Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits - Chapter 64 - 58: Competing to Be a Tenant
Chapter 64: Chapter 58: Competing to Be a Tenant
For men, the most direct sense of achievement from their strength often lies in being able to lift women like dolls with ease.
Su Tongxi sat on his iron-like sturdy arm, and to maintain balance, she had to nervously embrace his neck with her small hands.
Half of her soft little peach was almost pressed against his cheek.
This intimate and embarrassing posture made her blush instantly, as her face turned red like a fiery cloud all the way to her delicate ears, her voice thin like a mosquito:
“K-Kirin Brother…” He always expressed closeness in this heart-racing way.
Su Lin held her just like this, as if inspecting his own territory, stepping forward and measuring this safe house that was being reshaped by the Power of Rules with his footsteps.
They walked through the newly “grown” corridor, two meters long and three meters wide, entering the now elongated open courtyard, with its spacious ground paved with hard, rough bluestone bricks, awaiting trap installations;
Then headed back to the core residential area, a compact but distinctly functional eighty-square-meter space.
Next, they went upstairs via indoor stairs, checking the second floor, third floor, and the rooftop terrace with a broad view.
The changes in each structure, the addition and reduction of walls, and the division of space, were guided towards perfection by the light of the House Title Deed.
Su Lin’s gaze was sharp, his thoughts racing, continuously fine-tuning the layout in his mind, combining the terrain and defensive needs.
Su Tongxi sat quietly in the crook of his arm, feeling his strong heartbeat and his focus during contemplation, her shyness gradually replaced by a sense of sweet stability.
Repeatedly scrutinizing and pondering until confirming that every detail matched the “fortification” ideas in his mind, Su Lin finally conveyed the final intent to the House Title Deed.
The gentle light enveloping the entire house suddenly contracted and condensed, then rapidly dissipated like the receding tide.
However, just as the light dissipated, an abrupt change occurred!
At the narrow entrance of the courtyard corridor, without any warning, a large group of figures surged in as if a dam burst!
They filled this newly formed defensive outpost instantly with suspicious and uncertain glances!
Clamorous voices broke the tranquility of the completed renovation.
“Oh my God! Can a safe house be remodeled like this?!”
“I always thought the most it could be was a big villa!”
“Su Lin upgraded to Level 3 Safe House?!”
The villagers babbled on, their eyes full of shock and disbelief.
Struggling for three years in the post-apocalypse, no one had ever thought of remodeling the core area of a safe house into an open courtyard so targeted!
This was practically a killing field tailor-made for slaying night-time beast hordes to the maximum extent!
Even more shocking, the person who came up with the idea to remodel the safe house into a courtyard was Su Lin!
And he had also upgraded to a Level 3 Safe House!
Complex gazes focused on him, initial suspicion quickly replaced by another emotion—opportunity!
Someone’s eyes turned, suddenly shouting loudly:
“Su Lin! Are you inviting tenants to your home?! I already have Qi and Blood stored up to Skin Lock Five Layers!”
This shout was like a water drop thrown into a frying pan, instantly igniting the crowd!
“Pick me! Pick me! My Skin Lock strength, Qi and Blood are stored up to nearly eighty percent, stronger than him!”
“Su Lin! My son is young and strong, has unlocked the Flesh Lock! Let him be your tenant!”
“Me and my daughter can too! My daughter can be your woman, she has an enormous butt! Her strength is also Skin Lock seventy percent Qi and Blood!” A lady shouted frantically.
“Yeah right! With your daughter’s looks? She can’t even compare to Zhang Jinlian!”
Immediately someone sneered, then shouted louder: “Su Lin! Look here! My granddaughter is beautiful and feeds us from a grain store big enough to sustain quintuplets! Even stronger!”
“What’s wrong with not being pretty? Everyone knows Su Lin just likes big butts!”
The lady shouted angrily, her voice sharp.
This made many people’s eyes shine!
“Su Lin! My wife… my wife has a really big butt! Can you, perhaps…” a man shouted, face flushed red.
Su Lin was instantly filled with black lines, the veins on his temples bulging, and he let out a enraged roar, his voice nearly overturning the courtyard wall:
“EVERYBODY — SHUT — UP —!!!”
The sound was like thunder, finally suppressing the boiling voices, temporarily silencing the crowd, but countless pairs of eyes still stared intensely at him, flickering with enthusiasm and anticipation, eager to move.
Most safe houses in the village were Level 2, with a few even only Level 1.
Those who clamored to send daughters, granddaughters, and even wives didn’t care about seeing Su Tongxi beside Su Lin.
In this post-apocalypse, what’s the harm in a strong person having a few more partners?
Room for tenants is limited, and climbing up is a real skill!
More women equate to more power and status.
These people were far from dull.
Su Lin now was very different from before, and news about him had already spread through the village.
Many people had witnessed him forcing Zhong Wubin to promise to hunt for the Lord, or seen him fire into the sky and wager his life to break through encirclements.
His significance to the Su Family was no secret.
Now, not only had he upgraded to a Level 3 Safe House, but he demonstrated such ingenuity in remodeling, and the villagers no longer saw him as arrogant; they instead believed he must have resources!
Plus, his recent haul after haul, with Old Su boasting all over the village about the meat his grandson brought back…
Every bit of it announcing Su Lin’s potential and the future rise of the Su Family.
The villagers wanted progress too!
Even if it meant riding on the sidelines of Old Su’s house, getting a few bites of meat, it was a great thing in this precarious world!
If they could score some Treasure Meat, tying up all the family’s women to send to Su Lin’s bed would be worthwhile!
Everyone looked at him eagerly, the air filled with anticipation and urgency.
Su Lin put down the embarrassed Su Tongxi, rubbed his temples which were pounding, and suppressed his irritation, once again raising his voice, decisively announcing:
“Firstly, I am not accepting tenants!”
The crowd instantly responded with disappointed groans.
“Secondly!” Su Lin waved his hand decisively to drive them away, “You’ve seen enough excitement, now disperse! Don’t come into my courtyard whenever you feel like it!”
Though unwilling, the villagers started to leave, reluctantly and after many glances, subdued by Su Lin’s cold sharp gaze.
The courtyard instantly became empty, leaving only chaotic footprints on the ground.
Su Tongxi then dared to lift her head, her face still flushed, softly speaking:
“K-Kirin Brother, they…”
“I don’t want a bunch of strangers in my home, and besides, which of their daughters, granddaughters, or wives is as beautiful as you? Even the meat on their chests isn’t as ample as yours!”
Su Lin snorted, and there was another thing he didn’t mention, in terms of buttocks, who could compare to his sister-in-law?
Su Tongxi’s face turned beet red once more, her slender arm covering her pounding heart.
Then Su Lin frowned, looking at the empty courtyard entrance:
“Can’t let people intrude so easily anymore, maybe I should install a big door… at least something to block the view.”
Finding nothing suitable for a door panel, he quickly headed back inside, pulling some fabric from the craft station and hurriedly hanging it on either side of the courtyard entrance as a temporary barrier.
Having dispersed the villagers, Su Lin finally calmed down and carefully examined the new content unlocked with the upgrade to Level 3 Safe House.
The first was naturally the Shadow Core quantity required to upgrade to Level 4 Safe House.
[0/100000]
A full hundred thousand!
Compared to the thousand Shadow Cores needed to upgrade from Level 2 to Level 3, it was a hundredfold increase!
“Just as Grandpa said,” Su Lin thought to himself, “the first three levels are just transition stages; from Level 4 onwards, you truly step into the rules of this post-apocalypse and gain some speaking power.”
The second was the upgrades for doors, walls, the construction station, and the dismantling station to Level 3.
Required Shadow Cores: [0/1000]
The third was the two new building functions added with the Level 3 Safe House: the cellar and forge.
Finally, new types of trap construction were unlocked: ceiling traps.
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