I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 65 "The villagers call it the Mountain God."

The strange creature that vanished into the canyon passage in the blink of an eye resembled a crocodile.

reptiles.

But it is much larger than a normal crocodile, looking like a tank at first glance, with short but thick limbs, a long and powerful tail, and its body covered with brown scales.

Its size is enormous.

fast.

He doubted whether the city walls could withstand a direct attack from them.

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Chen Fan glanced down at the eerie green lantern in his hand. He hadn't even had time to activate it before it burst out of the canyon. This was the fastest monster he had ever seen, several times faster than the Monkey Head Monster.

at this time--

He heard a sound behind him.

Suddenly, the big fish woke up and walked up the steps to the city wall. Standing beside him, it hesitated and asked, "Station Chief, wasn't there a big guy that looked like a crocodile just now?"

Since Da Yu took the initiative to reveal that she was a woman disguised as a man, she no longer pretended, and her voice returned to a normal female voice.

But he still doesn't talk much on weekdays, just quietly does his work.

The title has been restored to "station master".

The big fish had called him "brother" last time, but he changed the way he addressed him. It was mainly because a female voice was calling him "brother" in his ear, which sounded a bit like a female ghost coming to claim his life.

"how do you know?"

Chen Fan turned his head to look at the big fish beside him, dressed in hemp clothing with his arms crossed. He remembered that he hadn't asked the big fish how he ended up in the camp last time, but he had overheard him talking to Qi Chong ten thousand meters away from the camp.

"The villagers call it the mountain god."

The big fish sniffed and recalled, "Some villagers used to encounter it when they went up the mountain. It was quite large, and when it got startled, it would run wildly, making a huge commotion that was almost like an earthquake."

"Up the mountain?"

Chen Fan frowned, paused for a moment, and then continued, "You mean this crocodile also appears during the day?"

"Uh-huh."

"Approaching evening?"

"No, I've only seen it twice, both times in the morning. Villagers don't come up the mountain near dusk. It seems very timid and hides whenever it sees people."

"When we first met her, the villagers called her the Mountain Spirit."

"Later, it was discovered that it did not harm people, so it was called the Mountain God."

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Chen Fan remained silent and did not speak again.

It appears during the day.

This means that it is most likely not a ghost. The only ghost he has encountered that can be active during the day is the pseudo-human ghost, which is active at dusk. The rest of the ghosts cannot be seen at all during the day and he doesn't know where they are hiding.

It cannot be ruled out that it is a strange creature that can be active during the day.

How did you overhear me talking to Qi Chong last time?

“This is a special ability of the Night Watchmen.” Big Fish tightened his clothes. “I have super hearing, which allows me to hear sounds from ten thousand meters away, but this ability is uncontrollable. Sometimes I can hear it, and sometimes I can’t.”

"I happened to overhear it that day."

“Nice ability.”

Chen Fan nodded slightly: "Go back to sleep, we still have work to do tomorrow."

Later in the night.

The absence of any more thuds meant that no more strange creatures had fallen off the cliff.

And the crocodile never came back.

This is indeed a relatively safe place.

Daybreak soon dawned.

Chen Fan, who had taken over with Zhou Mo in the latter half of the night, stretched and walked out of the makeshift wooden hut inside the cave. He looked at the lame monkey and others who were busy not far away. He hadn't slept for long these past few days because of the moving.

Once everything is settled, I'll sleep in comfortably until I naturally wake up.

A lot of supplies were moved from the old camp. They haven't been settled yet.

"continue!"

Give an order.

The level 5 turrets on the city wall began their relentless bombardment once more, instantly shattering the makeshift hut and continuing to bombard the cave's interior, pushing it deeper into the cavern.

Outside the cave.

Chen Fan was standing at the bottom of the cliff, looking at the carcass of the crocodile that had escaped the night before. The carcass had clearly visible holes, which showed how strong the crocodile's bite was.

So far, he has not encountered any monster with physical strength stronger than this crocodile.

With such strength, would your first reaction upon encountering an enemy be to run away?
He shook his head and didn't think about it anymore.

He simply squatted down and dug out the strange stone from the corpse, then handed the corpse over to Qi Chong, who was busy working in the fields not far away.

They temporarily created a farmland in the area of ​​natural fire.

Plants used for transplanting from the old campsite.

"How's it going?"

Chen Fan walked to the farmland and looked at the sickly succulent mother and child seeds. These were green-grade seeds, and the most valuable of these plants.

"not too good."

Qi Chong shook his head, pointing to the group of flesh-eating monster mother and offspring in the farmland: "These past few days, the planting requirements haven't been met, and the remaining flesh-eating monster mother and offspring that weren't completely destroyed by the 'Hanging Ghost' have all died."

"But there's good news: he's not completely dead."

"It matured ahead of schedule."

"The other plant species have all been successfully transplanted."

Chen Fan took the fruit Qi Chong handed him. It was a large and a small fruit that grew from the same branch. It looked like cherries and was bright red.
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"Name of the rare treasure": Flesh Demon Mother Fruit (early ripening).

"Rare Treasure Grade": Green.

"Effect of the Treasure": It is divided into mother and child fruits. Each person swallows one, and they can communicate with each other by thought within a hundred miles. The effect lasts for seven days.
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Chen Fan weighed the fleshy monster fruit in his hand. If it were fully ripe, it could last for up to a month, but he didn't say much about it. He just looked at the farmland and asked, "How many pairs are there?"

"12 pairs."

"Collect them and store them properly, and put them into the warehouse after it is built."

"clear."

Qi Chong nodded emphatically, but after a pause, he hesitated and said, "I used to work for the Pingtian Chamber of Commerce, and I know that the raw material for communication talismans is the Flesh Demon Mother-Child Fruit. If we have a weapon refiner, we can use this as the raw material to make communication talismans ourselves."

"This will significantly increase both the effective distance and the duration."

"There will be."

Chen Fan patted Qi Chong on the shoulder before walking toward the city wall at the cave entrance.

Time always seems to fly by when you're busy.

The day passed quickly.

There's still a cup of tea's time before the eternal night descends.

Exhausted, Wang Kui and the others sat on the city wall, eating dry rations and drinking hot water to fill their stomachs. Clearing land was always the most tiring task.

"Hey."

in the crowd.

Zhou Mo, leaning against the city wall, bit into a dry biscuit, looked at everyone and suddenly laughed. He pulled a wooden board from under his buttocks, then picked up a large knife and carefully began to carve on the board, muttering indistinctly.

"I found this in the ruins of the wooden house while packing my things before moving away from the old camp."

"The Eternal Night Calendar"

"I was too tired last night and forgot to write it down."

"Guess how many nights the rainy season has passed?"

"Seven nights?" Wang Kui hugged the kettle full of hot water to his chest, rolling it around to warm his hands, and said uncertainly, "It doesn't seem that long, five nights?"

(End of this chapter)