Chapter 44: Successful Repair, Territory Population 1

Chapter 44: Successful Repair, Territory Population +1

With a wave of concentrated fire from everyone, a third of the Drilling Robot's durability was gone.

At the same time, green recovery numbers of +22 kept popping up over the head of the attacked frost wolf, Winter.

Its health was rapidly recovering.

There was no suspense left in the rest of the battle.

A dozen seconds later.

As a puff of black smoke rose from the Drilling Robot,

it reverted from its Drilling Form back to its standing form, emitting a dejected sound from its mouth.

"Robot… defeated…"

[Your territory member, Sarah Blade Dance, killed Drilling Robot lv15, obtaining 150 EXP.]

[All combatants obtained 75 EXP…]

"All combatants" included not only everyone present on the field, but also Ilena, who was currently in the territory.

Cao Xing smiled once again.

"I feel like Ilena should have reached level 6 by now, right?"

Seeing Sarah's graceful attack movements and powerful attack power, Liu Muxue, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but praise.

"Sarah… you're so amazing!"

Hearing Liu Muxue's praise, Sarah nodded slightly and said, "It is an honor to receive your appreciation, beautiful Lord."

Cao Xing rolled his eyes.

This woman didn't react at all when he praised her.

Yet she was so happy when Liu Muxue praised her.

Shaking his head, Cao Xing walked over to the now-scrapped Drilling Robot.

[Moleman Technology: Drilling Robot (Destroyed)]

[Can be disassembled into: Basic Energy Core *1, Iron *120, Copper *41, Mithril *27, Magic Energy Stone *6]

[Or use Iron *100, Mithril *10, Magic Energy Stone *5 to repair it. Once repaired, the Drilling Robot will become a friendly unit, and you can issue simple commands to it.]

Seeing the second effect, Cao Xing's eyes lit up.

"Oh? It can become a friendly unit?"

Cao Xing had already witnessed the Drilling Robot's powerful attack strength. In a one-on-one fight, a frost wolf was simply no match for it.

Furthermore, this thing could also be used for mining, making it a truly multi-functional robot.

Cao Xing glanced at the materials in his backpack.

[Iron *1723]

[Mithril *133]

[Magic Energy Stone *164]

"Fortunately, I picked up quite a lot of these materials along the way, more than enough to repair the Drilling Robot."

Thus, Cao Xing clicked repair directly.

[Repairing…]

"Creak! Creak!"

The sound of machinery turning was heard.

At the same time, the scrapped robot seemed to move once again.

On its damaged parts, the iron plating had been hacked open, revealing the electrical components inside.

But as the various materials were consumed, it began to rapidly repair itself, returning to its original state in no time.

A system prompt appeared.

[Repair successful. You have lost Iron *100, Mithril *10, Magic Energy Stone *5. You have obtained Drilling Robot *1, Territory Population +1.]

Cao Xing was taken aback. "This thing counts as a population unit too?"

After thinking about it, he didn't mind.

In any case, he still had plenty of room before reaching his population limit.

At this moment, the Drilling Robot stood back up.

"I am a… robot…"

"Master… please instruct…"

Seeing this, Sarah, Andrew, and the others all cast curious glances over.

They seemed puzzled as to how the guy they had just taken down had stood back up.

Cao Xing glanced at the Drilling Robot's status.

[Moleman Technology: Drilling Robot]

[Level: 15]

[Attack Power: 237–250]

[Armor: 115–124]

[Durability: 100/2000]

[Maximum Movement Speed: 30 km/h]

[Energy Consumption: 1 Magic Energy Stone / 30 days (low-energy standby), 1 Magic Energy Stone / 1 day (high-energy combat state)]

[Skills: Drilling Form, Drill Ejection]

The other attributes were the same as what he had seen before.

Now that it had become a friendly unit, Cao Xing could see its energy consumption and movement stats.

"In its low-energy state, it only consumes one Magic Energy Stone a month. This energy consumption is indeed very low."

Furthermore, the newly repaired Drilling Robot's durability was in a very low state.

Just as Cao Xing wanted to restore its durability,

he suddenly felt a dangerous aura rapidly approaching.

Assam's perception was extremely sharp. He instantly drew his longsword and warned, "Watch out, Lord!"

At the same time, many pairs of crimson eyes suddenly appeared in the darkness.

Step, step… step, step…

Hum! Hum hum!

Dozens, even hundreds of footsteps rushed toward Cao Xing and the others, accompanied by the whirring of machinery.

Andrew and Sarah's expressions tightened as they also entered combat readiness.

When Cao Xing looked over,

a large crowd of Molemen wielding sabers, spears, swords, and halberds appeared, numbering in the many.

Among them were several robots standing two to three meters tall.

Cao Xing swept his gaze over and saw the attributes of these monsters.

[Moleman Archer lv11]

[HP: 1760]

[Attack Power: 133–135]

…

[Moleman Soldier lv7]

[HP: 640]

[Attack Power: 54–59]

…

[Moleman Technology: Loader Robot]

[Level: 15]

[Attack Power: 377–394]

[Armor: 134–139]

[Durability: 2500]

[Skill: Loader Form (Activates shovel bucket, enters excavator form, increasing movement speed by 20%)]

[Skill: Rampage (Advances at full power, flattening all enemies in front, dealing 130% heavy strike damage to enemies along the way, with a 50% chance to knock enemies back.)]

…

In addition to this Loader Robot, Cao Xing also saw a Tracked Robot with tank treads, as well as another Drilling Robot.

"Holy crap… did we just stir up a hornet's nest?" Cao Xing couldn't help but say in surprise.

Over a hundred Molemen surrounded them, plus three powerful robots.

Even Cao Xing felt a hint of pressure.

However, at the thought of Sarah and the others' strength, Cao Xing felt at ease.

His recruited creatures were no pushovers either.

Under the influence of multiple buffs, their survivability and sustain had received a qualitative leap.

They were fully capable of handling the situation before them.

Thus, Cao Xing directly ordered, "Assam, come over and protect us!"

"Andrew, Sarah, Winter, you guys charge!"

Receiving the order, the three powerful Tier 2 creatures charged forward without the slightest hesitation.

Facing the lineup before her, Sarah not only felt no fear, but she actually seemed extremely excited.

Licking her rosy lips, she murmured, "My prey is nearby. Now, let the hunt begin!"

In the next moment, she vanished directly into the darkness.

Andrew also entered his [Great Bear Form] without hesitation.

"Roar!!!"

A frost wolf, a white bear, and a shadow rapidly charged into the Moleman army to attack.

The two sides clashed directly.

"Boom! Boom!"

Andrew and the frost wolf, two behemoths, leaped directly into the crowd of Moleman monsters, swinging their sharp claws.

[-372]

[-8]

[-234]

[-8]

[257]

[-8]

A long string of damage numbers floated up.

Large swaths of Molemen were swept and sent flying.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

They were smacked against the walls of the mine, letting out miserable shrieks.

Right at this moment,

several Tier 2 Moleman Archers in the distance launched their attacks simultaneously.

"Swish! Swish swish!"

The sound of tearing air resounded continuously, hitting Andrew and the frost wolf, triggering two layers of armor.

[-54]

[-93]

The damage was not very high.

The other Molemen could only deal a dozen or twenty points of damage.

Seeing this, Cao Xing felt completely reassured.

With their recovery capabilities, they could easily survive under this kind of siege.

"Roar!"

Andrew had now completely entered a frenzied state.

He swung his millstone-sized bear paws, shattering the heads of those low-level Molemen with one slap each.

"Splat! Splat! Splat!"

Although the frost wolf on the side was not as terrifying, it could still finish off a Moleman in two or three claw strikes.

On top of that, Sarah was continuously swinging her Shadow Blade from the shadows.

One Moleman after another lost their lives.

Prompts for experience gain appeared continuously.

Meanwhile, Assam faithfully guarded Cao Xing's side, protecting his and Liu Muxue's safety.

Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief. "Fortunately, Andrew and the others are powerful enough."

"Having so many Molemen appear all at once really gave me a bit of a scare."

Seeing the newly repaired Drilling Robot on the side, Cao Xing did not let it participate in the battle since it only had 100 durability left.

He tried casting an Ice Healing Art on it.

A system prompt appeared.

[Successfully cast [Ice Healing Art]. Talent [Eternal Power] has taken effect. This skill has now become a permanent state.]

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