Tower Defense Lord from Earth

Chapter 60 Paving the Way

Before the busy day was over, Liu Huasheng returned to the watchtower monitoring room, looked at the whole map, and found that Sima Zhen had returned to his Chaos City. On the southeastern island, there was only the donkey Afu.

Ma Xianlong was no longer on the Northwest Island; Liu Huasheng discovered his Chaos City on the edge of the dense forest in the due south of the map.

"Since this guy didn't claim any resources, let him survive!"

Liu Huasheng muttered something to himself, then waved his hand and used his summoning skill to summon the donkey Afu over.

The donkey carried two thousand gold coins, which was Sima Zhen's money to save his life today.

"Master, Sima Zhen somehow got his hands on a teleportation talisman and teleported away..."

Donkey Afu eagerly reported Sima Zhen's situation to Liu Huasheng.

Sima Zhen's teleportation talisman was sold by Liu Huasheng, which he had anticipated. He wasn't bothered by it at the moment, and while collecting the gold coins, he said to the donkey, "The map is only so big; he can't escape. Tomorrow morning, just go to Hill Seven to collect the money from him!"

"Alright!" Donkey Afu nodded. "Anyway, I'm free. I'll go find him at Hill Seven now, maybe I can sell him some dried rats!"

"Whatever you want!"

Liu Huasheng allowed the donkey Afu to roam freely.

Next, he used the rocket tower to fire a rocket missile at the Lost Temple.

With the watchtower providing a full view of the map, Liu Huasheng can now bombard whichever area he wants.

Soon, the missile hit the defensive tower in the northwest corner of the lost temple, reducing its top health bar by about one-tenth.

"A single missile can reduce the tower's durability by 2,000 points, yet the tower only lost one-tenth of its durability. Could it have 20,000 points of durability?"

Liu Huasheng frowned slightly, thinking to himself that the defensive tower had a lot of health, and it would probably take some more days to attack the Lost Temple.

A moment later, Lu Xuanyue, the Foolish Old Man of Beishan, carried the [foundation power tower] back.

Liu Huasheng had a brief conversation with him and learned that this S-class hero wasn't strong enough to carry any tower. He couldn't carry the second-tier Death Tower, let alone the third-tier Spider Fairy Tower. That's why he carried the first-tier Basic Electric Tower back.

Of course, this inability to carry it is only temporary. Liu Huasheng estimates that after Lü Xuanyue upgrades and becomes stronger, he will definitely be able to carry the second-tier and third-tier towers!

A moment later, Liu Huasheng sent Lü Xuanyue into the Demon Mountain Hunting Ground, and then arranged for the county-level model worker, Daodun Gou, to go to the center of the map to cut down trees.

It was already night.

Liu Huasheng didn't rest; he went to the Chaos Quarry again.

There were 30 stonemasons in the quarry. They each had their own tasks: some were responsible for chiseling, some for cutting, some for polishing, and some for carrying. The group of stonemasons were working hard and enthusiastically.

Liu Huasheng discovered that they had already collected a lot of marble and piled it in the center of the camp. The marble was cut into cubes that were half a meter long, half a meter wide, and half a meter thick, and the surface of the cubes was very smooth.

Liu Huasheng was curious, so he tried to communicate with the stonemasons and found that they could carry out his simple orders, such as cutting the collected stones into a certain shape or performing some simple carvings.

Collecting stone in the Chaos Quarry is different from hunting in the Demon Mountain Hunting Ground. Hunters can gain experience points by hunting, which means they can level up, up to level eight.

Stonemasons do not gain experience points from collecting stone and creating sculptures; it is simply manual labor.

Higher-ranking stonemasons have better skills, while lower-ranking stonemasons can only perform the simplest tasks.

Liu Huasheng realized that the ideal situation would be to first let the laborers reach level eight in the Demon Mountain Hunting Grounds, then retire, and then switch to stonemasonry. In that case, they would immediately become highly skilled master craftsmen!

"Stonemasters!"

Liu Huasheng stood in the center of the quarry camp, beckoning a group of stonemasons dressed as sword-and-shield dogs to gather together. As if holding a meeting, he addressed them: "Everyone, put the collected marble into the supply warehouse. The chieftain will use it to pave roads and build walls!"

"My sword and shield?"

"My sword and shield?"

"My sword and shield?"

The group of stonemasons looked at each other, reciting their lines, seemingly not quite understanding Liu Huasheng's words.

Liu Huasheng wasn't joking. Ordinary stone isn't very useful, but since it's been collected, it shouldn't be wasted. Using it to pave roads, repair walls, and build things ourselves seems quite interesting.

A moment later, Liu Huasheng filled his storage box with 500 marble blocks. He figured he was bored anyway, so he would use these blocks to pave Hill No. 1 and enjoy the fun of building freely.

In fact, paving roads with marble is much easier than in reality, because in this world, Liu Huasheng has storage compartments that make it simple and convenient to collect, store, and release marble blocks—it's just a matter of a thought, requiring absolutely no effort.

By the time Liu Huasheng finished laying the 500 marble slabs, it was already late at night.

"Hello everyone, [Midnight Ghost Stories] is now live! For those who haven't rested yet, please enjoy the long, thrilling tomb-raiding dubbed novel, [The Ghost Blows Out the Lamp]..."

The Demon Sound Tower was still broadcasting. Liu Huasheng shuddered, thinking that Wang Shuaibo was quite resourceful, having even come up with "Midnight Ghost Stories."

When Liu Huasheng heard the horror movie music and trembling voiceover coming from the radio, he felt a chill run down his spine. He immediately ran back to Chaos City, went straight to the third floor, kicked open the door to the room representing the Demon Sound Tower, and shouted, "What kind of creepy stories are you telling in the middle of the night? Don't you have any public decency? Stop the broadcast!"

"Okay, okay!"

Wang Shuaibo quickly stopped the broadcast. Actually, he was also feeling uneasy. He was just curious and requested to listen to the midnight ghost stories.

"Boss, this radio station is amazing! There are so many programs, all things I've never encountered before. Being the station manager has been incredibly educational!"

Wang Shuaibo rubbed his stomach and said, "Has the boss eaten yet? Shall we go to Dadi Noodles for a late-night snack?"

Liu Huasheng said, "Eating a late-night snack is no problem. I'm just curious, even you, a ghost wolf, get hungry?"

As they were talking, Liu Huasheng took out the Resurrection Pill. He thought that Wang Shuaibo might be able to take the pill, and if he could, he didn't know what would happen after he was resurrected.

Wang Shuaibo said, "We monster players don't need to eat, we won't starve, but we can still eat. Thank goodness the system didn't deprive us of our right to enjoy delicious food!"

Liu Huasheng nodded and said, "Shuai Bo, if I gave you a chance to be resurrected, would you be willing?"

"Resurrect, back to the jackal I used to be? Or back to human form?" Wang Shuaibo shook his head. "I don't want to. Being a ghost wolf is so much better. I can turn invisible, have high attack power, and do whatever I want. It's not cowardly. Even if you asked me to go back to being a tower defense lord, I wouldn't want to!"

"All right!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Huasheng withdrew the Resurrection Pill. He and Wang Shuaibo chatted as they hurried to the Dadi Noodle Shop. When they arrived at the noodle shop, they were surprised to see Guan Zhengxing eating noodles as well.

Upon seeing Liu Huasheng, Guan Zhengxing immediately exclaimed, "Boss, the prison horse has escaped!"

"He ran away? You mean, he left the island?"

"Yes, they ran away with Chaos City. Zhou Shuqi and I searched all afternoon but couldn't find them. We don't know where the prison horse is hiding."

"His Chaos City is at the six o'clock position, the southernmost point on the map, on the edge of the dense forest! Ignore him and let him wander on his own!"

Liu Huasheng said casually.

He doesn't care about Ma Xianlong and Sima Zhen at all now. They've left the island, so be it. They're just two little piglets. He can keep them and doesn't need to slaughter them!

Guan Zhengxing then said, "Boss, could Zhou Shuqi join our Huaxia Dragon City too? She's from my hometown, and she's actually not a bad person. Her skills are quite interesting; they can be used to farm monsters and pull mobs, which is very useful!"

"Okay, I've unlocked the Conquest Hall. I can directly recruit wild monster players, so I don't need to use the Tower of Death to transform them! Where is she?"

"She's just outside the city, I'll go get her!"

"No rush, let's eat noodles first!"

Liu Huasheng thought that if he recruited wild monster players, he could control them and wouldn't have to worry about them causing trouble.