28: Chapter 28 A Crazy windfall, everyone levels up!

[Killing 1st-level Tyranid Stinger, command points + 20]

[Killing 2nd-level Tyranid Stinger, command points + 30]

[Killing 1st-level Tyranid Stinger, command points + 20]

[Killing 2nd-level Tyranid Brain Bug, command points + 100]

The kill notifications flooded Su Yang's panel.

Every single kill notification highlighted the terrifying lethality of the Crossbowmen.

With a single volley, more than half of the Insect Swarm at the foot of the city wall was wiped out.

With just one more volley, the Insect Swarm's offensive would be completely dismantled.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

The sound of insect stingers piercing the air rang out.

The Insect Swarm's ranged attack units had finished deploying.

A squad of Tyranid Spitting Insects was hiding in the dense forest, launching an attack toward the top of the city wall.

"Take cover!"

Su Yang, having been prepared, immediately gave the order.

The entire Imperial Armor Troops bent down, hiding behind the battlements.

The insect stingers had immense power, but upon hitting the sturdy and thick walls, they could only embed slightly or be deflected directly.

Su Yang crouched behind the battlements as the insect stingers whistled past him.

Fortunately, the city wall had been upgraded by triggering the civilization trait; otherwise, there would have been no cover above a standard Level 1 city wall.

If they had encountered this situation, they would definitely have been forced into a passive position.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

The insect stinger attacks covered the entire section of the city wall like a torrential rain, without a moment's pause.

The Tyranid Spitting Insects seemed to be divided into three squads; as soon as one squad finished shooting and entered the reloading phase, another squad would follow up to supplement the firepower.

This distribution ensured that the attack remained constant, not giving the enemy a chance to expose themselves and counterattack.

This tactic was very effective, and the Tyranids capable of executing it were indeed intelligent.

Unfortunately, Su Yang pondered while feeling out the attack frequency of the Tyranid Spitting Insects.

Their enemy was the Great Qin Troops, which possessed Crossbowman units.

Before tonight, the Imperial Armor Troops could only passively endure the beatings.

But now, with the addition of the Crossbowmen, the troop would no longer fear ranged units!

"Fire!"

Seizing the enemy's extremely short attack interval, Su Yang ordered a counterattack.

The Crossbowmen did not stand up to shoot but instead fired back directly through the shooting ports on the city wall.

Hum—

A rain of arrows surged out, and the dense forest directly facing the city wall was instantly shaved away by more than half.

[Killing 2nd-level Tyranid Spitting Insect, command points + 50]

[Killing 3rd-level Tyranid Spitting Insect, command points + 70]

[Killing 2nd-level Tyranid Brain Bug, command points + 100]

[Killing 2nd-level Tyranid Spitting Insect, command points + 50]

[Killing 1st-level Tyranid Stinger, command points + 20]

Accompanied by the miserable shrieks of the Tyranid Spitting Insects, the second round of insect stinger attacks arrived.

But by this moment, the Crossbowmen had already turned back to reload their crossbows.

The Insect Swarm's attacks all missed.

The shooting ports could not only withstand most of the firepower during an attack but also allowed the Crossbowmen to shoot more quickly.

It was precisely because of the existence of the shooting ports that Su Yang was able to let the Crossbowmen conduct a counterattack without suffering any damage.

It could be said that every brick and tile on this city wall embodied the wisdom of their Old Ancestor.

After this round of counterattacks, the Insect Swarm's ranged firepower was directly halved.

The several waves of attacks launched by the Stinger Bugs on the front line were also dismantled by the Armored Elite Soldiers.

From then on, the Insect Swarm could no longer organize an effective offensive.

The battle entered its concluding phase.

Su Yang ordered the gates to be opened, letting Armored Elite Warrior Chen Wu and Armored Elite Warrior Zhao Zhang each lead a squad out of the city to clear out and hunt down the remaining Xenomorphs.

As the last Brain Bug was killed, the battle ended.

This was the largest scale Bug Swarm Tide encountered since descending into the Forbidden Ground.

Su Yang couldn't wait to open his panel to check the harvest from tonight.

There were at least 150 Xenomorphs; how many command points could he obtain?

Seeing the final number, Su Yang's eyes instantly brightened.

[command points: 6780]

A single defense had actually yielded nearly six thousand command points!

One had to know that most current lords only had 1000 command points.

His harvest in just one night exceeded theirs by six times!

The effects brought by the Level 2 Main Base plus the Level 2 Gaze of the Abyss were actually this good.

Sure enough, as long as the defense level could keep up, the Gaze of the Abyss was completely a positive BUFF!

The stronger the effect of the Gaze of the Abyss, the larger the scale of the Insect Swarm, and the more command points harvested.

With a new batch of command points in hand, Su Yang directly opened the panel to upgrade.

First was the technology section: Shallow Mineral Vein Relocation Technology.

It could relocate mineral veins discovered outside the territory back to the base.

This technology was especially suitable for the early stage, which required concentrated defense.

It was perfect to finish researching it tonight; if the Scout discovered a mineral vein tomorrow, he could directly relocate it back.

[command points - 1500]

[Shallow Mineral Vein Relocation Technology researching...]

After finishing the technology, the next step was the unit types.

Because of the newly added Crossbowman unit, the food consumption within the territory had further increased.

If he couldn't take down the Insect Swarm Ranch tomorrow, the soldiers would go hungry.

With the marching capability of the Level 1 Armored Elite Soldiers, they couldn't reach the Insect Swarm Ranch; they had to be upgraded to Level 2.

Su Yang's thoughts flickered, and he directly upgraded all the remaining Level 1 Armored Elite Soldiers.

[command points - 4800]

[Level 1 Armored Elite Soldiers upgrading...]

Clang, clang, clang—

A series of mechanical collision sounds rang out, and all Armored Elite Soldiers in the territory were upgraded to Level 2.

Refreshing!

Compared to upgrading them one or two at a time, such a large-scale upgrade gave one the feeling of spending money lavishly.

The two upgrades cost 6300 command points, exhausting the newly obtained command points.

However, what he got in exchange was a more powerful troop.

All 20 Armored Elite Soldiers were Level 2, plus 20 Imperial Armor Crossbowmen and the 2 Thousand-Mile Scouts outside.

Before a stronger type of Tyranid appeared, this troop could almost run rampant through the Bug Swarm Tide dense forest.

However, while the troops were strong, another problem was exposed.

Insufficient backup supplies.

There was currently only one coal mining machine in the territory.

It produced a maximum of 50 units of fuel resources per day.

But the troops' current consumption had already exceeded the production speed.

The Armored Elite Soldiers troop consumed 2 units of fuel resources per day, and the Crossbowmen consumed 1 unit of fuel per day.

Not counting the Scouts, the troops needed at least 60 units of fuel resources every day.

This was still in the best-case scenario; if a battle occurred, this consumption would increase exponentially.

After the battle just now, two-thirds of the Armored Elite Soldiers and Crossbowmen were running low on fuel.

Furthermore, the Crossbowmen located in the east and south who participated in the defense had run out of crossbow bolts.

There were no copper mine resources in the territory, so they couldn't resupply at all.

Resources were the most important factor for the base's development.

Now, he could only rely on the Scouts' abilities.

He hoped they could discover a new mineral vein before attacking the Insect Swarm Ranch tomorrow.