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Welcome to the Abnormal Containment Apartment!
The awakening of Unique skills in nine billion people on Earth has been deemed abnormal by this system!
You will be sent to the Containment Apartment in batches to be contained!
Attention! This apartment is an abnormal containment facility.
The floors and rooms are infinite. Please remember your room number to avoid getting lost.
Abnormals must always abide by the apartment rules:
One, do not easily open any room.
There may be many things you are familiar with inside, but they are all abnormal. Please be responsible for the consequences!
Two, containment is not free.
Depending on the luxury of the apartment, Abnormals must pay the corresponding containment fees weekly. Violators will be purged.
Three, the apartment operates on a self-management system.
The apartment is fully equipped. Abnormals can form Guilds and contract for floor management!
“Where am I?”
In a strange room, Lin Yan listened as the elevator broadcast finished, like an amnesiac suddenly recovering his memory.
He looked around, utterly bewildered.
The room in front of him was not large.
It was about 20 square meters, with simple decor and no windows.
It was fully furnished with a bathroom, washing machine, and air conditioning, a standard single apartment.
Wasn't he in his university dorm?
Lin Yan slapped his face, confirming he wasn't dreaming.
Everything here was real.
Did the broadcast mean that over nine billion people worldwide had been put into this apartment?
The broadcast suddenly sounded again.
Restoring your Unique skill extraction...
Ding! Your Unique skill awakening is complete!
Congratulations! You have obtained the Yellow Rank Low Grade Unique skill: Skillful at Bribery!
Lin Yan was still in a daze.
Yellow Rank Low Grade? What kind of Unique skill is Bribery?
Welcome, Containment Object – Lin Yan!
This week's containment fee has been paid. Please ensure your account has sufficient balance for the next automatic deduction.
Lin Yan's containment panel automatically appeared before him.
Containment Object: Lin Yan
Abnormal Source: Earth
Level: 1
Physical Strength: 1
Energy: 1
Sanity: 1
Containment Vouchers: 5000
Owned Property: F-grade Ordinary Single Apartment (Weekly rent 1500)
Unique skill Entry (1/8): Skillful at Bribery
“Everything has a weakness, as long as your Bribery is appropriate.”
Yellow Rank Low Grade Unique skill: Skillful at Bribery: You can see the containment object in every room and a detailed display of the Bribery rules. Complete the Bribery task to unlock maximum favorability and copy the other party's entry!
Is this his player panel?
Lin Yan calmed down, trying to resume his interrupted thoughts.
Lin Yan was just an ordinary third-year university student.
He was introverted, which made him seem a bit dull.
Facing such a situation, he wasn't overly surprised but quickly entered a state of deduction.
All people worldwide suddenly awakened Unique skills, and the system deemed them abnormal?
Containment was completed instantly.
And his current single apartment was not free.
He needed to pay 1500 Containment Vouchers every week, or he would die if he ran out of money.
Lin Yan calmly thought.
Containment Vouchers were a currency.
He started with 5000, which could last at most three weeks.
Since he was contained because of his Unique skill, the source of income should also be his Unique skill.
His Unique skill was Bribery.
Although a bit hard to bear, according to the entry, this was not simple Bribery.
By completing tasks through Bribery, he could copy the entries of others, even abnormal containment objects!
He could possess up to eight entries simultaneously!
If he used his Bribery Unique skill well, if a master was his buddy, then he was also a master, no problem.
Lin Yan was curious about what was next door. He looked at the thick wall beside him and activated his Unique skill!
Blue lines suddenly appeared on the wall.
Behind the wall was an apartment layout identical to his own room.
A large square gray cuboid, wearing an exaggerated suit, was in the toilet, hugging his legs and trembling constantly.
Containment Object: SpongeBob SquarePants
Abnormal Rating: Danger Four
Abnormal Source: Bikini Bottom Pineapple House
“SpongeBob SquarePants loves cooking Krabby Patties. If you can give him cooking tools, he will be very grateful.”
Bribery Task: Excellent Employee Spatula, Excellent Employee Chef Hat.
Yellow Rank Low Grade Unique skill: Master Chef: None of your cooking attempts will ever fail.
SpongeBob SquarePants?
He certainly looked abnormal, completely different from the image Lin Yan knew from the cartoon.
The Bribery items in the panel should be a type of equipment.
Just as he was about to look at other rooms, a panel suddenly popped up before him.
Floor Group Chat, Trading Hall, Guild Management, Labor Bounty.
The Floor Group Chat icon was constantly flashing.
He could operate it in his mind. He clicked on it.
Among the dense pages, there were surprisingly sub-pages with various names.
Lin Yan thought to himself, since the system said that humans on Earth were delivered in batches, he was definitely not the first batch.
Many people had already started surviving in this apartment, and a new order had even formed!
Now, someone had set up a new pinned group.
1408 Newcomers Only!
Change your alias before speaking: Door Number + Real Name + Unique skill Entry!
Lin Yan clicked in.
There were two to three thousand members in the group, most of whom were editing their names according to the format.
Li Yuanfu — Mystic Rank - Middle Grade Unique skill: Fingertip Lightning
Cheng An — Yellow Rank High Grade Unique skill: Planting Bonus
Lin Yan looked at over a dozen aliases in a row.
He confirmed that the Unique skill levels were ranked according to Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Yellow, with each divided into high, intermediate, and low grades.
His Yellow Rank Unique skill was extremely low-grade.
He had no means of self-preservation or combat power, completely helpless against those strange containment objects.
The pinned group owner was a man named Li Hu.
His Guild was the Fire Dragon Guild.
The group chat was muted, and Li Hu spoke first.
Welcome new players.
My name is Li Hu, Vice President of the Fire Dragon Guild. The two floors above and below us are under our management.
You all heard the system's broadcast just now.
Our earliest players have been in this Containment Apartment for ten years.
You must be eager to know how to earn Containment Vouchers.
The best way is to open the door to your neighbor's strange room, go in and explore for treasures, and sell them in the Trading Hall.
Some containment objects are harmless, allowing you to strike it rich, while others are extremely dangerous!
You are very lucky to have been born in 1408, with us old players to guide you.
For example, me. My name is Li Hu, a Level 35 Xuan-rank Unique skill user. I can spit fireballs! I can easily deal with Abnormals below Danger Three!
With experienced old players like us leading you, your safety can be absolutely guaranteed! As long as you are willing to work hard, there will be special rewards!
The mute was lifted.
Newcomers began speaking boldly, making the chat box scroll like a waterfall.
Many people immediately got into character, starting with flattering words like 'Big boss, please guide me' and 'Brother, you're so manly'.
Lin Yan, however, was more concerned with the combat power indicator he mentioned.
If Level 35 corresponded to Danger Three, then SpongeBob SquarePants next to him would be comparable to a Level 45 player!
Is SpongeBob SquarePants that powerful?
When he bribed, he would also unlock the other party's maximum favorability.
Even if the entry was trash, SpongeBob SquarePants would be a very powerful shield for him!
Isn't that the point of Bribery?
Li Hu muted the chat again.
Those willing to join the Fire Dragon Guild will immediately receive a beginner's guide to help you adapt to containment life as quickly as possible.
We, the Fire Dragon Guild, have our own dormitories, with six people per room.
For only three thousand Containment Vouchers, you can live there forever and receive the protection of the Fire Dragon Guild!
Lin Yan slightly furrowed his brows.
This meant telling newcomers to give up their own rooms and live together.
It could indeed save a lot on rent, but without a place of his own, everything would be controlled by others, which was akin to selling himself.
Such organizations always aimed for profit.
Even if the weak could find warmth, they would have to start as laborers, selling their labor to gain permission to survive.
There should be quite a few people who shared his thoughts.
He didn't blindly report his room number, which caught attention.
Some of you are just idling in the group... I don't mean to force membership.
Most of the dangerous rooms on this floor have been marked by us, with our sweat and blood.
As long as you are on this floor, you must pay protection fees...
Newcomers who haven't joined the Fire Dragon Guild will receive a small punishment...
Hiss.
He's not even pretending anymore.
Looking at the number of people in the newcomer group, there were about three thousand newcomers on this floor.
Extorting all of them would be a huge income.
But Lin Yan found it strange.
From his words, it seemed everyone was ignorant of the containment object behind their doors.
Perhaps the room contained a secret treasure that could make one rich overnight, or it could be a terrifying containment monster.
Life and death depended entirely on luck.
But his Bribery Unique skill came with excellent insight — he was very good at 'reading situations'!
He could easily see through things!
Lin Yan suddenly realized how powerful his Unique skill was!
While others opened doors based on luck, he could choose only rooms containing treasures, quickly accumulating resources without any risk!
He would use resources to bribe Abnormals one by one, gaining maximum favorability. Abnormals would even protect him!
If he operated properly, he could walk around the apartment fearlessly, with allies everywhere!