Chapter 333: Joy Comes Knocking

PS: The original volume title felt inappropriate, so it has been changed to 【Beastkin Federation: The Joy God's Wild Ambition】.

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【Currently under development (estimated time: 10 minutes)】

Interesting. Yun Mu raised an eyebrow, her gaze shifting to the blonde, cat-patterned Young Girl to the side.

"You're pretty strong, want to try me?" Noticing her gaze, the Young Girl asked with interest, hands on her hips.

"You must be a veteran, right?" Yun Mu did not answer the other party immediately, but asked this instead.

"I suppose so, I tried this thing a few times during the closed beta." The Young Girl placed her palm against her chest: "My name is Yikeshi'er, and I'll be participating in this program too, so remember it well!"

"Understood, Miss Yikeshi'er." Yun Mu nodded in realization.

"Then let's have a go." She said, raising the bracelet on her wrist: "Duel!"

Damn it, it still feels so shameful; can't the lines be changed?

Or it could be changed to manual activation!

"Duel!"

Yikeshi'er took the bracelet from her bosom and fastened it onto her wrist.

The next second, the familiar light screen appeared before Yun Mu, and at the same time, a sand table completely different from the previous map appeared before the two of them.

【Map: Oasis】

【Size: Small】

【Resources: Small amount】

【Currently recruitable units: Repairer (Primary), Executor (Primary), Transport Vehicle (Primary)】

In the center of the sand table was a small lake, and surrounding the small lake was green Grass and a few trees and plants.

Yun Mu and Yikeshi'er's spawn points were on opposite sides of the small lake.

The starting funds this time were more than the previous round, totaling a full 10,000 points.

Without overthinking, from the moment the duel began, Yun Mu began frantically mass-producing units.

Yikeshi'er was an old player who had played the game; her understanding of the mid-to-late game was definitely stronger than hers.

She definitely couldn't out-manage the other party, so she chose to use the same trick again!

However, this time was a bit different from the last round; while mass-producing units, Yun Mu also built a few extra Repairers.

The starting funds for this round were higher, so she could build structures while mass-producing units.

【Barracks: After construction, increases the attack and defense of 【Repairer】 and 【Executor】, while adding defensive structures 【Combat Bunker】, 【Wall】, and 【Anti-aircraft Turret】; can produce units 【Mechanical Dog (Primary)】, 【Jeep (Primary)】, 【Hacker (Intermediate)】】 (Cost: 500)

【Energy Plant: After construction, provides the base with 450KW of energy; when energy is abundant, the production speed of all units +35%.】 (Cost: 800)

Just as the Energy Plant was finished, the first batch of Transport Vehicles had already driven to the Gate of Yikeshi'er's base.

And the other party had clearly anticipated that she would launch a fast attack just like the last round, so she had specifically built many Executors for defense.

Beside these Executors, she had even built a Combat Bunker! 【Combat Bunker: Can automatically attack enemies on land that enter its range.】 (Cost: 500)

There is no turning back once the arrow is loosed; Yun Mu understood this principle well, so even if the other party was prepared for defense, she had to keep attacking immediately!

And heh heh, based on her years of experience being abused in RTS games, the position of the other party's Bunker was clearly wrong! Couldn't she just control her units to flank around to the rear of the other party's base?

What kind of Maginot Line is this.

At the same time, Yun Mu's third building was also completed.

【Ore Refinery: A processing plant capable of refining ore into Resource Points; a massive drill can pump underground ore resources to the surface; after construction, it will grant one 【Armored Mining Vehicle (Primary)】 and unlock important buildings 【Tank Factory】, 【Radar】, and 【Shipyard】】 (Cost: 2000)

【Note: This building can only be built on mineral resources.】

A Mining Vehicle covered in Heavy armor stood on the mineral resources not far from the base along with the building.

Yun Mu didn't look twice, instead focusing on controlling the Executors to bypass the Bunker in front of Yikeshi'er's home and launch an attack from the flank.

Seeing this, Yikeshi'er calmly controlled the Executors deployed at home to rotate their defense, while simultaneously building a second Combat Bunker in front of Yun Mu.

Buildings under construction can be attacked; Yun Mu did not hesitate and decisively had her Executors swarm the skeleton of the Bunker being built.

However, while her Executors were drawing fire from the Bunker, Yikeshi'er's Executors took the opportunity to focus fire and pick off Yun Mu's Executors.

Forcing her to Retreat.

And under the construction of numerous Repairers, the health of that Combat Bunker actually rose instead of falling, and it was built very quickly.

"Heh." Yun Mu chuckled, not panicked in the slightest, and continued to control the Executors to circle toward the rear.

A Combat Bunker costs five hundred, and her Executors cost one hundred each; besides that, Yikeshi'er had also built many Repairers.

Her remaining savings shouldn't be much either!

Meanwhile, on the other side, her fourth building was also completed.

【Tank Factory: After construction, will increase the HP of 【Transport Vehicle】 and 【Armored Mining Vehicle】, while adding important building 【Repair Factory】; can produce units 【Armored Mining Vehicle (Primary)】, 【Flash Silver Tank (Primary)】, 【Anti-aircraft Crawler (Primary)】, 【Armed Helicopter (Primary)】】 (Cost: 2000)

Yun Mu had only built these structures, yet her initial funds were already spent by over five thousand, and coupled with her constant mass-production of units, her savings were quickly exhausted.

Fortunately, the 【Armored Mining Vehicle】 could collect the ore pumped out by the 【Ore Refinery】 and dump it into the 【Ore Refinery】, providing her with some resources.

Otherwise, she would have been completely out of money.

【Armored Mining Vehicle: A fully automatic mining vehicle with a Heavy armored shell, capable of collecting minerals pumped to the surface by the 【Ore Refinery】 and transporting them into the 【Ore Refinery】; one full load can provide 1000 Resource Points.】

Why does this feel like a game she played before she transmigrated, but it also feels a bit off? Since that's the case.

While having her Executors flank, Yun Mu controlled the Transport Vehicles to stay in front, absorbing damage for the Executors, while simultaneously swarming the Armored Mining Vehicle that was collecting minerals outside the Bunker's attack range.

Since she couldn't take down the other party for a while, she wouldn't be in a rush to attack.

As long as she guarded Yikeshi'er's Mining Field and prevented her from collecting resources, the other party would soon be defeated.

And over at the Tank Factory, she had also produced two 【Flash Silver Tank】s, which were on their way here.

【Flash Silver Tank: A medium tank with an appearance like silver plating, possessing a 105mm diameter cannon as its main weapon; it has a fast movement speed and strong off-road capability.】 (Cost: 700)

Yikeshi'er, who also started with 10,000 Resource Points, naturally had also built a Tank Factory by this time.

Just to defend against Yun Mu's offensive, she had to build two Bunkers while simultaneously mass-producing units.

On top of that, her Mining Vehicle was blocked inside her base by Yun Mu, and she didn't dare to send it out to mine at all.

Consequently, she only managed to build one Flash Silver Tank before running out of all resources.

It wasn't impossible to have her units charge out and fight Yun Mu to the death, but Yun Mu had Transport Vehicles among her units that could help soak up damage and could also kill Executors by running them over, so it would likely be very difficult to win.

But there was no other way; continuing to defend the base was a dead end, so she had to take a gamble!

Taking advantage of the time while Yun Mu's Flash Silver Tank was still on the road and hadn't arrived yet, Yikeshi'er decisively had all her units step out of the defensive line to attack the Mining Field occupied by Yun Mu! "Da-da-da-da-da!"

The units from both sides fired wildly at each other in the Mining Field, with Yun Mu fighting while retreating, and maneuvering her Transport Vehicle to the front.

Yikeshi'er's Flash Silver Tank was very difficult to deal with; it blew up her Transport Vehicle in just three shots, and then proceeded to chase down her Executors, beginning a frantic slaughter. Fortunately, Yun Mu's two Flash Silver Tanks finally arrived at this moment, and in a two-on-one situation where the opponent's health was already significantly reduced, they ultimately killed it on the Mining Field.

Seeing this, Yikeshi'er knew she could no longer win the match, and having no other choice, she could only choose to surrender.

【Congratulations, you have won a battle.】

【Your Research Points have increased by 500.】

【The current level has reached the cap; please wait patiently for subsequent level unlocks.】

Such information popped up on the light screen in front of Yun Mu. She had wanted to continue researching, only to discover that at any given time, a maximum of five types of research could be conducted simultaneously.

It wasn't really a big problem, though; after all, her previous research projects were currently only two minutes away from completion.

"Wow, you're really strong."

After the duel ended, Yikeshi'er looked at Yun Mu with great surprise: "Is this really your first time dueling?"

"Of course." Yun Mu nodded without hesitation.

Although "Old Days Front" was very similar to the RTS games she had played before she transmigrated, it was indeed her first time experiencing it.

How should she put it, it felt quite interesting.

She could try it a few more times when she had nothing to do.

However, even though she was indeed very confident, wanting to win the Champion title was probably not something that could be accomplished so easily.

After all, there should be many contestants participating in the program, and although she had some experience from her past life, her learning speed should be much faster than others.

But!

This could only be considered taking a shortcut after all; there would always be someone who surpassed her in terms of experience.

By then, whether she could win or not would no longer be determined by this experience.

"Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling."

An icon suddenly lit up on Yikeshi'er's retina, and she looked at Yun Mu and the others apologetically: "Sorry, someone is initiating a communication with me; I'll go answer it."

"It's fine, go ahead and get busy." Yun Mu waved her hand and said indifferently.

The other party was working during business hours anyway, so she felt bad about delaying them for too long.

What's more, the projects she had been researching earlier were already finished! "Let me see..."

【Research complete!】

【Command Center (Base) new skill added — Sell】

【The Sell skill will allow you to recycle buildings or units that have finished construction; the recycling price is half of the construction cost.】

【Barracks new skill added — Deploy】

【Deploy will allow you to automatically deploy units that have finished construction to their corresponding positions.】

【Repair Worker new skill added — Repair Acceleration】

【When repairing objects, the Repair Worker's repair speed increases by 35%.】

【Executor new skill added — Throw Grenade】

【After equipping this skill, each Executor will carry 3 Hand Grenades. Throw Grenade is an active skill that can blow up some measures or break a tank's tracks. Use this skill well, and the Executor will become your assault expert.】

【Transport Vehicle new skill added — Shooting Window】

【Now, when your units are deployed inside the Transport Vehicle, they can fire from within the vehicle; this is truly good news.】

【Note: Your character level is 2; the current number of equipable skills is 5.】

Hm? "There's actually an equipment cap for skills?"

Yun Mu raised her eyebrows in surprise; she had thought she could use them directly after finishing the research.

It seemed she had overthought it.

But with five skill slots, she could equip them all right now.

And then there were the projects that had been researched once; researching them again would cost 300 Research Points.

Having too many skills didn't seem very useful, so she would research the base again.

She felt this Sell skill was actually quite useful.

【Currently researching (estimated time 30 minutes)】

Let it research slowly; Yun Mu noticed that Yikeshi'er had returned, and she seemed to be in a good mood.

"The guys in charge of promotion just told me that their side of things has been resolved, and they can start promoting now," Yikeshi'er said, looking at Yun Mu and the others.

"You're quite impressive; let's add each other's communication," she suggested to Yun Mu.

"Sure."

Yun Mu naturally had no objections to this; she took out her Personal Terminal from her pocket, and soon she and Yikeshi'er had added each other's communication.

Lita and the others naturally didn't miss out.

"So you guys are from abroad," Yikeshi'er said, looking at the terminals in the hands of Yun Mu and Iliyasi, feeling somewhat surprised.

Not to mention that Brenna and Lita were humans, Iliyasi was clearly a bird-type Beastkin, and as for Yun Mu... she only just noticed at this moment that she had no tail.

Yun Mu took a moment to explain it to her, and only then did the other party realize that she was a Path-walker of the cat.

"You've got a good eye!" Yikeshi'er patted her on the shoulder and said.

"I feel like I've heard this sentence somewhere before." Yun Mu muttered to herself, then asked casually, "Is Yikeshi'er from the Cat-Person Race?"

"Me?" Hearing her words, the other party was slightly stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted: "Of course not!"

She shook her head vigorously and stretched out both hands at the same time: "It's so obvious, can't you two tell?"

"I am from the Lion-man Race!"

"Awoo~" She suddenly let out a strange cry, looking rather cute.

"Hehehe, but in my eyes, there is no difference between a lion and a kitty." A burst of light laughter suddenly came from afar.

Upon hearing this voice, the bodies of Yun Mu and Brenna instantly froze in place.

They saw a petite black-haired woman wearing a faceless Mask walking slowly toward them.

This familiar figure, and that iconic Mask.

There was no doubt.

The person who had come was none other than the follower of the God of Pleasure and Chaos, the Legendary powerhouse, the Faceless Fool Airui Laya! (End of chapter)