Apocalypse: Hero of Potato Fields

On the battlefield.

Lin Yi heard Siri's voice in his mind.

"Lin Yi... our children also want to become stronger through battle. Can we let them upgrade?"

"Sure." Lin Yi waved his hand, and three humanoid creatures appeared in front of him.

They knelt on one knee to greet their father.

Lin Yi immediately instructed them not to be so formal, as it made him feel like a tsar, which wasn't fitting.

Then, he handed each of them a laser rifle and sent them to Solomon.

Throughout the battle, Lin Yi was constantly accumulating experience points.

In the past three hours, he had killed over five hundred red zombies.

However, there was still some way to go before leveling up.

Now, instead of retreating, the red zombies had intensified their offensive.

The first wall was gradually breached in dozens of places, and the second wall was also under heavy attack.

Lin Yi's response was to order his men to throw canisters of burning agents at the gaps where the red zombies were pouring in.

Twenty minutes later, the defenders managed to retreat behind the third wall, but a few people were injured in the process.

This battle was actually going more smoothly than Lin Yi had anticipated because the red zombies took some time to figure out how to breach the walls.

This gave the defenders enough time to eliminate them in large numbers.

Moreover, almost all the red zombies were first level. Occasionally, Lin Yi would receive a notification about killing a second-level zombie, but he couldn't tell the difference!

At least for now, no one knew how to determine whether a red zombie was first or second level just by looking.

The battle was gradually winding down.

In this three-and-a-half-hour-long bloodbath, the defenders had slain half a million red zombies.

In other words, most of the red zombies besieging Lille were wiped out.

Without the command of a mutant, the red zombies' tactics were very limited, a fact he exploited.

The only issue was that these creatures learned quickly, but humans learned even faster. For every tactic the red zombies devised, humans could come up with two new countermeasures.

Another ten minutes passed.

All of a sudden, all the red zombies began to retreat simultaneously, clearly in a panicked escape.

"Our experience points are slipping away."

"Perhaps this is a trap."

"Sigh, whatever. Tell everyone to start collecting loot, and then we'll go check out Lille."

As Lin Yi spoke, he looked toward the distant city from the direction where the zombies were fleeing.

The battlefield appeared to be completely covered in blood and the remains of red zombies. The bodies of the dead were trampled into meat paste by their kind.

Once Lin Yi confirmed that the red zombies had indeed retreated and would not return, he summoned the Children of the Sun to collect the loot.

However, the scouts had to remain vigilant in case any stranger creatures launched a surprise attack.

The battle was extraordinarily intense.

As usual, the mages and archers were the main players in the battle, accounting for at least half of the enemy kills.

Solomon would provide him with a more detailed report that night.

Before the loot was fully collected, Lin Yi had nothing to do. Even with five thousand people responsible for collecting loot, it would still take at least one or two hours.

Coins and rewards often got trampled into the ground, and explosions sent loot flying far away, ending up in the most unexpected places.

Lin Yi couldn't leave the soldiers to collect the loot alone, just in case an attack occurred while he was heading to Lille.

After some thought, he decided to take a trip to the treasury.

He hadn't had a chance to inventory the loot obtained from the Battle of Brussels yet.

Upon arriving at the treasury, the owner over saw a heap of cubes, a few books, and several blueprints.

He decided to save the best for last, picking up the report on the table first.

The report listed items starting from first-level items.

The items were organized in order from first to fourth-level.

The number of first-level items was astounding: 2,477!

Among them were 1,117 nail-headed hammers and 1,360 ordinary crossbows.

Lin Yi wasn't sure why there were so many low-level weapons, but you could never have too many weapons.

They could always transform the nail-headed hammers into crossbows and distribute them to the Children of the Sun—a barrage of two thousand five hundred arrows was not to be underestimated!

Second-level weapons: 275 long-handled axes, 273 two-handed swords, 57 pairs of elemental mage gloves, 60 elemental mage staffs, 315 crossbows, 161 semi-automatic pistols, and 273 advanced bows.

Third-level weapons: 120 modular axes, 91 elemental swords, 20 pairs of elemental mage gloves, 23 elemental mage staffs, 103 professional bows, 100 mechanical crossbows, 42 universal weapons, and 46 submachine guns.

Fourth-level weapons: 32 light beam swords, 24 elemental bows, 35 laser rifles, 4 energy cannons, 7 pairs of mage gloves, and 7 mage staffs.

Lin Yi was particularly satisfied with the universal weapons.

They were highly effective and could be converted into machine guns or sniper rifles!

He was also excited about the four energy cannons.

Though difficult to use, there was no better weapon for dealing with heavily armored or immensely powerful enemies.

Unfortunately, the number of mage weapons was very limited.

Considering the increasing number of mages in the shelter, this was quite a headache.

Next up was armor.

The quantity was less than Lin Yi expected: only 1,436 first-level armor pieces and 770 second-level armor pieces.

Third-level armor included 123 standard types, 133 heavy types, and 75 magic types.

There were 70 pieces of fourth-level armor...

This meant that the shelter's armor inventory had at least doubled, with the number of complete third-level armor sets increasing from seven to twenty-one.

After armor came the most enticing section: consumables!

They finally had enhanced third-level vaccines, but the very thought of monsters capable of spreading a fourth-level virus was chilling.

There were 630 first-level vaccines, 285 second-level vaccines, and 41 third-level vaccines.

Next were the accessories.

First-level accessories numbered 120, second-level 56, and third-level 72.

At the bottom of the list was a line—meaning "11 mage pendants."

Previously, the shelter had only ten pendants, so their stock had increased by 110%.

Next were medicines and food.

There were plenty of these:

490 portions of first-level healing ointment

673 first-level nutrition bars

192 second-level first aid kits

Second Level Nutrition Bar Packs 305 packs

Second Level Scent Masking Ointment 305 portions

Third Level First Aid Spray 76 bottles

Third Level Food Packs 113 packs

Fourth Level Evolution Potion 4 bottles

Third Level Rejuvenation Vaccine 4 doses

Third Level Severe Injury Injection 19 doses

"Huh? Four bottles of Evolution Potion! Fantastic! I've just saved two million!"

Lin Yi looked further down the list, his smile growing broader.

He finally replenished his stock of zombie baits.

Previously, he only had two, and now he has nineteen!

The industrial area of the shelter also received good rewards: 20 workbenches, 18 alchemy workbenches, and 28 recovery platforms.

Lin Yi also found three portable scanners with formulas, nine Third Level blueprints, and one Fourth Level blueprint.

The Fourth Level blueprint was for making a Third Level heavy weapon known as the "AP-4 Machine Gun."

It is reasonably assumed to be better than the AP-1 Machine Gun crafted using Third Level blueprints.

Then there's an interesting Third Level equipment blueprint called the Recovery Station. According to the description, this device has a certain chance of reviving recently killed people!?

Next are the formulas.

The first is the formula for a Weak Immunity Potion, which grants the user immunity to First Level viruses for an hour.

Because Lin Yi has nearly ten thousand Children of the Sun, the vaccine isn't enough for everyone, so this potion will be very helpful.

Next is a formula for an Immunity Potion, granting the user immunity to both First and Second Level viruses!

They have two of these potion formulas, which can be produced starting from the Second Level.

Then comes the last reward: a brand new Dagger Motorcycle, which is decent too.

He quickly decided to give the dagger to Solomon, his loyal lieutenant, who had been working tirelessly recently.

Finally, the skills,

There was a list and six books on the table.

In total, he acquired 407 Ordinary Skill Books and 51 Rare Skill Books.

Lin Yi didn't find any new or interesting skills, so he set the list aside.

He started examining the unique skills on the table.

The first thing that caught his eye was a Master Series Skill Book—enabling one to become a Super Doctor!

Specifically, it's a "Master Doctor."

Xiaochuan had already confirmed the difference between Master Skills and Ordinary Skills.

The difference is as vast as between a bicycle and a motorcycle.

He continued reading.

[Amphibian Ability]

A unique skill, with only one existing skill book. After your death, there's a chance this skill book may reappear.

This skill would alter your body, allowing you to survive underwater.

You can decide how your body changes.

You can also choose to apply the same changes to individuals of the opposite gender.

Note: You will no longer be human, and you will create a new species.

"This thing..."

Lin Yi began fantasizing about having an army of shark men, but honestly, what would they do?

Kill zombie fishmen?

Hunt for buried treasure?

Or hunt penguins?

But just thinking about catching crabs made Lin Yi drool.

He really wanted to catch one to eat now...

The practicality of the next skill was also questionable.

It's called "Chimera."

At first, Lin Yi was thrilled to find another formidable transformation skill, but...

This skill allows you to alter your body by consuming creatures.

To put it plainly, if Chimera consumes a bear or a crab, it can develop a shell or gain a muscular body.

If it eats a fire dragon, it can breathe flames.

But he wouldn't let anyone eat Da Chuan, so he just put the skill book aside.

"Ha?! Flame Magic Master Skill Book?"

After a few moments of internal struggle, Lin Yi decided to give this skill to Piero.

Piero has already proven himself useful and loyal on numerous occasions.

[Second Chance]

A unique skill, with only two existing skill books. After your death, there's a chance this skill book may reappear.

By learning this skill, when you die, your consciousness will be transported to another world, where you will be reborn as an individual of that world.

Upon reaching the age you choose, your memories will awaken.

[Grand Mage]

A unique skill, with only one existing skill book. After your death, there is a chance this skill book may reappear.

Warning!

Your Magic Master skills will be deleted!

Once you become a Grand Mage, you'll be able to learn any magic after seeing it once, including those used by other races.

Basic magical levels: +1.

Basic magic effects enhance by 50%, rare magic effects enhance by 25%.

The power of a Grand Mage: Basic magical power enhancement by 50%, magic value enhancement by 100% (stackable).

Upon seeing this skill book.

Lin Yi began to deliberate.

This skill is incredibly potent!

Should he become a mage?

But... transforming into a mage might make it difficult to command as a general on the battlefield.

He needed to think it over carefully…