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

"Two hundred catties of white rice is enough for a thousand of us to have a decent meal of rice porridge. We are currently short of supplies. The rice we collected from the settlement area last night was not much. Two hundred catties a day is the minimum, which will alleviate our immediate crisis. Please collect it now." Sun Xiaoyu thought for a while and then slowly spoke.

"Okay, then someone needs to go with Miss Yue to collect it." Seeing that his company commander had agreed, Li Han nodded to Yue Lingling. Yue Lingling understood and led about ten young people to the Sky Island supply storage area.

Seeing that the few unicorn demons monitoring their area had caught up with Yue Lingling and her group, Sun Xiaoyu and Li Han both sighed. It seemed that this lord had a very serious aversion to their group.

"Company Commander, we can actually let the children and pregnant women join this lord's ranks as well," Li Han whispered to Sun Xiaoyu, noticing that no one was watching them.

"No, we learned this the hard way on our first meeting. What this lord needs is combat power, or rather, soldiers who can operate those ballistae, not a bunch of burdens. Bringing in children and pregnant women might make their lives a little better, but the lord's overall impression of us will definitely continue to worsen."

"Then, Company Commander, are there any other capable men who want to join this lord?" Li Han glanced at the time, as if he had thought of something, and then said, "The next defensive battle is about to begin, and I want to take them to participate in the battle."

As the number of demons gradually increased, Li Han was a little worried that his group would be gradually eliminated. This was not impossible. Right now, the three of them could participate in the defense, but they only knew how to use crossbows and were relatively accurate with them.

But according to Li Han's observations, these demons on the sky island were not as physically strong and mentally challenged as imagined. On the contrary, they were quite intelligent, capable of performing various basic tasks, and constantly learning new skills.

The key point is that these guys also slack off in their spare time, and they know how to flatter and bully others. In these respects, their intelligence has surpassed that of many people.

Li Han had every reason to believe that as the number of people on this sky island increased, these guys would definitely ostracize his group. After all, they were the lord's direct combat force, and their loyalty was top-notch; the lord would definitely prioritize his direct subordinates.

Therefore, in order to have a chance to continue to grow stronger, in addition to the loyalty that cannot be improved, it is necessary to increase the proportion of the voice of one's own faction, so that the lord realizes that his group can create more value, and naturally he will invest more resources to cultivate them.

Instead of maintaining a certain level of wariness towards each other due to a poor initial impression, as is the case now, even if that lord is fair and just, he still has a bottom line. Compared to outsiders like themselves, why not continue to cultivate demons loyal to them?

"Let me take the college students who want to join," said Qian Duoduo, the communications officer, as he emerged from a makeshift tent not far away. His face was pale as he looked at the two men, and he spoke with a determined expression.

"Although my injuries prevent me from using a crossbow for the time being, I can still command those college students to operate those newly appeared cannons." Seeing the two looking at the bandages all over his body, Qian Duoduo forced a smile, indicating that he was fine.

Sun Xiaoyu's expression was complicated. His communications officer was a graduate of an artillery academy and was a communications officer in the artillery company of his corps.

However, just before the disaster broke out, the two regiments had an internal exchange meeting. His own infantry company and the artillery company where the communications officer was located were learning from each other. His elite soldiers went to the artillery company to explain firearms and close combat to the artillerymen, while the highly skilled personnel from the artillery company taught his group of young soldiers who had just graduated from high school new knowledge.

Originally, this activity was supposed to last about three days. However, after the disaster broke out, the various units dispersed and set off immediately in order to rescue people as quickly as possible. This communications officer, who was also the highly skilled person who came here for the exchange, stayed here and has now been here for more than half a month.

Initially, people didn't like this communications officer very much, thinking that such a highly educated person would definitely not be as useful as that elite soldier in this chaotic world. However, he proved with facts that being called a highly talented person was not an empty title, and his abilities were not just boasts.

First of all, he did an excellent job as a communications officer. Even when global satellite communications had been completely disrupted, wireless communications were full of static, and even walkie-talkies more than 100 meters apart would quickly run out of power, he suggested using the primitive method of modifying various drones into "suicide drones" to spread the news and gather survivors. This saved the city's current population of nearly 6,000 and made a great contribution.

Moreover, even after being injured, he was able to take care of the camp's population census and the management of various technical personnel, making the best use of personnel and resources, so that his group could go out to find supplies and search for rescuers with peace of mind. This "outsider" communications officer is worthy of the respect of Sun Xiaoyu and his group.

"Okay, thank you!" Sun Xiaoyu gave a standard military salute to the soldier who had been shocked by his name from the start—Qian Daduo—with a serious expression on his face that he hadn't shown before.

"Understood!" Qian Duoduo returned the salute solemnly, without saying much, and took out a list he had compiled from his pocket and handed it to Li Han, asking him to go and gather all these people.

Li Han understood and split up with Qian Duoduo. They quickly gathered ten spirited young men and, under the watchful eyes of Sun Xiaoyu and the others, headed to the tall city wall where the lord was located.

"Oh? You want to join my territory?" Yang Fei, who had just woken up from his cultivation, looked at the 11 people that Li Han had brought: a young soldier whose whole body was wrapped in bandages, and 10 young men who looked equally young.

"Your Excellency, let me introduce myself. My name is Qian Daduo. I graduated from the artillery academy in our world. Although my major was not artillery firing, I still know some basic artillery knowledge. I can command these ten young men to operate two cannons."

Seeing that Yang Fei's gaze was fixed on him, Qian Duo took a deep breath, walked straight forward, gave Yang Fei a military salute, and began to introduce the group to Yang Fei in a calm voice that did not belong to his age.

"Too much money, good name." Yang Fei gave the young soldier a deep look, then smiled and said something completely unrelated before continuing, "You can join, but I'd like to know what your company commander thinks of my request?"