"The villagers called it the Mountain God."
The Strange Entities that vanished into the Canyon Passage in the blink of an eye resembled Crocodile.
Reptiles.
But it is much larger than a normal Crocodile, looking like a tank at first glance, with short but thick limbs, a long and powerful tail, and its body covered with Brown scales.
Its size is enormous.
The speed was incredibly fast.
He doubted the City Wall could withstand a direct attack from them.
"..."
Chen Fan glanced down at the Ghostlight Lantern in his hand. He hadn't even had time to activate it before it burst out of the Canyon. It was the fastest Strange Entities he had ever seen, several times faster than the Monkey-Head Entity.
Just then--
He heard a voice behind him.
The Big Fish, who had somehow woken up, walked up the steps to the City Wall and stood beside him, hesitatingly asking, "Station Master, wasn't there a huge creature that looked like Crocodile just now?"
After Big Fish revealed that he was a man dressed as a woman, he stopped pretending and his voice returned to a normal female voice.
But he still doesn't talk much on ordinary days, just quietly doing his work.
The title has been restored to Station Master.
The Big Fish had called him "brother" last time, but he changed it because a female voice was calling him "brother" in his ear, which sounded a bit like Female Wraith coming to claim his life.
How did you know?
Chen Fan turned his head to look at the Big Fish beside him, dressed in Hemp Robe clothing with his arms crossed. He remembered that he hadn't asked the Big Fish how he ended up in the Camp last time, but he had overheard him and Qi Chong talking ten thousand meters away from the Camp.
The villagers call it the Mountain God.
The Big Fish sniffed and recalled, "Some villagers encountered it when they went up the mountain before. It was quite large, and when startled, it would run wildly, making a huge commotion that almost shook the earth."
"Up the mountain?"
Chen Fan frowned, paused for a moment, and then continued, "You mean this Crocodile also appears Daytime?"
"Uh-huh."
"Approaching evening?"
"No, I've only seen it twice, both times in the morning. Villagers don't come up the mountain near dusk. It seems very timid; it always hides whenever it sees people."
When we first met her, the villagers called her the Mountain Ghost.
"Later, it was discovered that it didn't harm anyone, so it was called the Mountain God."
"..."
Chen Fan remained silent and did not speak again.
It appears Daytime.
This means that it is most likely not Strange Entities. The only Strange Entities he has encountered that can be active Daytime is the Doppelganger Wraith, which is active at dusk. The rest of the Strange Entities cannot be seen at all during the Daytime, and he doesn't know where they are hiding.
It cannot be ruled out that it is a Strange Entities that can be active during the Daytime.
How did you overhear me talking to Qi Chong last time?
"This is a special ability of the Night Watcher." The Big Fish tightened its Clothing. "I have Clairaudience, which allows me to hear sounds from ten thousand meters away, but this ability is uncontrollable; sometimes I can hear it, and sometimes I can't."
I happened to overhear it that Na Tian.
"Good ability."
Chen Fan nodded slightly. "Go back to sleep, we still have work to do tomorrow."
Late at night.
The sound of thuds ceased, meaning no more Strange Entities fell off the cliff.
And the Crocodile never came back.
This is indeed a relatively safe place.
Daylight broke quickly.
Chen Fan, who had taken over with Zhou Mo in the latter half of the night, stretched and walked out of the makeshift Wooden Hut inside the Cave. He looked at the Crippled Monkey and the others who were busy not far away. He hadn't slept for long these past few days because of the moving.
Once everything is settled, I'll sleep in comfortably until I naturally wake up.
A significant amount of supplies were moved from the Old Camp.
It hasn't been settled yet.
"Continue!"
At a command.
The Level-5 Cannon Tower on the City Wall began their relentless bombardment once more, instantly shattering the makeshift hut and continuing to bombard the Cave's interior, pushing it deeper into the Cave.
Outside the Cave.
Chen Fan stood at the bottom of the cliff, looking at the carcass of the Crocodile that had escaped the previous night. The carcass had clearly visible holes, which showed how strong the Crocodile's bite was.
So far, he has not encountered Strange Entities with physical strength stronger than this Crocodile.
With that kind of strength, would their first reaction upon encountering an enemy be to run away?
He shook his head and didn't think about it anymore.
He simply squatted down and dug out the Eerie Stone from the corpse, then handed the body over to Qi Chong, who was busy working in the Farmland not far away.
They temporarily created a Farmland in the Natural Eerie Fire Zone.
Plants used for transplanting from the Old Camp.
"How is the situation?"
Chen Fan walked to the Farmland and looked at the sickly succulent Flesh Wraith Parent-Child Seed. These were Green Grade seeds, and the most valuable of these plants.
"Not good."
Qi Chong shook his head and pointed to the group of Flesh Wraith Parent-Child Seed in the Farmland: "These past few days, the planting requirements haven't been met, and the remaining Flesh Wraith Parent-Child Seed that weren't completely destroyed by the 'Funeral Wraith' have all died."
"But there's good news: he's not completely dead."
It matured ahead of schedule.
"The other plant species were all successfully transplanted."
Chen Fan took the fruit Qi Chong handed him. It was a large and a small fruit that grew from the same branch and looked like cherries, all bright red.
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"Name of the Exotic Treasure": Early-Ripened Flesh Wraith Parent-Child Fruit)
"Exotic Treasure Grade": Green Grade.
"Exotic Treasure Effect": It consists of Parent-Child Fruit. Each person swallows one, and they can communicate telepathically within a hundred miles. The effect lasts for seven days.
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"..."
Chen Fan weighed the Meat Strange Parent-Child Fruit in his hand. If it were fully ripe, it could last for up to a month, but he didn't say much about it. He simply looked at the Farmland and asked, "How many pairs are there?"
"12 Pairs."
"Collect them and store them properly; once the Warehouse is built, they will be stored Warehouse."
"Clear."
Qi Chong nodded emphatically, but after a pause, he hesitated and said, "I used to work for the Sky-Pacifying Merchant Association, and I know that the raw material for Message Talisman is the Meat Strange Parent-Child Fruit. If we have Artifact Refiner, we can use this as the raw material to make Message Talisman ourselves."
This will significantly increase both the effective distance and duration.
"It will happen."
Chen Fan patted Qi Chong on the shoulder before walking towards the City Wall at the Cave entrance.
Time always seems to fly by when you're busy.
The day passed quickly.
There's still a cup of tea's time before Eternal Nightfall.
Exhausted, Wang Kui and the others sat on the City Wall, eating dry rations and drinking hot water to fill their stomachs. Clearing land was always the most tiring task.
"Hey."
In the crowd.
Zhou Mo, leaning against the City Wall, bit into a dry biscuit, looked at the crowd, and suddenly laughed. He pulled a Wooden Board from under his buttocks, then picked up Great Knife and carefully began to carve on the Wooden Board, muttering indistinctly.
"I found this in the ruins of the Wooden Hut while packing my things before moving away from the Old Camp."
"Eternal Night Calendar"
"I was too tired last night, I forgot to write it down."
"Guess how many nights the Rainy Season has passed?"
"Seven nights?" Wang Kui hugged the kettle full of hot water to his chest, rolling it back and forth to warm his hands, and said uncertainly, "It doesn't seem that long, five nights?"