Shoot down from above, crush the fools

Chen Fan mounted the horse, Bone Saddle automatically fitted itself. He had never ridden a horse before, but the moment he mounted, he felt a connection with this Skeleton Horse.

As naturally as using one's own arm or fingers.

"Drive!"

There were no reins, no whip.

He leaned forward, and the Skeleton Horse began to charge, bursting out of Cave No. 2 in the blink of an eye, transforming into a Blue Grade meteor flying close to the ground, leaving a brief trail of Flame behind it.

It was faster than he had imagined, much faster than the Three-Wheeler he had been making by hand.

The moment you rush into the Canyon Passage, the world suddenly tightens.

The rock walls on both sides, stretching for Thousand Meters, are extremely straight.

The wind howled in my ears.

The wind grew sharp and focused, colliding and overlapping with the thunderous roar of horses' hooves, mingling with the rain as it slapped hard against his face, the resulting stinging sensation making him feel extremely excited.

I couldn't help but shout again.

"Drive."

He needs a riding crop.

The thought suddenly popped into his mind: although he didn't need a whip to control the Skeleton Horse, he needed a whipping motion to express his emotions.

The scenery on both sides gradually became blurry.

Until the light directly ahead clearly appeared, that was the exit of the Canyon Passage.

It is also at the foot of this "Nameless Mountain".

The moment he burst out of the Canyon Passage, he saw a large amount of rubble and Soil piled up at his feet. It must have been the Soil that the Crocodile had dug out in the second Cave that had all been dumped here.

This place is located by the sea.

It's right in front of the Canyon Passage.

The distance is not far, about Thousand Meters.

Several dozen breaths later.

"--Whoosh!"

Chen Fan rode his horse to the Seaside. The horse reared up, and the cold white flames in its eye sockets flickered continuously, like a neigh tearing through the rain curtain, before stopping at the edge of the reefs.

There are no beaches nearby.

Below us stood a jagged rocky outcrop by the Seaside, and the beach was only visible hundreds of meters away.

One after another, giant waves surged from the hazy distance, crashing heavily onto the reefs and splashing up waves.

He stood alone on the highest reef, soaking wet, gazing into the depths of the Sea, and suddenly laughed.

I've been here for several days now.

This was his first time at the Seaside.

He didn't know what was on the other side of the sea.

But it doesn't matter.

He will go and see for himself what's on the other side of the sea.

A moment later.

He then turned and rode his Skeleton Horse back to the Camp. In the rain and mist, the outline of the mountain could be vaguely seen. It wasn't a particularly high mountain. He returned to the Camp along the Canyon Passage and dismounted.

He looked at the Skeleton Horse with considerable satisfaction.

The speed is good.

It's very comfortable to ride in, with no uncomfortable bumps or irritations.

Above the horse's back is a groove formed by bones. Opening the groove reveals an Eerie Stone inside, which provides the Eerie Stone depleted, it can be replenished with a new one. It is currently unknown how long a single Eerie Stone can sustain the horse's journey.

He just ran a lap around the area and didn't find any obvious damage to the Eerie Stone.

"Not bad."

Chen Fan used another 100 Eerie Stone to forge a Skeleton Horse, then called over Zhou Mo and instructed him, "There's still some time before nightfall. Today, familiarize yourself with this horse and check if there's anything to be gained at the Old Camp. Tomorrow, we'll continue bringing back resources from the fallen Station in the wild."

"No problem!"

Zhou Mo, who had been eagerly anticipating the horse, rubbed his hands together repeatedly, his eyes filled with excitement as he looked at the skeletal horse. For someone who had dreamed of traveling the world with a sword since childhood, this Skeleton Horse perfectly matched his childhood fantasy of a hero's mount.

There are still two hours until nightfall.

He planned to first finish installing the Copper Pipe that had accumulated over the past few days.

"..."

Chen Fan stood in the Camp, looking at the straight Canyon Passage. When he rode away from the Camp earlier, the towering rock walls on both sides gave him a glimmer of inspiration.

The Canyon is about Thousand Meters long and about 50 meters wide.

If the Wraith King leads Subordinate army to attack him at the end of the Rainy Season, or if others come to cause trouble, the only way to enter this Camp is through this Canyon Passage.

As the saying goes, "High-level players beat low-level players, and idiots are beaten so badly they don't even make a sound."

So...

He planned to erect multiple Cannon Tower on the high cliffs on both sides of the "Canyon Passage" to conduct crossfire, and to build a City Wall at each end of the Canyon Passage, which would be hidden underground during normal times.

When the enemy enters the depths of the Canyon Passage.

The Cannon Tower are activated, and the City Wall rise.

Close the door and beat a drowning dog.

He named this defensive formation "The Meat Grinder".

There are two main difficulties with this plan.

The first challenge was how to dig the hole...

To build gun emplacements on both sides of the Canyon walls, it would be necessary to first dig a tunnel high up in the rock face, and this tunnel would also need to lead to the Camp inside the mountain for laying Copper Pipe, which was an almost impossible project.

The Cannon Tower was also useful for creating large, open Cave.

Using it for this kind of precise digging is a bit of a stretch.

So he had never even considered this plan before.

But now...

Chen Fan glanced at the Crocodile lying obediently at the foot of the City Wall not far away, mouth agape, waiting to be fed. Now there's an engineering crocodile, isn't there? This guy is a master at digging tunnels. Let's see if it can complete this kind of complex project.

The second challenge is that the Cannon Tower can only attack creatures that have entered the Camp's area; how to bring the Canyon Passage into the Camp's territory is a key issue.

He also came up with a solution to this.

On the inner side of the rock wall, a large number of Eerie Fire are laid out. They are not activated on ordinary days, but when the enemy enters the Canyon Passage, the Eerie Fire through Copper Pipe, bringing the Canyon Passage into the Camp's territory.

This allows for concentrated fire coverage.

As for now.

Chen Fan mounted his horse and activated the "Copper Pipe" he had previously laid in the Canyon Passage. Instantly, a straight path appeared in the Canyon Passage, incorporated into the Camp's area. Within the Camp's territory, he could move the "Copper Pipe" at will.

He needs to first lay all these Copper Pipe out, laying the network for the Unmanned Outpost as previously planned.

"Huh?"

The instant the Copper Pipe starts.

Chen Fan noticed that the horses were much faster. Clearwind swept across the road, and the Skeleton Horse could even enjoy the "Clearwind Formation" within the Camp area, thus increasing its speed by several times.

Not long after.

The Copper Pipe accumulated over those three days were almost entirely laid out.

"Call..."

Chen Fan stood alone on the Wasteland, looking at the newly built Unmanned Outpost in front of him and letting out a soft breath.

The Copper Pipe here were laid in several loops, like knots on Hemp Rope, forming a Camp that wasn't very large.

He built a four-meter-long Level-1 City Wall here, forming a square Blockhouse.

They also built four level Level-2 Arrow Tower on the City Wall.

There are no other buildings.

Total cost: 160 Eerie Stone.

For ordinary Strange Entities, Level-2 Arrow Tower are sufficient; even powerful Ghost Beings can't be defended by these City Wall.

This afternoon, he built five such Unmanned Outpost in one go, consuming a total of 800 Eerie Stone. They were scattered across the Wasteland like nodes in a spider web, connected by Copper Pipe.

After the Eternal Nightfall.

These Unmanned Outpost will, like Large Beast Trap, bring him a steady stream of harvests.

I wouldn't care even if we were breached.