Apocalypse: I Have A Multiplier System - Chapter 421

Chapter 421: Chapter 421: Potion’s Effect
As the discussion about the so-called “superpower awakener potion” grew louder, a crowd gathered around the cultivation hall.

Many tenants who had just finished their session in the pool heard the conversation and decided to join in.

Among them was a middle-aged man named Ni Ziang, known for being outspoken and skeptical.

He had rented a room just a day ago.

His voice was loud and clear as he sneered,

“See? I told you all! This superpower potion is nothing but a scam. Boss Su is just making a quick buck off us, and none of you have the guts to admit it.”

Some of the tenants murmured in agreement, their doubts growing. They mainly consisted of people Ni Ziang knew before joining the base.

Ni Ziang puffed his chest, proud to be the voice of reason.

“We’re paying through the nose for this cultivation and fake potions, and for what? No results! Let’s go confront her! She owes us an explanation.”

“Exactly! She can’t take our money and live a guilt-free life!”

“This Boss Su’s every offer sounded shady from the very first moment I entered here!”

However, before they continue, the loyal residents of the base immediately argued back,

“What the hell! If you find it a scam, just leave then! Why the heck are you all staying here?”

“Yes! Don’t act like a hypocrite!”

“I have enough of you all if you want to speak in yin and yang, then it’s better if you all leave!”

Ni Ziang and his men were taken aback, however, they didn’t back down, after all, this time, Boss Su was in the wrong!

“We will leave after getting our refund.”

“Yeah! Boss Ni is right!”

“I feel some of the residents here might be Boss Su’s hired actor!”

Just as Ni Ziang was about to lead the group, a faint tremor rippled through the ground.

A young woman in her early twenties, Xiao Mei, gasped and clutched her chest.

“W-What’s happening?” she stammered.

Everyone turned to look at her. Xiao Mei had always been a quiet, ordinary tenant, never showing any signs of power or potential.

But now, her eyes glowed faintly with a strange light, and her body began to radiate a subtle but unmistakable energy.

The crowd gasped as Xiao Mei’s aura intensified, and suddenly—BOOM—a gust of wind exploded around her, sending debris flying.

Her body was surrounded by a whirlwind of wind blades that she seemed to control effortlessly.

Ni Ziang’s smug expression dropped in an instant.

“Xiao Mei… you…” a tenant stammered, wide-eyed.

Xiao Mei’s face was filled with shock, but there was no mistaking what had happened.

She had awakened a superpower.

Her newly awakened wind superpower swirled around her, clearly uncontrollable but undeniably real.

She blinked at her hands, her eyes wide in disbelief.

“I… I actually awakened a superpower?” Her voice trembled, not with fear, but with excitement and awe.

“The potion… it worked?”

The tenants exchanged stunned looks, their skepticism crumbling like dust in the wind.

Ni Ziang’s face turned ashen, and he stumbled back a step.

“That… that must be a coincidence!” he shouted, trying to regain control of the situation.

“One person doesn’t prove anything! It could just be luck!”

Just as he said this, another tenant, Zhou Lan, who had taken the potion earlier but remained quiet, suddenly groaned.

A bright flame burst from her fingertips, causing her to gasp in shock.

“What is this? I… I can control fire now?”

The crowd erupted in disbelief. More tenants began to check themselves, realizing that their bodies were reacting differently.

One by one, small bursts of power manifested—electric sparks, water control, and even telekinesis.

Ni Ziang was now sweating profusely. His defiant expression faltered, and his mouth opened and closed like a fish out of water.

A sharp voice cut through the murmurs.

“Well, well. What was that about my potion being a scam?”

The voice belonged to Su Jiyai which was coming from the nearby speaker.

Ni Ziang’s face drained of all color.

His gaze darted around, searching for support, but the crowd had already turned against him.

Xiao Mei stepped forward, her voice steady and full of confidence.

“Looks like someone owes Boss Su an apology.”

The crowd nodded in agreement, their eyes now fixed on Ni Ziang.

The tables had turned, and the once bold skeptic was now the center of everyone’s disdain.

Su Jiyai’s eyes gleamed as she spoke again, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

“I wonder, Ni Ziang, were you just unlucky, or maybe…”

She paused, her smirk growing wider, “maybe you’re just too weak to awaken a power. After all, some people are born with talent, and others, well…”

She gave him a dismissive glance. “They’re just ordinary.”

Ni Ziang’s face flushed with humiliation.

He gritted his teeth, fists clenched in frustration, but he knew he had no way out of this.

The crowd had already turned their backs on him, and Su Jiyai’s words were like knives cutting into his pride.

“Maybe next time, instead of spewing nonsense, you should focus on improving yourself,”

Su Jiyai added, her tone cold. “But I doubt you’ll ever reach the level of these tenants.”

The crowd roared in approval, and Ni Ziang, defeated and humiliated, slinked away, his head hanging low.

Xiao Mei and the other newly awakened tenants bowed toward the speaker and said,

“Thank you so much, Boss Su! If it wasn’t for your superpower potion, I might have never awakened any!”

“Right! Me too!”

“It’s alright.” Su Jiyai waved her hand, before looking at Ni Ziang and the men standing behind him,

“And you all. Please leave my base. I am a scammer and I love to scam poor people. Wealthy people like you don’t have a place in our house.”

Ni Ziang, still fuming, couldn’t take the humiliation anymore. He turned to his group, his voice full of venom.

“You think this is over? No way! Boss Su is nothing but a fraud! Sure, some of you awakened, but what about the rest of us? Huh? Why didn’t we get powers? She’s tricking us, and you’re all falling for it!”

The few men behind Ni Ziang nodded, eager to regain some ground.

“Yeah! It’s all rigged! She’s only giving powers to people she likes!”

“Exactly! This is all staged! Those people must be her insiders!”

Ni Ziang puffed his chest again, feeling braver as his men echoed his words. He smirked, thinking he had turned the tables.

“We’ll make sure everyone knows about this scam. No one’s going to trust Boss Su after we’re done spreading the word!”

But Su Jiyai, listening to the commotion through the speaker, wasn’t fazed. Her voice, calm and controlled, echoed through the room again.

“Ni Ziang, you’re welcome to say whatever you like. But let me remind you… the results speak for themselves.

If some people didn’t awaken today, that doesn’t mean the potion failed. It just means their time hasn’t come yet.”

The crowd, who had been swayed for a moment by Ni Ziang’s words, started murmuring in agreement with Boss Su.

After all, they had just witnessed people like Xiao Mei and Zhou Lan awaken powers right in front of their eyes.

One of the tenants, an older woman with a kind face, stepped forward.

“We trust Boss Su. This place has been a home to us, and if it wasn’t for her, most of us wouldn’t have survived out there.

If you don’t like it here, leave. But don’t go bad-mouthing the person who’s been keeping us safe.”

Others in the crowd started nodding, and more voices rose in support of Su Jiyai.

“Yeah, if you think it’s a scam, why are you still here? No one’s forcing you to stay.”

“Go ahead, Ni Ziang, leave if you want. We don’t need your negative energy around here.”

Ni Ziang clenched his fists, his face turning red with anger.

He had thought he could turn the crowd against Boss Su, but now, it was he who was being pushed out.

“This isn’t over!” he spat. “Mark my words, Boss Su. We’re leaving, but I’ll make sure no one trusts you again.”

Su Jiyai, ever composed, chuckled softly.

“Oh, Ni Ziang, you’re more than welcome to leave. As for the accommodation money you have given…I won’t give it back and take it as compensation.”

With a wave of her hand, Su Jiyai ordered the system to calculate their remaining rent and return the credits.

“System teleport them out of the base.”

The system complied instantly. “Confirmed. Credits refunded. Teleportation in process.”

Ni Ziang’s face drained of color as a blue light surrounded him and his men.

By the time he opened his mouth, he was already outside.

“You b*tch! You! How could you take away our money? B*tch!” He shouted.

One of the men standing behind asked hesitantly,

“What should we do now, boss? If General Dong knew that we were teleported out of the base within one day and we were cheated out of money…we would be done for!”