I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 67 begins to show some human qualities.

"Boom boom."

The ten level 5 turrets on the city wall are constantly expanding the depth of the cave.

The torrent, carrying gravel, flowed along both sides of the city wall into the bottom of the canyon.

The bustling scene of land reclamation, even during the rainy season, gives people a sense of prosperity and flourishing.

Humanity
I always like hope.

This cave is their hope for surviving the rainy season.

And so another busy day ensued.

With one hour left before the eternal night descends, the cave has been almost fully excavated, reaching a depth of thirty-six meters. This depth is sufficient for their rear needs for the time being, and they can begin making arrangements first, expanding it gradually later.

Lame Monkey and the others could no longer hold on and lay on the city wall, panting heavily.

tired.
That was really tiring.

"I haven't been this tired in a long time."

Although the lame monkey lying on the city wall was so sore that he could hardly move, his eyes were full of satisfaction and pride. He liked the feeling of hard work, which was much better than the days he spent in the Chen family.

He wasn't afraid of being tired; he was only afraid of being useless.

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Chen Fan stood on the city wall, looking at the suddenly open cave behind him, a smile on his lips.

It is 10 meters high, 20 meters wide, and 36 meters deep.

Three natural barriers provide defense.

It would take him half a day to bombard it with a level 5 turret, and other monsters would struggle to break through its natural barrier. Once the level 1 wall at the cave entrance is upgraded to a level 2 wall, this place will become an absolutely safe rear area.

It's no use who comes.

Compared to the old campsite in the wilderness, this place definitely provides a much greater sense of security.

The "mountain fetus" placed inside the ghost fire extends into the bony structure of the mountain, ensuring that the cave is not at risk of collapse.

The blank has been formed.

This afternoon they have been clearing rubble and dirt from inside the cave and have placed a level 5 turret on the ground at the cave entrance, firing horizontal beams of light to ensure the cave is relatively flat.

The mountain itself is extremely hard.

Once the remaining rubble and soil inside the cave are cleared away, a flat surface will be obtained.

This is a big project.

Even though the lame monkey and the others had taken monkey head mushrooms to enhance their physical fitness, it still wasn't enough. Fortunately, he discovered that the "mountain skeleton embryo" could not only be used to stabilize the cave, but also to clear the rubble inside the cave with the extended bones. With the help of the lame monkey and the others, they managed to complete the project.

Next, we will begin taking inventory of the camp's resources.

One of the four leaders of the Ghost King, "Thousand Throat," led the Hanging Ghosts to attack the old camp. After the entire army was wiped out, they left behind a lot of resources, including five large boxes. Three of the boxes were full of ghost materials, heavenly treasures, and other things that they could not use for the time being.

The remaining two boxes were filled with strange stones.

They're all level 2 strange rocks.

In the past few days, the level 5 turret has consumed a lot of Ghost Stones in opening up caves. After the Eternal Night faded, it has been running almost non-stop, consuming exactly half a box of Ghost Stones, which is 5000 Ghost Stones.

The energy consumption of a Tier 5 turret isn't actually that high.

But they couldn't withstand the continuous firing for so long.

It takes about two and a half days to fire, which is equivalent to a level 5 turret needing about 200 cryptic stones to operate continuously for one day.

Normally, a turret wouldn't have the chance to operate for such a long time. If it had the chance to operate for such a long time, the camp should have been breached long ago.

There are still 15000 Mysterious Stones in the remaining one and a half boxes.

In addition to the strange stones brought from the old camp and those that fell off the cliff in recent days, the camp now has a total of 16492 strange stones.

Next-

Construction begins. First, the Level 1 Ghostfire that was originally placed at the front of the cave is scrapped.

A new Ghost Fire was built and placed in a recess at the deepest part of the cave. It consumed a total of 163 Ghost Stones and was upgraded to level 4 in one go. This time, there was no qualitative change option. The camp area was expanded to a diameter of 200 meters, covering the entire cave and also covering part of the canyon pit.

It is connected to the natural fire zone.

This recess was specially created by him for "Strange Fire". It is a small space that is just right to house Strange Fire. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides. As long as a city wall is built to block the exit, no one but him can enter this place.

Although the atmosphere in the camp is currently very harmonious.

But the number of people in the camp will definitely increase in the future. If someone with malicious intent destroys his Ghost Fire, then all his efforts will be in vain. Ghost Fire is the architect's core lifeline and must be strictly guarded against.

He has already thought about it.

This cave will become the core area, and only core personnel are allowed to enter it.

For any people recruited by the camp in the future, another cave will be dug on the right cliff and they will be housed there.

They built another meter-long wall to block the groove, and the strange fire was finally properly contained.

Inside the cave.

Chen Fan stood on the ground, gazing thoughtfully at the eerie fire within the recess.

"Let's level up by 5 levels."

It would be much more comfortable if the campsite were larger enough to encompass the entire deep canyon.

There was no further hesitation.

Thirty level 2 strange stones shattered from the box beside him, turning into a ghostly green light that surged into the strange fire.

next moment!
A panel appears in front of you.
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"The level of the ghost fire has been raised to level 5, and the safe zone has been increased to a diameter of 500 meters, which enhances the deterrent effect on the ghosts."

Please select an upgrade direction.

"1: The safe range has been increased to 1000 meters."

"2: Enhance the deterrent effect against strange creatures."

"3: Slightly reduce the ripening time of crops."
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There has been no qualitative change.

but.
As he wished, he chose the first upgrade direction, bringing the camp's safe range to 1000 meters.

It completely covered the deep pit in the canyon.

He understood.

If he hadn't chosen the first upgrade path to increase the safe range to 200 meters when the Ghost Fire reached level 3, then the base safe range for level 4 Ghost Fire wouldn't be 500 meters, but 200 meters.

The ghost fire has been set up.

Chen Fan continued working.

First, 64 Mysterious Stones were used to build two Level 3 Stone Houses in the cave for rest. The upgrade direction was chosen to be "Peaceful Sleep" and "Increase the area and add optional functional rooms such as kitchen, toilet, and bathroom".

Toilets are still needed.

This is not a wasteland.

We can't pee or poop anywhere anymore; we're peeing all over our own homes now.

Another 32 Mysterious Stones were used to build a level 3 stone house, which was upgraded to "Enhance 'Shadow Array' so that the lord can check what is happening in every corner of the house at any time" and used as a warehouse.

The warehouse still needs to be monitored.

Followed by.

Level 2 farmland, sacrificial tower (cannot be upgraded), and level 1 altar were also built and placed inside the cave.

After the cabin is upgraded to level 3, there is no need for a manual heating system anymore. The stove burns extremely warmly, and there is also hot water in the bathroom.

Time passes little by little.

The cave gradually became more complete, no longer barren, and began to feel human presence.

(End of this chapter)