Chapter 111 - Chapter 111: Chapter ill: Safe

Chapter 111: Chapter ill: Safe

Translator: 549690339

Song Jian slowly walked towards Building 9 of the New Garden Residential Area, which had almost become a Novice Village. All the monsters in the area had been cleared out, and new players wielding weapons could be seen everywhere, going in and out of the high-rise buildings.

Seeing so many new players, Song Jian felt a sense of unease in his heart.

New players rarely dared to directly hunt monsters on the streets when they first came out. Most of them would start by searching for supplies. The New Garden Residential Area had more than a dozen high-rise buildings with over a hundred rooms; however, with so many new players searching, some rooms had even been searched several times.

“I hope the room the Count of Qian Dahai hid his safe in hasn’t been searched yet…” Song Jian prayed silently, though the probability of that happening was incredibly low. Now, he could only hope that other people didn’t know where the safe was and haven’t discovered it yet.

Entering Building 9, Song Jian followed the stairs and climbed towards the 16th floor.

The floral-shirted ghost hid at the entrance of the first floor, peeking inside.

“Floral-Shirt Ghost, what are you doing?” A hand slapped the floral-shirted ghost’s shoulder from behind, scaring him.

Turning his head, the floral-shirted ghost sighed in relief, “Uncle Wang, scaring people could frighten them to death. You shouldn’t jump out like that!” “Floral-Shirt Ghost, can’t you put your energy to better use? You’re becoming more and more daring now, even following a level 10 expert, do you want to die?” Uncle Wang complained.

“Uncle Wang, haven’t you heard? One doesn’t get rich without taking risks,” the floral-shirted ghost said nonchalantly. “I just want to follow a high-level player. Can’t I drink some soup while they eat meat?”

“Drink soup? Hmph, I think you don’t care about your life anymore! ” Uncle Wang said with a disappointed look.

“Alright, Uncle Wang, stop pretending!” The floral-shirted ghost said disdainfully, “No one knows you better than me, and I understand your thoughts better than anyone else. Let s follow him together! If there’s any advantage, we can have a share. I don’t believe a level 10 expert would come to the Novice Village for no reason.”

Uncle Wang’s expression changed, and a tinge of resentment appeared in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he said, “In the future, zombie cores will probably be unsellable.”

“Hmph, if even a high-level expert wants to buy it, could it not be something valuable? I still have a dozen or so of them in my inventory.” The floral-shirted ghost said with a smug smile, “As long as I can find out what the zombie cores are used for, won’t we be rich then?”

“Alright, hurry up and follow him closely. Don’t lose sight of him. See which floor he went to…” Uncle Wang pushed the floral-shirted ghost, and the two of them sneakily approached the stairs.

Song Jian quickly arrived at the 16th floor and saw the broken-down door with a frown on his face.

The room had already been searched; if they found Count’s safe was yet to be seen.

Stepping into the room, he saw a mess, with items scattered all over the floor. Song Jian quickly walked into a bedroom and saw an intact large bed that took up almost half the room, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

“Thankfully, no one has discovered the safe!” Song Jian smiled.

The bed was custom-made. It looked like a solid hardwood bed, but in fact, there were two removable side panels on the right side. Behind the two panels was what appeared to be solid wood but was actually a special composite metal. By triggering a mechanism next to the bed, a password keypad would be revealed. The password would open the safe.

On the radio, Count Qian Dahai had explained in great detail how to open the safe to everyone; as long as the safe was opened, the contents could be obtained.

Following the steps, Song Jian quickly opened the safe.

Reaching inside, he pulled out stacks of cash. Each bill had a face value of too, and there were dozens of stacks, totaling to about several hundred thousand.

However, after the apocalypse, even the “government” no longer existed, and these paper bills, based on government credit, had become worthless piles of paper.

Behind the large stacks of cash, Song Jian found three wooden boxes. They were dark red with a thick layer of patina. In the real world, these three boxes alone would be valuable.

Opening the first wooden box, a blue jade necklace caught his eye. Song Jian’s face lit up with joy, but after checking the properties of the necklace, he discovered it was just an ordinary piece of jewelry that couldn’t be taken out of the game. His interest waned, and he put it into his inventory.

“With this item, all I need to do is figure out how to mail it, and I can get the Sword Finger’ Skill Book.” Song Jian was pleased.

Opening the second wooden box, he found a ring. The ring appeared dull and had a wood-like texture, looking like a wooden ring.

Checking the properties, Song Jian gasped. The ring was actually the legendary Storage Ring.

“Storage Ring (Blue): Ring, equipped effect, obtain eight storage spaces. Usage effect, expand player’s inventory, the number of expanded slots is random, ranging from at least one slot to a maximum of six slots!”

If used as equipment, the ring would occupy one ring jewelry slot, and each player’s equipment slots could only wear two rings. Song Jian was already wearing a Ring of Strength, while the other ring slot was empty, perfect for equipping this one.

Once Song Jian had a better ring, this Storage Ring could be used to expand his inventory slots, preventing any waste.

“I’ve always felt that sixteen inventory slots were too small. It’s like a dream come true!” Song Jian immediately equipped the ring, instantly gaining eight additional inventory slots.

Opening the third wooden box, he found a book inside. The cover was made of cowhide and featured a monster’s portrait on it.

“Horns growing on its head, red skin, sunken cheeks, and the eyes that revealed a vicious and malicious expression… It looks like the demon from Hell in legends…” Song Jian picked up the book and stroked the cover thoughtfully.

As Song Jian s fingers slid over the demon portrait, he could feel the slightly raised image, as if it was originally part of the cowhide cover.

“Surrender your soul, and I shall grant you immense power…” A whisper sounded in his ear, and Song Jian looked bewildered for a moment before quickly coming to his senses.

System: You were tempted by rhe demon; but your passive talent “Thick Face” activates, making you immune to the demon’s temptation.

“As I thought, this is not something ordinary people can touch!” Seeing rhe system prompt, Song Jian was so frightened that he nearly threw the book out of his hand. lie forced himself to suppress the urge, put the book back in his inventory, and decided to study the book’s content when he returned to his manor.

Just then, Song Jian suddenly heard a rustling sound outside the door, as if someone was sneaking into the room.