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

on the way back.

Jiang Chuan wondered how Qin Kexing and the others were doing, and whether they had been tricked to death by the strange invitation code he left behind.

Of course, even if he didn't get killed, Jiang Chuan wasn't afraid of his actions being discovered.

First, Fang Suo and Zhao Chengyu are already dead; he killed them and they were transformed into vengeful spirits.

According to the first rule of ghosts, killing is the primary objective; there's absolutely no possibility of a "I'll haunt you even as a ghost" mentality.

Secondly, he was just a farmer, a farmer with a hoe. How could he possibly defeat the patrol team? It was too unrealistic; no one would have thought of that.

The only thing to be careful about is when the other party goes to Snow Eagle Ridge to verify his identity.

I'm not worried about them raiding my base.

He had already given the arrow towers instructions: after he left, any creature that tried to enter the territory should be given a warning to attack, and if it refused to leave, it should be shot dead.

With two level 2 arrow towers standing there, who could possibly raid his base?

This thing could probably even take down a level 3 monster.

"Given the nature of these guys, they probably won't ambush me."

Jiang Chuan carefully returned to Snow Eagle Ridge, and the journey was uneventful. Indeed, the other party had no time to cause him trouble.

However, he was still stunned by what he saw.

A large pile of wood was scattered on the ground, and the shadows were still tirelessly chopping down trees.

Jiang Chuan strongly suspected that the axe's durability would reach its limit before the shadow's.

However, these are minor issues, and can be addressed eventually.

He was in a pretty good mood, since there was something that could help him collect ordinary resources while he was away.

"What are you going to do with all this wood?"

Jiang Chuan slowly piled the scattered pieces of wood together, thinking to himself.

Building city walls is definitely not an option; using ordinary materials would surely not withstand a few attacks from the monsters.

He still needed to stockpile flint to build the city walls.

Suddenly, he remembered something.

Once the [House] reaches level 2, a new category called [Interior Decoration] will be unlocked on the building page, where you can explore and create your own designs.

Jiang Chuan calmed down and carefully examined this new category.

Sure enough, there were many things Jiang Chuan didn't expect inside, including some new small buildings.

For example, a saw, a loom, a furnace, an anvil...

"this..."

These types of nodes are indeed related to interior decoration.

This made Jiang Chuan understand why his hammer couldn't be used to make furniture; it turned out it was waiting for this.

He first had to build a saw with a hammer, and then use the saw to make various types of furniture.

The same applies to making blankets and quilts; you need a loom.

This made Jiang Chuan marvel at the versatility of the research manual. With these things, he could now take control of the "supplier" role and be self-sufficient.

However, most of the buildings inside still require iron ore to construct.

Although a versatile flint could be used as a substitute, Jiang Chuan felt it was better not to use them on this. Only when you manage a household do you realize how expensive oil and rice are.

"Um?"

Upon further investigation, Jiang Chuan immediately discovered a small building that could be constructed entirely of wood.

bonfire.

Upon seeing this, he immediately had a new idea.

After upgrading the [Interior Decoration] skill to level one, he picked up three pieces of wood and rushed to the nearby hill to set up the trap.

"call..."

Jiang Chuan let out a soft breath and gently tapped the wood with a level 2 wooden hammer.

In an instant, the three pieces of wood began to combine freely, transforming into a square campfire that sat on the ground.

With a loud "whoosh," flames suddenly ignited, shooting up more than half a meter high and illuminating a large area of ​​darkness nearby.

Level 1 Campfire

[Functions: Heating, Lighting, Cooking]

【Characteristics: None】

[Durability: 100/100]

...

"Hmm? The campfire doesn't seem to have some of the characteristics of a fire spring?"

Jiang Chuan carefully examined the messages on the campfire and discovered the problem.

Unfortunately, there are no basic nodes to light the campfire.

He learned from the research manual that all he could do was modify it with flint, but this modification was a one-time thing; that is, one flint could only modify one campfire.

"Want to give it a try?"

"How about we just work here tonight?"

Jiang Chuan pondered carefully.

The safety here is certainly not as good as his base camp, but normally, based on experience, there shouldn't be any powerful monsters in this area that would attack his small campfire. The big monster that attacked his territory that night was simply there to take revenge after killing the younger one.

With that in mind, he made a decision and got to work.

Fortunately, there was a shadow, so there was no need to call Ye Xuan for help in the freezing cold outside.

Don't let Shadow's dull appearance fool you; he's quite efficient at his work and a good helper.

...

Night fell.

An intense darkness, so profound it seemed to reach its limit, swept rapidly in from the horizon, engulfing the entire world.

Not a ray of light could be seen.

The only light came from the campfire nearby.

This makeshift camp had no buildings other than a campfire; there wasn't even a simple wooden hut or a place to shelter from the wind.

"No, it's still too much to handle."

As night falls, the mountain winds become very strong, howling like the cries of ghosts and monsters. They snap many tree branches and stir up the snow in the forest, mixing it with the goose-feather snowflakes falling from the night sky before swirling down again.

After being exposed to the wind all night, he seriously doubted that his body would lose its temperature.

Just as Jiang Chuan was hesitating about whether to use two flints to build a wooden house.

Suddenly, a chilling aura swept over him, unusually oppressive, causing Jiang Chuan's body to tense instantly.

In the pitch-black night sky, two golden lanterns appeared, mysterious and awe-inspiring.

"Oh shit."

Without further hesitation, Jiang Chuan immediately took out two flints, and a phantom of a wooden house composed of light red lines quickly appeared in the air. With the help of the melted liquid from the flints, it quickly solidified and landed in the camp.

He plunged straight inside and then looked outside.

Then, the already strong mountain wind became even stronger, the snowflakes on the ground surged up, and the roof seemed to be about to be ripped off, shaking violently.

In the night sky, as black as an abyss, the pair of golden lanterns swept across the sky with a fierce wind, creating an incredibly terrifying sense of oppression that almost suffocated people.

Jiang Chuan's pupils contracted. He guessed that it must be an alien that had mutated many times, so huge that it was unbelievable. It flapped its wings like dark clouds covering the sky as it passed over Snow Eagle Ridge.

The golden lanterns were its eyes, and as it moved away, the sudden storm quickly weakened and then dissipated.

Gazing at the boundless night sky, Jiang Chuan felt that the world was becoming increasingly mysterious. The darkness enveloped the heavens and the earth, blocking the way to the distance, and his heart was filled with turmoil.

To survive safely, one must have sufficient strength; otherwise, one can only be slaughtered by powerful creatures.

Just then—

Jiang Chuan suddenly heard a rustling sound of a rope being pulled. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw a shadow holding a hemp rope and pulling it back. The rope was swinging wildly, indicating that the trap at the end of the rope had caught its prey.

Jiang Chuan was overjoyed, but before he could make a move, he saw the remaining two ropes also swinging wildly.

Three prey animals stepped into the trap almost simultaneously.

"Could it be that the big bird brought good luck?"

Jiang Chuan excitedly rushed into the snow, helped Shadow grab the rope and yanked it hard, pulling a trap into the camp. The trap held a bizarre-looking creature.

Not a mole?

Instead, it was a worm-like creature, extremely obese, about the size of a human infant, chubby and rather creepy.

Its mouthparts are extremely disgusting, taking up nine-tenths of its head.

However, he didn't have time to examine the strange creature's appearance closely.

He picked up the large-tailed black spear and aimed it at the monster's head, piercing it through in one strike!

Clean and efficient!