I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 51 "I am the Night Watchman."

it's getting dark.

The continuous rain showed no signs of stopping. In the damp air, Chen Fan leaned on the wall with both hands, gazing at the horizon.

He also experienced youth.

He could completely understand the boy's behavior.

But understanding is understanding.

As someone in a position of authority, it's important to prevent any potential problems from arising, especially since Qi Chong is watching how he will handle the situation.

When a superior gives orders or instructions to his subordinates.

In fact, subordinates will pose difficult problems to their superiors, observe how the superiors handle them, and then decide on their own future actions.

What kind of head?

You'll have a certain type of subordinates.

It's just like.
In my past life, when a new teacher came to our class, some students would deliberately cause a ruckus to test the teacher's tolerance and thus determine their behavior in the class in the days to come.

Kill? Curse? Punish?

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After a long silence, Chen Fan finally made up his mind. Then he looked at the altar in the corner of the city. This was the architectural blueprint he had obtained a few days ago. It had been built and placed in the city.

It has healing effects.

He conducted the experiment on Zhou Mo's damaged tiger's mouth, and the results were quite good, consuming very few strange stones.

The principle is to use the energy within the mysterious stone to heal wounds.

The "Strange Stone" really seems to be an omnipotent entity, capable of doing anything.

It's getting dark soon.

He wondered if there would be any strange tides tonight. Just now, an idea suddenly popped into his head: if the altar and the city wall were connected by "copper pipes", could the city wall be repaired by the altar?

if that's the case.

The city wall's defensive capabilities will be greatly enhanced.

at this time--

A commotion was heard outside the camp.

Zhou Mo returned in his simple tricycle. The lame monkey greeted him and began the routine inspection. After the inspection was quickly passed, Zhou Mo led Wang Mazi's men into the city to report to him.

Inside the rain shelter on the city wall.

"Stationmaster."

Zhou Mo seemed very excited: "With the tricycle you built, Station Master, I visited several stations that I couldn't reach before today and brought back a lot of supplies, as well as 578 Mysterious Stones!"

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Chen Fan turned his head to look at the tricycle outside the city. Behind the tricycle, a flatbed cart was being pulled by a rope. The flatbed cart was piled high with all kinds of supplies. For the camp, this was indeed a great harvest.

"In less than half an hour, eternal night will descend."

"The time was too tight."

"Don't stay out so long in the future, and be careful."

"clear."

Zhou Mo grinned broadly, appreciating the stationmaster's concern. Every architect has their own protector; it's common knowledge that architects are physically weak and often need protectors when they're out and about.

In case of battle, you need to wait until the architect has built the structure.

It is an honor to be a guardian of architects.

For him, who has loved martial arts since childhood and dreamed of becoming a great person, this career advancement path is very appealing.

"You've worked hard, go and rest. Leave tonight to us."

"correct."

Chen Fan looked at Wang Mazi's subordinate standing behind Zhou Mo: "Stay here for a moment, I want to have a talk with you."

It's going to be night.

Inside the camp, everyone busied themselves preparing for the invasion of the monsters that night. During the day, Wang Mazi and Wang Kui carried hoes and dug a trench around the camp, specifically to deal with the flesh-worm monsters.

When the flesh worm falls into the trench, it will self-destruct and die.

Although this shallow trench is almost useless when facing a massive swarm of flesh-eating worms, even if it is of some use, it might be enough to hold out until the wind changes direction.

Miracles do happen.

Many people simply don't live to see the miracle happen.

"What is your name?"

Chen Fan stood on the city wall, looking at the boy standing in the rain with a gentle smile and a mild tone.

Not too old.

He was about eighteen or nineteen years old, quite young, and usually quiet and reserved. He was the youngest in the camp.

A man with feminine features.

This kind of appearance is the best among men, and it's easy for him to end up as a male prostitute in a brothel.

She was a head shorter than him, with slender limbs.

"What is your name?"

"A big fish." "And the surname?"

"No surname."

The boy lowered his head somewhat fearfully: "I used to live in a mountain village by the sea. We made a living by fishing. My father was a fisherman and hoped to catch big fish every day, so he gave me this name."

"His father didn't have a surname either. He was an orphan at birth and had no idea what his father's surname was."

“My father said that if I become successful in the future, I should give myself a surname that I like and pass it down. If I don’t achieve anything, this name is fine. Nicknames are meant to live longer.”

"Fishermen?"

Chen Fan looked up at the rainy night: "Is it that sea in the north of the wasteland?"

"Uh-huh."

"Who created this strange fire for you?"

"The natural fire zone has few strange creatures. It is surrounded by steep cliffs, and the village is built at the bottom of the ravine in the middle. Under normal circumstances, as long as you move the stones to block the only way out during the rainy season, you can get through the rainy season safely."

"So you didn't want to follow in your father's footsteps, which is why you left the village to seek your fortune?"

“No.” The boy shook his head, somewhat dejected. “During a rainy season, countless strange creatures flew down from the steep cliffs on all sides and fell into the village. The village was destroyed, and I escaped.”

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Chen Fan looked at the boy calmly. He wasn't lamenting the boy's background; he was just curious how the boy had survived under such circumstances. But the boy seemed to be in a state of shock, his body trembling, and his eyes filled with intense fear and pain.

She was on the verge of an emotional breakdown.

Fear is a contagious emotion.

He felt a chill run down his spine just by looking into those eyes.

On the day the flesh-worm monsters attacked the city and the female monsters came, the boy didn't show any fear, only panic and unease.

There weren't many people at the camp.

Although he didn't know the boy's name before, he would come to observe everyone when major events occurred in the camp to see their true nature, which was often difficult to fake.

That's why he didn't immediately drag the boy out to make an example of him.

Based on his observation, the boy was not a selfish person to the point of being foolish.

He roughly guessed what was going on, but he didn't say anything more.

"It's safe here."

Chen Fan placed his hand on the boy's head, rubbing his hair which was a little messy and limp in the rain, and said with a smile, "What's past is past. We have to look forward. This is our new home. As long as we work together, we will definitely get through the rainy season and build our own camp."

"All right."

"Go back and rest. It's getting dark, and you'll be going on another mission with your brother Zhou Mo tomorrow."

The boy's mood gradually improved, but he still turned around and walked towards the foot of the city wall in a daze. But just as he stepped onto the stone steps, the boy suddenly turned back to look at Chen Fan: "Station Master, my father also said this: people should look forward."

Why do people always have to look forward?

"Because the future will be better."

"But who can know that the future will be better, or not a greater tragedy?"

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Chen Fan remained silent for a moment, then looked at the boy whose face was somewhat blurred in the rainy night and chuckled softly.

He could tell that the boy's emotions were a bit abnormal, as if he was struggling with something, and it wasn't the right time to reason with him.

The principles cannot be explained clearly, nor are they necessarily correct.

The boy stood there, stunned, as if he hadn't expected the stationmaster to say such vulgar things. After a long while, he suddenly burst out laughing, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Stationmaster, you're not planning to kill me?"

"Why should I kill you?"

Chen Fan smiled calmly, and his fingers, which had been caressing the rain-soaked bluestone on the wall, slowly stopped.

“I overheard Qi Chong’s conversation with you. He told you that I had secretly kept the strange stone, and I thought you would kill me.”

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Lightning ripped through the rainy night.

Darkness, like a tidal wave, surged rapidly from the horizon.

A fleeting flash of lightning revealed to him a tearful smile in the boy's eyes, pale and filled with despair.

"how do you know."

Chen Fan said softly.

“I can look back.”

"We can only look back."

"I am not a normal practitioner; I am a 'Night Watchman.'"

Another bolt of lightning flashed before darkness completely enveloped everything.

The boy shook his head, and his waterfall-like black hair cascaded down, shimmering like starlight. His voice became fragile at that moment, his eyes reddened with tears, and he exuded an aura of inexplicable sadness.

Like an injured stray puppy, it makes you want to go up and pat its head.

She looked up at Chen Fan and forced a somewhat heartbreaking smile.

(End of this chapter)