Chapter 287 - 156: The 97km-long No. 7 Defense Line

Chapter 287: Chapter 156: The 97km-long No. 7 Defense Line

The Mortal Realm of today.

It was no longer the under-resourced faction it had been during the rainy season. The Mortal Realm’s various reserves had since been gradually replenished.

The Sea Embryo.

The Mountain Embryo.

Various Heavenly Materials and Treasures like these had all been properly stored in the warehouse.

"Oh, right—"

Wang Kui suddenly thought of something. "Domain Lord, could you upgrade the Warehouse? Its capacity is getting a little tight."

"Oh, right."

Chen Fan slapped his forehead and strode into the Mortal Realm’s camp. He had upgraded plenty of buildings recently, but the Warehouse was the one exception.

It wasn’t that he was unwilling to upgrade it.

Rather, the Warehouse was a non-upgradable building. It was intrinsically Level 1, and only Level 1. There was no Level 2.

It couldn’t be upgraded.

So...

If the Warehouse’s capacity was insufficient, the solution was to build another one.

...

Chen Fan walked into the camp and looked at the Warehouse situated inside the cave. He called over Hey Hey, had it widen the cave a little, and only then did he build another Warehouse to place there.

A new Warehouse.

Now, there was enough capacity.

The Warehouse came with its own Jiezimai Room and could hold a great many things. Now that it was full, he was actually quite curious to see what was inside. He hadn’t been to the Warehouse in a long time, only hearing reports from Wang Kui.

He walked over to the old Warehouse.

He pushed open the door to the Jiezimai Room.

Gazing at the Ghost Stones that had piled up to fill nearly the entire Jiezimai Room, he let out a long sigh. ’Alright, I guess having too many Ghost Stones is its own kind of problem.’

The Jiezimai Room was filled almost exclusively with Ghost Stones.

The space inside the Jiezimai Room was immense.

Back when he first built the Warehouse, he never imagined he would one day fill the Jiezimai Room.

"...Hmm."

Chen Fan stood in the cave, looking at the two Warehouses before him, deep in thought.

The Mortal Realm had originally made its camp on Nameless Mountain.

This was mainly because Nameless Mountain provided a natural defensive barrier, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, with the Mortal Realm’s expansion, the space on Nameless Mountain was becoming increasingly cramped.

There was no longer room for many of the buildings.

The Warehouses, for example.

One Warehouse was definitely not enough; in the future, they would need at least ten to suffice.

Then there was the Yunling Pavilion.

One Yunling Pavilion was also proving to be insufficient; they needed two.

He now had the power to build a city on the plains and defend it. It was time to construct a massive city on the plains beside Nameless Mountain.

This city would not be open to the public.

Only Mortal Realm Members would be allowed to enter or leave.

Of course.

The current location wouldn’t be abandoned, of course. After all, many items were still stuck in the Ghost Fire here. These things couldn’t be moved and were still undergoing qualitative transformations.

He was just adding a new city.

...

Chen Fan didn’t linger. After giving Wang Kui a few more instructions, he left with Lame Monkey and Hey Hey, once again boarding the High-speed Rail to set off for the island.

Building a massive city wouldn’t take much time.

All it required was a sufficient amount of Ghost Stones.

Opening a path to the New Continent was an absolute must.

The Jiangbei Defense Line would be established any day now!

「After a journey of nearly two hours.」

The High-speed Rail finally arrived at Hope Island. As soon as they stepped out, they saw a large, neat pile of Monkey Head Fruits on the ground. A large number of monkeys were squatting obediently to one side, their faces full of anticipation. They had clearly been waiting for a long time. Upon seeing Chen Fan’s group, they grew excited yet timid, constantly scratching their heads.

"Excellent."

Chen Fan grinned. ’These island natives are almost too well-behaved,’ he thought. He waved his hand, and Hey Hey, who was lying on the ground nearby, began distributing chicken legs one by one from a large vat it held in its mouth.

Zhao Shengping had worked overtime the previous night to cook a huge batch.

Each monkey sat obediently on the ground, accepting a chicken leg with a mixture of care and excitement.

In reality, Hey Hey had two stomachs.

One was a normal stomach.

The other was a Storage Space.

The items Hey Hey had spat out last time were completely intact because they came from its Storage Space, untouched by stomach acid or saliva. Still, the optics were bad. After all, this was their monthly salary. Having their pay constantly spat out of a mouth for them was rather insulting.

This time, the process was much more formal.

Soon—

Hundreds of monkeys devoured the chicken legs in their hands in unison. Then, following Hey Hey’s directions, they moved all the Monkey Head Fruits from the ground onto the High-speed Rail behind them and pressed a button.

The High-speed Rail quickly plunged vertically down into the deep well.

These High-speed Rails would return fully loaded with Monkey Head Fruits, which would all end up in the Mortal Realm Warehouse.

"Hey Hey."

"Time for us to get to work."

Chen Fan smiled as he took in the scene before turning to Hey Hey. The creature gave a low growl, instantly understanding. It dove back into the deep well, found its bearings, and resumed excavating the Undersea Tunnel.

Meanwhile, Chen Fan boarded another High-speed Rail and followed behind it, continuing to lay the Copper Pipe.

Straight toward the Thunderstorm Sea Realm!

In the tunnel behind them, several High-speed Rails were already in constant operation, transporting batch after batch of Monkey Head Fruits to the Mortal Realm.

...

「Meanwhile, at the front lines of the Eternal Night Continent.」

On a vast plain, a perfectly straight City Wall stretched as far as the eye could see, splitting the landscape in two like a dividing line.

To the left of the City Wall.

Were large groups of humans, constantly rushing about. Every one of them bore the clear marks of exhaustion and injury.

And to the right of the City Wall.

Were massive numbers of Ghost Objects lying in pools of blood. At that moment, several gates in the City Wall opened, and large numbers of humans streamed out carrying tools. They quickly began digging the Ghost Stones out of the Ghost Corpses, collecting useful Ghost Materials like Ghost Bones, and retrieving any Exotic Treasures.

The City Wall was a full thirty meters high.

At a glance, it looked like an insurmountable, heavenly chasm.