Territory

Cheng Shuili recited the mantra in her heart twice before finally finding the tiger demon's pair of blood-red eyes in the darkness!

Now is the time!

Cheng Shuili pressed the strobe button on her flashlight.

The blinding white light instantly illuminated the entire basement, and she finally saw the true face of that tiger demon!

It was a massive humanoid creature covered in mottled tiger-striped fur, but that fur had shed in large patches, revealing the festering skin beneath.

Its head still retained the basic features of a tiger, but its jaw was abnormally protruded, its fangs were exposed, and thick saliva dripped constantly from the corners of its mouth.

"Roar!" The tiger demon let out a painful howl, its scarlet eyes covered in white cataracts clearly extremely sensitive to the sudden, intense light.

It covered its eyes with its front paws and stumbled backward.

Cheng Shuili seized the opportunity, raised her pistol, and pulled the trigger toward the ceiling.

"Bang!"

The deafening gunshot echoed within the cramped space of the basement, and the effect was even better than Cheng Shuili had anticipated.

The tiger demon let out a shrill scream, curled into a ball with its paws covering its ears, as if suffering from extreme pain.

Strike while the iron is hot!

If not now, when?

Cheng Shuili did not hesitate. She gripped her long blade and lunged forward.

The tiger demon was still curled on the ground, struggling in pain, its festering back completely exposed to her.

A flash of steel flickered, and the sharp blade pierced deep into the tiger demon's back.

The sharpness of the weapon was one thing, and Cheng Shuili's strength was another! Combined, Cheng Shuili was unstoppable!

Viscous black blood gushed out, splashing onto Cheng Shuili's hands and face, carrying a foul, rotten odor.

"Roar!" The tiger demon let out one final shrill cry, its massive body convulsed violently a few times, and finally, it stopped moving.

Cheng Shuili retreated two steps, breathing heavily, and stared vigilantly at the corpse on the ground. Only after confirming that the tiger demon was truly dead did she relax slightly.

【Threat cleared, underground storage room unlocked】

【Obtained: Right to use the underground storage room】

Right to use?

Right to use!

Cheng Shuili's eyes widened. After opening the system, she immediately discovered a new option had appeared.

【Territory】

She tapped it lightly, and the system's announcement sounded immediately.

"Congratulations to player Cheng Shuili! You have successfully unlocked the 【Territory】 system. As a pioneer, you receive the unique reward 【Territory Proof】! Do you wish to make a full-server announcement?"

"As the player who unlocked the 【Territory】 system, you are rewarded with a silver chest x1"

【Detected that the player is in a special scenario, the silver chest has been sent to your vehicle.】

Another full-server announcement.

Cheng Shuili had always been one to show off.

Without a moment's hesitation, she clicked "Yes"!

【Congratulations to player Angry Crow Takes Flight! Successfully unlocked the territory function!】

Dragon Country, Third Region, Partition 666.

"???"

"Did I hear that right? Did it just call out the name Angry Crow Takes Flight again?"

"You heard right! But! This freaking thing hasn't even been an hour! Angry Crow, what kind of sorcery are you pulling?"

"As expected, when the big shot exerts force, it's not something we mere mortals can comprehend."

"Who was it that said earlier that Angry Crow was a human? Come, come, say it again! Is this freaking human?"

"Let's keep the surprise, but swearing is not right, okay?"

"Expressing my sincerest respect to the big shot Angry Crow!"

"Expressing your butt. And you people, are you only discussing how powerful Angry Crow is? This is already common knowledge! Can someone tell me what this territory function actually is? Why did it show as locked when I clicked on it just now?"

"Mine shows as locked too!"

"Who unlocked it? Come out and talk about it, won't you?"

"Ask, ask, ask, stop asking. Didn't the system already say?"

"@Angry Crow Takes Flight, Big Shot!! Please feed us!!"

"It's not that I'm saying this, but big shots don't look at regional channels. We won't be able to call Angry Crow by saying this."

"Above! Then you tell us what to do!"

"It is common knowledge that Angry Crow's combat power is extremely strong, especially in cursing! But Angry Crow never looks for trouble and only speaks up when provoked! So... who will sacrifice themselves! And call Angry Crow over?"

"Bad idea."

"This idea is great, so I suggest that the person who proposed it should sacrifice themselves!"

...

Cheng Shuili did not look at what the regional channel was chatting about.

After opening 【Territory】, four slots were displayed. Three of them were locked, and only the first one was lit, with a small line of text written on it: "Underground storage room".

Is this the small room she just gained the right to use?

What is the use of this?

Cheng Shuili carefully studied this newly appeared function. After her finger lightly touched the "Underground storage room" icon, a three-dimensional projection suddenly popped up before her eyes; it was exactly a 3D projection of this basement.

【Underground storage room】

【Owner: Cheng Shuili】

【Description: Exclusive territory belonging to player Cheng Shuili! It is absolutely safe here, there is no danger, and you can place all supplies and vehicles here, as long as your territory can fit them! You can recruit servants for the territory by using a territory servant card! Current territory cannot be upgraded! Current usage time for the territory is 30 days!】

Absolutely safe, can put anything inside, and can also recruit servants?

This...

This is a small safe house.

It is a pity that it is time-limited.

Cheng Shuili sighed and closed the 3D projection of the underground storage room.

After the system announcement ended, the power in the underground storage room seemed to have been restored, and the entire space lit up.

This was just a small room, more than ten square meters larger than the space inside the shopping cart.

This place is absolutely safe. If she needs to use the workstation urgently during the day to craft things, she can come here to craft them.

But other than that, Cheng Shuili could not think of any other use for the moment.

Can this place be used as a storage space?

Thinking is one thing, but she will have to experiment after returning to the vehicle.

The 【Territory Proof】 rewarded by the system was sent directly to Cheng Shuili's hand. Only after figuring out 【Territory】 did she have the time to check what this thing was.

【Territory Proof】

【Description: What belongs to you will always belong to you! The prerequisite for using this item is to obtain expansion! After use, the territory will no longer have a time limit! You can develop your territory with all your might, you can recruit players, recruit servants, and recruit NPCs! You can use every means you can think of to develop it; perhaps it will become an empire, or perhaps it will replace the system, who knows?】

This description...

Clearly, these are words that make one's heart surge, yet Cheng Shuili was not excited at all.

For no other reason, being deceived by the system for so long results in this.

Cheng Shuili shook her head and still could not help but sigh. She really loved to sigh today; it was all the system's fault.

Cheng Shuili walked around the underground storage room once. There were plenty of usable supplies on the shelves against the wall; food, water, and materials were all available, and counting them up, it was quite a significant batch of supplies.

It is a pity that there were no particularly precious items.

Not a single vehicle card.