Waste was shameful.

Tonight, they will spend a simple night in this Blockhouse.

"..."

Chen Fan stood on the City Wall, his hands gripping the Parapet as he looked up at the light above. The light emanating from the Natural Eerie Fire Zone here was brighter and higher than the Eerie Fire he had encountered before. The main thing to be careful of tonight was that Strange Entities might jump from the surrounding cliffs into the bottom of the Deep Pit.

Tonight is also the night when our defenses are at their weakest.

He simply built a few City Wall that overlapped to form Blockhouse, and placed a Level-3 Arrow Tower on the City Wall.

Level-3 Arrow Tower can be moved and rearranged within the Camp area without being wasted.

Once you upgrade your Level-4 Arrow Fortress or higher, you can no longer move or place it freely.

Every little bit helps.

He did not create "Eerie Fire".

The City Wall can only be built within the Camp area, but this rule can be broken within the Natural Eerie Fire Zone, which is considered half a Camp.

Certainly.

He needs to manually replace the Eerie Stone in this "Arrow Tower" to provide an energy supply.

Building a Level-3 Arrow Tower requires only 60 Eerie Stone.

For a Camp, especially Camp during the Rainy Season, this level of defense is certainly insufficient.

So Chen Fan stood on the City Wall, holding the Ghostlight Lantern in his hand, and began his night watch alone. His plan was simple: tonight, he would keep things rough and rough, and if any powerful Strange Entities broke in, he would use the lantern in his hand to fight them.

This Green Grade Mourning Lantern is far more powerful than Level-4 Arrow Fortress; two shots can destroy a City Wall.

He can still use four shots.

If your strength is relatively weak, use Arrow Tower; if you have a large number of Arrow Tower, build a few more.

As for the others, they had already taken turns sleeping inside the Troop Shelter Cave.

I barely slept last night, and I've been busy all day today. I'm so tired that I can't keep going any longer.

He's alright.

I managed to doze off for a while in the latter half of last night, and my mental state is barely okay right now.

We'll switch with someone who's woken up later.

That night.

Chen Fan kept his mind on edge as he stared into the darkness outside the Camp. Without the Watchtower, there was no Gray Fog to act as a buffer, which made him feel somewhat unsafe, especially since he was spending the night in this still unfamiliar place. It was really hard to relax.

In addition.

"Bang bang bang..."

Amid the sound of rain, another crackling sound, like firecrackers, rang out. This sound had already occurred several times that night. He initially thought it was the Strange Entities jumping down from the surrounding cliffs, but they never rushed into the Camp.

After a cup of tea.

Outside the Camp, the sound of limbs scraping against the ground could be heard, indicating that there was only one Strange Entities, and a large one at that.

But the enemy did not break into the Camp for a long time.

It was as if they were observing.

Judging from the sound, the other person would stay in one place for a while, observe, and then move to another location to continue observing.

Feeling the coolness of the rain, Chen Fan gripped the Ghostlight Lantern in his hand with a slightly tense expression. If the other party dared to break into the Camp, he would activate the Mourning Lantern to deliver a fatal blow.

The two sides remained deadlocked for a long time.

Until late into the night, the other side made no actual move to break into the Camp, not even a probe; they simply observed.

By this time, the Crippled Monkey and the others had mostly fallen asleep.

When it was his turn to keep watch, he gave a few instructions before lying down in the Troop Shelter Cave, where exhaustion overwhelmed him uncontrollably.

How long passed, I don't know, until the darkness above receded like the tide, and dawn broke.

Chen Fan, who had just woken up and was keeping watch with the Crippled Monkey and the others, breathed a sigh of relief. The most dangerous night was over; the big guy that had been watching them all night had ultimately failed to break into the Camp.

Once the Camp is settled tomorrow night, I can finally get a good night's sleep.

I've been sleeping in short bursts of fragmented sleep these past few days.

It's made him a bit neurasthenic.

My head is starting to hurt.

Just then--

"Station Master."

He heard the Crippled Monkey's voice and looked in the direction the Crippled Monkey was pointing. He saw that there were many Strange Entities corpses at the bottom of the cliffs all around, as many as seventy or eighty of them. They were all smashed to pieces and were dead beyond any doubt.

"..."

Chen Fan was slightly taken aback, looking up at the cliff hundreds of meters high above him. He had been thinking about this last night; low-level Strange Entities weren't very resilient, wouldn't they die if they jumped from such a height?

Now we have the answer: it will lead to death.

That would be a fatal fall.

"Big Fish."

He looked at the Big Fish beside him. "Has anything like this ever happened in your village before?"

"Yes." Big Fish nodded. "But this only happens during the Rainy Season. During the Rainy Season, you can always hear the sound of Strange Entities falling to the bottom of cliffs at night. However, after dawn, you usually can't see the body, only the remaining sticky blood."

"The Strange Entities that jumped off the cliff on the night the Village was destroyed didn't die from the fall."

"..."

Chen Fan nodded, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looked at the corpses. Perhaps the usual Strange Entities corpses had been eaten by that big guy outside the Camp last night. Perhaps they hadn't acted rashly last night because they were wary of outsiders?

Without thinking further, he turned to the crippled Monkey One group. "Crippled Monkey, you come back to the Old Camp with me. The rest of you, you clean up this place."

"Dispose of those Strange Entities corpses."

"The houses here have all been bulldozed."

"Clear."

King Mazi and the others nodded in agreement.

The houses in this Village are built of Soil and stone, mixed with sap collected from a tree on the mountain as a thickener. They are quite resistant to rain, but not to heavy rain.

It was just dawn.

Chen Fan and the Crippled Monkey then steered the Three-Wheeler back towards the Old Camp.

The Old Camp and the New Camp are 17 kilometers apart as the crow flies.

That is 17,000 meters.

Before leaving the Old Camp yesterday afternoon, he didn't waste yesterday's free quota. He built a 10,000-meter Copper Pipe as he traveled. Today, he only needs to add the last 7,000 meters to connect the two Camp.

Credit limits don't accumulate.

It will expire if not used on the same day.

Waste is shameful.

With the reduced load, the Three-Wheeler became much faster.

"Young Master."

The Crippled Monkey, who was powering the Three-Wheeler from behind, suddenly hesitated and asked, "Do you want to build your own Family?"

"..."

Chen Fan, who was ahead, turned his head to look at the Crippled Monkey, paused for a moment, and then continued, "No."

"Family possess a natural bloodline that fosters cohesion and exclusivity."

"And in our current Camp, there isn't a single person of my bloodline. Moreover, many special Cultivator awaken randomly, which cannot be acquired through hard work. The Family power model is not suitable for the Eternal Night Continent. Even if the recruited retainers are sincere, they will always feel that they are not part of the Family, that they are outsiders."

"What I want to build is a force of my own, regardless of bloodline. As long as someone is capable, loyal, and willing to contribute to the Camp's enough."

"The Camp will then absorb it."

"That way, even outsiders won't feel like they don't belong to this faction."

"As the Camp develops, the number of people in the Camp will increase."

There aren't many people I can completely Trust.

"And you, Crippled Monkey."

"You're the only person I can completely Trust. I hope you can train with Zhou Mo more and become a powerful Cultivator to protect me. I will also give you more resources in return."

"I..." The Crippled Monkey hesitated for a moment before realizing what was happening and said with a mixture of excitement and unease, "I... can I do it? But I'm just a lame man..."

"So what if someone is lame? I've seen people who were blind and had lost Severed Arm, yet still managed to become great martial arts masters."

Chen Fan smiled and turned to look at the Crippled Monkey.

"I saw your skills before the Rainy Season; they were quite impressive."

"I trust you."

You must believe in yourself.

"Remember, only those who believe they can change the world can actually change it."

"Um!"

The Crippled Monkey nodded emphatically, his eyes filled with excitement and determination, Subordinate movements became even more nimble.

After a while...

The Crippled Monkey's indistinct and confused voice came again from the rain.

"Um... Young Master, I never actually intended to change the world."

"I know, just casually adding some value."

What does "high value" mean?

"It's just to encourage you."

"Young Master, I will certainly not let you down!"

"Come on."