ca-book Chapter 10 Outsmarting Resource Points
Chapter 10 Outsmarting Resource Points
The two returned to the supermarket, and Lin Mo began to devise tactics.
First, the sniping spot.
The windows on the second floor of the supermarket faced the lumber mill; the windowsills were at a suitable height and offered a wide view. Lin Mo had Hammer set up the AR-15 there and calibrated the scope to a distance of 200 meters.
Secondly, there's the retreat route.
The shortest route from the second-floor window to the first-floor cold storage is to take the fire escape, pass through the fresh produce area, turn right into the kitchen area, and the cold storage is at the end of the kitchen.
Lin Mo took Hammer through the route three times and even had him run it twice, so that he could memorize every turn and every obstacle.
Finally, the defense of cold storage.
Lin Mo had several skeleton soldiers bring over shelves and sandbags in advance, piling them up at the entrance of the cold storage to form a simple barrier.
Even if poisonous flies chase after them, they would have to break through the barrier before they could attack the iron gate.
Everything is ready.
Lin Mo patted Hammer on the shoulder: "Remember, after you fire, don't look at the result, run immediately. Don't look back, don't hesitate, run as fast as you can."
Hammer nodded, his fingers trembling slightly on the stock of the AR-15.
"Are you scared?" Lin Mo asked.
"Nonsense." Hammer gave a wry smile. "Of course I'm scared."
"Fear is normal," Lin Mo said. "But don't let fear control you. Sometimes, the more afraid you are, the faster you die."
Hammer took a deep breath, his eyes gradually hardening.
"I'm ready."
Lin Mo patted the other person on the shoulder, then led twenty-two skeleton soldiers away from the supermarket and ambushed them behind a thicket of bushes on the east side of the lumber resource point.
He peeked at the timber resource point through a gap in the bushes.
The three poisonous flies remained in their original positions; the one on the roof was motionless, and the two in the tree maintained the same posture.
everything is normal.
Lin Mo took out a walkie-talkie, which he found in a supermarket. It was a civilian-grade radio with an effective range of one kilometer.
He pressed the call button: "Hammer, are you in position?"
Hammer's voice came through the walkie-talkie, a little hoarse but still steady: "Ready."
"Wait for my command."
"clear."
Lin Mo aimed his binoculars at the lumberyard, his gaze fixed on the poisonous fly on the roof.
He took a deep breath.
His mind raced through all the possibilities; his plan was practically perfect. However, in execution, even the smallest mistake could be fatal. He needed to consider how to respond to different scenarios. After confirming there were no oversights, Lin Mo pressed the call button: "Go!"
Two seconds later, a gunshot rang out.
boom!
The sound exploded in the empty street.
The poisonous fly on the roof suddenly sprang up. The bullet hit it, but failed to penetrate its shell. The next moment, the fly spread its wings and emitted a piercing buzzing sound.
The two on the tree also woke up at the same time, their grayish-brown bodies peeling off the tree trunk and circling in the air.
All three poisonous flies were alerted.
Lin Mo's heart jumped into his throat.
Did all three fly out, or only some of them?
The next moment, the two poisonous flies rushed toward the supermarket, moving as fast as two gray lightning bolts.
The sound of flapping wings grew fainter and fainter, disappearing into the shattered glass windows of the supermarket a few seconds later.
The third one, the one on the roof, didn't fly away.
It circled twice in the air before landing at the entrance of the lumber mill, as if guarding the entrance.
Lin Mo's pupils contracted.
Two were lured away, and one remained.
This is also a relatively ideal situation.
Lin Mo rushed out of the bushes without hesitation.
Twenty-two skeleton soldiers followed behind him, the sound of their iron swords striking each other in unison.
The poisonous fly that remained behind spotted them and immediately assumed an attack stance.
Its wings were fully extended, and its mouthparts extended from its head, the tips of which were sharp as needles and gleamed coldly in the sunlight.
But it didn't fly.
It chose to fight on the ground.
This is a fatal mistake.
Poison flies are difficult to deal with in the air; they are fast and highly maneuverable, making them impossible for skeleton soldiers to catch. However, on the ground, their speed advantage is completely negated, and they can only rely on their mouthparts and fangs for close combat.
Lin Mo immediately made a judgment: "Surround it! Don't let it fly!"
Twenty-two skeleton soldiers surrounded them from three directions, forming an impenetrable encirclement.
The iron sword slashed at the poisonous flies from all directions, as dense as rain.
The poisonous fly retaliated fiercely, its mandibles piercing the chest cavity of one skeleton soldier and its fangs snapping the ribs of another.
But there were too many skeletons.
Moreover, Lin Mo's tactic was to retreat when slightly injured, and then have someone else take over, using a cyclical fighting style.
The fly's carapace was covered with numerous cracks, from which green fluid seeped out.
One of its wings was cut off, and it lost its balance and fell to the ground.
Lin Mo picked up the gun and fired in bursts from a safe distance.
At the same time, several skeleton soldiers simultaneously plunged iron swords into the heads of poison flies.
The poisonous fly twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
Kill successful!
[The corpse can be made of poisonous flies, and the time of death must have been within two hours.]
Unfortunately, I'm out of mana.
Zero loss of skeleton soldiers.
This was Lin Mo's experience. If it were anyone else, without the experience of their previous life, it would be almost impossible to win a battle between a level one creature and a level two creature without losing some units. But Lin Mo managed to win with zero losses.
Instead of being complacent, he strode to the timber resource point and pushed open the half-closed wooden door.
The interior of the house had been transformed into a game-like building, with glowing runes embedded in the walls and a complex magic circle engraved on the ground. In the center of the magic circle, a parchment—a land deed—floated.
Lin Mo walked over and reached out to touch the land deed.
[Timber Mill Resource Point Discovered]
[Condition for Occupation: Press your fingerprint on the land deed]
[Daily output after occupation: Wood x200]
Current inventory: Timber x 200
Lin Mo pressed his handprint without hesitation.
The parchment trembled, emitting a golden light that coalesced into a thin sheet of paper with the words "200 units of wood" written on it, which fell into Lin Mo's hand.
Like the gold coins he had previously acquired, this was a "resource voucher" that could be stored, traded, and exchanged for physical goods whenever needed.
Lin Mo carefully put away the resource vouchers, a slight smile playing on his lips.
The timber has arrived.
He did not stay at the lumber mill for long.
The two poisonous flies could fly back at any moment, so Lin Mo led the remaining skeleton soldiers to quickly evacuate the house and return to the supermarket along the planned route.
I had walked less than a hundred meters when I heard a buzzing sound from not far away.
Lin Mo looked back and saw two poisonous flies flying out from the direction of the supermarket. They were moving very fast, and the sound of their wings flapping was ear-piercing.
He controlled the skeleton soldiers to scatter and hide behind buildings and vehicles along the roadside. Lin Mo himself rolled under a truck and lay motionless.
Two poisonous flies flew overhead without noticing them.
They flew back to the lumberyard, circled the houses a few times, and then landed on the rooftops to rest again.
Lin Mo climbed out from under the truck and dusted himself off.
He glanced in the direction of the lumber resource point to make sure the poison flies had quieted down before leading the skeleton soldiers on a long detour back through the supermarket's back door.
The supermarket was a complete mess.
Lin Mo walked into the first floor and saw a shocking "vandalism zone".
Starting with the shattered glass window, there was a large hole in the wall, as if it had been hit by a cannonball. Shelves along the way were overturned, goods were scattered all over the floor, some torn, some trampled. There were long claw marks on the ground, stretching all the way towards the kitchen.
Lin Mo followed the vandalism trail to the kitchen.
There were more than a dozen deep bite marks on the iron door of the cold storage. Two layers of the door panel had been bitten through, and the innermost layer of sheet metal was deformed, but not completely broken through.
Beside the iron gate, there were several shelves and sandbags piled up, which were the barriers that Lin Mo had the skeleton soldiers set up in advance. The barriers were smashed into pieces, but they did not collapse completely.
Hammer's voice came from inside the cold storage: "Lin? Is that you?"
"It's me." Lin Mo breathed a sigh of relief. "Come out, you're safe now."
The iron gate opened from the inside, and Hammer walked out of the cold storage, his face pale, his clothes covered in dust and sweat, and his legs still trembling.
He glanced at the bite marks on the iron gate, then at Lin Mo, his lips trembled a few times, and finally he said, "I fucking never want to do this kind of thing again."
Lin Mo looked at him, a slight smile playing on her lips: "You survived."
"I almost didn't survive." Hammer pointed to the bite marks on the door. "Do you know how terrifying it was when that thing rammed into the door? The iron door was shaking, the whole cold storage was shaking, I thought I was going to die."
"And you're not dead yet." Lin Mo took out the resource voucher from his pocket and waved it in front of Hammer. "Most importantly, we got the timber."
Hammer stared at the piece of paper, then paused, stunned. "This is wood?"
"Yes, two hundred units." Lin Mo put away the resource vouchers and gave the other party a brief explanation of some basic knowledge about the game world: "Remember, the necessary resources for building a territory are gold coins, wood, and stone ore. Collect as much as you can when you encounter them..."
Lin Mo touched the dwarf king's shield on his back, and then touched the magic ring on the ring finger of his right hand.
Three treasures, twenty skeleton soldiers, one thousand gold coins, two hundred pieces of wood...
The situation is great now.
He turned and walked towards the second floor: "Rest for the night, and tomorrow, we'll go find the stone quarry."
Hammer nodded and followed behind.
The two of them were taken aback when they arrived at the manager's office on the second floor.
The door was tightly shut, and the hallway outside was piled with clutter, whereas it wasn't there when they came out.
"Someone's gone in!" Hammer said.