Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits

Chapter 155: Chapter 137: Admiration

Not only the leaders of the Hunting Group teams, but even the villagers flocked in, filling the courtyard. Each of them, like Old Liu entering the Grand View Garden for the first time, had eyes full of awe as they looked around at the renovated courtyard.

“Dear heavens, how could this courtyard have so many new features! I thought it was already impressive enough before.”

“Look at that, there’s an inner courtyard and an outer courtyard! Forget what happens during the beast tide at night, I just like the grandeur of it as it stands!”

“Like it? What’s the use of liking it? You can’t afford to upgrade to a Level 4 Safe House! Would you dare upgrade? Without a couple of Tendon Locks as foundation, who dares upgrade to Level 4?”

“Feels like a dream… Captain Su Lin has grown so terrifyingly fast! He was just a playboy not long ago, and whoosh, he’s changed, and the safe house is upgraded to Level 4!”

“What do you mean not long ago… it’s been less than a month in total!”

“A Level 4 Safe House! You can grow rice on the rooftop now, no more buying those husks!”

“Exactly! I heard the rice grown in a Level 4 Safe House tastes better than the bulk stuff the group sells; it’s more nutritious, almost comparable to beast meat!”

“Recently, the village has more beast meat, I’ve heard it’s all supplied by Su Lin, really a blessing sent from heaven, makes everyone envious!”

The villagers whispered among themselves, their words soaked in envy.

In the crowd, a few people had particularly complex feelings.

They looked at Su Lin, who was surrounded by everyone, with an indescribable expression.

Qin Jie’s face was full of bitterness.

In the first team of the Hunting Group, everyone knew Qin Jie once followed Chang Kun, the son of Chang Sanheng, to Su Lin’s house, threatening him to terminate his family’s tenant status.

After Chang Sanheng’s family was wiped out, his days became difficult.

When Zhong Wubin was still around, it was bearable.

Even though he had offended the Su Family and Su Lin, the first team’s stance was opposed to the Su Family, so he could still barely hold on.

But since Zhong Wubin fled and the first team was completely taken over by the Su Family, everything changed — Su Lin actually became his boss, the deputy captain of the first team!

When he received the news, Qin Jie was completely dumbstruck.

Although it seemed Su Lin had long forgotten him, while the boss was silent, everyone else in the team looked at him oddly.

Mockery, ridicule, exclusion…

Qin Jie gradually became isolated, the most marginalized in the team.

The hardest and most exhausting work always fell on him, making his life unbearable.

Now seeing Su Lin’s status in the village rising day by day.

Let alone the Chang Kun he once followed.

Even Chang Kun’s father couldn’t compare to Su Lin now!

Bear in mind Chang Sanheng’s family still had a Level 3 Safe House.

At this moment, Qin Jie wished he could turn back time and slap himself hard several times.

Another person with complex feelings was Zhang Jinlian.

Compared to Qin Jie, who suffered ridicule only within the team, she faced far more gossip and pointing fingers.

Everyone knew Su Lin once pursued her madly, but she always treated him as a standby.

Now, Su Lin was no longer who he used to be, while Zhang Jinlian became the laughingstock in everyone’s eyes.

Even her best friends secretly mocked her, and her family voiced many complaints.

As dawn broke, more and more villagers gathered in the Su Family courtyard, with exclamations echoing continuously.

Her father pulled Zhang Jinlian aside and reprimanded her with disappointment:

“You, look at what you’ve missed! If you hadn’t messed around back then and honestly followed Su Lin, our family might already be living in this courtyard!”

“A Level 4 Safe House! Eating nutritious fine rice every day! If I could eat this kind of rice, train every day, I would soon unlock the Tendon Lock too!”

“How could I have known he would change like this!”

Tears welled up in Zhang Jinlian’s eyes, as regret filled her gut.

…

For ordinary villagers, a Level 4 Safe House is extraordinarily significant.

The Martial Arts Training Room can enhance cultivation efficiency, while the Roof Garden realizes food self-sufficiency, fully dispelling the fear of food scarcity.

With these two guarantees, ordinary people’s survival truly stabilizes.

However, facing the two beast tides linked to a Level 4 Safe House triggers fear, rendering others without absolute confidence afraid to upgrade.

Liu Jun sighed:

“With you, there are now three Level 4 Safe Houses in the village.”

Once, Zhong Wubin’s home was also a Level 4 Safe House.

“Now there are only two from the Su Family, one from Old Liu. I also considered upgrading, but could never bring myself to decide.” Ye Xin’an, whose arm was in a cast, expressed immense envy, “Let’s not talk about the two beast tides, each wave having a leader is just too troublesome! Without good mechanisms, with beasts piled up there, I can’t even charge in to kill them, plus I have to watch out for my home mechanisms accidentally hurting me.”

“Get some tenants!” Liu Jun chuckled, “Recruit a few strong tenants, wouldn’t that solve the problem?”

Ye Xin’an rolled his eyes:

“Alright, alright, we know your tenants are strong, plenty of Flesh Lock Martial Artists, even a Tendon Lock one. I guess as a chef, you surely sneak some good broth and water for your tenants, huh?”

What chef wouldn’t taste the freshness?

Everyone in the village knew Liu Jun had strong tenants.

As deputy captain of the second team, Zheng Weimin was actually also a tenant of Liu Jun.

While people speculated Liu Jun might secretly store treasure meat’s essence broth, he never charged for the meat meals he cooked for the village, many of those pricey auxiliary ingredients he paid for himself, which everyone quietly accepted.

Liu Jun snorted twice, not directly refuting it.

Su Qi vigorously patted Su Lin’s shoulder:

“Linzi, your contributions are tremendous this time! With your design plan, our village can have several more Level 4 Safe Houses. Once the garden’s output increases, we can sell it cheaply to villagers to help them accelerate their cultivation!”

Su Lin nodded.

Not just his layout design, once the old grandmaster successfully breaks through, the Su Family’s Old Mansion upgrades to a Level 5 Safe House, unlocking the firearms assembly line. With guns and ammunition, others will feel greater assurance when upgrading to Level 4 Safe Houses.

Both elements complement each other, undoubtedly skyrocketing the number of Level 4 Safe Houses in Wuyin Village.

Daoist Mengyi once said, upgrading camps requires not only a Level 5 Safe House but also five Level 4 Safe Houses. Wuyin Village would not only effortlessly meet the criteria but could far exceed it!

In the courtyard, some exclaimed, others watched, and only when the sun rose high did they gradually disperse.

Su Lin then detailed his courtyard’s layout design philosophy to the Hunting Group’s leaders.

After finishing, Su Lin hesitated briefly, then still spoke:

“But, everyone must note one thing, there’s a limit to the number of mechanisms that can be arranged in the main courtyard. The rule indicates the main courtyard’s mechanisms can’t exceed one-third of the total mechanism slots. Meaning, a Level 4 Safe House with twelve slots can have at most four in the main courtyard.”

Chen Feng nudged his glasses, surprised:

“The rule indicates? How does it ’indicate’?”

Su Lin snapped his fingers, summoning the House Title Deed:

“The rule left words on my house title deed, informing me of this limitation.”

Rule leaving words?

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this.

Su Qi’s pupils suddenly contracted fiercely!

Liu Jun clicked his tongue in amazement:

“There’s actually such a thing? The rule actively leaves words? Could it be it devised new rules for you because you created such a courtyard?”

Ye Xin’an exclaimed:

“Su Lin, you’re really something! You even startled the rule!”

The group burst with amazement.

At this moment, Su Qi suddenly took a deep breath, his eyes sharply scanned everyone present, then sternly commanded:

“This matter must not leak!”

Everyone felt a shudder.

Though puzzled by it, seeing Su Qi’s solemn and serious demeanor left no one daring to disobey, they responded in unison:

“Yes!”

After Su Lin finished explaining the key aspects of the safe house design, everyone said their farewells and left.

Only uncle and nephew remained in the room.

Suddenly, Su Qi tightly clenched his fists, the joints creaking from the excessive force.

He abruptly turned to look at Su Lin, his voice trembling slightly from excitement:

“Linzi! Did you receive a reward? From the rule?!”