Building My Empire in the Frozen Apocalypse (Riley Carter) novel Chapter 188

11:15 Wed, Jun 10

Chapter 188 The Hunting Line

Chapter 188 The Hunting Line

The Long Night hadn’t ended.

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The thick black mist still blanketed the entire forest, though it felt slightly less suffocating than the night before; visibility had improved from six feet to about thirteen feet.

“You’re awake?”

PineappleBeer was sitting on a rock near the entrance peeling an apple, tossing half to Riley as she stood

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“Thanks.” Riley caught the apple and took a bite; it was crisp and juicy. “Status?”

“Same as before.” Pineapple Beer pointed outside. “The wind died down a bit, but the mist is still creepy.

Inside the hollow, over a hundred Crimson Gold Mask–Apes were huddled in corners, completely stripped of their usual arrogance.

The Long Night suppressed the monsters even more than the humans; a primal fear made them unusually obedient. Some were even helping TartKing with chores as if paying a protection fee.

Riley stood up.

“A day and a half left until the instance ends.”

She checked the countdown. “If the Long Night doesn’t lift, we stay here for thirty–six hours.”

“Hiding isn’t so bad,” Pineapple Beer shrugged.

Everyone was awake by now.

After a night of rest, they looked much better and were busy with their own tasks.

BigMountain walked over with his chipped greatsword, looking to ask PineappleBeer for some advice.

On the other side, the vibe was completely different.

Tart King was guarding a bubbling stone pot, surrounded by ToxicReaper and Nobody.

“Really? Adding Blue Mushroom powder improves the flavor?” TartKing asked in surprise.

“Definitely!” ToxicReaper pushed up his glasses, sounding excited. “Blue Mushrooms are slightly toxic and cause mild hallucinations, but if you heat them for over five minutes, the toxins break down into a unique amino acid. I tested it before; the soup tastes incredible and slightly boosts Spirit Resistance.”

“Aren’t you an alchemist? Why are you studying soup?”

“I found the soup by accident while I was brewing potions.”

“Good to know!” Tart King immediately started taking notes in her notebook.

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Chapter 188 The Hunting Line

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Nearby, Nobody was weaving something out of long vines and bone spikes.

“Is that…. a trigger for a bear trap?” Riley walked over, genuinely curious.

Nobody jumped, nearly dropping the vines. Seeing it was Riley, she breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.

“Yeah… it’s an improved tripwire design.”

Nobody showed the device to Riley. “Regular traps only catch animals, but this structure… once triggered, the animal tendon snaps shut instantly. Even a strong monster will have its Achilles tendon locked for at least 3 seconds.”

Riley took it and examined it.

It was very delicate.

In this instance without a “One–Click Build” function, making something this precise required real effort.

“Do you have a Trap Mastery passive?” Riley asked.

“Yeah… it was a random passive I picked up,” Nobody whispered.

Riley looked at the churning mist outside, then at the trap component, and finally at the pile of glowing crystals at the entrance.

A bold idea began to take shape in her mind.

Monsters in the Long Night have tripled stats.

But they fear this glow. As long as they enter the light, their stats revert to normal, but their loot drops don’t decrease; a regular mob would drop massive amounts of rare materials.

“Since we’re just sitting here, why don’t we farm some materials?”

The group froze, not yet following Riley’s train of thought.

Only PineappleBeer turned to look at her.

“How do we farm them?”

Even fighting that Ash Serpent required effort and timing.

Riley grinned, picked up a stick, and drew a simple sketch on the dirt.

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