A terrifying number of goblins surged toward them like a foul, blackened tide.
There were Level 11 Goblins, Goblin Servants, and Goblin Rock Throwers, carrying wooden clubs and short knives, or slinging battered animal-hide sacks over their shoulders as they pulled out stones and launched attacks.
The two sides were still 1,000 meters apart.
In fact, within Chu Fu’s field of vision, the goblins were still no more than tiny dots.
Just then, the Gatling Corn she had set to automatic fire suddenly erupted.
“Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat!”
A gap was instantly blasted through the distant goblin army.
This was a full kilometer away.
Was the Gatling Corn actually a sniper rifle?
How could it fire that far?
The town itself was only about 2,000 by 2,000 meters in size. If the Gatling Corn’s attack range truly extended to one kilometer, then its fan-shaped barrage could cover an entire section of the town wall, couldn’t it?
Its only drawback was that after fifty seconds, all of the Gatling Corn’s bullets would be completely spent, leaving behind nothing but a single corn stalk.
Fortunately, Chu Fu did not need to plant another one. She could simply accelerate its mutation instead.
That consumed far fewer resources than replanting it from scratch.
Refilling it once every fifty seconds and sweeping across the entire battlefield—Chu Fu felt that was well worth it.
By then, the goblin tide had advanced to within 500 meters.
Chu Fu flew out and unleashed Plague Spread.
The dragon’s wings howled as they beat through the air. Its terrifying speed, combined with the poisonous dragon’s might, made the goblins tremble in fear.
Wearing this set of equipment, Chu Fu’s mana was astonishingly high. Unlike before, she no longer had to drink mana potions after casting Plague Spread just once.
Chu Fu flew in a clockwise circle and threw out four casts of Plague Spread. Her contribution score skyrocketed.
In the blink of an eye, it reached ten million.
Each wave of the goblin invasion contained ten million monsters, but this time, the contribution score was twice that of the entire village.
Killing a Level 11 Goblin awarded two points.
Chu Fu alone had killed five million goblins.
The monsters’ numbers had increased tenfold, but the players’ combat power had also risen tenfold.
The goblin army continued to pour in without end. Finally, a particularly imposing figure appeared among them.
The Goblin Chieftain.
It had blended into the monster horde.
Chu Fu did not even need to attack it personally.
The BOSS died on its own.
[System Notification: “Who Wants to Be a Vegetable?” killed the Goblin Army BOSS, the Goblin Chieftain, and received a reward of 2 free attribute points for the entire team.]
(The amount written in the previous chapter was incorrect. It has been changed to 8,000 gold coins.)
[System Notification: “Who’s Calling Me Blind?” killed the Goblin Army BOSS, the Goblin Chieftain, and received a reward of 2 free attribute points for the entire team.]
The remaining two BOSSes outside the town walls were also claimed by Chu Fu, who happened to be nearby. Who could blame her? Her Plague Spread was simply too absurdly powerful!
Twenty minutes later.
All the monsters had been cleared out.
They had finished almost twice as quickly as Zone 001.
It could be said that the speed at which the monsters were killed depended on how fast they could run.
The second wave brought Goblin Archers and Goblin Spear Throwers.
However, their attack range was only around eighty meters. Before they could get close, they were all killed by Chu Fu’s Plague Spread.
Thus, they safely passed the third, fourth, and fifth waves.
The sixth wave began!
Chu Fu also became more serious.
She took out a megaphone.
[0098888 Server—Huai Shui Town] [Who Wants to Be a Vegetable?]: “Everyone, pay attention! We’re going for the Perfect Village Defense achievement. All rewards will be doubled. To obtain this achievement, everyone must stay alert. If an NPC is killed later, protect the body immediately and call for Suture Saint and Little Sister Wu to provide assistance!”
“Also, remember to throw torches, flashbangs, Eagle Eye flares, Reveal Invisibility spells, and anything else of the sort!”
“Prevent the Goblin Assassins from launching surprise attacks.”
Among the goblin clans, the most difficult enemies to deal with were the Goblin Assassins.
When they were out in the wilderness, players absolutely would not hunt these Level 16 monsters.
But now, these goblins were invisible, making them nearly impossible to guard against.
Chu Fu had to ensure that 100% of the NPCs survived. Not a single one could die.
The requirement was extremely harsh.
Even so, everyone was fighting with all their might to achieve it.
Every archer stationed on the walls had a tank-class player protecting them nearby.
Conversations flooded across the map at a frantic pace. Players could not even finish reading one message before the next one swept it away.
After all, this was a battle involving a full 36,000 people.
“I’m so bored on the east side of town. Anyone want to come play an idiom chain game? I’ll start: ‘Do whatever one pleases!’”
“Is this the big shot from Zone 030? Truly terrifying. Here’s the question: What title will she receive?”
“Steed Heavenly Emperor’s skeleton army hasn’t even encountered any monsters yet, while Poison Heavenly Emperor has already poisoned the goblins to death.”
“Damn, what does this siege have to do with us tanks? We can’t even hit a single monster.”
“Just lie back and take the attribute points. If we achieve a perfect defense, we’ll get four points to every attribute!”
Amid the lively and harmonious atmosphere, a sudden announcement blared through the megaphone.
[0098888 Server—Huai Shui Town] [Graceful Berlin]: “Catch the murderer! Someone is deliberately killing NPCs! A little NPC family I know was not killed by the monsters, but there’s blood at the scene—and their bodies are gone!”
Graceful Berlin was furious.
He was an immersive-game player—in other words, a story-focused player—and he loved interacting with NPCs.
Although the tasks he performed were all trivial chores such as chopping firewood, fetching water, and collecting manure balls, his reputation was much higher than that of other players. Through constant advancement, he had eventually become an assistant at a sesame-cake stall, and then continued climbing until he became the shopkeeper.
His equipment was average, but he had actually made quite a bit of money doing odd jobs in the game.
He had never expected that after joining the others in defending the town, the proprietress of his shop and her daughter would end up dead.
He had high affection ratings with both of them. Once they died, those affection ratings vanished automatically.
That was why Graceful Berlin noticed immediately.
The players exploded into an uproar.
“What happened? Are you sure they weren’t killed by Goblin Assassins?”
“The bodies are gone too. It definitely wasn’t the goblins!”
[0098888 Server—Huai Shui Town] [Who Wants to Be a Vegetable?]: “Don’t panic. Even without the bodies, they can still be revived, as long as we have the crime scene.”
She immediately called out to her team.
“Old Chief, arrange for some scouts to come over. I’ll give you a few pairs of flying wings. Guard the town from the sky and make absolutely sure those evil-god followers don’t commit any more atrocities!”
Chu Fu was furious as well. Fortunately, her brother had given Little Sister Wu a Soul-Returning spell. Otherwise, this situation would have been truly difficult to handle.
Of course, Soul-Returning did not mean that a corpse was unnecessary. Instead, the soul would return to its own body and revive it. Once the dead NPCs were brought back to life, their souls would naturally track down their bodies—even if those bodies were inside a player’s inventory!
