I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 46 "If even God doesn't care, why should I?"

With the support of the Wild Wolf Gang leader's token, this area of ​​the city wall, which was originally on the verge of collapse, was able to hold on once again.

but.
One precious treasure has been lost.

This rare treasure, capable of temporarily enhancing the city wall's defenses, is extremely precious and can save one's life.

"Has the Chen family architect not arrived yet?"

The leader of the Wild Wolf Gang stood in the pouring rain and roared at his subordinates.

"We've already sent several men to the Chen family mansion, but there's been no reply yet," the subordinate holding a long sword beside him shouted, wiping the rain from his face.

"Fuck you!"

The man, exuding a bandit-like aura, gazed at the seemingly endless array of strange creatures outside the city, his face contorted with rage as he gripped the hilt of his knife tightly, his eyes blazing with fury.

tonight.

At a time of crisis for Jiangbei City.

Standing on the city wall were only his Wild Wolf Gang brothers and scattered forces such as "Jiangbei Market". He even saw many merchants taking out all the strange stones that they usually kept to themselves and handing them over to the architects to build arrow towers.

Just to hold on to tonight.

However.
Neither the Chen family of Jiangbei nor the Wang family of Qiuhe came to defend the city.

He naturally knew what the two families were thinking. Anyway, their own mansion had a higher-level city wall, so what did it matter to them if the city wall of Jiangbei was breached? They just needed to guard their own little plot of land.

They were reluctant to waste the strange stones and rare treasures on defending Jiangbei City.

As one of the three major powers, the Wild Wolf Gang also has its own territory and city walls. It could easily retreat back to its own land.
but--

He hasn't had any major business dealings over the years. He became a rising force in Jiangbei City after the fall of the city during the rainy season 37 years ago. He couldn't get involved in big business deals, and his main source of income was collecting protection fees from shops.

Since he accepted protection money from this group of people.

We must protect these people.

This is the rule.

Get money to do things.

"Boss, what do we do now?" The confidant beside him said anxiously, "The Chen family and the Wang family clearly don't plan to come. Should we retreat too? We can't hold out on our own."

".call."

The leader of the Wild Wolf Gang turned to look at the old man standing behind him on the city wall in the rain. This was the architect of his Wild Wolf Gang, an outsider who was a level 5 architect. He had been injured in the wild and saved by the old man, and had been following him ever since.

After taking a deep breath, he asked in a hoarse voice, his eyes filled with suppressed anger, "Old Zhu, what are your thoughts?"

"I'll do as the leader says."

The old man's eyes showed little emotion; he simply chuckled and said, "Whatever the leader orders, I will do."

"it is good!"

The man, exuding a bandit-like air, looked at the flesh-eating monsters charging relentlessly in the torrential rain outside the city and suddenly laughed: "I think since we've taken protection money, we have to protect the people behind us."

"Taking money without doing anything is not the style of the Wild Wolf Gang, don't you think?"

Lightning flashed.

A faint glint of blood appeared on the man's deathly pale face.

"Erhu!"

"exist!"

"Open the warehouse! Bring out all the strange stones and treasures from the Wild Wolf Gang! I'm going to defend this city to the death today!"

"Yes!"

Opening a position signifies the moment when resources and capabilities must be tested.

after this war.

Even if Jiangbei City is defended, the name of the Wild Wolf Gang will never be associated with it again.

The news quickly spread throughout the city.

Anyone in the city who could afford a strange stone would rush out of their house in the pouring rain upon seeing members of the Wild Wolf Gang and hand over all their possessions to them.

It's clear to everyone.

The Wild Wolves are guarding the city for them.

Even if the Wild Wolf Gang didn't defend the city, they would have a way out, but they truly had no way out; the fall of the city meant their death.

"Father." In a wooden house in a small alley in Jiangbei City, a man dressed in hemp clothing, holding a large knife, looked at his parents, whose faces were full of fear and reluctance, and grinned: "You used to say that I was useless for joining gangs and always wanted me to go to the Chen family to get a position, saying that was the right path."

"Can you see it now?"

"When the city truly falls, it is we who will protect the safety of all its inhabitants."

at this time.

A burst of fireworks exploded in the city amidst the torrential rain.

The man didn't linger any longer and hurriedly said goodbye: "The leader has issued an emergency summons, I have to go now, I'll be back at dawn."

Chen Mansion in Jiangbei City.

Inside the meeting hall.

Several elders are gathered here.

"The leader of the Wild Wolf Gang is a man of spirit, but not very rational. Regardless of the outcome of this battle, the name of the Wild Wolf Gang will never be associated with Jiangbei City again."

The Grand Elder of the Chen family sighed with a complicated expression.

The Wild Wolf Gang is a force that emerged after the last one.

I didn't experience that rainy season 37 years ago.

They had no idea that the city was bound to fall during this rainy season. Even if they managed to hold out tonight, what difference would it make? The rainy season still had more than twenty days to go.

It's all in vain.

At this time, the right thing to do is to conserve all resources, defend your own territory, and tough it out during the rainy season.

The Second Elder remained silent and did not speak.

He just felt that the family's development had become increasingly chaotic over the years.

The map clearly shows that "Jiangbei Chen Family Station No. 37" has not been destroyed. A clear fact is that Chen Fan has become an architect, and at a high level. However, this architect, who originally belonged to their Chen family, was ostracized to the wasteland due to internal strife.

just
No one in the family dared to mention the matter again; they pretended not to know anything about it.

at this time--

The head of the Chen family pushed open the door and entered the council hall. He had barely sat down when he began to speak.

"The Wild Wolf Gang opened its warehouses and unleashed its full resources, deciding to defend Jiangbei City to the death, sharing life and death with hundreds of thousands of people."

"remarkably brave."

"I admire him; he's a remarkable person."

"The people in the city are currently united. Anyone who has a few strange stones is rushing into the streets and giving them to the members of the Wild Wolf Gang. With this blessing, we might really be able to hold out tonight."

The First Elder pondered for a moment and said, "Patriarch, do you mean we should also go and defend the city now, seize the opportunity, and try to salvage our reputation?"

"Do not."

The head of the Chen family shook his head and denied it, saying, "Whether my actions over the years were right or wrong is for future generations to judge. But what is certain is that everything I have done has been for the better development of the Chen family. On this point, I have no shame before my ancestors."

"He is worthy of the position of head of the Chen family."

"Even if we can hold out tonight, there are still more than 20 days of rainy season left. How will we hold out in the second half of the rainy season?"

"They are wasting the city's resources."

"Immediately have all members of the Chen family change into the uniforms of the Wild Wolf Gang and receive the strange stones and treasures given to them by the common people and merchants."

“Especially near Jiangbei Fangshi.”

"I don't care about the safety of the people in the crowd."

"Since the invasion of Eternal Night, how many people have died on this continent? How many people have begged God to grant them a way to survive? Has God paid any attention to them?"

"If even God doesn't care, why should I?"

"I only care about one thing."

"The Chen family has grown strong."

"Everything... for the Chen family."

"."

The elders exchanged glances, each seeing the complexity in the other's eyes, but after a long while they all nodded in unison: "As the patriarch commands."

(End of this chapter)