Tower Defense Lord from Earth

Chapter 32 Shifting Positions, Developing Steadily

At this very moment, below Hill 5, a troop of soldiers blocked the entrance. Sima Zhen, riding his giant tortoise, shouted towards the hilltop: "Ma Xianlong, you get down here! Tell me! Did you steal the monsters in the jungle?"

Sima is really aggressive.

Yesterday, he finally managed to cripple the Tree Demon's stronghold, but because his A-rank hero, Tiger Head Pillar, had lost a lot of health, he temporarily retreated, planning to wait until his health was fully restored before continuing the attack.

Unexpectedly, when they returned with their troops, the tree demon stronghold had already been destroyed.

Not only that, he detoured south and discovered that the three monster strongholds in the south had also been destroyed.

Sima Zhen had a preconceived notion that this was done by Ma Xianlong.

His territory is located at 7:30. He has had contact with Ma Xianlong before and knows that he has a background. His newbie bonus is not bad. It is reasonable to say that he has the ability to jungle.

Sima was furious. He had a strong army and the ability to farm jungle camps, but there were no jungle camps left to farm. He thought he might as well go and rob Ma Xianlong, so that he would stop stealing jungle camps!

After a moment of cursing, Ma Xianlong finally appeared. He roared, "You idiot, what nonsense are you spouting! I'm being camped at home, I don't even dare to go out, what kind of wild game are you trying to pull!"

"What? You're being staked out? You're kidding me! Who's staking out my house? I can't see anyone there!"

"It's the Wolf King of Beiliang! He can turn invisible and killed my mining workers, cutting off my livelihood!"

"The Wolf King of Northern Liang! The one mentioned in the broadcast?"

Sima Zhen frowned and cautiously scanned his surroundings, but found nothing.

"Yes, that's him! Brother Sima, let me tell you, we shouldn't fight amongst ourselves. At this time, we should unite! That dried rat seller is the real enemy. I reckon he's already unified the Northeast. The Wolf King of Beiliang seems to be under his command. Only by uniting can we possibly turn the tide. Otherwise, we'll definitely be defeated one by one by that dried rat seller!"

"Really? Did he also ravage the jungle?"

"Definitely!"

Ma Xianlong looked bitter and said, "Brother Sima, let's join forces!"

Sima Zhen was skeptical, and said coldly, "You don't even dare to leave the house, and you have the nerve to talk about joining forces with me? What can you possibly do!"

Ma Xianlong gritted his teeth, stamped his foot, and scanned his surroundings, saying, "Northern Liang Wolf King, I know you're listening in, and I'm not afraid for you to know. I actually have a catapult workshop and can build catapults. I've already built five!"

He then looked at Sima Zhen and said, "Brother Sima, let's join forces. You send troops, and I'll send catapults. Let your troops protect my catapults, and we'll head straight for the hometown of the dried rat seller, demolish his Chaos City in one fell swoop, and carry him out. What do you think?"

Sima Zhen did not answer immediately.

He narrowed his eyes.

He had seen Ma Xianlong's catapult before. It was big and clumsy, only good for long range and tower demolition, but useless in direct combat. If what he said was true, he could join forces with him, take away the rat seller first, and then immediately turn against him and dismantle his catapult. Then, in this Lostanp, no one would be able to stand against him!

After thinking it over, Sima Zhen burst into laughter and said, "Alright! Let's not delay, let's send troops to attack the city immediately!"

"No way!" Ma Xianlong said, "Five catapults are still too few. Demolishing the tower is too slow. Brother Sima, lend me some money, and I'll make a few more catapults so that we can quickly demolish that rat-selling guy!"

"You think I'm stupid for giving you money?"

Sima Zhen immediately became wary.

"Brother, if we're going to cooperate, we can't be suspicious of each other. All you need to do is give me 3000 gold coins!"

"Want money? Fine, offer something of equal value as collateral... Wait a minute!" Sima Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up. "Your catapults are siege engines, they should be available for sale, right? Just sell them to me, and I'll lead the troops and catapults to attack the city myself. You won't even need to leave the house!"

Ma Xianlong remained silent for a few seconds, then sighed and said, "Alright, one thousand gold coins per catapult, at cost price!"

"Forget it, I'll give you three hundred gold coins at most for one vehicle!"

"No way, no way! Three hundred gold coins would be a huge loss for me, I need at least 900!"

"Four hundred gold coins is the most I can offer!"

"Brother, I'll sell it to you at a loss, 800 gold!"

"I'll give you 600 gold coins out of pity!"

"Deal! Boss, do you want all five catapults?"

"Huh? It's a deal!"

Sima Zhen was taken aback. He had originally come to attack the city, but now it had turned into a business negotiation. It seemed that he had been tricked by Ma Xianlong.

"Alright, with catapults, we can easily besiege the city. I might as well start with Ma Xianlong, haha, use his catapults to attack his city, and make him shoot himself in the foot. Yes, that's what I'll do!"

Sima Zhen, having considered this, didn't say much. He stepped forward to the edge of the defensive tower's range and quickly completed the transaction with Ma Xianlong, buying 5 catapults for 3000 gold coins.

After the transaction was completed, the five catapults drove down from the high ground, and Ma Xianlong, with a smile, said to Sima Zhen, "Thank you, boss. We'll meet again someday!"

"See you again someday? What does that mean?"

Sima Zhen was somewhat puzzled, but he didn't dwell on it. He burst into laughter and shouted, "Ma Xianlong, you've fallen for my trap! I'll test the power of your catapults with your Chaos City first!"

Having said that, he raised his right arm and shouted, "Men, protect the catapults! Catapults, demolish the tower!"

But at that moment, a large patch of white light suddenly flashed on the high ground ahead.

Then, to Sima Zhen's astonishment, the defensive towers on the high ground, as well as the Chaos City, quickly disappeared.

"What happened? Where did it go?"

Sima Zhen was greatly puzzled. He rode the giant tortoise to the high ground and looked around. Apart from a few campfires and some logging sites, he could not see any other buildings.

He continued onward, rushing into the gold mine, only to find that there were no migrant workers there either.

"What's Ma Xianlong up to? He's abandoned the gold mine and just flew away with the base?"

Sima Zhen scratched his head, unable to understand Ma Xianlong's actions, but immediately issued an order, shouting, "Men, follow me home, mass up your troops, and march north to attack the city!"

He thought to himself that since he had already bought the catapult, he might as well go and take out the guy who sold dried rats. Since they were both opponents anyway, he might as well eliminate one of them.

After he led his troops away, the grass not far away swayed, and Wang Shuaibo got up from it.

He had been hiding in the bushes, and because of Sima Zhen's strength, he dared not show himself to attack, but he witnessed the entire transaction between Sima Zhen and Ma Xianlong.

"That burly man under Sima Zhen's command is actually an A-rank hero! He even has a pair of spearmen! Is he going to raid our base with catapults? No way! We have to contact the boss as soon as possible, or Sima Zhen will actually succeed!"

Thinking of this, Wang Shuaibo immediately ran north, and after running for a while, he glanced back at the southern highlands.

He was also surprised, wondering what Ma Xianlong had done that caused the Chaos City and all the defensive towers on the high ground to disappear completely.

At this very moment, in the southeast corner of Lostanp, on the edge of the map, on an open space, a white light appeared, revealing a Chaos City and several defensive towers.

Ma Xianlong emerged from the chaotic city. He looked around, spat, and said, "Forcing me to use my talent to move—such a deep grudge! I will definitely avenge myself when I rise again!"

Then, a smile appeared on his face.

"That big idiot Sima Zhen gave me three thousand gold coins. With these three thousand gold coins, I can upgrade Chaos City to Tier 2! Tier 2 Chaos City can integrate more defensive towers, and I will definitely be able to rise again..."

Ma Xianlong laughed and turned to look at his own Chaos City.

His lord talent is unique, unrelated to defensive towers, and is called [Relocate Position].

Once used, this talent consumes stamina and, with the help of the strategic map, allows the Chaos City, along with the surrounding defensive towers, to be instantly teleported.

Ma Xianlong chose to relocate to the southeastern corner of the map.

In fact, Ma Xianlong's newbie subsidies were far more than what Hua Xiaolan knew. He was just fooling Hua Xiaolan at the time. In fact, there was a fusion building in his Chaos City, which was the catapult workshop, where catapults could be manufactured at a cost of only 300 gold each.

In order to accumulate enough gold coins to upgrade Chaos City as soon as possible, he had only built one vehicle so far.

In addition, Ma Xianlong also has items such as the [Acceleration Scroll] and the [Omniscient Talisman].

The [Omniscient Talisman] is a strategic item that can illuminate the strategic map when used, and Ma Xianlong has already used it secretly.

The reason he moved to the southeast corner of the map was because he knew that it was an isolated island, and that there was a large gold mine and a stronghold of powerful monsters on the island.

"By relocating Chaos City to this secluded place, and using it to seize monster strongholds and island mines, we can secretly develop our strength. Let Sima Zhen, that big idiot, fight to the death with the rat-selling bastard. Once we rise to power, we can launch a counterattack on the mainland and clean up the mess!"

Ma Xianlong silently fantasized, thinking to himself, "This is what they call 'surviving by stealth'!"