Chapter 227: Scaring Oneself

@Ge Wudi, come out and explain! I'm really speechless, I've been eating melons in the area channel and didn't have time to check this instance's rewards. Just now they weren't speaking, I took a look and holy shit! Do you guys know what the reward is? Take a look yourself.

【Domestic water soaked in cow dung】

【Description: As the name says, it's really water soaked in cow dung. But it's obviously not fresh; the water is stinking, so it's best to throw it far away.】

"You only just saw it, my reward is a torn mattress, you can tell it's been used, I dare not use it."

"My reward is a second-hand sofa with a tear on it; just thinking that the cow-dung guy sat on it makes me feel sick."

"Mine is a stinky sheet... I'm not saying this, but are there actually any normal rewards?"

"Scared me, I hurried to check my reward, my anxious heart finally died, you guys take a look."

【Stretched-out smelly sock】

【Description: If you ignore its smell, ignore its material, ignore its function, and just view it as an artwork, you can still get past it. It can stand upright!】

"That last line directly killed this competition."

"I announce you got first place in the Misery Competition, go hurry and insult the host of this instance, @Ge Wudi!"

"Here I am, friends, I'm here. @Ge Wudi, if you can't keep living, just go die, okay?"

"I'm cultured, I'll go first! Let me write a poem for @Ge Wudi! Soaked in cow-dung water, brains filled with shit and piss!"

"Just ten short words—imagining them alone makes the smell rush straight to the brain."

Cheng Shuili paused, gave him a like, this can't be described, this indeed is cultured.

However...

She looked at each reward posted in the area channel.

There were furnishings, there were dao implements, there was food... and the variety was especially rich, plus Cheng Shuili's five-thousand-hectare manor in hand, this simply...

"It's basically putting all of one's savings on the line, huh?"

"Ge Wudi wouldn't have just left himself a vehicle, would he?"

This question Cheng Shuili just casually thought about; what truly deserves her deep thought is... a manor alone would be enough to shoot Ge Wudi's wealth ranking up into the top ten, equivalent to ten-something or even twenty gold in wealth value, yet it still isn't enough to support using that card.

No wonder earlier someone in the area channel said it's a toy for bigshots to play with; those without supplies basically have no qualification to use this card!

Cheng Shuili's expression shifted, she tapped on Xinxue's little window.

【Wu Ya Zuo Fei Ji】: Go collect a Special Dungeon Opening Card, someone said so in the area channel yesterday.

"That was said very vaguely."

Cheng Shuili herself felt it might be a bit difficult for Xinxue, she was about to add a sentence, telling her to just try her best to look for it, and if she couldn't find it, forget it, when she received Xinxue's reply.

【Xin Xue Chuji】: Hahahaha!

Cheng Shuili: '???'

"This... this person, what's wrong with them?"

【Xin Xue Chuji】: Hahaha! Lao Da! I knew it! I knew you'd ask me to get one! We've never seen this card before; even if we bought one just to open our eyes, you'd definitely buy it too! So after that person finished speaking yesterday, I noted down his ID, hehe. I'm going to contact him now!

"Like that."

Cheng Shuili stared at that message, silent for a moment, finally sighing helplessly.

"This could be considered a good thing, right?"

"At least the efficiency of handling things has improved."

Cheng Shuili thought, and opened the territory page.

"The system's processing speed is also fast, but perhaps because this manor is really too big, or maybe most of the system is resting today, so the speed can't go up; only now has it just transmitted half."

Cheng Shuili calculated, and at this rate she'd probably have to wait until three or four in the afternoon.

The area channel is still ganging up on Ge Wudi; Ge Wudi should have explained a sentence or two at first, but now he doesn't dare say a word.

"Still, many hands make light work, huh?"

"Someone with such thick skin can be scolded into not daring to send a message—really shows their strength."

Cheng Shuili sighed, closed the area channel, and then received a private message from the protagonist.

【Ge Wudi】: "Wuya Dalao! I was wrong! I really was wrong! Please just treat me like a fart and let it go! I was blinded by pig fat, you can tell from my name I'm a braggart, all that was my bragging! I've knelt before you! If you're still not appeased, I'll kowtow three times each morning, noon, and night, begging you to show mercy and spare my life!"

This message actually gave Cheng Shuili a heads-up.

She yawned, tapped the screen a few times with her finger.

"Forgot to block them, it's not too late now."

Cheng Shuili and Su Rui curled up together on the carpet, killing time with a deck of poker cards.

"On rest days cards aren't allowed; even a game of Fight the Landlord is missing one player, so the two of them can only draw the 'Wangba' (the loser)."

After winning three rounds, Cheng Shuili raised an eyebrow at the sullen Su Wangba opposite her; she clearly didn't want to play anymore, but just didn't say so.

The perceptive Cheng Shuili ended the game for her.

"It's not because Cheng Shuili didn't want to play, but because the time is about up."

She opened the territory and, sure enough, it was ready.

"Now we can enter the manor."

Cheng Shuili stared at the four characters 'Derelict Manor' on the territory page, her breathing suddenly quickened. Not from nervousness, but from the thrill of suddenly winning five million.

She took a deep breath, steeled herself, and chose to teleport—bringing the vehicle along!

The two people in the vehicle felt nothing special; just the scenery outside the window suddenly changed, and the vehicle appeared in this manor.

Cheng Shuili blinked, adapting to the sudden change in light. As she turned her head to clearly see the outside scenery, her breath involuntarily paused for a moment.

"This... this is just too big..."

Su Rui leaned against the car window, her voice full of disbelief.

Outside the window stretched an endless manor estate.

In the distance were rolling hills, up close were vast expanses of abandoned farmland and orchards, most obviously, the dried-up grapevines.

Scattered among the fields were a few European-style buildings, and a gravel-paved main road extended from the vehicle they were in, leading straight to the Gothic main hall at the manor's center.

But this main hall……

Cheng Shuili stared at it for a few glances; perhaps because of the wind ball, the stained glass window on the roof had shattered, it was dark inside, and from inside the car she could see a person standing there.

Like a ghost, it was especially terrifying.

She couldn't help but nudge Su Rui beside her, raising her hand to point it out.

Su Rui initially didn't think much of it, but the longer she looked, the more she felt it was a person; her expression odd, she turned her head and asked Cheng Shuili, "Are there any other people in the territory? Like NPCs?"

If Cheng Shuili had known, she wouldn't have asked her to look.

However... this place is definitely safe, that won't change. So it must be her scaring herself.

Cheng Shuili brushed off the dust on her sleeve, then raised her hand and pushed open the car door.