80: Chapter 80 S-Rank Thorn Counterattack

At this stage, E-grade beast cores are absolutely scarce items.

In the entire region of over ten thousand people, there are certainly not a few who have reached the 20-point attribute cap. Why was Fatty, who broke through only last night, able to receive the second-place reward?

The reason is simple: there is simply no channel to obtain beast cores!

The novice protection period only just ended last night. Perhaps a very small number of people have obtained beast cores, but there definitely won't be many.

Obtaining a full 36 E-grade beast cores at once is absolutely a fortune of significant value.

Just as Chen Ze was secretly pleased, he suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet tremble slightly.

"Not good!"

His heart tightened. His first reaction was that the Ant Swarm lurking underground had discovered them. With a flicker of his figure, he quickly dodged behind the thick walls of the durian fortress to hide.

But after holding his breath and observing for a long time, the surface of the several giant ant mounds in the distance remained quiet, and not even a shadow of a Mutant Ant was found.

"What's going on?"

Chen Ze muttered to himself, feeling somewhat puzzled.

Before he could figure it out, the entire ground trembled again. This time, the vibration was far more intense than before, and the soil beneath his feet was shaking slightly.

Chen Ze immediately sensed a hint of danger.

He dared not hesitate, immediately bending down to kneel on one knee and pressing his ear tightly against the ground.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle~"

A fine, dense, and layered crawling sound boomed from deep underground. It was no longer the sporadic, faint rustling from before, but the sound of thousands of insect legs rubbing against the soil, dense and overwhelming, making one's scalp tingle.

"No, it's the Ant Swarm!"

In order to avoid the attacks of the e-grade automatic crossbow, this group of Mutant Ants actually circled around from underground, wanting to breach the durian fortress from below!

Chen Ze felt goosebumps rise all over his body in an instant.

"Absurd, simply absurd!"

The Mutant Ants actually have such high intelligence!

He was secretly shocked, not expecting that mere Mutant Ants could actually develop such high intelligence for flanking sneak attacks.

With the ant tide ready to break through the ground at any moment, they could not stay here for even a second longer. Chen Ze shouted aloud.

"Fatty, brother, come out quickly! The ants are digging from underground!"

Upon hearing this, Fatty instantly realized the danger of the situation and dared not delay for a moment, immediately taking Duan Linhai's family and quickly withdrawing from the durian fortress.

The moment his feet touched the ground, Fatty moved his mind, a white light flashed, and the Mercedes G63 appeared steadily in front of everyone.

"Get in the car!"

Duan Linhai dared not hesitate, bending down to scoop up the two children, hurriedly diving into the back seat, and shielding his children tightly in his arms.

Fatty also quickly sat in the driver's seat, turned the key, and the engine roared to life instantly.

"Brother Ze, get in quickly!"

Chen Ze was not in a hurry to get in the car. With a thought, he directly ended the rental transaction with Duan Linhai and instantly retrieved the e-grade automatic crossbow back into his system space.

Immediately after, he pushed off with his feet, his figure soared into the air, and he leaped lightly and deftly onto the roof of the off-road vehicle, standing steadily.

"Drive!"

"Vroom~!"

The low roar of the engine exploded, the tires of the Mercedes G63 rubbed against the ground kicking up dust, and it shot out like an arrow from a bow, speeding away toward the open area in the distance.

The G-Wagon sped all the way, covering over a hundred meters in the blink of an eye, completely putting a safe distance between them and the danger.

At this very moment, the entire ground behind them exploded with a boom!

Dense black cracks crisscrossed, countless soil and gravel were pushed up, and a dark mass of Mutant Ants frantically broke through the ground along the tunnels, the pitch-black insect tide instantly covering the entire open space.

These Mutant Ants were clearly wary of the power of the e-grade automatic crossbow; not a single one climbed up along the outer walls of the Fortress, all hiding in the blind spots at the bottom and the sides of the outer walls.

"Creak! Creak!~"

The fine chewing sounds merged into one, the Ant Swarm pressed their mouthparts against the outer walls of the durian fortress, frantically gnawing and attacking.

"Boss! The durability of the durian fortress is decreasing rapidly; it has now dropped to 70 points!"

Duan Linhai asked hurriedly.

"Should we continue repairs?"

"No, give me your heart of the fortress!"

Chen Ze jumped down from the roof of the car.

"Okay!"

Duan Linhai responded and hurriedly took off the heart of the fortress from his neck and handed it to Chen Ze.

[durian fortress heart]

Talent: S-grade, Thorn Counter-damage!

Talent Description: Your Fortress possesses the effect of dealing counter-damage to enemies. The counter-damage effect is determined by the Fortress level, armor, and maximum durability!

The system notification sounded clearly. Chen Ze's pupils suddenly brightened, and wild joy instantly surged in his heart.

"Finally obtained it!"

This Thorn Counter-damage talent was simply tailor-made for him.

As for maximum durability, ordinary survivors only have one or two hundred points, while he has a full 1900 points!

Once he devoured this Thorn Counter-damage talent, when the next siege zombies came, he might not even need to make a move; those zombies would be directly reflected to death by their own claws after a few strikes!

Thinking of this, Chen Ze could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.

"SSS-grade Talent Devour activated!"

[Ding, are you sure you want to devour the heart of the fortress? The current heart of the fortress talent is S-grade Thorn Counter-damage!]

"Confirm!"

"Hum!~"

The durian fortress heart shattered instantly, immediately turning into a brilliant ball of light and dissipating.

[Ding! Devour successful!]

[Congratulations on obtaining the S-grade talent Thorn Counter-damage!]

[Current Fortress panel as follows!]

Survival Fortress: WWII Pillbox

Level: 2

Defense Value: 5 (The higher the defense value, the lower the damage taken when attacked.)

Durability: 1870/1900

Talent: SSS-grade Plunder, S-grade Tycoons Armor, S-grade Thorn Counter-damage

Rating: B+, a sturdy Fortress that has grown thorns, possessing extremely strong swarm defensive capabilities.

Upgrade requirements: E-grade Wood*100, E-grade Steel*100, E-grade Stone*100, Level 3 Fortress Upgrade Blueprint*1.

The rating changed again, rising from the original B to B+.

"Awesome!"

The long-awaited Thorn Counter-damage talent was finally in hand; Chen Ze could not suppress the excitement in his heart.

Just at this moment, the durian fortress a hundred meters away collapsed completely with a "boom," instantly turning into countless fine powders.

Those Mutant Ants were originally huddled together at the base of the walls, gnawing frantically. The sudden collapse directly buried a large group of the Ant Swarm at the bottom into the gravel and dust, and the Ant Swarm instantly fell into chaos.

"Hahaha, a bunch of beasts, and you still want to fight us!"

Fatty looked at the chaotic black insect tide behind him through the rearview mirror and laughed heartily.

"Brother Ze, get in the car quickly! Those beasts will get anxious in a moment!"

Chen Ze did not get in the car. He stared at the Mutant Ants writhing in the dust and suddenly came up with a brilliant plan.

"No rush, I have an idea. Perhaps we can slaughter another wave!"