Chapter 62: A Big Gain – Building a Gate Surveillance System!

The transactions continued in a highly efficient atmosphere.

Su Ze used a similar set of rhetoric for every person who stepped forward to trade.

“Even though this skill book of yours is of Rare quality, its effect is too niche and not very practical... Trading it for a serum? Not even close.”

“What? You have copper coins too? It's still too little. Add some more items... Seeing how miserable you are, I'll give you a chance. You can take it now, but for the next five days, you'll give me copper coins every day... and I'll need collateral...”

“Remember, when you go out, act as if the trade failed. It's best if you curse at me a few times. Otherwise, if you're carrying a 'great treasure,' it's inevitable that people will target you.”

“You used the serum on the spot? Then you definitely need to act. Otherwise, if others know you have a 'death-exemption medal,' won't they be green with envy? Who knows what kind of trouble they'll cause for you!”

Thus, extremely similar scenes began to play out in the corridor.

“Damn it! What a load of crap! He didn't even like such a good blueprint. Black-hearted merchant!”

“Pah! A waste of my time! I hope you get bitten to death by zombies soon!”

“Just you wait, one day...”

“If you won't trade, then don't. I didn't really want to anyway. Also, you're really full of yourself!”

They were like failed Oscar winners—either faces full of rage or heads hanging in dejection.

Muttering curses, they walked back into the crowd, drawing sympathetic or gloating looks from those around them.

But once they reached a place where no one was around,

And looked at the reagent emitting a faint blue light in their player backpack, they were so excited they almost wanted to set up a longevity tablet for Su Ze.

Boss not only sold me the life-saving serum but also taught me how to act to protect myself. He’s truly... I'm moved to tears!

As time passed, Su Ze had every trader open their attribute panel information.

Then, they surrendered their most prized treasures and all their copper coins, as well as mortgaging their survival materials.

Finally, after taking on installment debts, they left, feeling deeply grateful to Su Ze in their hearts.

They all thought they were the only lucky one, the object of Su Ze's 'exception' and care.

While trading, Su Ze sent the Dormitory numbers, names, installment bills, and collateral shown on their attribute panels,

To Jiang Yuwan inside the Dormitory via private chat, letting her register them one by one.

Time ticked away, and it was soon 11:30 PM.

There were only thirty minutes left until the midnight zombie refresh.

The corridor was still packed with people, and a steady stream of others continued to pour in from the stairwell.

Su Ze looked at the dense crowd and finally stood up straight.

“That's all for today.”

His voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached everyone in the corridor.

“We'll continue trading at eight tomorrow morning. Everyone go back, don't block the way. Midnight is almost here.”

The crowd immediately stirred. Many people who had been in line for a long time and hadn't had their turn yet had faces full of frustration.

“Boss, trade for a bit longer! It's just me left!”

“Yeah, Boss, we came from so far away...”

“Everyone go back.” Su Ze's tone didn't change at all; his gaze simply swept over those who were shouting.

Those few people instantly shut their mouths.

Although the crowd was reluctant, they could only begin to disperse unwillingly.

In their eyes, Boss Su Ze's requirements were extremely high.

After being busy for so long, it seemed he had only completed one deal with Wang Meng's group, while everyone else had been scolded away.

It seemed this serum really wasn't that easy to trade for.

Watching the crowd recede like a tide, Su Ze turned and went back into the Dormitory.

Su Meier immediately closed the door, completely shutting out the noise from outside.

Inside the Dormitory, the faces of the several women all carried an irrepressible excitement.

“My God... Su Ze, you're simply a devil...”

Yao Qingya looked at Su Ze, her beautiful eyes filled with complex emotions—shock, but also a trace of inexplicable worry.

“Senior Su Ze is too amazing!” Liu Qiaofei's eyes were full of little stars.

“Landlord~” Su Meier leaned in directly, clinging to Su Ze's body.

“This move of yours has completely tied down all the prominent figures in this building.”

Only Jiang Yuwan took a deep breath,

Flipping through the small notebook in her hand, which was already filled with dense notes, her cold face showing a hint of daze.

“Publicly, you claimed there were nine in total, and they guessed only one might have been sold. In reality, a total of... one hundred and thirty-four were sold tonight.”

“Excluding the cost of thirteen thousand four hundred copper coins for you to buy the serums, we received eight thousand seven hundred and thirteen copper coins as down payments, along with various rare materials, blueprints, and skill books worth far more than that amount. In addition...”

She paused, looked up at Su Ze, and said word for word,

“Over the next seven days, a total of more than twenty thousand copper coins will enter our pockets in the form of 'installment payments'.”

This number caused the air in the Dormitory to freeze for a moment.

Su Ze, however, had no reaction, as if it were just an insignificant number.

He knew he had made a killing this time.

The potential value of those rare blueprints and special materials was simply not something that a mere few copper coins could measure.

After all, many things couldn't even be bought in the Survival Mall.

He looked around the Dormitory and glanced at his harvest.

Excellent Quality · [Door Surveillance Monitor Blueprint]

Excellent Quality · [Cushioned Sofa Blueprint]

Excellent Quality · [Luxurious Large Round Bed Blueprint]

Excellent Quality · [Water Source Purifier Blueprint]

...

Excellent Quality · [Intermediate Cooking Skill Book]

Excellent Quality · [Intermediate Maintenance Skill Book]

Excellent Quality · [Elementary Reconnaissance Skill Book]

...

Unknown Quality · [Tattered Treasure Map (1/4)]

...

Su Ze gazed at this piece of parchment that looked tattered and worn at the corners.

[Tattered Treasure Map (1/4)]

[Quality: Special]

[Description: A fragment of an ancient treasure map marked with a certain location in unknown symbols. Collecting all the fragments might lead to an amazing discovery.]

A treasure map?

Su Ze raised an eyebrow; he could try to collect them.

He put away the treasure map and his gaze fell back on the [Door Surveillance Monitor Blueprint].

This was the most practical thing right now.

He chose to learn the blueprint directly and then opened the construction interface.

[Door Surveillance Monitor: Wood material*10, Iron Material*20, precision gear*1]

The materials were just enough; that [precision gear] was exactly what Zhou Kai had 'offered' him earlier.

“Build.”

Su Ze muttered in his heart.

[Ding! Consumed Wood material*10, Iron Material*20, precision gear*1. Door Surveillance Monitor built successfully!]

Along with the system prompt, a faint light flashed.

On the wall above the Dormitory door frame,

A fist-sized, silver-gray hemispherical object appeared out of thin air.

The black lens slowly rotated, like an eye that had just opened.

[Door Surveillance Monitor]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Level: Lv.1]

[Durability: 50/50]

[Function: Provides 24-hour monitoring within a 20-meter radius outside the Dormitory door. The feed is transmitted in real-time to the landlord's panel (can be authorized to tenants).]

[Consumption: Consumes 2 copper coins per hour (can be turned off at any time).]

[Upgrade Path: Cannot be upgraded;]

[Description: With me, it's clear who's playing tricks outside the door!]

“Wow! It's surveillance!” Liu Qiaofei was the first to cry out in surprise. “Now we don't have to keep peering through the peephole!”

“A twenty-meter radius... Doesn't that mean we can see anything happening near the Dormitory?”

Yao Qingya also looked delighted; the sense of security this provided was tangible.

Su Meier looked at Su Ze with seductive eyes: “Landlord is truly amazing. This is great; let's see who dares to be sneaky in front of our door. We'll record them all.”

“It consumes 48 copper coins a day, which isn't cheap,” Jiang Yuwan analyzed calmly. “However, compared to the intelligence value and safety it brings, it's completely worth it.”

Su Ze nodded with satisfaction.

He could already clearly see the empty corridor through his panel, and could even hear the faint sound of footsteps coming from the stairwell.

In the future, he could check the situation at the Dormitory door at any time even while outside.

“I'll authorize it for you all, so you can check it anytime as well.” Su Ze authorized it for the four women.

Just as the authorization was completed, an extremely faint knocking sound rang out.

“Boss! Boss Su Ze!”

A lowered male voice came from outside the door.

“It's me, Zhou Kai. I'm back from gathering intelligence...”