Ch 99: TGCIR

Quan Quan’s revenge mission.

Shen Cheng was taken aback.

She didn’t immediately click “yes” because she didn’t know what the so-called revenge mission was all about.

Quan Quan slapped the surface of the water with its tentacles, making a painful and angry sound. “My little master is gone,” it said.

Shen Cheng asked it carefully. This transparent giant octopus turned ink-black all over when angry, and its eyes were also pitch black. Even in a cartoonish style, it looked somewhat scary. “What do you mean by ‘gone’?” she asked cautiously, fearing that Quan Quan’s use of the term might not match her understanding.

“Dead, dead, dead!” Quan Quan kept making noise, banging its head against the wall. However, as a soft-bodied animal, its massive body hitting the wall only caused ripples, without causing much damage.

Watching this scene, Li Weilan frowned slightly. Suddenly, he asked Shen Cheng, “Ask it if someone came by.”

Sure enough, Quan Quan whimpered, “Wuwawa,” and said, “A woman was crying by the shore just now. She smelled like my little master. She must have stolen my little master’s things.”

Shen Cheng carefully inquired. Although Quan Quan spoke in a confused manner, with a completely childish tone, its description was clear enough. According to its account, the woman wore a long white dress, had shoulder-length hair, and could dress like this even in the apocalypse. She must be an idler. Noah Base didn’t have such idlers, which meant that this person must be an outsider.

Following its instructions, Shen Cheng searched the entire base one by one until she found the woman described by Quan Quan. As soon as she saw the name, she chuckled.

Bai Su.

Shen Cheng coldly sneered.

When she told Li Weilan Bai Su’s name, his pupils also shrank slightly. Bai Su.

Before, when he was training outside, he had met Tang Lu and Bai Su from the J City Base. Bai Su was as arrogant as ever, while Tang Lu was a man with a deep mind.

Noah Base would inevitably come into conflict with Bai Su’s ability by selling body regeneration elixirs sooner or later. However, Tang Lu, on the other hand, could set aside his dignity and make friends with him when they met. He even invited him to visit the J City Base. Perhaps the internal conflicts within the J City Base were heating up, and Li Weilan’s enemies were the researchers. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. He hadn’t intended to directly offend Bai Su and Tang Lu.

Li Weilan had originally planned to take advantage of the situation to talk about the Institute’s situation, but since Bai Su was involved in Quan Quan’s little master’s affairs, Li Weilan immediately abandoned his original plan. “Ask it what it means by ‘scent.'”

“The little master had a very, very pleasant smell. The water he often drank also had that smell. Before, the little master would secretly pour that water into the tank where I live.” Quan Quan spoke in a confused manner, but the key points were clear.

Shen Cheng’s pupils shrank. Could it be that it was talking about the spring water?

In Li Weilan’s space, there were plants that emitted spiritual energy, such as spirit rice. Shen Cheng remembered that the prerequisite for planting was the requirement for spring water, but she hadn’t found any possible locations for spring water on all the maps she had looked at, so she had put this matter aside.

Could it be that Bai Su had stolen Quan Quan’s little master’s spring water?

Then, could her little master still be alive?

“How do you know the little master is gone?” Shen Cheng asked Quan Quan.

Quan Quan cried out, furious, and started swinging its tentacles again. It angrily said, “Last question. If you ask again, I’ll go by myself and won’t need you anymore, big liar. The little master’s jade is a token of ownership. If he’s not dead, no one can take it from him.”

Shen Cheng’s heart sank.

Upon hearing this, her inner sense of hope vanished.

She clicked “yes” and bought another pet crystal ball to put Quan Quan inside. She said to Quan Quan, “Okay, we’ll take you to seek justice.”

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Bai Su hadn’t expected that justice was already on its way.

Earlier, when they went to exchange armor, she was eyeing a set of light armor that was exquisitely designed, had flight capabilities, and had light body techniques.

But whether it was because the people at the exchange center could tell her preferences or not, the price for that set of light armor was unexpectedly 4000 points. They would have to exchange almost all of their materials to afford it.

“4000 points?” Bai Su was taken aback.

Of course, she didn’t think that the light armor wasn’t worth 4000 points. Its appearance perfectly matched her aesthetics. Just by looking at it, Bai Su could imagine how ethereal she would look wearing it.

The water sleeves were light, and wind elemental crystals were embedded at the elbows, maintaining a continuous light breeze. Even in the scorching wasteland, the wearer wouldn’t feel uncomfortable or sweaty.

Just thinking about these benefits made Bai Su feel that 4000 points was worth it.

But the problem was, she was reluctant to exchange all of her assets for this set of armor.

Bai Su whined for a while, but the girl at the exchange center remained unmoved.

She wouldn’t budge. Even if Bai Su offered to treat her for free once, hoping for a discount, the woman’s expression was filled with coldness and disdain, completely devoid of the joy that people usually felt upon hearing such words.

Bai Su burst into tears with a loud “wawa” and ran away in tears.

Tang Lu, who was standing by, didn’t expect her to be so upset. He chased after her, and in the end, found Bai Su in tears by the bottom floor of the base.

Surprisingly, although Noah Base was underground, the scenery around this small lake was quite beautiful.

Water chestnut lotus flowers grew on the surface, willows and reeds lined the road, and fish could be faintly seen swimming in the water. The fragrance of lotus flowers wafted in the gentle breeze, brushing against Bai Su’s face.

Neither of them noticed that as Bai Su’s tears fell into the water one by one, a giant creature suddenly opened its eyes in the lake.

Its transparent eyes gradually turned black, and finally, with an incomparable anger, emitted black air, glaring angrily at Bai Su as if trying to etch her image into its eyes.

Bai Su was too absorbed in wiping her tears to notice, but Tang Lu comforted her for a while and finally promised to buy that set of light armor for her. Only then did Bai Su start to feel happy again.

Not long after the two of them left, Li Weilan arrived at the pond.

After listening to Quan Quan’s story, Shen Cheng was actually quite worried.

She remembered Bai Su’s eloquent performance before. Now, Bai Su and Tang Lu were still guests at the base. If the base were to directly target the guests with invitations in order to avenge Quan Quan, Noah Base’s reputation might be tarnished as murderers and thieves in the future.

Moreover, Bai Su was the only high-level healing ability user in the apocalypse. With such an identity, others might accuse Noah Base of bullying weak women. Shen Cheng was worried about how to proceed.

She was extremely worried, but Li Weilan, upon hearing her concerns, couldn’t help but smile. “Chengcheng, some things never change.”

Tang Lu and Bai Su returned to the exchange center.

The man who had been standing casually by the counter, chatting with the receptionist at the exchange center, absent-mindedly glanced over. Tang Lu felt familiar with him until he saw the sword hanging from his waist. Only then did he remember. Seeing the respectful attitude of the girl at the exchange center towards him, Tang Lu smiled and went up to greet him. “Mr. Li, long time no see.”

Bai Su was stunned, and she also recognized Li Weilan.

Li Weilan looked over with an elegant demeanor, a faint smile on his handsome face. His gaze lingered lightly on Bai Su’s face, but his eyes seemed to have small hooks in them, causing Bai Su’s heart to beat erratically with just one glance.

If she wasn’t mistaken, the last time they met, this man was extremely indifferent, and he had never looked at her with such eyes before.

Bai Su lowered her head and played with her fingers, but she could hear his deep voice conversing with Tang Lu. “You’ve taken a liking to the armor.”

He smiled. “I can’t offer a discount. The base has its rules and can’t be easily broken. However, the properties of this armor aren’t the best. Xiaomei,” he called out to the receptionist, “bring out the women’s light armor we just made.”

“Wow,” Bai Su’s eyes widened when she saw it.

If the previous set of armor could score 80 points, then this one, in her mind, could score 100.

This set of armor had completely transcended the category of armor. It was a magnificent work of art, from its elegant appearance to its silky-smooth material, which felt cool like water. Bai Su gently touched the soft white hem of the armor, almost drooling with desire. “What material is this? It’s so smooth and cool, like water.”

“Not only that,” the girl next to her saw her interest and used an extremely sharp tool to make marks on it, but there were no traces left. The soft fabric flowed like water on the blade, seemingly soft but actually sticking firmly.

“Wow,” Bai Su’s eyes widened. As a support type ability user, if she wore this, she wouldn’t need to worry about so many dangers anymore. Her safety would greatly increase.

Seeing her interest, Li Weilan’s smile became even more genuine. “This is woven from mutated spider silk,” he said with a smile. “A few days ago, our base captured a fifth-order spider queen, and this is the silk produced. If you miss this, there won’t be another.”

Watching Li Weilan spin his tale, Shen Cheng couldn’t help but smirk at the screen. She couldn’t believe her cub was telling such tall tales. Turning a limited edition piece of junk clothing that cost a dollar and couldn’t even be worn by him into something unique in the world. He really missed his calling as a salesman.

But obviously, when Bai Su heard “unique in the world,” her initial interest of nine points turned into a solid ten.

“In a few days, it will be the auction. Originally, this was also one of the items to be auctioned,” Li Weilan added fuel to the fire. “With my authority, I can sell this item to you at an internal price today. But if you miss it today, you’ll have to wait for the auction.”

He smiled and glanced at Bai Su, who was already starting to act coquettishly towards Tang Lu. He was confident that Bai Su was arrogant and greedy. Whatever she wanted, Tang Lu probably wouldn’t stop her.

Sure enough, after a few flirtatious words from her, Tang Lu, in front of everyone, turned to Li Weilan and asked, “What’s the price of this armor?”

“Ten thousand,” Xiaomei preempted.

Li Weilan lightly frowned. He tapped his fingers on the table, pretending not to notice the flash of fierceness in Tang Lu’s eyes.

“Eight thousand,” Li Weilan said.

“Brother Li, the base has regulations,” Xiaomei said, distressed.

“Eight thousand,” Li Weilan said firmly.

“…” After a moment of eye contact, Xiaomei finally relented. She muttered softly, “Well, eight thousand it is.”

Tang Lu looked at Li Weilan, who had negotiated two thousand off with a smiling face, and Bai Su, who was looking at him brightly from his embrace, and his mouth twitched.

He really didn’t want to say it. Eight thousand? They couldn’t even gather four thousand, and he was asking for eight thousand? Was Su Su crazy?

Seeing that he didn’t agree right away and hesitated, Bai Su immediately understood. Perhaps if she didn’t find a way herself, this beautiful limited edition would be gone.

As soon as Bai Su and Tang Lu left, Li Weilan nodded at Xiaomei. “Well done.”

A price of ten thousand was, of course, negotiated. The point was that they couldn’t afford it.

But even if it was said that this clothing cost only a dollar, who knew if the now conflicting Bai Su and Tang Lu, who had different opinions, would spit blood if they knew the true value of this clothing?

Li Weilan smiled faintly and said to Shen Cheng, “It’s worth spending a dollar for a show.”

Shen Cheng glanced at Bai Su and Tang Lu, who had already started arguing in the room, thinking that no one could see them, and couldn’t help but smile. “Such a bargain.”

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