Chapter 82: Extreme Heat 23
It was indeed cool in the basement, but it also made her very worried about Lu Qingyuan upstairs.
Night fell.
Footsteps echoed from upstairs multiple times; it was clear someone had broken into their house again.
Chu Yian had a small light on in the basement. Whenever she heard footsteps outside, her emotions would tense up with the sounds. This tension lasted until the latter half of the night when she suddenly remembered that her treasure box still had one unused lottery draw.
On the sixteenth day of the game, the treasure box’s “Creation from Nothing” skill was already available.
She had completely forgotten about it after suffering from heatstroke.
Fortunately, she remembered it now and quickly took out the box.
“A grenade of unknown origin.”
“Note: Will be retrieved after the game ends.”
“Good Item’s Inner Voice: Pull the pin, throw it at the target location, and it will detonate after five seconds. Perish, this treasure box is tired.”
It was a grenade!
Chu Yian never expected the treasure box to either give her trash or something so incredibly powerful. It was her first time holding a grenade, and it felt heavy in her hand.
Honestly, she didn’t know where to put it.
If it exploded, wouldn’t she be destroying her own base?
Perhaps it was better to put it back in the treasure box; at least it couldn’t be damaged there.
Chu Yian wrapped the grenade in tissue paper and carefully placed it in the treasure box. No sooner had she finished than she heard the sound of heavy objects being moved above her.
It was the sound of wood scraping against the ground.
It was an unpleasant sound, amplified in the quiet basement. The sound wasn’t just once, but continuous. She didn’t know how many people were upstairs, but she could clearly feel the clutter piled at the basement entrance being moved away, piece by piece.
Chu Yian looked up at the ceiling, her heart instantly tightening.
They found the basement?
She glanced at the grenade she had just put into the treasure box, took it out again, gripped a meter-long steel bar tightly in her right hand, and slowly ascended the stairs, approaching the basement entrance.
They were still moving things!
Through the wooden planks, Chu Yian heard voices from above: “Zhang Hui, are you sure there’s a basement down there?”
“Really! In times like these, would I dare to speak carelessly? There really is a basement down there.”
Another man replied, his voice sounding somewhat familiar, “When I came last time, the basement was still open. Since the person renting this house sealed the entrance, there might be a lot of good things inside.”
It was the real estate agent!
Listening to the conversation, Chu Yian instantly guessed the identity of the people upstairs.
She knew their secretly constructed basement would be discovered; the secret of the basement could be hidden from others, but not from the agent who showed her the house!
Tsk, why didn’t she think of that point?
It was too late for regret now; she could only wait down here and do her best to defend this place.
Lights out, waiting.
Despite being a very cool place, Chu Yian’s adrenaline surged due to tension, and her body began to heat up.
“Shuanzi, throw the rest of those outside.”
The leader upstairs said impatiently, the light from above flickering faintly through the cracks, “Damn it, it’s really well hidden!”
The man’s voice gradually grew excited, “Use some force, pry up the cement block.”
With a dull thud, the basement was opened.
Chu Yian glanced at the area illuminated by the flashlight held by the man above—four people!
She used the steel bar to knock the flashlight out of the leader’s hand. The flashlight rolled down the stairs, and after several heavy impacts, it completely went out.
“Damn, there’s someone inside!”
The leader was furious; his hand had taken a solid hit from Chu Yian’s steel bar and was throbbing with pain.
“It’s the tenant! A woman.”
Zhang Hui immediately understood, “No wonder the basement entrance was covered; so that’s why.”
A woman.
To the four big men, the threat was almost zero.
The four men, armed with weapons, groped their way down the stairs in the dark. “Catch that woman, get her under control, and this basement will be ours.”
They rushed down excitedly.
The four men relied on their numbers and strength, while Chu Yian’s advantages were her familiarity with the terrain and agility. Although it couldn’t compare to Jackie Chan entering a furniture store, she moved nimbly, swinging the steel bar wildly, making the men yelp.
“Damn it, when I catch her, I’ll definitely kill her!”
“Ow! Killing her directly is too easy; first *x* then kill!”
The four men spoke the cruelest words while taking the nastiest beatings.
Chu Yian circled around them, reaching the stairs, preparing to climb up to find Lu Qingyuan.
“Old Lu…”
Before she could run up, her left ankle was grabbed and yanked down hard!
Chu Yian fell forward.
Her elbow instantly braced, experiencing sharp pain as it hit the stairs, and the steel bar in her hand almost stabbed her eye. Although her eyes were fine, her chin hit the stairs, her tongue tip stung, and her mouth filled with the taste of rust.
So painful!
Chu Yian’s brain briefly shut down from the pain. At this moment, she was dragged back into the basement by the people below.
“I caught this little slut!”
The man who had caught Chu Yian shouted to his companions, but in the next moment, his shout turned into a scream.
Chu Yian threw the treasure box at him!
In the pitch black, who could see what they were using to hit someone?
Hitting the person opposite once wasn’t enough. Chu Yian was afraid he would suddenly retaliate, so she made the treasure box smaller, picked it up and hit him, made it smaller, and hit him again!
Back and forth, the man was hit three times.
His screams grew fainter, and his struggles ceased.
“Shuanzi!”
The leader seemed to sense something was wrong and rushed towards their direction.
Whoever rushed over would receive the same treatment!
Chu Yian had gotten so used to using this treasure box. Who would have thought that treasure box Grandfather, with his two ultimate skills of “Creation from Nothing” and “Storage of Supplies,” would have his main function become hitting people?
Chu Yian had truly mastered the rules of “indestructible” and “un-discardable.”
“Boss, Shuanzi!”
“Do you have a light? Let’s see how they are.”
“Zhang Hui, where’s that woman?”
…The remaining two still didn’t know what had happened and were fumbling around in the dark room. Chu Yian had just raised treasure box Grandfather, ready to throw it towards the source of the sound, when someone suddenly grabbed her arm.
Who?!
How could someone suddenly appear behind her? Chu Yian was so startled that her hair stood on end. The golden treasure box in her hand immediately changed direction and slammed hard towards the person who had grabbed her.
At the same time, Chu Yian felt a gust of wind beside her. It was the airflow created by the person who grabbed her dodging too quickly.
Lu Qingyuan’s voice sounded in her ear, “It’s me, don’t mess around.”
