Meatworm Wraith Tide

Gongyang Gao stared expressionlessly at the information in the Bamboo Slip in front of him.

"On September 9th, in the 370th year of the Eternal Night Calendar, the Jiangbei Old Devil appeared in Northbank City and slaughtered all 74 members of the local mortal gang, the Beggar Gang, hanging their heads at the city gate."

"This is the first time the Jiangbei Old Devil has appeared in the world and killed someone. He is known as the Jiangbei Old Devil, but whether he is actually from Jiangbei is currently unknown."

The black- Subordinate standing to the side spoke up to provide more specific information.

It is now the year 378 of the Eternal Night Calendar.

In other words...

Eight years ago, it was the first time that the Jiangbei Old Devil committed a large-scale mass killing.

What happened afterward?

Gongyang Gao asked in a soft voice.

"No one asked about it afterward." The black-clad Subordinate shook his head. "After the Eternal Nightfall, the world descended into chaos, and there were no more government offices. Local order was generally maintained by the local forces themselves, but Northbank City was a special case; there was no dominant force."

"It belongs to a joint governance effort by three forces."

The city's security situation isn't particularly good.

"No one cares about something that's clearly not a good guy, yet doesn't infringe on the interests of the Three Great Powers."

"What's a little strange is..."

"According to intelligence, one of the forces in Northbank City, the 'Wild Wolf Gang,' has a leader who is very loyal to his brothers and acts out of a sense of righteousness. At the time, everyone thought that the Wild Wolf Gang stand up for the 'Beggar Gang,' but the Wild Wolf Gang did not make any statement or take any action from beginning to end."

"Um."

Gongyang Gao nodded, asked no further questions, and continued to look at the Bamboo Slip in his hand.

Intelligence gathering is more than just collecting important information.

Seemingly insignificant information, such as the Wild Wolf Gang Leader's penchant for acting out of loyalty, can often reveal valuable insights.

"On October 31st, in the 370th year of the Eternal Night Calendar, the Jiangbei Old Devil appeared in a Village near Northbank City and slaughtered all 37 people in the village."

"This is just an ordinary Village."

The black-clad Subordinate added more details, "After the Rainy Season, the Strange Entities aren't as rampant. Many ordinary people in Northbank City will buy an Eerie Fire and set up a temporary Village on land outside the city, where they'll grow crops and other crops."

"We'll return to Northbank City after the Rainy Season."

"I've checked carefully, and there isn't even a single Level-Two Cultivator; they're all mortals."

"The Rainy Season arrived a few days after the massacre of the village."

"On March 1st, in the 371st year of the Eternal Night Calendar, the Jiangbei Old Devil appeared in a vegetable market in Flat City, Jiangbei, killing 26 people, all of whom were mortals. Almost all the vendors in the market were killed, with only three surviving for reasons unknown."

"On July 7th, in the 371st year of the Eternal Night Calendar, the Jiangbei Old Devil slaughtered the largest force in Flat City. Taking advantage of the faction's absence from their camp and their collective Camp worship, he wiped them all out. He then returned to their territory and slaughtered all the remaining elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people."

"On September 9th, in the 373rd year of the Eternal Night Calendar, the Jiangbei Old Devil went to East River Market in the East River," and suddenly attacked and killed the Market Master, who was a Level 4 Builder at the time.

"In the year 374 of the Eternal Night Calendar, on September 9th, the Jiangbei Old Devil infiltrated the One Sword Sect's supply Caravan. He stormed into the One Sword Sect, slaughtered dozens of disciples, and killed an Elder before being seriously wounded by Cannon Tower and escaping."

"In the year 375 of the Eternal Night Calendar, the Jiangbei Old Devil reappeared..."

A dozen or so events in a row were part of the life story of Jiangbei Old Devil.

"Master."

The black-clad Subordinate standing beside him whispered, "Most importantly, I've thoroughly investigated the past of these forces, including the villages and the 'Beggar Gang,' and found they don't share any common enemies."

"The One Sword Sect is a famous Sword Cultivator School in the East River. How could it possibly have an enemy with the Beggar Gang, a mortal gang in Northbank City?"

It's being said all over the world.

"The Jiangbei Old Devil simply enjoys killing. He has no reason whatsoever; he just kills a bunch of people to relieve his itch."

"People like that..."

"Is he not even as good as the young master of the Pill Sect? At least the Pill Sect Young Master..."

The sound stopped abruptly.

Gongyang Gao calmly turned his head to look at his black-clad Subordinate: "You took a bribe from him?"

"No, Your Majesty." The man in black realized he had misspoke and quickly lowered his head.

"Then let's not bring this up again."

"The Pill Sect Young Master said last time that he would come to the Gongyang Clan to Marriage Proposal after the Jiangnan Rainy Season ended..."

"Just let him come; the Gongyang Clan will never lack hospitality."

Gongyang Gao stuffed the Bamboo Slip slips into his robes, unwilling to say any more.

A member of a prestigious and reputable family, possessing exceptional skills, and the most powerful Alchemist among the younger generation, the future sect leader of the Pill Sect, he is handsome and refined in speech.

It's really good.

He's much better than that Jiangbei Old Devil no matter how you look at it.

But he didn't like it.

The reason is simple: his daughter doesn't like it, and he doesn't like people his daughter doesn't like either.

Not to mention...

This is the seventh time the Pill Sect Young Master Marriage Proposal. The girls he married in the previous six attempts all died tragically. This time, he has found the Gongyang Clan.

Time flies, in the blink of an eye.

Over the past few days.

Tonight is the 17th night of the Rainy Season.

As darkness fell, Chen Fan sat alone on the City Wall, gazing at the Camp shrouded in Eerie Fire, and murmured to himself.

For the next three days, the Camp was calm and peaceful.

Apart from a few Strange Entities intruding into the Camp, there was no Strange Tide.

Meanwhile, the Meat Grinder Phase Two is also progressing smoothly.

At the end of the Canyon, 20 Cannon Tower have been placed on a 100-meter-wide section of the rock wall, with one Cannon Tower every 5 meters on each side of the rock wall.

And at the bottom of the Canyon.

They have also built 20 level Level-3 Eerie Fire, all buried underground.

Once started.

The entire Canyon will be instantly engulfed in Eerie Fire, transforming it into his Camp area.

The Meat Grinder Phase Two has 20 Cannon Tower, plus the 38 Cannon Tower from the Meat Grinder Phase One. At this point, its Sinkhole has a total of 58 Cannon Tower to protect the Rear Base.

There haven't been any major gains or losses in the past few days. There are still more than 32,000 Eerie Stone in the Camp, which is definitely not enough for the Meat Grinder Phase Two. He is now desperately begging for the Strange Tide to come. He has made all the preparations. He hopes the Strange Tide will come quickly, or he will go broke soon.

"The Eerie Stone is coming! The Eerie Stone is coming!"

"Come, Eerie Stone! Come, Eerie Stone!"

Chen Fan sat on the City Wall, holding a porcelain bowl in both hands, sipping the Bone Soup and muttering to himself.

The weather was getting colder, and the temperature was dropping lower and lower. He sat on the City Wall, his hands red from the cold.

This bowl of Bone Soup broth will warm your stomach considerably.

Zhou Mo managed to get a few pieces of Cured Meat from an abandoned Station; it was a real treasure. They couldn't bear to cook it, so they cut some up and made a soup, which they could enjoy for a long time.

Just then...

A sudden noise came from inside the Canyon Passage.

Chen Fan was slightly taken aback. He quickly put the porcelain bowl aside, placed his hands on the Parapet, and stood up to look at the Canyon Passage.

A flicker of anticipation appeared in his eyes; was Strange Entities about to attack?

He was fully prepared and eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Strange Entities; let them come on strong!

Is the "Millennium" coming knocking on our door?

"That's quite a lot."

Chen Fan stared intently at the Canyon Passage, his expression gradually turning serious. Although he hadn't yet seen a single Strange Entities appear at the end of the Canyon, he could sense that the Altar's energy consumption had suddenly increased dramatically until it reached zero, meaning there was nothing left to repair.

That meant the Unmanned Outpost in the wilderness had been attacked, and the Altar couldn't keep up with the rate at which the City Wall being destroyed.

He has set up ten more Unmanned Outpost in the past few days.

By this time, three Unmanned Outpost had already been swiftly destroyed.

The next moment.

Dozens of chubby, limbless balls, about the size of human cubs, appeared within the Camp area.

The surface of the fleshy ball was covered with several palm-sized human faces, each with an expression of extreme pain. It rushed from the Canyon into the Sinkhole and crashed straight into the Level-3 City Wall beneath him, turning into a pool of Green Grade, viscous liquid.

Chen Fan was taken aback at first, but quickly realized that the Strange Tide that destroyed his Unmanned Outpost was none other than his old acquaintance, the Meatworm Wraith Tide.

"Good timing!"

He grinned. If it were any other kind of Strange Tide of this size, he would have to worry, but if it was Meatworm Wraith Tide, then there was absolutely no need to worry.

This Strange Entities has no limbs and cannot move; it drifts wherever the wind takes it.

The biggest crisis he had ever faced in the Old Camp was the attack by the Meatworm Wraith Tide. At that time, his City Wall were Level-1 City Wall.

Without Altar, there was no way to repair the City Wall. He could only rely on Arrow Tower to kill the flesh-worm demons, but some still managed to escape and crash into the City Wall, posing a great danger to him.

But things are different now.

The mountains surrounding the Sinkhole are extremely hard, and the explosive damage from the Meatworm Wraith Tide is practically negligible to the Sinkhole mountains.

Beneath him lay Level-3 City Wall, with Altar continuously repairing City Wall.

In other words, no matter how many Meatworm Wraith Tide there are, they won't pose any danger to him; on the contrary, they'll just be delivering Eerie Stone to him.

Only...

This time, the number of Meatworm Wraith Tide seemed much smaller than the last time. After a while, only a few dozen Meatworm Wraith Tide rushed into the Sinkhole along the Canyon, a very small number.

Chen Fan frowned, quickly grabbed a charcoal pencil from the side, and drew on the ground of the City Wall runway. He first marked the location of the Unmanned Outpost, and then, based on the traces of the Unmanned Outpost being destroyed one after another and the Wind Direction outside, he roughly judged the path of the Meatworm Wraith Tide tonight.

"Heading towards Flat City?"

He looked at the large arrows he had marked on the ground. Following this path, the direction of tonight's Meatworm Wraith Tide would be towards Flat City.

I passed by the Nameless Mountain.

They didn't rush into his Rear Base; only a few scattered Meatworm Wraith were sucked into the Canyon and swept into the Sinkhole.

"That won't do..."

Chen Fan peered into the Canyon Passage, muttering absentmindedly, "Flat City definitely won't be able to handle such a juicy piece of meat. Let me have it. How many Eerie Stones are there? Maybe I'll even get a couple of Exotic Treasure."

Chen Fan looked at the sketch he had drawn on the ground and marked the two recently destroyed Unmanned Outpost again. The army of the Meatworm Wraith had officially approached the Nameless Mountain. If no action was taken, they would cross the Nameless Mountain and head for Flat City.

Just then, he suddenly thought of something.

Turning to look at the "Wind Tower" standing behind him like a sword hilt, he took a deep breath and said, "I hope your Storm Suction is a bit more intense."

The next moment!

Cold white Flame surged rapidly from the Level-5 Eerie Fire within the Camp, flowing through Copper Pipe into the first Eerie Fire placed within the "Canyon."

"Boom."

The Level-3 Eerie Fire buried underground was lit.

The darkness within a 50-meter radius was instantly dispelled, and Yellow Grade, Eerie Fire enveloped the surrounding area.

Immediately afterwards.

One, two, three.

The 20 Eerie Fire buried underground in the Canyon were lit one after another in a rapid manner, and Canyon, which was originally completely shrouded in darkness, was now brightly lit.

If you look from a high place...

You can clearly see that in the endless darkness, there is an Eerie Fire pattern, resembling Hammer or a "T", embedded in the mountain.

Cave No. 1 faces the Canyon.

Standing on the City Wall, Chen Fan could even vaguely see through the rain and mist the Meatworm Wraith Tide that were being swept away by the wind at the entrance of the Canyon, as well as a few scattered flesh-worm Strange Tide that fell into the Canyon.

"Hey."

Upon seeing this, Chen Fan couldn't help but grin.

"The tide rises on the Qiantang River; only today do I realize who I truly am."

"Gentlemen."

"It's been a few days, do you still remember me?"

"Unlimited supply of Eerie Stone, full power activated!"

The next moment!

The Level-2 Wind Tower installed behind the City Wall was activated.

The two Windshield Bead embedded in the eye sockets of the "Copper Eagle" at the top of the Wind Tower were instantly lit up, emitting an eerie blue light, and the countless holes embedded in the surface of the tower began to groan.

The air in front of the Wind Tower began to be violently pulled.

Until it forms a huge, twisted, Funnel-Shaped Airflow that is visible to the naked eye!

All the dust on the ground was swept into the vortex of airflow.

The powerful suction force will forcibly pull the Meatworm Wraith Tide passing by the Canyon entrance into the Canyon and carry them to the Sinkhole O.

"Pooh!"

Chen Fan wiped the rain off his face, struggled to open his eyes, and stood on the City Wall to see if the Meatworm Wraith Tide outside had been sucked in yet, but visibility was decreasing rapidly, as the rainwater was being sucked into the Cave.

He can't see anything at all.

But then...

Through the rain and mist, he saw a large number of Meatworm Wraith, some rolling on the ground, and many more being lifted into the air by the air currents, rushing straight towards him.

"Well done, Xiaofeng!"

Chen Fan grinned excitedly upon witnessing this, then jumped off the City Wall without hesitation and quickly built another 20-meter-wide Level-2 City Wall behind the Wind Tower.

It connects to the top of the Cave, completely sealing off the entire Cave.

It was then connected to the Wind Tower and the Level-2 City Wall by Copper Pipe.

The Wind Tower is located behind the Level-3 City Wall at the Cave entrance.

Level-3 City Wall cannot be hidden in the ground, otherwise the sucked-in Meatworm Wraith Tide will destroy the Camp immediately. However, they also cannot be connected to the cave ceiling to enter the "fully enclosed turtle shell defense mode," otherwise the airflow generated by the Wind Tower placed on the Level-3 City Wall will not reach the Canyon.

Therefore, there must be a gap between the top of the Level-3 City Wall and the top of the Cave to ensure the proper functioning of the Wind Tower.

However, this could lead to a significant number of Meatworm Wraith being sucked directly into the Cave through the cracks, causing considerable harm to the structures and people Cave.

Therefore, the solution is to temporarily build a Level-2 City Wall behind the Wind Tower to block both the Wind Tower and the Level-3 City Wall from the outside. This will ensure the normal operation of the Wind Tower and also guarantee the safety of the wind tower and the Camp.