Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - Chapter 177

Chapter 177

The black flying insect flapped its wings, surrounded by a halo of dark light. It was like a floater on a human retina-present, yet silent and invisible, making it impossible to detect.

Several members of the Dawn Alliance had gone missing. They were gone without a trace-no bodies found, and not a single drop of blood left on the ground.

Lu Beijiu’s room was littered with the carcasses of Black Flying Insects.

When Sister Yu arrived, she saw Gu Huaiwei feigning fright and offered her a few words of comfort before requesting a body search.

“Important data from the Dawn Alliance shows signs of being copied. To clear you of suspicion, please cooperate with us, along with your friend.”

Gu Huaiwei nodded.

The staff member performing the search was a young girl. She looked at Gu Huaiwei with a shy smile, her eyes full of admiration; she was likely just another one of “Big Sister’s” followers.

However, the staff member searching Lin She was not so lucky. He felt that Lin She’s body was as cold as a corpse, and the skin beneath his clothes had a strange texture-slightly hard and scaly, as if he suffered from some kind of skin disease.

With a grimace, the staff member hid his hands behind his back and surreptitiously wiped them.

Gu Huaiwei had already tucked the external hard drive into her Jade Bracelet, so naturally, they found nothing.

Once suspicion was cleared, Gu Huaiwei and Lin She were placed under house arrest within the Dawn Alliance base.

Two Security Personnel stood outside their door, patrolling in twenty-four-hour shifts.

Because Lin She had hacked the surveillance, the Dawn Alliance’s systems were still undergoing emergency repairs.

As soon as the door closed, Lin She reopened his laptop. Using the compromised cameras, he began searching for any idle small submarines within the Dawn Alliance base.

They were confined to the room for a day and a night.

Outside, it was late autumn. The temperature in the undersea base was low, and there was no heating in the room. As night fell and the temperature dropped further, Lin She became increasingly drowsy.

He spoke even less than usual.

He preferred to sit in one spot without moving.

While he didn’t neglect his work, his level of initiative had dropped significantly compared to before.

One night, Gu Huaiwei even saw him sitting motionless in front of the computer. His thin, black lips parted, stretching wide toward the corners of his mouth, before he let out a long yawn and snapped them shut again. It looked just like the gaping maw of a snake swallowing its prey.

I didn’t see that.

She silently set down the hot water bottle in her hand and looked away, pretending she hadn’t noticed.

Gu Huaiwei didn’t want Lin She to fall into a slumber for three to five days at a time like this.

She pulled a thick down jacket from her Jade Bracelet and thoughtfully wrapped it around him, even brewing him some extra-strong black coffee to prevent him from actually drifting off.

On the night of the third day of their house arrest, Gu Huaiwei woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. She found the main door to the suite ajar, with the dim light from the corridor spilling into the room.

The two bodyguards outside were nowhere to be found. Lin She’s bedroom door was tightly shut, and when she knocked, there was no response.

Tonight was exceptionally cold.

Gu Huaiwei glanced at the thermometer in the room and saw that the indoor temperature had dropped below freezing.

Lin She had located the small Nuclear Submarine two days prior.

At this moment, since he wasn’t opening the door, he had likely fallen into a deep sleep.

In the dead of night, with the guards missing, it was the perfect time to steal something.

Lin She would naturally wake up once the temperature rose slightly the next morning, but Gu Huaiwei didn’t want to wait until daylight. Doing so would mean missing this immediate opportunity.

It was now or never.

Refusing to wait for morning, Gu Huaiwei used the cover of night to retrieve a handgun from her Jade Bracelet. She expertly chambered a round, slid a cold dagger into her sleeve against her wrist, put on a black mask and hat, changed into a tactical bodysuit, and quietly slipped out.
Following the map of the Dawn Alliance base that Lin She had stolen, Gu Huaiwei made her way toward the area where the Nuclear Submarine was kept.

The path was unnervingly quiet.

There were occasional patrols of staff members, but Gu Huaiwei used her keen hearing to avoid them.

As she neared her destination, the phone in her pocket vibrated.

That phone had been given to her by Wu Ming on behalf of Zhou Chuanning. It was for a dedicated line of communication and could be used even in places with no signal.

The annoying part was that it had no silent mode.

It wasn’t convenient for Gu Huaiwei to take a call right now, so she hung up immediately.

However, she still heard a voice: “Hello, Miss Gu.”

The familiar voice came from behind her.

Gu Huaiwei spun around instantly.

Disguised as a member of the Dawn Alliance staff, Zhou Chuanning slowly stepped out from a corridor around the corner.

The light here was very dim.

With half of his face shrouded in shadow, he held a phone identical to Gu Huaiwei’s in his hand.

“Officer Zhou, what are you doing here?” Gu Huaiwei lowered her arms, letting the dagger hidden at her wrist slide into her palm.

Gu Huaiwei had used a mirror to look at the Half-finished Product that had attacked them earlier, and Zhou Chuanning’s head had been among them.

The person in front of her was not Officer Zhou.

The real Officer Zhou had most likely met with an unfortunate end long ago.

“I’m here to get you out of here,” Zhou Chuanning said, a look of worry on his face.

Gu Huaiwei didn’t want to alert the Security Personnel here.

She decided to play along for the moment, putting on a troubled expression as she said, “But I haven’t finished investigating the matter you asked me to look into.”

“No, your safety is more important. I saw a creature in the darkness even larger than the Broodmother…” Zhou Chuanning stepped forward, reaching out to grab Gu Huaiwei’s wrist.

The moment he approached, Gu Huaiwei drew her dagger and decisively slit “Zhou Chuanning’s” throat, destroying his vocal cords.

He clutched his neck as a thick green liquid flowed from the gash in his throat.

His mouth moved, but he was unable to make a sound.

However, Gu Huaiwei could read his lips.

He was asking her why.

Gu Huaiwei frowned slightly. “Stop pretending. I know you’re not Officer Zhou.”

She didn’t want to make too much noise and was planning how to hack the person in front of her into pieces to stuff into her Jade Bracelet.

But “Zhou Chuanning” showed an expression of pain. He pulled a Password Card from his pocket and held it out in his palm, offering it to Gu Huaiwei.

This card was the Password Card for the Nuclear Submarine she had been planning to steal.

“Danger… leave…” The wound on his throat was healing, but green bubbles still gurgled out as he spoke.

Gu Huaiwei took the Password Card warily.

“Zhou Chuanning” didn’t shout to attract the Security Personnel, nor did he try to attack her. Instead, he waved his hand, urging her to leave this place of trouble.

This left Gu Huaiwei somewhat confused about the situation.

Not long ago, that so-called Half-finished Product had tried to devour her.

Now it was playing the role of “Zhou Chuanning” and helping her leave? For what purpose?

Regardless of whether the Password Card was real or fake, Gu Huaiwei didn’t need to figure it out right here and now.

She left decisively.

To her surprise, “Zhou Chuanning” actually helped lead away the Security Personnel who had been drawn by the noise.