247: Chapter 247 Shift Change, Fourth Wave of Monsters

After a brief silence, a second, larger batch of monsters came roaring in.

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes and released 500,000 Harpies to support the Players.

"Everyone, focus fire!"

The Players were jolted into action, no longer worrying about resource consumption, and went all-out with their firepower.

Dense barrages of shells engulfed the monsters that had just emerged from the vortex.

At the same time, amidst the gunfire, dense bolts of lightning jumped back and forth between the monsters.

Watching this scene, Chen Fan nodded slightly.

The purpose of the previous dispersed attacks was to avoid wasting firepower.

But the monsters at this moment, both in quantity and quality, far exceeded the previous ones, so there was no such thing as waste.

Therefore, the best method was to focus fire.

Under the buff of the Arcane Aura, lightning strikes every five seconds caused massive damage when focused.

Furthermore, with 1% magic recovery per second, 1,000 magic could be restored in 20 seconds.

Each Harpy died after casting six chain lightning spells.

Then Chen Fan replenished the next batch, repeating the cycle.

Nearly an hour passed, and after over 30 million Harpies had died, no more monsters finally emerged from the vortex.

Upon realizing this, the Players cheered and then fired with all their might.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to District One for successfully resisting the third wave of monster invasion.]

[Rewards for all Players in District One: 25,000 Gold Coins. 15,000 Common Supplies.]

"Boss is awesome! Brothers are awesome!"

"He is the Boss after all; this wave was even easier than before."

"Shh... be careful, or Big Sister Head will whip you."

"She's asleep and can't hear us, hehe."

"..."

Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the women.

"I'm going to sleep. If there's a serious situation, wake me up."

"Mm-hmm, sleep, Brother." Jiu Jiu nodded repeatedly.

"You can also rest for a while and get up when the next wave starts."

Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief, pinched her cheek, and turned to walk into the cabin.

Although he wasn't sleepy yet, it was highly likely that the monster invasion at 12:00 AM would follow after the fifth wave.

If he didn't sleep now, it would be equivalent to staying up for two whole days.

By then, his judgment would be seriously impaired due to lack of rest.

Walking to the innermost bedroom, Chen Fan woke up Luo Li to take over, then crawled into her bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Having slept for a few hours, Luo Li was energetic.

As soon as she stepped out of the cabin, she shouted, "Everyone, go back to the cabin and rest."

"Yes! Big Sister Head!"

"Big Sister Head is taking over? Did she hand over with the Boss when they switched?"

"You upstairs, have you grown guts of a bear and a leopard? How dare you tease Big Sister Head?"

"Exactly, you're really bold. But there probably wasn't a handover; after all, the Boss is so powerful, it couldn't have been that fast."

"What are you talking about? With so many beauties around the Boss, he wouldn't look at the 150cm-all-around Big Sister Head, would he?"

"That's true... Wait, but have you noticed that Big Sister Head seems to have grown taller and slimmer, different from before?"

"I noticed it. Big Sister Head must have been stimulated by us to lose weight."

"She even wore sky-high heels."

"Pfft... you're really mean, upstairs."

"Stop roasting Big Sister Head; you're making her hide her face and not see anyone."

As soon as Luo Li returned to her destroyer, she saw the Players' discussion.

Immediately, she was furious.

Glancing at the 150cm-all-around Sharpshooter standing beside her, she gritted her teeth:

"Whoever talks back to Arrogant female pronoun again, Arrogant female pronoun will hang him by the vortex."

"..."

"Why aren't you getting lost and going to sleep for Arrogant female pronoun!"

"..."

...

Because this wave was relatively simple, only half an hour passed before regions started clearing it one after another.

Listening to the continuous system notification sounds, the Players breathed a sigh of relief and rested with their eyes half-closed.

Suddenly, an discordant sound rang out:

[Ding!]

[The main city of District 6816 has been destroyed; protection of the ruins has failed.]

[The main city of District 7757 has been destroyed; protection of the ruins has failed.]

[...]

[Players in failed regions will be teleported back to the main storyline, their levels reset to zero, and they will be unable to move until the dungeon ends.]

The Players' eyes widened in disbelief.

"No way, can this even fail? Can't those monsters be killed by focusing fire?"

"Yeah, the monsters on our side died before they even touched the shallows, how did they fail?"

"I guess the previous bird-men weren't all killed, and then centaur-bear monsters and the like surrounded them."

"Good grief, are they being hit by two waves of monsters at once?"

"I imagined that scene, and it is indeed a bit terrifying."

"..."

[District 6816]: "Damn it, the previous wave wasn't finished, and the next one already came; it's impossible to defend."

[District 7757]: "Posting a video, see for yourselves."

Players from District 7757 posted a video of the monsters besieging the city.

Instantly, Players in other regions felt a tightening in their hearts.

Sure enough, two waves of monsters were attacking together, causing the Players' attack rhythm to be disrupted, allowing large numbers of monsters to swarm into the island's interior.

Although there weren't many failed regions at the moment, the alarm bells had rung in the Players' hearts.

The main purpose of the Ruins Defense Battle was to protect the Ancient Ruins.

As long as the Ancient Ruins were destroyed, all Players, regardless of their strength, would be reset!

At the same time, commanders in almost all regions assigned a portion of their Crew Members to tightly surround the Ancient Ruins.

Even if these Crew Members couldn't play much of a role, it was good to use them to stall for time.

As time passed, more and more regions cleared the wave.

But some regions were still struggling.

[Ding!]

[The fourth wave of monsters is approaching.]

The simple message made every Player's heart skip a beat.

Luo Li took a deep breath and shouted, "Little ones, perk up for Arrogant female pronoun."

"Yes! Big Sister Head!"

"What are you doing? Ouch, I just fell asleep."

"You're still sleeping? Hurry up and prepare to meet the enemy."

"..."

Complaining on the lips, but their bodies were very honest.

In just half a minute, all the Players were in position.

The black vortex began to spin wildly, and its size even expanded by a circle.

Suddenly, a thick, rock-like leg stepped out from the vortex.

Once the three-meter-long leg was fully extended, the Players saw the appearance of this wave of monsters.

"Granite?"

"This monster is made entirely of rock; if it punches down, wouldn't it leave bruises everywhere?"

"That's what you say, but it might even leave pieces scattered everywhere; do you want to try it?"

"Never mind."

"..."

While they were talking, the first batch of Granite monsters crawled out of the vortex.

Their huge bodies, five meters high and three meters wide, slowly walked toward the island.

Behind it, the second, the third, and a vast number of Granite monsters kept crawling out.

"Group 1 to Group 100, focus fire!"

Luo Li issued the order immediately.

One hundred groups were divided among 20 vortexes, with five groups firing at each vortex.

This was a tentative attack.

But the effect was unsatisfactory.

Luo Li frowned and looked ahead; the focused fire of nearly five thousand Players in each vortex direction had only killed the two foremost Granite monsters.

With just one glance, she saw the issue.

The Granite monsters had massive bodies, and even after being blasted to death, their corpses stood for a moment before dissipating, completely shielding the monsters behind them and allowing them to evade the aftermath of the shelling.

Under these circumstances, even with a war of attrition, one would have to wait for the Granite monsters in the front row to completely dissipate before it could be effective.

"This is getting a bit tricky..."

Luo Li muttered to herself.