1072: Electrical appliances mall

"The spiritual lamps went out!" Someone noticed this situation and couldn't help but exclaim.

Li Changkong also noticed this situation.

Although spiritual lamps could potentially be extinguished by cold wind and rain, all the spiritual lamps in the Village right now were placed in areas sheltered from wind and rain.

Handing the tool in his hand to someone nearby, Li Changkong pulled out the long sword stained with mud from the ground and quickly walked towards the places where the spiritual lamps had gone out.

When he arrived at a wooden pavilion where a spiritual lamp was located, he could see that the spiritual lamp was still properly placed there.

He took out a tinder from his body.

"Crack~"

A flame ignited, and Li Changkong placed this flame on the wick of the spiritual lamp.

The flame, hot enough to burn a person, landed on the spiritual lamp which was usually very easy to ignite, but it did not light it.

He took out a second tinder.

The result was the same!

And in the reflection of the firelight, Li Changkong gradually discovered that when he placed the tinder on the spiritual lamp, he could see that the wick of the spiritual lamp had been covered by a layer of white frost!

"Village Chief, it's snowing!"

From a distance, the villagers' shouting voices came with a hint of panic.

It's snowing?!

At this moment, Li Changkong suddenly looked up at the area in the distance covered by the remaining spiritual lamps.

Through the light of the bonfires, he could clearly see that in the air, at this moment, large snowflakes that melted into the Darkness were falling!

The temperature, in his perception, dropped sharply at this moment!

And as expected, the spiritual lamps in the distance accelerated their rate of going out!

"Hello, friend."

Suddenly, behind Li Changkong, a mocking voice entered his ears.

Hearing this, Li Changkong frowned and swung his hand, slashing towards the back!

"Puchi~"

After the heavy sword, which erupted with Holy Light, swept through, the head of the The Black Night puppet behind him was directly chopped off from its body!

And in the next breath, the warm Holy Light directly burned this monster, whose body and head were separated, into ashes!

After killing the opponent with one sword, Li Changkong's expression did not relax at all.

On the contrary, his heart was already extremely tense!

From the perspective of time, only one day should have passed, yet the Advanced spiritual lamps had almost lost their effectiveness!

Braving the heavy snow, Li Changkong quickly ran towards the area where they were expanding their territory.

"Speed up! Don't stop!"

Now, only the last part remains to complete the final expansion.

"Village Chief, are the spiritual lamps useless? Will we die here? I don't want to die!"

Someone couldn't help but ask in panic.

Borrowing the flickering firelight, Li Changkong glanced at the person who asked the question and found it was Zhang Yang.

"Slap!"

Slapping the other person's face, Li Changkong pointed at the tip of his nose and said, "That's not something you need to worry about, get to work!"

As he spoke, the busy villagers' movements also quickened slightly.

Looking at the heavy snow overhead, Li Changkong didn't know whether to feel lucky or worried.

He was lucky that he had made the decision earlier to take out all the spiritual lamps in exchange for time to expand the territory.

Now it seems that the 0.1 level territory expansion is a sure thing.

If he had just waited until now, he was afraid the consequences would inevitably be even more severe!

And what worried him was whether they, without spiritual lamps after they lost their effectiveness, could find a way out in this increasingly strange and changeable The Black Night weather!

"Boom!"

Not far away, Li Man and two Apprentice Knights were already fighting a The Black Night monster that was trying to approach this side.

Although the spiritual lamps here were still lit, their effect was increasingly close to just providing illumination!

Li Changkong also saw a monster charging towards him!

This was a strange wolf with two heads, about the size of a calf!

"Roar!"

With a roar, the strange wolf suddenly charged towards Li Changkong, opening its bloody maw at the same time!

"Crunch~"

Raising his shield, Li Changkong used it to firmly block the head that was biting towards him.

After only a moment of support, the strange wolf's other head twisted its neck and bit down on Li Changkong's shoulder!

"Moonlight Sword Technique." Muttering to himself, a cold, eerie sword light instantly erupted within the strange wolf's body.

Then, the entire wolf was split in two, kicking up a spray of snow, and rolled onto the ground!

Watching the Holy Light burn the corpse, Li Changkong couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Although the process just now was short, it was actually the result of him giving his all in a short period of time.

The consumption of physical strength and energy was not small~

The strength of this kind of strange wolf could only be considered low-level among The Black Night monsters.

In this situation, if it continues, stronger The Black Night monsters are bound to attack them!

"Village Chief, it's done, it's all finished!"

The busy crowd behind him shouted loudly.

"Ding~ Congratulations, Host, the territory has successfully expanded to level 1.1. Does the Host wish to claim the level 0.1 territory reward?"

In the next breath, the System's voice, which made him feel a surge of security, appeared in Li Changkong's ears.

"System, claim reward!"

One sentence, six words, containing all of Li Changkong's hope!

As Darkness engulfed everything, could the System be the glimmer of light he would reignite at the last moment?

"Ding~ Host has successfully claimed the reward. Congratulations, Host, you have received the reward [Appliance Mall]."

"Village Chief! There are orcs corrupted by the Darkness!" The villagers' screams from a distance, filled with extreme fear, made Li Changkong not even have time to look at the specifics of the System reward.

"Orcs corrupted by the Darkness?!" Hearing this, Li Changkong suddenly looked into the distance.

He saw.

In the distance, a section of their Village's wooden wall had been smashed, creating a gap.

And within the gap, there were monsters wrapped in Darkness, two to three meters tall, with solid muscles all over their bodies, looking ferocious!

Orcs are also a relatively common race in this World.

Before, when Li Changkong was buying Alien Slaves (Yi Ren slaves), he had seen orc slaves with clear price tags.

And this race is most easily corrupted by the power of Darkness!

Once completely corrupted, their strength will directly double, turning them into members of The Black Night monsters!

A single Dark orc's strength can be comparable to that of a Formal Knight.

And these beings often move in groups of a dozen or more!

Looking now, it was exactly like this!

If they faced them head-on, there would only be a dead end!

"Leave here!" Li Changkong called out to the villagers.

As he spoke, his gaze couldn't help but look towards the Village.

Now, the spiritual lamps were almost useless, and there was no safe place within the Village.

His gaze swept around, and finally settled on one spot: "Follow me to the power station!"

Amidst the hurried running, there were also the frightened cries of some children from Li Village.

While the villagers were running, Li Changkong placed the last remaining lit spiritual lamps on the path the Dark orcs were sure to take, and then went to the power station with everyone.

Looking back, he could clearly see.

As the orcs approached and the aura of Darkness thickened, the light from those last lit spiritual lamps had sharply decreased to the extreme!

With a final flicker, the spiritual lamps completely went out.

Only wisps of white smoke, in the cold The Black Night, conveyed the final demise of the spiritual lamps!

Over a hundred people, under Li Changkong's command, made their way into the power station.

Without Li Changkong needing to say anything, everyone maintained a deathly silence.

However, through the power plant's large door, they could still see that the Dark orcs in the distance were clearly and steadily walking towards Li Changkong and the others!

Even during this time, many monsters appeared beside the Dark orcs, following them towards the power plant.

"Village Chief."

The villagers looked at Li Changkong with hopeful eyes.

In response, Li Changkong looked at the System panel in front of him with a serious expression.

[Appliance Mall]: A newly added System Mall function, where you can buy many good things that use electricity.

Following the System's reward, Li Changkong then saw a mall appear in front of him.

After the mall appeared, the items inside also came into view.

[Electrified Grid Wall]: 1 silver coin for ten meters (Limited-Time Event)

Item Description: An electrified wall. Anyone or any monster that touches it will be subjected to an electric shock.

Note: For some special existences, electricity may be a source of nourishment. If the grid is not powered for one hour, it will be completely scrapped.

[Electric Lamp]: One copper coin per unit (Limited-Time Event)

Item Description: This is a lamp with a Holy Light conversion Array Formation designed inside. After being powered, it will generate Holy Light, dispelling Darkness, with a power of 3000 watts.

Note: If the bulb is not powered for one day, it will be damaged and scrapped. Sold in batches of one hundred or more.

[flashlight]: One copper coin per unit (Limited-Time Event)

Item Description: The flashlight has a Holy Light conversion Array Formation designed inside and a built-in super-capacity battery. When turned on, it will emit concentrated Holy Light, dispelling Darkness, with a power of 4000 watts.

Note: Charge frequently, the product has a long lifespan.

These items in front of him were the main products, and also the products marked as Limited-Time Event.

There were other products behind them, such as cables, power towers, utility poles, street lights...

However, the currency required to purchase these products was not money.

"Appliances are machines that can generate Holy Light?!" After looking through the list, Li Changkong roughly understood the items in this mall.

His heart was also filled with excitement!

In the past, there were only two main things that could generate Holy Light to dispel Darkness.

One was the spiritual lamp, and the other was the Holy Light Array.

These were the only two answers concluded by countless predecessors over thousands of years on the Magic Continent.

However, in the System's Appliance Mall, there was a dazzling array of items, countless in number!

As expected, he hadn't gambled wrong!

"Rumble~"

Dazzling lightning erupted outside the power plant, and those Dark monsters had already entered the sight range of everyone in Li Village!

"Bang~"

Inside the power plant, an orc, three meters tall and surrounded by a profound aura of Darkness, strode in with a bang!

"Ho ho ho..."

The Dark orc let out a series of sounds of unknown meaning.

This was the revelry before feeding!

"Thump!"

As everyone's pupils contracted, this giant Dark orc had already approached the crowd infinitely!

Its strength had reached the level of a Black Iron Knight!

No one in Li Village could stop it!

Looking at the blood and some rotten flesh hanging from its teeth, it was clear that before Li Village, at least one other Village had been annihilated by its fangs!

"Beast!" Li Man bravely shouted, suddenly standing up!

And at this moment, a strong, intense light suddenly shot out from behind!

This light was like a holy sword.

The moment it was born, it carried the meaning of divine punishment that dispels all Darkness, and it landed forcefully on the orc in front, including the large group of Dark Creatures behind it, all of whom were enveloped!