Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 9 Rare Tower, Bubble Turtle

"That's it? The silver-scaled breastplate makes up the majority of the armor?"

Lei Chi muttered to himself and then looked at the details of the reward items.

[Tier 1 Beast Tower Three-Choice Construction Blueprint: Special item. Use to choose one of three randomly generated Tier 1 Beast Towers to build.]

[Silver Scale Breastplate: Equipment Level LV2, Bound Item, Untradeable, Cannot be Dropped. When equipped, grants +100 Health, +2 Armor, and +2 Magic Resistance. Description: Armor reduces physical damage, magic resistance reduces magical damage. The damage reduction formula is 0.06X/(1+0.06X), where X is the Armor or Magic Resistance value.]

"What use would I have for this breastplate?"

Lei Chi casually tossed the silver-scaled breastplate aside. He figured he'd just leave it as an exhibit for now, since no one could take it from him anyway.

Lei Chi then used the [Tier 1 Beast Tower Three-Choice Construction Blueprint] again, and with a ding, a selection window appeared in front of him.

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You can choose one of the following three Tier 1 Beast Towers to build:

1. Little Bear, melee, physical attack, attack speed 0.5, attack power 5.

2. Porcupine, ranged attack, physical attack, attack speed 1.0, range 20 meters, attack power 2.

3. Bubble Turtle (Rare), Ranged, Magic Attack, Attack Speed ​​0.5, Range 30 meters, Attack Power 3, Special Skill [Rapid Launch].

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"A rare tower has appeared, and it's ranged!"

There was no need to hesitate any longer; Lei Chi immediately chose to build the Bubble Turtle.

Bubble Turtle can't be placed at the entrance of the Time-Space Wormhole, since Lei Chi intends to use it to break through the invasion of wild monsters.

Wasting range reduces output. To maximize the output of a defensive tower, its attack range must be maximized.

The war corridor is now 100 meters long. Bubble Turtle's range is 30 meters, so it should at least be placed 30 meters away from the spacetime wormhole. Lei Chi thought that Bubble Turtle might be able to upgrade, and its range might increase after upgrading. After a little thought, he placed it on the right side of the center of the war corridor.

Once the construction location was selected, a square stone slab with sides of one meter appeared. On the stone slab, a turtle about the size of a pug, with a round head, green skin, and a hemispherical shape, appeared. This turtle was chubby, with a large head, small eyes, and small spikes along the edge of its shell. It was the first-tier Beast Tower Bubble Turtle.

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Tower Name: Bubble Turtle

Area: 1m x 1m

Type: Beast Tower

Rank: First Rank

Attack: 3

Attack type: Magic

Attack range: 30 meters

Attack speed: 0.5 (0.5 attacks per second)

Attack Effect: [Bouncing], Bubble Turtle spits water bubbles to attack enemies. After hitting the first target, the water bubble can bounce twice to attack other targets within a 10-meter range. The damage is reduced by 1 for each bounce.

Note: Bubble Turtle has growth potential. After defeating 1000 targets, it can evolve into Blastoise by providing 1 Water Element Crystal, and into Hydro Pump Turtle by providing 1 Ocean Element Crystal. Blastoise is a Tier 2 single-target damage defensive tower, while Hydro Pump Turtle has the [Enhanced Projectile] ability.

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"Ding! Due to the Tower Defense technology [Focus LV1], Bubble Turtle's base attack power has increased by 2!"

When Lei Chi saw that Bubble Turtle's base attack power had increased from 3 to 5, he was immediately delighted.

"See? Upgrading the tower defense technology worked! That's what you call brilliant!" he muttered to himself. "This little turtle can even grow and evolve, not bad, not bad. Where do we get water elemental crystals and sea elemental crystals? Never mind, let's break through the first wave of monster invasions first!"

Before deciding to play [Tata World], Lei Chi learned a lot about the game, especially about the monster invasion.

According to the information he had, the jungle monster invasion was divided into five waves, with the first five waves consisting of slimes. The first wave of slimes were level 1, each with only 3 health points, and there were a total of 1,000 slimes. One slime would spawn every second, and as long as the ranged defense towers weren't too bad, they could basically hold the line.

"The Bubble Turtle currently has 5 attack points, and its attacks can bounce. According to its attribute description, each bounce reduces its attack power by one point. So, the first bounce will deal 4 points of attack power, and the second bounce will deal 3 points. One bubble is enough to take down three slimes! Its attack speed is a bit slow, only 0.5, so it attacks once every two seconds, meaning it can take down three slimes in two seconds, which exceeds the slime respawn rate. This first wave is a sure thing!"

After a quick calculation, Lei Chi didn't waste any time and immediately communicated with the system to request the start of the first wave of monster invasion.

"Ding! The first wave of jungle monsters will begin in three minutes!"

"Ding! The invading monster is a LV1 Green Slime with 3 HP, a movement speed of 1 meter per second, and a spawn rate of 1 per second, for a total of 1,000. Players will be unable to enter the War Corridor after the monster invasion begins. Please prepare your defenses..."

Soon, a flash of light appeared in the spacetime wormhole, and clumps of green slime, resembling pugs and jelly, wriggled forward, forming an orderly line.

The four little tigers meowed at them, scratching wildly with their little paws, but unfortunately they couldn't reach them.

Soon, Lei Chi saw the Bubble Turtle's attack method: it raised its head to inhale, opened its mouth and exhaled a transparent bubble the size of a volleyball.

The bubble shimmered with iridescent light under the sunlight. It flew quite fast and seemed rather heavy, covering 30 meters in less than two seconds before crashing into the first green slime.

"-5!"

The damage numbers popped up, and with a "poof," the green slime immediately stopped, then turned into a white light and disappeared, instantly killed.

The colorful bubbles continued to bounce backward like a ball.

"-4!"

"-3!"

With two "poof" sounds, the two green slimes turned into light and disappeared one after another, and the water bubble also popped with a "pop" after being launched twice.

In the blink of an eye, the three green slimes died very quickly, less than a second apart.

At this point, the bubble turtle had already spit out its second bubble.

Lei Chi watched quietly, each time achieving a triple kill, never missing a chance.

He thought to himself, "It's safe now. Bubble Turtle is wasting its damage output anyway."

After all, if the Bubble Turtle's damage is maxed out, its DPS is 6, while the Green Slime spawns one per second with only 3 HP.

"Slime, trash!"

Lei Chi roared, and 16 minutes passed uneventfully. All 1000 green slimes died, and not a single one managed to walk more than 30 meters out of the war corridor.

Bubble Turtle achieved a thousand kills in a single tower, fulfilling one of the upgrade conditions.

"Ding! Congratulations on defeating the first wave of monsters! Rewards have been calculated, and your level has increased to LV1. Your level cap has also been raised to LV1!"

"Ding! Your camp's gold mine has been upgraded to LV2, with one more gold mining location and doubled mining efficiency (two copper coins can be collected for each mining action)."

"Ding! You can start the second wave of monster invasion at any time. The second wave of invading monsters are LV2 Mud Slimes with 6 health points, a movement speed of 1 meter per second, and a spawn rate of one per second, for a total of 1000."

Lei Chi was very satisfied.

Defeating the first wave of monster invasions and upgrading the gold mine is naturally a good thing.

Even small amounts of money are money. When you're bored out of your mind, dig a hole in the ground, earn a little money, and exercise. There's no harm in it.

Besides, we have an orc laborer at home who can farm gold while the game is running.