Chapter 120: Territory

Cheng Shuili silently recited it twice in her mind, and finally in the darkness she found the tiger demon's pair of blood-red eyes!

Now!

Cheng Shuili pressed the flashlight's strobe button.

The blinding white light instantly illuminated the entire basement, and she finally saw the true face of that tiger demon!

It was a large humanoid creature, its whole body covered in mottled tiger-striped fur, but the fur had largely fallen off, exposing the rotting skin underneath.

Its head retained the basic features of a tiger, but its lower jaw jutted out abnormally, exposing its fangs, and thick saliva continually dripped from the corners of its mouth.

"Roar!" the tiger demon let out a painful howl, its scarlet eyes covered with white film obviously extremely sensitive to the sudden strong light.

It covered its eyes with its forepaws and stumbled backward.

Cheng Shuili seized the opportunity, raised her handgun, aimed at the ceiling, and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The deafening gunshot echoed in the basement's cramped space, the effect even better than Cheng Shuili had anticipated.

The tiger demon let out a shrill scream, clapped its paws over its ears, and curled up into a ball, as if suffering immense pain.

Strike while he's sick to take his life!

If not now, when?

Cheng Shuili didn't hesitate; she gripped her long sword and lunged forward.

The tiger demon still curled on the ground, struggling in pain, its rotting back fully exposed before her.

A flash of blade, and the sharp sword plunged deep into the tiger demon's back.

The weapon's sharpness is one, Cheng Shuili's strength is two! Combined, Cheng Shuili is unstoppable!

Thick black blood spurted out, splashing onto Cheng Shuili's hands and face, carrying a foul stench.

"Roar!" the tiger demon let out its final shrill howl, its massive body convulsed violently a few times, then finally lay still.

Cheng Shuili panted, stepped back two paces, and warily stared at the corpse on the ground. Only after confirming the tiger demon was truly dead did she relax slightly.

【Hidden danger eliminated, basement storage unlocked】

【Obtained: Right to use the basement storage】

Usage right?

Usage right!

Cheng Shuili widened her eyes, opened the system, and immediately discovered a new option had appeared on it.

【Territory】

She lightly clicked it, and the system's announcement sounded immediately.

"Congratulations, player Cheng Shuili! You have successfully activated the 【Territory】 system; as a pioneer, you receive the unique reward 【Territory Certificate】! Shall we make a server-wide announcement?"

"As a player who activated the 【Territory】 system, reward: Silver Treasure Chest x1"

【Detected that the player is in a special scene; the silver treasure chest has been delivered to the vehicle.】

Another server-wide announcement.

Cheng Shuili has always been showy.

She hesitated not at all, directly clicking "Yes"!

【Congratulations, player Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji! You have successfully unlocked the territory function!】

Long Guo District 3, Zone 666.

"???"

"Did I hear that right? Did they just shout Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji's name again?"

"You didn't mishear! But! This damn thing just happened less than an hour ago! Wuya Dalao, what the hell are you doing with the airplane?"

"Indeed, when the big shot exerts power, it's not something us ordinary mortals can comprehend."

"Who just said Wuya Dalao is human? Come on, say it again! Is this damn thing a person?"

"We're surprised, but swearing at people isn't right."

"I express my most sincere respect to Wuya Dalao!"

"What the hell is your respect worth? And you all just keep talking about how awesome Wuya Dalao is—this is already common knowledge! Who can explain what this territory function actually is? Why did it show as not unlocked when I just clicked in?"

"Mine also shows not unlocked!"

"Who unlocked it? Come out and say!"

"Asking and asking, didn't the system already say?"

"@Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji, boss!! Begging for food!!"

"It's not me saying it; the boss never looks at the district channel, so talking like this definitely won't summon Wu Ya."

"Upstairs! Then what do you suggest we do?"

"As everyone knows, Wuya Dalao's combat power is extremely strong, especially when scolding people! But Wuya Dalao never seeks trouble; he only speaks when provoked! So...... who will sacrifice themselves? Let's summon Wuya Dalao!"

"Rotten idea."

"This idea is great, so I suggest the person who proposed it sacrifice themselves!"

Cheng Shuili didn't look at what the district channel was chatting about.

After opening the 【Territory】 interface, it displayed four slots, three of which were locked, only the first one lit, with a small line of text reading "Basement Storage".

Is this the little hut she just obtained the usage right for?

What use is it?

Cheng Shuili carefully studied this newly appeared function; when her finger lightly touched the "Basement Storage" icon, a three-dimensional projection suddenly popped up before her eyes—exactly a 3D projection of this basement.

【Basement Storage】

【Owner: Cheng Shuili】

【Description: Belonging to player Cheng Shuili's exclusive territory! This place is absolutely safe, with no danger, you can store all supplies and vehicles, as long as your territory can hold them! Using Territory Servant Card can recruit servants for the territory! Current territory cannot be upgraded! Current territory usage time is 30 days!】

Absolutely safe, anything can be stored inside, and you can also recruit servants?

This......

This is a small safe house.

Unfortunately, it's time-limited.

Cheng Shuili sighed, closing the three-dimensional projection of the underground storage room.

After the system announcement ended, the power in the underground storage room seemed to have been restored, and the whole space lit up.

This is a small hut, its area is over ten square meters larger than the space inside the shopping cart.

This place is absolutely safe; if you urgently need a workbench during the day to craft something, you can come here to craft.

But aside from that, Cheng Shuili couldn't think of any other use for a moment.

Can this place be used as a space?

Thinking is thinking, but you need to return to the vehicle before you can experiment.

The system reward 【Territory Certificate】 was directly issued into Cheng Shuili's hands; after clarifying the 【Territory】, she then had the leisure to examine what this thing is.

【Territory Certificate】

【Description: What belongs to you will forever belong to you! The prerequisite for using this item is to obtain expansion! After use, the territory will no longer have a time limit! You can develop your territory with all your might, you can recruit players, recruit servants, recruit NPCs! You can use any means you can think of to develop, perhaps becoming an empire, or perhaps replacing the system, who knows?】

This description...

Clearly these are exhilarating words, but Cheng Shuili feels no excitement at all.

Nothing else, it's just that being deceived by the system for a long time makes one like this.

Cheng Shuili shook her head, still couldn't help sighing; she really liked sighing today, all thanks to the system.

Cheng Shuili walked around the underground storage room; on the shelves placed against the wall there were plenty of used supplies, food and water materials were all present, and counting them amounted to a sizable batch of supplies.

Unfortunately, there were no more precious items.

Not even a Vehicle Card.