I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 20 "Earth Spikes".

He looked at the level 1 bear trap in front of him.

There are currently 5 animal traps in the camp. He has earned a lot of Ghost Stones from these traps in recent days. It only takes 2 Ghost Stones to make an animal trap.

Upgrading the bear trap to level 2 is also inexpensive, costing only 10 Mysterious Stones.

He decided to test the effect.

Followed by.

The 10 strange stones on the ground shattered instantly and turned into a milky white liquid that flowed into the animal trap next to the farmland. A panel slowly appeared in front of them.
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"The bear trap has been upgraded to level 2, becoming a 'ground spike'. It must be placed in a fixed location and cannot be moved at will, but it can be triggered multiple times."

Please select an upgrade direction.

"1: It blends into the surrounding environment, is quite hidden, and is extremely difficult to be discovered."

"2: Increased power."

"3: The speed of spike regeneration is increased."
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The animal trap that was originally in front of him has now transformed into a square spike structure, 1 meter on each side, waiting for him to place it.

He chose the second upgrade path.

And place it directly in front of the farmland.

It looks rather abrupt.

On the cracked wasteland, there was a square clearing with dozens of neat holes, looking like the heartwood of a tree that had been burrowed by termites. He picked up the corpse of a strange creature that had not yet been buried in the farmland by the lame monkey and threw it above the holes.

next moment!
"Click!"

With a soft sound, dozens of dark, thick, hard wooden spikes shot out from the ground at a speed too fast for the naked eye to detect, like venomous snakes, instantly piercing the corpse of the strange creature.

Its power is far greater than that of a bear trap.

Then the thick, hard wooden spikes slowly retracted, and after a few breaths, they returned to the hole. When stepped on again, they would be triggered once more!
This addresses a major flaw of bear traps: they cannot be triggered repeatedly.

Its power has also increased significantly.

"good."

Chen Fan nodded slightly in satisfaction. It was cheap, easy to use, and free. It didn't require the power of the Mystic Stones and could be used indefinitely as long as it wasn't destroyed.

If you choose the third upgrade option, the spikes will retract faster and trigger more frequently.

However, he felt that the most important thing about spike traps was their ability to kill instantly; the ability to kill any creature that stepped on the trap was crucial.

No matter how fast you go, if you don't have enough force, it's all for naught.

There are also 46 mysterious stones.

Chen Fan stood by the farmland, stood up and looked up at the darkening horizon. His eyes narrowed slightly. In his building panel, there was a building called "Sacrifice Tower", which required 20 Mysterious Stones to build.

The effect is rather blurry.
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"Level 1 Sacrifice Tower": Can obtain special resources, requires 20 Mysterious Stones to build.
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He definitely didn't plan to leave too many strange stones in his hands tonight. He was thinking about whether to build a few more "ground spikes" or to build the sacrificial tower. The former could maximize the immediate increase in the camp's strength.

The latter, judging from the effect description alone, is probably related to the mid-to-late stages of the camp. The special resources obtained are unlikely to be used in the short term, and those special resources are unlikely to be given to him for free. He might even have to exchange them for Ghost Stones.

It's a building that's practically a money-devouring beast.

After a while.

He took out 40 strange stones and upgraded the remaining 4 animal traps to level 2, choosing the second upgrade path for all of them. He then neatly placed them all on the side of the farmland closest to the camp.

The farmland is 5 meters wide.

One spike is 1 meter wide, and five spikes are 5 meters wide.

It fits perfectly with the farmland.

It looks quite neat and harmonious, the kind of arrangement that can cure obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"That's much better."

Chen Fan looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction. With these five spikes, his farmland should be able to be protected. As for the remaining monsters, there were still the arrow towers on the city wall. In the end, he decided to put the sacrificial towers out of his mind.

He'll focus on surviving tonight first. If he survives, he'll have plenty of time to research what the sacrificial tower is. If he doesn't survive tonight, no matter how powerful the sacrificial tower is, it'll be irrelevant to him.

not to mention.

He felt that this farmland was more important to him than the arrow tower. Once the "Mysterious Stone Vein Seed" matured, he would receive a sum of Mysterious Stones. He just didn't know how much, and there might be a little surprise.

"Everything is ready, except for the east wind!"

He looked up at the horizon. This was the limit of what he could do. As long as the strange tide tonight did not kill him immediately, he could use the strange stones dropped by the strange creatures tonight to strengthen the camp again and increase the camp's limit again!

It's an opportunity.

It is also a crisis.

Everything depends on whether he can make it through tonight.

at this time--

"Master"

The lame monkey's voice came from the city wall. The lame monkey was lying on the parapet and shouted at him, "The wooden house has been completely demolished."

"it is good."

Chen Fan turned and walked towards the city wall. As he approached the wall, it suddenly shrank into the ground. He walked inside and looked at Wang Mazi and the others in the heavy rain, as well as a pile of wood and several porcelain jars filled with bedding neatly stacked in the corner.

He pulled two strange stones from his pocket and threw them into the air.

Followed by.

A phantom of a wooden house slowly appeared in the middle of the camp. As the milky white liquid from the melting of the strange stone flowed into it, a rather heavy and imposing wooden house landed steadily on the ground.

It's a significant upgrade from the original simple wooden hut.

The weather is getting colder and colder.

It's also raining heavily.

The old wooden house couldn't even keep out the wind, let alone the rain; these two strange stones are a must.

He walked into the wooden house, took out a strange stone from his pocket again and stuffed it into the indentation of the entrance, before looking at Wang Mazi and the others outside: "Come in, everyone. It's raining heavily outside. Pack up before dark."

"There's a fire inside, go warm yourself by the fire, lest you catch a cold."

When Wang Kui brought the six people back to the station, he also brought back a lot of clothing, food and other daily necessities. These items needed to be sorted out, but he didn't need to worry about that; the lame monkey could handle it all himself.

"Yes!"

After Wang Mazi nodded emphatically, he hurriedly told the others to take everything out of the porcelain jar and tidy up the house.

"hurry up!"

On the wilderness, Wang Kui and Xiao Qiu happened to encounter the station chief of the Qiuhe Wang family on their way. The man was dressed in hemp clothing, carrying a long knife, and running wildly in the rain with his men.

"It's getting dark, it'll be too late if we don't go back soon."

Wang Kui shouted at the top of his lungs amidst the torrential rain. He and his men had been sent out to collect supplies from the surrounding abandoned sites, and now that their mission was complete, they were preparing to return home.

Visibility is usually very high in the wilderness, but it becomes extremely low during heavy rain. Without a map, you would definitely get lost.

"It's just ahead."

Wang Kui glanced at the strange map in his hand, panting as he sprinted, but the next moment, he suddenly stopped in his tracks, staring blankly ahead.

He glanced again at the strange map in his hand.

You didn't go to the wrong place.

This is the No. 37 station in Chenjia, Jiangbei.

But when did those city walls appear?
He remembered that there wasn't one of these in the camp before he left, right?
(End of this chapter)