"No one can win forever."
"Station Master."
Zhou Mo sat cross-legged on the wilderness, wiping the rain from his face, and hesitated before saying, "Finding a safe place to develop peacefully is definitely better."
"Only..."
"Although we experienced a major crisis last night, we also gained a lot. The captured resources can not only rebuild the Camp, but also significantly enhance Camp strength."
"If we continue to sustain ourselves through war in this way..."
"After we kill the three leaders sent later one by one, we might as well confront the Wraith King head-on."
"You'll never find such a bountiful harvest anywhere else."
The Camp suffered heavy losses last night.
At this point, there wasn't even a house left to shelter from the rain.
"Um."
Chen Fan nodded slightly, looked at the others, and agreed. Fortune favors the bold; finding a place to avoid the Wraith King would indeed be safer, but this great fortune would be lost.
"Zhou Mo, your idea is based on the assumption that the three leaders of the Wraith King will come one by one. What if they come together?"
Wang Kui shook his head, rejecting Zhou Mo's idea. "Can the Camp still hold out?"
I've been thinking about a question all night.
"Under the Station Master's leadership, our Camp has developed extremely rapidly, but its most obvious flaw is that we have no way to retreat. If we encounter the enemy, we must win."
"To not win is to die."
"One loss can mean the end of the game."
No one can win forever.
"We need to leave enough room for error at the Camp, ensuring that even if we lose once, it won't be crippling."
We can earn a little less for a short period of time.
"But if we live long enough and look at it over a longer timeline, it will definitely be more benign than this kind of risky, gamble-like development."
I understand what you mean.
"Safe places yield little, while unsafe places may yield great rewards, but are also far too dangerous."
"So last night I was actually thinking about how to resolve this issue. Finally, based on the current situation at the Camp, I came up with a theoretical compromise, but whether it's feasible still needs the Station Master's decision."
"Oh?"
Chen Fan looked at Wang Kui with some surprise, he really hadn't found a suitable balance between the two. "Tell me."
"Station Master."
Wang Kui met Chen Fan's gaze, took a deep breath, and tried to calm his tone as much as possible. He knew that his moment to shine had arrived. If his plan was approved, his status in the Camp would not be low in the future.
"The current Camp has one major drawback."
"Farmland, Warehouse, and other such buildings can only be placed outside the City Wall. They risk being destroyed if the enemy attacks. There's no other way, since building the City Wall is too expensive, and the Eerie Stone aren't enough to support them."
"But--"
"This Camp can definitely be reduced in size."
"No Farmland."
"I don't want the Warehouse."
"We don't want Breeding Farm either."
"We don't even need Watchtower or Sacrificial Tower; they're all unnecessary."
"Only three."
"City Wall, Arrow Tower, Eerie Fire."
"It can then serve the function of defending against enemies."
"..."
Zhou Mo glanced at Wang Kui speechlessly. "Did you secretly drink last night? I just brought back a few bottles of wine yesterday, and you drank them all? Why don't you just abandon me altogether?"
"That's right."
Wang Kui nodded seriously. "Even if we don't want people, they're just a burden."
"The Arrow Tower can automatically attack Strange Entities that enter the Camp's area."
"When Strange Entities invade, humans can play a very small role."
"So--"
He picked up a Branch from the ground and gestured on the Ghosthide Map, saying, "If we can find a relatively safe place as our Headquarters, we can house the 'Farmland,' 'Warehouse,' and other logistical buildings Headquarters."
"Then we'll build multiple 'Unmanned Outpost' in the Wasteland."
"Only City Wall, Arrow Tower, and Eerie Fire."
"Used to attack Strange Entities that have entered Unmanned Outpost."
"This way, we can ensure the absolute safety of our rear while also ensuring we don't stray too far from the Wasteland and fail to obtain enough Eerie Stone."
"The possibilities are much greater with Unmanned Outpost. We can even actively create noise to attract the Strange Entities into the Station."
"It's like... fishing."
"Casting Fishing Net across the river to catch passing Strange Entities."
Chen Fan lowered his head, pondering the feasibility of this plan. It was a very simple idea: remove all the unnecessary features from a Station, leaving it with only the function of attacking.
They don't even need people, so it doesn't matter if the City Wall are breached.
It's like a giant "Beast Trap".
Meanwhile, they hid in a safe place, avoiding the major crisis posed by the Wraith King, and secretly developed their strength.
It was both safe and rewarding.
And--
He has Copper Pipe.
There's no need to craft the Eerie Fire.
He then connected the Altar to the various Unmanned Outpost, so that he could repair them in time even if the Enclosing Wall were damaged. These Unmanned Outpost could not only bring him Eerie Stone every night, but also serve as eyes and ears.
Once a large number of Unmanned Outpost in an area are destroyed.
This means that a Meatworm Wraith Tide is approaching or Wraith King has descended. If a Warehouse is built and upgraded to have monitoring capabilities, the specific situation can be known.
It's like setting up Camp in the Rear Base, extending your claws and teeth into the Wasteland.
Most importantly.
In this way, if they encounter a powerful Strange Entities like "Thousand Throats" again, they won't be caught off guard. If they can't defeat it, they can avoid it; if they can defeat it, they can lure it to their Rear Base. They can advance or retreat at will, and the initiative is in their hands.
"..."
Wang Kui nervously observed the Station Master's expression, unable to discern from the Station Master's reaction whether Station Master approved or disapproved of his plan.
He was unaware of the exact cost of the Eerie Stone the Station Master had used to construct the building.
However, he could roughly estimate the total amount of Eerie Stone earned by the Camp these days if he paid close attention. If it were any other Builder, it certainly wouldn't be enough to build so many buildings. Therefore, he vaguely guessed that the Station Master's consumption of Eerie Stone for building structures was far lower than that of other Builder.
That's why he proposed this plan.
If you bring in a different Builder, this plan simply won't work.
If his initial thought was simply to survive the Rainy Season, it had changed. He now wanted to make the Camp stronger. For the first time, this Worker Bee, who had served the Wang Family for 13 years, saw a glimmer of hope for the future.
Not only do we need to live, we need to live better.
"Alright!"
Chen Fan concluded the discussion by saying, "We've decided to relocate. We need to find a safe place to establish a Rear Base. Everyone, please discuss where would be a good place to move to; if the journey is too far, it will be difficult for us to reach it."
Everyone fell silent.
This is indeed a problem.
The Rainy Season not only blankets the entire Jiangbei Wasteland, but finding a relatively safe place is actually quite difficult.
"Is this okay?"
The Big Fish beside him hesitated, lightly tapping the northernmost point of the Ghosthide Map near the sea, and said, "This is my old village. It's a Natural Eerie Fire Zone, located at the northernmost point of the Jiangbei Wasteland near the sea. I don't think even if the Wraith King came to the Wasteland, he would come to this place, would he?"
"And it's not far from here; we can definitely get there before dark."
"..."
Chen Fan looked at that point on the Map.
He had heard Big Fish talk about that Natural Eerie Fire Zone, which was surrounded by extremely steep mountains. The last time the village was wiped out, it was because some Strange Entities jumped into the village from the cliff.
However... he could first build a Level-5 Cannon Tower, use it to carve out a huge Cave on a cliff, and then take advantage of the "Mountain-Skeleton Embryo" Exotic Treasure's ability to maintain the Cave's stability. This way, he would only need to build a City Wall at the Cave's exit.
This greatly reduced the cost of building the City Wall.
From being surrounded by enemies on all sides, they now face enemies on one side, creating an absolutely safe Rear Base.
He made up his mind, looked up at the group, paused for a moment, and then smiled.
"This is the place we'll stay."
"Everyone, let's put in some extra effort, dig out all the Eerie Stone, and get ready to move."
"Let's find a place to digest this bumper harvest."