I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 16 The Rainy Season Arrives Early

“But it’s only early October and the rainy season has arrived early. I’ve already sent a message to the clan requesting that they send someone to help us evacuate. Station Chief Chen, I know a little about your situation. The Chen family definitely won’t send anyone to pick you up.”

"What I mean is, if you don't come with us to retreat, I won't report your identity to the clan. I'll just say you're a distant relative of mine who works for me."

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Chen Fan frowned slightly, vaguely realizing that this rainstorm might be somewhat unusual: "Station Chief Wang, let's go inside first. I don't quite understand what you mean."

"what?"

Wang Kui was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected that Chen Fan wouldn't know about this. He immediately followed Chen Fan back into the cabin, took a deep breath, and patiently explained again, "Station Chief Chen, you may not know, but in the wasteland, every time the rainy season arrives..."

"The monsters will be more active and volatile, so even staying near the monster fire is not very safe."

“Those ghosts can even impact the eerie fire.”

"The rainy season usually lasts for about a month."

"After the rainy season comes winter. Although the monsters in winter are not as frequent and violent as in the rainy season, most people will not go out because of the cold. The profits are not enough to maintain the stations, so there are basically no stations that will be activated. The stations will be activated again after the spring."

"The rainy season has always started in early November, and it has never changed in decades. This year, the rainy season suddenly started in early October. Last night, nine stations were destroyed by the strange creature."

“I was lucky; no monsters rushed into my site last night. But I still didn’t dare close my eyes all night, clutching the monster map. As soon as it was light, I came to find you, wanting to take you with me to get out of here.”

"The last time the rainy season came early was 37 years ago. A strange tide broke out in the wasteland that time. All the stations that hadn't been evacuated were gone. The whole army was wiped out. Nobody knows what happened in between. Now the rainy season is coming early again."

"We don't have much time left. If we don't leave today, we might not be able to leave at all."

Wang Kui appeared quite agitated at this moment, completely lacking his usual calmness and shrewdness. He was genuinely anxious, knowing that he couldn't possibly walk out of the wasteland in a day and needed someone from the Wang family to meet him.

However, the lack of a reply from the communication talisman has prevented him from settling down.

"The chances of death are very high?"

“Very high!”

"Even with these two arrow towers, you still can't stop them?"

"Can't stop it!"

A flicker of fear crossed Wang Kui's eyes: "If it were a normal rainy season, we might be able to weather it with a bit of luck, but this rainy season has come early, and there's a high probability that a strange tide will break out. We definitely won't be able to withstand it!"

"Okay, I'll go with you!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Fan immediately stopped caring about the farmland and arrow towers he had just built. If there was such danger, he would only be waiting to die if he stayed here. As long as he was alive, he could always rebuild.

But the next moment.

Wang Kui's face suddenly turned deathly pale, and after a moment of trembling, he said in a hoarse voice, "Station Chief Chen, is it possible for you to upgrade these two arrow towers?"

"If it's a level 3 arrow tower, there might be some hope."

"Oh?"

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow, realizing Wang Kui's obvious change in attitude.

“The family sent a letter saying they couldn’t provide support. The rainy season came too suddenly, and there wasn’t enough time. They could only evacuate the stations around the wasteland. As for my station, which is located deep in the wasteland, they were unable to provide support for the evacuation.”

"One day isn't enough time to make the round trip, and nobody knows what will happen tonight."

"Take care of yourself and thank me for my contributions to the Wang family over the years."

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Chen Fan remained silent with an expressionless face. If he could evacuate, he would prefer to leave with the others. Although the frequent activity of strange creatures during the rainy season was an opportunity for him, it also represented a great danger.

He is still inexperienced and may not be able to withstand this crisis.

But since he couldn't evacuate, he had to start thinking of a solution.

After a long pause, he spoke again. "Station Chief Wang, to be honest, I'm actually an architect."

"Um"

Wang Kui's lips trembled slightly; he had already guessed this, so there was nothing more to say.

"Before my mother died, she left me the legacy of an architect. This is my foundation. Our only chance of survival is to place our hopes on me. I will do my best to improve the strength of this camp and ensure that we can survive."

"but--"

"On the condition that I need your resources and your help."

"no problem."

Wang Kui took a deep breath and took out his package from his pocket without hesitation: "There are 137 strange stones in here. This is all my savings over the years. I'm handing it all over to you, young master. From now on, Xiao Qiu and I will do whatever you ask without question."

"And from this moment on, I will officially leave the Wang family. If I really live to see spring, I will only belong to you, young master."

The lame monkey, who was burying the body in the farmland in the pouring rain, frowned and looked at Wang Kui. "Young Master" was what he called him. He was a servant who had always followed the young master. "Even if you change your address, you can't call him Young Master."

“Me too.” Xiao Qiu hurriedly pulled out his own package from his pocket: “I have less savings, only 17 coins.”

"it is good!"

After taking out the map from his pocket and glancing at it for a few moments, Chen Fan immediately gave the order: "Now I have two tasks for you. First, go back to your camp and move everything that can be used to this camp."

"Food, water, and even clothing, bedding, and carts were all moved over."

"The second item."

“Since the Wang family can’t evacuate you, then the people at the other stations around here definitely can’t evacuate either. You need to go to the nearby stations as quickly as possible and move all the people and resources from those stations to our station. Tell them that we can provide shelter here.”

"We need a lot of manpower next, and these are all people who can work for us."

"But don't reveal too much information, and don't force them. If they are willing, they need to undergo a full body check before entering the camp and hand over communication talismans and other means of communication with the outside world."

"Yes!"

Wang Kui nodded vigorously, said nothing more, and immediately led Xiao Qiu into the torrential rain to head towards his camp.

The rainy season came too suddenly.

He had long wanted to follow Chen Fan, but he was just waiting for an opportunity. He didn't expect the opportunity to come so suddenly. However, if he could survive this, it would be a great thing for him.

The premise is that you can survive.

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Chen Fan watched the two figures disappear quickly into the rain, then slowly closed his eyes, greedily inhaling the scent of raindrops hitting the earth in the air.

This rainy season presents both a great opportunity and a great crisis for him.

As long as we can get through this.

During these six months, no one can interfere with his development. After six months, he will have accumulated enough resources to return to the Chen family and take back everything that should belong to him.

He looked at the two packages on the floor.

In Wang Kui's package, there were 12 greenish-colored strange stones and 17 milky-white strange stones. The panel showed that the greenish-colored strange stones were level 2 strange stones, equivalent to 10 ordinary strange stones, which are level 1 strange stones.

The two were very sincere.

A total of 154 strange stones were handed over, which is not a small number.

With the 46 Mysterious Stones he already had, he now had a total of 200 Mysterious Stones.

(End of this chapter)