I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 24 "The Watchtower".

"okay!"

Xiao Qiu hurriedly scrambled up from the farmland and ran quickly toward the open city gate. This time, no monsters rushed into the camp again.

When Xiao Qiu, covered in mud and panting heavily, returned to the city walls and climbed the stone steps, he saw everyone looking at him. Each person's gaze was incredibly complex, containing admiration, respect, and...
This was a look he had never seen before.

He had never experienced such a moment in his entire life.

He involuntarily puffed out his chest, held up the item emitting a white light in his hand, handed it to Chen Fan with a grin, and said, "Station Master, I got it."

"well done."

On the city wall in the rainy night.

With a complicated expression, Chen Fan took the strange treasure from Xiao Qiu's hand: "Why did you think of running to the farmland instead of the city walls just now?"

"There's not enough time."

Xiao Qiu felt a sore throat, wondering if it was because he had shouted too loudly. Now, he felt weak in the legs and couldn't muster any strength: "The monster is faster than me and closer to me. If I run towards the city wall, I definitely won't be able to escape."

"Even if they don't catch me, it will definitely lead to the breaching of the city walls."

“Brother Wang has been very good to me. Stationmaster, you took me in during the rainy season. Everyone is trying to survive the rainy season. I don’t want to cause everyone to die because of me. If someone has to die, I’d rather it be me.”

"Moreover, I think that with the existence of the arrow tower, the number of monsters must be decreasing. As long as I rush to the trap and hold out for a while, I might be able to survive this crisis."

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Chen Fan didn't say much, but simply took the treasure from Xiao Qiu's hand, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "I remember your name is Xiao Qiu, right? You made a very decisive decision, and you did a great job this time."

Actually.

The scenario that Xiao Qiu described—the city falling and people dying—will not happen.

If there is not enough time, he will close the city gates.

just
He hadn't expected Xiao Qiu to do such a perfect job, making such a decisive decision, and most importantly, showing such selflessness. To be honest, very few people could have stayed away from the city wall in that situation, just out of concern for everyone else's safety.

He definitely can't do that.

He could keenly sense that because of Xiao Qiu's actions, everyone had clearly felt different emotions; it was an outward manifestation of emotions being touched. If they encountered another crisis, perhaps others would make the same choice.

Humans are social animals.

Emotions are contagious.

At this moment, no more monsters rushed into the camp. He narrowed his eyes and looked into the darkness outside the rainy night. He felt that what had just happened might not be a coincidence. Could it really be that coincidental that Xiao Qiu had just left the city wall and reached the edge of the camp when the monsters in the night launched an attack?

And
This wave of strange creatures, resembling mantises, was extremely fast, even faster than the first wave of bamboo-pole creatures.

It is clearly not suitable for sieges, but rather for pursuit.

On the contrary, the bamboo pole monster, which is over three meters tall, is more suitable for attacking cities.

He strongly suspected that the eerie creature outside that initially emitted the strange laughter might possess a certain level of intelligence, be able to see the layout of the camp, and be ready to launch an attack at any time.

However, their intelligence is probably not high, or rather, the intelligence of the manipulated monsters is probably not high.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have stepped into the trap so directly.

"."

He looked down at the strange treasure in his hand, his eyes narrowing slightly. It was a piece of eerie skin as thin as a cicada's wing, and it felt somewhat like a "ghost skin map" to the touch. On the eerie skin, a building was drawn with scarlet lines.

A structure resembling an arrow tower.

It just needs to be higher.

Narrower.

It was an architectural blueprint, an extremely rare treasure. Among all kinds of treasures, architectural blueprints were definitely rare, and this was the first architectural blueprint he had ever acquired.
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"Name of the rare item": Blueprint for the watchtower.

"Rare Treasure Grade": White. "Rare Treasure Effect": Can be used to build a watchtower, which provides a 50-meter field of vision outside the camp.
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Without the slightest hesitation.

He immediately crushed the architectural blueprint in his hand. Unlike other architects, he didn't need to study it. After crushing the blueprint, a new building, "Watchtower," appeared on the Night Lord's panel deep in his mind. It only cost 10 Mystic Stones to build.

He currently has 130 Mysterious Stones.

next moment--

A towering phantom, ten meters tall and composed of countless white lines, floated in the air as ten strange stones in his palm shattered and turned into a milky white liquid that flowed into it.

The phantom of the tower gradually solidified and stood beside the wooden houses in the city.

The base is only one meter wide and long.

It is wider at the bottom and narrower at the top.

At the very top is a piece resembling a luminous pearl.

The moment the "sentinel tower" solidified, the field of vision expanded instantly. What was originally extreme darkness outside the camp area, as awe-inspiring as an abyss, turned into a pale gray within 50 meters of the camp's edge.

Fifty meters away, it was still pitch black.

They could clearly see hundreds of strange creatures moving rapidly through their camp into the darkness amidst the pale gray mist, like a great animal migration.

It flashed by.

It's not very clear.

but.
Four bamboo pole monsters were carrying a blood-red sedan chair. They did not join the animal migration and stopped steadily thirty meters away from the camp, surrounded by about a hundred other monsters.

There are three types.

The bamboo pole trick, and the mantis trick.

He named it himself; the other type was the monkey-headed ghost he first encountered, which was also the rarest.

Among these strange creatures, there are two that are significantly larger than their counterparts: one made of bamboo pole and the other of mantis.

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Chen Fan took a deep breath, stood on the wall, and looked at the gray fog outside the eerie fire. The presence of the watchtower gave him more information, and the 50-meter field of vision was of great help to him.

He finally understood what had happened.

If nothing unexpected happens.

The two larger monsters should be the minor leaders. The reason why there are the fewest monkey-headed monsters is because he killed many of them. The reason why there are no minor leaders among the monkey-headed monsters is also because he killed the minor leader.

Even after his death, he was given two extraordinary treasures: the "Seed of the Mysterious Stone Vein" and the "God-Slaying Spear".

The guy in the sedan chair must be the one who laughed at the beginning. He came to take revenge after discovering that his men had died.

fortunately.

A sliver of hope flashed through his mind. The existence of the watchtower made him clearly aware of just how many strange creatures passed through his camp. If all of these creatures recklessly rushed into his camp, he would surely die!
It's definitely impossible to hold on.

Only these few strange creatures remained outside the camp, seemingly eager to make their move. Other strange creatures ignored the camp as they passed by, as if they were in a hurry to get somewhere.

Two level 2 arrow towers are definitely not enough.

At the time, the two level 2 arrow towers did not kill the monkey-headed monster leader on the spot, allowing it to escape from the camp and bleed to death dozens of meters away. Now there are two such leaders, and there is an even more powerful big leader.

Level 2 arrow towers are definitely not enough.

You must have level 3 arrow towers.

Fortunately, he had enough cryptic stones to upgrade his arrow towers.

(End of this chapter)