The Cannon Fodder in the Global Apocalypse Game lives a leisurely life
Chapter 110: Fortification

Chapter 110: Fortification

This Chapter is dedicated to dear Chibi_Wolf38 for sending the book a Golden Gachapon! Thank you so much dear ಥ⁠_⁠ಥ, I was literally jumping from joy. My sister almost misunderstood me and thought the house was on fire. You made my day! Happy New Year!

And to our dear readers who accompanied Little Baozi in her adventures for the past months, a Happy New Year and thank you so much for your support! The book will not be thriving without you!

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What hurts foodies the most is that they were unable to eat the food, even though it’s within their reach.

Brother Siri used 36 stratagems in citing different histories based on the annals of fatuous rulers who ended up either being dethroned, exiled, or killed because of their greed and corruption.

The foodie Li Chunhua and her two buddies from the foodie federation had horrified expressions at the end because of how vividly the Elf enumerated and described ’101 worst ways to die scenarios’ about being butchered, boiled, chopped, sliced, sautéed, and roasted.

His effort to dampen the foodies’ appetite was a success. Li Chunhua and the three stopped ogling at the food and slumped on the lounge chair in total defeat while digesting the cruel images that sprang into their heads.

Li Chunhua, after having her dream of trying cuisines from different realms crushed, couldn’t bear the frustration and took over Elga’s job for three minutes and managed to complete the trenches, earning her a position in the Guinness’ Book of Salted Fish Records.

Despite being saved from being a trench digger, Elga was sent to another job, and that was to pick up stones. She wanted to protest, but the old fake witch took three more engineering shovels to award her. Elga, without hesitation, sprinted to find stones, finding it easier than digging.

"Fake Old Witch! I will get back to you someday!" She muttered in a tiny voice. She was from a distinguished clan, and someone reduced her to a construction worker!

Inside the living room, the elf started discussing the defense of the territory, which should be reconsidered after his master’s unknowingly unfounded hatred.

"In every territory there should be fortifications. The current wooden fence will not be enough. We should also clear the trees within one hundred meters radius from the territory to prevent the monsters from taking advantage of the terrain, as well as provide our troops with vision for counter-attack and defense."

Li Chunhua nodded. Brother Siri had a point.

Siri’s tone took a deep dive when mentioning troops because he realized they have no troops at all because of interfering with the summoning gate.

Coughing to hide his embarrassment, the elf continued.

"We can also set up some field fortifications as deterrents, like hunter traps, elf-made poisonous explosives, and barricades to slow the pace of monster waves."

It would be good to have some ambush units to create disarray within the waves, but with their current numbers, it won’t be possible. Again, it was his fault, driven by impulse.

Li Chunhua rubbed her chin as she recalled her skill, which reduced 10% of the unfriendly units’ speed. It can also help!

"Additionally, watch towers and arrow loops will be good, so we can monitor the tide in each corner. And since the barrier would be gone at the start of the monster tide, we should build an anti-air raid roof to prevent the territory buildings from getting destroyed in case there are flying-type units among the monsters’ ranks."

Li Chunhua remembered her skill, energy armor. If she continues to level it up, how much of the range will increase?

"In the worst case, we can dig a tunnel leading to a safe place if ever the territory is breached. Although the territory is gone, as long as we have the territory crystal, we can start over." But the premise is that they have to spend twice the amount of building materials as a penalty.

Li Chunhua had no opinions. Digging tunnels is her expertise. Brother Siri can count on her regarding this matter!

"How about your world, Master? What kind of fortifications do you use?" Siri asked, quite curious about his master’s world.

"Fortifications, you say?" Li Chunhua rubbed her chin. Those things that Siri mentioned were indeed true from the original owner’s perspective. But for her, who was a part of the sect, not all of these were employed. The sect leader and the elders mainly constructed array formations and deployed the sect’s contracted beasts and weekly disciples to guard instead.

Before an intruder can even touch a tree or a single stalk of grass in the sect, he will be bombarded by all kinds of dharma spells when triggering the array. Basically, it was on par with Siri’s cooking series on ’worst ways to die’, and one can directly become a roasted chicken unless he is a bigshot.

"I know a few basic arrays," Li Chunhua unconsciously mumbled. There are indeed a few basic arrays she used before when she tried to hide food from her master, but the material needed may not be available in this world.

Li Chunhua’s vision was suddenly blocked by an enlarged version of the elf’s and little Mantou’s faces.

"Master, you know arrays?!" The two shouted in a loud voice while in close proximity, stinging her eardrums. Looks of worship were evident in their eyes, as if Li Chunhua’’s head were a pot of shining rare ores.

Li Chunhua was taken aback and responded, "It’s not a big deal."

"It’s a big deal!" The two retorted instantly.

Arrays are freaking only available to elite clans!

What do these two mean? Are arrays for hiding food so great? They don’t have food warehouses. Li Chunhua asked her mind.

Meanwhile, the salted fish territory wasn’t the only one talking about the fortification. Players in their recovery state from fatigue debuff tend to lurk in the global chat, browsing the other players’ messages, and their attention was hooked on a particular post.

Somewhere in Newbie Mountain No. 23, in Territory Falcon Hope, four men donning green camouflage uniforms surrounded another man, who was a few years older than them, dressed in the same attire but with medals decorated on his chest, signifying his military rank was above the others.

Lu Jingnan’s countenance may not have surpassed that of Long Haoran, but he had a unique charm and aura that gave off an approachable vibe. Coupled with the soft smile on his lips and the hazelnut eyes behind his golden-framed spectacles, he passed off the ’guy next door’ criteria.

If Li Chunhua were here, she would have recognized who this person was because it was a supporting character, the loyal subordinate of the blackened dragon slayer protagonist.

They were a part of the army on Earth and had luckily been transported into the same newbie mountain, congregated, and rescued more than dozens of people on the way.

Players choosing to go through the team route will receive the same notification.

[System Notification: It is detected that the number of players in the same territory has exceeded 2. The system is asking the players whether to play in team mode.]

The 50 people, including Lu Jingnan and his team, were not aware and only thought it was suitable for them and clicked on the ’yes’ option box.

Immediately afterwards, the system sent them a series of messages again.

[Congratulations on establishing your team.]

[Party mode is available. You can arrange parties for grinding levels, and the experience and loots will be divided equally.]

[Please choose one player among you who will be the leader. Once the voting poll has ended, the votes cannot be revoked. The team leader will have the final say in choosing system rewards and will have the power to access the system shops.]

The people had seen Lu Jingnan’s leadership, how he distributed the resources among the members, and how he handled the chaos and disorder. Therefore, he was ultimately pushed into the leader’s position.

Li Jingnan stayed quiet. Despite the privilege being enticing, he wasn’t a bit happy. The responsibilities were huge. He had to take care of more than 50 people.

"Captain Lu, are you sure? That’s valuable information. How about using them to exchange for supplies?"

Their captain, Lu Jingnan, proposed to give advice to their fellow players regarding building defense facilities in order to save some lives. While it was a good deed, they need to be mindful of their own situation too. Such a mentality would become a disadvantage in the long run.

Li Jingnan adjusted his glasses before giving out a suggestion: "I’ll only post a rough explanation, but the detailed guide will be sold." They can’t afford to be carefree like the anonymous guy who gave away the information about system upgrades.

"Yes, that should be it, Leader!"

His subordinates were relieved and gave their nods.

Lu Jingnan’s gaze passed through his four subordinates and landed on the other people who were spread over the six hundred square meters of land before proceeding with his plans.

[Smiling Asura]: Selling guides on territory fortifications. Only serious buyers will be entertained.

Some players instantly messaged Lu Jingnan, and the latter redirected the potential customers to his subordinates.

On the other hand, Li Chunhua also posted in the trade market. After being pestered by the two array fanatics, she had no choice but to jump into the pit.

[Little Baozi]: Buying jades. The price is negotiable.

She planned to see if she could make some basic arrays!