Chapter 139
Chapter 139
Jiang Li scanned the pool.
Finally, on a patch of slime, she spotted something familiar.
Jiang Li carefully entered the pool, doing her best to avoid the slime as she went to pick the object up.
It was a Staff Elevator Card for returning to the 1st floor.
Elevator Card, Positive Review, and seeing the guest out-Jiang Li had already achieved two of the three.
Now, the only thing left to do was to see Ms. Jiang out.
However, Ms. Jiang was particularly vain; as long as her appearance couldn’t be restored, she would absolutely never leave this place.
But what method could possibly make Ms. Jiang regain her youth quickly?
Inside the Hot Spring Room’s shower area, the sound of splashing water stopped.
Having finished her bath, Ms. Jiang pushed the door open and walked out, still wearing that aged face.
The moment she saw Jiang Li, the expression on Ms. Jiang’s face became several degrees more spiteful.
She had put so much effort into her performance earlier.
She hadn’t expected that Jiang Li had seen through it long ago and had been playing her for a fool.
Jiang Li had even managed to trick a Positive Review out of her.
Ms. Jiang shot Jiang Li a sharp glare, her expression sour.
Jiang Li, however, didn’t care about any of that.
“Ms. Jiang, I have a way to help you restore your appearance,” Jiang Li said.
Ms. Jiang’s footsteps faltered for a beat.
After a moment’s thought, Ms. Jiang gave a mocking laugh. “You were just making fun of me, and now you want to tease me again? Do I look that easy to fool?”
Jiang Li smiled. “Ms. Jiang, you shouldn’t put it like that. You were the one who wanted to put on an act; I didn’t force you.”
Ms. Jiang huffed, still feeling indignant.
As she walked, her staggering gait made her look no different from a frail old woman.
“Ms. Jiang, your rheumatism must be getting worse and worse, isn’t it?”
Jiang Li’s voice rang out from behind her.
“If you don’t leave soon, I’m afraid not only will your appearance continue to deteriorate, but your body will slowly turn into that of an actual old woman.”
Jiang Li spoke with absolute certainty.
One could tell from Ms. Jiang’s posture that she was becoming more and more like an elderly person.
No one in their thirties could accept turning into a decrepit senior, especially not Ms. Jiang.
This was Ms. Jiang’s sore spot.
For as long as she had been stuck on this gloomy Basement Floor 1, she had been obsessing over ways to become young again.
If she hadn’t been forced by circumstances, why would she ever be willing to stay trapped here, never seeing the light of day?
“I said, I can restore your appearance and see you out.”
Jiang Li spoke with total confidence.
Walking ahead with a hunched back, Ms. Jiang hesitated.
After a long silence, she turned around and spoke gloomily, “What’s the method?”
…
In the afternoon.
Jiang Li prepared several sets of dry clothes outside Ms. Jiang’s room.
Then, she took the Elevator Card and, bringing Red Infant with her, left the basement level.
She walked out of the Clear Spring Hotel and arrived outside the large iron gate.
Before Jiang Li lay the mist zone.
She stopped beside the iron gate and took out the Mist-Treading Lantern, lighting it.
The Mist-Treading Lantern could only function for two hours at a time.
Two hours should be more than enough for Jiang Li.
She recalled Ms. Song, who kept a dog on the 3rd Floor.
Every time Ms. Song went out alone to shop, the time she left the Teddy in the room never exceeded five minutes.
This could only mean that there was a place to shop outside the Clear Spring Hotel.
Furthermore, this place was not far away.
The lantern in Jiang Li’s hand dispersed the surrounding mist.
In the mist zone, the lantern acted as the center of a cleared area with a radius of about ten meters.
Jiang Li carried the lantern and searched the surrounding area.
Less than twenty meters outside the Clear Spring Hotel, there was a Bus Shelter.
Many familiar faces were standing there.
The blind Old Man from the 5th floor, the Fatty from the 4th floor who had thinned down, the Curly-Haired Woman from the 3rd Floor who had turned back into a Teddy, and the invisible Miss Wang from the 2nd floor.
They were all waiting for the bus at the station.
The invisible Miss Wang’s tear streaks fell from the air, wetting the ground.
After glancing at them, Jiang Li bypassed them and went to the convenience store nearby.
On the convenience store was a sign with red characters on a white background.
It read: “Self-Service.”
In the middle of it, the character for “person” was bleeding out, the red liquid flowing down.
A few drops of thick, blood-like crimson liquid dripped from the edge of the sign, hitting the ground with several wet thuds.
Jiang Li walked to the entrance and glanced at the rules posted outside the convenience store.
After mentally preparing herself, she reached out and pushed the door open.
“Welcome to the Unmanned Convenience Store. Please browse and select your items freely~~~”
A mechanical voice announced.
The wind chimes at the door also chimed with a rhythmic “ding-dong.”
Jiang Li stepped into the convenience store and did a quick lap around the interior.
She headed to the Exchange Zone, searching for a specific item: snakeskin.
Manager Xue’s attribute was a snake, which meant he must shed his skin frequently.
If she could get her hands on some snakeskin, she might be able to emulate Miss Wang’s skin replacement procedure from the second floor to restore Ms. Jiang’s appearance.
There were many items in the Exchange Zone. While Jiang Li was picking through the goods, the glass door of the convenience store opened again.
“Welcome to the Unmanned Convenience Store. Please browse and select your items freely~~”
Jiang Li glanced sideways.
The person who entered was a charming Woman with a Teardrop Mole at the corner of her eye.
Jiang Li found this woman strangely familiar.
After thinking for a second, Jiang Li’s eyes suddenly widened.
She remembered!
She had seen this woman in a group photo-the photo of Boss Shi from the coffin shop and his wife.
Hadn’t Boss Shi’s Wife already been corrupted and died?
Then who was this woman?
While Jiang Li was lost in confusion, the Woman with a Teardrop Mole walked over to her side.
“Is something wrong?” The Woman with a Teardrop Mole looked at Jiang Li and touched her own face self-consciously. “Is there something on my face?”
Jiang Li withdrew her gaze and shook her head.
The Woman with a Teardrop Mole seemed like she wanted to say more, but just then, the phone in her pocket began to ring.
The Woman with a Teardrop Mole answered the call. “Hello? Hubby, I’m outside.”
Unsure of what was said on the other end, the Woman with a Teardrop Mole gave Jiang Li a strange look before hurriedly leaving the convenience store.
Jiang Li didn’t find any snakeskin on the shelves, but she did find a piece of human skin.
“Do you need me to tell you about it?”
A chilly voice drifted from behind her.
Through a Dressing Mirror for sale nearby, Jiang Li caught a glimpse of a woman standing behind her.
The woman had no skin on her face.
She was the owner of this “human face.”
“Do you… need me to tell you about it?” the woman spoke again.
Jiang Li ignored her. Instead, she took the human skin directly to the self-checkout counter to pay.
Rule One of the [Unmanned Convenience Store Entry Rules]:
[When purchasing products, you must not talk to the product’s owner, especially those owners who have already passed away. Keep this in mind.]
Jiang Li took the tag for the “human skin” and scanned the code.
Regarding the payment method, Jiang Li chose: eyeballs.
The price for the human skin was “four eyeballs.”
Without hesitation, Jiang Li fished four eyeballs out of her pocket to pay the bill.
These four eyeballs were the ones Jiang Li had taken from the Female Service Staff in the Hot Spring Pool after the bloody water had been drained.
Jiang Li had prepared a whole bunch of items like these just in case they were needed.
After finishing the transaction, Jiang Li was about to leave.
However, at that moment, a “Preview News” segment on a small television by the door caught her attention.
“This station reports that on January 15th at 10:00 PM, an indiscriminate killing occurred on Mountain Road Bus Route 8. It is reported that…”
Jiang Li glanced at the source of the sound.
At the bottom of the television screen, the words “Preview News” flashed in large letters.
Jiang Li stared at the time mentioned in the news for a few seconds.
January 15th, 10:00 PM…
The current time was 3:00 PM on January 15th.
An event that hadn’t even happened yet could actually be broadcast as a preview?
Jiang Li pulled her thoughts back, pushed the door, and left the shop.
As she exited the convenience store, the wind chimes rang once more.
Inside the store, the skinless woman picked up the four eyeballs, curled up in a corner, and began to eat them with a loud crunching sound.
Outside the shop entrance.
Jiang Li had barely taken two steps when someone grabbed her arm.
Before she could see who it was, she was dragged into the nearby bushes.
Jiang Li looked back and saw that the person was Boss Shi.
Boss Shi’s Wife-the Woman with a Teardrop Mole-was lying nearby, asleep, as if she had consumed something.
“Please don’t tell the organization that my wife is back, okay?”
Boss Shi looked at Jiang Li with a pleading expression.