Chapter 163: Ice Tribe Assault (1)
Sunako wanted to say something, but suddenly, another ice projectile came flying in.
"Hurry!" Sunako shouted: "Shoot it down!"
Thunder Dragon glanced at her, then turned its head in another direction.
Sunako: "..."
"Hey! You... what do you think you’re doing? Hurry up!"
Sunako shouted in panic, but Thunder Dragon seemed to have no intention of destroying that ice projectile. It only used its claws to scratch its ear.
The ice projectile got closer and closer, then collided heavily at a position about 2 meters from the door.
BANG!
An explosion rang out. The ice projectile shattered, transforming into an ice wall that clung to the surrounding structure, radiating a terrible cold that made Sunako shiver.
However, before the Ice Tribe could begin loading ammunition for the next volley, the other Survivors had already taken action.
Countless bullets, arrows, and all sorts of projectiles of every shape were fired toward the Ice Tribe.
After all, this place had been supplemented with many level 6 Survivors. They weren’t pushovers either, and immediately counterattacked.
Looking at the screen, Morie saw the defense towers of other Survivors beginning to attack. But only a small portion of the defense towers could shoot as far as the position where those monsters were standing.
Most defense towers couldn’t reach that position. Even those that could cover a distance of over 100 meters had their projectiles’ power greatly weakened.
The ice Golems stood towering like great mountains, their hands holding massive shields that blocked all attacks from the defense towers.
However, the attack seemed to never cease. The defense towers continued to fire at the Ice Tribe, while the Ice Tribe continued to load ice projectiles into their catapults, hurling them toward the apartment complex.
Though the building itself would not be damaged, the room doors would. Very quickly, many rooms had been frozen over by ice projectiles. Fortunately, they were only frozen over, without damaging the doors themselves.
Morie frowned and muttered: "Strange. If those ice projectiles don’t affect the durability of the doors, then why are they doing this?"
Suddenly, she thought of something and immediately opened the chat channel.
[Goddamn it! Cold... it’s too cold!]
[Fuck! Those ice projectiles don’t have great damage, but they create a thick layer of ice that covers the building.]
[That’s right! That last ice projectile only reduced the durability of my door by 5 points, but it froze my defense tower solid, and even made my room as cold as sitting in a refrigerator.]
[You guys should buy materials to upgrade the ’Air Conditioner’. That way you can stay a bit warm.]
[The Air Conditioner is a special item. Not everyone owns one.]
[Fuck! My defense tower can’t reach their position.]
[Don’t worry, mine is the same. Even though I can attack them, I can’t penetrate that rock-hard shield.]
[Level 6 Survivors, can you please do your best? I’m about to freeze into ice here.]
[Can you all shut up for a moment? It’s not that we don’t want to attack those monsters, but our defense towers have been frozen.]
[That’s right! My defense tower is also frozen. I’m afraid it won’t be able to function again in the short term.]
Morie scanned the messages on the general chat channel and softly said: "It seems... my guess was correct."
Elith asked with confusion: "Your guess?"
"That’s right." Morie nodded: "They currently want to neutralize our attacking capabilities, and at the same time, they also want to reshape the environment of this apartment complex into something favorable for themselves."
"Although those ice projectiles don’t have much damage, they freeze everything, including the defense towers. Besides, they emit an extremely terrible cold, as if freezing us."
"Heh?!" Elith was startled, frowning as she asked: "But... why don’t I feel cold?"
Morie smiled: "That’s because in our room, we have an air conditioner that can continuously stabilize the temperature. Besides, not a single ice projectile has hit our door yet."
Hearing this, Elith was startled, then nodded. "Oh! So... what do we do now?"
Morie shook her head. "Let’s observe first. No need to rush."
After she finished speaking, she took out the [Survival Guide] paper that Rover had handed to her before entering the bedroom.
On the paper, new lines of text were now actually being displayed.
....
[Ice Tribe Assault.]
[Guide:]
[1. Use defense towers to block the ice projectiles. They don’t just paralyze defense towers but can also create a thick layer of ice covering the entire structure.]
[2. Try to upgrade the air conditioner or keep warm, or use defense towers to melt the ice.]
[3. Prioritize fire-type and lightning-type defense towers.]
[4. After the ice projectile attack, ice Goblins and ice Wolves will begin flooding into the complex to attack. That’s when you can exploit the close range to use your defense towers.]
....
Morie looked at the guide that had appeared, feeling a bit of pride in her heart as she muttered: "As expected, not too different from what I thought."
At first, she hadn’t wanted to use the [Survival Guide] because she was afraid that if at some point this thing stopped working or was lost, they wouldn’t become dependent on it.
Morie tucked the [Survival Guide] back into her backpack, her eyes turning toward the screen as she softly said: "Make me a cup of coffee, 2 sugar cubes, add a bit of ice."
Elith seemed used to this as well, so she stood up, went into the kitchen, and began brewing.
Morie looked at the screen, her arms folded across her chest. She had no intention of attacking the Ice Tribe, only staring at the screen intently.
Outside, projectiles rained down from countless defense towers of surviving Survivors, but the number of shots fired became fewer and fewer because many people’s defense towers had been frozen.
At this moment, Sunako’s screams rang out: "Agh!!! Let me in!"
Morie saw Sunako screaming amidst the countless explosions, a contemptuous smile appearing on her face.
Even more notable was Thunder Dragon beside her, which used its two wings to cover its ears, its expression as if it was enduring every scream of Sunako’s.
Elith placed the cup of coffee on the table and asked with confusion: "You’re not attacking those monsters?"
"No rush!" Morie took a sip of coffee, her brows slightly furrowed as she softly said: "Next time, use a little less sugar."
Elith: "..."
Morie continued: "Right now, there are many level 6 Survivors in this place. I want to see just how strong they really are, and what secrets they’re still hiding. I want to see everything. The more information I know, the better."
Hearing this, Elith was startled: "I didn’t expect you to think about that too. If it were an ordinary person, they’d probably only be thinking about how to get through this round."
Morie placed the cup of coffee down on the table and smiled: "That’s the reason why you and those other Survivors all died. You should remember... our enemies aren’t just those monsters out there, but also the other Survivors."
Elith tilted her head. "Morie, you’ve changed."
"Hm?!" Morie frowned.
Elith continued: "When I first met you, you always wore a serious expression on your face, as if solving advanced mathematical equations. You rarely smiled. Now, you seem to smile a lot, and the way you talk is also much more relaxed."
Hearing this, Morie’s cheeks flushed slightly. In her mind, the image of Rover appeared once again.
Indeed, before, she was still sitting in a wheelchair, feeling that aside from her intelligence, she had nothing worthy enough for her to stand beside Rover.
But after he helped her awaken her Titan bloodline, not only could she stand up on her own two legs, but she had also obtained incredible power.
Because of this, her self-confidence had returned. All of it was thanks to Rover.
"It’s thanks to him..." Morie wasn’t stingy with her words. She smiled with great happiness as she said: "Actually, at first, I only wanted to rely on him to have a stable and safe place to live here."
"After all, at that time, my two legs couldn’t move. No matter how strong my Class was, or how high my intelligence, it would all be meaningless."
"At that time, I only thought that the longer I could live, the better. Perhaps... when he grew tired of ’playing’ with me, he would throw me out like some kind of trash that no one needed."
"But in the end... not only did he not throw me away, but he helped me stand up and reclaim the self-confidence I once had. He even helped me awaken an extremely powerful bloodline."
"Even without the binding of the system, with what he did for me, I would still be his dog, offering this life of mine to him."
Looking at Morie’s expression, Elith couldn’t help but feel that becoming Rover’s [Tenant] wasn’t a bad deal at all. On the contrary, it seemed that the one who benefited most was herself.
"What about you?" Morie glanced at Elith, smiling as she asked: "Do you have any plans for the future? If you need freedom, I think Rover would give you your freedom."
"Why do you think that?" Elith asked with confusion.
Morie shrugged. "Women’s intuition. Besides, you don’t have anything special other than the fact that you’re fusing with the Spidary Queen’s bloodline."
Elith: "..."
"You’re insulting me, aren’t you?"
Morie pouted: "No! I’m just telling the truth."
Elith gritted her teeth: "You’re definitely calling me useless."
"Hahahaha..." Morie laughed loudly.
Suddenly...
"Heh!?" Morie was startled, looking toward the screen.
She saw a dark figure suddenly appear, then charge toward the group of ice monsters.
"That’s..." Morie frowned and immediately controlled the security camera, zooming in on the image of that dark figure.
"It’s that man’s Mecha!" Morie said.
That’s right, on the screen, a Mecha wielding a gun and a sword was charging rapidly toward the group of ice monsters.
Morie frowned and muttered: "Perhaps... this is an opportunity for me to get a clear look at the limits of that Mecha."
Right at this moment, an ice Golem noticed that Mecha and immediately raised its arm like a giant ice mace, slamming it down toward it.
BAM!
A terrifying explosion rang out. The ground cracked apart, but at the same time, countless cracks also appeared on the ice mace, and then...
Crack! BANG!!!
The sound of ice cracking and the sound of explosion rang out almost simultaneously. The ice mace shattered, turning into countless ice fragments that scattered in every direction.
That Mecha leaped high into the air. The sword in its hand slashed out, the dazzling sword light transforming into a beam of light shaped like a crescent moon, and then...
WHOOSH!
An ear-piercing howl of wind rang out. The ice Golem’s head... was severed.