Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 342: Emptying the Moss Cottage Shelter, Flushing Out the Snake

The Escape Key turned in the lock, and as the door opened, the Motel Main Guest Room appeared.

Piles and piles of supplies were stacked inside the main guest room by Yu Yuan.

As the Motel Main Guest Room gradually filled with supplies, the stockpile in the Moss Cottage Shelter's warehouse rapidly diminished.

In just a few trips, the entire warehouse had been emptied by Yu Yuan, but eighty percent of the main guest room's area was also crammed with various supplies.

The only pity was that it was currently in another world. The Escape Key could only open the Motel Main Guest Room and could not return to the shelter or the Starry Sky Observatory.

Before he ended this invasion war, the Motel Main Guest Room could only serve as a mobile warehouse.

"Next time I have spare Spirit Crystals, I can upgrade the Escape Key again."

Then, Yu Yuan directly headed to the second floor of the shelter and began looting room by room.

Perhaps because Yu Yuan had suddenly launched a war invasion, directly dragging Moss Cottage into a state of war.

In his hasty escape, Moss Cottage didn't believe Yu Yuan would take everything, so many things within the shelter were left behind, including numerous high-value items.A Rare-tier full-metal suit of armor was displayed as a decoration in a room. Breath Grass with air-purifying effects served as ornamentation. An exquisite coffin crafted from Brass and gemstones lay quietly in another room, exquisitely furnished.

Wherever he passed, the rooms were left empty.

In Yu Yuan's eyes, there was nothing he couldn't take.

In one of the rooms, Yu Yuan also saw a special Ritual Array. Upon entering the room, he was hit by an extremely strong smell of blood.

Seeing this, Yu Yuan took out a mobile phone from his Rabbit Ring and began taking pictures of the Ritual Array, "click, click, click."

A dozen or twenty photos captured every single detail of the Ritual Array with perfect clarity.

He then took out a marker pen, marked the order on the room's floor, and then began—removing the floorboards.

Moss Cottage must have really liked wooden flooring. The entire shelter's floors were covered with a layer of wooden flooring. The dark red hue lent the entire shelter an air of understated luxury.

But to Yu Yuan, it just seemed eerie and gloomy.

The wooden floorboards were quickly removed. After carefully storing them away, Yu Yuan let out a sigh of relief.

"I'll have Mona and Jiu Feng study this ritual back at the shelter. Moss Cottage is a Vampire, so this ritual should be quite interesting."

Finally, Yu Yuan arrived at a corner deep within the first-floor hall.

A blood pool one meter in diameter appeared here, with a half-meter-high fountain at its center.

However, Yu Yuan stared at it for a long time without figuring out what effect this blood pool actually had, so he stopped pondering over it.

"Master, I've found that person's trail!" Zhi Zhi suddenly said.

"Oh? Where?"

"Deep inside the mine tunnel, about 1.3 kilometers from here. It's the same person who invaded us last time."

The shelter's supplies had already been looted clean. Hearing this, Yu Yuan didn't linger any longer.

He directly turned and walked out.

"What is he doing?"

After a pause of several seconds, Zhi Zhi's voice sounded again.

"He... he seems to be installing something on the ground right now, and he keeps looking back in the direction he came from. I suspect he's setting up a trap."

Yu Yuan's steps paused slightly, and he understood in his heart.

Letting out a scoff, Zhi Zhi had already appeared on his shoulder.

"Zhi Zhi, open the Shadow Dimension! Let's see what other cards this guy has up his sleeve."

"Understood!"

A long rat tail drew a circle in front of Yu Yuan, and the door to the Shadow Dimension opened.

Stepping into the Shadow Dimension, the entire world turned a dusty gray.

Led by Zhi Zhi, Yu Yuan ran deeper into the mine tunnel. Before long, he saw a narrow, forked path appear beside the main tunnel, with traces of collapsed mine walls visible around it.

This forked path seemed to have appeared precisely because of the wall collapse.

"Master, going in from here leads to a sloping downward rock wall..."

Yu Yuan entered the forked path, observing the situation outside as he walked.

Because of the Shadow Dimension, there was no danger here, allowing Yu Yuan to observe very carefully.

He noticed that starting from this forked path, all traces of the mine tunnel disappeared.

The roof supports and pit props meant to prevent collapses were all gone.

The passage didn't look like a suddenly appearing underground fissure at all. Instead, it more closely resembled an underground tunnel that had evolved over millions of years. Lush underground moss and mushrooms grew in the crevices of the walls.

Some of these mosses and mushrooms emitted faint fluorescent light, providing the only sliver of illumination in the passage.

Clear footprints were visible on them.

Soon, Yu Yuan saw the sloping downward rock wall that Zhi Zhi had mentioned.

However, Yu Yuan's eyes were sharp. The moment he stepped forward, with the aid of Dark Vision, he immediately spotted a tripwire hidden within a crevice of the moss.

Following the tripwire, he saw a Grenade concealed behind several mushrooms.

The caps of these mushrooms were fully open, perfectly providing cover for the Grenade.

Coupled with the dimness of the passage, anyone not paying attention would definitely step on this tripwire, triggering the Tripwire Mine.

The placement of this tripwire was also particularly cunning. It was right at the key foothold position on this rock wall. In other words, if you wanted to go down and couldn't control your step precisely, there was a ninety percent chance your foot would land right there.

The height of the tripwire was also slightly raised, designed to prevent accidental triggering. This was probably why the previous rat swarm hadn't set off this Tripwire Mine.

"Impressive!"

Yu Yuan was quite appreciative of Moss Cottage's skill in designing Tripwire Mines.

Unfortunately.

If he were facing other players, this Tripwire Mine might have succeeded. But he was facing Yu Yuan.

Darkness was Yu Yuan's domain.

Not to mention that Yu Yuan's Dark Vision spotted this Tripwire Mine at a glance. Even if he hadn't seen it, the moment it was triggered, he could easily escape using Shadow Stride.

Moreover, Yu Yuan was currently within the Shadow Dimension. Any means from the real world would not affect the Shadow Dimension in the slightest.

"Since that's the case... let's give him a little taste and see how he reacts!"

"Zhi Zhi, trigger this Tripwire Mine." Yu Yuan had already started descending along the rock wall.

"Understood!"

A mass of shadow in the passage began to squirm and distort, quickly taking the shape of a rat. After letting out a couple of "squeaks," its gaze locked onto the tripwire. Standing up on its hind legs, it directly leaned over and pressed down on it.

*BOOM—*

An explosion, accompanied by flames, shrapnel, and shattered rocks, engulfed the entire rock wall.

The sudden, violent sound of the explosion echoed throughout the underground passage, rapidly propagating deep into the earth.

By this time, Yu Yuan had already reached the bottom of the rock wall, appearing in a passage resembling an underground cavern. Stalactites of various sizes stood within the passage. With the explosion, bats and arthropod insects scattered in all directions.

"Master, he's stopped. He's looking back this way." Zhi Zhi's voice sounded again.

Yu Yuan gave a slight nod.

This was his goal—to flush out the snake.

(Brothers, Moss Cottage is doomed~~~~)