CHAPTER 286: CHAPTER 286: THE FREAK’S HAREM

Lin Yi swiftly passed through the forest.

He heard gunshots and explosions coming from the highway, indicating that the reinforcements of the Plunderers had already begun engaging with Solomon’s men.

But the raiders had no chance of winning.

Two dragons quickly flew into the city, and within moments, explosions and gunshots erupted there.

They had successfully diverted the enemy’s attention.

Lin Yi quietly entered the industrial park.

The area was surrounded by a makeshift wall constructed from cars and various pieces of trash.

There were several watchtowers on the wall, but they seemed also haphazardly assembled from various odds and ends, looking rickety.

This time, Lin Yi summoned Orcs, Hilania people, and an Archer squad for the attack.

He initially intended to sneak into the camp and blow everything to pieces, but he didn’t want the enemy to escape. So, he waited until the enemy was completely surrounded before starting the attack.

The dragons prevented anyone from escaping from the fortress, and the flames and thick smoke allowed the Shelter’s forces to infiltrate the enemy unnoticed.

"Move out!"

Upon Lin Yi’s command, hundreds of explosions shook the entire industrial park.

In this battle, the Hilania people and their boomerangs played a huge role.

Even if the enemy was on high alert, the boomerangs could still circle around and hit them in the head or back without them realizing it.

If there were others nearby, the boomerangs would explode directly, killing everyone within five meters.

A series of explosions almost wiped out all the enemies on the wall, and then a relentless assault began.

These Plunderers were not real soldiers; after such explosions, some tried to hide or flee the camp, but there was nowhere to escape...

It was easy to spot enemies from the air or on the ground, and the most formidable raiders had been sent to the highway barricades.

Lin Yi ordered the soldiers not to rush into buildings to avoid being ambushed and killed.

He ordered one of the squads to seize the building where captives were held. If things went awry, they could directly blow up the other buildings.

As expected, most surviving Plunderers ran towards their headquarters, not realizing they were diving headfirst into a trap...

A group of Plunderers picked up machine guns and crouched in a narrow corridor, setting up a barricade.

Anyone who entered the corridor would immediately be hit by a barrage of bullets, blown away by Magic Arrows, or burned alive by fireballs.

But... there were no fools entering, just two boomerangs flying into the corridor!

The powerful explosion almost collapsed the ceiling.

Destroying the Plunderers’ equipment was a pity, but the soldiers’ lives were more important.

With the help of the Celestial Eye, the soldiers successfully dismantled the Plunderers’ ambush, and before long, the leader of the Plunderers was captured.

He was a big, muscular man.

Had he not carried a Magic Staff, Lin Yi would never have known he was a Fire Mage.

This guy was a Seventh Level Mage.

But when it came to dealing with Mages, Lin Yi held an ace - Piero!

When two Mages with the same element face off, the stronger Mage can cancel out the weaker Mage’s spells.

Piero’s fireball easily nullified the leader’s attack, then a First Level boomerang struck his head and knocked him out.

He was quickly interrogated and then executed...

"Boss, no more enemies."

"How did things go on Solomon’s side?"

"He finished the battle long ago. He and his men are busy collecting loot now."

After all of Melanie’s eyes had reported back, she provided a summary report.

In the past, blood, guts, and corpses often made her panic and feel nauseous.

But now, she could easily watch someone being eaten alive by zombies while having dinner.

"Any casualties? How are the injured?"

"A few Taru people were hit by Third Level arrows, and two others were struck by shrapnel from a hand grenade.

Solomon’s men were unscathed.

They suppressed the enemy with powerful firepower before the enemy could react."

"Hm, understood."

Lin Yi rushed to the wounded and transported them to the hospital, where they would be fully recovered by the end of the day.

The two dragons soon arrived as well.

Mira looked very satisfied; she had caused a significant disturbance and killed many enemies.

The bodies were sent to Siri for lunch.

The Plunderers were utterly evil.

Their leader was the most depraved, with an entire... harem formed of ugly freaks.

However, this harem wasn’t for himself.

Whenever someone made a mistake, the leader would send the offender into the harem to let the freaks do as they pleased.

...This did help him maintain discipline and authority.

The number of captives was small, only 147 people, mostly working as cleaners during the day and companions at night.

The Plunderers lived by robbing travelers on the highway and attacking survivor camps.

Many people escaped from Belgium to Germany and the Netherlands, only to be kidnapped by the Plunderers, tortured until they revealed the locations of their camps.

If possible, they would raid.

They killed the men and kidnapped the women... of course, those who were young and beautiful.

The Plunderers suffered from food shortages, so many of them were malnourished, and the women were almost starving to death.

However, they had a large stockpile of military equipment.

The soldiers from the Shelter found thirteen machine guns, a hundred and fifty-five assault rifles of various models, and four hundred and sixteen other firearms, including handguns and shotguns.

There are many system equipment items.

Such as one hundred seventy-seven sets of first level armor, sixty-six sets of second level armor, and fourteen sets of third level armor.

The soldiers also found two small workbenches, many magic and ordinary arrows, various first and second level weapons, two hundred vaccines, and some accessories.

Additionally... sixty ordinary skill books and fifteen rare skill books.

They even found one hundred blue, twenty-four green energy cores.

Lin Yi was very satisfied with the loot from this seize.

Furthermore, there were also tools, trucks, vehicles, rails, train carriages, containers, and many other useful things that the Plunderers managed to scavenge.

He was especially happy to find a large amount of tea, salt, sugar, and spices.

Since they had come to this point, they decided to simply loot the entire city.

Lin Yi assigned Solomon to take charge of the looting operations.

While he needed to return to the Tilian Planet Fragment to meet with that bald Archbishop.

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The second day of the assault.

Tilian, Rusted Fortress.

The number of infected on the other side of the enormous wall was practically uncountable, but surely there were several million!

They had been trying to fiercely attack this giant mechanical city for two consecutive days.

"Archbishop!"

A soldier dressed in ultra-modern armor shouted at a man standing on the wall.

He was covered head to toe in some sort of blue liquid, used to maintain the mechanical parts on half-mechanical people functioning properly.

The Archbishop’s eyes still fixated on the battlefield.

"Soldier, what is it?"

"The infected have breached the walls between zones ninety-one to one hundred twenty! The Defenders are fighting hard but request reinforcements to rebuild defenses and need more ammunition."

"More ammunition? We’ve already used everything recoverable to manufacture ammunition..."

The bald man let out a deep sigh, looking towards the besieged area.

His yellow electronic eye focused, four small pupils merged into one, the color changed from black to blue.

This allowed him to see the brutal battle as clearly as through a telescope.

Tens of thousands of infected and mutants were scaling the wall, fighting against the resisting Mecha.

The defensive turrets either ran out of ammunition or were destroyed.

"How long has this situation been ongoing..."

"Report, the alien alliance leader has arrived!"

"Great!" The Archbishop responded, his expression turned serious.

He hurriedly returned inside the fortress, calming his mind before pushing open the door.

"Lin Yi! Happy to see you again."

"I am happy too, Archbishop. Any good news to share with me?"

Lin Yi responded with a smile, shaking hands with his trade partner.

The two walked towards the castle’s test field.

Even though it was early, everyone here seemed to be enthusiastic.

Lin Yi also noticed everyone was looking at him, seemingly talking about him.

The Archbishop also noticed the workers’ gaze and laughed.

"Don’t mind them, they all know you are an alien, and can sell us fuel...

By the way, we bought the first batch of fuel yesterday, and Xiang Jue was very satisfied, hoping you could increase the output.

We have already started upgrading the Mechas to use this new fuel, and plan to increase their efficiency by thirty percent."

"Increase fuel output? Deal! You have metal spear-firing cannons, right?"

"You mean those nail guns? They are cost-effective weapons, using compressed air or gas to shoot special metal projectiles at high speed. Why do you ask?"

"I want to buy some design blueprints and a few samples, this thing would be very effective against biological enemies."

Lin Yi imagined the powerful weapon firing metal balls that could penetrate flesh and armor.

"It’s a widely used technology, I can give them to you directly... If you want, my people can also assist in the design.

They are interested in your Power Armor, tell me more about the kind of weapon you envision."

Lin Yi described the Explosive Arrow Gun from Warhammer 40,000, and the Archbishop was also inspired by this idea.

He himself is an engineer who loves creating devices, according to the description, this "Explosive Arrow Gun" fires not metallic explosive arrows but jet-powered projectiles.

He understood the core concept: a rapid-firing portable weapon launching metal projectiles.

"Ha! I can see it now!" The Archbishop said, his eyes shining.

"Just increase the power of the Power Armor reactor, connect the nail gun... I mean, the Explosive Arrow Gun to the reactor, and use steam instead of oxygen or gas!

We can design an automatic loading chamber...

Hmm... this would reduce mobility, but we can design it to be modular — if necessary, it could even be detached... If..."

The Archbishop suddenly stopped, seemingly lost in thought, mumbling sporadic words.

This lasted for about five minutes, then he suddenly lifted his head.

His eyes shone with excitement.

"Sorry, I have to immediately... get these ideas down and start working! A person named Gailz will show you the Mechas and new Power Armor."

The Archbishop then ran off.

Lin Yi stood alone in the mechanical wind, disoriented.

A few minutes later, a short man wearing a lab coat approached him.

This man made no effort to hide his annoyance, even muttering curses at the Archbishop...