The Steel Tide and the Light of Magic

The Red Alert System loaded successfully. Lin Yan looked at the Construction Yard before him, his heart swelling with ambition.

He thought he’d be crushing bone dragons with Apocalypse Tanks and blasting demons apart with Prism Towers.

Instead, the System flashed a notification: “Warning: Insufficient starting resources. Unable to construct a Power Plant.”

He looked at his resources, which were enough to make only a single shovel, then glanced at the elven patrol approaching in the distance.

Lin Yan silently hefted the shovel. “Commander, please hear me out. I really am just mining…”