CHAPTER 36: CHAPTER 36: ARSON

"Bang!"

The long blade directly struck the wooden house in front of him, but in the next moment, no trace of the blade could be seen on the wooden house, and his hands were left numb from the force.

"What the hell is this?"

Warrior Man stared at the intact wooden house in front of him with wide eyes, his expression full of surprise.

With his strength and the Level 2 Blade in his hand, how could it be that after cutting down, there wasn’t a single mark?

"Let me try."

The archer, seeing this, had a sparkle in his eyes and then retreated a few steps with his bow and arrow.

Warrior Man nodded, also retreating back while still keeping a close eye on the safe house in front of him, wary of anyone suddenly rushing out.

The archer, after stepping back, directly bent his bow and nocked an arrow.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of the arrow being shot was heard, followed by a dull thud.

Upon closer inspection, the arrowhead had lodged a few centimeters into the house ahead, appearing not to have pierced through.

The archer was stunned upon seeing this, his eyes flaring.

"How is this possible? This is a Level 3 Bow! How could it not pierce through?"

The archer stared at the safe house in disbelief.

He had painstakingly found this Level 3 Bow, yet now it couldn’t even pierce this door?

The medical soldier overheard and peeked over, hesitantly saying upon seeing the safe house ahead.

"Do you think this thing could also be some Level 3 Safe House or something?"

Level 3 Safe House?

The two shared a glance, and then gazed at the house in front, thinking carefully before nodding.

To be honest, there’s indeed a possibility.

"That architect might be able to build this Level 3 Safe House, though building such a safe house quickly... We just arrived in the safe zone, and it was built this fast?"

Warrior Man pondered deeply.

"Impossible, if it were that easy and fast, wouldn’t the architect be too godlike? My Level 3 Bow couldn’t even pierce through; even finding a Level 3 Blade might struggle to break this house."

"A house that’s so hard to open, yet could be quickly constructed; wouldn’t that disrupt the game’s balance?"

The archer shook his head vigorously.

He didn’t believe this could be built easily; if it were, everyone would just choose to be an architect.

Warrior Man was momentarily stuck, contemplating how true this seemed.

"Forget about all that for now. Think of a way to see if we can open this safe house; if we can, it will be ours, and we’ll be much safer then."

Warrior Man, with this thought, hesitated no more and started to search, quickly finding the location of the door.

Seeing this, he immediately took out his long blade, preparing to pry open the door.

But inside the door, who knows what kind of lock it had, his knife was inserted but no matter how he pried, the door remained motionless.

After exerting himself into a sweat, draining quite a bit of strength, the door was still as sturdy as ever.

Even, the pried area showed no trace marks at all.

Seeing this, the two couldn’t help but feel a tingling in their scalps.

Even if this was a Level 3 Safe House, wasn’t it too sturdy?

"How about, we use fire!"

The archer gnawed his teeth, if the safe house couldn’t be opened, the people inside couldn’t just stay comfortable!

Otherwise, if the people inside stayed undisturbed, wouldn’t it allow them to profit from the situation?

Warrior Man thought a moment, and agreed.

If it couldn’t be opened, then use fire!

"Where’s the fire?"

Warrior Man paused, asking.

Truth be told, they hadn’t encountered anything related to fire along the way, or any fire-starting objects.

"Uh..."

The archer hesitated, then glanced at some fallen wood beside him, gnawed his teeth, "Fire-by-friction! I have another Level 1 Bow, modify the bowstring, and it should work as a manual drill, starting a fire shouldn’t be a problem."

Warrior Man nodded, this could work; if they did it by hand, who knows how long it would take.

The worst fear would be them being noticed and not even knowing it.

"Wait a moment."

Warrior Man, with this thought, shouted to the safe house beside him, "Listen up inside, you’d better open the door and let us in; we can be okay and wait together until the end, what do you say?"

"This way, with you and me cooperating, we could make it to the top three. If you don’t open it, we can only set fire then!"

"If it really burns, can your safe house withstand it?"

Zhou Yingting inside the safe house frowned slightly hearing the voices outside.

Fire?

He didn’t know if this Level 3 Safe House could hold out against it.

If it couldn’t, then that would be troublesome.

Opening the door now, Zhou Yingting definitely wouldn’t do that.

After thinking, Zhou Yingting moved to the door and glanced outside, "Go ahead and try, I’ll also see if this Level 3 Safe House can withstand the fire."

Hearing Zhou Yingting’s voice, the two hesitated, there really was someone inside!

Seems like this is the architect!

"Kid, you’d better open the door, if you do, we’re safe till the end; I’ll protect you, okay? From the way you’ve been silent, is there only you inside?"

Warrior Man said heavily at the door.

Listening, with only one voice inside, he suspected there was just one person inside.

Otherwise, given the noise they made earlier, the people inside would have reacted.

"Stop blabbering, just see if you can start a fire in this Level 3 house."

Zhou Yingting interrupted him directly.

His goal was to be first; only being first would earn him the reward.

If he really let them in, possibly they’d give him second or third place, but without a reward.

Moreover, if in the end there were only a few teams left, they might act, eliminating him first to secure their place in the top three.

"Kid, you said it!"

Seeing Zhou Yingting so stubborn, Warrior Man flared and gave the archer a signal.

The archer nodded immediately, walked to the side, grabbed some dried wood and gathered some fluffy grass.

Once the fire starts, even if it can’t burn the house down, it’s bound to suffocate him inside!