I built a safe house in the eerie night.

Seeing Xiong Qiuqiu bravely step forward, the other children seemed to be inspired and also mustered their courage.

Despite their fear of the corpses, they hurriedly dragged out several relatively intact skeletons from the mountain of eerie remains outside the village.

Jiang Ning stood aside, watching quietly, without stopping them, and felt gratified.

If one is born into this world and doesn't even have the courage to face these inanimate objects, how can one truly establish oneself in the future?

Flowers grown in greenhouses don't last long on this land.

Moreover, these children will face even more challenges in the future and need more experience.

After much effort, the children finally managed to drag several largely intact, bizarre corpses to Jiang Ning's presence.

Jiang Ning glanced at the interface. Although these corpses were either pierced by arrows or slightly damaged, the overall skeletons were still intact. The construction interface had already determined that they were complete corpses and were usable.

Xiong Qiuqiu's face was flushed, and her forehead was covered with sweat, but she still stood up straight.

"Reporting to the leader, we have completed the mission as instructed. If... if further assistance is needed, our Justice Squad will do our utmost to complete it!"

Seeing her feigned seriousness yet undeniably childlike demeanor, and the other children's panting, flushed faces and earnest expressions, Jiang Ning's heart softened, his expression also gentled, and he said earnestly:

"Well done, mission accomplished. You can all rest now. You've all worked hard. Go cool off!"

"Yes, leader!" The children breathed a sigh of relief, feeling both tired and proud of having completed their mission. They looked at each other, then stuck out their tongues and ran off to rest in the shade.

Jiang Ning composed himself, turned his gaze to the construction interface, and selected the "Bone Barricade" building blueprint.

"put up."

The familiar process unfolded once again, with black smoke rising from the stored resources and merging with the eerie corpses on the ground.

In a short while, a barricade, its main body constructed of white bones, shaped like a ferocious beast with interlocking fangs and gleaming cold light, took shape.

It is over a meter long and nearly half a meter high, with a volume comparable to a small wooden wall. The sharp bone spikes look extremely intimidating and can effectively block or even kill the strange creatures that try to force their way in.

Jiang Ning was quite satisfied and suppressed the childish thought of touching the bone spurs to test their sharpness.

Then, four more identical bone fences were built.

The five barricades were arranged in a neat row, consuming a total of 250 catties of black oyster shell and 50 black stones.

"The chevaux-de-frise stand in front of the arrow towers, forming the first line of defense. They can block the impact and inflict damage, while the arrow towers provide crossfire from behind..."

Jiang Ning was conceiving a defense system when his eyes swept over the gap at the village entrance, which was more than twenty meters wide.

Unfortunately, there weren't enough resources to build a wooden wall to completely seal the breach.

How about we try a different approach?

Jiang Ning had a sudden thought and quickly decided to abandon the passive defensive wooden walls and instead use barricades that could be used to counterattack!

He looked up at the location of the village.

The village is backed by steep mountain walls, and there has never been a precedent of a strange attack from the rear. The defense can be focused solely on the front.

This can relatively compress the defensive depth!

Jiang Ning quickly made a decision.

Move the entire defensive line consisting of arrow towers and barricades backward to shorten the frontal width that needs to be blocked.

Just do it!

Jiang Ning first used the interface to smoothly move the five bone arrow towers back several meters, compressing the open space in front of the village entrance.

Next, the five bone barricades that had just been built were repositioned not far in front of the arrow tower, forming an arc-shaped first line of defense.

After these adjustments, the gap that originally needed to be defended, which was more than 20 meters long, was shortened to about 15 meters.

Although the activity space within the village has been somewhat reduced and the defensive structures are closer to the villagers' houses, bringing some inconvenience and psychological pressure.

However, this is the most solid and offensive defense line that Jiangning can build under the current resource conditions.

"It's not dense enough."

Jiang Ning stared at the remaining ten-meter or so arc-shaped gap and reopened the construction interface.

They used 500 catties of black Tai Sui, 10 complete skeletons, and 100 units of Yin wood to build ten more bone fences and barricades in one go.

These newly built barricades were then placed tightly and seamlessly at the village entrance.

This created a perfect arc-shaped defensive line composed of fifteen menacing bone-spiked chevaux-de-frise, firmly protecting the village's front, which was backed by the mountain wall.

Try to imagine it.

The eerie attack has begun, and we must first confront this dense, chilling barrier of bone spikes.

Even if any stragglers attempt to pass through or destroy the barricades, the five bone arrow towers behind them will unleash a powerful barrage of fire.

Last night, with only two arrow towers and a simple setup, we reaped over a hundred monsters, and they dropped two lucky bags and a rare treasure.

With this fully upgraded defense and firepower tonight, the harvest is bound to be explosive!

Looking at the defensive position that was beginning to take shape, Jiang Ning's eyes burned with anticipation.

不过1500斤黑太岁主料仅剩150斤，加上昨天和今天进入枯树林开荒零散收集的，仓库如今显示：210斤黑太岁、100阴木、50黑石了。

"The original plan was to place a Devouring Flower in front of each arrow tower as bait... but unfortunately there are only four available, which is asymmetrical."

Jiang Ning, who suffers from some obsessive-compulsive tendencies, felt a little regretful.

Five towers paired with five flowers would make for a perfect arrangement.

Just as I was pondering this, I heard a jumble of footsteps and conversations coming from outside the village.

As dusk fell, Wang Fu and Xiong Meng, who were in charge of collecting materials in Xishan'ao, led the main collection team back.

The group included elderly women and men carrying heavy baskets laden with black fungus.

Jiang Ning didn't rush to greet them, but instead looked at the interface first.

When a gathering team brings resources into the territory, the values ​​in the inventory on the interface automatically update.

Today, their harvest was a full 40 jin of black jujube, which just made up for the last bit of the shortfall!

"Now we have everything!"

Jiang Ning immediately selected the building blueprint "Devouring Flower" and chose a quantity of "5"!

Amidst swirling black smoke, five bizarrely shaped Devouring Flowers with thick petals and a strong, pungent stench burst forth from the ground in the reserved open space in front of the Bone Arrow Tower, blooming menacingly.

At this point, the entire defense system was complete.

The outermost row of bone barricades gleamed with a cold light, followed by five Devouring Flowers that exuded an alluring scent, and at the very back were five bone arrow towers poised to strike.

The layers of traps created a unified hunting snare.

"Perfect!"

Jiang Ning clapped his hands in satisfaction, only then noticing the gathering team that was blocked outside the village by the barricade.

Everyone stared blankly upwards, their faces filled with shock at the three newly appeared towering bone arrow towers, the chilling forest of bone spikes and chevaux-de-frise, and the strange flowers that had sprung up right before their eyes.

Last night they witnessed firsthand the terrifying power of the Bone Arrow Tower.

Two towers and two flowers were enough to cause a bizarre and utter defeat.

Tonight's spectacle is on a whole new level!

Even Wang Fu was taken aback. He had seen the "Master Craftsmen" use their skills in Danhua City, but that usually required mobilizing a lot of resources and taking a long time.

In this resource-scarce situation, our young master was able to build such a large-scale defensive fortification in such a short time and effort.

This efficiency is nothing short of miraculous!

Then, Jiang Ning's somewhat embarrassed voice rang out.

"Oh, sorry, sorry, I was so focused on building the house that I blocked the road."

He then manipulated the interface to temporarily move a barricade directly facing the road, clearing a passage.

The crowd then seemed to awaken from a dream, but remained rooted to the spot, their shock beyond words.

Xiong Meng, usually a composed man, was now choked up with emotion:

"Young Master Jiang, your skill... your technique is truly amazing! Without you, the village probably wouldn't be able to..."

He couldn't continue, and simply bowed deeply.

The other villagers, regardless of age or gender, all bowed, their eyes filled with sincere gratitude.

They were originally refugees whose lives were as worthless as grass, and no one would care even if they were buried in the mountains. It was Jiangning who gave them hope to survive in this desperate situation, as well as real protection.

At this moment, they are even more grateful that they chose to stay and trust him.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning quickly waved his hand, signaling everyone to stand up.

"Please don't say that. I can do all this because of everyone's hard work and the resources you've collected. We are all in this together."

His voice was clear and strong, and then he said loudly:

"This is just the beginning. As long as we work together and continue to contribute to the village, I guarantee that we will be able to stand firm in the future and no longer have to fear the strange attacks day and night!"

"A peaceful and prosperous life will surely come!"

"This is what Jiang Ning said, and it is what I, Jiang Ning, will lead everyone to achieve!"

Jiang Ning spoke passionately, saying that when it's time to make promises, it's okay to make promises.

Though the words were not eloquent, they struck the hearts of the crowd like a heavy drumbeat.

The women in the group couldn't help but secretly wipe away tears, and many men also had red eyes.

Only those who have truly struggled to survive under the clutches of the monstrous can understand how luxurious and burdensome the word "peace and security" really is.

They were willing to risk their lives to venture into dangerous places, dreaming only of one day entering a big city and gaining peace.

Now, in this desolate mountain, this hope has been ignited by a young master, and they firmly believe that it will surely be realized little by little.

If there truly are gods in this world, then at this moment, Jiang Ning is their god.

"Night is approaching, but the eeriness has not yet subsided!"

Jiang Ning raised his voice again, rallying the crowd, and pointed to the strange pile of bones outside the village:

"Now, everyone, give it your all and move those bones to the foot of the arrow tower. Tonight will be another tough battle!"

"Yes, Young Master Jiang!"

The crowd responded in unison, their voices loud and clear, without the slightest hesitation, and they quickly began their final preparations for battle.