Chapter 250 Safe House
Christmas is here.
As night falls, the room is filled with a lively atmosphere that is completely different from the cold outside.
Xu Zhiyan leaned against the railing on the second floor of the safe house.
He glanced at the apple in his hand, then looked at the lobby on the first floor, and felt a little disappointed.
Qu Ji ordered a lot of small accessories for decorating the Christmas tree. He originally planned to decorate the Christmas tree, but the monsters really liked these little things. Every time he finished decorating, the plastic Christmas tree in the hall would be pulled bald not long after.
The hard-working snail housekeeper tried many methods but failed to stop the monsters. Later, Xu Zhiyan waved his hand and let everyone pass freely.
He doesn't care much about the meaning behind the festivals, he just wants the monsters in the safe house to be happy every time they celebrate a festival.
But at this time, Xu Zhiyan regretted his decision a little.
In the hall, the monsters were dancing and screaming with joy. Almost all of them were covered with red, green and colorful accessories, especially Liuliu. Relying on its many hands, it grabbed a handful of accessories and hung them on its body, running happily on the ceiling.
The monsters, who over-decorated themselves, went from looking simply scary to looking both scary and funny.
Putting the apple down, Xu Zhiyan squinted his eyes and looked around.
Hmm? Where's Qu Ji? Why isn't Xiao Ke Gu here either?
I stopped the monster who was eating potato chips crazily, asked him a question, walked downstairs, passed the noisy monsters, and came to the office.
In a room isolated from the loud music, Qu Ji was holding a document, checking the information on it intently.
The monsters are on holiday, but the daily external output income is not on holiday!
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Qu Ji said without even raising his head: "Leave it there first, and I'll send it to Brother Xu tomorrow."
A clear laugh rang out.
Qu Ji was stunned for a few seconds before he realized that it was not Xiao Ke Gu who came.
"You'll make me look like a black-hearted capitalist."
Xu Zhiyan walked forward with a smile and looked at Qu Ji who was wearing glasses.
The growth rate of monsters is not comparable to that of humans. His snail butler has grown from a poor little kid who huddled in the dormitory and was bullied to a reliable monster who can stand on his own and support the economy of the safe house.
Qu Ji reacted quickly and smiled embarrassedly.
"It's okay, Brother Xu. I'm almost there. I'll be done soon! The main thing is that I just received a notification from the system that the repair of the Supreme Scepter has been completed."
As soon as it finished speaking, the office door was pushed open again.
This time it’s the small crispy bones.
In one hand it held a tray with two boxes on it, and in the other hand it held a silver scepter.
“Crack! Crack!”
Little Gristle greeted excitedly.
Xu Zhiyan frowned slightly, looking a little confused.
He first took the scepter and glanced at the panel.
[Name: Supreme Scepter (Freedom)]
[Level: SS]
[Type: Attack]
[Introduction: A divinely blessed item, a weapon that once represented the authority of the Church. After being forged again, it is indestructible and can enhance the caster's skill strength by 30%.]
[Notes on use: The crown of the pope is reshaped into a sharp blade. This item may not only be a scepter. ]
[Spiritual Threshold Limit: 100]
After the severely damaged Supreme Scepter was put into the repair room, Xu Zhiyan was given several ways to repair it.
To retain the 3S level, you can only subtract the characteristics of the subsequent embedded attribute gems.
Xu Zhiyan chose to downgrade so that he could modify the enhanced attributes. He also spent a lot of materials to strengthen the scepter as a whole, turning it into a prop that could be used for close combat and enhance skills.
"I think Yu Xiu will like it."
This is the real gift he prepared for Yu Xiu.
Satisfiedly putting away the scepter, Xu Zhiyan set his eyes on the other two summoning boxes.
He had previously checked the gifts that the ghosts and Asa had secretly developed, and discovered that part of the body remains contributed by the ghosts could actually assist in the development of an A-level summoning box.
The materials are expensive and scarce, so you can probably only make one or two.
But he still made an enhanced version without hesitation, and ordered Little Grit to put some monsters in it...
Qu Ji was pleasantly surprised and asked, "Are these two also finished?"
"Both? Both?"
Xu Zhiyan was a little confused. This thing was so expensive, and he only ordered one to be made. What the hell was that extra one now?
“Ka-ka…”
The panel shows the explanation of the small brittle bones.
[Brother Xu! When I went to pick it up, there were indeed two orders, but the other one was ordered by the ghost master. ]
"Bai Jin? Why did he order this?"
Xu Zhiyan became even more confused.
He walked forward and touched two props, and two identical panels popped up. According to Xiaokuigu, the one on the left was custom-made by him, and the one on the right was custom-made by Party A.
[Name: Summoning Box F1032]
[Level: A]
[Type: Summon]
【Introduction: Obtained through special channels. 】
[Notes on use: It can store and summon six A-level monsters. It is a one-time item. When the monster dies, the item will break. Correspondingly, as long as the monster does not die, this item will always exist.]
[Spiritual Threshold Limit: 100]
This shouldn't be the case! The mental threshold limit is too high, he can't use it at all. Even if he can summon six monsters, it has nothing to do with him.
"Brother Xu, do you want to check the quality of the monsters inside first?" Qu Ji came over and picked up the box on the left.
"If you want to check, let me do it."
It volunteered to take over the task.
The reason is simple. This summoning box was prepared by Xu Zhiyan for Jin Sheng, and it contains six A-level dog monsters.
In fact, in the previous copy, Jin Sheng was not completely useless after being separated from Xiaoyi.
His skill of controlling dogs is extremely effective in dungeons with canine creatures. Sometimes, those obedient dogs will even upgrade on the spot after being hit by the skill and turn into more ferocious canine creatures.
They had entered a slaughterhouse-related copy before, where there were many dogs locked up. Jin Sheng almost flattened the copy with just one skill.
Perhaps because he was too strong under certain conditions, Jin Sheng has not improved in other aspects.
This time, the gift Xu Zhiyan prepared was to allow Jin Sheng to ignore the conditions and use the dog control skill in all copies.
However, finding a dog for Jinsheng and being afraid of dogs are not contradictory. Xu Zhiyan doesn't even want to touch the summoning box full of dogs again!
"Try it tomorrow when I'm not around."
He explained solemnly.
After finishing the things he had prepared, Xu Zhiyan hesitated and picked up the box on his right hand.
Six spots of light lit up on the side of the black box, proving that it was now filled with six monsters. He asked curiously, "When you went to the Nightmare Community to get it, was it full, Little Gristle?"
“Crack!”
[Yes! When I went to get them, there was an empty box and a full box on the table.]
It filled it with empty ones, and brought back another one as well. There was nothing in the safe house that its owner Xu Zhiyan couldn't know!
Xu Zhiyan hesitated and threw the box to Qu Ji.
"Open it and take a look."
He also wanted to open it, but his panel data was not enough to open it.
Qu Ji nodded obediently.
It only knew that the ghosts and gods had customized the props, but it had no idea what was inside.
The next second, Xu Zhiyan paid the price for his strong curiosity.
The moment Qu Ji opened the summoning box, six three-headed wolfhounds as tall as a person appeared in the office!
[Name: Canine Monster (Three-headed Dog)]
[Level: A]
【Threat: A】
[Note: Monsters that appear in volcano and hell-related dungeons have three heads, so it's okay if one head dies.]
The levels of monsters in the dungeon are displayed as low, medium and high, and only captured monsters have levels.
“Woof woof——”
"Woof!"
"Woo woo ...
Eighteen heads were raised together, dogs were barking in unison, and dog hair was flying.
Xu Zhiyan's pupils suddenly constricted, and his body became so stiff that he could hardly take a step. A three-headed dog head, larger than a human's, was right next to his hand.
Even though Qu Ji reacted immediately and took back the monster, Xu Zhiyan's legs still went weak and he fell backwards.
After a brief feeling of weightlessness, he fell into a cold embrace.
Xu Zhiyan blinked blankly.
The sound of his heartbeat like a drum in his ears almost broke him.
He felt the ghost take him into his arms and pat him gently on the back.
He said, “It’s all right.”
A few minutes later, Xu Zhiyan's hands were still shaking after being carried to the sofa. It took him a long time to finally regain his ability to speak.
"...Bai Jin, you, you explain it to me."
The unsteady voice reveals the uneasy heart.
Xu Zhiyan was about to collapse. Even now, the image of the three-headed dog's sharp teeth and saliva-covered tongue was still flashing through his mind.
Not like when we were in the dungeon.
He knew that being afraid of dogs was his weakness, and the game would allow live broadcasts, so he would always make sufficient mental preparations in advance so that when facing dogs, he would not show his fear, but his expression would not look good.
The safe house was his home, where he always felt relaxed.
The three-headed dog that had just appeared suddenly brought back some ugly memories that almost made him faint.
"Feel sorry."
The ghost's low voice sounded, and his hand fell on Xu Zhiyan's back, stroking it soothingly.
After hesitating for a moment, He whispered the origin of the summoning box.
"He is too weak. It bothers me to have a teammate like this around you."
Like Xu Zhiyan, after discovering that his own flesh and bone fragments could unexpectedly improve the quality of props, Guishen generously requested the development of new props.
He thought the human with the dog was too weak.
But we can't kill it, we can only strengthen it.
“…”
Xu Zhiyan fell silent after hearing this.
Damn, what's going on! What kind of luck is Jin Sheng? He prepared six dogs for Jin Sheng, and the ghosts and gods also prepared six dogs for Jin Sheng.
Xu Zhiyan's thinking mode that is in sync with ghosts and gods makes Jin Sheng receive double gifts unexpectedly.
The misunderstanding is finally over.
When Xu Zhiyan finally came to his senses, he found that he was still being embraced by the ghost. He quickly got out of the other's arms, stood up and shook his head.
Fortunately, Xiao Cui Gu and Qu Ji were driven away at some point, otherwise it would have been a bit embarrassing if they were seen.
Seeing that the ghost god said nothing and looked like he had done something wrong, Xu Zhiyan shrugged indifferently.
"It's okay, this is not your problem."
He was just too curious, and released the monsters without consulting the gods. Just now, six three-headed dogs crowded into the room and even broke a cabinet.
"I'm sorry, I'll tell you in advance next time."
The ghost's voice was a little hoarse.
He remembered Xu Zhiyan’s appearance just now.
The pale face, the tense and stiff limbs, and the instantaneous appearance of cold sweat on the forehead, all these indicated that the other party was extremely frightened.
He was very upset.
I regretted not telling him in advance; I regretted not going to get the things back immediately after receiving the notice from Asa; I regretted not being able to protect Xu Zhiyan within my scope.
Perhaps he was venting his anger on the human player who raised a dog. He felt even more disgusted with him. He was so weak...
Xu Zhiyan, who had recovered from his shock, was completely different.
He came out of his previous emotion, and when he thought of Party A who was going to the same place as him, he felt like laughing.
"Jin Sheng is really lucky. He can receive two such expensive gifts."
These words fell into the hearts of ghosts and gods.
He immediately thought of Xu Zhiyan, who was targeted by the system in the dungeon and often had to face more pressing situations than other players.
Depression set in.
"You would have better luck without me."
Guishen firmly believed that it was the binding of the safe house that made Xu Zhiyan's luck in the copy worse.
"?"
Xu Zhiyan had no idea what his client was thinking, and his expression was a little confused, but that didn't stop him from continuing to speak.
"But I think I'm lucky!"
He walked up to the ghost and because the other party was still sitting on the sofa, he looked down at his party A, which was a rare occurrence.
The disorderly growing horns are engraved with spells.
Xu Zhiyan is not like a ghost or god who can see other people's eyes through objects.
He reached out his hand as if possessed by a ghost and touched the edge of the ghost's horn. The cold and hard feeling brought him back to his senses, and he coughed lightly before speaking.
"Why do you think I'm unlucky?"
"I inherited a safe house that many people dream of. Anything that can be settled with points is no problem for me now."
"If I'm not lucky, then the whole world is full of unlucky people."
As he spoke, Xu Zhiyan laughed.
The confident and cheerful voice reached the ears of the ghosts and gods. He really wanted to say that not everyone who inherited the safe house could make it like it is now.
The bustling monsters in the hall, the high-level items piled up in the warehouse, the points that keep flowing in... and His body that is constantly being completed.
Xu Zhiyan got all this on his own.
He was unable to express his inner thoughts, and there were some things that perhaps no one could do except Xu Zhiyan.
As if he had laughed enough, Xu Zhiyan patted the ghost's shoulder.
"Bai Jin, it's not your fault that I'm afraid of dogs. You don't need to feel wrong about it."
Restraining his smile, he turned his back and spoke in a muffled voice.
"Ah... How should I put it? I don't know why dogs like me, but I seem to have been attracted to dogs since I was a child."
Xu Zhiyan's voice became very soft.
"Actually... before that, I quite liked dogs."
After accepting Dr. Bai's kindness and the gift from the ghosts, even though his own feelings were not very clear, he still felt that he seemed to have a closer relationship with Party A.
Their relationship now should be closer than friends and collaborators.
Ghosts and gods have never hidden anything. In exchange, Xu Zhiyan felt that he should say something about himself.
"When I was very young, that woman would always take me to the main house. Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that my family is a branch of the Xu family. In fact, the relationship is not very close, and it is more of a business transaction."
His tone was slow, but gradually became softer.
"My father is in trouble."
“I won’t talk about the less interesting middle part.”
Xu Zhiyan walked to the cabinet that was still in good condition and took out a red scarf, omitting a lot of things in his words.
"Anyway she's going to throw me into a... a place with a dog."
When he returned to the ghost, he wrapped the scarf he bought for thirty yuan around the ghost's neck and spoke much faster.
“It was a big room, there were no lights, and the dog was crazy, but as long as the dog was quiet, she would get the money.”
Xu Zhiyan used simple language to describe the incident lightly, and only the slight trembling in his voice revealed his inner panic.
But the ghosts and gods felt that they saw the picture.
A child who may be only a few years old was taken to a strange place by his mother and thrown into a dark room, facing a ferocious beast that could appear at any time, left alone and helpless.
Is the dog in there really a dog?
He doesn't know.
"That's about it. The dog will bite."
"Then she died, and the dog died too."
At this point, his tense muscles relaxed and his tone became light.
No more words were said about childhood. These memories were not important to Xu Zhiyan. He did not like to look back, so he never dwelled on them too much.
"I have seen many psychologists, but after a long time, I can't remember most of the things. Apart from being afraid of dogs, I don't have any other problems."
"For many years afterwards, I never went to the main house again. Even the title deed of the old Yunshan house was obtained with money."
Xu Zhiyan tied the scarf around the ghost's neck into an ugly bow.
"It doesn't seem like a big deal to say it now."
Maybe it was too ugly, the scarf was seriously inconsistent with the temperament of the ghost, he couldn't help laughing out loud and untied the bow again.
"It's not your problem anyway."
"Don't think too much."
The ghost did not answer.
He couldn't help but like the successor before him.
Xu Zhiyan's keen ability to perceive emotions allowed him to sense the ghosts' apology. Although he was reluctant, he still shared some bad memories when he thought it was appropriate.
After thinking about it, the ghost felt that he should continue to apologize.
Xu Zhiyan did not elaborate on the process, but he was indeed full of fear when talking about the dog.
But he did not speak to comfort him as he had thought in theory. Instead, the ghost stood up and held the other person in his arms. He patted Xu Zhiyan's back gently and kept his voice as low as possible, as if he was comforting the child who was at a loss in the distant memory.
"It's all over."
At this moment, He really wanted to say that he hoped Xu Zhiyan could stay in the safe house and not enter the copy again.
As long as he is here, Xu Zhiyan will never be hurt again.
But when he looked down at the young man's smiling eyes, he couldn't say this.
Yes, those things are in the past.
Xu Zhiyan is no longer the child who wandered in the darkness seeking help. He walked his life path according to his own ideas and became the person he wanted to be.
The heart is strong and indestructible.
What right did he have to ask the other party to give up his freedom and curl up safely in the darkness of this corner?
His Xu Zhiyan should appear in front of everyone and become the focus of everyone's attention.
"It's all over. I'm fine now."
Xu Zhiyan did not push the ghost away, he even hugged him back openly, which was impossible before.
I don't know when it started, but he no longer rejected other people's care.
Bai Jin's, his teammates', the monsters in the safe house's...
Without him noticing, he had quietly opened a gap in his hard outer shell, revealing a bit of his soft core.
In the dark night, bright stars shine.
The atmosphere in the room was just right.
It’s a pity that the sound of the door being pushed open suddenly broke the silence.
“Squeak—”
Several black mutated otter monsters cautiously poked their heads out from the crack in the door and looked inside.
These are the little guys working in the blind box machine.
Xu Zhiyan came to his senses, jumped away, and looked back at the three cute furry heads piled together in the crack of the door.
"What's up?"
Although he really wanted to tell these little guys to knock on the door, he couldn't blame them for anything when he met three pairs of sparkling green eyes.
“Squeak!”
After getting the response, the three little guys crawled in, grabbed Xu Zhiyan's trouser legs and took him out.
"What……"
You know, usually these little guys are very afraid of ghosts and gods, but today they are not afraid of even ghosts and gods, and their little eyes are full of excitement.
Xu Zhiyan was forced to walk out, and when he reached the door, he looked back at the ghost.
"Do you know what they're going to take me to see?"
The ghost followed, helped Xu Zhiyan, and spoke softly.
“It should be a gift.”
The monsters also prepared gifts.
Xu Zhiyan walked into the chaotic hall, and as expected, he saw a huge, beautifully packaged box appearing there.
"Brother Xu! The gift! Open it!"
"We have been preparing for a long time..."
"The money from selling paper shells! It's all spent here!"
"I like it...gift...I like it!"
The chaotic noise was full of anticipation, and Xu Zhiyan was a little surprised.
He knew that Qu Ji later changed the system and would save the money from selling the waste express boxes for the monsters, but how much could the cardboard be sold for? The half-man-high box in front of him looked very valuable.
...Can the monsters save enough money to buy this box?
With suspicion, Xu Zhiyan opened the box.
Delicate ribbons hung down layer by layer, and the heavy and sturdy lid of the box was pushed open, revealing the scene inside.
A cocoon bag emitting a faint glow appeared in the box.
It’s Xu Xiaohua’s cocoon bag.
For some reason, this cocoon was not as hard as before. Instead, it looked very soft. The outer film was almost transparent, revealing the monster curled up inside.
[Name: Metamorphosis Monster (Xu Xiaohua)]
[Level: B (Open ductility, upgradeable)]
【Threat: B】
【Note: A daughter I picked up cheaply. 】
Before Xu Zhiyan could come to his senses, the safe house system jumped out to explain for the monsters.
[Host! We all hatched this together!]
[Although we didn’t get any useful information from Yu Rou, after she broke out of her cocoon, everyone studied the cocoon carefully and found that it actually takes energy to break open.]
Xu Xiaohua's cocoon did not react because the other party was just a young monster and might not know how to digest and use its power.
[After everyone finishes their daily work, they will come to help inject some power from different sources into it.]
[But no one knows whether this will succeed...]
The monsters secretly injected more than three months' worth of power into Xu Xiaohua's cocoon without telling Xu Zhiyan.
[Fortunately, it succeeded in the end!]
[Only one last bit of power is needed, and Xu Xiaohua will be completely hatched! We hope that the last bit of power can come from Mr. Ghost, I wonder if it will have a different effect! ]
The system is also very exciting.
It feels like its CPU is about to burn out!
[Qu Ji has linked Xu Xiaohua's cocoon bag to the B-level summoning box. According to predictions, Xiaohua should be able to transform into a stronger new form. The next time you enter the dungeon, the host will be able to bring a new fighter with him.]
[Everyone is looking forward to the host becoming even more powerful after the guild is opened!]
Not only the system, but all the monsters in the safe house were looking at the heir who was opening the gifts with burning eyes.
Their eyes are clear and pure, filled with joy.
Xu Zhiyan was speechless.
For the first time, he discovered that he was also expected by others.
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