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

"Ah Shui, the hemp ropes you asked me to weave are all here. It's just that this dry grass isn't as strong as hemp stalks."

"fine."

Jiang Chuan shook his head: "As long as it's usable, it doesn't need to be too sturdy."

Once a low-level monster is caught in a trap, it loses its ability to resist, and even a woman can easily pull it back.

The only troublesome thing is that after pulling the monster into the fire zone, he needs to kill it quickly in order to reuse the bear trap.

Jiang Chuan didn't know if ordinary weapons could kill the monster.

If all else fails, we'll have to drag them in and wait for the 'firelight' to hasten their death.

This might be a bit slow, but it's still better than killing only one monster in a night.

So he told Ye Xuan about his plan.

"Wouldn't this be too dangerous?" Ye Xuan wondered.

In this world, hiding is the primary way to survive.

Even the most powerful swordsmen and armored warriors could not possibly fight against the endless waves of monsters in the darkness.

She had never even heard of a method like using traps to catch monsters.

"Be careful, there shouldn't be any problems," Jiang Chuan reassured him.

When a strange creature comes into contact with fire, it will suffer continuous burning damage, just like a zombie comes into contact with glutinous rice.

Even if it can move briefly within the range of the fire, it won't cause much of a stir.

Of course, the premise is that they don't capture any monsters that have reached a higher level, otherwise things could easily go wrong.

After testing it again and confirming that there were no problems, he planned to let Ye Xuan go back to rest first, and then prepare to work all night.

Just then, Jiang Chuan suddenly felt a strange tremor.

This lingering fear wasn't the kind of chilling feeling that comes with the arrival of night, but rather a vibrant sense of life.

A sudden flash of inspiration struck him, and his gaze instinctively turned to the nursery.

"Is it ripe?"

A sudden inspiration struck Jiang Chuan, who quickly went to the nursery, reached out, and carefully dug into the soil that had softened from being soaked in the hot spring.

Sure enough, heavy sweet potatoes were attached to the roots.

Seeing this, Ye Xuan was also overjoyed and bent down to help Jiang Chuan dig for treasure.

Isn't food a treasure?

After some work, the two dug up all the sweet potatoes planted in the nursery.

"Ah Shui, this is enough for us to eat for a long time."

Ye Xuan's face was beaming with a happy smile. With this food, they could live in peace for a while, and Jiang Chuan would no longer need to risk going out hunting.

"I'll go bake some right now for tonight's meals!" Her eyes sparkled.

"it is good."

Jiang Chuan nodded slightly.

The food shortage has been temporarily resolved, and a heavy weight has been lifted from my heart.

...

After Ye Xuan entered the house.

Jiang Chuan then began to examine the research he planned to activate.

Now that the food problem has been temporarily solved, the next step is to find a place to stay.

The dwelling is definitely a building type, and the mark looks like a small house with stars scattered throughout.

Basic research includes [city walls], [houses], and [traps].

He has already unlocked the node related to "Monster Attack" in the [Trap] category. Other nodes such as "Durability" and "Sharpness" can also be unlocked, which will allow him to develop more advanced traps.

However, for now, a level 1 trap is sufficient.

What he needs to explore is another area of ​​basic research: housing.

The basic nodes include [windproof], [cold-weather protection], [durability], and [evil-repelling].

The most important things are wind protection and warmth protection.

Now that winter has arrived, the mountain winds are getting stronger. In the howling gale, the entire roof is shaking, as if it is about to be ripped off.

Another issue is the extreme cold. The heat emitted by the flint cannot block the cold outside. Inhaling the cold air into the lungs feels like ice shards scraping against the skin, causing a slight stinging sensation.

These two problems must be solved, otherwise I won't feel comfortable every night.

As for the subsequent rampage of strange creatures, one will need to light up the talisman to ward off evil.

...

houses...

It's still as expensive as ever.

Lighting up each basic node requires 2 ether points.

In other words, if he wants to protect his cabin from the wind and cold, he needs to hunt at least four strange creatures tonight.

Even more would be needed, because it wouldn't work if the fire spring only had one flint.

Jiang Chuan feels that he is really poor now.

This tricky job is something we absolutely have to do.

If he really catches a big monster, then he'll accept it.

Fortune favors the bold.

Next.

We're just waiting for night to fall so we can get to work.

...

"Mmm~ Delicious."

Jiang Chuan patted his round belly, looked at the dense darkness rushing in from the horizon, and let out a long breath.

I'm full.

The food you grow yourself tastes just as good as the food you steal.

Of course, the sister-in-law's cooking skills also played a part.

But Ye Xuan, standing beside him, looked uneasy and slightly nervous: "Ah Shui, do we really have to do this?"

She held a long hemp rope in her hand, the end of which was an iron animal trap, placed outside the area illuminated by the firelight.

next moment!

A deep darkness descended completely, and the rustling sound echoed in our ears once more, as countless strange creatures descended along with the eternal night.

"It's okay, sister-in-law. Just tell me when to go, and I'll take care of the rest."

Jiang Chuan held his bow, ready to nock an arrow at any moment.

He was also a little nervous. This was his first time trying to kill a monster head-on, so it would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous.

The tense moment lasted for half an hour.

"Ah, Ah Shui, it moved! It moved!"

Finally, Ye Xuan let out a gasp. The hemp rope in her hand suddenly swayed slightly, but she noticed it immediately while she was focused.

"Sister-in-law, pull slowly and be careful."

Jiang Chuan took a deep breath and said slowly.

"Um."

Jiang Chuan's words seemed to give Ye Xuan confidence. She gradually calmed down, gripped the rope with both hands, and slowly pulled back the animal trap placed in the darkness.

And when the bear trap is pulled into the area illuminated by the light.

A rat-like creature, its body trapped, was also pulled into the light.

It's still a mole.

But this time it didn't die; it's still alive.

It was clearly open its mouth and roared, but it was unclear whether it was from being burned by the light or threatening the two of them.

But under the scorching heat of the fire spring, all of its black tentacles withered.

The pain made it want to break free from the trap, but it couldn't break free at all.

"Whoosh~"

Jiang Chuan fired an arrow immediately.

The good news is that it hit the target and even pierced the monster's head.

The bad news is that the creature seems unharmed, and the darkness around it appears to be corroding the arrows.

"Damn it! My arrow!"

Property -1

What a rip-off!

We can't shoot anymore.

Jiang Chuan finally understood that ordinary weapons were simply ineffective against the monsters, and their durability would even be significantly eroded.

No wonder no one used to set traps to hunt monsters.

This is like throwing a meat bun to a dog—it's gone forever.

"Ah Shui, what should we do now?" Ye Xuan was also seeing a living eerie creature for the first time, and it would be a lie to say it wasn't scary.

"Drag it to the edge of the fire pit and burn it to death," Jiang Chuan said.

That was the only thing he could do; he had no other options.

"Okay." Ye Xuan nodded in agreement and pulled the rope toward the edge of the fire spring.

Jiang Chuan, meanwhile, kept a wary eye on the strange creature, fearing it might launch a desperate counterattack and cause their demise.

Fortunately, in the end, it was a close call.

This strange creature was dissolved into "nightmare fuel".

"call!"

"Well done."

This is a very good start.