I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 63 Dust-free construction.

After traveling for a long time, the tricycle slowly stopped next to the old campsite.

"."

Chen Fan looked at the corpses of the strange creatures within the camp area in front of him, his expression complicated as he remained silent for a long time. He had placed a lot of emotions in this familiar camp.

last night.

The old camp was attacked by strange creatures.

There weren't many of them, only thirty or forty, all of them monkey-headed monsters, and they didn't cause any damage to the camp.

His main purpose for this trip was to "pave the way".

He didn't need to come to the old campsite. He had already laid a 10,000-meter road with copper pipes when he left yesterday. He only needed to continue laying the road along yesterday's path. But since it was the first day he left the old campsite, he still wanted to come and take a look.

"Just take the strange stone with you."

He glanced at the lame monkey untying the ropes to prepare to move the corpse, and shook his head: "Just came to take a look. Once the road is clear today, we can set up the 'Clear Wind Formation,' which will make travel much faster. Then we can have Zhou Mo and the others transport the corpse back to the rear."

They didn't have a cart, so they couldn't take the bodies away. Even if they did, it would slow them down.

The Qingfeng Formation is a rare treasure obtained by killing the leader of the Hanging Ghost.

When placed inside a ghost fire, it can create a layer of cool breeze within the camp area, slightly increasing movement speed.

"Let's go."

We returned to the 10,000-meter interface that had been laid yesterday.

The tricycle slowly drove across the wasteland.

Like a worker on an assembly line, Chen Fan installed copper pipes one by one underground in the wasteland. It was not a technically demanding job, just a bit tiring, requiring him to mechanically repeat the same task over and over again.

finally--

The tricycle slowly drove into the canyon.

Copper pipes were also laid through the canyon to reach the village.

Now, all that's needed is to build another wraith fire to connect the two camps.

"Stationmaster."

Zhou Mo came running over, panting: "They've basically all been leveled. Should we set up a new camp here?"

"."

Chen Fan stood on the ground, looked at the villages around him that had been razed to the ground, and shook his head: "No."

And the level 3 arrow tower that was built on the bunker last night was upgraded to a level 5 turret in one go.

It consumed 400 Mysterious Stones.

To upgrade to a Tier 5 turret, the following two conditions must be met.
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"1: Consumes 300 Mysterious Stones."

"2: Consume any one of the following: 1 Hanging Lantern, 1 Ghost Eye, or 1 Octagonal Conch".
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There are 27 types in total.

Consuming any one of these, plus 300 Mystic Stones, will upgrade the turret to level 5.

He naturally chose a mourning lantern.

After upgrading to level 5 turret.

Not many things have changed.

Like the Arrow Fortress, it is a square brown stone brick, one meter in length and width, with a "rectangular notch" on one side, which originally contained a crossbow that gleamed with a cold light.

But now it has turned into a white paper lantern.

At least on the surface, it poses no threat whatsoever.
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"Upgrade the arrow tower to level 5 to become a 'cannon tower,' which must be fixed in one place and cannot be moved at will, but its power is increased."

Please select an upgrade direction.

"1: Increased rate of fire."

"2: Increased power."

"3: Reduced energy consumption."
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He chose the second upgrade path, which enhanced his power; what he needed now was sufficient power.

He then tapped the back of the turret, revealing a groove in which ten level 2 Mystic Stones were placed.

next moment--

A white light flashed from the white lantern inside the gap.

"boom!"

The moment the turret was activated, a milky-white beam of light, as thick as a forearm, shot out from the gap and struck the cliff facing the canyon passage directly, creating a huge sound and scattering stone dust in the air.

The beam of light lasts for one second, during which it will continuously explode.

Each attack is followed by a few seconds of pause. Beams of white light continuously crash against the cliff face.

He wanted to carve a cave inside the mountain to serve as his rear base.

After a cup of tea.

"."

Chen Fan stood there expressionless.

The level 5 turret was more powerful than he had imagined; compared to the level 4 arrow fortress, it was a qualitative change.

but.
The mountain was harder than he had imagined; he even suspected it might be harder than a level 1 city wall. It took him the time it takes to brew a cup of tea to blast a shallow hole in the cliff face.

It would take forever to dig a hole like that.

"It's better if it's a bit tough."

He didn't feel bad about it. A harder surface meant that his natural rear area would be safer, but it would be more difficult to clear land in the early stages.

The turret cannot be moved or rearranged.

The turret that was placed on the bunker could only be placed here in the future, so he wouldn't build too many turrets to open up caves, so as not to waste resources.

Another hour passed.

The relentless bombing never stopped.

The basic structure of the cave has been created.

At his command, the turret ceased attacking.

Zhou Mo and the others, holding tools, were quickly clearing away the rubble and debris in front of the cave's initial shape.

The prototype of a cave, five meters high, twenty meters wide, and three meters deep.

The next step is to build city walls. Once the walls are built, turrets can be placed on them to speed up the expansion while ensuring that the turrets are not wasted due to being immobile.

"."

Chen Fan crushed the strange stone in his hand.

A phantom of a city wall made of white lines appeared before him. He slowly moved the phantom of the city wall and compared it with the nascent cave entrance.

"Ok?"

There was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

A turret is not a precise construction tool, so it certainly couldn't carve out a perfect 20-meter-wide cave prototype; there would definitely be errors, such as 19.6 meters or 20.7 meters.

His original plan was to eliminate these errors by using turret repair.

did not expect.

The city wall can blend perfectly with the mountain.

Judging from the shadow of the city wall, the cave he created is 20.4 meters wide, but he doesn't need to widen the entrance to 21 meters. The extra 0.4 meters of the city wall will automatically adapt to the mountain.

Of course, that 0.4-meter section of the city wall still cost the same as the construction cost of a full meter of the city wall.

Also good.

It saved him a lot of trouble.

soon--

A 20-meter-long wall was built at the entrance of the cave, a near-perfect fit.

next moment!
Ten level 5 turrets appeared in a row atop the city wall.

Chen Fan glanced down at the eerie green lantern in his arms, thought for a moment, and then put it back. It felt a bit wasteful to use up all four free chances to upgrade a level 6 turret.

The ten level 5 turrets slowly rotated, their rectangular openings pointing towards the interior of the cave.

Under his command.

They started bombarding again.

"Boom boom boom"

The sounds, like detonators exploding in a mine, echoed continuously within the canyon, sending debris and dust falling from the cliffs and causing the ground to tremble slightly.

Large numbers of birds flew out of the forest on the mountain and roamed in the air.

There are quite a few birds here.

Moreover, due to the rain, there was very little dust, which could be considered a dust-free construction process in some respects.

(End of this chapter)