Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits - Chapter 43 - 39: The Chang Family’s Extermination
Chapter 43: Chapter 39: The Chang Family’s Extermination
“Homeowner!!!”
The tenant’s scream was shrill and desperate.
The dead silence outside was shattered.
“Roar—!” The giant bear tasted blood, its ferocity completely unleashed! The beast pack plunged into chaos!
In an instant, several unsuspecting tenants were torn apart by the swarm of shadow beasts! The screams pierced through the roof!
A tenant who narrowly escaped death awoke as if from a dream, scrambling and crawling to the heavy door, pounding it frantically with iron fists, despair filling his cries:
“Madam! Madam, open the door! Open up! The homeowner’s dead! Someone…someone wants to harm us! Let us in! Hurry and open the door—!”
“Mom! Dad, he…” Chang Kun collapsed to the ground, his face colorless.
His seven-year-old little brother beside him cried out in terror.
The beautiful woman was petrified with fright.
Outside the door, it was a hellscape!
The tenants fell like wheat under the claws of the beast horde…
“Help—!” The desperate plea squeezed out of the tenant’s mouth outside the door.
At that moment!
“Buzz—!”
Another deathly bowstring sound arrived as promised from a hundred meters away!
The plea was abruptly cut off.
Bam!
A massive impact slammed hard against the thick door wall!
Dust fell in showers.
One after another, ferocious shadow beast heads crowded the small observation slit, their ghostly green eyes flickering with violent light, saliva dripping from sharp teeth.
The beautiful woman’s eyes rolled back, and she fainted completely.
Boom! Boom! Boom—!
Outside the door were hundreds of unimpeded shadow beasts!
The remaining mechanisms had long been torn to shreds by the berserk giant bear leader.
At this moment, the heavy iron door of this Level 3 Safe House was the only barrier to the beast horde.
The door wall groaned under the bear’s fierce attacks and the incessant beast assaults, emitting ominous creaks and tremors.
Cracks rapidly spread and expanded like spider webs.
Crack! Crash—!!
A deafening crash!
Under the relentless attack of the beasts, just before the clock struck midnight, that door symbolizing safety, alongside a section of wall, collapsed inward!
The black tide of beasts surged like a roaring mudslide, flooding instantly into the Chang family residence… swallowing and suffusing the foyer, human figures, and all sounds.
Dong—!
The midnight chime finally rang out, its echoes reverberating over the deathly silent village.
The remaining shadow beasts, that gigantic bear leader, along with the Chang family residence’s infernal scene, instantly turned to flying ash, leaving only a pile of ruins under the pallid moonlight.
“Phew…” Two hundred meters away, Su Lin, hidden within a tree canopy, put away his hand crossbow, let out a long breath of relief, and wiped the cold sweat from his brow, “That was close; almost got discovered by those beasts.”
He had only fired three shots tonight, but the loud bowstring sounds were exceptionally piercing in the silent night, stirring nearby shadow beasts several times.
Among the three shots,
the first was aimed at Chang Sanheng, charged for ten seconds resulting in a fivefold accuracy bonus.
For the remaining two shots, he hadn’t aimed as long, leading to one missing the mark.
Thanks to the new perk tonight, otherwise relying on just his naked eyes, achieving such precision at this distance in the night would have been nearly impossible.
Sliding down the tree trunk, Su Lin quickly headed toward the now-ruined Chang family residence.
To eradicate a problem, one must remove the roots! He needed to ensure there were no survivors.
Along the way, the sights were shocking.
Severed limbs were strewn like discarded trash, all over the place.
Thick blood nearly coated the ground and walls, the intense stench mingled with the smell of dust, lingering in the night breeze.
Su Lin held his breath, carefully avoiding blood stains, trying not to leave behind any traces of himself.
His face turned slightly pale, suppressing the churning in his stomach.
This Xiuluo Scene was all because of him.
Steadying himself, Su Lin first went to the place where Chang Sanheng was attacked.
Only large patches of soil dug up by beast claws and some indistinguishable black debris remained there, no corpses were left.
He picked up a waist lamp that had fallen nearby and entered the house.
The scene inside the house was largely similar to the outside, but even more gruesome.
Only the corpse of a woman was barely recognizable, with just one arm and a lower body missing a foot.
He meticulously searched through the entire ruins, confirming that all thirteen members of the Chang Family, including Chang Sanheng, Chang Kun, the elegant woman, and her young son, had not survived.
After carefully erasing any traces he might have left, Su Lin found about twenty silver coins and several copper coins in an upstairs room.
With this unexpected gain, he quickly left the blood-soaked area, winding through the uninhabited corners of the village, erasing possible tracking traces before silently returning home.
Pushing open the door, he saw Su Tongxi sitting on the sofa with the cross-shaped hand crossbow he left her, highly alert.
“Brother Lin!”
Seeing it was him, the crossbow in Su Tongxi’s hands immediately slipped, tears streaming down as she rushed into his arms, her voice trembling with sobs: “You scared me to death… Why did you take so long!”
Su Lin held her tightly, gently stroking her back and softly comforting her: “It’s okay now, everything’s okay. How’s everything at home?”
“There was… with the traps you left, everything’s fine. I didn’t even have to use this hand crossbow much.” Su Tongxi took a deep breath, trying hard to calm her emotions.
“That’s good.”
The two, barely a week into their union, embraced tightly under the dim light, the heaviness of exterminating a whole family and the satisfaction of avenging their enemies mixing together.
After a long while, Su Tongxi, with her head buried against his chest, mumbled in a low voice:
“The… Chang Family…”
“…They’re all dead. Not one left,” Su Lin replied calmly.
Su Tongxi was silent for a moment, then hugged him tighter, as if trying to meld into him.
“…That’s good.” Her voice was light but extraordinarily firm.
Su Lin felt a weight lift from his heart, so he simply bent down, scooped her legs, and carried her towards the stairs.
Su Tongxi obediently wrapped her arms around his neck, lifting her head to offer her soft and moist lips.
Su Lin had no regrets.
He was well aware of the Chang Family’s nature and their hostility towards the Su Family.
Once the Su Family was weakened, the father and son would surely retaliate with more viciousness and cruelty.
Rather than waiting for doom, it’s better to take the initiative and eliminate this great threat!
As for whether this move weakened the village’s defense… in this precarious post-apocalyptic world, he couldn’t afford to care about that much.
If fate was destined to be full of hardships, then at least he wouldn’t bear it alone!
…
…
Su Lin awoke the next morning, feeling invigorated.
The catharsis of last night had completely dispelled the last bit of haze and anxiety from his heart.
“Sure enough, ’deep communication’ is the best stress reliever for a man!” he thought, feeling revitalized.
Killing an entire family?
No big deal!
Perhaps deep down, he had a heroic streak, as he now felt no burden over the annihilation of the Chang Family.
He rinsed and dressed as usual, eating breakfast with Su Tongxi, whose face was still a little pale but trying hard to maintain calm.
The food at home was down to the bit of wild vegetables he’d bought last week and almost inedible rice bran.
After enjoying sumptuous meals for a few days, his taste buds reverted to this coarse food, only made bearable with the sweet kiss of Su Tongxi.
“The matter with the Chang Family is over, today I should find some trouble with those Mutant Beasts.” Su Lin calculated, “Otherwise, there won’t be enough ’nutrition’ for martial arts training. Hmm, better talk to Second Uncle about this.”
Just as he straightened out his thoughts, the heavy iron door was suddenly pounded fiercely!
Su Tongxi, in the middle of cleaning up dishes, trembled, and with a “clang,” a crude ceramic bowl shattered to pieces.
“Don’t panic.” Su Lin calmed her slightly trembling hand, speaking in a steady tone, “No one would suspect I went out last night, and no one would suspect you were the only one guarding the house. I’ll go see.”
He stood up and walked towards the door.
“Mm…” Su Tongxi hastily looked down for a broom, her face tense.
Su Lin unlatched several locks, and as soon as the door opened, Hou Yong, with a face full of fear and out of breath, punched him in the chest.
“…”
“…”
Su Lin looked expressionlessly at the “little fist” on his chest, then glanced at Hou Yong’s sweat-covered, terrified face.
An awkward silence filled the doorway.
Su Lin raised his hand to bat away his paw, speaking coldly:
“Dammit! If you don’t want to die, you’d better have a good reason.”
Hou Yong seemed to suddenly awaken, stepping back half a step, disregarding the awkwardness, slapping his thigh, his voice sharp with excitement and fear:
“Master Lin, something big has happened! The Chang Family is wiped out, really wiped out! The whole family of thirteen… every… freaking one of them is dead!”
He grabbed Su Lin’s shoulders with both hands, shaking them vigorously, his knuckles turning white from excessive force.
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