Chapter 124: Snatched Away

They said it was a gift, but the two beastmen looked more like bodyguards.

Or they were bodyguards who had just been scolded by their employer Cheng Shuili.

Cheng Shuili originally didn't want to put the two in a difficult spot, but not asking made her curious; after hesitating for a while, she finally asked, "Is dismissal a severe punishment?"

The question didn't stump the two beastmen.

But they didn't answer immediately; instead they shivered.

Cheng Shuili already had an idea in mind; after a while, she heard Lang An speak in a voice the size of a fly, "After dismissal, if you don't find a new job within three days, you'll become useless trash and be cleared away with the garbage."

Cheng Shuili was startled and immediately thought of the Abyssal Ring's description of the "Tiger Demon."

【Creatures that resist the system should be deleted along with erroneous data.】

She didn't expect the NPCs' living conditions to be so harsh.

"What about the little black room?"

The two beastmen shivered together again.

Cheng Shuili: "……"

Alright, the director really handed down a heavy sentence.

Very fair.

Until she left Shou Ren Xiao Zhen, Cheng Shuili never heard an explanation about the little black room.

She saw the two beastmen off, slipped into a shopping cart and rubbed her hands.

Don't rush to open the two silver chests!

First, test the most important thing: can the underground storage room be used as space?

Cheng Shuili lifted a piece of iron, thought for a moment, and placed the item into the underground storage room.

Putting it in was quite convenient.

But retrieving it wasn't that easy.

Items taken from the underground storage must be placed into a vehicle, and a placement spot must be chosen.

For other players, this barely counts as a "space." But for Cheng Shuili, who possesses true space, this advantage is clearly insufficient.

She shook her head, sat on the floor, and opened the two silver chests.

"Congratulations, you obtained Vehicle Upgrade Material Gift Pack x1 【Legendary】, Random Furniture Design Blueprint x1 【Rare】, Strawberry Plush Carpet x1 【Common】."

"Congratulations, you obtained Radio Exclusive Battery x1 【Rare】 …"

Hm?

Cheng Shuili frowned; the second silver chest yielded only one item?

That's not right, is it? Why didn't it keep reporting?

Cheng Shuili couldn't help but tap the virtual UI.

The text above finally refreshed.

"Ding, you triggered a little easter egg! You're really unlucky; the remaining two items were snatched away by a monster!"

Cheng Shuili stared at that line for a while before grasping the system's meaning.

Her items were taken by the monster.

Taken by the monster?

Or a little easter egg?

Who actually needs this kind of easter egg?

Cheng Shuili voiced her protest, even hammered the system panel a few times, and after confirming resistance was useless, she reluctantly closed the page.

Four items are just four items.

Cheng Shuili inspected them one by one.

【Vehicle Upgrade Material Gift Pack】

【Description: After use, randomly obtain 6, 66, or 666 Vehicle Upgrade Material Fragments! Probabilities are 70%, 25%, 5%! Friend! How many you get depends entirely on your luck.】

Oh, random.

Cheng Shuili nodded, opened the group chat and @‑ed Liang Shan Bo.

【Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji】: @Liang Shan Bo Yu Zhu Ying Lai, come over.

【Liang Shan Bo Yu Zhu Ying Lai】:??? So sudden!

Cheng Shuili didn't mind; after closing the chat page she directly used the gift pack!

【Ding! Your luck is average, but a bit better than most! You obtained 66 Vehicle Upgrade Material Fragments!】

66 pieces!

Not bad!

Cheng Shuili picked up the falling fragments one by one; together with these 66, she now has 104 pieces in hand!

It looks like a lot, but upgrading requires a full 300 pieces, barely a third.

Cheng Shuili sighed; she can't hurry.

She continued to flip through the other rewards.

【Random Furniture Design Blueprint】

【Description: It's called random, but it's not truly random! It's much better than you imagine; after use, you'll obtain a piece of furniture or appliance you don't currently have. Whatever it is, it will never duplicate!】

Good stuff!

Cheng Shuili stared at the blue‑glowing Random Furniture Design Blueprint in her hand, her heartbeat accelerating involuntarily.

This might be her closest encounter with a washing machine yet!

"Washing machine, washing machine, washing machine…" she closed her eyes, whispered three times, her fingers trembling slightly as she pinched the card's edge, inhaled deeply, "Use!"

The card in her palm turned into countless specks of light, spiraled upward, and gradually coalesced into a square outline.

Cheng Shuili widened her eyes, watching those specks of light slowly sketch the outline of an entirely snow‑white machine, its top a transparent circular lid, with three gold‑stamped characters "full‑automatic" printed on its side.

Did it produce a finished product?

Before Cheng Shuili could curl the corner of her mouth, the lights reconvened, forming a blueprint that lay quietly on the floor.

What is this?

Just teasing her?

Resigned, Cheng Shuili bent down, picked up the blueprint, and, brimming with anticipation, examined it closely—it really was a blueprint for a full‑automatic washing machine!

【Full‑Automatic Smart Washing Machine Blueprint】

【Effect: Humans should all know what a washing machine does! But this model is upgraded—wash‑dry integrated full‑automatic! Equipped with the latest smart AI system, meeting all user needs!】

【Materials: plastic ×16, rubber ×8, carbon‑fiber board ×3, iron nails ×10, iron blocks ×5】

The description of the effect is way too perfunctory.

And it requires quite a lot of materials, but Cheng Shuili is never short of these!

She looked up toward the window; the sky outside was still bright, but that didn't matter!

With a thought, Cheng Shuili and her vehicle materialized in an underground storage room.

The underground storage space was only slightly larger than the actual space of a shopping cart, so in theory it shouldn't fit the two vehicles.

But the shopping cart's exterior had already become an off‑road vehicle, so its volume was naturally counted as that of an off‑road vehicle.

Cheng Shuili didn't linger; she was eager to craft!

The finished washing machine was pure white, looking like a set with the air conditioner, and it looked good even placed in the vehicle!

【Full‑Automatic Smart Washing Machine】

【Description: This model is a multifunctional washing machine, wash‑dry integrated full‑automatic! Equipped with the latest smart AI system, meeting all user needs!】

It can also dry?

Cheng Shuili smiled; she knew that anything with a long name couldn't be inferior!

Cheng Shuili immediately changed clothes, shoved the pile of dirty garments from the past few days into the washing machine in one go, and connected the machine's inlet to the vehicle's sole water faucet.

The interface is plug‑and‑play, fairly convenient.

The moment she pressed the start button, the washing machine emitted a gentle hum, and beneath the transparent lid the water began to swirl.

"So happy..."

Cheng Shuili leaned against the washing machine, feeling the faint vibration from its operation.

The satisfaction brought by this modern‑civilization comfort is irreplaceable.