I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 17 "Jiangbei Market".

"200 strange stones."

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the panel in front of him. According to his plan, he could have easily and effortlessly passed through the developmental period, but the rainy season suddenly arrived early, completely disrupting his plans and catching him off guard.

Now he must improve the camp's strength as much as possible in order to have any hope of survival.

He had two choices.

A total of 200 Ghost Stones are required. 100 Ghost Stones can be consumed to upgrade two level 2 arrow towers to level 3.

Or
Collect 320 strange stones to build a circular wall 32 meters long, forming a protective barrier within the camp.

It's definitely not the safe zone of a level 2 wraith fire, but the safe zone of a level 1 wraith fire. Building a wall to enclose a level 2 wraith fire camp would be too expensive.

Which one provides the greatest boost to camp strength?

Naturally it is the latter.

With city walls blocking the monsters rushing into the camp, the arrow towers can be guaranteed to fire frequently and repeatedly, preventing them from being overwhelmed by the monster tide.

But he doesn't have that many strange stones right now.

If Wang Kui can bring back enough strange stones after receiving people from other sites, then the city walls will be built before tonight. If not, then the only option is to upgrade arrow towers and build traps and other structures as much as possible.

He can't wait.

Last night was just an appetizer; whether I can survive tonight, only God knows.

He looked at the lame monkey not far away, still digging and filling the field with the corpses of the monsters. There were already quite a few monster corpses buried in this farmland, so there was no need to worry about not having enough fertilizer for a long time.

Yesterday, we killed a total of 47 maggot-like monsters, but not a single rare item dropped.

He missed the mother and daughter.

If I had known, I wouldn't have killed them. I could have kept them in an enclosure outside the camp. I wonder if I could have set up a production line for some kind of supernatural liquid.

"Jiangbei Market".

This is the largest market town within hundreds of miles, and its owner is a Level 2 architect. It is located in the western district of "Jiangbei City".

Because of its great fame, people often refer to going to Jiangbei City as going to Jiangbei Market.

The rain continued to pour down.

Countless merchants and tourists wandered among the shops and stalls with oil-paper umbrellas. Everyone knew that the rainy season had arrived early and that the strange tide that swept through the entire wilderness 37 years ago might break out again!
We must prepare in advance, just in case.

"The rainy season has come early."

A shopkeeper from the Pingtian Chamber of Commerce stood at the door, looking out at the torrential rain with worry and unease: "I don't know how many people will die this time, and I don't know if Jiangbei City can withstand it."

"The shopkeeper's."

Just then, the shop assistant returned from outside, braving the downpour as he entered the shop. He first took off his clothes and wrung them out in his hands before casually wiping the rain off his face and saying nonchalantly, "Actually, we don't need to be too nervous."

"The defenses of Jiangbei City were jointly built by the Chen Family of Jiangbei, the Wang Family of Qiuhe, and the Wild Wolf Gang."

"The expensive city wall protected the entire Jiangbei City very well."

“Those arrow towers were one every ten steps.”

"It has never been breached by strange creatures in all these years, and it certainly won't be this time either."

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The shopkeeper looked at the waiter with a complicated expression but didn't say anything. It can only be said that ignorance is bliss. If it were a normal rainy season, Jiangbei City's geographical location and large areas of level 1 city walls would indeed ensure its safety.

However, with the rainy season arriving early this time, there is a high probability that a strange tide will strike!
He had experienced that strange tide 37 years ago.

Of the entire city, only a fraction survived. He was a survivor, and the reason he survived was because he had cleverly slipped into the core territory of the "Wild Wolf Gang" when he sensed something was wrong. He survived only because of the level 3 city walls and defenses of the Wild Wolf Gang's core area.

This is why he has stayed with the Pingtian Chamber of Commerce all these years.

The Pingtian Chamber of Commerce is now integrated with the Chen family of Jiangbei.

Each major power has its own core area, where the city walls are of a higher level and the defensive structures are more powerful. Once the city falls...

Core members will urgently retreat to the core area of ​​their territory, which is a way for them to survive.

After a while.

The shopkeeper stood at the door, clasped his hands together, looked into the distance at the continuous overcast sky and torrential rain, and murmured.

"May God protect us."

"Hopefully, no strange tides will appear."

An early rainy season only increases the likelihood of triggering strange tides, but it's not absolute. Of course, it would be best if there were no strange tides.

This world.

It's too difficult to die peacefully in one's sleep.

Jiangbei City, Chen Family of Jiangbei.

In a rather large courtyard, a pale-faced, unsteady-footed middle-aged man, holding a strange map, approached a young boy in a pavilion and reported with a fawning expression.

"Young Master, the Chen family's No. 37 station in Jiangbei is still lit up. It seems we were lucky last night and no strange creatures attacked the station."

"But ghosts become more active during the rainy season, so I guess I won't be so lucky tonight."

"Ah."

The boy sitting in the pavilion toyed with a jade bracelet in his hand, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes. He took the strange map handed to him by the man and stared intently at Station 37, located in the deepest part of the northern wasteland.

It was as if they wanted to completely destroy the site.

According to the plan.

This station should have been shut down long ago, after all, they only gave that kid 3 strange stones. I didn't expect it to still be up after several days. It means they were lucky. Such a remote station, yet there are still pedestrians passing by and staying overnight.

But this good fortune is about to come to an end.

The rainy season arrived early, and unpredictable tides raged.

He didn't know how he would survive at a station without any defensive structures.

Although they always called that guy an illegitimate child, everyone in the Chen family knew perfectly well that he was the true eldest son of the Chen family's first wife, possessing the nominal and absolute right of succession.

He won't be at ease until this guy is dead.

His mother is the only daughter of the president of the "Pingtian Chamber of Commerce" and is also the current matriarch of the Chen family. Once this guy dies, he will have the absolute and legitimate right of succession.

"correct--"

The young man frowned slightly: "Is there any flaw in the matter of sending Chen Fan deep into the wilderness?"

"No."

The middle-aged man shook his head with a serious expression and said, "Everything was done according to the rules. According to the Chen family's ancestral teachings, all members of the Chen clan must go to the clan's subordinate stations for a year after reaching adulthood. Chen Fan should go too."

"Before leaving, I gave him three strange stones, which is also stipulated by ancestral rules."

"It's all in line with the process."

"only"

The man grinned and said, "I just sent him to an abandoned station where almost no one passes by. Even if the master investigates, he won't find anything wrong with it."

"Moreover."

"How could the master not know about this? He has already tacitly approved it."

"After all, the master still needs the support of that level 5 architect your mother brought."

(End of this chapter)