Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits - Chapter 107 - 98: Thunderstruck Magnetic Gold Iron (4K Merge)_2
Chapter 107: Chapter 98: Thunderstruck Magnetic Gold Iron (4K Merge)_2
She picked up several pieces of minerals from the stall one by one, introducing them to Su Lin as if they were precious treasures.
Su Lin squatted down as well, listening intently.
“…Now, look at this piece, ’Sinking Iron Essence.’ After refinement, it becomes extremely strong and hard, very difficult to destroy. But the downside is, as the name suggests, it’s excessively heavy. It’s usually added as a supplementary material. If used as the main material, even Martial Artists below the Tendon Lock Realm would find it hard to lift.”
Hearing this, Su Lin’s eyes lit up with a hint of joy in his heart.
Strong, hard, indestructible? Isn’t this precisely the characteristics he wanted in a blade material!
He was about to ask more when he suddenly heard Song Yiren’s low voice of surprise:
“Is this… Thunderstruck Magnetic Gold Iron?!”
Her deliberately lowered exclamation startled the brown-skinned middle-aged man, who had been resting with his eyes closed at the stall, to open his eyes abruptly.
He looked sharply at Song Yiren, with a trace of surprise in his eyes:
“You young girl, your eyesight and knowledge are quite commendable. You can actually identify the difference between Magnetic Gold Iron and Thunderstruck Magnetic Gold Iron, which even a House Title Deed struggles to distinguish?”
House Title Deed?
Su Lin was initially taken aback, then slapped his forehead in frustration.
How careless of him! How could he forget that the House Title Deed can identify items?
A while ago, Uncle even had them use it to investigate the Shadow Stone!
Before he could inquire further, Song Yiren, unable to contain her excitement, rolled up her sleeves and carefully reached out to pick up the dark mineral radiating a peculiar luster.
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The first patrol shift at noon was assigned to Hou Yong.
After hastily finishing lunch, he was dragged off to patrol by his teammates, full of impatience.
Although the acid rain of the morning had stopped and it wasn’t particularly hot at noon, the village roads were muddy and slippery, annoying to walk on.
After reluctantly patrolling for a few rounds, Hou Yong found an opportunity to slip away.
He didn’t intend to go home but rather hid in a corner of nearby ruins, so he could quickly respond if anything happened.
Despite his lackluster aptitude, not even unlocking the Flesh Lock after getting Treasure Meat from the second team, he felt that even if something happened, he would mostly just be there as a number.
Hou Yong crouched in the shadow of a ruined repair shop.
He took off his patrol shoulder sleeve to use as a fan, his shifty gaze lingering on the occasional women passing by.
The ruins held a gathering of people, both locals and outsiders.
Hou Yong kept glancing at the women occasionally appearing on the road, while also straining his ears to catch the gossip of passersby.
In a world sparse of entertainment, gossip became a rare form of amusement.
Which village’s women were flirtatious, where the men were prevalent in amorous pursuits, which village relied on women entertaining guests with diverse methods…
“Damn, are they really that flirtatious? Even playing three generations in one house? Once I have the money, I must visit at least once!” Hou Yong felt an itch at heart, unable to help rubbing his crotch.
“For looks, it has to be those twins! Those slim waists, a squeeze with both hands… oh, just thinking about it is thrilling!”
“Such beautiful twins, most likely already someone’s private toys. Don’t even dream about it.”
“Not necessarily. I recognize the short-haired one. Have you heard about the girl setting up a fight with bets at the market a few days ago?”
“The one that’s been making rounds? They say she even defeated a Flesh Lock member from our Search Team, is it true?”
“Absolutely! I saw it with my own eyes! That woman was initially so arrogant, claiming there wasn’t a real man in our Wuyin Village. In the end, Su Family’s Su Lin came forward and gave her a good lesson! It was so satisfying to watch!”
“Tsk tsk, Su Lin now, compared to before, is truly a transformed person, completely different.”
The local gossip gradually transitioned from women to the Su Family.
Hou Yong, hearing the name “Su Lin,” suddenly froze in motion, his nose pausing mid-sniff.
Envy, jealousy, self-abasement… all sorts of emotions welled up.
“Sigh…”
Hou Yong slumped down on the ground dejectedly.
These days, every time he heard news about Su Lin, he felt drained, tormented in his heart by self-recrimination.
He couldn’t help but wonder if he, too, had made up his mind to change like Su Lin did, would he also become outstanding?
Hou Yong covered his eyes, his eyelids seemingly transmitting a familiar, tearing phantom pain.
Memories of his eyelids being hooked, while watching helplessly as his father and wife were brutalized and devoured, once again uncontrollably surged into his mind.
His gaze dimmed completely, hugging his knees, shrinking further into the corner’s darkness.
At this moment, someone walked in from outside, noticing his fellow villager resting there, grumbling as he entered the ruins:
“I just came back from the market, guess who I bumped into? The scum from Black Scale Village! I recognized them immediately by their dog-teeth-filled mouth! Damn it! What are Wuyin Village’s guards doing? How can they let Black Scale scum in?”
Hou Yong’s pupils suddenly shrank at the mention!
Inside the repair shop ruins, whether locals or outsiders, the mention of “Black Scale Village” brought a deep look of disgust to their expressions.
“What are they here for? They’ve never been part of the trade usually. Shunfeng Travel Group never sets foot in their village either, so why let them in?”
“Who knows. This time’s trade is different. With the Tier One Mechanism Blueprint now revealed, if we don’t fight for it, we might never have the chance again.”
“Damn it! If that blueprint really lands in Black Scale Village’s hands, merging with them… I’ll sell everything I own, buy a rifle and some bullets, and fight them to the death! Kill one and break even, kill two and it’s a profit!”
The villagers’ tempers flared.
Hou Yong’s face shifted, alternating between green and white.
The memories in his mind grew sharper, and the phantom pain on his eyelid also intensified.
Rifle?
The two AKs inherited from his father, he gave one to Su Lin as an apology and later Su Lin returned one to him!
Hou Yong’s breath became suddenly rapid and heavy, his eyes bursting with a frightful, manic light.
However, this impulse came quickly and faded quicker.
Soon enough, it was buried again by deep-rooted cowardice.
He shivered as if with a chill, clutching his arms tighter, retreating further into the corner.
This is when the newcomer hesitated and added:
“Speaking of which… I saw one of the two just now, who seemed like Black Scale’s Vice Leader… Li Zongxin.”
“A Vice Leader came? That’s bold, isn’t he afraid of getting surrounded and killed here?”
“Is that even possible? Even Black Scale, today’s a trade day! If outsiders get into trouble here, what will the other villages think? What will the Travel Group think?”
“I heard Squad Leader Zhong from our village was negotiating cooperation with Black Scale to buy that blueprint together.”
Upon hearing this, the outsiders looked at Wuyin Village locals with strange eyes, mixed with a bit of sneer and mockery.
The locals opened their mouths but couldn’t find words to refute, their faces flushed with anger.
Meanwhile, Hou Yong’s face turned a startling shade of red!
His eyes bulged, full of bloodshot streaks, as if about to bleed!
“Vice Leader Li Zongxin? Li Zongxin? Is it him? Is he here?!”
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At the market, in front of the mineral stall.
Song Yiren’s delicate hand reached for the Thunderstruck Magnetic Gold Iron.
However, a greasy hand took it first.
The hand didn’t move quickly, and if Song Yiren wanted to compete, she wouldn’t lose.
But the aura of the hand’s owner made her frown.
“This stone, I want it.”
Zhang Shuo picked up the mineral, his bulging eyes shamelessly wandering over the Song Sisters’ bodies, Adam’s apple moving.
Song Yiyi, up close, felt that sticky gaze on her sensitive skin, instantly breaking out in goosebumps, instinctively clutching her sister’s arm.
Song Yiren frowned tightly.
After a moment, instead of dealing with Zhang Shuo, she turned to the vendor, her voice cold:
“The Thunderstruck Magnetic Gold Iron’s market price is only thirty silver coins. I’ll offer thirty-five. Are you willing to part with it?”
Li Zongxin, closely following the Leader, stepped up beside him, his tone calm yet unquestionable:
“Then we’ll offer forty.”
Song Yiren’s eyelid twitched.
Su Lin stood up, glanced between both parties, and then silently shielded a bystander watching the excitement beside the road to his front.
Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com
