Chapter 99: Maze
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Chen Yu had no idea what Fang Heng was planning.
However, unlike the other federation players, he had confidence in Fang Heng.
Chen Yu would never forget that time he saw a zombie pit in Hope Town.
He had never seen such a monster grinding operation even in a federation textbook.
It only existed in the players’ verbal attacks’ on the forums.
Chen Yu brought the federal team back and forth to move logs for an entire afternoon.
They finally managed to follow Fang Heng’s rough layout before the sun set. After a lot of imagination, they finally managed to come up with such a maze-like layout.
It was really too tiring!
Even the elite recruits of the federation who had undergone strict training in school were somewhat unable to endure it.
After eating dinner and taking a shower, they quickly went offline to rest.
Chen Yu also felt his back ache.
He wanted to say hello to Fang Heng before going offline, but strangely, that kid disappeared again.
“I hope nothing unexpected happens.”
Chen Yu muttered and quickly went offline as well.
He still had to report the mission to his leaders.
Not long after Chen Yu and the others went offline, the zombie clones completed their exploration of Prison No. 2.
Materials and more materials were piled up messily in the basement shelter.
[Hint: Your zombie group has completed the exploration of Prison No. 2. You have found leek cans*27, instant noodles*43, stimulants*3, homemade knives*1, bandages*23, pistol bullets*4669, pistol (Beretta 92FS)*6, medical alcohol* 2...]
Fang Heng roughly glanced at the mission log.
Good stuff!
Guns! Bullets!
The team currently lacked these!
Fang Heng did not have the time to sort out the items collected. He only hurriedly stuffed the pistols and bullets into his backpack.
With a wave of his hand, he left the basement with his zombie clones.
After leaving the Dark Knights’ camp during the day, he first went to the apocalypse merchant camp to buy a lot of nails and mechanical lubricants.
Then, he took a detour back to the abandoned mine and collected the iron nuggets that he had forged during this period of time.
When he returned to the prison square and saw the ‘maze’ that was formed by a large number of logs, Fang Heng chuckled.
“Chen Yu and the others are reliable.”
Such a complicated maze building was impossible for the zombie clones to build.
Fang Heng looked around.
There were still a large number of logs left in the square.
He controlled the zombies to walk to another area of the square and began to do the next step.
“Next, I need to set up a trap. I need to rely on zombies to make it. I need to rebuild the assembly line to speed up the efficiency.”
Fang Heng cheered up. He divided the zombie clones into three assembly lines.
One group of zombies made wooden spikes.
The other group of zombies started making wooden frames.
The last group of zombies made hemp ropes...
...
The next day, Chen Yu and the others finished their daily training outside the game and went online on time as usual.
They led the team to the canteen on the first floor of the prison. Chen Yu saw Fang Heng enjoying his breakfast.
“Fang Heng, we’ve finished building the passage.”
Chen Yu sat cross-legged across from Fang Heng with his food.
“I ran into some problems during the actual operation. I couldn’t find you yesterday, so I made some changes on my own.”
“I saw it last night. It was perfect. You’re amazing! I think you’re a genius in architecture!”
“Would you like some chocolate milk?”
Fang Heng gave Chen Yu a thumbs up in his heart and handed him a packet of chocolate milk.
After seeing the building that Chen Yu had constructed, he even had the thought of poaching him.
To be able to expand and perfect the maze building that he had casually drawn, Chen Yu had a knack for architecture.
He was a talent!
Fang Heng winked at Chen Yu. “If you don’t work for the federation anymore, you can consider coming to my place. I’ll give you double the salary.”
“Uh...”
Chen Yu was momentarily at a loss for words. He remembered that the mission his commander had given him was to recruit Fang Heng. Why did it seem like it was the other way now?
“Haha, I’m just joking.”
Fang Heng took a sip of chocolate milk. “I’ll make some more arrangements. After we finish eating, we’ll start the battle plan. You assemble the federal team and come to the prison square. We’ll eliminate that group of Lickers in one fell swoop and take back Prison No. 1.”
“Okay!”
Chen Yu’s expression turned serious.
He realized that Fang Heng wasn’t joking.
Fang Heng was very confident.
However, how was he going to kill the zombies with a maze that looked like a joke?
Could it be that..
He was going to trap them in the maze and starve them to death?
Chen Yu scratched his head and threw this unrealistic idea out of his mind.
He would know when the time came!
He still chose to believe in Fang Heng’s plan.
After dinner, Chen Yu brought the federal team to the prison square.
“This...”
Upon stepping into the prison square, Chen Yu was dumbfounded.
Not only was Chen Yu dumbfounded, but the federation soldiers behind him were also dumbfounded.
The prison square was completely different from the time they left last night!
What was with all those sentry towers that stood in the square?
Heavens!
Sentry towers!?
How did he build so many sentry towers in one night?
Chen Yu was extremely shocked.
Unlike the initial shelter, when building a building like a sentry tower, players would need to consume vitality points to build it, in addition to preparing sufficient construction materials.
Well, maybe materials were not an issue, based on the prison’s stock of materials, perhaps Fang Heng really did not lack them.
But what about the construction period?
For a building like this, it would take four to five days for two players to complete the construction.
How did so many sentry towers appear in just one night?
Confused, Chen Yu looked up at the top of the sentry tower.
He immediately saw the NPC mercenaries guarding the sentry towers.
There were mercenaries?
Were they also recruited by Fang Heng?
“Chen Yu, you’re here. Sorry to keep you waiting.”
Chen Yu swallowed his saliva and turned his head to look at Fang Heng and Liao Bufan, who had jumped down from the pile of logs.
Liao Bufan was holding an empty oil barrel in his hand and casually threw it to the side.
“Fang Heng, did you set up all these sentry towers?”
As soon as he said this, Chen Yu immediately felt that this question was very stupid.
If it wasn’t Fang Heng who set them up, could it be that he was the one who created a bug to set them?
“Yeah, I used a little trick.”
Fang Heng answered vaguely.
The players from the federal team looked at Fang Heng as if they had seen a ghost.
“Don’t mind these details. Let’s talk about the plan to deal with the Lickers first.”
Fang Heng was serious. He pointed at the few sentry towers around the maze.
“To put it simply, I will first think of a way to lure the Lickers out of Prison No. 1. When they enter the sentry towers’ attack range, listen to my command and we will destroy them completely.”
Chen Yu fell into deep thought.
He carefully considered the battle plan that Fang Heng had mentioned.
There were so many sentry towers...
It seemed feasible.
But...
Chen Yu couldn’t help but look up at the few sentry towers.
How did Fang Heng manage to create so many sentry towers in one night?
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