Chapter 110 Safe House

“Ka——”

There was a crisp sound of wooden boards breaking.

Xu Zhiyan, whose mood had just calmed down, looked at the broken armrest under the ghost's palm and his pupils shrank slightly.

Although the style of the sofa was not carefully selected by him, the money to buy the sofa came from his pocket!

Xu Zhiyan's anger was ignited again. It could be seen that the ghosts and gods who were high and mighty in the past had been keeping their heads down since the sound was heard, and they looked even sadder than him.

For some unknown reason, he couldn't get angry.

Yes, the other party doesn’t want that either.

Maybe his question evoked some bad memories in the other person?

He pondered for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was right.

The safe house is a place that can be called a BUG in the dungeon. The opponent, who is a powerful ghost, is cut into so many pieces for unknown reasons. It is absolutely beautiful, strong and miserable.

He wouldn't believe it if you said he hadn't experienced anything.

Xu Zhiyan is a businessman with a smooth mind and is not going to bring up such a damaging matter at this moment.

He stood up and walked to the ghost with his head lowered, put his hand on the back of the other's hand, and unconsciously slowed down his voice to comfort the other person in a low voice.

"It's okay."

"Don't think about the past."

Seeing the ghost standing there in a daze, he felt that he needed to give the other party some time to come out of those memories that might not be so pleasant.

"I'm a little hungry. I'm going to go find something to eat and come back to you later. I need your advice on how to upgrade the safe house."

Xu Zhiyan was indeed hungry. He had slept for five or six hours from day to night and had not had a drop of water since he woke up.

It was already past midnight, and he had been planning to order some takeout, but the safe house ended up being inside a dungeon, so he could only get some fast food.

The ghosts and gods were left where they were.

Listening to Xu Zhiyan's words, He realized that the other party seemed to have misunderstood something, but the care and touch from his beloved was too beautiful.

He could not open his mouth to make any more excuses.

Only when the thin figure of the young man disappeared from his sight did the ghost slowly look towards the place that had just been touched.

There was still some warmth on the back of the cold and pale hand.

The feeling of his heart beating suddenly came from his empty chest again. Even though he knew that Xu Zhiyan's feelings for him were pure and without a trace of love, he still couldn't help but feel moved.

It turns out that in the other person's eyes, I am more important than money?

Where no one could see, the black snake's tail couldn't help but shake.

Xu Zhiyan didn't know the rich thoughts in the minds of ghosts and gods.

There are not many usable rooms in the safe house now. The two sides of the hall are fully occupied because of the need to open the passage doors connecting to the copy. Monsters shuttle back and forth from time to time, and there is no free space for him to use as a warehouse. Even the boxes to be thrown away can only be thrown at the door.

Under pressure, as the only contestant in the safe house who ate human food, Xu Zhiyan put all the snacks he had stockpiled in a box and stuffed it under the bed.

When he returned to the bedroom, before he could get on the floor to drag the box, he saw a slender black hand reaching out from under the bed.

Cardboard boxes filled with human food were wheeled out.

"call out--"

The black fingertips were burned to the point of smoking the moment they came into contact with the light, and they quickly retracted.

Xu Zhiyan was stunned. If the fingers of the black hand were not slender, with each finger having four phalanges, it might have looked better.

"Thanks."

He sighed and thanked Blackhand.

The disadvantage of not having a master's room is that monsters can enter and exit his room more freely. Not all monsters are human-like creatures like Qu Ji. Many monsters live in other dimensions.

He seemed to have seen this black hand once before. What was it? It seemed to be a creature walking in the shadows.

Suddenly, Xu Zhiyan seemed to have thought of something. Instead of rummaging through the boxes, he squatted beside the bed, lifted the sheets, and looked under the bed.

"Can you come out?"

Two red eyes flashed under the dark bed, with cautious flattery in their eyes, and the monster's answer was hesitant.

"No, I can't. There is light."

It exists in darkness and will burn if it touches light.

Xu Zhiyan thought of the wisp of smoke that had just emerged from the black man's fingertips, and understood the opponent's weakness and activity mechanism.

No wonder he suddenly appeared under the bed.

He had previously instructed the monsters to knock on the door before entering, but for these dark creatures, asking them to knock was a bit too much.

But it seems that this monster is not very smart to appear under the bed so suddenly.

There are many kinds of monsters in the safe house.

As creatures with various magical powers, not all of them have average IQ.

Xu Zhiyan did not pursue the matter of the other party rashly hiding under his bed. He stood up, walked to the door, turned off the light, and returned to the bed in the moonlight.

"Can we come out now? Can't the moonlight reach us?"

"No...I can't."

The creature under the bed crawled out, carefully avoiding the area where the moonlight shone.

Xu Zhiyan barely saw the other party's whole face.

It is a humanoid monster, but it has no facial features, its limbs are long and thin, and its fingers and toes have twice as many joints as normal humans, making them appear very long.

[Name: Shadow Creature]

[Level: C]

【Threat: A】

[Note: The safe house reserves creatures, and the owner of the safe house needs to fill in the notes. ]

Looking at the contents on the panel, Xu Zhiyan touched his chin.

The level is relatively low, only C level, but it is very threatening. It should be a monster in some special scene and can play a huge role in special scenes.

Shadow creatures seem to be a large category. How should we name them? Should we call them Xiao Hei?

He wasn't sure if there were other shadow creatures in the safe house. This one looked a bit dull, and he wondered if its intelligence would improve with subsequent upgrades.

Seeing the tall black figure standing obediently in the shadow of the corner as if he was being punished, Xu Zhiyan waved his hand and began to inquire.

"How many shadow creatures are there in the safe house?"

Don’t rush into naming it, ask about the quantity first.

As expected, there was indeed more than one shadow creature in the safe house.

"And, there are three more."

The dark shadow in the corner answered honestly.

Xu Zhiyan nodded and said in a slow tone, "Are they all in the safe house? Can you find them all?"

Since I've already decided on a name, I might as well name it according to the species!

Not only does this reduce the workload, it also avoids duplication of names and the resulting embarrassing situations.

"Yes, yes, I'll go find it now."

After saying that, the black shadow disappeared into the corner.

Xu Zhiyan glanced at the sky outside the window, and when he pulled the curtains he discovered there was an extra moon. Then he realized that he had entered a dungeon.

"No wonder it's so bright. I can see it clearly without turning on the lights. The moon in this dungeon is so big."

“Shua——”

The curtains were drawn, plunging the entire bedroom into darkness.

Just as he turned around and was about to sit down and wait for the shadow creature, four pairs of blood-red eyes appeared in the darkness and stared at him.

Xu Zhiyan was startled by the sudden appearance of the monster.

“…Ahem, here I come.”

Damn, no matter how many days I’ve lived with monsters, this sudden appearance of a creature like this is still scary enough!

But speaking of it, these shadow creatures are fast enough, worthy of being creatures that trade their brains for skills.

He coughed lightly, trying his best to make his voice sound like he was not trembling from being frightened, in order to save his image as the new owner of the safe house.

It's just that now it seems that there is a new problem.

In the room, apart from four pairs of red and worried eyes, he couldn't see anything else clearly!

Xu Zhiyan thought for a moment and said with a smile.

"The four of you introduce your characteristics, and then I will write your names and notes."

If he names them according to the monsters' self-introductions, there should be no problem. He is such a genius!

The four shadow creatures, who were originally uneasy after being summoned, froze in place after hearing their names.

"Name?"

"Name it?"

"ah?"

"I, can I have a name too?"

Four pairs of eyes were filled with disbelief and excitement.

Seeing the monsters so happy, Xu Zhiyan was a little puzzled. Besides being a code name, did this name have any special meaning?

However, these four monsters in front of me are a bit stupid, as they have been living in the dark for so many years. I probably won’t be able to get any information out of them. I’d better wait until I have time to ask Bai Jin.

Next, the four shadow monsters nervously stated their characteristics...

Xu Zhiyan was very interested in listening to the four monsters' stumbling introductions at first, but he became more and more confused the more he listened.

To sum up, they are monsters that were brought out of the dungeon by other monsters a while ago.

He likes the color black, likes to stay in the shadows, moves very fast and can shuttle back and forth in dark areas, etc. He is mainly responsible for transporting various items in the safe house.

As for the one who had just pushed the box, it heard him mumbling when he went upstairs, and then forgot the request not to enter the door, and took the initiative to move into the darkness to help him push the snack box out.

The bedroom fell into silence.

Five minutes later, Xu Zhiyan opened the panel with a serious expression, gestured on it for a long time, but failed to enter a few words.

He turned and asked the four monsters.

"Do you mind the similar names?"

"No, I don't mind!"

"It's okay, woo."

“Do I really have to have a name?”

"Wow! Name!"

Listening to the slightly slow responses from the four little stupid monsters, Xu Zhiyan racked his brains and came up with four names.

[Name: Shadow Creature (Big Black)]

[Level: C (Open ductility, upgradeable)]

【threaten……】

Going down in order are two black, three black, and four black.

Worried that there might be other shadow creatures joining the safe house later, Xu Zhiyan did not name the creature Xiao Hei, so that he could name it Xiao Hei later if new ones came. He is truly a naming genius.

"It's ready, but it may take some time for the people in the safe house to identify you."

Facing four pairs of red eyes filled with joy and seeing the clear stupidity in them, Xu Zhiyan felt that the names he had come up with were quite suitable for these monsters.

Perhaps he was afraid that the monsters would upgrade later and become dissatisfied with the name after becoming smart, so he explained.

"You can change the name in the background. If you want to change the name later, you can come to me again."

Finally, he sent away four dark creatures that were twisting excitedly in the darkness.

When pulling open the curtains, Xu Zhiyan suddenly remembered that the panels of these four monsters seemed to be different from those of Qu Ji and the others.

"Why are there no notes after the level on their panels?"

The safe house system hears the problem and comes out in time to answer it.

[Because these monsters entered the safe house later, they cannot activate their ductility and increase their levels before they are fully integrated.]

"Integration? Does naming count?"

[Of course! Host, please wait for a few minutes while I do some statistics!]

The system immediately used its capabilities to count the upgrade status of the monsters in the safe house.

[According to the data, the named monsters have significantly improved their abilities during the time you were away. Among them, the monsters that are building the Xieing Intersection Pole will receive more energy feedback.]

[Especially Ququ and Liuliu! If monsters of their level were placed in a dungeon, they would probably have to devour a large number of their kind to achieve a qualitative change and reach the goal of leveling up.]

Xu Zhiyan was stunned, thinking of Qu Ji's upgrade speed.

When I brought the young butler Qu Ji back from the blind school, his level was only B and his threat level was A.

It took him only a month to complete two copies, and Qu Ji's level rose to A-level, and his threat level was raised to S-level.

[The higher the level of the monster, the harder it is to level up, but being in a safe house is better than going to a dungeon, so the captured monsters are all adapting well and are very active!]

Although the system is not responsible for any matters in the safe house, it speaks with great pride when it mentions the harmonious working environment.

Xu Zhiyan was also surprised.

The monsters can be upgraded, which is only beneficial to him, no disadvantages.

"So why are monsters so eager to be named? Is it because after having a name, their integration becomes higher and they level up faster?"

Xu Zhiyan instantly figured out why the monsters were so eager for names.

No wonder they had a fight over selling cardboard boxes.

[In fact, I originally planned to wait until the specific data was more obvious before making a comment, because now there is too little time and sample.]

Speaking of this, the safe house system feels a little embarrassed.

Although the monsters have privately determined that they can level up faster by working hard, as a rigorous system, it has refrained from telling the host until the exact data is fully counted, for fear of ending up with nothing.

After hearing the explanation, Xu Zhiyan nodded, and he very much approved of the system's approach.

"You've done a great job. In this case, we'll continue with the original pace. I'll come back to name a batch of monsters each time, and you'll continue recording the data."

Before he became the successor, the safe house had never been so active before, and there was a blank in the data records.

Without sufficient data support, it is indeed impossible to obtain accurate information.

[Good host! ]

The praised safe house system is full of energy.

After resolving the name issue, Xu Zhiyan felt that if he didn't eat something, he might starve to death in the room.

Although he accepts all kinds of delicious food, Xu Zhiyan is not a picky eater.

Boil water and prepare instant noodles.

After a while, the steaming instant noodles were placed on the table.

The system looked at the appetizing beef promotional picture on the package, and thought of the many buckets of the same instant noodles in the snack box, and couldn't help but feel curious.

[Host, do you like this taste?]

This seems to be the only flavor of instant noodles I have at home.

It didn't dare to ask Qu Ji to record the host's taste, so it could only ask indirectly.

"dislike."

Xu Zhiyan shook his head, his tone somewhat indifferent.

[Huh? Why do all the instant noodles at home have this flavor?] The system was shocked.

"Because this flavor of instant noodles has the most discounts. Last time I bought it, there was a promotion where you could buy three and get one free, and you could also get 9 yuan off for orders over 50 yuan."

Speaking of the discount, Xu Zhiyan looked at the instant noodles again with a much gentler look in his eyes.

[…But, but host, aren’t you very rich?]

The safe house system was stunned.

It never dreamed that the reason for hoarding so much instant noodles was this?

"Being rich and thrifty are not contradictory." Xu Zhiyan didn't know that the system was recording his taste. When the time was up, he broke open the plastic fork, picked up the instant noodles and blew on them.

A bit hot, hard to eat.

Putting the fork back into the bucket, he stood up and opened the window, letting the cool night air help cool the instant noodles quickly.

Just as Xu Zhiyan was eating instant noodles, the evening breeze quietly brought the tempting aroma of the noodles out to the courtyard of the safe house.

The Moon-Chasing Land is a two-star dungeon.

Most of the players who enter the game have some experience but not a lot of it.

Not many people found the safe house this time, only three people, two men and one woman, members of the same team.

After entering the safe house, several people honestly handed in their props and used their points to buy candies and hot soup, finally replenishing their physical and mental strength.

After the safe house status is enhanced and lit.

They unexpectedly discovered that their physical strength recovery speed had increased a lot, and they thought that the free time had passed and the gain status had increased. They couldn't help but feel that they had made a lot of money by finding the safe house.

At this moment, the three of them were lying in the yard in the space reserved for players in advance, waiting to recover.

"Brother Zhang, do you think we can get out alive this time?"

The girl with a neat ponytail looked young. She looked at the two overlapping moons in the sky and sighed.

The buzz cut male player with a bandage on his chest laughed and replied, "Of course, we found a safe house! Not only tonight, we can come tomorrow night and the night after tomorrow, ahem..."

He was so excited after surviving the disaster that he coughed twice and spat out blood.

"Huihui, stop teasing Zhang Rui. Everyone should have a good rest. We will definitely be able to leave alive." The middle-aged man who was also lying next to him glanced at him and did not move.

Zhang Rui shut up honestly.

"Okay, Uncle Zhao." Maybe it was because Zhang Rui comforted her, but Huihui was obviously in a much better mood when she answered.

Uncle Zhao took a breath for a while, finally rested enough, and struggled to sit up.

After taking a look at the monster sitting on the steps of the safe house playing with his phone, he whispered to the other two teammates.

"Should we customize some props to deal with the monsters in the dungeon?"

Although the three of them are not old players, they have entered the game several times. They also know a thing or two about the customized safe house products that have been hyped up some time ago.

Huihui's eyes lit up after hearing this, but then she thought of the few savings their team had.

"Uncle Zhao, let's not buy it... It's too expensive. Although I saw everyone in the live broadcast room saying it's a good deal, they are big guys. The same customized products cost thousands or tens of thousands of points. We can't afford it."

She sighed and felt sorry for her points.

After hearing this, Uncle Zhao realized that his team was not rich enough, and it was indeed difficult to get thousands or even tens of thousands of points.

Just as the three were hesitating, the smell of instant noodles wafted from the second floor.

“Gulu——”

Zhang Rui's stomach growled.

The three of them looked at each other, and Zhang Rui felt a little embarrassed.

"Didn't you just drink hot soup?" Uncle Zhao didn't understand why his teammate was such a glutton.

"It smells so good."

Zhang Rui blushed and turned around with difficulty, looking towards the direction from the second floor where the fragrance came from.

The sound of him swallowing was so loud that Huihui, who was standing next to him, was also affected and looked over.

"Uncle Zhao, why don't you ask, although we can't afford to buy custom props, can we buy some food? It's too difficult to eat wild vegetables in the dungeon. We almost got poisoned by eating mushrooms yesterday."

As Huihui was talking, she was drooling with greed. She had never thought instant noodles were so delicious before.

The Moon-Chasing Land is a forest dungeon. Although players are not restricted from eating the food they bring with them, the food in the system mall is extremely expensive and ordinary players like them simply cannot afford it.

“…Two gluttons.”

Uncle Zhao held his forehead and sighed.

Although he said that his two teammates were good-for-nothings, he hesitated for a moment, then stood up and nervously walked towards the safe house manager who was sitting there.

They do need some food.

I hope these foods can be cheaper, not hundreds or thousands of dollars like in the system mall.

Players can call up the purchasing panel for supply upgrades themselves, and there is no need for Qu Ji to sell them personally.

But after encountering several cases where players accidentally destroyed property in the yard of the safe house, Qu Ji would stay in the yard every time he received players.

Qu Ji was looking down at his phone.

As a housekeeper brought up by Xu Zhiyan, it always follows his instructions when purchasing things.

Just as it was frantically comparing the cheaper tissue paper sold by several merchants on the Kanyidao platform, the player who had just entered the safe house came in front of it.

Putting down his phone and looking up, Qu Ji had a smile on his face.

"May I ask what I may need?"

When Uncle Zhao was asked this question, he broke out in a cold sweat.

There was no other reason, it was mainly because Qu Ji's appearance was too scary. Even though the boy wrapped in sharp limbs smiled gently and harmlessly, the overall oppressive feeling it gave people almost made Uncle Zhao's knees weak.

But thinking of the mushrooms and wild vegetables in the Moon-Chasing Land, he gritted his teeth and expressed his request.

"Um... I want to ask, besides props, are there any other supplies for sale here?"

Seeing the confused look on the person in charge's face, he quickly pointed to the second floor and added: "Instant noodles! We just smelled instant noodles!"

Although Uncle Zhao didn't show anything in front of Zhang Rui and Huihui, he was actually very greedy when he smelled the food. If the food was cheap, it would be much better than digging wild vegetables and eating poisonous mushrooms.

"Second floor? Instant noodles?"

Qu Ji was stunned.

It paused for two seconds and thought of the only person in the safe house who was eating instant noodles.

Second floor bedroom.

After eating and drinking, Xu Zhiyan lay on the bed doing nothing.

He had just woken up and couldn't fall asleep. There was no signal on his phone, so he could only watch the live broadcast. Just as he was bored and scrolling through the live broadcast room, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

“Boom boom boom!”

"Come in."

Qu Ji pushed the door open and explained what had just happened in a few words.

"...Brother Xu, the players said they wanted to buy instant noodles. Should we start this business? If we sell them, how should we set the price?"

After hearing the whole story, Xu Zhiyan keenly sensed the business opportunity.

The exchange rate between real-world currency and points is 20:1.

In other words, if he does not raise the price and sells the current items at the original price of 1:1 points to cash, he will get twenty times the profit!

For example, if you encounter a survival copy of scarce items such as food, they will definitely be fought over.

Not to mention 1:1, even if it is ten times, it is still cheaper than the system space.

profitable.

Twenty times…who will make more money?

Xu Zhiyan narrowed his eyes, feeling happy.

Cigarettes, alcohol, sugar, and tea are all good. After all, there are many wealthy players in the dungeon who can improve their quality of life, so they must sell well.

In the courtyard of the safe house.

Uncle Zhao paced back and forth in front of the building anxiously.

Even though the monster responsible had left, he still felt a little scared.

"Sir, what are you thinking about?"

The sudden sound interrupted Uncle Zhao's thoughts. He stopped and looked towards the source of the sound.

The one who came this time was not the monster from before, but a 'man' wearing a black robe, holding a cane, and wearing a bird-beak mask.

Uncle Zhao was so nervous that he couldn't speak.

I could only listen quietly to the self-introduction of the man with the bird-beak mask.

"Hello sir, I am a conscientious businessman from the safe house."

As he spoke, the man in the bird-beak mask tapped the floor with his cane, and then a huge millipede-like monster crawled out of the door.

I saw that it was holding a product in each hand, with the price marked on a label.

【Instant noodles-6】

【Ham sausage-2】

【Braised Egg-2】

【……】

Uncle Zhao was frightened by the sudden appearance of the multi-legged monster and fell to the ground.

He didn't have time to take a closer look at the price and down-to-earth content, and his heart was trembling.

This... is this how safe houses are sold?

It’s too hardcore!

He began to worry that he had bought too little and that this monster might twist his head off.

Xu Zhiyan, who hadn't finished his introduction yet, couldn't say the rest of his words when he saw the salesperson fall.

He was sure that there was nothing wrong with the price. If he had encountered such a cheap retail price in a dungeon, he would definitely have bought two large bags. So the problem might be with the selling method?

Seeing the other party's face full of fear, he turned to look at Liu Liu who was excited.

The terrifying monsters were lurking behind him, with dozens of hands holding items for sale, as if to make sure that the other party would not be able to leave unless they bought...

Xu Zhiyan lowered his eyes and snapped his fingers awkwardly.

Well, I have to ask Qu Ji to place an order for a few shelves later, otherwise it won’t be good to scare the players to death all the time.