Starting From The Equal Opportunity To Become A Saint

Chapter 80: Occupying the Magpie's Nest, the Survivor!

"It's really strange. After two demonic calamities, this villa is still in such perfect condition. It's simply a miracle!" Liu Zihao looked up with joy, surveying the three-story villa in front of him.

Seeing that there was no trace of demonic beasts invading this place, he couldn't help but exclaim, growing even fonder of the villa.

He had witnessed firsthand the density of demonic beasts that descended from the sky during the two demonic calamities.

The fact that this villa, belonging to his eldest brother, could remain so intact amidst two consecutive demonic calamities, what does it indicate?

It means that the feng shui here is absolutely top-notch!

The luck factor is at least ten stars!

"It is indeed strange. There is really no trace of demonic beasts invading the roof and the yard of this villa. This is not normal!" Zhao Hongzhang was also extremely surprised.

However, he didn't believe in luck and miracles like Liu Zihao did. Instead, he scrutinized the villa and its surroundings, constantly scanning the environment.

He believed that there must be a reason behind everything.

When the demonic calamity struck, those demonic beasts descended from the sky in dense numbers. Under normal circumstances, no building could escape the fate of being hit by demonic beasts.

The countless buildings in the city that were riddled with holes were the best evidence of this.

And Liu Zimo's villa, located in the eastern suburbs where the land was vast and sparsely populated, should have had even more demonic beasts landing and gathering.

Even if it could luckily avoid the demonic beasts descending from the sky, how could it escape the swarming and moving demonic beast horde?

Therefore, Zhao Hongzhang concluded that there must be some hidden secret that he had not discovered.

However, he didn't know that the aviation alloy steel possessed the ability to suppress demonic beast bloodlines, so he didn't pay much attention to the pile of alloy steel right in front of him.

After scanning the yard and its surroundings, he didn't find anything that seemed abnormal.

All the demonic beasts seemed to intentionally avoid the area within a hundred meters of the villa.

A hundred meters away, there were bloodstains and messy footprints, and the surrounding lawn was trampled messily.

But within a hundred meters, everything was calm and normal, not even a single strand of hair from a fallen demonic beast.

It felt as if someone had drawn a circular barrier with a hundred-meter radius around the villa, isolating all the demonic beasts that descended from the sky or passed by outside the barrier.

"Nephew, could this be your doing?" Zhao Hongzhang pointed at the obvious dividing line a hundred meters away, asking Liu Zimo, who was examining the steel.

He knew that his nephew was extraordinary in martial arts and had awakened his abilities even before the catastrophe. No one knew his true strength.

In Zhao Hongzhang's eyes, Liu Zimo, who could easily perform "instant teleportation," wouldn't be surprised by any mechanisms or barriers set up outside his own villa.

Liu Zimo smiled without saying a word.

In fact, even he was experiencing it for the first time, the sight of so many aerospace alloy steels stacked together could actually have such a deterrent effect on low-level demonic beasts.

This only strengthened his desire to have his cousin live in this villa.

No, not just his cousin, but also his father, Zihao, and Xiaoyehong. It would be best if they all moved in.

Safety was one aspect, but with so many incredibly precious alloy steels stored here, it was necessary to have a few trustworthy people to guard them.

Whoosh!

Liu Zimo once again covered the sunshade cloth and led his cousin and younger brother straight to the main hall of the villa.

The door was tightly closed and seemed to be locked from the inside.

Seeing this, Liu Zimo raised an eyebrow and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"Could it be that someone has already taken over my villa and occupied it?"

Liu Zimo muttered to himself.

This kind of situation was not uncommon in the apocalypse. Even he himself had lived in other people's houses more than once in his previous life.

After all, when the demonic calamity struck, more than 70% of the people on Earth died in the tide of beasts. Whether in the wilderness or in the city, there were large areas of uninhabited houses left behind.

Occasionally, wanderers would enter the houses to stay temporarily, or they would simply settle down and claim the houses as their own. Such things were common.

Therefore, Liu Zimo was already used to this kind of situation.

But what he didn't expect was that his own house would also be forcibly "borrowed" by someone.

Snap!

Exerting force, the locked door responded with a sound and opened.

Liu Zimo stepped into the villa's main hall and saw that the furnishings inside were the same as before, with no signs of being rummaged or disturbed by anyone.

It was just that because no one had cleaned for a long time, the sofa, coffee table, and the floor were all covered in obvious dust.

There were no traces of anyone moving around in the living room.

At least in the past ten days or so, no one had walked on the entire ground floor.

Liu Zimo's divine sense swept through and instantly enveloped the entire villa.

Soon, he discovered several figures on the third floor of the basement.

"Ikea Decoration Company?"

Seeing the uniforms worn by these people and the words printed on the uniforms, Liu Zimo instantly understood.

It turns out that they were employees of the renovation company he had previously commissioned!

It seems that after the outbreak of the demonic disaster, these people took refuge in the basement of the villa in fear.

Moreover, judging from their current state, they have probably been staying in the basement for over twenty days.

In other words, they haven't left the basement since the first demonic disaster occurred!

"Compressed biscuits, instant noodles, gas canisters, dried noodles, canned fruits, beef jerky... and even a newly dug underground well..."

With a sweep of his divine sense, Liu Zimo quickly understood why these people were able to survive in the basement for over twenty days and still be able to function normally.

Among the three basement levels, one of them was originally a storage room, containing some leftover items from the previous owner. Liu Zimo had entrusted the renovation company to handle it directly without bothering to tidy it up.

Now it seems that some of the food items in these storage items have become life-saving resources for these workers to survive in the basement.

And the underground well in the three basement levels should be the handiwork of these workers themselves.

They had tools, skills, and the basement was already located several meters underground, so it wasn't difficult for them to dig a simple shallow well.

"There are people hiding in the basement, you guys wait here, I'll go down and take a look!"

After informing his younger uncle and younger brother who were still inspecting the living room, Liu Zimo walked straight towards the inner side of the hall, where the entrance to the basement was located.

Just like the previous door, it was locked and blocked from the inside.

Liu Zimo used the same technique as before and easily opened the lock, then he walked down the stairs.

Because there was no power supply, the basement was pitch black.

This made Zhao Hongzhang and Liu Zihao, who also wanted to follow and see what was going on, stop in their tracks.

Although they had already entered the realm of martial arts and even reached the level of Copper Skin, they were still far from the state of being able to see in the dark and have night vision.

In this situation, if they rashly entered a completely dark basement, not only would they be of no help, but they would also become a burden to Liu Zimo.

Because it wasn't his first time here, Liu Zimo was familiar with the layout of the basement in this villa.

In just a few breaths, he passed through the first and second levels and arrived directly in front of the door to the third level basement.

Click!

The door lock easily opened, and Liu Zimo descended the stairs again.

"Who?!"

"Get up quickly, it seems like something is coming down!"

The people inside seemed to have heard the sound of the door opening and hurriedly shouted, calling their companions and getting up to respond.

Inside the room, there was a faint candlelight illuminating the surroundings.

When Liu Zimo walked down the stairs and entered the underground hall, he happened to see six workers, each holding a handy tool or weapon, staring at the staircase with vigilance and tension.

When they saw a young man coming down from the stairs, several people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It's not a monster, that's good!

"Young man, how did you find your way here?"

"Are the monsters outside still there?"

"Is it the government rescue team coming to save us?!"

"..."

Although the six people didn't completely let their guard down, they couldn't wait to ask Liu Zimo about the situation outside.

Four white shadow locks, one blue shadow lock, one golden shadow lock.

Liu Zimo's gaze swept over the heads of the six people, and his eyes lit up.

Unexpectedly, among these six workers, there was actually a "little" genius with great martial arts talent.

This could be considered a pleasant surprise.

Without hesitation, he directly bound this worker with a golden shadow lock on his head, a man in his forties, as his "good brother".

[Binding successful! Your good brother Qi Zhaoming has come online. Currently available binding targets (51/60)]

The prompt sounded in his ear, and Liu Zimo spoke calmly:

"My name is Liu Zimo, I am the owner of this villa."

"The monsters outside have already been cleared, and Luozhou City is now very safe. You can go out!"

After speaking, Liu Zimo didn't say anything more and turned around to go upstairs.

After the six workers looked at each other, the other five turned to the tall man in the middle.

"Liu Hong, how about we go up and take a look? Maybe it really is safe outside?"

"I heard Manager Liu mention before that the owner of this villa seems to be surnamed Liu, a young man in his twenties. Most likely, the young man who just came down is the owner."

"Yes, the owner is now coming to collect the property. It's really not appropriate for us to stay here..."

"Besides, we don't have much food left. At most, in another week, we'll run out."

"Yeah, Liu Hong, let's go up and take a look. I've been going crazy staying underground for over twenty days!"

The strong man known as Liu Hong nodded when he saw that the others were all inclined to go.

"If that's the case, let's go up and take a look. But don't let go of the weapons in your hands, just in case!"

The other five nodded in agreement, and after quickly packing up the remaining food, they took the burning candle from the table and carefully followed behind, taking advantage of the light to go upstairs.

(End of this chapter)