I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 1 "Young Master, my name is Lame Monkey".

A sharp pain exploded from the depths of his soul, and the icy air stung his lungs.

When I opened my eyes, what greeted me was not the stark white ceiling of the hospital, nor the chaotic crowd after the car accident, but an endless, deathly gray-brown expanse!
The sky was murky, and the earth was cracked.

A few withered, black grasses pointed to the sky in twisted postures. The howling wind swept across the wasteland, stirring up dry dust and filling the air with a desolate smell that was a mixture of death and rust.

"Where is this?"

Chen Fan looked at the unfamiliar surroundings and struggled to sit up from the ground. He subconsciously reached into his pocket for a cigarette, only to find that his original clothes were gone, replaced by a rough, uncomfortable gray cloth shirt, and there were no cigarettes in his pocket.

cross?

This possibility slowly emerged in his mind.

He could feel that his body was extremely weak and there was some stinging sensation, but before he closed his eyes, he had been run over by a rear-wheeled vehicle that ran a red light, so the injury could not have been so minor.

at this time--

A trembling voice, tinged with sobs, reached his ears: "Young Master, you're finally awake!"

I heard a sound in my ear.

He subconsciously turned his head to look, and only then did he realize that in this boundless wasteland, besides himself, there was a thin servant dressed in the same cloth clothes, as well as a simple wooden house and a bonfire that was burning brightly.

next moment!
A sharp, intense pain shot through him as countless fragments of memory were forcibly crammed into his mind like an enema, causing him to faint again.

When he regained consciousness, he had been moved by the same servant to a simple wooden bed in the hut, and he understood his current situation.

He crossed.

The original owner of this body in this life was also named Chen Fan, and even his appearance and body were exactly the same, just like another life in a parallel world.

After night falls in this world, countless extremely bizarre monsters appear and take people's lives. This situation has been going on for hundreds of years and people call it "Eternal Night".

Only by staying near the "ghost fire" can one ensure their safety.

The "ghost fire" is a specially made campfire.

To ensure your safety while traveling across the wasteland, you must find a "station" before nightfall, as only stations possess "ghost fire".

Creating a "ghost fire" is not a simple task. The base of the "ghost fire" is extremely bulky and cannot be carried around. Once the base is extinguished, it will automatically break. To keep the ghost fire burning, you need to continuously add "ghost stones".

therefore--

In the wilderness outside the city, various families have set up numerous "stations" to ensure the safety of passing caravans and pedestrians and to collect corresponding fees.

The place where he is is one of the stations under the name of the "Chen family".

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He was persecuted to come here. Despite being the young master of the Chen family, he was assigned to a highly dangerous job guarding a station in the wasteland, and was not given a "mysterious stone" before leaving.

It also means!

When this eerie fire goes out, that will be the day he dies.

The original owner couldn't bear the pressure and died suddenly in a fit of anger, which gave him a chance to live again.

The servant beside him was his attendant.

"Master."

The thin, bony servant kneeling before the bed, his face streaked with tears, said in a hoarse voice, "You must be tired after all this running around. I'll take the night watch. You can sleep peacefully, young master."

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Chen Fan struggled to get out of bed, pushed open the door of the wooden house, and looked at the campfire outside. According to his memory, there were three strange stones buried at the bottom of this strange fire, which meant that it could burn for a maximum of three more days.

The eerie fire will go out in three days.

This was also his life countdown; how could he possibly sleep under such circumstances?

In the wilderness, the only way to obtain the Mysterious Stone is to kill the Mysterious Creature and extract it from its body.

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He was physically weak and unarmed; how could he possibly kill the monster?

After a moment of confusion.

He then said softly, "You don't need to come along." Before those scoundrels persecuted him to come here, they promised their lackey a huge reward, telling him not to come with them, just so that he could experience the despair of dying in the wilderness in fear and loneliness during the eternal night.

But this guy still came.

Not even a hint of hesitation.

"Wherever the young master goes, I will go."

"Wherever the young master dies, I will die."

The emaciated man behind him, though somewhat fearful, gritted his teeth and said firmly, "Without you, young master, I would have long since become a pile of bones."

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Chen Fan was silent for a moment: "I've always forgotten to ask you what your name is."

He didn't have the guy's name in his mind.

When the core members of the "Chen family" were choosing their subordinates, the others took all the strong and healthy ones, leaving only this skinny guy, who the original owner of the body always regarded as a disgrace.

I didn't want to talk to him much, let alone ask him his name.

To have such a loyal subordinate despite being treated like this, the original owner was truly lucky.

"Lame monkey".

"Young master, my name is Lame Monkey."

The lame monkey lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I am an orphan and have no name. Butler Zhou said I was a lame man and as thin as a monkey, so he named me Lame Monkey."

Chen Fan glanced at the lame monkey's right leg; it did indeed look a bit lame.

"it is good."

He nodded and glanced around the house: "Now that we're here, the first priority is to survive. Go outside and see if there are any pedestrians passing by. It's getting dark, and those pedestrians need a place to rest. If you see any, shout for them to come over."

"The ghost fire will last for a maximum of three days."

"We need to earn some Ghost Stones."

"as well as--"

He walked up to the lame monkey, patted his shoulder, and said calmly, "If I am lucky enough to make a comeback in the future, you will definitely be there for me. But if I die, then that is our fate, and we have to accept it."

The lame monkey was slightly taken aback, a strange glint flashing in his eyes. The fear he had felt upon arriving at the station dissipated considerably, and he straightened his back as much as possible, shouting, "Yes!"

He then rushed out of the wooden house.

Go and see if there are any pedestrians around.

Outside the wooden house.

The lame monkey glanced around. The wasteland stretched endlessly, with no other pedestrians in sight. Not far away was a small hill; standing on it would offer a higher vantage point, but...
He hesitated slightly.

It was getting dark, and if they didn't get back before nightfall, they risked losing their lives.

But soon.

Without much hesitation, he immediately ran towards the small earthen mound not far away.

Although he was disabled and came from a humble background.

However, he could keenly sense that the young master's current state was completely different from his state in the family, almost worlds apart.

He had a bold guess.

That is, the young master knew that he was being targeted by the family and unable to use his skills, so he deliberately assigned himself to a place where the family could not keep an eye on him, so that he could use his skills in this place, until one day he would return to the family and take back everything that should belong to him!
The young master's profound thoughts immediately invigorated him, as if he had drunk sweet dew.

And he was a lame monkey.

What we need to do is to help the young master return to the Chen family as much as possible!
Let those people stop looking down on the young master!
How fast can a cripple run?

But at this moment, a flame seemed to be burning in his heart, making him run faster and faster, even ignoring the stinging pain that was gradually coming from his right leg, and he just wanted to run to the earthen slope in front of him as fast as possible!
(End of this chapter)