Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits - Chapter 183 - 156: Sense of Crisis
Chapter 183: Chapter 156: Sense of Crisis
“The quality of my foundations is too poor… Just relying on cultivating the Breathing Technique to enhance Qi and Blood is too inefficient; I must rely on Treasure Meat.”
Su Lin calculated in his heart.
Having witnessed the horror of the Black Tide and the Wandering Giant, he knew deeply that at least Tier One strength was required to truly gain a foothold in this apocalypse.
However, the four pieces of Treasure Meat brought back were strategic resources for the village and had to be used to enhance the overall strength in preparation for the battle at Zhoushan Town. He needed more Treasure Meat to strengthen himself.
His eyes flickered as he thought of a way:
“Aren’t other villages troubled by the Lords? I can help them deal with the Lords in exchange for Treasure Meat as compensation, which is perfectly justified. I can even demand a little extra from them…”
The specifics would be discussed tomorrow.
Moreover, tomorrow was also the day for the article refresh.
“… Sigh, I wonder when I’ll get an article that enhances the cultivation speed.” Su Lin couldn’t stop thinking about it.
…
The night deepened.
In the afternoon, Su Lin intended to test the newly mastered “Divine Speed” ability, but after Mengyi and Dao Guan settled in the village, they came to his house and stayed, leaving him no choice but to give up.
Upon learning that they had important guests over, Second Uncle sent over Treasure Meat and several rare delicacies during dinner.
Aromatic roast chicken, golden scrambled eggs with wild vegetables, and enticing stir-fried beef.
Mengyi and Dao Guan showed no interest in Treasure Meat, each holding roast chicken in one hand and beef in the other, eating with oily mouths that hardly looked like the demeanor of cultivators.
“Speaking of which…” Su Lin said, sweating profusely while digesting the Treasure Meat, as he watched them, “Did you guys have the identities of Daoist and Monk before the apocalypse?”
“Yes.” Mengyi replied, his mouth full of chicken leg.
“And we knew each other before the apocalypse, we were neighbors.” Dao Guan spoke ungracefully, tearing into the meat with his bare hands, unlike his previous elegant self, “Back then, our Luofu Temple and their Jinde Temple was sworn enemies, on the same mountain, we often fought.”
Mengyi chewed even the chicken bones and swallowed, sighing:
“Who would have thought, when the apocalypse came, the whole mountain was left with just the two of us alive, and we ended up as brothers that have been through life and death together.”
He suddenly burst into strange laughter and revealed:
“Haha, let me tell you something interesting. You see Dao Guan here looks respectful now, right? But he used to be a rich second generation, and after his dad married a young wife, he got sent to be a monk by that wicked stepmother!”
“Can’t you just not talk about my affairs?” Dao Guan sighed helplessly, rubbing his forehead.
“You can also talk about mine? I didn’t stop your mouth.” Mengyi joyfully sucked the oil off his fingers.
Dao Guan revealed the truth:
“You? Weren’t you just an internet-addicted teenager sent to a temple to cure your addiction? What’s there to say?”
Mengyi immediately refuted:
“Why not say that I played professional esports?”
“A professional player kicked out after just a month?”
“But it still counts as professional, right?”
“Heh.”
As they bantered, the information revealed gave Su Lin a deeper understanding of them.
At least he confirmed that their actual age matched their appearance.
“Well, do I seem more approachable now?” Mengyi suddenly asked.
Su Lin remained expressionless, tore off a chicken wing, and frankly said:
“Indeed, and I also understand that you two are intentionally making the effort to get closer.”
He wasn’t naive enough to think that two young men who had been struggling in the apocalypse for three years were as naive and foolish as they appeared on the surface.
“No other choice.” Mengyi didn’t hide, “What can you do when someone as high up as a city-level figure has their eyes on you. It’s much easier to talk casually as we post-’90s would, and I haven’t read many books, nor do I have those workplace tactician skills.”
’Sorry, corporate slaves.’ Su Lin, who had studied at university and worked for a few years, muttered internally.
Dao Guan sighed: “He’s just like that, Donor Su, please bear with him.”
“Can I ask the two of you a few questions?” Su Lin took the opportunity to ask.
“Ask away!” Mengyi waved his hand.
“Did you two come here as vice captains specifically because of Wuyin Village and me?” Su Lin threw out his question.
“Naturally—” Mengyi prolonged his tone, giving a cunning smile, “It’s possible.”
“But the main reason is the vacuum.” Dao Guan directly revealed the truth.
“?” Su Lin was stunned, then his eye twitched slightly. It turned out the statements during the confrontation with Liang Song were all smokescreens? Even Dao Guan with his thick eyebrows and big eyes… no wonder they became best friends.
Su Lin took a deep breath and asked the key question: “The town-level camps… can’t really kill the ’demons’?”
“To be honest, no, they can’t.” Mengyi became serious when mentioning this matter, “Why does the vacuum bring more harm than benefit to town-level camps? Simply because the demons can’t be killed, and the accompanying Black Tide is extremely tricky. Once the Black Tide invades, the wilderness rules of the entire apocalyptic world will gradually collapse!”
Dao Guan added: “Donor Su, don’t underestimate the harshness of the apocalypse rules, they are also a form of protection. Once the rules fail, every night becomes the Night of Survival! Shadow Beasts will no longer appear in waves, regardless of their level, they will flood in like a tide, turning safe houses into nothing more than Wanderer Camps, ready to be wiped out at any moment.”
Mengyi unveiled an even more terrifying truth: “Furthermore, don’t think that the vacuum and demons only exist in the village-level wilderness.”
Su Lin’s pupils contracted sharply: “The town-level wilderness too!?”
“Not just that,” Mengyi said solemnly, “it’s the same in city-level wilderness! So, while camps can feud among themselves, large-scale massacres are strictly prohibited. I don’t know why, but the figure from Qinghuang City went on a killing spree in your West District this time. Usually, to trigger a vacuum, having one or two villages’ worth of people die over two or three months wouldn’t be enough. Just that your Wuyin Village suffered heavy losses last month, and the villages in the East District killed and injured countless over a Tier One Mechanism Blueprint, and Black Scale Village was destroyed… Combining the East and West Districts, the population loss equaled four villages! The death toll surged, breaking the balance and triggering this vacuum. Usually, when the wilderness begins to refresh House Title Deeds en masse, it’s a sign. So Shunfeng Travel Group notified several of our town-level camps long ago.”
Su Lin was left speechless. It turned out that this disaster also had a part in the contribution from his side?
“We have two purposes for this trip,” Dao Guan elegantly wiped the meat residue from his mouth with a handkerchief (though he had just been tearing into meat), “Firstly, it is indeed for you and Wuyin Village; secondly, it’s to compete for the resources soon to appear in the vacuum.”
“Damn it! You bald donkey! Did you finish all the meat while I was speaking?!” Mengyi looked down, and his somber expression vanished, jumping with rage.
Ignoring his shouting, Su Lin pursued the important question: “What’s inside the vacuum… exactly?”
Dao Guan provided the answer: “Shadow Stones that accelerate safe house upgrades, Shadow Monuments to build strongholds, Star Stones to enhance the star grades of mechanisms, and… Star Monuments to expand the camp’s foundation.”
…
Once dinner was over, Su Lin’s thoughts were even more turbulent and heavy.
Su Tongxi and Song Yiyi cleaned up the dishes and came downstairs.
Seeing the mess on the table and Su Lin lost in thought, Song Yiyi cautiously asked, “Brother Lin, are you okay?”
“I’m fine…” Su Lin snapped out of it, showing a wry smile, “It’s just… I feel more and more that this world is filled with dangers beyond imagination.”
Song Yiyi was somewhat puzzled: “Ever since the apocalypse came, hasn’t it always been this dangerous?”
Upon hearing this, Su Lin was momentarily stunned, and then fell silent.
Seeing him like this, Song Yiyi thought she had said something wrong, she approached nervously, snuggling into his arms, and gently placed his hand on her slender waist and soft hips.
“Brother Lin, did I… say something wrong?”
Su Lin gently stroked her waist, shaking his head: “No, don’t overthink it.” He suddenly realized that not only did Second Uncle’s mindset change, but so did his own. Having been here for just over a month, the sense of security from the leap in power led him, unconsciously, to develop a somewhat dismissive attitude towards the dangers of this harsh apocalypse.
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