City Wall

Biodata

History

City Walls are regarded as essential long-term defenses against Eternal Night. Unlike the deterrent effect of Eerie Fire, an enclosed wall can physically prevent Strange Entities from overrunning a station, allowing defensive structures to fire without being immediately overwhelmed 4 17.

Chen Fan initially lacked the resources to build one. Before the Rainy Season assault, he calculated that a 32-meter circular wall would cost 320 Eerie Stones—more defensively valuable than upgrading his two Arrow Towers, but initially beyond his means 17.

After receiving 176 Eerie Stones from six men and combining them with his existing reserves, Chen Fan amassed 376 Eerie Stones and constructed the wall around the Eerie Fire's smaller inner safety zone 19. Its deliberately limited diameter left a buffer between the wall and the edge of the camp, giving defenders visibility and reaction time when Strange Entities entered the Safety Zone 19.

The wall proved capable of withstanding a direct assault by tall Bamboo Pole Entities; one creature's full-force strike failed to leave even a mark 22. It was later damaged by the corrosive fluid left by exploding Meatworm Wraiths, but Chen Fan repaired the affected section for one Eerie Stone 34. A later coordinated assault again heavily corroded part of the wall and bypassed it by having Bamboo Pole Entities throw Mantis Entities over the battlements 39 40.

Appearance

Chen Fan's City Wall is a circular stone fortification built from enormous blocks of stone.

• Stands five meters high and three meters thick 19.
• Has an inner diameter of ten meters, matching a Level 1 Eerie Fire's Safety Zone rather than the larger Level 2 range available when it was built 19.
• Features a roughly two-meter-wide walkway along its top 19.
• Includes a breast-high outer battlement wall and sheltered inner alcoves for resting defenders 19.
• Contains four internal stone stairways leading to the wall-top walkway 19.

Defensive Functions

Barrier and Controlled Access

The wall is built as a sealed ring with no visible gate. Chen Fan can mentally lower any section into the ground to create a passage, then restore it afterward, avoiding a permanent weak point in the fortification 19.

• Blocks low-level Strange Entities from directly reaching the camp's core 7 22.
• Provides elevated cover for defenders during attacks 22.
• Its compact design preserves a visible killing ground between the wall and the camp's outer Safety Zone 19.

Defensive Structure Mounting

Reserved slots in the wall allow defensive buildings to be installed directly into it 19.

• Chen Fan relocated both Level 2 Arrow Towers from beside the Eerie Fire to the wall without additional cost 19.
• The elevated placement lets the Arrow Towers engage entities approaching the camp instead of being obstructed by the wall itself 19.
• The wall later supported two Level 3 Arrow Towers and ten Level 2 Arrow Towers connected to the Eerie Fire by Copper Pipes 34.

Repair

Chen Fan can view damage as broken lines in the wall's construction phantom and restore them with Eerie Stones 34.

• Meatworm Wraith corrosion left fist-sized holes in one section of the three-meter-thick wall 34.
• Repairing that damage required only one Eerie Stone and restored the section completely 34.

Limitations

• Upgrading the complete wall from Level 1 to Level 2 requires 1,600 Eerie Stones, far beyond Chen Fan's available resources when he first considered it 19 34.
• The wall encloses only the camp's core; the Farmland remains outside and cannot be relocated inside it 19.
• Meatworm Wraiths can corrode the stone through self-destruction, particularly when deliberately hurled at it by other Strange Entities 25 39.
• Strong enemies can bypass the barrier by being thrown over it, as the Bamboo Pole Entity leader did with Mantis Entities 40.

Relationships

• Chen Fan — Builder and controller; constructed the wall, operates its hidden entrances, repairs damage, and uses it as the camp's central defensive line 19 34.
• Eerie Fire — The wall was constructed around the Eerie Fire's smaller safety zone, leaving an outer buffer within the larger camp boundary 19.
• Arrow Towers — Installed on the wall through its reserved defensive slots; they form the camp's main ranged defense 19 22.
• Farmland — Located outside the wall and protected separately with Beast Traps and Ground Spikes 19 20.
• Camp defenders — Chen Fan's followers take positions behind its battlements during Eternal Night assaults 22 40.