I Build a Shelter in the Eternal Night

Chapter 305: Chapter 159: [Max Level Effect]: Ruling the World

It would possess a uniform set of Upgrade Directions: "Thorn Armor," "Ghost Blood Pattern," "Great Wall," and "No-Fly Zone."

Unfortunately, not many Ancient Texts from the Ancient Era remained.

Otherwise, he really wanted to see.

He wanted to see if any faction in the history of the Eternal Night Continent had ever managed to build such a City Wall.

It wasn’t just about having a Level 5 City Wall.

It was about all the Upgrade Directions being perfectly uniform.

During the upgrade process, seven panels for a "Direction of Qualitative Upgrade" had popped up. The probability of such an upgrade appearing was extremely low, but the sheer quantity he was building made it inevitable.

A large enough quantity will always trigger a qualitative change.

After looking them over, he destroyed all the sections of the City Wall that had triggered a "Direction of Qualitative Upgrade." When one of those popped up, it meant he could no longer choose the wall’s inherent Upgrade Direction, such as "No-Fly Zone."

For instance, one of the directions for a qualitative upgrade was:

"Qualitative Change (Reciprocation): Dramatically reduces the City Wall’s defensive strength, but dramatically increases its damage recovery speed (Rare). All connected sections of the City Wall will be affected by this change."

All seven of the qualitative directions that had appeared were mediocre.

He didn’t like their effects.

So, he destroyed them immediately and rebuilt them from scratch.

If he got a good "Direction of Qualitative Upgrade," he would keep that section of the City Wall and build a new one to fill the gap.

The kind of qualitative directions he liked...

...were the ones that could link to all sections of the City Wall, like "Thorn Armor" or "Great Wall." He couldn’t have too many of those.

The more, the better.

But—

Aside from Reciprocation, the other six Upgrade Directions only affected a single section of the City Wall.

’What damn use is that?’

The only Upgrade Direction that could affect all connected sections of the City Wall was completely useless.

...

"..."

Standing atop the City Wall, Chen Fan gazed at the massive structure snaking before him like a long dragon. A surge of accomplishment welled up inside him, but it was immediately followed by a sharp pang of heartache over the cost.

This City Wall.

It had consumed a staggering 52,688,000 Ghost Stones.

Over fifty million!

He’d had a blast building it, sure.

But the Mortal Realm Warehouse was practically emptied in an instant. The storerooms, once filled to the brim with Ghost Stones, now had only a sparse layer covering the floor. Only 600,000 Ghost Stones remained.

He couldn’t even afford to pay the monthly salaries.

And he hadn’t even started on the turrets and other support structures. He’d have to wait for the Ghost Stones from the New Continent to arrive before he could continue.

But then, he couldn’t help but smile.

The City Walls of the ancient Jiangbei Defense Line were Level 4.

Now, every section of his City Wall was Level 5.

He eagerly awaited the look on that Great Ghost’s face once the rainy season arrived. ’Bring it on,’ he thought. ’I’m begging you to attack. Put your back into it. Don’t you dare hold back.’

Furthermore...

From this moment on.

The skies above the Mortal Realm were under a "Total Anti-Air" effect.

No Ghost Object, not even a Flying Ship, could pass through the airspace of the Mortal Realm.

Chen Fan turned and walked back into the camp to continue upgrading. Although he only had 600,000 Ghost Stones left, it was enough to upgrade some basic structures.

The next thing he was going to upgrade was...

The "Ghost Fire."

A structure that hadn’t been upgraded in a very long time.

The "Great Wall" Legendary Mutation allowed the City Wall to be moved at will, but only within the camp’s boundaries. He needed to expand those boundaries.

The "Main Ghost Fire" in the camp was currently Level 5.

The camp’s area covered a 1,000-meter diameter.

After spending 500 Ghost Stones, the Ghost Fire was upgraded to Level 6.

A panel popped up before him.

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"Ghost Fire upgraded to Level 6. Safe zone increased to a 2,000-meter diameter. Deterrence against Ghost Objects has been enhanced."

"Please choose an Upgrade Direction."

"1: Reduce the resource consumption of turrets within the camp."

"2: Enhance deterrence against Ghost Objects."

"3: Slightly reduce crop maturation time."

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Without a moment’s hesitation, Chen Fan chose the first Upgrade Direction.

’Was there even anything to consider?’

Deterrence?

That stat was the most useless one of all.

Outside the rainy season, Ghost Objects wouldn’t attack a Ghost Fire anyway. Most of the time, they wouldn’t even charge a mere Level 1 Ghost Fire.

But during the rainy season?

Even if you maxed out the deterrence stat, they’d still charge you regardless.

He continued.

In truth, most White Level structures didn’t cost much to upgrade. For example, upgrading the Ghost Fire from Level 5 to Level 6 had only cost 500 Ghost Stones.

Even though the City Wall consumed more, the cost wasn’t outrageous on its own.

It was just that the one he’d built was a tad long and had a few extra sections.

Upgrading to Level 6 didn’t require any special Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

But upgrading to Level 7 did.

"ps: Upgrading to Level 7 requires 1,000 Ghost Stones and any one of the following Heavenly and Earthly Treasures: ’Ghost Grass,’ ’Seven-star Grass,’ etc."

He immediately sent a voice transmission to Wang Kui, asking if the Warehouse had any of the required Heavenly and Earthly Treasures in stock.

Wang Kui replied that they did.

Soon, he saw Wang Kui jogging out from the adjacent warehouse, carrying a box in his hands. Inside the box was a Spirit Grass with seven star-like markings on its leaves.

"Excellent."

Chen Fan chuckled. ’It seems the Mortal Realm’s plan to acquire Heavenly and Earthly Treasures has been quite effective.’ Why had he acquired so many treasures he had no immediate use for?

It was for this very moment.

So that when he needed a Heavenly and Earthly Treasure for an upgrade, he could just take it from the storeroom instead of having to go find one.

By the time he found one, it would be too late. And there was no guarantee he could find one on short notice anyway.

Most importantly,

the price for an urgent purchase was completely different from a leisurely one.

For something like this,

a leisurely purchase might cost 2,000 Ghost Stones.

But for a rush order, the price was anyone’s guess.

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