"Exotic Treasure Name": Heaven-Questioning Incense
The night grew quiet, but the rain continued.
The City Wall slowly exited the "fully enclosed tortoise shell defense" mode, and a gap appeared again between the top of the City Wall and the mountain. Chen Fan walked out of the passage and stood on the City Wall, looking at the scenes outside the city.
They also built a "Wind Tower" and placed it on the ground of Cave behind the City Wall.
This is a special Defensive Structure.
He obtained the Blueprint for this Defensive Structure from the Weiwei Cave. Unlike ordinary Defensive Structure, this building alone requires 500 Eerie Stone and one of various materials such as Windshield Bead and Wind-Calming Pearl to build.
For example, only after the "Arrow Tower" reaches level 5 will the upgrade requirements include additional materials besides the Eerie Stone.
Fortunately.
He happened to possess a "Windshield Bead," an essential material for building Wind Tower, which was left to him by the leader of the Windshield Bead Funeral Wraith Chief.
Chen Fan looked at the Wind Tower behind him, which was nearly ten meters tall and almost touching the top of the Cave. It was a tall building.
It was not a sturdy fortress.
Instead, it resembles a tall and elegant black stone tower standing inside the Cave, or a slender sword about to be drawn from its sheath.
It looks a bit like Watchtower, but it's noticeably more Watchtower.
The tower is perfectly straight.
The surface is inlaid with countless spiral and streamlined silver runes. These runes are not inanimate objects, but rather slowly flowing around, as if an invisible wind is constantly blowing on them.
At the very top of the tower stands a... Copper Eagle.
He didn't know how to describe the Copper Eagle standing atop the tower. He only felt that its eyes were sharp and domineering, and its smooth, outstretched wings were covered with countless honeycomb-like holes. A white-green Windshield Bead was embedded in its eye socket.
The other eye socket was empty.
It has only one eyeball.
The next moment -
Chen Fan urged the Copper Pipe outside the city to be pulled into the Cave, connecting the General Strange fire Wind Tower through the Copper Pipe. This way, there was no need to embed Eerie Stone separately to supply power to the Wind Tower.
The Copper Pipe were activated.
The runes on the tower's surface were illuminated.
Light flowed Rapid Fire from the base of the tower like water, instantly locking all the honeycomb holes on the surface of the Copper Eagle's wings, emitting a heart-wrenching wailing sound like the mournful cry of the Copper Eagle. Then, a visible, translucent cyan gale roared out from the countless holes!
Climb over the wall.
It blew towards the Sinkhole.
He even saw the raindrops shift slightly as a result.
The wind wasn't particularly strong, but it still sent chills down his spine as he stood on the City Wall. The foul stench that had been emanating from the Sinkhole was now flowing out of the Sinkhole Canyon.
"Exaggerate."
Chen Fan looked at the illuminated runes on the surface of the Wind Tower, which were flashing rhythmically, as if light was rapidly converging from the bottom to the top of the tower. His lips twitched slightly.
Wind Tower.
There are basically only two uses.
Resist the "Meatworm Wraith Tide".
Remove the unpleasant odor.
It's meant to be a supplementary Defensive Structure, but this Wind Tower not only has demanding construction requirements, but its visual effects also far surpass those of his current buildings, making it look unlike a level 1 Wind Tower.
It sounds more like a level 5 "Myriad Phenomena Heaven-Drawing Pavilion," a building that sounds even more prestigious.
Even though it's just a White-Grade Building.
But he felt that as the level increased, there would definitely be other powerful effects.
Only...
The requirements for upgrading to Level 2 are 1000 Eerie Stone and one Windshield Bead, and he doesn't have any extra Windshield Bead at the moment.
The city gates had already been opened.
The Monkey One companions slowly walked out of the city and stared in shock at the group of Strange Entities, dried-up corpses that filled the Sinkhole.
The scene before us is by no means aesthetically pleasing.
All the Wraith Blood was absorbed by the "Wraith Blood Pattern" on the City Wall, causing all the corpses to turn into mummies, making them look even more terrifying than before. If this place had not been lit by the Eerie Fire, it would have been a hazy gray under the normal moonlight.
Add some spider webs and the occasional scurrying rat.
That was a complete mass grave.
Even after drinking three bowls of wine, he would be startled awake.
But-
For monkeys and other animals who knew from childhood that they would most likely die in the mouth of Strange Entities one day, this scene before them was the most beautiful sight in the world.
The sunset over the mountains and rivers is breathtakingly beautiful.
It would be better if Strange Entities in the world were extinct.
The Strange Entities they had feared since childhood, the Strange Entities they had fled from during the Rainy Season, were now dying in droves before their eyes, a scene that was more shocking than ever before.
"Young Master..."
The Crippled Monkey, leaning on its Godslaying Spear, limped out of the Cave. Standing in the rain, it looked around at the corpses scattered everywhere, then turned to look at Chen Fan, dressed in Hemp Robe, standing on the City Wall. Its eyes gradually reddened; its feelings at this moment were extremely indescribable.
He just felt that the Young Master really had great abilities.
They are fully capable of building their own business in this sophisticated world.
They had just witnessed the "Meat Grinder" start up from the entrance of another pit, which was more than 40 meters above the ground.
These days.
The main construction project at the Camp was the "Meat Grinder".
But it hadn't been started yet, so they didn't know its specific effects until the moment it was started, when they witnessed the power of the Meat Grinder firsthand.
"What are you standing there for? Get to work!"
Zhou Mo pulled out Great Knife from his pocket and was the first to rush into the heavy rain. The others, who were still stunned, also reacted, took out their tools and rushed into the rain. Some dug up Eerie Stone, some picked up Exotic Treasure Exotic Treasure, and some dissected things.
The entire process is being handled with exceptional Proficiency.
Clear division of labor.
These guys have become increasingly Proficiency at working together during the Rainy Season.
Only the Crocodile didn't see the Meat Grinder start up and had no idea what was happening outside. It stayed deep inside the Cave, trembling, covering its head with its front paws and hiding in a corner the whole time.
At that moment, the City Wall was seen to fall.
A hint of doubt appeared in its lantern-sized pupils. It cautiously and slowly rose from the Cave, carefully crawling out of the City Wall, and then witnessed a scene that shocked it.
The area outside the city was littered with Strange Entities and corpses.
Not a single one of the Strange Entities survived.
The Crocodile stared in disbelief at the scene before it, then turned to look at Chen Fan standing on the City Wall, before turning its gaze back to the corpse at the Sinkhole Floor, and then back to Chen Fan again.
Repeat this operation continuously.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Standing on the City Wall, Chen Fan took in all of the Crocodile's little antics and couldn't help but laugh out loud, "You rascal, you seem about to speak up."
This was the first time he had seen such a human-like emotion in Weiwei's pupils.
He never thought of it.
You can see a complex and indescribable emotion in the eyes of Crocodile: shock and disbelief.
And then...
The look of shock gradually transformed into admiration and... the kind of expression one has when looking at someone strong.
"Alright, go rest over there. I'll grill some seafood for you later."
As Chen Fan descended the City Wall, preparing to examine the Octopus's carcass himself, he saw Crocodile crawl up to his legs, rubbing its flat, rough head against his pants, its eyes filled with excitement and fawning.
Chen Fan's expressionless lips twitched slightly, and four words flashed through his mind in that instant.
A dog relies on its master's power.
He suddenly understood why this guy was so excited; it was because he had a very powerful friend who could protect him from now on.
This guy...
Doesn't she realize she's actually quite capable?
Sinkhole Floor.
Chen Fan looked the giant Octopus corpse up and down and soon saw two Wraith Hide, exactly the same as the one he found on Thousand Throats's body, though a bit rough.
There are words on the leather.
The content on the first Wraith Hide is...
"Thousand Lakes obey your command."
"I command you to lead your men across the 'Dead Sea,' carrying the Eerie Stone accumulated over the past year, and head south to the 'Jiangbei Wasteland.' Go to the 'Nameless Mountain' to search for the Mountain-Skeleton Embryo. If you cannot find it, go to the Wasteland and meet with Millennium, awaiting my arrival."
"He really is one of the Wraith King's four Subordinate."
"Thousand Lakes..."
After silently repeating the name, Chen Fan took a deep breath and headed south to the Jiangbei Wasteland. What lay to the north of the Wasteland? Only the sea. This Strange Tide had indeed crossed the sea.
And that was the first time he had learned the name of this sea.
The Dead Sea.
That sounds ominous.
Moreover, the appearance of these Strange Entities almost clearly told him that there were also Strange Entities in the sea, and in considerable numbers.
This statement contains a lot of information.
Go to the "Nameless Mountain" to search for the Mountain-Skeleton Embryo.
He glanced at the high rock walls surrounding the Sinkhole. It seemed the "Mountain-Skeleton Embryo" he had seized from Thousand Throats was extremely important to the Wraith King. If he lost it, he would have to find another one. Did the Nameless Mountain have Mountain-Skeleton Embryo?
Another of the Wraith King's Subordinate, Millennium, is already waiting in the Wasteland to reunite with Thousand Lakes.
Are these two sentences hard to remember?
Chen Fan muttered something to himself, then stuffed the Wraith Hide into his pocket. He knew that once he received the order, he could destroy the Wraith Hide; otherwise, if the enemy found it, the whole story would be exposed.
He then looked at another Wraith Hide.
"180 years have passed; that That One will never return."
"Go."
"If you cross the Dead Sea and land on the Nameless Mountain, and find the Mountain-Skeleton Embryo, I will remember you for a great service. After I advance to the Wraith King, I will do my utmost to nurture you."
Chen Fan remained silent, expressionless. It seemed the Wraith King was somewhat wary of this Nameless Mountain; he probably wouldn't have come here if he didn't desperately need the Mountain-Skeleton Embryo. 180 years...
Long ago, did a great person live here?
In other words, this Sinkhole and Canyon, which look very much like a hammer crater, could very well have actually been created by someone using Hammer?
That person must be incredibly important.
However, there is also good news.
That means the Wraith King clearly didn't know he was hiding here, nor did he know who killed Thousand Throats and Okra, and he was completely unaware of his existence. So when the Wraith King learned of Thousand Lakes's death, he might assume that he was injured by the Formation set up by the important figure before leaving, and would no longer approach him.
That would be perfect.
"Are Mountain-Skeleton Embryo really that valuable...?"
He scratched his head and looked towards the Camp.
There is currently a Mountain-Skeleton Embryo placed in the Eerie Fire. Its main function is to stabilize the Cave and prevent the Cave and passages dug within the Camp from collapsing. I never expected it to be so valuable. Even the Wraith King would have a hard time obtaining another one.
But soon...
He then dismissed the idea from his mind.
Because he saw something he liked.
A faint, Ghost Qi emanated from the Octopus's corpse, forming two Exotic Treasure.
"Your friend Thousand Throats got three items, and your mistress Okra got the Altar, which is a great item. How come you only got two?"
"What a spineless person."
He picked up the two Exotic Treasure from the ground and examined them carefully. This time, the Exotic Treasure had rather strange shapes.
One of the Exotic Treasure.
It was a round, miniature incense burner with three Reddish-Brown incense sticks inserted on it.
"Name of the Exotic Treasure": Heaven-Questioning Incense.
"Exotic Treasure Grade": Green Grade.
"Exotic Treasure Effect": Light Incense Stick and you can ask a question. After offering a certain number of Eerie Stone, you will get an absolutely correct answer. If the question cannot be answered, or if not enough Eerie Stone are offered, the incense stick will automatically shatter.
"Nice one."
Chen Fan murmured a word of praise. Intelligence-related Exotic Treasure were extremely suitable for him at the moment. He was trapped in a desolate Wasteland by the Rainy Season. He could solve his own resource problems, but he had no contact with the outside world at all.
There is a lot of information that is unknown.
He didn't even know whether the City of "Northbank City" and "Qi City" had been captured.
However, this Exotic Treasure must be used with caution.
It's not worth asking overly simple questions.
Pure loss.
You only have three chances.
However, if a difficult question cannot be answered or if not enough Eerie Stone are offered as a sacrifice, the incense stick will automatically shatter, resulting in a complete waste.
As for the question of what "cup" means, it's unanswerable.
He could roughly understand, because the premise was that the incense stick would provide an absolutely correct answer. Since he didn't have an absolutely correct answer, he naturally couldn't answer, for example... whether he could survive the Rainy Season.
When will the Eternal Night end?
She asked me if I loved her.
Problems like these.
He didn't use the Exotic Treasure immediately; he'd use it later, first checking if the other Exotic Treasure was a cup.
Name of the Exotic Treasure: White Jade Pendant.
"Exotic Treasure Grade": Green Grade.
"Exotic Treasure Effect": When Builder wears this Exotic Treasure, the consumption of Eerie Stone is slightly reduced when constructing buildings.
Chen Fan remained silent, expressionless.
Green Grade Exotic Treasure?
From the Builder's perspective, he felt it could even be considered Exotic Treasure of the Yellow Grade.
The longer you live.
The greater the benefits brought by this Exotic Treasure.
This generates a continuous stream of revenue.
But...
For him, forcing him was completely useless.
He wasn't Builder, but he still wore this Wushi Plaque Exotic Treasure around his neck, not to mention... a white jade pendant, square and flat, that looked quite nice on him. He'd keep it until his Market was built.
A grand enough opening is needed to attract the attention of surrounding forces.
He thought it would be great to have this rare Exotic Treasure as the main attraction.
This will definitely attract many Builder to compete for it.
It would also allow him to see up close whether the Builder of this world are blind or have cups.
I'm quite curious.
Chen Fan glanced at the busy monkeys and others around him. Tonight would be a long time coming; this battlefield wasn't easy to clean up, and it would take some time to collect all the spoils.
He had already decided what questions to ask the cup.
Return to camp.
Mu Cai changed her clothes.
After changing his clothes, he sat refreshed on the Rocking Chair on the City Wall, ready to light incense.
He happily sat on the wall.
Looking down at the Camp he had built, he felt a sense of satisfaction even if he did nothing. Every corner of the Camp was designed and participated in by him bit by bit. This camp was his home.
His place in this world.