Mice dominate the dungeon

The mouse park, inside the main camp.

Tucci was unaware of Big Ears' current inner turmoil; he had more important things to do.

On the night he reached LV20, Twitch bestowed a large-scale "Blessing" upon all the mice in the park, granting them the newly acquired "Voice of All Things".

Meanwhile, Twitch simply abandoned the problem and let the mice grow wildly.

Ultimately, whether or not the mouse can learn and master language and writing with the help of the "Voice of All Things" depends on its own abilities.

As for Tucci himself, he has been rereading the books that the mice had collected from scavenging in the past few days.

Most of the junk was taken from the bodies of dead adventurers, and the rest he obtained from opening blind boxes on the west side of the ninth underground level.

With the blessing of [Voice of All Things].

The words and symbols that were originally incomprehensible and whose meaning was unknown melted away like butter.

This allowed Twitch to master some of the languages ​​of different races, including the common language of humans!

Besides mastering the language, Tucci has also been exploring the changes brought about by LV20 these past few days.

The most obvious improvement is the significant increase in the maximum storage capacity for holy water and gold coins.

The capacity limit of "3000" has been expanded to "6000"!

A normal upgrade wouldn't increase capacity by that much; it's mainly because it breaks through the LV20 watershed.

The doubled capacity also means that Tucci no longer has to worry about the tank bursting.

When the Holy Water storage exceeds the limit, it means that Twitch can finally upgrade the [Nursery Corner] in his territory.

The reason it hasn't been upgraded yet is that upgrading the [Nursing Corner] to LV20 requires 3100 Holy Water...

The previous storage limit of "3000" points severely restricted him.

Upgrading the [Nursery Corner] means that Twitch can unlock other unit types, thereby producing more rats suitable for expeditions and maintaining territory.

Twitch has already invested the 6200 points of holy water into the two nursery corners. Now all he has to do is wait quietly!

But the cost of 6200 points of holy water really made Twitch feel a sharp pain in his heart.

Now he can only hope that upgrading the Nursery Corner to LV20 will unlock a powerful Soldier Rat for him!

While waiting for the new soldier rats to unlock, Twitch also briefly reviewed the soldiers rats he currently possessed.

The greatest contributor to this expedition was undoubtedly the giant soldier rat!

These guys have high health, strong resistance to damage, big fists, and they occasionally deliver a few blows of war stomp to the enemy.

It can coordinate with the Barbarian Rats for infantry-tank cooperation! It can also serve as a watchtower and arrow tower for the Archer Rats!

They are truly a versatile and all-around soldier!

Aside from being a bit slow...

Tucci was not stingy at all in his appreciation of such a battlefield hero!

By spending 2000 Holy Water and with the help of the Laboratory, it took two days to successfully unlock the level cap of the Giant Soldier Rat.

Upgrade from LV10 to LV15!

As for the other troop types, they have already been upgraded to LV15, so we will not upgrade them for the time being.

He still has other places to spend the remaining holy water...

Twitch brought up the control panel and glanced at his current assets.

[Current Holy Water: 6000/6000]

Current Gold Coins: 4729/6000

The holy water has been replenished!

Due to the queen ant's unique body structure, the output of gold coins is less than that of holy water.

However, there is good news: defensive buildings and traps within the territory do not need to be upgraded for the time being.

The place where we need to use gold coins now is...

Twitch has built a certain number of [walls]!

The city walls are the best line of defense for protecting the park and blocking enemy forces, and also the best boundary markers for occupying and expanding territory!

After a long expedition, Twitch has completely conquered the territory of the burrowing ants.

Once the construction worker rats have built the city wall and placed it inside, that territory will be smoothly incorporated into their sphere of influence.

However, the burrowing ant's territory is a bit far from the mouse park, but he can first turn it into a transit base.

You can use this skill flexibly when fighting other monsters later.

Apart from that, there is no need for large amounts of gold coins to be spent within the territory for the time being.

However, anything involving troop types and troop-related buildings requires a large amount of holy water.

Twitch painstakingly filled his holy water tank because he planned to spend a large sum of holy water on it.

This will allow you to upgrade your two barracks!

During this expedition, he always felt that he had brought too few rat soldiers.

The rat swarm, which usually relies on its numerical advantage to achieve tactical dominance, was now completely suppressed by the burrowing ants.

If it weren't for my superior skills and the fact that my troops were of far higher quality than the burrowing ants...

It's still too early to say who will win or lose...

However, the fundamental problem is that the barracks can only accommodate too few soldier rats.

The two barracks can only hold a total of 80 soldier rats.

Not enough! Absolutely not enough!!

Immediately, Twitch opened the upgrade menu for the [Barracks].

When I saw that it takes a whopping 3000 Elixir to upgrade a barracks to LV20!!

hiss~~

Tucci couldn't help but gasp.

To upgrade both barracks, you have to put all the freshly filled holy water into them at once!

In the past, Twitch would have just comforted himself...

Let's upgrade next time!

When we have more money in the bank next time, we'll definitely upgrade!

The situation is different now. With the Queen Ant as a holy water replenisher, he can just take a couple of bites when the holy water runs out. Otherwise, Twitch really wouldn't dare to place such a large bet.

Having thought of this, I no longer hesitated.

Go all in!

The entire reservoir of holy water vanished instantly, leaving Twitch feeling a sudden emptiness, and the whole mouse seemed listless...

Seeing the bright red and glaring number "0" displayed on the holy water, Twitch immediately turned off the panel.

He then slowly walked into the hall, where the dried moss used as a blanket was still placed in the center.

Above it was a semi-transparent fleshy body.

Compared to a few days ago, the queen ant's body, except for the missing head, has had its upper body preserved.

As for where to store it....

Of course, it's stored inside Twitch's belly!

As for the queen ant's bloated and fat abdomen, it had shrunk considerably by now.

The main reason was that Tucci, in order to make it easier to decompose the queen ant, first drained all the most useless light yellow blood from the queen ant's body.

Now all that's left is the huge belly.

Chew~ chew~ chew~

The giant belly wasn't as greasy as I imagined; instead, it had a crisp, thin texture with a touch of chewiness.

After taking a few bites, gluttony is triggered, and the food begins to break down.

Holy water levels are steadily rising...

The queen ant's abdomen is still quite thick, enough for her to splurge on a few more full doses of holy water.

But there will always come a day when it runs out!

Now, with each level increase, a large amount of gold and holy water are required for each upgrade.

Twitch, who was in the underground city, could not stop there. After all, his other monster neighbors had long coveted the rats in the park!

The best way to deal with this is to gain the upper hand!

Launch a blitzkrieg against the neighbors!

The walls belonging to the Twitch will be laid upon their territory!