The Legacy the Mistress Left for the Young Master?

The stone in his hand, glowing with White Light, had fallen from the little girl's mouth.

It was an exotic treasure!

He had killed thirty-seven Monkey-Head Ghosts last night before one exotic treasure dropped. Today, killing a Mother and Daughter had yielded another.

The Mother and Daughter had a much higher drop rate.

This Mother and Daughter must have been the "Impostor Ghosts" the Green-Robed Man had mentioned. They had little strength of their own and mainly disguised themselves as humans to try to enter the Camp just before nightfall. Once their disguises were exposed, they were easy to kill.

Of course, these Impostor Ghosts could not hold eerie stones either. They would get burned.

"Understood."

Crippled Monkey scratched the back of his head, looking guilty. "Good thing you woke up, Young Master, or we would have missed this opportunity. I was mostly worried about hurting innocent people by mistake."

"What innocent people?"

Chen Fan shook his head and laughed. "Without eerie stones, no Camp would take them in. Even if they really were human, they would still die in the Eternal Night after you drove them away."

"Besides, even if we did hurt them by mistake, it wouldn't matter."

"That would be their fate."

"They'd have to accept it."

"All right, you got enough sleep during the day, didn't you? We might have a big fight tonight. Come eat something. You'll need a full stomach to work."

The instant the sun set, darkness surged from the horizon like a rushing tide, swallowing the entire world in a blink.

Eternal Night had descended!

This was already the third night the master and servant had spent on the Wasteland.

But compared with the previous two nights, they felt much safer tonight.

"Young Master."

Sitting beside the Bonfire, Crippled Monkey took hearty bites of the dry flatbread in his hand while stroking the thick, sturdy Arrow Tower beside him. His eyes brimmed with excitement. "From what I know, a Builder who can construct Arrow Towers is no longer an Apprentice Builder who can only make Eerie Fire!"

"Hiring a Builder to construct an Arrow Tower for your Camp costs at least 150 eerie stones!"

"If the master knew you could build Arrow Towers now, he would definitely regret how he's treated you all these years."

There was something else he left unsaid.

Who told the Young Master the details of the Arrow Tower blueprint?

Could it be...

The legacy the mistress left for the Young Master?

Chen Fan smiled without answering and looked down at the stone in his arms. This really was a fine treasure.

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"Exotic treasure name": Building Replication Stone.

"Exotic treasure grade": White.

"Exotic treasure effect": Can be used on any building at or below Level 2 to create an identical copy.

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The most valuable thing in his Camp right now was naturally the Level-2 Arrow Tower.

He did not give it much thought.

He pressed the stone against the Arrow Tower beside him. Immediately, the phantom outline of an Arrow Tower formed from countless illusory rays of White Light appeared in the air again. The stone melted into a milky-white liquid and flowed into the phantom tower, which rapidly solidified and settled on the other side of the Bonfire.

One on the left and one on the right, they neatly flanked the Bonfire.

Arrow Towers could only attack creatures that entered the Camp's boundaries. If placed too close to the edge, they would be the first things struck by strange entities and could easily be damaged. Keeping them farther inside the Camp was much safer.

He took out another eerie stone and fitted it into the base of the brand-new Arrow Tower.

Now he had only three eerie stones left.

His reserves were nearly depleted.

Crippled Monkey, who had been imagining their future, stood rooted to the spot after witnessing this. He remained speechless for a long while before finally murmuring, "Young Master..."

"Hmm?"

"You need to hurry up and get married and have children."

"Why?"

"Although you're only a Level-1 Builder right now, Young Master, you're more talented than every Builder I've ever heard of. You'll definitely become an incredible Builder someday. The sooner you start branching out, the sooner you can have a great family of your own."

Chen Fan laughed at that and shook his head without saying anything. Crippled Monkey seemed fixated on families. He was always hoping the Chen Family would see Chen Fan in a new light, and now he even wanted him to establish his own family.

Level-1 Builder...

That was part of this world's Cultivation System.

The higher a Builder's level, the stronger their physique and the fewer resources they needed to construct buildings. With sufficiently high cultivation, they could also construct higher-grade buildings.

But...

To him, none of that mattered.

It was useless.

As long as he had the resources and blueprints, he could already construct buildings of the highest grade. The Builders in this world were all crippled versions without panels. Only with a panel could someone become a true Builder.

In other words.

This world was actually a game world, but something had gone wrong during its transformation, leaving its natives without a Player Panel or even the ability to see one. He alone could see a panel, making him a true player—and the only player.

After all, his Endless Night Lord Panel did not really have any special functions.

It was essentially just a Player Panel.

For him, absorbing eerie stones to raise his level had only one benefit: strengthening his physique. Once he had more eerie stones, he would certainly level up, but for now, that was a very low priority.

Just then—

The darkness outside the Camp suddenly began churning as though it were boiling. They could even hear clear, piercing shrieks.

"It's here!"

Chen Fan quickly rose and ducked between the supports at the base of an Arrow Tower. Looking around with narrowed eyes, he said quietly, "Something big is coming. It might charge into the Camp. Be ready."

"If it does get in, don't go out to fight it. Leave it to the Arrow Towers!"

He had not set any Beast Traps tonight because he was worried the big creature that escaped last night would return. He had not expected it to actually come.

"Whew..."

His breathing began to quicken slightly. Mostly, he did not know how strong the enemy was, or whether these two Level 2 Arrow Towers could stop it...

If they could not...

There would be nowhere to run!

The next instant!

"Screech! Screech! Screech!"

Harsh, piercing cries suddenly rang out in the darkness beyond the Camp. Then a massive Monkey-Head Ghost, nearly two meters tall, burst out of the night and plunged straight into the Camp!

It was incredibly fast!

This was the first time he had seen a strange entity dare to charge directly into a Camp protected by Eerie Fire.

The oppressive force of the black aura surrounding it made them instinctively hold their breath.

Humans seemed far too insignificant before a strange entity like this.

At the same time, the Crossbow Mechanisms atop both Arrow Towers beside the Eerie Fire swiveled in unison, aiming straight at the enormous Monkey-Head Ghost. A faint White Light briefly flickered through the eerie stones fitted into their bases.

Then!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The sounds of projectiles slicing through the air shattered the night, ringing in their ears.

Several crossbow bolts shot out and sank precisely into the enormous Monkey-Head Ghost. The firing rate was neither particularly fast nor slow, but the shots were remarkably accurate, with a hit rate of over seventy percent.

Severely wounded on the spot, the Monkey-Head Ghost forgot all about revenge. Screaming and shrieking in agony, it raced out of the Camp and vanished into the darkness.

"It ran?"

Chen Fan poked his head out from behind the Arrow Tower and gazed at the darkness outside the Camp, which had fallen quiet again. Regret flickered in his eyes.

"What a shame."

"That Monkey-Head Ghost would definitely have dropped something good if it died."