Apocalypse: Hero of Potato Fields-Chapter 359 - 348 Soldier Crisis

Lin Yi didn’t have much time, so he just quickly skimmed through it.

He was only interested in a few of the skills, but... he found the "Aura" skill.

There were also various transformation skills, transformation abilities, body enhancement skills, vision enhancement skills, body improvement skills, and so on.

The rare skills were far more interesting.

The first thing he noticed was the "Living Stone" skill.

It allows the user to create Stone Puppets.

"Hmm... not bad!" Lin Yi imagined a scene where an army of Stone Giants crushed a horde of zombies.

Another intriguing skill was "Magic Talent."

This skill has no level, allowing the user’s magic attribute to increase by 20%, and the magic power recovery speed to increase by 40%.

Next was "Magic Spring," which allows the user’s magic power to increase by 25%, and it also has no level.

But there weren’t many skills like this.

There were many other skills, but none of them caught Lin Yi’s attention.

Then he started looking at the unique skills, and the first one he saw really surprised him.

[Grand Mage]

This is a unique skill, with currently only four skill books in existence.

After the user dies, there is a certain chance that the skill book will reappear.

Warning! Your Magic Master skill will be deleted!

Once you become a Grand Mage, you can learn any magic with just a glance, including magic from other races.

Basic level of ordinary magic: +1.

Ordinary magic effects +50%, rare magic effects +25%.

Grand Mages are powerful and great.

Their basic magical power increases by 50%, magic power increases by 100% (can stack).

"...why did I get this skill? Didn’t it say there was only one before?"

"The Grand Mage skill transformed into the Dragon King skill, so now it’s available again. Also, other races’ General encouragement was merged, the amount can stack..."

Besides the Grand Mage, there were four Master of Fire! Master of Wind... Dust Storm... Telekinesis Master!

Lin Yi continued browsing the skills.

But he couldn’t find the "Weapon Master" skill he was truly looking forward to.

However, he saw a "Sword Master" skill book.

The remaining nine books are:

"Servant#?"

Lin Yi had already learned this one, and he eventually got the Twelfth Magic Servant.

Boomerang Master, much like a super archer.

Stone Eater, capable of transforming the user into some animal that, according to the description, feeds on stones.

"Servant#?" another servant skill...

Aura Master, a very interesting skill, with currently only one in existence.

It’s a stronger version of the ordinary "Aura" skill.

But unlike the Magic Master skill, it doesn’t provide passive bonuses.

King of Sand, another transformation skill, but Lin Yi wasn’t sure if the user would turn into a Sand Worm or a giant scorpion...

He had already learned the immunity skill, and now there were five skill books.

Sea Demon, also a transformation skill, currently only one skill book in existence.

Path of Judith allows the user to pass through obstacles directly, simply put, a wall-penetrating skill.

"Finding the right person to learn these new skills is not easy, Solomon has to handle this, but first..."

Lin Yi teleported to the military headquarters.

The operation against Zombie City is currently in full swing, so the base is chaotic and noisy.

"How is the progress?"

"Going smoothly." Hubert said, stepping closer to the boss.

He took out a piece of video footage sent by a reconnaissance drone.

"Burning quite well, right?"

"Not bad," Lin Yi nodded.

The screen was filled with flames.

Things were exploding, and walls of fire shot up, engulfing the entire street.

Louis was firing at the enemy...

The Riders successfully infiltrated the city...

"The Zombie General had no plans to encircle them, but he deployed more cannon fodder, which were all burned alive."

"What about those Giants?"

"We haven’t even seen their shadows."

Hubert switched to one of the quadcopter drone’s camera footage.

The footage showed a mansion engulfed in flames.

Zombies were trying to escape from the third and fourth floors, but they stood no chance against Piero’s Magic Flame.

The mage was riding a level 3 horse, and beside him was the Wind Mage, Joe.

He was using magic to spread the flames to nearby buildings, igniting more fires.

A group of level 2 mutants appeared.

At this moment, the horse launched an attack.

Sila’s mount created a sharp stone spike about three meters long, piercing six enemies, then chased down more enemies.

"I want to surprise the Zombie General, how’s the artillery preparation?"

"Everything should be ready in time for tomorrow’s action."

"Also, have the soldiers prepared, we’re going to gather fragments tomorrow. Once the Shelter levels up, we can use teleportation on enemy territories."

"Really?!" Hubert exclaimed.

"That’s great news. We no longer need to use trucks to supply materials."

"I don’t know how effective this will be," Lin Yi sighed, emphasizing again.

He didn’t quite believe the Shelter would fulfill its promise...

"Come see me after the operation, I’ve discovered an interesting reward that might come in handy."

"Okay, boss."

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Meanwhile.

The British Isles, Irish Sea.

Isle of Man, Douglas Town.

"Headquarters! This is Patrol Boat No. 2. We’ve been attacked! The underwater creatures have..."

"Patrol Boat No. 2, respond please! Can you hear me?! Damn it! Corporal, reply!"

A man with an imposing presence pounded the table with all his might.

"Sound the alarm, Andrew!"

"Ye... yes, Major!"

The entire island was enveloped in a massive alarm sound.

All the bases, research centers, and manufacturing facilities relocated from the dangerous continent and Great Britain were now on full alert...

"Ma... Major... are we really under attack?" a 25-year-old soldier asked.

He was transferred to the main allied island to avoid fighting on the continent, but now battle found him...

"Who do you think destroyed the patrol boat, huh?! Now keep an eye on the radar and stop bothering me!"

The Major began questioning all the patrol boat crews, as well as observers and other military personnel.

Vehicles rolled out of the hangar, infantry took positions near the coastline, and even helicopters took off.

Time ticked by, and soldiers reinforced their positions while higher-ranking officers kept calling, with their fuel running low...

Factories and laboratories were evacuated while those annoying generals kept babbling about chaos, expenses, disaster...

"Major! Monsters are emerging from the sea!" a voice came over the radio, followed by a drone’s footage.

In the footage was a seven-meter tall half-human, half-crab creature! The creature was scanning the shore, roaring.

The crab started to crawl out of the water.

Other half-human, half-crab creatures were following behind, firing bullets, spheres, spears, and other projectiles made of water at the defenders.

Tanks opened fire, followed by mages, archers, and infantry.

The entire beach turned into a battlefield.

The sea creatures refused to yield, and the battle-experienced soldiers stood their ground.

Helicopters joined the fight, their first move being to launch missiles to take out the humanoid leader among the monster troops.

But that only made them angrier...

"Headquarters! This is Casleton Town! We’re under attack! Monsters are coming out of the sea!"

"Calling headquarters! We need support!"

The monsters were attacking the entire southwestern coast, so every town with a beach was under attack.

The Major didn’t have enough manpower to rescue them. They were facing an exceptionally tough battle.

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As he said, Lin Yi rode his short sword vehicle and flew over Zombie City.

Looking around, there were buildings everywhere, stretching to the horizon.

It was clear that this was once a thriving city, with few single-story buildings; most had two or three floors.

In the distance were huge mansions, temples, theaters, and a gigantic circular arena.

"Boss! A squad is surrounded, some zombies ambushed them through the sewers!" Hubert anxiously shouted over the radio.

"Where are they?!"

Following Hubert’s directions, Lin Yi rushed to the besieged squad.

On the way, he encountered a small group of Level 1 zombies and charged right through them, leaving a trail of corpses behind him.

When Lin Yi arrived at the battle site, he found he was too late.

The street was littered with burnt, hacked, and shot corpses, but... two mages and two infantrymen were surrounded and subdued=.

Four horses and four infantrymen were also killed. Zombies were gnawing on the horses, which had turned into zombie forms and stood up again.

"Hubert! Send infantry here! We need to take out these monsters and rescue our people!"

"Are they dead?"

"They were dead before! Now get people over here quickly, before we lose the chance to use the rejuvenation vaccine!"

"We need twenty minutes to prepare everything and evacuate the cleanup squad from the city."

"Do it!"

Lin Yi was deeply pained by each casualty, as he had promised them safety, but now they fought zombies every day...

Moreover, it took great effort to level up those mages to Level 12, and finding replacements was difficult.

To avoid losing contact with his former soldiers, Lin Yi stayed put, diverting the zombies’ attention.

He flew up to fifteen meters, shooting the rotting monsters from there to achieve his goal.

The undead attempted to reach the human by building a living pyramid.

Then some zombie archers appeared, but they couldn’t damage the short sword vehicle’s shield.

Their arrows simply bounced off the shield, hitting the zombies beneath it.

"We have a giant coming, boss!" Hubert said anxiously through the drone’s camera.

"Where are they coming from?"

"The spider is coming from the circular arena, that meatball is coming from the lake, and we haven’t seen the worm yet, but we’ll keep an eye out."

"How long until they arrive?"

"About forty minutes."

"And our people?"

"They will arrive in twenty minutes."

"Did you send the giant dragons out?"

"Yes, they will attack the giants from above; they can’t kill them but can hold them back..."

Some strong zombies just appeared, smashing structures and hurling stone fragments at the short sword vehicle.

This was bad for the flying vehicle’s shield, so Lin Yi was dodging as best he could.

Zombies shooting arrows and spitting acid were also a problem... and each time he flew too close to a building, dozens of zombies would try to leap onto his vehicle.

There were even a few mutated creatures among them.

The Shelter’s cleanup squad withdrew from the city but stayed on the outskirts, ready to re-enter the battle if necessary, as they had a few mages among them.