Beastman Territory, at the checkpoint.

Lin Yi watched the roaring flames while talking to himself as usual.

"Damn, the battles in this narrow passage are endless, and the zombies adapt too quickly..."

The corpses piled up, burned for about an hour, during which the zombies' actions were halted.

This gave the defenders some time to rest, eat, and maintain their equipment.

Terghai, despite being wounded in multiple places, was still full of vitality. The beastmen had also lost some warriors, but their morale remained high.

To them, this was a battle concerning the fate of the entire tribe, and participating in it was an immense honor and pride.

Their exploits would become legend, and they and their kin would enjoy eternal glory in the tribe's lore.

That's what Terghai said.

To this, Lin Yi was noncommittal.

The fire died down, and the tide of corpses surged through the ashes and still-smoldering bones once more.

They dared to charge straight into the enemies' bullets and arrows.

"Open fire!" Lin Yi waved his hand.

Two beastmen who had been pulling on a giant metal slingshot immediately released their hold.

A large jar flew through the air.

After about a hundred meters, it landed amidst the unsuspecting zombie horde, exploding into a massive fireball that ignited over a hundred zombies.

Because they were packed closely together, the flames quickly spread.

The jar contained a lot of gasoline. This concocted fuel burned slowly but spread rapidly.

But needless to say, the Zombie General wouldn't allow its army to be destroyed in such a manner, so it quickly isolated the burning zombies.

But Lin Yi wouldn't let it succeed, waving his hand again.

Another jar flew over...

Then the third, fourth, fifth...

The fire spread swiftly, forcing the Zombie General to take action.

The horde of zombies launched a sudden assault, charging furiously towards the defenders, forcing the machine gunners to switch from short bursts to continuous firing.

Minutes later, half of the passage was piled high with thousands of zombie bodies, forming a genuine mountain of death, making it difficult for the gunners to aim.

"We must burn these bodies... everyone, be cautious of any mutants!"

Lin Yi saw in the distance seven heavily armored second-level mutants appearing atop the corpse mountain.

The Zombie General had created a fortress of corpses, preparing to let the mutants infiltrate the battle.

At the command, the archers, mages, machine guns, and assault rifles all fired at these new enemies, but the mutants were less than twenty meters away.

The beastman warriors immediately charged forward using close combat as a wall for the soldiers.

The defensive battle turned into a war of attrition...

After cutting down another mutant, Terghai turned and shouted, "What do we do, Lin Yi?"

"Have your elders melt down the bodies!" Lin Yi watched the battlefield intently.

Currently, the mutant zombie horde, relying on the corpse mountain as cover, was too aggressive.

To kill them would inevitably require more enchanted arrows and magic value.

The beastmen were good in melee but too reckless.

The best method was to melt down the corpse mountain and systematically wipe out the zombies.

"I'll prepare!" Terghai said, rushing to speak with the elders.

Lin Yi and a few soldiers made a hole above the barrier for the acid to flow out.

Having done all this, the beastman lord's side was still not communicating well; he went over to listen.

Well!

They preferred to face the mutants in direct combat, longing for a glorious battle and death...

Isn't this pure madness?

Why die when you can live?

These old beastmen were Terghai's elders, but not his.

So Lin Yi lifted one of the old guys up and slapped him twice.

"If you want to die in battle, I won't let my people perish, believe me, I'll have you die trying!"

The old beastman was dazed, angry yet startled.

He looked fearfully at the expressionless Lin Yi, then saw Terghai standing behind this Death God, watching with an air of calm detachment.

Finally, he agreed with a trembling mouth.

The beastman elder waved his bone staff.

The top of the bone staff was a skull, with gemstones embedded in its three eye sockets.

A cloud of acid descended like a thick fog, melting the bodies, but...

The mutants made use of the temporary visual obstruction to launch a desperate suicide charge.

By the time the human soldiers realized what was happening, it was too late.

The heavily armored mutants broke through to the machine gun positions, followed by various crazed mutants.

The acid cloud inflicted massive damage on them, but they were merely cannon fodder prepared for the final demise.

Luckily, Lin Yi had already had Terghai and his warriors standing by on this side.

The beastmen reacted promptly, preventing any casualties, but seven of the ten machine gun bunkers were smashed flat by the massive zombies...

By this time, the soldiers received the order and no longer conserved ammunition, firing madly into the acid rain, taking down the zombies in front.

"I can't hold on much longer!... The acid cloud has nearly drained me... of magic value..." an elderly and frail beastman elder said, his shriveled face as white as paper.

Along with him, the beastman elders who helped cast the acid cloud were also all looking utterly exhausted.

"Time to retreat!"

Lin Yi took out the horn given to him by Terghai and blew it, the sound deafening.

The beastmen and humans immediately responded, quickly retreating five meters...

"Hubert, take action!"

"Yes, boss!" Hubert responded, then strode forward, shouting, "Get down!!"

Everyone dropped to the ground.

At that moment, a strange device fitted with a Fire God anti-aircraft gun descended to the ideal height for shooting at the enemy, and unleashed a barrage of bullets.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

The large-caliber bullets capable of destroying armored vehicles created a hellish scene on the battlefield.

At this point, four zombies appearing like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse emerged.

They were third-level mutants!

Their hindquarters elongated with extra pairs of hind legs, their bodies almost completely covered in bony growths like a shell, standing nearly 6 meters tall.

They were more like walking tanks than zombies, but—

The Fire God Machine Gun can turn light tanks into sieves!

As soon as they appeared, they exploded!

"Use electric skills! The archers too! Anyone who uses fire will spend at least a week milking bugs!"

Lin Yi gave the order over the radio.

Right now, the passage was filled with acid, and acid, as a liquid, can conduct electricity. On the other hand, fire would disperse the acid, reducing visibility to zero.

All the human soldiers engaged in battle, armed with submachine guns and assault rifles.

After another ten minutes, the zombie attack finally began to wane and stopped.

Around two thousand mutant zombies were eliminated, most of them second-level mutants.

The remaining ones turned and fled...

The Zombie General, having lost its main attacking force, decided to switch from offense to defense.

Hubert shouted to an especially excited soldier, "Watch out for the acid, the magic spell hasn't worn off yet!"

"What's going on with the machine gun, Duncan? Can we fix it? Replace the damaged ones, the enemy might come back! Don't run into the acid, you idiot... Get some food ready! Everyone, eat something and take a break while you can. What are you doing, you idiots?!"

The battle had just ended, but Hubert was already rearranging defenses in preparation for the next fight.

Lin Yi had to admit, the French could curse endlessly too.

Of course, they didn't have as many diverse and rich swear words as in Chinese.

Five minutes later.

The acid magic effect wore off, turning the acid into slime, which flowed into a specially dug pit.

The soldiers began collecting loot and cleaning up the half-dissolved zombie corpses.

At the Beastmen's request, the melted corpses were piled in a separate place; they couldn't be used to feed bugs but had other purposes.

Every step the Defender took, there was a clinking of coins underfoot, too many coins...

And Energy Cores!

But what really shocked everyone were the Reward Eggs!

Despite the acid, piles of corpses, and endless zombie monsters rampaging, these eggs were intact, even their packaging was still there.

Terghai approached Lin Yi, holding a few white Reward Eggs, and asked, "What are these?"

"These are Reward Eggs!"

"Rewards? For killing Evil Spirits? We've never received any rewards..."

"Really? That's weird... Try opening it."

"I can't open it; the Great Spirits say...'system version incompatible'."

"Ha, let me show you."

Lin Yi picked up a white Reward Egg, and upon opening it, found a dozen Level 1 baseball bats.

But clearly, the Beastman Lord's attention was not on that lousy piece of wood.

He pointed at the now-halved Reward Egg shell and curiously asked.

"Can this thing be eaten?"

"What?" Lin Yi looked at Terghai as if he had lost his mind.

So he raised his brows, "Want to try?"

"Sure!"

The Beastman Lord took the egg shell, and after sniffing it, threw it into his mouth.

His reaction was...unusual.

His pupils dilated like a junkie craving a fix, "Delicious! What is this?!"

"...Eggshell?"

"I knew it! I knew it... Give me a few more pieces to eat, I'm starving!"

"Alright..."

The Beastman couldn't open the Reward Eggs, so Lin Yi started feeding the shell pieces to Terghai.

During this, he also took a bite—

Yuck, it tasted like plastic!

However, seeing a Beastman addicted to the Reward Egg shell and clamoring for more, he couldn't help but laugh.

He then messaged the Beastman Lord, striving to maintain a straight face.

"Since you Taru people can't use the Reward Eggs, and we agreed on a 70/30 loot split, you keep the egg shells, we take what's inside?"

"Let me think..."

Terghai said while munching on the egg shell, eyeing Lin Yi, who only held a baseball bat.

He didn't understand why the other opened six eggs and only got a piece of lousy wood yet still wanted this stuff...

But this was great news!

Contentedly, Lin Yi and the Beastman Lord shook hands, finalizing the deal—

The Beastmen got the egg shells, humans got the "egg whites"!

Deal concluded.

Lin Yi tried opening ten more Reward Eggs, doubling the number of baseball bats to two.

He finally couldn't resist and spat angrily...

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