Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 40 System Update Has a Bug

Mu Xiaoxiao's gold mine has been upgraded to LV5, and it contains five treasure chests and five dwarf miners.

Dwarven miners, similar to orc laborers, are slaves who collect gold coins. They are 1.4 meters tall, very sturdy, and all hold pickaxes, remaining motionless.

Lei Chi simply opened the five treasure chests one by one and collected a total of 15 gold coins.

He then hurried to the Gem Hall.

Mu Xiaoxiao's Gem Hall treasure chests contained a considerable amount of items, filling all ninety-nine storage slots, but the majority of them were gem fragments.

Lei Chi's storage space was limited, so he couldn't take all of these things. However, he took them all out and threw them on the ground. He was lucky enough to get a low-level magic gem and a wild gem.

"Haha, thanks for the Wild Gem, boss!"

Lei Chi was delighted and continued exploring Mu Xiaoxiao's secret camp. He discovered a small grove of trees with a carpentry workshop in the center. Inside the workshop were many wooden planks and some completed signs.

"So the notice board was made by Mu Xiaoxiao." Lei Chi remembered the notice board that Mu Xiaoxiao and her group had left after invading his secret camp. He took it out and placed it steadily in the woodworking shop. He also collected some new blank notice boards.

"This can be considered a return to its rightful owner. Goodbye!"

By this time, the sweeping time was almost over, and Lei Chi was quickly teleported back to his own camp.

He put down the looted supplies and continued his invasion of Wu Jingang's secret camp without stopping.

Wu Jingang is a mechanical tower player. His camp has many defensive towers, including the Moonblade Tower, Clockwork Knight, Heavy Cannon, and Anti-Aircraft Cannon, which look like a very strong defense.

Unfortunately, these towers are now just for decoration.

Lei Chi ransacked Wu Jingang's secret camp and only found 6 gold coins, three dumbbells, and an oak shield.

"You poor wretch!"

Slightly annoyed, Lei Chi returned to his own camp, threw the looted items on the ground, and immediately launched an invasion of Yan Xiaoyan's secret camp.

He didn't know that Yan Xiaoyan had already left the Flying Fire Camp. He just felt that this woman was extraordinary because she could bring a hundred or so people to invade his camp. Perhaps there were good things in her secret camp.

Yan Xiaoyan is a player of the Mysterious Tower, and the defensive towers in her home are quite strange, including [Prohibition Trap], [Punishment Scepter], [Thunder Hand], [Dark Cloud Horn], and [Watchtower].

The Mysterious Tower has many support skills, but it is relatively weak in the early stages. Low-level towers generally have very low attack power. However, in the later stages, the various support effects combined can result in a situation where one plus one is greater than two.

Lei Chi discovered the Beast brand bicycle in Yan Xiaoyan's secret camp; it was the very bicycle that Wu Jingang had previously stolen from him.

"How did this bicycle end up here? Not bad, I got it back. Give me back what I stole."

Lei Chi was secretly delighted.

Actually, Yan Xiaoyan had asked someone to steal this Beast brand bicycle. She asked that person to ride the bicycle away when Mu Xiaoxiao wasn't paying attention and then leave the Flying Fire Camp.

Yan Xiaoyan then launched an invasion of that person's secret camp before she was able to take possession of the bicycle.

Yan Xiaoyan had been eyeing this bicycle for a long time. In her opinion, a bicycle is a vehicle, and owning a bicycle means being a member of the vehicle-owning class. Regardless of whether she rides it or not, she must have one; it is a symbol of status and position.

Unfortunately, after finally getting her hands on the bicycle, she only rode it a couple of times before Lei Chi snatched it back.

Yan Xiaoyan's camp was actually developing in a mediocre way. The treasure chest in the Gem Hall was empty, and Lei Chi only took back the Beast Brand bicycle and three gold coins.

At this point, the system maintenance should be almost over.

"This kind of maintenance should be done daily, for at least six hours each time. I haven't had enough yet."

Lei Chi felt a little regretful, as there wasn't enough time for him to launch another invasion. At this moment, he gathered all the looted supplies in the camp square.

A war dragon boat, a beast-themed bicycle, a low-grade magic gem, a wild gem, three dumbbells, 24 gold coins, an oak shield...

Lei Chi didn't know how much he had earned, but he was sure he had made a fortune.

"If someone comes and steals these things from me again, how many gold coins should I get in compensation from the system? How many gold coins should I get in compensation chests?"

Lei Chi suddenly felt that he was really useless and had no ambition. With the claims system, he used all his tactics to make money and defraud insurance companies, and he just wanted others to come and beat him up.

This is not a "superiority mentality".

"To hell with the 'strongman mentality'! I only care about the 'incense law': if someone comes to invade, fine; if no one comes, I'll drag them in even if it means drawing their hatred!"

Lei Chi thought to himself that if anyone came to invade next time and stole all the war dragon boats and other equipment, it would be a huge profit for them. He just didn't know who would be so lucky.

A moment later, the system update finished and everything returned to normal. Lei Chi received a system notification: "Ding, system update finished, server restarted. Your public chat group and Beast Tower player chat group will have daily free announcements updated. Camp protection period has been removed."

"Ding! Due to the proliferation of gold farming studios, some players are able to quickly accumulate large amounts of gold coins through off-game cash transactions, seriously affecting the game balance. In response to this phenomenon, this update introduces a new gold coin binding mechanism. Gold coins can no longer be gifted between players. The transfer of gold coins between players can only be done through the trading house or by looting in war. The system monitors this in real time, and any abnormal gold coin transfers will be punished with penalties such as gold coin confiscation. Please refer to the update log for details."

"Ding! New [Tower Arena] and [Tower Brawl] gameplay modes have been added. These will be unlocked after players defeat the 15th wave of invading monsters and can be participated in the War Hall. Please check the update log for details!"

"Ding, compensation chest issued..."

With a system notification, a large, golden treasure chest appeared in the center of the camp square.

That was the compensation chest. Lei Chi ran over and opened it. With a ding, he received ten gold coins and a [Little Bear's Construction Blueprint].

"Such a huge treasure chest, and this is all the compensation? Thumbs down!"

Lei Chi muttered something to himself.

At this very moment, countless players are logging into the game.

In the Flying Fire Camp's plaza, a flash of light appeared, and Chen Yufei materialized.

"Finally, the server is open! Let's wait for everyone. I'm going to row my famous war dragon boat to infiltrate Yan Xiaoyan's secret camp in a bit..."

Suddenly, Chen Yufei was taken aback.

Why is the camp square completely empty?

War dragon boats!

He then sensed something was wrong and quickly brought up the system panel to check the running logs.

The last paragraph of this log contained a string of gibberish: "*#*#*#*#*#*Thunder Pool*#*#*#*War Dragon Boat!"

"What the hell? The system update has a bug!"

Chen Yufei did not find any record of his camp being invaded, and his camp did not have any protection period. Although the last operation log looked a bit strange, with the words "Thunder Pool" in it, he did not think that the disappearance of the war dragon boat was related to Thunder Pool.

While Chen Yufei was puzzled, Yan Xiaoyan exclaimed in her camp square, "Where's my bicycle? How did it disappear? Did the system erase it? There's a bug!"