#232 - Chapter 232 Tasted the Sweetness

"Holy crap!" The captain suddenly saw zombies climbing up and ran over, plunging his knife into the zombie's eye. Then, he pulled the knife out and kicked it off the city wall.

"Two more people over here!"

He constantly ran back and forth on the city wall, patching up the defensive gaps.

One thousand against 300,000, the difference was not just significant.

However, the Holy Envoys were also constantly judging the situation. Feeling that the situation was not good, they hurriedly slowed down the intensity of the attack. Feeling that the people above had caught their breath, they increased the intensity of the attack again.

In short, the purpose was to make them feel the pressure while still being able to hold on.

The battle continued until almost dawn when the zombies hurriedly retreated.

After several hours of attack, nearly 100,000 zombies had died.

However, 50,000 of these zombies had been secretly decomposed by the miniature queen bee. The remaining 50,000 zombies were considered a small benefit for the settlement.

Only by letting them feel the benefits of hunting zombies would they be more motivated.

Even with just these 50,000 zombies, they spent a whole day cleaning up. It wasn't until almost dark that the crystal cores were completely extracted.

50,000 crystal cores equaled 5 million points, which was a considerable amount for the current settlement.

"These... are all crystal cores!" Mayor Xu walked to the city gate tower, looking at the pile of crystal cores below the city, his eyes shining brightly.

"This battle was a pleasure!" Mayor Xu was very satisfied.

With the protection of the combat suits, there were no deaths, only a few people who twisted their arms or legs, which would be fine after a few days of recuperation.

Zero casualties while gaining 50,000 crystal cores, how could Mayor Xu not be happy?

"Pass down the order, all team members who participated in the battle will be rewarded with 500 points each! Team members responsible for logistics will be rewarded with 100 points each," Mayor Xu waved his hand.

The soldiers, hearing this news, erupted in cheers.

Several hundred points were not a small amount.

One crystal core was equivalent to 100 points. If used to buy daily necessities, it could buy a lot of things.

But these points were not enough to make everyone so excited.

There were two reasons why everyone was excited. One was because they had never fought such a great victory before. In the past, when zombies came to attack, they mainly focused on avoiding them. Eliminating zombies was rare. Being able to kill one or two was already a great feat. But last night, they killed more than 50,000 zombies in one night, which could be described as unprecedented.

In reality, it was 100,000, but 50,000 were secretly withheld by the Chamber of Commerce. It couldn't really be said to be secretly, as the settlement was able to harvest 50,000 thanks to Dongfang Chen. So, it couldn't be said that the Chamber of Commerce took advantage. If it wasn't for wanting to play the long game and encourage the people of the settlement to actively collect crystal cores, they wouldn't even get a sip of the soup. Dongfang Chen could have cleaned it all up in minutes.

The other reason everyone was excited was because this was the first time they had received a reward after completing a task. In the past, they just worked hard, and it was good enough if they had something to eat after completing the task. If you didn't want to do it, get out, there were plenty of people who wanted to do it. In this world, the security team members were the most popular, and the threshold was low. Which family wasn't trying to get this job? Not for the salary, but to take care of the family and prevent them from being bullied.

100 points were also not a small amount. A pound of pork was only 5 points, and a pound of flour was 2 points. There were too many things that 100 points could do, enough for a family's food for a week.

Mayor Xu had no use for these crystal cores, he wanted points.

So, he quickly sent someone to invite the people from the Huatong Chamber of Commerce. The staff were on-site counting and packing. After counting, they reported the number to Mayor Xu.

"5.03 million points!" Mayor Xu was overjoyed when he saw this number.

After deducting the rewarded points, he estimated that he could get around 4 million. The price of a combat suit was 20,000 points, so 4 million was equivalent to 200 combat suits. If this happened a few more times, how would this settlement develop?

This victory aroused Mayor Xu's long-buried ambition.

The situation in other settlements was generally the same.

Many settlements had not purchased combat suits in advance, but fortunately, after the Mercenary Guild opened, they could be rented.

Because they had not been trained in advance, it took some time to adapt, which caused the combat effectiveness to be affected at the beginning. However, with the "special care" of the Holy Envoys, everything ended safely.

After initially tasting the sweetness, the 20 cooperating settlements began to have ideas.

With crystal cores, they had everything, including weapons, ammunition, equipment, and supplies.

With these, they dared to think about many things.

Other settlements that had not yet cooperated were envious of this result, and some even cried bitterly, regretting their initial decision.

One step late, every step late.

Seeing that other settlements were already eating meat, while their own settlements couldn't even supply porridge, this feeling was not pleasant.

"Why didn't I run faster in the first place?"

"Why did I hesitate for a moment?"

"I really want to slap myself a few times!"

Everyone had the same idea.

But they could only be sour about it, there was no other way.

They could only roll up their sleeves and prepare to get the next batch of places.