Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 288 Donation
"Everyone, follow my orders. Li Feng and Liang Yuying, go to the third underground level to protect the women and children of the Free People and prepare for the possibility that the mutated creatures might break through the underground defenses."

"First and second patrol teams, take your firing positions!"

"Xiaoyue, you're in charge of engaging the enemy on the southern front. Zhao Guozhu, Thomas, and Leon, the three of you are in charge of engaging the enemy on the eastern front!"

"Xiao Wei, Annie, Zhao Xuanxuan, take charge of engaging the enemy on the western front!"

"Old John, you lead the third patrol squad to engage the enemy on the northern front!"

Liang Yuzhi's voice resounded clearly throughout the entire building, even in the basement, as if she had used some kind of amplification magic.

But in reality, she was on the rooftop of the building, directing operations from the center.

Because no one is more suitable than her to take the lead.

This was one of the two things Li Wei had arranged and planned during the previous family meeting.

During wartime, Liang Yuzhi will be in charge of command, while during peacetime, Li Yue will be in charge of internal camp affairs, should he be delayed for any reason.

At that moment, as Li Wei, Annie, and Zhao Xuanxuan rushed out from the west side of the building according to the predetermined route, they saw that it was as bright as day outside. A huge ball of light was floating above the camp building, like a small sun, capable of shining for more than 500 meters in one go.

This is—light magic?
Good heavens, Liang Yuzhi has finally stopped pretending! She's incredibly domineering and has returned as a queen!
She had changed into a gorgeous, mysterious witch's robe, something like this. Li Wei didn't understand, but he thought it was awesome, so much so that he felt the horde of mutated creatures rushing in from all directions was nothing special.

Truly, nothing could be more inspiring than this.

This Holy Light buff is especially useful!

[You have been blessed by a first-tier Light Magic spell. For 30 minutes, you are effectively immune to radiation poison. Radiation poison level -50%]

cool!
At that moment, Li Wei suddenly understood why the headquarters preferred to believe that he was Sai Lao Ai, General Wheel, or the gigolo of Poison Scorpion and the Widow, rather than that he was the one who led the charge to destroy Duke Flame.

Because once a first-tier spellcasting witch appears on the battlefield, she's absolutely awesome!
"Cum clap clap!"

Strange chopping sounds were coming from the south of the camp; it was Li Yue wreaking havoc all by herself there.

Why does this radiation storm feel like a comeback showcase specially organized for Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue?
The mutated creatures on the southern front were the most numerous and the strongest, but Li Yue was not afraid at all. Her agile, brave, and terrifying killing figure could be felt even on the western city wall!
In just a short while, before the mutated creatures on the western front even rushed up, Li Yue had already captured four four-star mutated creatures and four universal gold cards.

However, Li Wei doesn't need to pick it up, because the campaign mode has already been triggered!
[The "Final Destination: Radiation Storm" storyline is now open. This is a fixed storyline that every player will encounter in the Expedition side quests. This storyline is in campaign mode and will last for 30 days.]

In this campaign mode, all kills by players and free citizens will be recorded and verified by both the Frontier Card System and the Prestige Card System. Even if the head of a household is killed in battle, the story will not end. All players and free citizens can continue to fight with the assistance of the Prestige Card System until the last person is killed. If the final victory is achieved, a new head of a household will be selected after the campaign ends.

[Note 1: In this campaign mode, the difficulty of obtaining Universal Gold Cards dropped by kills will no longer be limited. For example, if the difficulty was previously 150%, no matter how many kills or how many cards are used in this campaign, the difficulty will not increase.]

[Note 2: The Universal Gold Card can now be picked up six hours later. Dropped Universal Gold Cards can be used as recovery points for friendly units. The power in the Universal Gold Card can be consumed according to the injury of the wounded friendly unit until it is exhausted.]

[Warning: Universal Gold Cards may also be stolen by mutated creatures. Therefore, all participants in this battle are eligible to pick up Universal Gold Cards and exchange or hand them in. Both systems will record this information simultaneously.]

-

Not bad!

Li Wei smiled slightly, and then suddenly shouted, "Xiao Yue, keep one recovery card, and hand over the rest!"

That's right, by handing it in, you can exchange a universal gold card for 1000 gold coins.

But the point wasn't exchanging for gold coins, but rather paying tribute, which was a form of bribery.

Li Yue and Liang Yuzhi had not reminded him of this matter before.

But Li Wei knew that if something exists, it must have its meaning. Especially after he learned that there was a department that strictly investigated smuggling, he had this idea. He wanted to try and see what would happen when he kept handing over the all-powerful gold card.
Perhaps in the end he won't trigger anything, or perhaps it's all just wishful thinking on his part.

But what if?
Although he is still in dire need of the universal gold card, the battle to kill the Flame Duke has truly brought him great rewards!
Nine silver tokens!
How extravagant!
In the past, it took a lot of effort and thought to obtain a bronze token.

But Li Wei threw it out without even blinking, and this one wave of attacks made him temporarily free from worries about the future.

So he can indulge in a little bit of his whims.

This is the perfect moment we've been waiting for.

"call out!"

A two-star sniper's armor-piercing arrow was fired with pinpoint accuracy, blowing the head off a mutated creature of unknown origin three hundred meters away. Truly, the arrow was swift, the bow powerful, and the arrow unrestrained!
The next second, Li Wei continued to exhale and fire arrows like rain. He fired fifteen arrows in ten seconds, instantly killing fifteen mutated creatures charging from the western front. Although they were mostly level three mutated creatures, they were still very strong.

"call!"

Li Wei exhaled a breath of stale air; 250 of his 350 stamina points were gone.

Even his arms were trembling slightly because he wasn't wearing the title of Flame Baron; he was still the Rat Exterminator, and his strength was only 29 points, which was a little short of the minimum requirement of 30 points to use this four-star enchanted bow.

Therefore, it is quite difficult to use!
But this was intentional on his part. Since the radioactive fog could obscure the monitoring of the headquarters, it might not be able to avoid higher-level departments, but it should be able to bypass departments such as the Commerce Department, Logistics Department, and Resources Department.

So, for now, we must continue to maintain this 'authenticity'.

In other words, the ones who contributed the most to the battle to kill Duke Flame were Li Yue and Liang Yuzhi, who had been persuaded by him.

Can't you see how powerful these two are right now?

Li Wei felt that the three of them had reached a certain level of tacit understanding.

At this moment, Zhao Xuanxuan decisively rushed to stand in front of Li Wei, using herself as a barrier to buy him time to recover his strength.

Anne from the medical department stood behind Li Wei, holding a crossbow that could fire in rapid succession. It was a fairly standard and safe defensive formation.

However, it was of little use, because Liang Yuzhi, who was standing on the rooftop, was constantly condensing fireballs of different sizes, controlling the entire area!

Within a radius of 500 meters, it can hit any target precisely, and some fireballs can even curve and track, forming curved trajectories—it's incredibly powerful.

The key point is that her mana consumption seems to be very low, even though Liang Yuzhi has been patrolling and on duty outside for almost a day and a night.

Furthermore, Li Wei felt that Liang Yuzhi was throwing fireballs of varying sizes more and more smoothly and skillfully, with a cleverness that permeated her movements.

[Following the orders of Li Wei, the head of the family, family member Li Yue chose to donate three four-star universal gold cards, accumulating 3000 standard gold coins. These gold coins will be included in the family assets and distributed proportionally to each family member based on past contributions and other criteria during the exit settlement every six months.]

[Family member Thomas, acting on orders, chose to donate a four-star universal gold card...]

[Family member John, following orders, chose to donate a universal gold card...]

In a short time, eight four-star mutated creatures have been killed, but apart from keeping one universal gold card to replenish magic and restore status and incidentally as bait, all the rest were donated.

At this moment, even Annie, the casual member of the medical department, looked puzzled. What a waste! Donating it would be far less cost-effective than using it for enhancement, or even exchanging it for a pass token.

In fact, even Old John, Zhao Guozhu, and even Thomas, Lyon, and Zhao Xuanxuan didn't quite understand, but no one would disobey Li Wei's orders.

The battle continues, and more and more mutated creatures are appearing.

Initially, these mutated creatures all ran towards the eastern, southern, and northern city walls. They would also instinctively try to chase and plunder the universal gold card, but it was simply not enough.

With Liang Yuzhi, a first-tier spellcasting witch, in complete control of the field, and with experts like Li Yue, plus the strong support from players and free soldiers on all three fronts, the mutated creatures couldn't gain any advantage. In less than ten minutes, twenty universal gold cards had already been donated.

Li Wei and his two companions even killed two level-four mutated creatures on the western front.

If the pace of battle continues like this, wouldn't we be rolling in money?
But at that moment, Li Wei's heart skipped a beat, and without warning, a layer of cold sweat broke out. Although he immediately returned to normal, he knew that a special BOSS had appeared.

At the same time, the entire camp was plunged into darkness, and Liang Yuzhi was also affected, to the point that her light magic was interrupted and annihilated.

In addition, everyone present was affected by this.

"call!"

As if a power switch had been flipped, Liang Yuzhi had once again unleashed her magic of light, illuminating the earth.

At this moment, everyone was horrified to see that the originally densely packed mutated creatures were retreating like a tide, but when they were about to retreat to a place 500 meters away where the light could not reach, they seemed to be immediately swallowed up by something.

For a moment, all that could be heard was rustling, but nothing could be seen. Beyond the magic of light, there was only boundless darkness and evil.

Li Wei felt like his hair was standing on end at this moment, while some of the weaker patrol members in the various shooting positions inside the building had basically lost their fighting ability.

It was even visible to the naked eye that the area illuminated by Liang Yuzhi's light magic was slowly shrinking, from a radius of 500 meters to 400 meters, and then to 300 meters.

(End of this chapter)