Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits - Chapter 195 - 165: Delivering Money
Chapter 195: Chapter 165: Delivering Money
“Not bad.” Su Can nodded with relief, “With this, the village is much safer.”
“We’ve done everything we could.” Su Qi replied, “The lower-tier safe houses have been equipped with weapons and ammo, and we’ve arranged for personnel to temporarily stay and protect a few particularly vulnerable families. Every lower-tier safe house has a sufficient supply of weapons and ammo, and some families have a few of our people staying there as guests, providing protection to ensure maximum safety.”
“Besides the lord, we’ve also cleared out quite a few leaders and prepared firearms. If we can’t get through the night, then it’s just fate. This Night of Survival is probably the best-prepared one in the past three years.”
While Su Can was speaking, he suddenly stopped, frowning slightly with an imperceptible worry:
“…unless something unexpected happens again.”
Before he could finish, a guard rushed into the hall, panic written all over his face, about to speak.
“Stop!” Su Lin abruptly raised his hand to interrupt, casting a strange glance at the old man, “Elder, please don’t say someone’s attacking us again?”
The guard was stunned, then hurriedly said:
“Young Master Lin is perceptive! Someone has indeed come! They’re envoys from the Upper-level Camp! And… their attitude is terrible, they’ve hurt several of our people as soon as they arrived!”
The expression on Su Lin and his companions’ faces darkened instantly.
“What’s going on? Explain clearly!” Su Can’s voice turned cold.
The guard immediately explained:
“When we saw strangers approaching, we approached, as usual, to inquire about their identity and purpose. But before we could say anything, they lashed out! The brothers who went to question them were knocked to the ground, and they laughed, saying that our Wuyin Village guards had no sense of awareness!
“The ones who attacked then shouted, saying they were envoys from Tonglin Town, here to see if our Wuyin Village qualified to be promoted to a town-level camp.
“If we do, we’re lucky; if not, we just wait to die!”
He took a breath, his face mixed with resentment and fear:
“They’re dressed in fine clothes and very strong, so we didn’t dare to stop them forcefully. But once inside the village, they acted like bandits! Anything that they found displeasing, they smashed! The canals and several reinforced fences we just set up tonight for channeling the beast tide’s flow toward stronger safe houses were completely dismantled by them! Their attitude is extremely arrogant!”
“Finally… it was thanks to the two adults from Zhoushan Town stepping in that they were stopped. I seized the opportunity to run and report!”
The diversion canals were obstacles set up to guide the beast tide toward stronger safe houses.
This idea came to Su Qi from inspiration he got from Su Lin’s yard.
But it’s merely an experiment at this point, and given the limited time, the hurriedly constructed canals were nothing more than piles of old cars and solid concrete debris from the wilderness, making them appear chaotic to the uninformed.
Someone might even think Wuyin Village was some sort of garbage dump.
As the guard spoke, Su Can and Su Qi’s expressions grew darker, their suppressed rage evident in their eyes.
As soon as the guard finished speaking, Su Can abruptly stood up, his fists cracking as he gripped them tightly, his voice as cold as ice:
“Where are they now?”
“Near Pan Youhong’s house!”
“Let’s go!” Su Can shouted lowly, ready to rush out.
Seeing the way the old man was acting, Su Lin’s heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly followed.
As they rushed to the entrance, they encountered Mengyi and Dao Guan meandering into the main courtyard from the corner corridor.
Mengyi casually tossed a small cloth bag in his hand, grinning at their furious expressions:
“Yo, you guys going after those Tonglin Town nuisances?”
“Ah, it’s the layman!” Su Can’s tense expression eased slightly upon seeing the two men, clasping his fist in gratitude, “We just heard from the guard about the matter, many thanks to both of you for stepping in to help!”
“It’s nothing.” Mengyi waved his hand nonchalantly, “We’re all in the same pot now, just a few clowns who don’t know their own limits, we dealt with them.”
With that, he tossed the small cloth bag in his hand to Su Lin:
“Here, this is what I scraped off them, it’s yours. Tsk, the folks from Tonglin Town are pretty stingy.”
Su Lin instinctively caught it, feeling its weight in his hand.
Suspiciously, he opened the bag and was immediately dazzled by a flash of gold!
The bag was packed full of gold coins!
With a quick glance, there were five or six pieces on the surface alone, and it felt heavy at the bottom, probably dozens of pieces?
“This…so many?!” Su Lin was so shocked he almost dropped the bag, “There’s probably nearly a hundred gold in here, how can I accept this?”
Su Can and Su Qi were also astonished by the amount and quickly echoed:
“We can’t accept this! You both helped us out, that’s already a huge favor, such a generous gift, we can’t possibly take it!”
“Come on, this amount might seem like a fortune to you now, but once you’re in Zhoushan Town, it’s nothing.” Mengyi waved dismissively, “We’ve been eating and drinking for free in your village for days, consider it the food bill, don’t fuss!”
“Well…” Su Lin hesitated for a moment.
Mengyi was straightforward, and refusing further might seem alienating.
He took a deep breath, carefully put the bag away, and solemnly cupped his fist:
“In that case, on behalf of the Su Family, thank you both for your generosity!”
The unexpected windfall left even Su Lin feeling somewhat giddy inside.
Upon seeing Su Lin accept the gift, Mengyi smiled contentedly, “That’s more like it!”
What does it feel like to have a fortune thrust upon you?
Su Lin finally understood.
Nearly a hundred gold coins, what does that mean?
In terms of purchasing power in the village, it’s equivalent to tens of thousands.
If Tier One Treasure Meat could be bought, this would be enough for dozens of pieces!
Apart from Su Lin’s Smoked Meat Room, selling off all of Wuyin Village’s assets wouldn’t be worth this bag of gold coins.
Su Can was also stunned by the bag of gold coins for a few moments before he snapped out of it and remembered the main issue:
“So… what about those people from Tonglin Town?”
“Amitabha Buddha.” Dao Guan pressed his hands together, his smile unchanged, “We didn’t deal any killing blows, just taught them a lesson and chased them off. Even though they’re just clowns, they carry the name of a town-level, killing them would bring unnecessary trouble. After this incident, they’re unlikely to dare come back and bother us again.”
Mengyi added:
“After this Night of Survival, more town-level camps will be coming. There will be no shortage of people like those from Tonglin Town. Be mindful of that. It would be best to announce that Wuyin Village is already affiliated with Zhoushan Town, to prevent random nuisances.”
It’s a turbulent time.
Su Lin sighed inwardly, cupped his fist again, and earnestly said:
“Thank you both for the reminder!”
“Alright, if there’s nothing else, we’ll be heading off.” Mengyi said as he pulled out a wooden token and casually tossed it to Su Lin, “If any other town-level camps come by and can’t see sense, just flash this badge and mention our names.”
Su Lin caught the wooden token. It was slightly cool to the touch, with a weighty feel, and on it, there was only one sharp-edged character, “Zhou”.
With just one glance, an invisible edge seemed to brush past his face, making Su Lin’s heart shiver slightly.
“This is Zhoushan Town’s identification badge,” Mengyi explained, “It carries a trace of our leader’s Sword Qi, anyone in the know will recognize it.”
“The leader refers to… the one in Zhoushan Town…” Su Lin probed.
Mengyi shook his head, pointing upward with his finger: “Just the one in our team.”
“…Got it.” Su Lin’s heart tightened as he clutched the wooden token.
Just the remaining Sword Qi from one character could put pressure on him, a Tendon Lock Martial Artist, and yet such a person was merely a captain in Zhoushan Town!
How strong must the leader of Zhoushan Town, the leader of the Hunting Group be?!
After they had finished explaining, Mengyi and Dao Guan turned and left.
As they walked a few steps away, Mengyi turned back for a moment to add:
“By the way, pick up the pace in assimilating those villages. The longer you delay, the higher the chances that some lunatic will suddenly go mad and bring a disaster to those villages. With a layer of separation, even the name of Zhoushan Town can’t directly protect you. There are a lot of crazies these days, stay alert.”
Su Lin’s expression became solemn: “Understood!”
Once their figures disappeared at the end of the corridor, Su Can, who had been holding it in, suddenly let out a breath, his face complex and hard to describe, finally releasing a heartfelt sigh of both emotion and satisfaction:
“I’ve been someone’s backer for years, today… it feels great to have a backer myself! Damn! That Tonglin Town bastard was so arrogant, I didn’t even get to see their face, and the matter was resolved? Plus, we got this big bag of money? This damn…”
The old man tried hard to find words to describe this unprecedented sensation.
Finally, all his myriad feelings condensed into a heartfelt curse, echoing loudly in the hall:
“—This feels fucking amazing!”
