Chapter 118: It's the Tiger Younger Brother

The answer to this question is inside the question itself.

Because that's a weapon.

Cheng Shuili doesn't want to explain; she also knows time is running short.

There are far too many cold weapons to choose from, so she picks them one by one and finally selects the long sword that adds the most attribute points.

【Refined Steel Long Sword】

【Description: Crafted by the weapons master Hu Ge of Shou Ren Xiao Zhen! Anything Hu Ge makes is a masterpiece! Grants three extra Strength when used!】

That's the most you can get.

Cheng Shuili shakes her head, grips the long sword and tells the two orcs, "I want this."

This time there's no surprise; Hu Ge and Hu Mei readily agree.

"Time is short; let's go as quickly as possible!"

Hu Mei has been anxious all along, and now she can't wait a single moment.

Cheng Shuili pulls a loaf of O-bread from the Abyssal Ring; she's about to fight monsters and must be fully prepared.

Hu Ge locks the door and, together with Hu Mei, leads Cheng Shuili to the underground storage room.

Cheng Shuili silently gnaws the O-bread behind the two.

Honestly, no matter how tasty something is, you can't eat it too hastily; eating too fast always makes you choke.

【Ding! Consuming special item 'Mystical O-Bread'!】

【This item is guaranteed to add 5 attribute points! Can be used up to four times!】

【Current effect: Strength +5! Agility +2!】

【Current effect: Stamina +2! Agility +4!】

【Current effect: Strength +3! Stamina +2!】

Each successive increase is smaller than the previous.

Cheng Shuili remains silent, opens the panel and checks her current attributes.

【Player: Cheng Shuili】

ID: AAAJCCJ8888

Username: Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji

Vehicle: Shopping Cart (exterior off-road vehicle) (Current power 1000%) (Solar panels active)

Health: 80 (Title bonus active, a very healthy value—keep it up.)

Strength: 51+3 (Man, you're strong! Ordinary humans are nothing before you! Even stronger humans are nothing! Current weapon attribute bonus adds 3 points.)

Stamina: 42 (Compared with your other two stats, this is really low. Good child, don't neglect it, okay?)

Agility: 50 (Man, you're fast! There's basically no monster you can't chase now. Of course, once you catch up, do you kill the monster or get eaten… hehe.)

Overall Combat Power: 65 (Congratulations! You passed!)

Game Coin: 1293

Special Items: Store Employee Badge x1, Town Driver Certificate x1, Vehicle Upgrade Core x1, Vehicle Repair Card x1, Vehicle Cleaning Card x1 (7 uses left), Auto-Drive Card x1 (8 uses left), Designated Dungeon Activation Card x1, Universal Key x1, Shou Ren Xiao Zhen Underground Storage Room Access Card x1, Abyssal Ring x1, Rich Man's Daily Supplies x1, Gift of the Great Prediction God x1, Undying Totem x1, Joker's Trick Cloak x1, Energy Stone x5.

Monster Drops: Oily Monster Core x4, Silver Bone of Snow-Buried Corpse Ghost x3, Fresh Slime Gel x168.

Blueprints: Primary Condensed Water Device Blueprint, Simple Hunting Trap Blueprint, Energy-saving Air Conditioning Blueprint, Simple Sunroom Blueprint (includes Flowerpot Blueprint).

Common Supplies: (omitted).】

Still quite wealthy.

Whenever Cheng Shuili opens her personal panel and sees the neatly listed, densely packed supplies, a sense of satisfaction wells up from deep inside.

All the effort of these days is reflected on the panel; this feeling of seeing your harvest directly is truly wonderful!

Hu Ge and Hu Mei obviously can't comprehend this feeling.

They've even begun to doubt whether they chose the wrong person.

The two sharp‑witted orcs whisper to each other.

"Is this human reliable?"

"She has a room card in her hand; as for reliability…"

She glances back at Cheng Shuili, who just finished the O-bread and is drinking water after choking.

"Brother, we have no other choice either."

Hu Ge sighs, "Hope she can bring the Tiger Younger Brother back."

The entrance to the underground storage room is far more concealed than Cheng Shuili imagined.

Hu Ge leads them through a narrow alley at the far edge of the town and stops before an apparently ordinary stone wall.

The wall is covered with dark‑green vines, almost blending into the stone in the dim light.

If Cheng Shuili had to find it herself, not even an hour—or even several trips to Shou Ren Xiao Zhen—would help; she'd probably never locate it.

"This is it," Hu Ge says in a low voice, his rough claws parting the vines to reveal a rust‑stained metal door.

Hu Mei steps forward and pushes it open, revealing a pitch‑black staircase descending down.

Hu Ge pulls an oil lamp from his waist, its dim yellow light flickering between the three, stretching their shadows onto the wall.

Cheng Shuili notices both orcs' expressions are unusually solemn; Hu Mei's tail twitches anxiously, while Hu Ge's ears are pressed flat against his head.

Clearly nervous.

Nervous about what?

Cheng Shuili keeps a wary eye; those two orcs must be hiding something from her.

"Have you been here before?"

Cheng Shuili asks cautiously, and the two orcs notice nothing amiss.

Hu Ge shook his head, "We haven't gone inside."

Tiger sister said, "You go in quickly, make the most of the time."

The more they urged, the more something fishy was going on.

Seeing that nothing could be asked this way, Cheng Shuili went straight, "Are you hiding something from me?"

"Until you explain clearly, I won't just go down."

Tiger sister narrowed her eyes, "What could we possibly hide from you?"

Hu Ge felt a bit guilty, and after Tiger sister slapped him, he added, "Yeah, yeah."

Cheng Shuili couldn't help rolling her eyes, she leaned against the door with a rogue look, saying, "Humans can only stay for two hours; now only forty‑five minutes remain. Whether your brother can come out today is entirely up to you."

Tiger sister's claws unintentionally left a few marks on the wall, while Hu Ge kept rubbing the oil lamp's handle with his claws.

Cheng Shuili even noticed the fine beads of sweat seeping from Hu Ge's forehead.

Is she thinking how to deceive them? Or planning to spill everything?

Cheng Shuili waited patiently.

"We… we really haven't gone inside."

Hu Ge finally spoke, his voice low and tinged with helpless resignation, "But we know what's inside."

Tiger sister suddenly turned her head, glaring at her brother, a low growl issuing from her throat.

Cheng Shuili's fingers slipped onto the hilt, beastfolk shouldn't attack humans.

But the point of that sentence is "should"!

These two beastfolk won't suddenly attack her, will they?

From Tiger sister bringing it up voluntarily to now, the whole thing looks like a mission.

Yet the system hasn't been short of twists.

It can't be that they tricked her to this desolate place to kill and seize supplies, right? Do beastfolk need supplies too?

Cheng Shuili almost couldn't hold back; just as she was about to act, Hu Ge finally spoke.

Hu Ge's yellow beast eyes narrowed to a thin line under the light, and he told the truth, "There's a monster in the storage room."

"What kind of monster?" Cheng Shuili pressed.

Hu Ge and Tiger sister fell silent.

The air was unusually quiet for a moment.

Finally, Tiger sister said in a heavy tone, "It's just Tiger brother."