Tower Defense Lord from Earth

Chapter 5 Parkour Bear and Donkey Cart

"Elite monster? What does that mean?"

Liu Huasheng peered into the treasure chest and saw a bear model about the size of a thumb, which looked like a child's toy.

Parkour Bear Doll: A special item that summons a parkour bear at a designated location upon use.

The Parkour Bear is a level 3 elite monster. It is tough, fast, and has 1500 health points. It has no attack power but has good jumping ability.

It stands on a teleportation array and usually doesn't leave its range. When monsters invade, it can accept your command to teleport into the monster army and invade other players' territories.

If the Parkour Bear successfully enters the opponent's Chaos City (or Gold Mine), it will immediately teleport back at full health, stealing 300 gold coins from the opponent and increasing its maximum health by 1 point!

If the Parkour Bear is killed, it will drop 150 coins and cannot be revived!

Note: Parkour Bear requires a strategy map to function.

"Summoning a parkour bear? Invading other players' territory! That sounds interesting, but I wonder how effective it will be in practice!"

Liu Huasheng wasn't in a hurry to summon the parkour bear; he continued to open the second random treasure chest.

"Ding! Congratulations! You have obtained the [Game Assistant Evolution Potion]. Use it to evolve your game assistant once. This evolution has random effects; the evolved game assistant will gain a random appearance and skills, and may even gain attack power. Please explore for yourself."

"What a good thing! It's a bargain for that hunchback!" Liu Huasheng was overjoyed. He took out a scroll from the treasure chest and used it immediately.

The next moment, a golden light flashed on the alpaca 008 standing next to him, and its body shape changed rapidly. After three breaths, it turned into a gray donkey with a wooden flatbed cart behind it!

"Holy crap, alpacas turned into donkeys? And they're pulling carts now? Is evolution really that amazing?"

Liu Huasheng thought to himself, "What a weirdo!" He could see the game assistant's attribute information. This guy had changed his name and was now called Afu. His race was "cart-pulling donkey," which could pull a thousand catties of goods and travel three hundred li a day. It was the best of the best among donkeys!

Of course, as a game assistant, it still has unlimited health, no need to eat or sleep, and is always full of energy!

Even the flatbed cart it pulls has unlimited durability and is indestructible.

That flatbed truck also has special capabilities; it's like a large storage compartment with its own trading panel!

"Master!" The evolved game assistant seemed to have even changed its personality, actually addressing Liu Huasheng as "Master." It continued, "Master, would you like to open the third treasure chest?"

"open!"

Liu Huasheng continued opening treasure chests, and the donkey announced: "Ding! Congratulations, Master, you have obtained one hundred bottles of mineral water, two hundred dried rat pieces, and one hundred dried mango pieces!"

As the donkey spoke, bottled mineral water, bagged dried mangoes, and two hundred grayish-brown dried rats with remaining fuzz appeared in front of Liu Huasheng.

"Why are you sending dried rats? What use are they to me?"

Liu Huasheng muttered to himself.

Donkey Afu asked, "Master, the second wave of monster invasion is over. What are your plans next?"

After a moment's thought, Liu Huasheng said, "We have defensive towers protecting the house, and we're not short of gold coins for the time being, so there's no need to mine. Once I summon the Parkour Bear, you can carry me around the map!"

A moment later, before reaching the entrance to the gold mine, Liu Huasheng used the Parkour Bear plush toy.

The first thing that appeared in front of Liu Huasheng was a six-pointed star teleportation array outlined by red lines. The teleportation array was as if it were embedded in the ground. With a flash of light, a giant red bear made a dazzling appearance.

This giant bear has long legs and is nearly two meters tall when standing on all fours. It is also wearing a red turban and has a very human-like expression on its face. Two seconds later, it started to bark and groan and practiced the Thomas Flair on the ground!

Liu Huasheng was stunned!

"What kind of monsters and demons are these?!"

The parkour bear can even talk: "My lord, open the strategy map, select an invasion target, and I will infiltrate the monster army during the next monster invasion to steal gold for you!"

"I'll give it a try!"

Liu Huasheng brought up his personal information panel, and with a slight operation, a strategic map that only he could see popped up in front of him.

However, on this map, apart from the high ground where he was located, the rest of the area was dark.

Donkey Afu said, "Master, you need to actually explore the map before the strategic map will update the terrain and environment!"

"Great, this is so game-like!"

Liu Huasheng closed the strategic map and took a look at the trading panel. He found that trading was a very simple game setting. Simply put, the two parties could trade items in their storage space through the trading panel without any black market equipment or gold coins.

After closing his personal information panel, Liu Huasheng sat on the flatbed cart and had Afu drive him down the high ground, where he began exploring the map.

After traveling south for a while, Liu Huasheng discovered a monster stronghold.

It was the entrance to what appeared to be a ruin, where three dog-headed, human-bodied monsters huddled together amidst collapsed stone pillars and towering trees.

Liu Huasheng didn't dare to get too close, observing from a distance. There were actually two types of kobolds: one was taller, about 1.67 meters tall, carrying a meteor hammer, a level 3 monster with 120 health points, and there was only one of them.

The remaining two are level one monsters, estimated to be only 1.3 or 1.4 meters tall, wielding small crossbows, and with only 30 health points!

"One level 3 melee monster and two level 1 ranged monsters—this monster spawn point is poorly equipped, but I doubt any player will dare to provoke it anytime soon!"

Liu Huasheng frowned and pondered. The tower defense lord had no attack power, so perhaps it could be developed into a force to fight wildly in the future. But for now, even if it was just three level 1 kobolds, he could only keep his distance.

"Maybe I could build a tower to clear out the jungle? It seems there are no restrictions on where towers can be built; as long as the terrain is suitable, I should be able to build one. The key is that using a tower to clear out this wave of mobs might not be worthwhile!"

Liu Huasheng shook his head. He gave up his idea of ​​building towers and farming, and dared not enter the ruins. So he drove his donkey cart around the ruins and explored eastward.

Soon, Liu Huasheng discovered a high ground, and in the distance, he could see two basic arrow towers standing on it.

"This should be the hideout of the cliff-jumping guy."

Liu Huasheng understood. He observed from a distance for a while and then left, not daring to enter the range of the basic arrow tower, nor did he see the cliff-jumping guy and his game assistant.

Continuing their exploration, the donkey galloped along, and Liu Huasheng soon discovered another high ground. Looking up, he could see three basic arrow towers, and there was even a small section of city wall on that high ground.

"This player seems to be progressing very smoothly..."

Liu Huasheng kept a close watch, but he didn't go too far in either, observing from a distance before leaving.

After that, Liu Huasheng spent most of the day circling the ruins, discovering a total of seven high grounds and four monster strongholds.

The four monster strongholds had identical monster configurations, guarding the four entrances to the ruins, while each of the seven high grounds had a defensive tower.

By this time, Liu Huasheng had a general idea of ​​the surrounding terrain. If the ground was a clock face with the ruins in the center, then his territory should be at 11:30, and the nearest high ground should be at 12:30.

其他高地分别在2点半、3点半、5点半、6点半、8点半、9点半的位置。

The strategic map is also updated, displaying the terrain and topography. The four monster strongholds are marked with green dots, and the player spawn points are marked with blue circles.

Lostanpu is not short of water resources, with many small rivers, which are marked on the strategic map.

"The map is quite symmetrical. There should be more monster strongholds in that ruin. I wonder where the relic shop and engineering shop are. As for player territory..."

According to Liu Huasheng's exploration, apart from the two basic arrow towers in the territory of the cliff-jumping guy, there are at least three defensive towers on other high ground. There are even four basic arrow towers on the 5:30 high ground, and not only are there three basic arrow towers on the 8:30 high ground, there is also an ice tower that looks like an ice pillar!

Liu Huasheng didn't know if those lord players were lucky enough to get good items from random treasure chests, or if they had so-called family support. In any case, apart from the guy who jumped off the cliff, the other six players seemed to be doing quite well.

"It's only fair to reciprocate. We need to take advantage of the fact that the cliff-jumping guy is behind and wait for the next wave of monsters to invade before letting the parkour bear through..."

Liu Huasheng pondered silently. The Parkour Bear has 1500 health points, while the basic arrow tower has an attack power of only 10 and a firing rate of 0.5. Theoretically, even if the Parkour Bear stands still, it would take a basic arrow tower 6 minutes of continuous attacks to kill it.

"The parkour bear is not only muscular, but also incredibly fast. If it were to appear during a monster invasion, there's a high chance it could steal some gold coins..."

As Liu Huasheng was pondering this, he saw a person and a sheep crouching below his own high ground. The person and the sheep, acting suspiciously, were none other than Wang Shuaibo and his game assistant!