Chapter 155 Safe House
The flow of time in the hot spring room can be controlled at the cost of some effort.
Even though the golden fish tail was pleasing to the eye and the eighteen-year-old heir was also very pleasing to the eye, the ghosts and gods could not bear to see Xu Zhiyan suffer every time because of restrictions on his movements.
He concealed part of the strength he had exerted and forcibly locked Xu Zhiyan's mermaid form in the hot spring room.
Under the water, the fish's tail was entangled by the snake's tail.
The black and gold scales collided, and the sound was muffled in the water.
The feeling of being separated from time and state is very strange, but as long as Xu Zhiyan thinks that he will be able to recover his human body soon, he feels that nothing is unbearable!
He blew a bubble and allowed the power of ghosts and gods to change himself.
The feeling of exhaustion gradually disappeared, and the blood vessels under the skin began to beat rapidly, as if they were celebrating something.
When he came to his senses, he could already feel the snake-tailed ghost's hard scales pressing against his legs, the cold touch forming a sharp contrast with the scorching water temperature.
The mermaid state was completely stripped away and sealed in the water.
“Cough…cough cough cough…”
The sudden switch left Xu Zhiyan no time to react. He choked on a large mouthful of water and started coughing violently.
Fortunately, the ghosts and gods quickly brought him to the surface of the water.
There is no way. Although the mermaid form can be sealed, in the judgment of the hot spring room, the owner of the safe house still needs a pool of several dozen meters deep.
Just as they were approaching the shore, when the ghost wanted to bring Xu Zhiyan to the shore, he was met with fierce opposition from the other side.
"Hiss—no, no, no! Wait a minute!"
He hurriedly found the snake ring and activated the passive swimming skill. Xu Zhiyan clung to the shore. His recovered body looked not much different from when he was eighteen, though still a little thin.
The ghost with a human body and a snake tail looked down at the young man who had sunk him into the water and could not get him out, feeling very puzzled.
"Pool water won't have any effect on you, so it's best to leave as soon as possible."
Xu Zhiyan, who was leaning on the shore, looked at Party A after he came out of the water. His sharp eyes sized him up three times from the tip of his hair to the tip of his tail.
This was the first time Xu Zhiyan saw a completely naked ghost... His lower body was a snake's tail, so strictly speaking it might not be considered completely naked?
But looking at the other's strong chest and smooth muscles, he looked down at his own thin arms and legs underwater, and finally sighed.
"Brother, help me get some clothes."
No, we can't just go out like this. Even though we are all grown men and no one is afraid of being seen, Xu Zhiyan knows what's going on and refuses to compare his body shape with Party A!
“…”
The ghost was stunned at first, then he understood and chuckled softly.
A black robe with dark patterns appeared on Him, covering His bare chest.
Xu Zhiyan shook his head when he saw this, with a hint of envy in his tone: "Your skill is quite useful. You can put on clothes without even putting them on."
"Then I will help you put it on in the future?" The ghost stared at the young man and blurted out.
Both of them were stunned.
Without waiting for the ghost to explain, Xu Zhiyan pointed at him and questioned him in horror: "Didn't you say you wouldn't be affected by slicing? Tsk tsk tsk, you're already talking nonsense!"
He sighed, his tone sad.
"Alas, my high-class flower Kakata has also become greasy. Damn these slices."
“…”
The ghost quietly observed Xu Zhiyan's reaction, and saw that although the other party looked emotional, he did not seem to attribute the "evil" of slicing to the original body, so He breathed a sigh of relief.
As he hurriedly left the hot spring room to find clothes for Xu Zhiyan, Guishen couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
As memories and fragments returned, his personality fluctuated more and more. He was no longer the indifferent owner of the safe house at the beginning, nor was he the gentle and harmless Party A as Xu Zhiyan had imagined.
He felt that he had nothing in common with meekness.
Paranoid, crazy, furious, possessive...
It can be seen from each slice that he might not have been an easy-to-get-along-with creature before he became a ghost.
But when I think of Xu Zhiyan's ruthless and scumbag look when he treated the slices, and the only one who has ever been favored is the bait of that young master.
Are young, innocent and naive easy to be deceived?
From the little blind man, we can see that his successor will be very tolerant towards younger people. From the snake god, we can learn that he will also like simple creatures...
The blood analyzed the information provided by the blood vessels and constructed such a bait specifically for Xu Zhiyan.
It's too late to be young.
So what kind of personality should He establish now in order to please His beloved?
In the bedroom that had just been cleaned, the monsters who were sorting clothes were unable to move due to the pressure from the ghosts and gods. They could only hide in fear, fearing that they would be torn to pieces by their master who had no idea what he was thinking.
Suddenly, the monsters heard the voices of ghosts.
"Thanks for your hard work."
It was clearly just a normal consolation, but the monsters lay on the ground like crazy, shaking like a sieve.
They don't understand what bad luck has befallen them. They encountered such a horrible thing just by tidying up the room! They might be crushed into ashes in the next second!
The ghosts were puzzled when they found that the monsters looked frightened.
Why are the monsters so afraid of Him?
From the conversation with Xu Zhiyan, He has already determined the character style he will follow next - aloof.
But don't be too cold.
What if Xu Zhiyan thought that He didn't like to talk and reduced communication?
So He planned to give Himself a slightly milder characteristic. At worst, He could just scold the slices if His character collapsed after He recovered completely.
After finishing his thoughts, the ghost glanced at the monster.
"What are you shaking for?"
What He didn't know was that when facing monsters, even if He slowed down His tone, the coldness contained in it made the monsters unable to resist.
The monsters cleaning the room were dumbfounded.
The most unlucky one was a humanoid monster with reversed joints. As it lay on the ground with its face facing upwards, it could not avoid meeting the gaze of ghosts and gods.
The air in the room almost froze, and as its owner's gaze locked on it, it realized it had no choice but to speak.
"No...no, nothing."
The monster being questioned could barely utter a complete sentence.
"Am I scary?" the ghost asked, and couldn't help but turn his head and look at the mirror in the house.
He used to not pay much attention to his appearance, but after seeing the human features that obviously accounted for a larger proportion in the glasses, he felt that he should be better looking than those weird monsters in the safe house?
The monsters paused for a moment after hearing the question and trembled even more violently.
The monsters assigned to clean the room this time were those who were trained later and were not the old monsters in the safe house.
But although they have only been here for a short time, they know a lot.
The first rule recorded in the safe house hidden monster manual is, don't anger the ghosts!
The anti-joint monster recalled the sad past of its predecessors in despair. Why were all the veteran monsters in the safe house so powerful, with high levels and thick skins? Not to mention their attacks, they were all very durable anyway.
The reason is that before the safe house has a second owner, the ghosts and gods will unconsciously release violent power when they are sleeping and losing consciousness.
Monsters that can withstand the attack will be upgraded, and monsters that cannot withstand the attack will disappear.
Seeing that he couldn't get any more information out of them, the ghost didn't say anything more to the monsters. He took the clothes that Xu Zhiyan was going to wear, adjusted his mood and left the bedroom.
Fortunately, there are no blind monsters willing to do the job this time.
A few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan, who had changed his clothes, finally returned to normal human life and stood up on his own legs!
"Luckily there are blood vessels, otherwise I think I would have to rehabilitate for three days."
He held onto Party A's arm, staggered around the hot spring, and finally recovered.
Looking at the grove that was already full of fruits, Xu Zhiyan's mind raced, wondering how much profit he could make after digging up the land.
Seeing that Xu Zhiyan was standing too close to the hot spring, the ghost couldn't help but tighten his grip on the young man's wrist and said gently, "You have left the mermaid state, but be careful not to touch the hot spring water, otherwise you will revert back to the original state."
He didn't think the other party would want to be restricted in their actions.
As expected, after hearing this, Xu Zhiyan took several steps back and moved away from the hot spring.
"This mermaid is useless except for being beautiful. I thought she would drop pearls when she cries." Although the composition of pearls is most likely the same, as a businessman, he always feels that the pearls produced by a mermaid's tears would be more expensive!
The ghost thought for a moment, frowned and said, "Theoretically, it is possible."
Thinking of the special nature of the cruise ship copy, He explained a few words: "The Sea God's Domain has been cursed. Now that you have left that sea, you should be able to cry like other mermaids."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier!" Xu Zhiyan looked very sad after hearing this and cried out that he had missed a good opportunity to get the pearl.
He was always curious about things he had never seen before, and he couldn't help but count on his fingers and plan: "When I'm not busy, I'll go buy some onions and peel them in the sink..."
This way you will definitely get a lot of pearls!
The ghosts and gods were amused by the other party's greed. There were really not many humans like Xu Zhiyan who would not even let go of himself when making money.
Before receiving the information to enter the copy, Xu Zhiyan was not very confident about the implantation of luck. After making a rough plan, he left the hot spring without any regrets.
Looking at the heir who walked with the wind under his feet, ran to the first floor with a shrewd smile on his face again, the ghost stood in front of the railing, his heart full of peace and satisfaction.
Although the merman whose movements were restricted would be more dependent on Him, the rejuvenated young man was obviously happier.
Arriving at the lobby of the safe house, Xu Zhiyan stood in front of the door and looked out the window.
It's already dark outside.
I'm afraid it won't be long before new players appear.
Xiao Cui Gu handed over the account book, which recorded the various incomes from the previous copy.
In addition to the supplies Xu Zhiyan salvaged from the boat himself, the monsters also dug up a lot of things from the sea half an hour before the door was completely closed.
“Ka-ka-ka~”
[The ship sank, so props were scarce, and the monsters in this instance became ordinary animals after the Sea God unsealed them. However, everyone still fished up a lot of seafood based on the idea that they were already here! ]
The game panel kept popping up, and Xu Zhiyan suddenly discovered that the safe house system had connected Xiaokuigu to a panel system, allowing direct translation in the safe house.
Glancing at the monster who was dealing with the water stains, he expressed his affirmation for everyone.
“Good job!”
This is the spirit we should have! If you don’t take something for free, it will be wasted!
“Crack!”
“Hehehe…Hehehe!”
“…%*&()”
The monsters were so happy to hear the praise that some even forgot to speak human language and uttered incomprehensible words.
At this time, Xu Zhiyan finally felt at ease returning home.
The door leading to the Mermaid Cruise Ship copy was still standing in the hall, with corals and reefs covering the door frame.
Xu Zhiyan picked a starfish off the door, touched its rough skin, frowned and asked, "Is this door just standing like this? Will it take up too much space?"
"If left alone, this door will disappear when we log into a new copy." Seeing Xu Zhiyan coming, Qu Ji had already put down what he was doing and came over to explain.
"It can be dismantled now, Brother Xu, you can try it." It tried to suggest.
"Huh? Can I do it too?" Xu Zhiyan was a little surprised.
Although the title is the successor and the new owner of the safe house, he is still not familiar with directly controlling this old house.
However, after seeing the landscaping techniques of Guishen, Xu Zhiyan became eager to try it out.
Placing his hand on the door that was no longer usable, he closed his eyes and tried to summon his strength to modify the door in front of him.
“Ka-Shua-La-”
Cracks appeared in the Deep Sea Gate, and tiny wood chips kept falling off.
Inside the Deep Sea Gate.
Far away from the endless coast of Poseidon's territory, Shanshan stood in front of a second-hand store carrying a suitcase. Next to her was the injured boy she met on the cruise ship.
When the two men pushed open the door, they saw the boss sitting behind the counter, holding a sleeping baby in his arms. It was the baby girl whose father had taken away on the ship to pay off a debt.
"I am about to leave, and I came here specially to say goodbye to you."
Although Shanshan cannot get over the blow of losing her brother, she has already found a new goal in life. Next, she will make a lot of money, and then come back here and wait for the man named Xu Zhiyan to trade her brother's soul.
The boss took out a slightly smaller suitcase and placed it on the table.
"Shanshan, this is for you."
As she said this, she opened the box.
The banknotes with human heads printed on them were piled so high that at first glance, it was hard to tell how much money was in them.
Shanshan was stunned.
When they were about to leave the boat, a fierce-looking man with a head full of seaweed found them and said that this was left for them by Mr. Xu.
Neither of them was a greedy person, and although they couldn't help but take a look at the money inside, they thought of the owner of the second-hand shop that Mr. Xu had asked them to seek help from, so they thought the money was for the owner.
The white-haired boss closed the box, took out a letter from it and handed it to the girl.
"My own shop is enough to support this child." As he said this, the boss lowered his head and looked at the baby in his arms, his eyes full of love.
She had her family again.
Considering that she was still in good health and would have no problem raising the child, she did not take the money left by Xu Zhiyan.
Although the greedy young man took a lot of things from her, she never expected that he would be able to send money back in the end!
Thinking of what the man said before leaving, the boss felt mixed emotions.
The news of the sinking of the Leviathan had already spread on a small scale. She didn't know how Xu Zhiyan told Shanshan, but seeing that the girl was in high spirits and said that she would hire someone to wait at the dock when she earned enough money, she thought it would be better not to tell her.
For this reason, she had to drive Shanshan away.
As for the money Xu Zhiyan left her? She didn't think she was too old to move and couldn't even raise a baby!
Shanshan took the letter hesitantly and opened it slowly.
[Doing business requires capital, remember to pay me back with interest when the time comes - Xu Zhiyan]
When Xu Zhiyan returned to the casino for the second time, he won a lot of money with the help of Xiao Cui Gu. Thinking that the currencies were not interchangeable anyway and he still had to blow up the ship, he simply gave the money to Jiang Huai Que and asked him to give it all to Shan Shan and others.
After all, the violator gave the skills, and his plan was to give the bulk of the money to Shanshan and the rest to the second-hand shop owner. As for the injured teenager, he also kindly left some travel expenses.
He has no idea how to comfort others.
For Xu Zhiyan, money represents a lot of things. Leaving so much money for Shanshan can be regarded as the highest level of mourning for the violators!
On the back of the card, a line of small words was scribbled in a note.
[Your brother doesn't blame you. None of this is your fault.]
Shanshan looked at the money and then at the letter.
When she came to her senses, she quickly lowered her head. Unknowingly, the girl burst into tears.
Big tears fell onto the dirty floor.
Neither the boss nor the boy next to him said anything.
After the sad atmosphere slowly disappeared, Shanshan raised her head and no longer refused the box sent by the second-hand shop owner.
When they parted, the boss held the baby and stood at the door with the boy, looking at the girl's back as she walked away.
A gentle sea breeze caresses everything.
Suddenly, Shanshan, who was carrying the suitcase, stopped, and the boy and the boss standing on the beach seemed to sense it as well.
Everyone looked towards the sea horizon in the distance.
Although the sea was extremely calm, they felt as if something had just left in an instant.
At the same time, in a dark corner of an unknown copy.
A tiny drop of blood appeared from the crack in time and space.
“Tick-tock—”
It fell into a pool of blood and disappeared.
The next second, a bony hand emerged from the blood.
"Is this all left? Forget it, let me see these memories. What is this..." The dim room made it impossible to see the man's movements.
Soon, heavy breathing sounds were heard in the room.
There was actually a letter in the hand that had just been stretched out from the pool of blood.
Before opening the letter, Blood just felt confused.
The bait that he released got out of control. After finding the target, it did not merge with other blood, but miraculously, it did not return to the body either. So why did he try so hard to bring back this piece of paper?
Questions filled the blood's mind until it looked at what was inside.
After a long journey, the decoration on the envelope has fallen off, and even the letter paper inside has become wrinkled.
Only the passionate love poem on the letter paper, every word is so clear.
"Xu Zhiyan..."
The monster made of blood opened its mouth slowly, chewing on the name carefully.
…
Xu Zhiyan was not clear about what happened in the copy.
What NPC, what slice? He looked at the deep sea gate that collapsed because of his thoughts, and his heart was burning.
It’s hard not to be excited when you truly feel the power of the safe house for the first time!
Is it true that as the safe house is upgraded, any subsequent modifications and renovations will no longer require any external help, and he can just do it manually?
But thinking of the players who would soon come to the safe house, he could only resist the urge to try other building changes and hurry to complete the safe house point allocation.
[Safe House Level: 5]
[Room key to be unlocked: 1]
[Currently available for dungeons: ≤★★★★]
[Supply Recovery: Level 6 (Supply Store Unlocked)]
[Status Enhancement: Level 1]
[Special upgrade: None]
Both points were allocated to supplies.
With the upgrade of supplies, the quality of sugar cubes and hot soup has also improved a lot.
[Name: Sugar Cube (High Quality)]
[Level: None]
[Type: Special Supply]
[Introduction: A delicious candy bar with a refreshing taste. It is a specialty of the safe house. Each piece you eat can increase your mental strength by 15 points. It has no side effects.]
[Notes: It can also be used as a normal sweetener in dungeons.]
High-quality sugar cubes directly increase mental power by 10 points compared to the previous level!
【Name: Delicious Soup (Hot)】
[Level: None]
[Type: Special Supply]
[Introduction: This soup tastes good, but be careful not to burn your mouth. After eating it, you can quickly restore some of your physical strength, increase your body temperature, and replenish your blood. There is a certain probability that the negative effects on your physical strength will be eliminated directly.]
【Notes: This soup tastes good. 】
Stomach-warming soup upgraded to delicious soup.
Although supply recovery has not changed, there is a chance to directly clear negative status, which is a qualitative leap!
What made Xu Zhiyan happiest was that new things were unlocked at the supply department.
[Name: Pillow (Oops)]
[Level: None]
[Type: Special Supply]
[Introduction: This pillow smells terrible, but it seems to have magical effects. Resting on it can stop your wound from getting worse.]
[Notes: This pillow has a musty smell, but it is not moldy. ]
Stop wounds from getting worse?
Does that mean that if the pillow continues to be upgraded, it will become a product with medical properties?
Considering the current prices of in-game healing items, Xu Zhiyan had a feeling that the pillows produced in the safe house would be a big hit.
Thinking that he was about to log into the four-star dungeon, he thought for a moment and decided to change his identity to face the players.
Ten minutes later, a young man in a dirty thick coat squatted in the corner of the safe house yard with his back hunched. His thick bangs covered most of his face, and he looked lonely and scary.
Liuliu was holding a bucket in his hand, and in the bucket was Honghong, a monster that could produce blood.
"Splash! It's okay!" Xu Zhiyan encouraged the monster to splash the blood on him.
Although the players would not remember him once they left the safe house, disguise was necessary considering his own popularity.
Seeing that the monsters were slow to act, he urged them on.
"If I don't get some blood on my body, how can you tell that I'm also a player who escaped death?" Although he could use chicken blood or duck blood, there were free monsters in the safe house, so it was impossible for him to spend money to buy blood.
“…Okay, okay.”
Liu Liu was forced to do nothing but close his eyes and pour the monster in the bucket towards Xu Zhiyan.
Suddenly a red shadow flashed by.
The full bucket of blood swirled in the air and returned steadily to the bucket.
Xu Zhiyan was stunned. He touched the blood stains on his face and clothes, then took the mirror handed to him by the monsters and looked at himself.
The few traces of blood left a precise line on the clothes, which even looked like the pattern on the clothes. The blood on the face was even more outrageous, with only some stains on the corners of the mouth and the neck. When the hair was lifted up, there was actually a hint of fragile beauty.
"Mr. Xu! It's beautiful!"
The monster Honghong didn't think there was anything wrong with him. This was the blood spot shape that he had created with all his strength.
Xu Zhiyan seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
He wants to fool the players, not seduce them!
But the login prompt had already come, and he had no choice but to wave his hands to drive away the two monsters.
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