Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits - Chapter 161 - 140: Lord
Chapter 161: Chapter 140: Lord
What a fortunate event this is!
“Your second uncle has told me all about your recent seclusion.”
Su Can ruffled his grandson’s hair with his big hand, full of emotion:
“Let’s not mention your second uncle’s junior brother for now; the olive branch from Zhoushan Town is also thanks to you. You kid, you’re really growing more promising! And I didn’t expect you’d even acquire a Tier One Mechanism! You… you’ve truly made your grandfather so happy that I don’t know what to say! Hahaha!”
“Just lucky, I guess.”
Su Lin shook his head. He always found Song Yiren’s favor a bit inexplicable, and he remained cautious.
He didn’t forget about the main issue:
“By the way, Grandpa, Second Uncle, I’ve just finished building the Smoked Meat Room. I came for the Treasure Meat.”
“The Smoked Meat Room!”
Upon hearing these three words, Su Can, Su Qi, and Zhao Yaxin’s eyes all lit up with joy.
“Good, good, good!” Su Can couldn’t stop grinning, “I just came out of seclusion, and good news keeps coming one after another, it’s overwhelming!”
Zhao Yaxin couldn’t help but marvel:
“Indeed, all the good things seem to be happening today.”
“It truly seems that extreme hardship has led to great fortune.” Su Qi sighed deeply, “The Su Family has faced numerous misfortunes over the years, but now it seems the storm has passed.” Remembering the past—the attack he suffered, his son’s death, Old Su being poisoned, and his elder brother and sister-in-law’s sacrifice—he still felt a tinge of bitterness. But now, the dark clouds had finally lifted.
“With the old man’s recovered breakthrough and the Giant Beast Hunting Beehive, along with the Smoked Meat Room, our Su Family will surely establish a firm foothold at the town-level camp.” Su Qi’s eyes gleamed, “The urgent thing now is to get rid of that Lord and then upgrade to a Level Five Safe House, cultivate trustworthy people in the village, and enter Zhoushan Town!”
“Then let’s take action tomorrow!” Reinvigorated, Su Can was full of confidence.
“Yes, I’ve already gathered the Safe House upgrade materials and mechanism materials. We’ll upgrade tonight.” Su Qi nodded in agreement and turned to Su Lin, “You’re an expert in Safe House modifications; any suggestions for upgrading the old house to Level Five?”
“Second Uncle, stop teasing me; what kind of expert…”
Su Lin chuckled wryly, then straightened up and said earnestly:
“But I do have some ideas for my future Level Five Safe House, which we can first apply to the old house.”
“Great! Let’s go with your plan!” Su Qi decided.
The hall was filled with joy, and the members of the Su Family wore genuine smiles that hadn’t been seen in a long time.
Meanwhile, in Quanzhou Village.
Atop the watchtower at the village entrance, Xu Zhong clutched a slightly yellowed cigarette, greedily inhaling the nearly dissipating scent of tobacco, his eyes intently surveying the village below.
In the village, many villagers lay or sat in boredom, a scene of utter despondency.
“Captain, there’s really nothing we can do. Aromatic wood is nowhere to be found, and Treasure Meat is hard to come by. We’ve barely managed to scrape together some by buying beast meat from Wuyin Village.”
Behind Xu Zhong, Zhan Zhongquan, the captain of Quanzhou Village’s Search Team, spoke with a tone of helplessness, suppressing his anxiety:
“The village is basically at a standstill now, and hiring people to look for supplies in other villages is just a drop in the bucket; our finances are about to collapse. If this continues, even if we find aromatic wood and Treasure Meat, we won’t be able to afford them.”
“Tsk!” Xu Zhong clicked his tongue in irritation and dismissed with a wave of his hand, “Do you think I can’t see that? The key to solving this is to kill that Lord! But what kind of tough nut is it this time? Chen Xinting, that bastard, lost an arm at the first encounter! I’m about as strong as he is; what do you expect me to do?”
“Sigh…” Zhan Zhongquan let out a long sigh.
He knew all too well the terror of a Lord.
But the circumstances forced him to brace himself and persuade.
If the Lord was not eliminated, the wilderness would be rife with violent beast packs led by bosses.
Only the Search Teams, made up of Tendon Lock and Flesh Lock Martial Artists, dared to venture out in such conditions, but the manpower to gather resources was severely lacking, efficiency was low, and money was scarce.
The more Xu Zhong thought, the more irritated he became. Carefully putting away the cigarette, he leaped from the tower’s top, landing with a thud that whipped up a circle of dust.
Zhan Zhongquan followed closely behind.
“Have you found out who cleared out the aromatic wood on trade day?” Xu Zhong asked as he walked towards the village.
“No, we couldn’t.” Zhan Zhongquan shook his head, “The other party was very cautious, using unfamiliar faces to make dispersed purchases. We wouldn’t have known there was hoarding if the aromatic wood wasn’t sold out.”
“Damn it!” Xu Zhong couldn’t help swearing, “Of all things to hoard, why aromatic wood! What on earth is that bastard up to?”
He clenched his teeth in hate, finding it odd.
Aromatic wood is an advanced construction material at village-level camps, and only a few special buildings required large quantities.
Who would secretly buy them in bulk?
A thought flashed across his mind, and Xu Zhong’s face suddenly became serious:
“Could it be… someone else also obtained a Tier One Mechanism Blueprint?”
Zhan Zhongquan shuddered, his eyes widening:
“Impossible, right? A Tier One Blueprint hasn’t appeared in our area for three years, and now two suddenly appear?”
Xu Zhong retorted:
“Then how do you explain the aromatic wood being bought up? Can you eat this stuff?”
Zhan Zhongquan was speechless.
Xu Zhong quickened his pace:
“Has Su Can come out from his seclusion in Wuyin Village?”
“Not yet.” Zhan Zhongquan’s tone carried a hint of schadenfreude, “Maybe Old Su was poisoned for too long and his foundation was damaged, even if the poison was cleared…”
Before he could finish, a large hand suddenly grabbed his hair!
As a Tendon Lock Martial Artist, Zhan Zhongquan naturally saw it but dared not evade.
Xu Zhong pulled him closer with a darkened expression:
“You’d better keep this nonsense to yourself and not let it spread to Wuyin Village! I’m counting on Su Can to make a breakthrough, got it? If he doesn’t, how am I supposed to ask him to join forces to kill the Lord? Without killing the Lord, how will the village make money? Without money, how am I going to build my Tier One Mechanism?!”
“I, I understand, Captain!!” Zhan Zhongquan pleaded in pain.
“Hmph! Foolish thing!”
Xu Zhong snorted coldly, pushing him away.
“Get some herbs for nourishing the body from the warehouse and send them to Wuyin Su Family!”
“Yes!”
Zhan Zhongquan felt like he was granted amnesty and hurried away.
Once he was far gone, Xu Zhong returned home, where several naked women rushed to help him remove his clothes.
He pushed them away irritably and slumped onto the sofa alone, once again pulling out a cigarette to inhale deeply, his eyes brooding.
“No matter how strong the mechanisms are, they are ultimately external; they’re not as reliable as my own strength. Even wondrous things like the Giant Beast Hunting Beehive… Moreover…”
He furrowed his brow tightly:
“This time, the Lord is unusually strong; Chen Xinting was crippled at the first encounter—completely different from before… Is it really just a coincidence?”
A strong sense of unease lingered in his heart.
…
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In the backyard of Su Lin’s home.
In the afternoon, Su Lin returned home with two pieces of Treasure Meat, eagerly heading straight to the backyard.
Su Tongxi and Song Yiyi had been waiting there for quite some time.
Song Yiyi had only recently heard from Su Tongxi about the existence of the Smoked Meat Room, and she was utterly stunned.
“A building that can elevate the grade of Treasure Meat?!!”
Having a Tier One Mechanism was already astonishing, but Brother Lin had this kind of divine item too!
Song Yiyi felt her entire being going soft with admiration.
Her admiration for Su Lin was growing uncontrollably.
She felt utterly enchanted by this man who could continually surprise her, and she realized she might never let go for the rest of her life.
As soon as Su Lin returned, clingy Song Yiyi wrapped herself around him with a charming gaze, pulling his hand onto her proud serpentine waist, seemingly intending to engage in some broad daylight antics.
But Su Lin, focused on the Treasure Meat, had no time for distractions.
He lightly pinched the soft flesh at her waist, then carefully hung the aromatic Treasure Meat onto the metal hooks in the Smoked Meat Room, closing the door securely.
Next, he tossed two silver coins into the stove.
“Boom!” The stove instantly burst into roaring flames.
Soon, wisps of smoke began to rise from the Smoked Meat Room, and a unique mild fragrance spread through the air, causing the three of them to unconsciously twitch their noses.
“It’s done.”
Su Lin revealed a satisfied smile, now awaiting the harvest in two weeks.
But thinking about the expenses made him frown slightly:
“… It’s just that the daily expenses are a bit tight.”
Three pieces of beast meat and two silver coins a day were quite a burden for his family.
After completing this task, Su Lin returned indoors with a mix of relief and pressure.
However, he had just sat down when someone rushed in anxiously, exclaiming urgently:
“Deputy Captain Su! Something big has happened! A messenger from the Upper-level Camp has gone to other villages!”
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