[Lin Hao, with exceptional understanding, mastered the spell 'Meeting Sleep Aid Technique']
[Meeting Sleep Aid Technique (scenario spell):
A specific spell used when in a unit area with three or more people, most of whom are discussing a certain topic together. This spell can cause individuals within the unit area to fall into a deep sleep state, even if they have sleep disorders. The area of effect and number of affected individuals are directly proportional to the caster's Divine Thought intensity and inversely proportional to the caster's interest in the discussion topic.]
Lin Hao: ???
'Meeting Sleep Aid Technique', what kind of useless spell is this?!
Would any legitimate cultivation realm have such a spell?
No, the place I'm staying at isn't exactly a legitimate cultivation realm either!
But regardless of whether the cultivation realm is legitimate or not, the spells mastered should be useful, right...
But what's the use of this spell?!
Lin Hao couldn't think of any use for it!
Lin Hao decided to let this spell gather dust.
Collecting himself, Lin Hao continued his daily earnest cultivation...
[As a cultivator, Lin Hao possesses a resilient heart]
[He is not influenced by the joy of enhanced Divine Thought or mastering a spell after enlightenment]
[He continues to cultivate without arrogance or impatience]
[The path to the great way is promising, indeed!]
...
Ke Chen City.
Top floor of the building right across the City Management Team.
A girl with a baby-face sat on the edge, a lollipop in her mouth, and her legs swinging in the air.
She hummed an unknown tune quietly.
Perhaps feeling a bit bored after sitting for so long, she leaned forward.
This was the 22nd floor!
If she fell...
But just now—
Newton's coffin lid couldn't stay closed again!
Instead of falling, the girl stood steadily against the wall.
As if the wall had become the ground, she took small steps down the wall, hopping and jumping.
During her descent, she pressed the pink phone watch on her right wrist.
Opened the contacts.
In the contacts, there was only one entry, noted as—
'Old Man Nearing His Grave'.
Sparkling sound.
Connected.
On the other end of the call was a heavy, breathing old man.
'Nannan, don't you know it's rude to disturb an old man's sleep at night?'
The girl, with a lollipop, cheerfully said:
'Of course I know, but when you're unhappy, I'm happy~'
After a long silence on the other end, the old man asked:
'Let's get to the point.'
'Hehe, let me tell you some good news! Old man, your plan has completely failed!'
'I told you, the City Management Team does have some skills...
You attracted their attention with the Dungeon Compass, used the Gorging Space detached from your body as bait. Even with this dual deception, they still found the only weakness of that space...
Your plan didn't succeed, you couldn't establish a stable channel with a dungeon, and your Dungeon Relocation Project has thoroughly collapsed...
Your Gorging Space has completely vanished!
You can't retrieve that space!
You're... surely about to die, aren't you!'
A heavy cough came from the other end of the call, and after a while, the old man said:
'Don't worry; I won't die so soon.
I foresaw failure.
After all...
The captain of Ke Chen City's City Management Team is a good child I raised from a young age.
His 'Safety First' power always brings a safe outcome, such an intriguing power.
If not for his defection, your body wouldn't have been my choice...'
After saying this, the old man took a breath and continued:
'Soon, you'll witness my power and willingly offer your body to me!'
'Seeing me—
will be like seeing a god!'
With that, the call ended.
'You call me rude, but you're not that polite either!'
The girl pouted, clearly unhappy.
But she soon composed herself...
Each day could be happy or unhappy...
Why not happily every day~~
'Ke Chen City suffered such a big loss; surely they'll retaliate!
I'll report all the people the old man assigned in Ke Chen City to the City Management Team!
I'm really such a good person!
Pretty and kind-hearted.
Unfortunately...
I won't live much longer.'
The girl hopped from the 22nd floor down to the first floor, landing steadily.
Passersby and vehicles occasionally passed by, but they didn't see anything unusual about her descent from the wall.
As for her, she walked in her small shoes, clacking towards the security booth of the City Management Team.
'Young lady, what's wrong? Are you lost?' The guard on duty saw the pretty girl and asked with concern.
'Sir, I'm not lost. I'm here to give you the cat-and-mouse game walkthrough!'
'Cat-and-mouse game walkthrough? What's that?'
The girl didn't let the guard wait long. She pulled a piece of paper from her small bag, spread it, and handed it to the guard.
'Let me see. This is the location of the Extraordinary Universal School's base in Ke Chen City; this is really helpful.'
'Yes, yes, you're the cat, and we're the mouse. Be sure to catch us quickly~'
'We will, absolutely.'
The guard was very happy, holding the materials needed by the team.
He didn't find it odd that in the dead of night, a girl easily handed over such coveted information!
This seems quite normal, it suggests the City Management Team's work is effective and they have a really good relationship with citizens!
He didn't realize he hadn't immediately submitted this crucial information.
This seems quite normal, as he was currently on duty. Although the materials were important, so was his duty. He could wait until his shift ended to report to the captain.
Only long after the girl left did he suddenly come to realize.
Damn it!
He should have detained her!
It's okay!
I remember her face; I can find her!
No, wait...
What did she look like?
No, wait...
Was it a man or a woman who just handed me something?
Why can't I remember?
Huh?
What am I holding?
'Locations of the Extraordinary Universal School's base in Ke Chen City [Cat Paw][Cat Paw][Cat Paw]'
I...
Where did this come from?
No matter where these materials came from, I need to report them to the captain right away!
Did I... earn merits?
...
After delivering the cat-and-mouse game walkthrough, the girl began wandering around Ke Chen City.
Since childhood, she was raised by the old man on the other end of the phone.
She knew his cruelty, his tyranny, his greed for her body...
But what could she do?
Against the old man's power, even knowing all, could she hide from him?
No chance.
The result of her life was fixed.
She remembered that secret base she lived in almost all her life...
'You can't resist; instead of exhausting your will to obtain your body, give it willingly.'
'What do you want?'
'I'll give you what you want if you stop resisting!'
'Tell me your wish...'
When leaving that lab, what did she say?
Oh.
She said she wanted to live like a normal person for a while.
Now, then she was banished to Ke Chen City by the old man, symbolizing the start of experiencing normal life.
Life had entered a countdown.
But what does a normal person do?
She raised her face in a daze, eyes filled with confusion about life.
'Young lady, looking at our store's job ad, do you want to work?'
Awakened by the voice beside her, she realized she was standing before a job advertisement.
It was probably destiny!
What should a normal person do?
They should work!
The girl had heard—
Working makes you superior!
'Yes, I want to work.' The girl decided she would spend her last moments working as a normal person!
'Working in our milk tea shop can be tough.'
'Sis, sis, I'm not afraid of hard work.'