Survival in the neighborhood: Give me a piece of bread every day

65: 11 treasure chests!

【Stealth (lv1): You will gain 1 point of Agility. After activating the talent, you will enter stealth mode. In this state, the sounds you make are difficult to hear, but your stamina consumption will increase significantly.】

Chen An glanced at it a few times, then had Li Jia take Li Ziqiang away.

He has quite a bit of talent.

While stealth isn't particularly strong, the added agility makes it difficult for most people to catch up in the early game.

Moreover, it also has the effects of silencing and blocking detection after being concealed.

That's pretty strong.

However, it's only slightly better for survival and cunning.

Chen An sent Li Jia a message, asking him to personally escort Li Ziqiang back later and to keep track of his room number.

Keep an eye out for this; you might need it later.

"Boss, are you disgusted with me?" Bai Lu asked pitifully.

"It's not that bad."

Chen An shook his head.

Since there aren't many people with the talent for stealth, the practicality of reconnaissance is beyond doubt.

"Furthermore, if your talent level reaches level 2, it might even grant you the ability to detect and conceal yourself."

As Chen An spoke, he also looked at the upgrade requirements of Bai Lu's talent.

[God's Perspective (lv1): You will gain one point of Intelligence. After using the talent, you can detect the terrain and all normal units within a 100-meter radius around you, and you can eavesdrop on the sounds emitted by units you have detected.]

[Upgrade Requirements: 200 Gold Coins, Scout 200 Units (Completed), and Complete One Specific Task]

[Assigned Mission: Kill 10 humans (Completed 3/10)]

"The upgrade requirements are actually this simple?"

Chen An was somewhat surprised.

Is it because this talent is relatively weak, making the upgrade requirements simpler?

"Is it easy?"

The egret blinked.

Even without mentioning the specific task, he might not be able to collect 150 gold coins even after a month.

After all, he still needs to upgrade the doors and buy food.

You can't just save money without eating, drinking, or upgrading, can you?

What's difficult for Bai Lu to collect gold coins is actually easier for Chen An.

After all, he already had over a thousand gold coins.

but.

Killing ten humans is an outrageous request.

Chen An couldn't help but frown.

No wonder this woman had been stirring things up; she probably had murderous intentions.

And she has already killed three people!

This made Chen An even more wary.

Damn, this hellish world.

Upgrading your talent requires killing someone; isn't that encouraging infighting among humans?

Could it be that my assigned task will also require me to kill someone?

If all the assigned tasks were to kill, the whole neighborhood would probably descend into chaos.

Thinking of this, Chen An also felt a sense of crisis, so he looked at Bai Lu and said, "Give up your status as the host and apply to join my room."

"Okay, darling."

The egret chuckled, its form of address having changed.

Jiang Lai and Wang Ziyan were both somewhat dissatisfied.

But it's not easy to say anything.

Chen An agreed to take Bai Lu in not only because her talent was about to be upgraded.

Another issue is that this woman has psychological problems.

That's insane!

This kind of psychopath should either be taken in as a resident and restrained by rules to prevent her from harming you, or she should be killed directly.

Because Chen An couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't go on a killing spree and even kill him.

Judging from their interactions today, Bailu's killing spree was definitely not just to complete the designated task of upgrading his talent.

She previously said she had a mental illness, and perhaps she was serious!

[You have applied to become a resident of room 009527 and are awaiting approval...]

[Tip 1: If you become a resident, then...]

"I've already applied."

The egret looked at Chen An.

He had already received a hint.

So they agreed immediately.

The fourth resident accepted it immediately.

But after waiting for a while, Chen An found that the system did not indicate that the comfort level had increased.

"What happened?"

Chen An frowned.

Why wasn't the comfort level added?

Why?

He glanced at Bai Lu, who had unceremoniously taken off her shoes and gotten into bed, and then checked his own panel, only to find that his comfort level hadn't increased.

It hasn't gone up at all.

He was a little confused.

"Is it a problem with the egrets, or is it because there are too many guests in my rooms, which is why we haven't added more?"

Chen An thought for a moment.

If it's the latter, it's most likely because the room is too small and there are too many people, which doesn't meet the criteria for comfort, hence the lack of a comfort rating.

So, can we simply expand the room to regain the comfort level?

If it's not related to room size, but rather to a limit on the number of residents, or if the egrets have a problem... then we should consider kicking the egrets out.

Otherwise, if the room comfort level gets stuck, his talent won't be able to upgrade, and he'll be completely useless!

Thinking of this, Chen An first called in Bai Mengjie, who had been waiting at the door for a long time: "Teacher Bai, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Here is your salary for today."

He gave Bai Mengjie 20 silver coins, a meal, and water.

"Isn't this...too much?"

Bai Mengjie hesitated.

20 silver coins are equivalent to 2 gold coins.

She already had ten gold coins, and now she has two more, plus a meal and water—that's too much.

"You deserve all that you've done today."

Chen An smiled and then said, "Teacher Bai, what do you think of my previous invitation? Would you be willing to join my room?"

Upon hearing Chen An's words, Jiang Lai and Wang Ziyan both instinctively looked over.

Do you need more people?

This room is so small, it's really going to be overflowing.

"I……"

Bai Mengjie was still a little hesitant.

Her hesitation stemmed mainly from the fact that she believed joining the room meant becoming Chen An's girlfriend.

Otherwise, if it were just a simple resident relationship, she would have agreed long ago.

But she felt really ashamed about this boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.

After all, she was Chen An's teacher...

"No rush. There are still more than ten hours until the monster invasion. Teacher Bai, you can go back and think about it some more."

Chen An smiled faintly.

He certainly wouldn't let go of Bai Mengjie's talent.

That's a life-saving skill, and also a powerful support skill.

Especially if a talent that can provide buffs is found in the future, then when combined with Teacher Bai's shared talent, it is equivalent to providing buffs to all members of his team!

This is Chen An's current thought.

He wants to build his own core team.

Although the residents on this floor are all members of his team and are under his command.

But they are, after all, outsiders who were won over by interests.

They can't be considered one of us.

In Chen An's view, only those residents who have joined the room and can absolutely not harm him are his own people, and only they are worth investing more resources in.

Just like Bai Lu and Lin Luxi, Chen An planned to invest gold coins to upgrade their talents.

If it were Li Jia or someone else, it would be absolutely impossible.

Because he couldn't control those people.

Who knows if they'll betray us after their talents are upgraded?

They might even turn around and control him.

In addition, inviting Bai Mengjie to join the room was also Chen An's way of trying to see if he could increase the comfort level.

If so, then the problem lies with the egret.

Then we really should expel her.

"Okay, I'll head back now..."

Bai Mengjie ultimately did not agree.

Because several pairs of eyes were staring at her, she felt as if she had been stripped naked.

The thought of having to serve male students alongside her female students made her too ashamed to even speak...

"Teacher Bai has such a big butt. Darling, if you like it, I'll go and tie her up right now and have her serve you properly," Bai Lu said with a grin.

What kind of inappropriate and offensive language is that!

Jiang Lai and Wang Ziyan were both shocked.

Doesn't this vixen know what shame is?

"No need, don't mess around."

Chen An was also speechless.

This woman's mental state is indeed somewhat problematic.

Although this is the apocalypse, there aren't many people as lawless as her.

"Okay, I'm going to take a nap. I'm too tired today."

The egret showed Jiang Lai no respect whatsoever, forcefully pushing her aside before lying down comfortably.

Jiang Lai bit her lip angrily, shook her little fist, but still held back from hitting him.

Chen An ignored the two women's little argument and instead took out the 11 treasure chests he had collected that day from his backpack.

Time to open the blind boxes.