Eternal Night.

Or rather... an eternal night!

The final fortress has always been self-sufficient, with ample energy supply and a full range of equipment and devices.

However, as the number of people inside the fortress increased, its internal energy consumption also increased. Therefore, gradually, there were always a few days throughout the year when energy was cut off to achieve energy conservation and stabilize its long-term mechanism.

For those few days, the fortress would eventually be kept dark.

The entire city will then be completely plunged into darkness at night.

When everyone is in darkness, when everyone's face is covered by a natural mask, and no one knows who is on the other side, the ugliness deep in one's heart will be fully revealed.

They murder and rob, vie for resources, and seize them for themselves.

This is how eternal night came about.

Those who are in a vulnerable position will die.

It will remain forever in the dark night.

When dawn broke, all that remained was a cold, mangled corpse and the stench emanating from it.

The final fortress has always maintained a neutral stance on the eternal night, but some suspect that the final fortress actually strongly supports the occurrence of the eternal night.

Because in this chaotic world, survival is the ultimate goal!

The widespread depletion of resources has created a situation where there are too many wolves and not enough meat.

The peaceful reproduction of humans will exacerbate the consumption of already scarce resources.

The eternal night will expose the true nature of people in a chaotic world, leading to bloodshed, reducing the consumption of resources, and causing the weak to die. Conversely, those who survive will become the strong.

After the eternal night, the people in the fortress will eventually emerge and select talented individuals from among the survivors to live in the fortress.

One type is the warrior-type talent who survives through killing and fighting.

Another type is the knowledge-based talent who wins with their intellect and survives through wisdom and strategy.

Warriors can serve as the main force in the future to defend against wild beasts.

Knowledge-based talents can learn and train to develop science and technology and reshape the future.

Wang Lan didn't expect to survive the impending eternal night, because the frenzied killings by people during that night would far exceed his imagination.

But she thought that even if it cost her everything, she had to keep Sun Muchen alive. So she traded her prey for books so that Sun Muchen could learn and be included in the final fortress's selection list, thus gaining entry into the final fortress.

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In the small house…

The meal was eaten hastily, but it included meat and fish, and Wang Lan and Sun Muchen were very satisfied.

After the meal, Wang Lan went to the river to wash the dishes, partly because she was worried that the river fish, attracted by the smell of blood, might not have left yet, and partly so that Sun Muchen could study more.

It wasn't until it was getting late that Wang Lan told Sun Muchen to go to sleep.

"Same as always, you sleep in the bed, I'll sleep here."

Wang Lan pointed to a makeshift bed made of several broken wooden stools next to her.

Sun Muchen lay down and looked at Wang Lan, "Is your head hurting again today?"

Wang Lan nodded and lay down on the stool. "It hurt once, but the medicine made me feel better."

Sun Muchen pursed his lips. "How about you come to bed with me?"

After saying that, he quickly added, "I read in a book that not getting enough rest is also one of the causes of headaches."

"No need, I'll take medicine if it hurts again. Besides, I have to wait. The Eternal Night is coming soon, and who knows if those guys will attack us."

"Then I'll keep you company for a while, since I'm not sleepy anyway."

"Shut up!" Wang Lan reminded her, "Only with sufficient rest can you improve your learning quality. Quickly close your eyes and go to sleep!"

"oh……"

Sun Muchen gave a faint reply and closed his eyes.

Wang Lan kept staring at her until a soft snore started, then he turned his head to look at the damp, yellowish ceiling.

The night was deep and silent.

Wang Lan blinked, a thought flashing through her mind, and silently recited.

"System C, activate control panel."

[Host: Wang Lan]

【personal information】

Physical Attack Power: 91 (+61)

[Magic Attack Power: 0 (+0)]

Defense: 72 (+36)

[Magic Defense: 100 (+10)]

Cooling Reduction: 5%

Critical Hit Rate: 10% (+1%)

Critical Hit Rate: 10% (+10%)

Movement Speed: 320 (+160)

[Skills: Bloodlust, Ghost Step]

[Bloodlust Skill Description: "Life Steal," deals damage to enemies to repair the user's own damage.]

[Ghost Step Skill Description: Increases movement speed by 20 points for 5 minutes (Cooldown: 24 hours)]

Wang Lan watched as these values ​​appeared before her eyes.

To be honest, there were many things Wang Lan didn't understand. He only knew that this system called "C" had been in his mind since he had memories, and that the values ​​in the system increased as he grew.

Wang Lan's fighting power was only 5 when he was a child.

As I've grown older, I've reached 30.

The 61 in parentheses represents the combat power gained through continuous fighting and battles in order to survive.

With both combined, Wang Lan's current combat power has reached 91.

His actions will trigger tasks in the C system.

Just as he activated the "bloodlust" mission of the C system from the first time he killed someone, after killing 100 people, he gained the bloodlust skill.

He acquired the "ghost step" skill by traversing between his home and the wilderness every day.

As for other skills…

Wang Lan didn't know, and could only wait and explore it slowly in the future.

Just as he was about to close the panel and exit the system, a magical scene suddenly appeared: the data information on the panel began to vibrate and then turned into countless complex gibberish.

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