The next day, at the crack of dawn, Shen Fei was woken up by a commotion outside the villa. He was surprised to hear humans arguing instead of monsters. It had been two days since the game abilities were inherited, yet some people still had the energy to argue.

And of all places, they’re doing it right outside my villa. That’s just something else...

WHOOSH. Speechless, Shen Fei directly controlled the Detection Tower, shifting his focus over to see what was going on.

Last night, aside from the first wave of men in black who tried to ambush Yu, no one else had shown up. It was hard to say if the failure of the first wave had made the mastermind back off or if they were just a one-off group of clumsy thieves. Shen Fei couldn’t care less.

Granny Jia? What’s with that getup?

When the Detection Tower brought his focus over, he was surprised to find he recognized everyone involved. On one side were his mother and his little sister, Shen Yue. On the other was Granny Jia, dressed in a red and green floral outfit, her face painted with all sorts of strange lines that made her look like an old witch. Granny Jia had her young grandson with her, and behind them was a crowd of chattering neighborhood aunties.

"Listen up, Shen Family!" Granny Jia yelled, planting her hands on her hips and throwing her weight around. "In the name of the neighborhood committee, I’m ordering you! Don’t you dare think about freeloading off our safety during a time like this! Everyone has to work! Everyone has to contribute! Do you have any idea what we went through last night?! If it weren’t for the hardworking Ability Users from the Tourism Management Office, Qing City would be gone! It’s the crack of dawn, and everyone is out here cleaning up! Yet your Shen Family is still sleeping in, not sending a single person out. What are you trying to pull? Huh?!"

The day before yesterday, Granny Jia had received a message from Old Yi’s family, saying that a chaotic era had begun and that the Shen Family had hoarded a large amount of food. Because of this, Granny Jia had set her sights on the Shen Family early on. However, worried that the Shen Family might have also inherited some game ability, she hadn’t made a move yesterday. Instead, under the guise of community support, she had tricked Mrs. Shen into coming to the community center just to put her in her place.

She had gathered intelligence by verbally cornering Mrs. Shen. That, combined with the credit her son received for fighting off the Undead Calamity last night, meant he had officially secured his position as a deputy section chief at the Tourism Management Office. Now, Granny Jia was finally making her move against the Shen Family.

Of course, the reason she was causing trouble wasn’t that she hated the Shen Family. It was simply because they had a large stock of supplies.

Her reasoning was simple: possession of a treasure is a crime in itself! Not only had the now-missing Old Yi told her about these supplies in a message, but she had also seen them with her own eyes.

With the chaotic era dawning, Granny Jia understood that to consolidate control over what was once Qing City’s most high-end villa district, she first needed to control the supplies. According to the news from her son, the five-kilometer radius around the villa district was safe. Quite a few citizens of Qing City were already deliberately moving into this area. As the very center of the safe zone, the Nanshan Villa district’s value was bound to skyrocket. Time was short. Before more people arrived, Granny Jia wanted to consolidate her control over the villa district.

In the future, even if people wanted to join the villa district, they would have to get her approval first. Before the apocalypse, she was the head of the villa district’s community. After the apocalypse, she was determined to be even more.

The good news was that she, Granny Jia, had also inherited an in-game ability. The game was called *Makeup*. Even though she was in her fifties or sixties, Granny Jia loved to look beautiful. In the past, she had secretly uploaded her photos to the game *Makeup* and used its digital editing tools to make herself look gorgeous. Granny Jia never expected that after the chaotic era began, she would actually inherit the abilities from the *Makeup* game. This ability allowed her to apply makeup techniques to gain corresponding enhancements. It even let her disguise herself as different people.

Inheriting a game ability was another source of Granny Jia’s confidence. Because the villa district was Qing City’s most upscale neighborhood, not many people there played games. She was one of the few in the community who had inherited an ability. And so, after showing off her ability yesterday and today, she easily gathered a large following of aunties.

She had done a lot of investigating. She knew that after the game’s arrival last night, aside from being shrouded in a layer of fog—possibly due to the terrain—the Shen family’s house had no other special features. Having inherited another wave of game abilities last night, Granny Jia came straight over.

"These are special times! For the safety of the majority, we must centrally manage all supplies!"

"If your Shen Family wants to continue living in the villa district, you must hand over your supplies!"

"Don’t think you can just freeload off our safety! Do you know that last night, to fend off the beast tide, my son and the other members of the Tourism Management Office risked their lives?! And your Shen Family is just sitting here enjoying the benefits! That’s not acceptable!"

Seeing Mrs. Shen’s thunderous expression, Granny Jia planted one hand on her plump waist and started pointing her finger with the other.

Father Shen and Uncle Sun always left early and returned late. They were also very low-key whenever they entered or left the villa district. For example, just as it got light today, Father Shen and Uncle Sun had long since left the villa district, having already arrived at the Tourism Management Office. Therefore, Granny Jia and the others in the villa district had no idea that Father Shen and Uncle Sun were at the Tourism Management Office. Furthermore, because Granny Jia’s son’s position wasn’t high, he would never have a chance to meet Father Shen, who was the director of the chaotic and rapidly expanding Tourism Management Office.

This was also why, after observing for two days, Granny Jia figured the Shen Family was a soft target, one from which she could acquire a batch of supplies. They were the perfect target to make an example of and establish her authority.

"Exactly!"

"Do you know how hard Jia Xudong and the others worked last night!"

"They were all fighting for their lives to protect our Qing City!"

"That’s right! Go look at those videos online! Many of them were seriously injured fighting off those monsters!"

Following Granny Jia’s lead, her lackeys behind her also started pointing and chiming in. Their whole strategy was strength in numbers, to create a scene of public condemnation. Having already won over nearly half the residents of the community, Granny Jia brought this whole group over, aiming to seize the Shen Family’s supplies and further strengthen her own foundation. At this moment, she was determined to succeed.

The 5km radius within Qing City was a safe zone. This news was already starting to spread, and as time went on, more and more people would find out. As the central location of the 5km safe zone, the villa district had to be under her, Granny Jia’s, control.

Her son was a deputy section chief at the Tourism Management Office, and she had inherited the ability to paint faces and wear skins. Granny Jia was feeling a flush of youthful ambition! She had to have the final say!

"Wow! I want that!!!"

While Granny Jia was rambling on, Mrs. Shen’s expression was dark. But Shen Yue, who knew much more about the situation, was grinning, holding her mother’s arm without saying a word. However, Shen Yue was slurping on a popsicle. Slurping a popsicle this early in the morning, and deliberately making noise while doing it. This made Granny Jia’s little grandson, standing next to her, drool. After seeing Shen Yue take another big, grinning slurp, Granny Jia’s little grandson finally shouted out.

As he shouted, he also charged toward Shen Yue.

RIBBIT!

But before the little grandson could reach her, something blurred in front of Shen Yue. A red frog over two meters tall appeared, blocking his path.

RIBBIT!

RIBBIT!

RIBBIT!

The giant frog appeared out of nowhere. It started croaking directly at the charging little boy, its voice sharp, its huge mouth opening and closing as if it were about to eat him.

"WAAAAAH!"

The charging little boy plopped down on his butt in terror and immediately burst into tears.

"You!"

Her investigation had indicated that the Shen Family hadn’t inherited any game abilities. She had confirmed this countless times in the community group chat over the past two days. Granny Jia never expected that this Shen girl had actually inherited a game ability. And a pet, at that!

"You! You! You’re defying the administration! Everyone is required to report their inherited abilities! Why didn’t you report yours!"

Not knowing what abilities Shen Yue’s frog had, Granny Jia shouted as she rushed forward and pulled her grandson back.

RIBBIT!

RIBBIT!

RIBBIT!

Granny Jia was about to level another self-righteous accusation at Shen Yue when suddenly, the big red frog flickered and transformed. The fiery red frog turned into a red and green one with shimmering, red, bull-like battle patterns on its body.

Seeing the bull-shaped patterns on the frog’s body flashing with light, Granny Jia, who was about to say more, instantly shut her mouth.