Chapter 107.2: Even Though It's a Pest, Its Body Is a Treasure

The players had a strong hands-on ability.

After a group of players agreed to team up in the game on the official website, the group of people went online on time at the same time at six in the morning and brought a lot of things with them to surround the greenhouse site.

It was a bad idea to use guns to kill moths. They didn't have a luxurious amount of bullets that would allow them to fire at will. Cold weapons with a large attack surface and lower cost would work better.

The group of people split up, and quickly found the blueprint of the greenhouse, and some replaceable parts that had not been taken away by other scavengers.

The round tube with the thickness of the thumb was probably some kind of solid fuel cell, which could supply power to independent equipment such as gates and fire-fighting appliances. The round tube with the thickness of the index finger was probably some kind of fuse used in professional equipment. In terms of what material they were made of, none of them knew.

Not all settings of this game were exactly the same as reality.

The Bull and Horse Squad did not participate in this operation. Instead, it was Escaping Mole, the prestigious doujinshi artist on the forum who took the lead.

As soon as everyone heard that he was an unemployed artist, they immediately invited him to be the commander of the operation.

The Mole did not disappoint everyone and quickly formulated a battle plan.

"The greenhouse is divided into two parts. One above ground, and the other, underground. The part above ground has only five floors and the underground part has ten floors. According to unreliable analysis, the 9th floor underground is connected to the already paralyzed urban drainage system. I guess that Devil Moths came in from there. Yes, the psychoid leaf seeds were probably brought by them too!"

"The 10th floor underground should be the location of the spare reactor! Devil Moths are likely to have turned it into a brood!"

"According to the description on the design drawing, there is an active closing valve connection between the 1st floor’s greenhouse and the 2nd floor’s greenhouse."

"Strategically, we need to close the valve to cut off the connection between the 1st floor and the other floors, so that we can take control of it!"

Construction Boy nodded excitedly. "Good idea! In that way, we can trap them inside and clear them out one floor at a time. We will definitely be able to reach the brood this way! The devil silk and the materials there will definitely belong to us!"

Elf Wang roared excitedly. "We can sell it to the rich lady Teng Teng!"

A certain strength type player asked. "The problem is, how do we do it?"

Escaping Mole knocked on the map and drew a cross at the end of the passage with charcoal.

"Tactically, we need two tanks in front, using concrete waste and wood as a cover, blocking Devil Moths out of the passage; followed by two agility types players to poke spears out through the gaps of the cover! These insects are not smart. They will just swarm over. So if we cooperate well, it should be no problem!"

"Let's do it this way!"

...

The two strength type players cooperated with each other with temporary shields made by woodworkers, and set simple barriers along the safe passage leading to the greenhouse ruins.

These obstacles were mainly to facilitate their retreat, so as not to be surrounded by the Devil Moths that rushed up.

When they were approaching the exit of the passage, the two strength type players dropped the sack with concrete fragments on the ground, and used the wood sent in from behind to build temporary fortifications.

The interlaced wooden sticks formed a web, supported by a few main beams, which tightly locked the entire half-meter-wide space. It took a full two hours to complete the fortification.

These moths were as long as arms, and the small ones were half-arm long. There was no need to worry about them coming through the gaps.

"Everyone, get ready, I'm going to lure them out!" As a strength type player said, he took out a Molotov Cocktail from his waist, lit it outside the web, and threw it toward the open space in the greenhouse.

With a crisp sound, the bottle fell apart.

The flame sprang up instantly and immediately attracted the surrounding Devil Moths that were attached to the wall.

There was no combustible material around, the fire didn't burn for long. It went out soon.

But immediately afterward, those mutants discovered the dazzling heat sources hidden behind the simple barriers.

Then there was the terrifying sound of teeth clicking.

All the Moths shot toward them like bullets, slamming into the wooden obstacles, causing the thick wooden sticks to squeak repeatedly.

Both parties finally collided with each other on the spot!

"Damn! They are really strong!"

"Hurry up! I can't hold it anymore! HURGH!"

"It's moving, it's moving! Hold on!"

The agility type players that squatted behind did not dare to hesitate and immediately pierced the spears in their hands, retracted, and pierced again, repeating the simple and primitive piston movement.

Although not every piercing attack could hit something, with the rapid attack speed, they were still able to kill a few.

Originally, the Devil Moth’s advantage was not in its defense. Their soft belly was like paper. As long as the spear hit them, there would be a big wet lump of insect blood and intestines hanging on the spearhead when it was pulled out of their bodies.

"Fuck, when is this going to end?!"

"You guys use a little bit more strength!"

"Fuck you! I'm already doing my best... It’s too much!"

"I feel like I can't hold on any longer! You guys stop attacking them! Come and help me push it.”

However, before this player could even finish his words, the wooden fortifications were swept away by the tide of insects like a broken dam.

Even if the players of strength type tried their best, they still couldn't stop the swarm.

The wooden obstacles were chewed into pieces. And soon, it was the players' bones and flesh.

Before the four players hadn't a chance to turn around, their connections with the clones were instantly disconnected, and they went back to the official website to wait for the respawn cooldown.

Since there was no chance to retreat, the obstacles they left along the way were completely useless.

Short screams and deafening wings buzzing noises echoed in the passage.

Several players guarding the entrance of the passage exchanged their gazes with each other.

"Seriously? Did they all die so quickly?"

"I don't know... But from the screaming, I guess so."

The first round of the raid ended in failure.

However, these players did not give up. On the contrary, the more difficult it was, the more they wanted to try to overcome the problem. And soon, they began the second round of action.

This time, the front row became three strength type players, followed by two newbies of the strength type as substitutes, responsible for repairing the cover, and at the same time replacing the exhausted players in the front row.

In the back row were three agility type players, each carrying 4 spears, and a constitution player carrying Goblin Technology’s Hellfire 0.3 behind them.

Mosquito sponsored it for free, and all they needed to do was to return to the official website to write a user experience after they were done.

It was said that this version of the weapon was equipped with a tempering valve, and the flame would no longer burn back along the fuel.

However, even Mosquito, who bragged about how fierce this weapon was, couldn't guarantee that there would be no accidents.

It's a trial product!

And it's free. What more do you want?!

In short, the things produced by Goblin Technology shouldn't be used unless it was absolutely necessary. That was also what Escaping Mole taught the others as the frontline commander.

The nine players were finally ready and headed towards the passage together, the crowded formation filled the entire passage.

They were staking it all against these moths this time, and they would not give up unless they cleared out the greenhouse.

However, judging from the current situation, the progress did not seem to be optimistic.

These moths seemed to be endless, rushing towards them wave after wave.

In the end, the 9-person team still couldn't hold it anymore and was forced to use Goblin Technology. Before the flamethrower exploded, everyone finally retreated and temporarily closed the entrance to the emergency exit.

The battle was a stalemate and it lasted from morning to evening. Including the losses from the last time, the players paid the price of four lives and two of them were injured.

As for the Devil Moths on the first floor, there were probably hundreds that died, or even more.

As for the specific number, it was not clear. After all, in this situation, there was no way to count the results of the battle, and it could only be estimated.

The battle damage ratio was 4:100+, which could be said to be very good. If it was an average survivor, let alone facing such a monster, they probably didn't even have the courage to walk into the lair.

The only fly in the ointment was that there were no trophies, and only a large wave of monsters was killed...

Seeing that it was getting late, even if the players were unwilling to leave, they could only wait for the next day before they tried again.

Regarding the results of the battle... Chu Guang basically expected it as he had been watching since the start. After realizing they wouldn’t be able to take down the lair, he no longer paid them much attention.

After winning the battle with the marauders a few days ago, the players gained too much confidence in their strength, so it was not a bad thing to suffer a loss.

Using fire was a good idea, but the number of moths was a problem. Also, hunting was different from war. They needed to protect the resources when hunting monsters...

Maybe they could try smoking the moths to death next time?

As a price for growth, a small number of casualties was completely acceptable to Chu Guang. Anyway, as long as the VM was recovered, it wouldn't be a big loss.

Especially when Chu Guang recently discovered that Crunchers could also be used to extract Active Matter.

Although the amount was pitiful, as one Cruncher could only provide 0.1 to 0.2 units, and the discharged waste was even more useless, and it could only be thrown into the septic tank as biological waste, it was better than nothing.

Killing Crunchers was not difficult.

As long as it was not in the narrow terrain such as subways and ruins, even a newbie team could easily kill them with a kiting method.

Up to now, more than 70% of the 100 new players have reached LV1, and the highest level among the old players has even reached LV6. They were about to catch up to him!

Chu Guang's own "administrator" sequence has been developed to 9% so far. In game terminology, he was currently at LV9, and it was only a little bit away reaching LV10.

Perhaps after commanding another battle, or freeloading some experience from players, he might have a breakthrough.

It was indeed quite rare for a force leader to be like him, who was not only smart but also brave, so it was okay for him to feel a little bit proud of himself.

Chu Guang, who was patrolling the industrial zone with a hammer on his back, thought to himself.

The next second, Athlete Foot from Steel Plant 81 ran at him.

This player blushed like a stove, making Chu Guang wonder if he was cold or excited to see him.

"Dear administrator! I have an important thing to report!"

Chu Guang stopped and looked at him. "What is it?"

Brother Athlete's Foot clenched his fists excitedly and took a deep breath.

"Your customized armor... Has been completed!"