I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 68 "Good stuff!"

"Wang Kui".

After finishing all this, Chen Fan walked to the city wall, looked at Wang Kui and smiled, saying, "From now on, you will be in charge of this warehouse."

"If anything goes wrong, I'll hold you responsible."

"Yes!"

Wang Kui stood up, his eyes gleaming with excitement, puffed out his chest, and roared in agreement. Warehouse manager? This was a crucial position; all resources entering and leaving the entire camp had to pass through his hands, its importance was self-evident.

After thirteen years as a worker bee, it has finally become an official.

"Before it gets dark."

"Take your men down and move everything we brought from the old camp into the warehouse. There's no need to sort it out in detail tonight; we'll do it tomorrow."

"A kitchen has been added to the house."

"I'm almost sick of eating dry biscuits these days. Go and see if you have any ingredients or anything to make everyone something hot to eat."

Does anyone know how to cook?

“I can.” Qi Chong raised his hand. “I used to be a cook.”

"You do quite a variety of jobs, farming and cooking."

Chen Fan glanced at Qi Chong, smiled, and waved his hand: "Then let's get moving. Have something hot to eat before dark. Didn't Zhou Mo say he brought a few bottles of wine back at the old camp? Let's give it some tonight as a housewarming party."

"Eat your fill, get a good night's sleep, and get back to work tomorrow."

"okay!"

The people on the city wall immediately jumped up and rushed towards the supplies laid out on the ground inside the cave, preparing to tidy them up and start cooking.

Chen Fan was left alone on the city wall.

Now, let's get to the main event of the day.

Upgrade the city walls.

The city wall cannot be upgraded as a whole; it needs to be upgraded meter by meter.

A one-meter-long wall requires 50 Mysterious Stones to upgrade from level 1 to level 2. The wall at the cave entrance is 21 meters long and took 1050 Mysterious Stones to upgrade.

The city wall was upgraded to level 2.

However, among the many identical panels, one particular panel stands out from the rest.
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"The city wall has been upgraded to level 2, increasing its strength and durability."

Please select an upgrade direction.

"1: The color of the city wall will match the surrounding scenery."

"2: Qualitative Change: All walls connected to this wall will gain a slow self-repair ability (normal)."

"3: Potential for qualitative change: The direction of qualitative change is unknown."
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Chen Fan glanced at the panel, then at the city wall beneath his feet. He couldn't afford to upgrade the city wall before, but the boxes carried by the Hanging Ghost provided him with enough resources, making him much wealthier.

There are still more than 10,000 strange stones left to be spent.

After the city wall is upgraded to level 2, the most obvious change is that the city wall looks more solid and taller, reaching a height of 7 meters in the building's shadow.

It was originally five meters.

The reason he hasn't risen yet is because he's standing on the city wall with the mountain above him; if he were to rise, he would be crushed to death.

The city wall at the cave entrance has gaps between its top and the mountain.

After upgrading to level 2 city walls.

Now, if he wanted, he could make the top of the city wall and the mountain completely aligned at any time, without leaving a single gap, and the turrets placed on the city wall would blend into the city wall, leaving only the "rectangular gaps" of the turrets on the outside.

If the rectangular gap is not precisely hit, the turret will not be destroyed, as the entire turret will be completely encased in the city wall.

Extremely safe.

"very nice."

Chen Fan smiled with satisfaction, and then looked carefully at the panel. This was the second time he had encountered an upgrade direction that had "already undergone qualitative change". The difference was that this time there was also an unknown direction that could be "potentially changed".

He completely ignored the first upgrade option; if there was a qualitative change, he would definitely choose the qualitative change.

He doesn't really need the second "transformed" feature. With the altar and copper pipes, his walls can automatically repair themselves, and as long as there are enough strange stones, the repair speed is much faster than the "slow self-repair".

That leaves him with only the third option.

"Go take a bath." He didn't confirm immediately, but went into the cave cabin to take a bath. This was the first time he had taken a bath in many days. After bathing and changing, he stood on the city wall again and looked at the panel.

Wash away the musty smell.

next moment--
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"A qualitative change has begun."

"The qualitative change is complete."

"3: All walls connected to this wall will have the 'Thorns Reflect Armor' effect, which will reflect a small portion of the enemy's attack power back to the enemy before the wall reaches its maximum withstand capacity (normal)."
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"nice one!"

"A significant qualitative change!"

"What a wonderful bath!"

"Good job changing!"

Chen Fan grinned and said "good" four times. It seemed he was quite lucky. He really liked this direction of qualitative change. If only the leader of the Hanging Ghost had been there and had this effect and a level 2 city wall, that would have been great.

Just look at the physical strength of the leader of the mourning ghosts.

He doesn't even need a turret.

The sheer rebound alone would be enough to give the opponent a hard time. Monsters with ranged attack capabilities certainly can't be that strong physically. This qualitative change is specifically designed to counter these kinds of creatures.

He thought this qualitative change was already quite remarkable, but he didn't expect it to be just at the ordinary level. The qualitative change in the old camp's ghostly fire was at the rare level.

He glanced at the cost of upgrading the city wall to level 3.

500 strange stones are needed for 1 meter.

It would cost 10500 Ghost Stones. After thinking for a moment, he decided to upgrade again. With a level 3 city wall, his rear would finally be truly safe. The main concern was that he didn't know how strong the Ghost King was. If the Ghost King found him, a level 2 city wall would probably not be enough to stop him.

Level 3 is still a safer bet.

next moment!
While carrying the boxes, Wang Kui suddenly noticed that the level 2 strange stones inside the boxes began to shatter one after another, turning into a tide of eerie green light that surged into the city wall at the cave entrance. The originally heavy boxes instantly became light as a feather.

He immediately looked at the stationmaster's back on the city wall with a somewhat resentful gaze.

He immediately realized that the stationmaster was upgrading the city walls.

He was just about to move the batch of strange stones to the warehouse when they disappeared?

This is like letting him manage the accounts, and then the money in the accounts is spent right away. For some reason, he feels a little empty inside. At least leave it in the warehouse for one night and let him experience the thrill of being a warehouse manager.

"There hasn't been any qualitative change."

Chen Fan clicked his tongue with some regret, saying that the 21-meter-wide city wall was divided into 21 sections and upgraded 21 times, all of which were upgraded to level 3.

Surprisingly, it didn't encounter a single qualitative change.

The transformative effect of the city wall should all have the effect of "sharing with connected city walls", meaning that once it is triggered, it will affect all city walls.

It is a pity.

This time, fortune did not smile upon him again.

"Too."

Even the best luck should have a cooling-off period.
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"The city wall has been upgraded to level 3, increasing its strength and durability."

Please select an upgrade direction.

"1: Obtain the 'Strange Blood Pattern', which allows you to absorb the blood of strange creatures that fall within the camp area during combat, slowly increasing the strength of the city walls."

"2: Obtain 'vine pattern', which can slowly grow vines to cover the city wall. The vines can draw nutrients from nearby plants to slowly repair the damaged areas of the city wall."

"3: Obtaining the 'Earth Water Pattern' allows the city wall to remain moist and smooth for a long time, making the city wall extremely difficult to climb."
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I've upgraded 21 times, and it's always the same panel.

All are options for texture selection.

Moreover, none of these three patterns have the effect of "sharing with the connected city walls", which means that he can choose 10 "blood-devouring patterns", 10 "vine patterns" and 1 "earth-water pattern".

But it's pointless anyway.

He unanimously chose the "Strange Blood Pattern".

At a glance.

The city wall has not changed much, but the building's shadow shows that the wall can reach a height of 10 meters. It will automatically or manually adjust according to the height of the wall, and the stone bricks of the wall are covered with mysterious patterns.

He can not understand.

But it looks pretty good.

(End of this chapter)