The Lord of Glimmer plants the sun in the eternal night.

An honest person doesn't shoot arrows in the dark.

But when facing strange creatures, there are fewer such concerns.

As time went on, more and more ghouls entered the territory.

A single arrow tower couldn't even keep up, as several ghouls had already reached their house.

"Is the host home? May I stay the night?"

"I'm struggling to make ends meet, so I have no choice but to pay with my body."

"..."

Jiang Chuan remained silent.

However, when they were about two meters away from the wooden house, an arrow suddenly shot out from the crack in the door and pierced directly through the female ghost's exposed chest.

This was their second time playing tower defense and monster hunting, so they were experienced.

Jiang Chuan shot down the evil spirits, while Ye Xuan guarded the gate.

shhhhhhhh!

In no time at all, the few ghosts at the door were shot dead.

What remains are the vengeful spirits further away.

Jiang Chuan was highly focused, and with a series of arrows, the powerful iron-tipped arrows pierced the monster's body one after another.

He then realized that his archery skills were also slowly improving with the help of 'Level 1 Accuracy'.

Initially, the hit rate was only 60-70% within 20 steps, but now it has increased to 80-90%.

"That feels good."

In a short while, Jiang Chuan had shot out all the remaining arrows, and more than a dozen more ghouls fell to the ground with a thud.

Seeing the mess outside, he could barely suppress a smile.

As far as the eye could see, there were only corpses of ghosts and demons.

He even wondered if, if the killing continued like this, the strange creature that resembled a white tiger might become a lone commander.

Tomorrow, during the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts, is it the only one without any subordinates?

It really has no hair.

"Ah Shui, why are these strange creatures so active lately? And they keep coming towards our Snow Eagle Ridge?"

Ye Xuan couldn't help but ask.

The number of strange creatures she has encountered in the past few days is more than she has seen in the first half of her life.

"It's great that there are frequent events; I was just worried they wouldn't come."

Jiang Chuan looked into the darkness with anticipation in his eyes.

But after two hours, the number of ghosts seemed to be decreasing rapidly.

Another half hour has passed, and not a single ghoul has entered the territory.

Jiang Chuan had some doubts.

What went wrong?

Were they all summoned back by Commander Hu?

He frowned, still not quite understanding the patterns of the strange creatures.

Jiang Chuan's gaze fell on the wooden sign outside, and an idea came to him.

"Xuan'er, I'm going out for a bit."

"This won't do!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Xuan immediately panicked, "It's too dangerous outside!"

Although there are no more strange creatures within the area of ​​the fire now, she doesn't know when a large number of them will suddenly appear.

"It's okay, I have a gun."

Jiang Chuan, holding the large-tailed black gun, said, "Anyway, I can run back later."

"Well... okay then, be careful."

Seeing that she couldn't stop him, Ye Xuan didn't insist any further and whispered.

"Then I'll go out."

Jiang Chuan took a deep breath and walked out.

One step, two steps, three steps, but the darkness outside remained still.

He came to the wooden sign and found that the once vivid handwriting had become dry and lifeless.

"That's it? It's not working?"

"So short?"

Jiang Chuan was both amused and exasperated.

This is just too melodramatic!

The blood from a strange creature was only enough to sustain the "yin-drawing" for such a short time.

But upon closer reflection, the spiritual substance contained in the blood of this alien species may not be that much.

It's about time to attract so many strange creatures.

"It's not a problem with the pen. The length of time it lasts is probably related to the ink. If I can kill a stronger alien and obtain its essence blood, I might be able to attract even more and stronger monsters."

"Um..."

Jiang Chuan shook his head and postponed the plan, as it was still too risky.

He turned his gaze away from the wooden sign and surveyed the territory, where fuel was scattered everywhere.

He was satisfied with his harvest tonight; with these flints, he could rebuild his territory.

He turned to look at the wooden house and called Ye Xuan out to collect nightmare fuel together.

soon--

Clumps of jet-black solid liquid were thrown into the fire spring, causing the water level to rise several centimeters.

"Is this...right?"

Ye Xuan's small eyes revealed great confusion.

She felt that something was getting increasingly wrong. These were the lifeblood of ordinary people surviving in the dark, and they were being produced batch after batch at the Snow Eagle Ridge Fire Spring?

These are almost enough to supply the people of a small village.

Jiang Chuan's eyes also revealed excitement; in the darkness, he was in a very good mood.

Sixty-nine flints!

Who else!

He now has two choices.

First, rebuild the arrow towers, upgrade the wooden houses and fire springs.

The second option is to directly spend 50 firestones to build a circular city wall 50 meters long, protecting the entire area illuminated by the light.

However, following the latter approach would be too limiting for Snow Eagle Ridge.

Although this place is just a small outpost now, with only two wooden houses, a farmland, and a fire spring, Jiangchuan will definitely expand it in the future.

For example, clear the small grove to the east, clear the land, and build other structures.

Furthermore, building the city walls first wouldn't have as much of an effect as one might imagine.

The monsters that roam at night typically target densely populated human settlements, such as large cities in the wilderness.

Here at Snow Eagle Ridge, it's just him and Ye Xuan, so they don't attract many strange creatures.

The only thing to watch out for is the strange creature that has its eyes on him.

"Looking at it this way, building arrow towers and upgrading fire fountains seem to be more effective."

With that thought in mind, Jiang Chuan no longer hesitated.

"Xuan'er, go to sleep first."

He waved his hand, signaling Ye Xuan to go back to her room and rest, as he was going to work overtime late into the night on civil engineering again.

Anyway, we can't catch any new monsters now, so we'll wait until tomorrow night to catch some big ones.

as always.

First, he refined half of the flint, transforming it into ether.

[Ether +34]

Then he focused his gaze on the fire spring.

【Ether-6】

The reflection range, burn damage, and basic effect are all upgraded to level one.

Then the modification requires 10 flints.

Jiang Chuan took out a wooden hammer and struck the stone enclosure of the fire spring.

next moment--

The 10 flints in the fire spring disappeared into the fiery red water and were assimilated into a very special substance.

The pool shimmered, the firelight flickered, and the rocks began to tremble. The fire spring gradually expanded, and Jiang Chuan slowly retreated.

The fire spring, which originally occupied only 11 square meters, has gradually expanded to twice its size and is now about 28 square meters.

The area illuminated reached 500 square meters, making the wooden house very bright.

[Level 1 Fire Spring]

【Function: Fire Chasing (Producing flint, converting flint)】

[Characteristics: Level 1 Reflection Area, Level 1 Burn Damage, Level 1 Basic Effect.]

[Durability: Depletion Period]

...

"call...."

Jiang Chuan let out a soft breath. At this moment, the territory of Snow Eagle Ridge had reached a diameter of 25 meters.

Anyway, it's just him and Ye Xuan at the camp, which is more than enough for now.

They didn't linger.

He immediately consumed another 10 flints, and then the phantom of the arrow tower, composed of countless dotted lines, reappeared in the air. The flints turned into a light red liquid and flowed into the phantom of the arrow tower, quickly solidifying it and placing it on the other side of the fire spring.

The two structures, one on the left and one on the right, perfectly surround the fire spring in the middle, resembling a gate.