I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 42 has undergone a qualitative change.

Inside the wooden house.

Chen Fan sat by the stove, looking at the light rain outside. In order to save resources, the core area inside the wall was a bit small. As the camp developed, the space began to be stretched thin, and even the arrow towers could not be placed. In a few days, it would be time to increase the area.

Only then did he begin to tally up his gains from the previous night.

Several strange items, including "monkey skin" and "mantis arm".

There are a total of 478 strange stones.

The female ghost contributed ten level 2 ghost stones, worth 100 ghost stones.

Three rare treasures.

Architectural blueprints are extremely rare among rare treasures, and the thin, cicada-wing-like blueprint he now holds is a brand-new architectural blueprint.
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"Name of the rare treasure": Altar.

"Rare Treasure Grade": White.

"Exotic Treasure Effect": This item can be used to build an altar, which can restore injuries.
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"Recover from injuries?"

Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully. It was a very useful building, and one that the camp currently lacked. No one in the camp was injured last night.

Only Zhou Mo suffered minor injuries, bleeding from his tiger's mouth, from multiple direct confrontations with the strange creature; nothing serious.

The cost of manufacturing it is not expensive.

Only 10 Mysterious Stones are needed.

It will be built in the city shortly.

The city's area is becoming increasingly insufficient. With wooden houses, watchtowers, and sacrificial towers, and now multiple altars, we need to upgrade the Ghost Fire as soon as possible to expand the camp's area and extend the city walls outwards.

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This expense is considerable.

The car needs to be tested as soon as possible, and then Zhou Mo should go to the abandoned sites in the wasteland to bring back the strange stones from those sites.

He looked at the two remaining treasures in his hand.
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"Name of the rare item": Torch.

"Rare Treasure Grade": White.

"Exotic Treasure Effect": A one-time use exotic treasure that lasts for 6 hours after being lit, with a level 1 eerie fire effect and an illumination range of 1 meter in diameter.
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The mobile version of Ghostfire.

It's somewhat useful during the non-rainy season, but its effectiveness diminishes significantly during the rainy season.

During the rainy season, monsters can easily rush into the safe zone of the ghost fire under their violent influence.

The last rare treasure.

The most valuable item in this haul was dropped by the female ghost; it was a green-grade rare treasure.

A piece of skin.
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"Name of the rare item": Ghost Skin.

"Rare Treasure Grade": Green.

"Exotic Treasure Effect": A special ghost skin that requires "human blood ghost flower" to appear.
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Chen Fan frowned slightly as he looked at the palm-sized piece of strange skin in his hand. It looked extremely ancient, and one could vaguely feel the traces of time passing by. He didn't know what "human blood strange flower" was, nor did he know where to get it.

We can only put this away for now.

We'll talk about it when we find it.

After the rainy season ends.

We absolutely have to go to "Jiangbei City"; staying in the wilderness would keep us completely isolated from the world.

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An architect's skill is only demonstrated within his own camp.

Head to someone else's territory.

In terms of physical strength, they definitely can't beat those cultivators.

On external means.

He can indeed quickly build several arrow towers. It is almost impossible for cultivators to confront the city defense buildings of the "Architect" head-on unless they are of a level advantage. At least a level 2 cultivator like Zhou Mo can be easily killed by a single crossbow bolt from a level 1 arrow tower.

However, the few arrow towers he hastily built are certainly not as good as the defensive structures that others have built up over a long period of time on their territories.

To travel to Jiangbei City while ensuring one's own safety, this needs careful planning, but for now, it's best to get through the rainy season first.

In a daze.

He lay down on the wooden bed and fell asleep.

"Boom boom."

The faint sound of running water could be heard; it was the sound of the "2.0 heating system" operating outside the city. It was cold and damp outside, but warmer and drier inside.

Three hours before the eternal night arrives.

Chen Fan woke up.

After a quick wash, I got up, stretched, and went outside the cabin, ready to further enhance the camp's strength.

He currently has 795 Ghost Stones. He first went to the Ghost Fire in the city to check the consumption of Ghost Stones last night. When the Ghost Fire was upgraded to level two, one of the upgrade effects he chose was to reduce the attack consumption of defensive buildings in the camp.

A total of 17 Mysterious Stones were used last night.

The main reason is that "Arrow Rain Storm" consumes a lot of Strange Stones.

He took out 17 more strange stones, bringing the total number of strange stones in the strange fire to 50.

He then took out 50 more strange stones and upgraded the strange fire to level 3.

next moment--

A panel pops up in front of you.
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"The level of the ghost fire has been raised to level 3, and the safe zone has been increased to a diameter of 50 meters, which enhances the deterrent effect on the ghosts."

Please select an upgrade direction.

"1: The safe range has been increased to 100 meters."

"2: The sense of intimidation against ghosts has been enhanced to a certain extent."

"3: This has changed. The cost of building any structure in the camp per construction is reduced by 1 Mysterious Stone. This effect can be used 10000 times per day and only takes effect during the rainy season (rare)."
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Chen Fan was slightly taken aback when he looked at the panel in front of him. The upgrade panel used to be plain, with white background and black text.

And this upgrade is in the direction of...

The first two are also in black text.

The third line then transformed into words that shimmered with seven colors, making it extremely eye-catching.

If he understood correctly.

This third upgrade path is not a fixed occurrence for all Ghost Fire upgrades to level 3. Rather, it appears with a low probability. Among the upgrade paths a building acquires during upgrades, there is an extremely small chance of obtaining one, making it a relatively rare upgrade path.

This is what we call a "qualitative change".

He looked toward the third upgrade path, his breathing becoming increasingly rapid.

The cost of constructing any building within the camp is -1 Mystic Stone per attempt.

It sounds rather pointless.

After all, a meter of wall requires 20 strange stones. Reducing it by one strange stone means it only requires 19 strange stones, which is almost no change.

However, crafting something like a "bear trap" requires 2 Ghost Stones. Reducing that by one Ghost Stone will reduce it to just 1 Ghost Stone.

This is equivalent to halving the consumption.

the most important is--

"Copper pipe".

This building module accessory requires only one Mysterious Stone to build one meter.

With this effect, it's essentially free.

Created at no cost.

It can be used 1 times per day, which means...
He can create 1 one-meter copper pipes every day without any cost.

Although it only works during the rainy season, it's already abnormal enough.

Without a moment's hesitation, he immediately chose the third upgrade path, which would provide an epic boost to the camp's strength.

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On the city wall.

Chen Fan placed his hands on the parapet, looking out at the expanded 50-meter safety zone. His eyes burned with ambition, and feeling the coolness of the rain, he couldn't help but grin.

He has now discovered several functions of copper pipes.

One of them is that it can extend the range of the "safe zone" by allowing the ghost fire to flow in the copper pipe, thereby expanding the range of the safe zone. Originally, he wanted to make full use of this effect, but it would take a long time, since it would consume a lot of ghost stones.

but now--

He has a new plan.

The straight-line distance from "Pingcheng" to "Jiangbeicheng" in the wasteland is 170 kilometers.

Dry season.

Countless caravans, ascetics, hunters, and others traveled between the two cities, using camels and horses as their means of transportation.

Traveling during the day.

We camped at a nearby station for the night.

It takes several days to cross the wasteland.

(End of this chapter)