Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits - Chapter 146 - 130: Yiyi’s First Night
Chapter 146: Chapter 130: Yiyi’s First Night
“You’ll see soon enough.”
Su Lin pinched her smooth cheek again. Maintaining such skin in the apocalypse spoke volumes about Song Yiren’s care for her sister.
“But remember, whatever you see in this house, do not reveal a word of it outside.”
“Yes! Yes! I know, I won’t even tell my sister!”
Song Yiyi didn’t resist when he pinched her cheek; instead, she leaned in slightly, her shoulder brushing against him.
Su Tongxi watched with a smile, her gaze shifting to the outside.
Dong—The village alarm rang loudly!
It was nine o’clock.
The moon was hidden, and stars were sparse; outside was as dark as ink.
Beyond the courtyard wall, beastly roars arose one after another, densely packed green eyes peered through the narrow courtyard gate, shining with bloodthirst.
Song Yiyi’s body tensed instantly.
Years of wandering had left her with a deep-seated fear of Shadow Beasts at night.
A safe house could still rely on mechanisms to deal with beast tides, and non-Night of Survival events had rules limiting their numbers.
But wanderers in the wild had no such advantages.
Even with a perfect Tendon Lock, just one misstep could lead to being overwhelmed by an endless beast tide, leaving no remains.
At this moment, Su Lin lifted the daily disguise of the safe house!
The peaceful courtyard abruptly transformed into a bloody slaughterhouse!
Ferocious Earth Spikes burst from the ground like an iron forest;
Densely-packed arrows launched with a chilling light from the Arrow Wall;
The crash walls and ejection floor roared, whipping up fierce airwaves;
At the courtyard gate, the newly-installed floor ejector roared as it lifted its nozzle, spewing a flaming dragon over ten meters long!
The dim light of the oil lamps was completely devoured by the flames of the new mechanism, turning the entire courtyard as bright as midday!
Just returning with her sword, Song Yiyi was wide-eyed, startled by the familiar yet radically altered scene in the courtyard. The long sword in her hand clattered to the ground, nearly hitting her foot!
“This…this is the Earth Spike?! And…the Arrow Wall?!”
She rubbed her eyes in disbelief, but the scene before her remained unchanged:
“How could it be…so big?! So thick?!”
She pointed at the Earth Spikes that resembled a menacing Giant Sword.
Just as she was deeply shaken, the shadowy beasts outside the door surged in like a breached flood, charging into the courtyard with terrifying momentum!
In the next moment, the floor ejector in the courtyard archway unleashed a burst of flames!
The searing tongue of fire instantly engulfed and carbonized the shadow beasts within the narrow passage!
The following Shadow Beasts recklessly plunged into the inferno, only to become charred remnants in an instant!
Song Yiyi was stunned once again:
“Can the ejector really be this powerful?”
Su Lin looked at the scene, nodding in satisfaction.
The fourfold power boost from the Glazed Cannon was indeed significant.
If Zhang Shuo’s ejector had this power, the casualties that day would have been catastrophic.
The Shadow Beasts came continuously, and after sustained firing, the ejector required cooling.
The flames stopped abruptly, the nozzle retracted, and the Shadow Beasts seized the opportunity to pour in again!
Song Yiyi nervously gripped the long sword she had picked up.
As soon as the Shadow Beasts entered the range of the Slime Floor, they were immediately immobilized as if trapped in an invisible swamp!
The Arrow Wall erupted on cue!
Arrows rained down like a storm, instantly clearing the beasts from view!
Before long, the floor ejector cooled down, and the nozzle rose again!
Inside the courtyard archway, the blazing dragon continued to roar, mercilessly taking lives…
The first wave of the beast tide ended.
Song Yiyi stood with her sword, not having moved an inch.
What she thought would be a hard-fought battle turned out to be…a breathtaking “firework show.”
Her voice trembled: “The power of these mechanisms… is completely different!”
She had seen her father fight beast tides with tenants.
Earth Spikes, Arrow Walls, Slime Floors—all mechanisms her family had owned!
But they were never like this!
Those low-tier Earth Spikes at best injured Shadow Beasts’ limbs, not dismember beasts in an instant!
The Slime Floor could never hold the beasts so firmly!
The range and power of the Arrow Wall were astonishing, almost matching a heavy crossbow!
By comparison, the ejector that initially seemed “unusual” to her was now “ordinary among anomalies.”
The scene that defied her understanding left her heart in turmoil.
“What are you standing around for? Go collect the Shadow Cores.” Su Lin’s voice snapped her back to reality.
Song Yiyi looked up blankly.
Su Lin’s eyes were deep:
“You’re my second tenant and the second person to witness my place’s night watch, remember what I said. And don’t ask questions you shouldn’t.”
Su Tongxi stepped forward, taking Song Yiyi’s hand, softly comforting:
“Sister Yiyi, Brother Kirin has many amazing capabilities, things I don’t know about either. Don’t overthink it.”
Song Yiyi swallowed her barrage of questions, nodded firmly after a moment of silence, a sweet smile spreading across her face:
“Mm.”
She knew that from this moment on, she was completely tied to this mysterious safe house.
Having witnessed the landlord’s incredible abilities, only a fool would think of leaving.
Hadn’t she suffered enough before?
As long as the landlord could survive, what threat could this ever-strengthening safe house fear in the future?
No wonder her sister valued him so much…
Perhaps even her sister hadn’t glimpsed the full extent of his power?
Changing rules, enhancing mechanisms…
It sounded like a fantasy!
Her eyes sparkled as she glanced tenderly at Su Lin before turning to gather Shadow Cores with Su Tongxi.
…
At eleven-thirty, the last wave of the beast tide descended.
A Boss-level Shadow Beast appeared. Song Yiyi and Su Tongxi teamed up to face it.
Su Tongxi, with exquisite bones and nourished by Treasure Meat, unlocked her Flesh Lock alongside Su Lin and now had Qi and Blood at eighty percent, nearing a breakthrough to Tendon Lock, a frightening progress.
Su Lin himself had to consume half a piece of Tier Two Beast Meat just to fill his Flesh Lock.
Song Yiyi’s progress was similar, around eighty percent Qi and Blood in Flesh Lock. Though rough with Qi and Blood techniques, her strength surpassed Su Tongxi.
Su Lin observed their seamless cooperation, nodding in satisfaction as they felled the boss within minutes.
This stabilized another entrance to the Level 4 Safe House.
If they could acquire a few more pieces of Treasure Meat, his Little Su Family might achieve the same as Old Su House, becoming a family of three with Tendon Locks.
By then, with enough Shadow Cores for the next upgrade, they could swiftly reach a Level 5 Safe House.
“Level 3 to Level 4 requires a hundred thousand Shadow Cores, and Level 4 to Level 5 will surely need more… If only I could get more of those Shadow Stones from Ni Yan.”
While others worried about safe house upgrades, Su Lin contemplated how to accumulate Shadow Cores faster.
Amidst his swirling thoughts, the construction of the Giant Beast-Hunting Beehive, which took a full six hours, was finally completed!
Gazing at the finished beehive, Su Lin shook his head helplessly.
A Level 5 Safe House added five new mechanism slots, but if a single Tier One Mechanism took six hours to build, it was impossible to finish them the first night.
If it continued to Level Six, Level Seven…
“I wonder if more advanced wilderness has items that can accelerate construction or allow parallel building? Otherwise, the first few days after upgrading the safe house will be tough.”
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