to upgrade it to level 2. This will increase the population it can support and the amount of irrigated farmland it can irrigate to 50 people.

Yang Fei has no problem with 100 copper coins for now, but 10 units of ordinary stone is a bit of a problem. The quarry needs to work for 8 hours to produce 10 units of stone. Even with two quarries, it is difficult to collect enough stone before noon.

Yang Fei could only open the Heavenly Path Shop, select the Resources option, and spend 11 copper coins to buy 10 units of stone.

Yang Fei originally wanted to buy less, but he had no choice. In a normal market environment, one copper coin is equal to one unit of basic resources, but the Heavenly Dao Shop requires high prices to purchase them, and copper coins are the smallest unit, so he had to be ripped off again.

Water well (Level 2): ​​A basic building on the Sky Island. Under normal circumstances, it can produce enough drinking water for 50 people per day or supply water for the corresponding farmland. It is susceptible to environmental influences. Drought will lower the water level and reduce production, while the rainy season will increase production.

Water Well (Upgradeable): A basic building on the Sky Island. Its level is affected by the core buildings. It costs 200 copper coins and 50 units of common stone to upgrade it to level 3. This will increase the population it can support and the amount of irrigated farmland it can irrigate to 100 people.

Yang Fei spent another 100 copper coins to upgrade the well to level 2. He didn't see any changes in its appearance, except that the well opening was slightly larger and the water inside seemed to be deeper.

After completing these constructions, Yang Fei stopped thinking about anything else and hurriedly started fetching water. At the same time, he took out his set of utensils, washed them, and then took out 40 jin of white rice and 4 jin of Qi rice. Using his several large pots, he began to cook the most primitive steamed rice.

Unfortunately, his own set of utensils was only meant for a small number of people, and it was still difficult to make such a large batch. So Yang Fei spent nine copper coins to buy two large pots, two bundles of firewood, and enough pickled vegetables for fifty people.

These are all the most common groceries and supplies, especially pots and firewood. Even though the Heavenly Path Shop is a bit of a rip-off, they are still quite cheap. Basically, one copper coin can buy a pot or a large bundle of firewood. The only item with a bit of a price is pickled vegetables.

Even for a regular meal, a serving for ten people would cost about one copper coin, and on average, each person would only get one mouthful, which is pitifully small. But Yang Fei had no choice; this was his current level, and he really couldn't afford to feed anyone more.

In comparison, Yang Fei was not stingy at all. The real treasure was the four catties of True Qi Rice. You should know that even for a family like Yang Fei's with special channels to purchase it, it was quite difficult to eat True Qi Rice even once.

The amount of rice consumed is calculated per grain. For a family of ten, only 10 grains are added to a ton of rice. Even though the Zhenqi rice is relatively large, it is practically nonexistent. Moreover, it cannot be guaranteed to be eaten once a day. Yang Fei's family usually enjoys it once every other day or every few days.

Setting up a large pot and lighting the dry firewood, Yang Fei skillfully mixed white rice and Qi-infused rice, rinsed them several times, and then put them directly into the pot. At home, he was the cook, and here, Yang Fei would continue to be the cook.

There's no other way. All his subordinates are from the Abyss, a place with scarce resources and a rather unconventional way of eating. So, he can't guarantee that anyone can cook. To be precise, Yang Fei can't guarantee that the food these guys make will be palatable to humans. Therefore, he's personally handling this task, demonstrating to these guys and providing a standard that's edible for one person.

"Please, next time you recruit subjects, or wait until I've saved up enough silver coins, get me a cook from the slave trader. Then I won't have to do this kind of thing myself. It would be best to also get a doctor, one who can treat diseases of the Abyss races. That would basically put us in a good position in the early stages."

Yang Fei stopped the tentacle monsters who wanted to help. They were combat units, and those who could cultivate should be allowed to cultivate properly. Those who didn't want to cultivate should go and clean up the newly expanded sky island, tidy up the open space, and prepare for cultivation.

He could easily cook enough rice for 10 people at home, and now he was only steaming rice for 50 people without needing too much help. However, looking at the lesser demons and succubi around him who were seriously learning, Yang Fei felt a little uncomfortable. It was the first time he had shown off his cooking skills in front of so many people, and he was a little reserved.

While the rice was cooking, Yang Fei told the succubus to keep an eye on the fire. He then went back to Azure Star and started making lunch for his younger siblings at home. He stir-fried two green vegetables and a meat dish, and went downstairs to the discount store to buy more than ten steamed buns. Yang Fei and his younger siblings had a hearty meal.

Back on the Sky Island, Yang Fei saw that the succubus girl was not slacking off and was still diligently tending the fire. Her beautiful body was looking at the two large pots and two small pots in front of her. She carefully observed the rice in the pots and carefully added firewood. Her serious appearance was completely different from before.

Yang Fei simply sat down next to her and took over the work she was doing. Whether it was white rice or Qi rice, it needed to be steamed for a certain amount of time and was not something that could be processed in a simple way.

Yang Fei didn't exert any effort or absorb any experience in the one-time extreme mode, but the succubus girl was different. So the succubus girl needed to take advantage of this time to cultivate properly. Just as the succubus's expression was about to change, Yang Fei directly handcuffed her wrists.

"Cultivate properly and digest your internal energy. Don't waste it. Besides, as I said, I'll reward you handsomely if you complete our little game seriously." Just as the succubus girl was about to speak, Yang Fei interrupted her.