I build a shelter in the eternal night.

Chapter 57 "War profits still taste better."

Holding the ghost skin, Chen Fan stood up and looked back at the camp that was almost completely abandoned.

Last night's battle was extremely fierce.

The threat posed by the Mourning Ghost is greater than that of the Flesh Insect Ghost Tide.

Many of the city walls have been destroyed, the wooden houses have been abandoned, and even buildings like the watchtowers and the breeding farm have all collapsed. It can be said that the only buildings in the camp that are still intact are two arrow forts, a few arrow towers, and a ghost fire.

It was almost like going back to square one overnight.

The rainy season will last for another twenty days or so.

Thousand Throat is only one of the four leaders of the Ghost King. There are three others. Judging from the current situation, all three leaders will come to the wasteland during the upcoming rainy season to pave the way for the Ghost King's arrival. He is most likely the first target.

His presence here is fucking conspicuous.

The Ghost King will return as the rainy season nears its end.

They sound like they're not to be trifled with.

It was a near-certain death crisis.

but--

As a transmigrator with the "Lord of Eternal Night" panel, it would be beneath me to run away at the slightest crisis; I must persevere and fight to the death.
"Fuck your mother's ass!"

Chen Fan muttered a curse under his breath. "If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up. I'm still short, so I need to run away first."

The Demon King's goal was to sacrifice the lives of the people in "Jiangbei City" and "Pingcheng City" to break through his cultivation level. How could his small camp possibly stop him?

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He looked around at the lame monkey and the others who were busy digging for strange stones. Although the battle last night was fierce, the harvest was not small. With the resources here, he could find a safe place and make a comeback.

There's no need to stubbornly resist.

We'll lose some money, and we can't take many buildings with us, but it's better than them dying.

I'll discuss with Wang Kui and the others later where would be a better place to move if we were to do so.

As for now
"hey-hey."

Chen Fan laughed, squatted down again, and began to search the body of the hanging ghost. He decided to finish looting the corpse first, just like lighting a cigarette after defeating a boss—it was a standard procedure.

There are three rare treasures in total, not counting the eerie green lantern.

The first item is a luminous pearl, white with a hint of green.
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"Name of the rare treasure": Wind-avoiding Pearl.

"Rare Treasure Grade": Green.

"Exotic Treasure Effect": One of the essential materials for building the 'Wind Tower', a special city defense building that can generate strong winds.
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"good."

Chen Fan nodded. Having this building would make fighting the "Flesh Worm Tide" much easier, but he didn't have the blueprint for the "Wind Tower" yet, so he wouldn't need it for a while.

One more thing.

It's a formation plate.
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"Name of the rare treasure": Qingfeng Formation.

"Rare Treasure Grade": Green.

"Treasure Effect": It needs to be placed inside "Strange Fire". After placement, it will cover the surface of the camp area with a layer of breeze, slightly increasing movement speed.
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The last one looks a bit intimidating.

It was as big as a human brain, a slow-pulsating, dark red tumor that felt warm and firm to the touch.
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"Name of the rare treasure": Mountain skeleton embryo.

"Name of the rare item": Green.

"Exotic Treasure Effect": A special kind of celestial treasure, a product of heaven and earth, which can be used for alchemy, weapon forging, and array formation. If placed in the Ghost Fire, it can be controlled to extend a bone structure underground within the camp area to maintain the stability of the underground cavity structure.
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"Mountain Skeleton Embryo"

Chen Fan looked at the panel and narrowed his eyes slightly. The first two treasures were taken from the mouth of the Hanging Ghost, and were products formed by the condensation of the ghost's ghostly energy after its death.

This strange treasure was taken from the body of the mourning ghost; it was something he always carried with him.

It's a very good product.

Based on this extraordinary treasure, he vaguely had an idea.

As Chen Fan tucked all the rare treasures into his robes and prepared to examine the eerie green lantern beside him, he heard the lame monkey's shouts from behind.

Looking back.

The lame monkey, carrying a paper lantern, limped towards him, saying excitedly, "Young master, look at this lantern, it must be a good thing."

"Let me see."

Chen Fan took the white lantern from the lame monkey. It was the same lantern that the ordinary ghosts carrying were. It looked and felt like oiled paper, but he knew it was absolutely sturdy. Those ghosts used it to smash walls.

One smash and it creates a crater.

Zhou Mo used all his strength, swinging the hoe at the city wall, but he couldn't even make a dent.
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"Name of the rare item": Mourning Lantern.

"Rare Treasure Grade": White. "Rare Treasure Effect": An essential upgrade material for upgrading arrow towers to level 5 cannon towers.
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"Hey."

Chen Fan was slightly taken aback, then looked up at the lanterns scattered all over the camp and grinned. Good stuff.

There are over a thousand funeral lanterns here.

Hypothesis
If a lantern sells for 100 Ghost Stones in the market, that's a whopping 10 Ghost Stones.

But he felt it was definitely more expensive than that, since an arrow tower sold for 150 Ghost Stones in the market, and the materials to upgrade an arrow tower to level 5 would definitely cost more than 100 Ghost Stones.

"Good stuff, hurry up and collect it. It's hard work, we're moving today."

"move place?"

"Okay, let's discuss it together later."

Then he bent down and picked up the pale green lantern that had fallen to the side. This lantern was clearly a level higher than ordinary funeral lanterns.
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"Name of the rare item": Mourning Lantern.

"Rare Treasure Grade": Green.

"Exotic Treasure Effect": An essential upgrade material for upgrading arrow towers to level 6 cannon towers. Holding the exotic treasure and activating it will fire a powerful beam of light to fight enemies. Each activation of the exotic treasure will consume it, and it will shatter after 5 activations.
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"Level 6 turret."

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes and pondered for a while before laughing. This meant that he could activate it four times for free, and as long as he left one unactivated, it could continue to be used as upgrade material.

"Stationmaster, come quick!"

Wang Kui's urgent voice came from outside the camp: "We've found a box here!"

"Stationmaster."

Wang Kui and Xiao Qiu stood around several large wooden crates: "When we were clearing the battlefield, we found these large crates outside the camp. When we opened them, there were a lot of things inside."

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Chen Fan stared expressionlessly at the contents of the box, remaining silent.

After a long while, he took a deep breath.

Looking up at the distant, gloomy rain, he murmured.

"War profits still taste better."

There are five boxes in total.

At a glance.

Two boxes were filled to the brim with strange stones, all of them crystal clear and green level 2 strange stones. The other three boxes were filled with a lot of strange materials and miscellaneous items.

He doesn't know many people.

There are mantis-like arm blades and monkey-headed monkey skins.

There was also blood in a water bottle; it's unclear what kind of blood it was.

And the heart, liver, lungs, etc., wrapped in oiled paper, are so small that they don't look human at all.

A whole bunch of random things were neatly arranged.

This is military equipment.

They all look like array formations. If he wasn't mistaken, the Ghost King's task for "Thousand Throat" was to first destroy the walls of the two cities, and then use these strange stones and materials to set up an array or something similar.

And now.

All of these things ended up in his hands.

This harvest was greater than all his previous harvests combined.

"call"

After taking a deep breath, Chen Fan looked at Wang Kui and said, "Have everyone stop what they're doing and have a meeting!"

The group found a clean spot, sat cross-legged in the wilderness, and placed a strange-looking map in the middle.

"A major crisis is coming."

After quickly explaining the general situation, Chen Fan spoke first.

"The early arrival of the rainy season has led to the rampage of monsters, and the Monster King is about to arrive in this wasteland. There are three more high-level monsters like Thousand Throat."

“We will be their first target once they arrive in the wasteland.”

"We need to relocate now to avoid this crisis."

"Please feel free to share your thoughts."

(End of this chapter)