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

Reaching the edge of the floating island directly opposite the entrance of the core thatched hut, Yang Fei's gaze fell on the golden card in his hand. The card automatically popped up a light screen with an option to confirm its use.

Yang Fei immediately chose to use it. Then, his consciousness left his body, and he looked down at his floating island from the air, gaining a god-like perspective exclusive to lords. Suppressing his nervousness, he directly selected the edge directly in front of the core thatched hut from this god-like perspective and confirmed construction.

The trainee lord assessment lasts for one month and consists of ten waves of monster attacks. All the monsters follow the same path, which is the only war corridor at the very front. This path cannot be changed. Moreover, the monsters are generally not very intelligent and will not attack defensive towers. There will never be two or more battle lines.

This is something Yang Fei just confirmed with the Heavenly Dao AI, and it won't change. After all, the increased randomness in monster strength and the addition of special monsters mean that if the attack methods change as well, it won't be about adding fun; it would be like opening new levels, and the completion rate would likely drop significantly, which is something the Heavenly Dao AI doesn't want.

After selecting the construction site, Yang Fei's consciousness quickly returned to his body, and then he saw a flash of golden light before him, and a black object that was twenty meters high and about three meters in diameter rose from the ground.

Upon closer inspection, Yang Fei noticed that the surface of the black object was covered with a dense, soft exoskeleton resembling that of a black worm. These worms seemed to be alive, undulating slightly in the night breeze.

Then, ten octopus tentacles, each as thick as a baby's arm and about thirty meters long, stretched out from the top of this creature-like defensive tower, danced in the sky for a while, and then slowly retracted. The ripples on the surface of the defensive tower also stopped, and it fell silent, looking like a black cylinder standing on the edge of the sky island.

"It probably entered a storage mode because it couldn't absorb any more energy. But speaking of which, this thing seems to be alive, which is a bit scary." Yang Fei had heard of living defensive towers before, and had even seen them in textbooks. Such things were not rare, but the way they looked was really frightening.

"If I can pass the first ten waves of the novice assessment and become a trainee lord, then if I immigrate from my home planet, should I consider my mother and sisters' feelings? After all, this thing's appearance is a bit exaggerated for a man like me who has a decent amount of courage and acceptance."

With a heavy heart, Yang Fei placed his hand on the uneven shell, feeling the addition of this defensive tower to his mind, besides the core thatched hut and the recruitment hut. He could not only command this defensive tower to launch an attack, but also control its every move. Yang Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"As long as you're under your control, I don't need you for now. Just focus on building up your strength." He boldly patted the outer shell of the tentacle tower and turned his gaze back to the system panel.

"Activate today's free draw." After hesitating between the daily talent draw and the newbie gift pack, Yang Fei finally decided to activate the daily draw first.

After all, the contents of the newbie gift pack are fixed: two white-quality arrow towers, one hundred catties of white rice, ten catties of finished Qi rice, a bag of Qi rice seeds, a set of kitchen utensils, and a set of farming tools.

His own talent was too random; what if he drew something that increased luck? That could change the rewards from the newbie gift pack. Yang Fei made this choice with this kind of mentality—that he might get incredibly lucky.

After all, one's talent is either good or bad, and there's no choice in the matter. Now that there's nothing, one can't just not use it, or one would become a blank slate. Besides, the Tentacle Tower still has one chance to save one's life, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Daily draw successful! Congratulations on obtaining a special item - Slave Trader's Summoning Token (Green, Upgradeable)."

Slave Trader's Summoning Token (Green): You can summon a slave trader to your sky island to trade every week. Please prepare silver or gold coins, or even spirit stones if necessary. They will bring you some residents or troops whose loyalty is immediately maxed out.

The Slave Trader's Summoning Token (Upgradeable): After trading a sufficient number of slaves with the slave traders, this token can be upgraded at the traders' location. At that point, the traders will provide you with better residents or units.

But please remember that this summons is not free. If the amount of trade does not satisfy them, you may understand why those residents and troops have maxed-out loyalty.

Looking at the black token in his hand with a pair of handcuffs drawn on it, Yang Fei was speechless. What was this? It looked like a good thing to obtain good citizens and top-quality soldiers, and it could also improve the quality. These two things alone far exceeded the normal green quality items. But why was there that second one?

"So, if I want to use this token, I have to spend enough money? Forced consumption, is that even possible? No wonder you're a green quality!" Yang Fei put the token into the system warehouse and ignored it for the time being.

Fortunately, although this thing can be summoned once a week, you can also choose not to summon it. It's not a forced effect, so even if you don't use it, it doesn't seem to matter much, it just doesn't bring much benefit.

Moreover, judging from the description, perhaps I can accumulate some wealth first, then the negative effects of this thing should be of little use, and at that time this thing can provide me with a continuous stream of benefits.

"Open the newbie gift pack!" Stop thinking about all that. The most important goal right now is to start the first wave of monster sieges. Collecting the daily minimum reward is the right choice. I've already wasted too much time.

"Opening the newbie gift pack. Congratulations on obtaining two white-quality arrow towers, 100 catties of white rice, 10 catties of Qi rice (edible, not for planting), one packet of Qi rice seeds (edible and can be planted), one set of kitchen utensils, and one set of farming tools."

The contents of the newbie gift pack were exactly as recorded; this would not change for anyone. Even with the addition of randomness, the newbie gift pack remained the same. Otherwise, this year's assessment would have been far too hilarious.

After storing all items except for the arrow tower cards, kitchen utensils, and farm tools into the system space, four of Yang Fei's ten system slots were already occupied. Originally, Yang Fei also planned to temporarily store the kitchen utensils and farm tools into the system space, but each of these items occupied a different slot, which left Yang Fei speechless.

The number of grids in the system space increases as the Sky Island level increases, but no matter how you upgrade, you can only stack the same type of grid, and it's frustrating that you can't stack them in sets. The key point is that there are even restrictions on stacking the same type of grid.

For example, white rice and Qi rice, at this stage, only 100 jin can be stacked in one slot. The 100 jin of white rice given in the newbie gift pack has already filled one slot. If it weren't for the system warehouse's built-in preservation and excellent privacy, and the fact that it is the only storage space that can bring items back to the real world, Yang Fei really dislikes the feeling of not being able to put all the good stuff in.