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

The timber needs to be prepared properly.

Flint is also essential; with the addition of the worm-like creature killed last night, there are now 54 flint in the territory.

"54 flints..."

Jiang Chuan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked around. The reflection range of the level 1 fire spring was 500 square meters. To enclose it, a wall at least 80 meters long would have to be built, which would require eighty fire stones.

However, building two more wooden houses would make it a bit too crowded.

So, according to Jiang Chuan's idea, the fire spring should be upgraded to another level, since it's only a few dozen fire stones short anyway.

Just do it.

Use the remaining 5 points of Ether and 4 Flintstones from the manual to upgrade the illumination range of the Fire Spring.

【Ether-5】

[Ether: 0]

[Level 1 Fire Spring][Level 1 Reflection Range] —> [Level 2 Reflection Range]

...

"hiss!"

Jiang Chuan blinked and immediately felt that the light inside the fire spring was like rising smoke and mist, even brighter than before.

In a world where night is everywhere, it shines especially brightly.

Look back again.

The boundary of the light also expanded outwards considerably, which he estimated to be around 800 square meters.

Now the entire territory's illuminated area is about the size of two standard basketball courts, enough to build eight 100-square-meter wooden houses.

Of course, Jiang Chuan wasn't that foolish as to use wooden houses to fill the space, but if he built three more wooden houses, it wouldn't feel too crowded.

But the length of the wall at this point is about one hundred meters.

"100 flints."

The cost is a bit high.

Jiang Chuan even considered building it out of wood.

However, even with such protection, they probably wouldn't withstand more than a few impacts from the monster.

He remembered that even the walls of Xing Shou Village were made of Yin Hun wood from the mountains. The forests where this kind of tree grows are very difficult to cut down in the areas inside the mountains.

If it's just a shadow, then it's best not to think about it.

Let's just stick to using flint.

...

Star Guardian Village.

As soon as Old Liu returned to the village, he went to the village chief's house with an extremely solemn expression, and then summoned all the combat and hunting personnel in the village.

"This is a major incident!"

His simple words immediately put everyone on edge.

Everyone knows that Grandpa Liu, who is in charge of guarding the gate, didn't guard the gate today. He went out early and only came back now.

"What's going on?" someone asked.

"I just received news that a once-in-decades snowstorm is coming, and we must prepare as soon as possible!"

Old Liu's wrinkles deepened at the corners of his eyes, clearly indicating that this matter was causing him great distress, to the point that he no longer cared about the blood serpent he had just captured.

"Really?"

The old village chief jumped to his feet; this was truly a major event.

He was also a survivor of the last major snow disaster and knew all too well how terrible snow disasters could be.

Old Liu nodded and said:

"The strongholds in the wilderness have begun a large-scale retreat, and the major cities have issued predictions."

"How did Grandpa Liu know?"

Fu Jiu asked, as the captain of the hunting team, he had no idea how Grandpa Liu could bring back such explosive news after just one trip.

However, he did want to know the specific information to make a judgment.

Old Liu said:

"I learned from the mountain ranger that he personally experienced this event in the wilderness."

"?"

"Aren't Qin Kexing and the others still searching for the Blood Bear and the One-Eyed Giant Deer? He even told us to be on high alert. How could they possibly have time to go into the wilderness?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was somewhat lost in thought.

A wilderness outpost? A patrol team? They were completely bewildered; how were these connected?

"It wasn't Qin Kexing and his group."

"They...they are all dead. The patrol outposts have been destroyed by the Cyclops."

Old Liu paused for a moment, but ultimately didn't say that it was he, Jiang Chuan, and the other two who had tricked and killed the man.

"What? How is that possible!"

Everyone jumped to their feet.

Their faces were grim. How many years had it been since something this serious had happened? An entire patrol team had been wiped out. If it was done by someone, it was undoubtedly a major case.

So, whether the snow disaster was real or not is another matter, but the annihilation of the patrol team was definitely a bad thing. This made it even harder for anyone to unite their forces and kill the two vicious monsters.

The villages in this area also suffered.

"It's true. If you don't believe it, you can even investigate it yourselves."

Old Liu is getting on in years, and he really can't understand what these guys are focusing on, which is making the old man anxious.

"You guys, the real urgent issue I'm talking about is the massive snow disaster. It was Wang Anquan from the mountain patrol team who told me about it."

"He's one of the patrolmen who was ostracized along with Jiang Liu. He just returned from the wilderness; the snowstorm was real!"

The old village chief said in a deep voice, "Old Liu is getting on in years; he wouldn't just give us information to fool us. This is troublesome."

"Everyone, what should we do?" Fu Jiu asked, frowning. Why did all these hardships seem to come at once?

"Alas, this is truly dire. Some households don't even have any food left. How can they possibly survive this snowstorm?"

"Yes, the last time we went into the mountains we encountered a blood bear, and many of the young and strong men were still injured."

"The impact of the monsters is also a problem. We haven't used new ghost wood to repair the walls for a long time. Although we haven't been breached by monsters in recent years, it's another matter whether we can withstand the continuous attacks this time."

The crowd spoke in succession, their brows furrowed with deep sorrow.

"..."

The village chief looked at everyone with a complicated expression but didn't say anything.

It can only be said that ignorance is bliss. If it were the monthly parade of a hundred ghosts, the city walls would indeed have ensured safety.

But this is a major snow disaster.

If the blood and spirit within the village truly attract the attention of the eerie tide, the entire village may not be able to survive.

Although he seemed to have been a participant in the last major snowstorm, the reason he survived was actually because he hid in the town.

But the town was also devastated by the flood, and almost a third of the people died.

In this world, dying peacefully in one's sleep is still too difficult.

"So, does that mean the town is also under lockdown?" Ning Yao asked.

If even the patrolmen know, it's impossible for a town with even better information flow not to receive the news.

Therefore, the town's leadership will definitely seal off the town and reduce the flow of people to prevent the town's population from exceeding the threshold when a major snow disaster strikes, which could attract an extremely terrifying wave of evil.

"That must be it. Now our route to seek refuge is cut off." Li Tuo frowned.

"Should we notify everyone in the village?" Cao Ci asked.

"I don't think that will work. Things have already come to this point; informing them will only cause more panic."

Fu Jiu directly intervened to stop him.

The blood bear incident had already caused panic in Xing Shou Village. Now, announcing the snow disaster is just telling them to prepare to die.

However, the old village chief slammed his hand on the table and said:

"Let's inform them; we need to get through this together."

"Whether they stay or leave is entirely up to them."

"this..."

Everyone stared at the old village chief for one second... two seconds, three seconds, and finally could only sigh and leave the brightly lit room.