Beginning to feel like home
"Boom boom..."
The ten level Level-5 Cannon Tower on the City Wall are constantly expanding the depth of the Cave.
The torrent, carrying pebbles, flowed along both sides of the City Wall into the bottom of the Canyon.
The bustling scene of land reclamation, even during the Rainy Season, gives one a sense of prosperity and flourishing.
Humans...
I always like hope.
This Cave was their hope for surviving the Rainy Season.
And so another busy day ensued.
With one hour left before the Eternal Nightfall, the Cave has been nearly completed, reaching a depth of thirty-six meters. This depth is sufficient for their Rear Base needs for the time being, and they can begin making arrangements, gradually expanding it later.
Crippled Monkey and the others could no longer hold on and lay on the City Wall, panting heavily.
Tired...
That was really tiring.
I haven't been this tired in a long time.
Although the Crippled Monkey lying on the City Wall was so sore that he could hardly move, his eyes were full of satisfaction and pride. He liked the feeling of hard work, which was much better than his previous days in the Chen Family.
He wasn't afraid of being tired; he was only afraid of being useless.
"..."
Chen Fan stood on the City Wall, looking at the suddenly open Cave behind him, a smile on his lips.
It is 10 meters high, 20 meters wide, and 36 meters deep.
Three natural barriers provide defense.
It would take him half a day to bombard it with Level-5 Cannon Tower, and other Strange Entities would struggle to break through its natural barrier. Once the Level-1 City Wall at the Cave entrance is upgraded to Level-2 City Wall, this place will become an absolutely safe Rear Base.
It's no use who comes.
Compared to the Old Camp in the wilderness, this place definitely provides a much greater sense of security.
The "Mountain-Skeleton Embryo" placed inside the Eerie Fire extends into the bony structure of the mountain, ensuring that the Cave is not at risk of collapse.
The blank has been formed.
This afternoon they have been specifically clearing rubble and Soil from inside the Cave and have installed a Level-5 Cannon Tower on the ground at the Cave entrance, with horizontal Golden Light Pillar shooting out to ensure the Cave is relatively flat.
The mountain itself is extremely hard.
Once the remaining rubble and Soil inside the Cave are cleared away, a flat surface will be obtained.
This is a huge project.
Even though the Crippled Monkey and the others had taken Monkey Head Mushroom to enhance their physical abilities, it still wasn't enough. Fortunately, he discovered that the "Mountain-Skeleton Embryo" could not only be used to stabilize the Cave, but also to clear the rubble inside the Cave with the extended bones. With the help of the Crippled Monkey and the others, they managed to complete the project.
Next, we will begin taking inventory of the Camp's resources.
One of the Four Chiefs of the Wraith King, "Thousand Throats," led the Funeral Wraith to attack the Old Camp. After the entire army was wiped out, they left behind a lot of resources, including five large boxes. Three of the boxes were full of Ghost Material, heavenly treasures, and other things that they could not use for the time being.
The remaining two boxes were filled with Eerie Stone.
They're all Level-2 Eerie Stone.
The Level-5 Cannon Tower have consumed a lot of Eerie Stone in the past few days while opening up Cave. After the Eternal Night's Passing, they operated almost non-stop, consuming exactly half a box of Eerie Stone, which is 5,000 Eerie Stones.
The energy consumption of Level-5 Cannon Tower isn't actually that high.
But they couldn't withstand the continuous firing for so long.
It takes about two and a half Daytime to fire, which is equivalent to a Level-5 Cannon Tower needing about 200 Eerie Stone to operate continuously for one Daytime.
Normally, Cannon Tower wouldn't have the chance to operate for such a long time. If it had the chance to operate for this long, the Camp should have been breached long ago.
There are still 15,000 Eerie Stone in the remaining one and a half boxes.
Including the Eerie Stone brought from the Old Camp and those that fell off the cliff in recent days, the Camp now has a total of 16,492 Eerie Stone.
Next--
Start building.
The first step was to disable the Level-1 Eerie Fire that was originally placed at the front of the Cave.
A new Eerie Fire was built and placed in a recess at the deepest part of the Cave. It consumed a total of 163 Eerie Stone and was upgraded to Level 4 in one go. This time, there was no Qualitative Transformation option. The Camp area was expanded to a diameter of 200 meters, covering the entire Cave and also a part of the Canyon Hollow.
It is connected to Natural Eerie Fire Zone.
This recess was specially created by him for "Eerie Fire". It is a small space that can just accommodate Eerie Fire. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides. As long as a City Wall is built to block the exit, no one but him can enter this place.
The atmosphere at the Camp is currently very harmonious.
But the Camp will definitely become more and more crowded in the future. If someone with malicious intent destroys his Eerie Fire, then all his efforts will be in vain. Eerie Fire is the Builder's core lifeline and must be strictly guarded against.
He has already made up his mind.
This Cave will become the Core Area, and only key personnel are allowed to enter Cave.
For any people recruited by the Camp in the future, another Cave will be dug on the right cliff, and they will be housed there.
They built another meter-long City Wall to block the groove, and the Eerie Fire was finally properly contained.
Inside the Cave.
Chen Fan stood on the ground, gazing thoughtfully at the Eerie Fire within the recess.
"Let's level up by 5 levels..."
It would be much more comfortable if the Camp were larger enough to encompass the entire Canyon Hollow.
Without further hesitation.
Thirty level Level-2 Eerie Stone shattered from the box beside him, turning into Ghostly Green Light that surged into the Eerie Fire.
The next moment!
A panel appeared in front of me.
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"The level of the Eerie Fire has been raised to level 5, increasing the Safe Zone to a diameter of 500 meters, thus enhancing the deterrent effect against the Strange Entities."
Please select an upgrade direction.
"1: The Safe Zone has been increased to 1000 meters."
2: Enhance the deterrent effect against Strange Entities.
3: Slightly reduce the ripening time of Crops.
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There has been no Qualitative Transformation.
But...
As he wished, he chose the first upgrade direction, bringing the Camp's Safe Zone to 1000 meters.
It completely covered the Canyon Hollow.
He understood.
If he hadn't chosen the first upgrade path to increase the Safe Zone to 200 meters when the Eerie Fire reached level 3, then the base Safe Zone for Level 4 Eerie Fire wouldn't be 500 meters, but 200 meters.
The Eerie Fire has been set up.
Chen Fan continued working.
First, 64 Eerie Stone were used to build two Level-3 Stone House inside the Cave for rest. The upgrade path was chosen to ensure restful sleep and increase the area, adding optional functional rooms such as a kitchen, toilet, and bathroom.
Toilets are still needed.
This is not Wasteland.
We can't pee or poop anywhere anymore; we're peeing all over our own homes now.
Another 32 Eerie Stone were used to build a Level-3 Stone House with the option to "enhance" the Shadow-Viewing Formation, allowing the lord to view what is happening in every corner of the house at any time. It was then used as Warehouse.
The Warehouse still needs to be monitored.
Immediately afterwards.
Level-2 Farmland, Sacrificial Tower (which cannot be upgraded), and Level-1 Altar were also built and placed inside the Cave.
After the Wooden Hut is upgraded to level 3, there is no need for a manual Heating System anymore; the Furnace burns extremely warmly, and there is also hot water in the bathroom.
Time passed little by little.
The Cave gradually became more complete, no longer barren, and began to feel human presence.