I Build a Shelter in the Eternal Night

Step two: Prepare enough Ghost Stones and materials.

Step three: Click to confirm construction.

Finished.

He let out a long sigh, took a step back, and gestured for Hey Hey to take the stage. ’Architects in this world are so pitiful,’ he thought. ’They have to memorize so much. It must be exhausting. No wonder so few Architects become Lords of their own factions. If you’re busy with this stuff all day, who has the energy to manage a faction?’

"CRACK."

Hey Hey swiped its claw.

The Light Curtain shattered.

Trial passed.

He successfully entered the reward area for the third trial. The ground was piled with Building Blueprints—twelve of them in total. Most were common ones like "Arrow Tower," "City Wall," and "Wind Tower." However, there were two rare Green Level ones that he didn’t have.

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「Exotic Treasure Name」: Anti-Air Cannon Tower.

「Exotic Treasure Level」: Green.

「Exotic Treasure Effect」: A Building Blueprint for constructing a cannon tower to engage aerial enemies. The muzzle faces the sky and cannot attack ground targets. Its effective range can exceed the high-altitude limits of a camp.

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「Exotic Treasure Name」: Godslaying Cannon.

「Exotic Treasure Level」: Green.

「Exotic Treasure Effect」: A Building Blueprint for a City Defense Building.

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"Finally, something good."

Chen Fan looked at the two Building Blueprints in his hands, nodding repeatedly with a satisfied expression. The Anti-Air Cannon Tower was self-explanatory; he had been looking for a blueprint for a similar building ever since he wiped out the Pill Sect.

’After all, if I can kill enemies this way, someone can probably do the same to me.’

’I have to be prepared. That way, I won’t panic when the enemy arrives.’

As for the Godslaying Cannon, it was a new City Defense Building. He wondered how its power compared to an Arrow Tower, and how a Level 1 Green Level Godslaying Cannon would stack up against a Level 5 White Level cannon tower.

Of course, there would be no comparison if they were both Level 5.

The Godslaying Cannon would definitely be stronger.

It was a whole grade higher, after all.

"Not bad."

He was satisfied with the rewards from this trial. ’This is barely worthy of the title "Immortal Celestial Master." Otherwise, for a title with such a grand reputation to leave behind so little... it just wouldn’t add up.’

On the Light Curtain for the fourth and final trial, there was also a line of text.

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「The Final Trial.」

「On-site, construct any building until a Direction of Qualitative Upgrade is produced. Only one person may enter this trial.」

「For an Architect, luck is also very important.」

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’This one really comes down to luck.’

There was nothing Chen Fan could do about this. Even with his Eternal Night Lord Panel, producing a Direction of Qualitative Upgrade was a matter of luck. His odds were just a tiny bit higher than others’.

’At least I can see the panel and choose from the three options.’

’That said... every trial in this inheritance is actually quite difficult.’

The next moment—

Hey Hey stepped forward and slapped it again.

The Light Curtain shattered.

This was the deepest part of the cave. Lying here were a Jade Scroll, a Yellow Level Building Blueprint, and a ring.

They were all shrouded in white light. Hey Hey slapped each one in turn.

This inheritance was rather crude.

Or rather, it wasn’t a well-planned inheritance. Instead, it was a simple tomb that the Lord of Jiangbei City had hastily dug for himself before taking his own life as his city was breached and its people were slaughtered. It was to ensure his body wouldn’t be devoured by Ghost Objects, while also leaving something behind.

He picked up the Jade Scroll first.

’To be honest... what I’m most curious about in this inheritance is actually the method of transmission.’

’For example—’

’The way conditions were set on the Light Curtain, which would then automatically verify completion and react accordingly...’

’The whole logic is basically like a computer.’

’If I could get my hands on this technology... bookkeeping for the Mortal Realm Marketplace would be much easier. As the faction grows, coordination between departments would also become much faster and more convenient. Mobilizing them would be effortless.’

The Jade Scroll was an information-type scroll.

He was already very familiar with them.

It was a more advanced way of recording information than Bamboo Scrolls, capable of long-term storage without the information degrading over time.

He held the Jade Scroll in his hand.

An image immediately appeared in his mind. This was a Jade Scroll that recorded images and sounds, a more advanced type than the common ones.

"That’s..."

Chen Fan stared blankly at the scene appearing in his mind. It felt so immersive that he subconsciously had the urge to hide immediately.

The entirety of Jiangbei!

kilometers.

A City Wall, once winding along the coastline like a great dragon, separated all of Jiangbei from the deep sea, like a dividing line. He was looking down on the battlefield below from a high-altitude perspective.

Hundreds of millions of runic matrices on the City Wall’s surface lit up, emitting a blinding light in the eternal night.

It looked like...

...a 170-kilometer-long, burning ribbon.

It was all Level 4 City Wall.

A full 15 meters high, it seemed like an impenetrable fortress. But on the distant sea horizon, a constantly rising, writhing tidal wave was rapidly crashing toward the shore.

Only when it slammed heavily against the City Wall did he realize...

...that was no tidal wave.

It was a living tsunami formed from hundreds of thousands of Ghost Objects.

Thousands upon thousands of cannon towers began to roar, and the whole of Jiangbei trembled. The scale of this war was great enough to be recorded in the annals of history. Countless Cultivators were running along the top of the City Wall.

Behind the City Wall.

Massive numbers of Skeleton Horses galloped madly back and forth across the Wilderness.

They were delivering resources to the front lines.

At a glance...

...it looked like countless ants relying on the wall to resist the punishment of a god.

But—

This was already the end of the war.

This City Wall, which could be called a natural chasm, had already been breached in many places. A growing Ghost Tide poured into the Wilderness, beginning to slaughter the logistics personnel in the rear.