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Chapter 144 Steady Progress

Chapter 144 Steady Progress (11th update, please vote)

In Zhou Nan's defensive zone, there were not only 100 bandit apprentices, but also a two-meter-tall scarred bandit. This scarred bandit had 3000 health points, could steal 300 game coins each time, and dropped 50 game coins when killed.

Clearly, the scarred bandit was sent by player number six.

Upon seeing this scene, Zhou Nan roughly understood how to play this instance game.

Next, the Savage King Hum, along with nine savage guards, easily dispatched 100 bandit apprentices and Scarface bandits. These invading bandits dropped a total of 550 game coins, which automatically flew to the gold mine and were put into a treasure chest.

"Announcement: Player number seven has cleared all the bandits first and will receive an extra 120 game coins!"

"Announcement: Player number one is the second to clear out all the bandits, and will receive an extra 110 game coins!"

"notice----"

Announcements were sent out one after another, and the twelve players kept shouting.

"Thanks to player number six, you've won 50 game coins!"

"Go, player number six! Send me more Scarface Bandits!"

"I'm player number three. You're all trash. If you're not happy, send your troops to attack me!"

"Holy crap, I'm number three! Who's impersonating me?!"

"Have you all passed? I missed three bandit apprentices. Can someone give me some pointers? How do you play this game? —"

Listening to the shouts of these players, Zhou Nan felt that [Gold Mine War] was a rather fun and casual game, and that it wouldn't be difficult for him to become the winner!

Because I had good cards!

"This is quite similar to a tower defense game. My advantage is my good cards. The nine-star Savage King card only costs 190 mana, which is incredibly cost-effective. However, I also have a disadvantage: I've never played this game before, so I don't know the abilities and characteristics of each wave of bandits and can't prepare defenses in advance. Therefore, to win, I have to play it safe and steady. The Savage King's advantage is obvious, but its weakness is that it can't attack air units. Fortunately, I have a card that's even more cost-effective than the Savage King: the Heroic Bear card, which only costs ten mana. It's a Heroic Sentry Tower that can attack units and block roads, and it's effective against both air and ground units—perfect!"

Zhou Nan quickly came up with an idea.

Next, a wave of invading bandits will spawn every five minutes, with each wave consisting of 100 bandits. The bandits will naturally become stronger and stronger. There is a two-minute preparation time before each wave begins, during which players can obtain 100 magic points. In the second wave, Zhou Nan used four of his strongest hero cards, which only consumed 40 magic points in total!

It takes the strongest hero 3 minutes to build a hero watchtower, which takes a little time, but it's perfectly feasible. Once the hero watchtower is up, the defense will be much more secure.

The strongest hero stands atop the hero's watchtower, with a range of 50 meters, an attack power of 150, an attack speed of 2.0, and a damage per second of 300. With four towers, the damage per second is 1200, making it perfectly capable of taking down minor bandits.

Moreover, after killing the bandit minions, Zhou Nan immediately ordered the four strongest heroic bears to build towers to block the road in front of the canyon tunnel.

The strongest hero's watchtower has a durability of 10,000. The first few waves of bandit monsters have a hard time dismantling it. It can be said that it is much faster to build than to dismantle.

Before the third wave of bandits appeared, Zhou Nan consumed 170 magic points to release the Sword Butterfly Qiang Fen.

Before the fourth wave of bandits appeared, Zhou Nan consumed 190 mana points to release the Savage King Hahaken.

Before he knew it, Zhou Nan had easily held out until the fifth wave. Next was the sixth wave. Zhou Nan discovered that at this time, Player One, Player Three, and a total of eight players had quietly hired a large number of bandits.

In the information panel, Zhou Nan saw that they had hired a large number of ruthless bandits; Player One had even hired a thug worth 3000.

The bandit leader of game currency!

"Holy crap, why did they suddenly send troops?!"

"Wow, so many at once!"

"Nonsense! You're just attacking randomly!"

"Brothers, sending troops indiscriminately is not a good idea!"

"Trying to steal my gold coins? No way!"

"If you feel you can't hold on, quickly hire guards, or you'll be wiped out in one fell swoop!"

"If we hire guards, we won't have money to send troops. Won't we just be constantly on the defensive and getting attacked?"

Amidst the players' heated shouts, Zhou Nan, seeing this commotion, guessed that the sixth wave of bandits must be something special. He had 210 mana points at the moment, and to be on the safe side, he released the Great Demon Chen Batian!

With Chen Batian's appearance, Zhou Nan felt confident that no ordinary bandits could possibly kill Chen Batian.

Soon, the sixth wave of bandits appeared. As expected, unlike the previous waves, this wave of bandits were harpies with 500 health points and the ability to fly.

"Flying units are indeed a bit troublesome, but fortunately I was prepared—"

Zhou Nan's defense was impregnable. In fact, even with just the four hero watchtowers, he wouldn't have much trouble holding off the 100 harpies. Now, with the addition of the Seven Star Sword Butterfly, the defense was even easier. The Seven Star Sword Butterfly could unleash a single [Magic Sword Style]...

He flashed into the harpy horde, and with him as the center, sword energy formed a ring that spread in all directions, causing all the surrounding harpies to evaporate instantly.

Seeing this effect, Zhou Nan confirmed that the sword energy triggered by the [Demon Sword Style] was standard area damage, or rather, that the sword energy had a penetrating effect.

Besides the harpy, several other bandits hired by other players were also sent to Zhou Nan's side, including the bandit leader whose hiring fee was three thousand game coins.

This bandit leader has 30,000 health points and moves very slowly, but he has a bandit aura skill. If he enters a gold mine, he can directly rob 5,000 game coins, so the side that sends troops can make a net profit of 2000 game coins.

"Trying to steal my chicken?"

Zhou Nan smiled.

As a result, the bandit leader was smashed to pieces by the two savage kings and their savage underlings less than ten seconds after his appearance, and with a whoosh, 1500 game coins were dropped.

"Ding! Player number seven has cleared all the bandits first, receiving an extra 120 gold coins!"

"What's going on? Number Seven is so strong! He's clearing monsters at lightning speed!"

"Are you guys stupid? You know perfectly well that Number Six is ​​a noob, why don't you send troops to him? It would be so much better to steal his gold, why are you giving it to me!"

"Where's my bandit leader? Holy crap! 3000 game coins in commission! My attempt to steal a chicken has backfired!"

"Who sent this bandit here? Perfect timing for blocking magic, oh no, I'm trapped!"

"You bunch of noobs, you were too hasty in sending troops!"

"Ah, I'm dead—"

After the sixth wave, players number six and nine were both eliminated. Among the remaining ten players, player number three had the most coins, totaling 7140.

Zhou Nan's treasury contained 7070 gold coins, ranking second.

"Looks like robbing is still the fastest way to make money. Among the remaining ten players, judging from the data on the information panel, the easiest to break through should be players number two, eight, and ten. Their gold coins have decreased, so they must have been robbed. But I'll focus on defense. Better safe than sorry. Next, I'll release the top-notch veterinarian."

Zhou Nan's thinking became clearer and clearer. In the next few rounds, no player sent troops to his side. However, player number three always hired high-level bandits. Obviously, he had also noticed that players number two, eight, and ten were relatively weak, so he relentlessly pursued and attacked them.

In the eighth wave, player number two went bankrupt and was eliminated.

In the ninth wave, player number eight went bankrupt and was eliminated.

Player number three accumulated gold coins very quickly, clearly demonstrating that robbing was a faster way to get rich than simply waiting for wages.

Judging from the data in the information panel, player number three was clearly in the lead and had a significant advantage at this point.

The next wave, the tenth, is the BOSS stage. Zhou Nan received a system notification: "The BOSS stage is about to begin, with a random BOSS."

It will descend upon your defensive area. Defeating or injuring it will grant you corresponding rewards. (Note: This refers to the BOSS in the BOSS level.)

They won't steal in-game currency, but they're usually very powerful; defeating them gives you a chance to obtain in-game items or loot for the current game.

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