Chapter 171: Love That Keeps You Awake
Inside the Shelter.
Lin Yi listened quietly, Mary spoke softly.
"I want Terghai, I want to have a child with him, it was love at first sight... I need your help! I'm not asking you to convince him to marry me... just one night, and I'll be satisfied..."
"You and that beastman? I mean... he's over three meters tall, and his tusks are as thick as your fingers!"
"Yes, I know, but... I think about him every night, I can't sleep... this... this... uh, it's already affecting my work..."
Lin Yi scratched his head, this "beauty" Mary has strange looks, even stranger tastes, not sure if this will work out.
"Alright... come with me, I was planning to talk to him anyway..."
"Boss, thank you!"
...
"This device is really convenient! Uh..."
Terghai tried out the level 2 translation device and laughed heartily, his gaze casually glanced at Mary standing behind Lin Yi before continuing to speak.
"I hope you can help me level up to 9 today, then I can follow you and attack that island. The blacksmiths are also almost done crafting equipment for the young warriors, tomorrow we'll be fully prepared..."
"Sounds good."
Lin Yi glanced at the talkative beastman lord and looked to the side.
There stood a row of wooden mannequins wearing various steel armor, ready for the beastman warriors.
Looks like it's time for a big battle.
At this moment, he felt someone tugging at his T-shirt, he turned around, only to see the "beauty" Mary, nervous like an innocent boy gathering courage to strike up a conversation by the roadside.
He smiled and spoke to Terghai.
"I have a small request... actually, you might consider it a demand, and it has to do with this girl..."
Lin Yi stepped aside, allowing the beastman lord to take a real look at the extremely nervous lady.
He spoke directly, pointing at Mary.
"She's fallen for you, to the point where she can't sleep; I want you to get her pregnant."
"Ah?"
Terghai's eyes widened, pinching the translation device by his ear, frowning.
"The translation device seems to be malfunctioning, did you say something about hitting this beautiful human... I..."
Before he finished speaking, Mary snatched the translation device from Lin Yi's hand and instantly stripped off her clothes.
Her figure, Lin Yi definitely didn't maintain eye contact, but he could clearly hear the beastman lord's breathing, heavy like an old ox in heat.
"Let's go to bed, lead the way!"
Mary took hold of the beastman's large hand.
Terghai's rationality had been overcome by instinct.
He already had two wives and several children, but beastmen only engaged in such acts for the sake of offspring,
and due to limited food, they had to strictly control the population; every time a female was guaranteed to get pregnant.
To produce the best offspring, they had to adhere to certain conditions, one of which was, each child born at least four years apart.
The stronger the male, the higher the probability of offspring, this method also increased the likelihood of single births, because beastmen often gave birth to two or three children at a time.
That's why Terghai had two wives and one concubine, each wife gave birth to one child, the concubine bore six children.
All of his sons were trained by the Shamans practically from birth, to one day take over his position.
The beastman and Mary stood before the massive wooden bed.
"Beautiful princess, you certain..."
He was about to ask when Mary interrupted him proactively.
Love can melt anything.
...
Mary was born into an advanced family passed down since the Middle Ages, she did not disappoint her ancestors!
Terghai's plan to level up to 9 fell through.
...
At the same time, Lin Yi gathered some people and drove to Combray Town.
Teruo agreed to assist in the combat.
This position originally belonged to Terghai himself, he needed to personally lead the young beastmen into battle, giving them an advanced lesson in real combat.
But given his current physical condition, Lin Yi, the big boss, prepared to help the warriors from the Shelter and the newly joined members level up.
Around Combray Town, there were mobile points of experience everywhere, the town had no survivors, nor did it have a general.
There were a few mutants, but due to bait, they couldn't control the common zombies.
Valerie slashed at the nearest zombie and smiled at Lin Yi, she had recently drunk the magical lake water and appeared increasingly charming.
"Boss, impressive... so this is how you all got stronger?"
"Not entirely, I used to set up roadblocks with cars, we only started using this trick yesterday."
Lin Yi replied while firing laser beams at the zombies with his level 4 rifle.
Both Xiaochuan, Solomon, Hubert, and many soldiers trained alongside him.
They all had to reach level 10 before attacking.
Behind them were about a hundred soldiers still below level 5, and they too had to fight.
Luckily, the Shelter's tactics for grinding experience were well-practiced and polished to perfection, so killing zombies was essentially routine.
Sylvie's long spear was utilized, mostly quite useful, but it had a major drawback.
It was difficult to transport dead zombies back to the pit.
However, equipping spears to weaker or more timid soldiers allowed them to fight from greater distances, even forming teams with other spear-wielding soldiers.
For example, soldiers focused on magic, with weaker physical attributes, found it extremely difficult to kill so many zombies...
Working together to stab zombies is also a great team-building activity, and it's a way to test weapons.
The mutants tried several times to break through the fence, but before they could get close, they turned into delicious experience points for the fastest-reacting soldiers.
"I feel like my arm is going to fall off..."
"They're so ugly, they make me sick."
"This is free experience points, stop complaining! The higher we level up, the better our chances of survival!"
An hour passed, then two hours...
Some warriors began to feel bored chopping zombies into pieces.
Maybe they were pumped with adrenaline in the beginning, feeling like it was a real battle, but now, they're just swinging their weapons over and over.
The lake water prevents them from collapsing from exhaustion, but the zombies keep pouring in...
Lin Yi ordered, "Finish off this batch, and then everyone take a break!"
"But boss, there seem to be twenty thousand zombies here, we can't possibly in a short time..."
"Don't worry, I have an idea. Now, everyone disperse..."
Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Lin Yi summoned his motorcycle "Dagger," then activated flight mode,
He flew over the fence and sped away.
After landing, he sent "Dagger" back to the Shelter, and he returned as well.
Minutes later, he came back with ten mages.
"Time for fireworks, folks!"
With a grin, Lin Yi watched as the mages immediately activated their most powerful spells.
Each poured 95% of their magic power into the spells, with lightning flashing, wind blades flying, and flames exploding.
The ground trembled.
When ice spheres hit the enemies, they exploded, scattering frozen shards that slaughtered everything within range.
Because the zombies were packed together like rush hour subway passengers, each mage gained about 200 experience points.
"Good job! Now let's take on the next batch."
Lin Yi waved his hand, and the mages disappeared.
They returned to the Shelter, handed their gear to another group of mages, and reported to the boss.
Lin Yi waved his hand again, more mages appeared, did the same as the previous group, and soon were replaced by another group.
After the fifth group of mages, Lin Yi decided to take on the remaining zombies himself.
Currently, in Combray Town, which had over 30,000 people before the apocalypse, zombie hunting was underway.
Lin Yi set the lure effect range to only half the town, but all the zombies came running.
This was enough for nearly two hundred people to level up to 5.
But many newcomers originally at level 1 had now at least reached level 2 or 3.
Lin Yi gained 309 experience points and so far, he was the only level 10 Professional in the team.
He sent the soldiers back to the Shelter, then summoned young Beastman mercenaries to replace them.
The Beastmen joyfully began hacking down creatures.
By the end of the operation, they had acquired a total of 35,000 corpses, 614 white rewards, and 13 green rewards.
Overall, it was quite a harvest!
After sending the city walls and personnel back to the Shelter, Lin Yi wanted to return as well, but then he noticed a strange blue light in the west.
It pulsed as if calling to him...
When Lin Yi realized what was happening, he was already standing in a large open area, with a huge rainbow-colored gemstone floating before him, emitting blue light.
...
Tick tock~
Tick tock~~
Tick tock~~~
"... This dripping sound is driving me crazy!"
Lin Yi shouted, leaping up from his bed. He had been sleeping soundly, but the sound was intolerable.
"What is going on...?"
When he realized he was in some cold basement and naked, he felt a bit dazed.
He quickly found the source of the dripping sound.
It wasn't a faucet, but a female corpse, her blood dripping onto the ground next to Lin Yi's ear.
He didn't know the woman, but her missing head indicated she probably didn't die a natural death.
"What's going on, Shelter, are you there? Damn it, answer me!"
He shouted a few times, but there was no response.
However, this didn't panic him.
"Hmm... is it a dream? I heard in India, some people learned lucid dreaming, being able to decide what dreams to have before sleeping and then actually dreaming it! I've always wanted to do that... but, ha, if I'm asleep, why can I still talk to myself, huh? Whatever, I better get out of here..."
Lin Yi muttered to himself, then looked around.
He walked to the steel door; it looked dilapidated...
"What comes next?"
Is it based on some cheesy old horror movie? Will the door creak open, and a horrible monster will rush out, then I have to run for my life?
But there's not even a girl around me to twist her ankle and get caught...
Actually, there is a girl here, but she's a little unresponsive now...
Lin Yi thought this, looking at where the woman's head should have been, her blood dripping down like melting milkshake...
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