Chapter 167: Battlefield Harvest
"Everyone, get moving! Transport all the corpses unaffected by the summoning spell to the range of the Necromantic Scourge Array. Also, pick up everything on the ground that can be collected and take it away. Don't leave anything behind."
Gu Xi glanced at the Skeletal Mage leader briefly before turning his attention to the battlefield outside.
Cleaning up the battlefield needs to be quick. After all, other nodes are still in combat, and Gu Xi isn't sure when new enemies might arrive at this location.
The newly summoned undead, whether skeletons or zombies, were diligent and experienced in battlefield cleanup.
They worked together much more smoothly than in combat.
In no time, a large number of intact corpses were dragged into the Necromantic Scourge Ritual Array.
As Gu Xi had guessed, once these corpses were thrown into the array, they were immediately affected, beginning to transform based on their conditions.
Those with relatively complete flesh became zombies.
Those with less complete flesh became skeletons.
Those unfortunate ones, with incomplete bodies, would depend on their situation.
If they had a sufficiently high level or relatively intact souls, they could transform into ghosts.
If they had nothing, they would become bone weapons to equip the newly risen undead.
Due to the incomplete nature, the corpses thrown in would always leave behind some flesh after becoming new undead.
This flesh would quickly turn into black liquid, absorbed by the Necromantic Scourge Array, leaving no residue.
This made it much easier for the players guarding these nodes. At least they didn't have to clean up the battlefield, only tallying the remaining loot.
But Gu Xi didn't have it that easy.
He placed the battlefield outside the node he was guarding.
This was safer, but it meant that after each battle, he had to send people to clean up the battlefield, sometimes missing good items left behind.
Thus, Gu Xi had to personally inspect the battlefield for any missed spots.
This action indeed helped Gu Xi find some good items.
Two pieces of white baboon skin of different qualities: one from the mid-field commander-type leader, with perfectly preserved green quality, could serve as evidence of Gu Xi's killing of the ghoul leader.
The other was torn into pieces, and when Gu Xi got it, only a baboon's head was left. This gray item could be used to study special information in the baboon skin.
Besides, because one leader was transformed into a Skeletal Mage leader, the equipment originally carried by this leader was also affected and left nothing behind.
However, another ghoul leader, due to Luna rushing back to support Gu Xi, didn't process or clean up the battlefield.
Additionally, Gu Xi's summoning spell didn't affect this side, preserving two undamaged pieces of equipment.
One was a tattered hood, looking like an ordinary mage's hood.
But its attributes had nothing to do with mages. Instead, it was a favorite of commander-type leaders.
[Blood Brain Hood (Green, Helmet)]
[Defense: 1]
[Equipment Requirement: Intelligence 1]
[Special: Leader, when worn by leaders, heroes, or commanders, doubles their command capacity.]
[Description: This hood looks ragged but enhances your leader aura.]
Holding this [Blood Brain Hood], Gu Xi thought seriously. If he replaced Dimmy's Bohemian-style hat with this rag, Dimmy would surely go mad.
As for others.
Gu Xi eventually called the Skeleton Leader of Battle Squad 1 and handed him the [Blood Brain Hood].
After all, spear-wielding skeletons were the most useful troops on the battlefield.
Now, Battle Squad 1 could expand its manpower.
Another piece of equipment was relatively better for Gu Xi.
It was a half-man-tall basket, somewhat damaged, containing some clearly outdated food, some of which was already rotten.
But for Gu Xi, this was a good item.
[Rotted Endless Food Basket (Green): Provides 100 units of rotten food daily for undead consumption, temporarily boosting one attribute of the undead by 1.]
[Description: Eat to your heart's content, even ghosts need to be full!]
This item was for undead consumption. Though unsure how much 100 units of rotten food was, Gu Xi knew his undead soldiers would definitely like it.
Moreover, on the battlefield, a 1-point attribute boost meant an extra chance of survival, increasing Gu Xi's odds of winning.
This was definitely better than some potions.
"This is a good item, take it to the city gate."
Gu Xi pointed at the [Rotted Endless Food Basket] and called two skeletons to carry it away.
Finally, he joined other skeletons on the battlefield, searching for remaining items.
At first, Gu Xi thought it was another pile of gray trash or useless white items.
But to his surprise, he found something in the trash this time.
It was a small cluster of grass, looking like water plants.
Initially, Gu Xi didn't care about it until he held it and realized it was a blue item.
Whether it was his luck or something else, he didn't know.
[Murderous Water Plants (Blue): Can be placed in the city's moat to grow murderous water plants, trapping enemies in the moat for 30 seconds.]
At first, Gu Xi wondered why the water plants that only trapped enemies in the moat were called murderous.
But he quickly understood.
The moat's properties were also considered.
According to the construction blueprint Gu Xi had, the moat could cause 3 points of damage per second to enemies entering it.
This meant 90 points of life lost in 30 seconds.
Weak enemies might not even pass the moat, let alone attack the city.
This was a great item, useful once the moat was built.
With this in mind, Gu Xi casually put the [Murderous Water Plants] into his pocket.
He continued searching, hoping his luck would continue and he could find a few more good items.
However, even after finishing the cleanup, Gu Xi didn't find any more suitable items, only sorting and packing gray trash and white materials for further processing at the city gate.