Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - Chapter 185

Chapter 185

“Not at all. As long as they can pay the price, I’m not picky about anything else,” Bai Miemie said, rubbing his nose. He was thinking that the group opposite them was large and looked quite fierce. If they couldn’t win a fight, he would just grab Gu Huaiwei and make a run for it.

The four Non-humans wearing Library uniforms were deathly pale. They looked like paper dolls; upon closer inspection, one could see the faint patterns of blue veins beneath their skin.

The humans reading newspapers consisted of two men and two women.

Sitting directly across from them were four Non-humans, also two men and two women.

Gu Huaiwei looked straight at them.

They raised their heads as well, staring back at Gu Huaiwei in silence. Their eyes were hollow, their pupils pitch black and devoid of any reflection.

It seemed she had encountered another group of the silent type.

“Hello,” Gu Huaiwei said, waving a hand to greet the four Non-humans.

The Non-humans gave no reaction.

However, the two men and two women sitting there reading newspapers stiffened simultaneously.

These four humans were Trial-takers chosen by the Gray Mist Town Library Instance. There had originally been five of them, but one teammate had already died in the first-floor elevator for violating the Rules of the Instance.

The remaining four were classmates from the same high school.

They were Fang Zhao, the Class Monitor; Bai Yuzhen, the Learning Committee Member; Wang Junru, the unstudious Poor Student; and Xia Wenxin, the Sports Representative.

In truth, Fang Zhao, the Class Monitor, was the backbone of the group.

It was largely thanks to him that they had managed to obtain the life-saving Rules of the Instance and reach the second floor.

Gu Huaiwei’s crisp greeting sent a shiver through Fang Zhao, who had already successfully cleared three Instances.

Once an Instance began, it was impossible for new Trial-takers to be added.

The Math Representative had already died in the elevator.

This girl speaking behind them couldn’t possibly be human. She had to be an Anomaly trying to tempt them into breaking the Rules so she could kill them!

The Rules the Class Monitor had obtained only required them to stay within the Newspaper Reading Area, retrieve the newspaper from the very top of the third bookshelf, and then sit in the Reading Room with their heads down to read.

There were no staff members in the Reading Room. While reading the newspaper, they were not allowed to look up or respond to any sound they heard, no matter what it was.

The remaining four had to strictly follow the Rules if they wanted to survive the Instance.

Gu Huaiwei had no idea about the Rules of the Instance.

She had simply strolled into this sealed Library as if she owned the place, wandering up and down at her leisure.

In the previous Dimension, the Aliens might not have been human, but they could speak and communicate properly.

What was wrong with this Dimension?

It was one thing for the Non-humans to remain silent, but the behavior of these humans was also incredibly strange.

With customers right in front of her, Gu Huaiwei wasn’t about to give up just because of a little awkwardness.

As a Shop Manager personally handling sales, she had to be thick-skinned. She needed to win over customers with initiative, enthusiasm, and sincerity.

Thus, she walked over to the boy sitting on the far right – the one who had wet his pants. She pulled out some tissues, placed them beside him, and asked with concern, “Sir, your pants are wet. Would you like to go to the nearby restroom to take care of that? I have some tissues here I can lend you.”

Wang Junru, the Poor Student, sat in his chair with his legs as stiff as if they were nailed down. He gripped the newspaper so tightly that the pages were already soaked with his sweat.

He was screaming internally.

There were four people sitting here! Why did this sudden Anomaly keep trying to talk to him?!

Was it because he was the most cowardly? Was it because he had wet himself?

He was truly on the verge of losing his mind.

“Hello? Hi? Can you hear me?” Gu Huaiwei waved her hand in front of the boy’s eyes.

Surely she didn’t look *that* terrifying, did she?
Her tone was very friendly.

Why was this person ignoring her?

Wang Junru’s body trembled slightly, and cold sweat seeped from his forehead, sliding down his cheeks. His eyes were fixed on the newspaper, praying in his heart for Gu Huaiwei to leave quickly!

The other three didn’t even dare to breathe.

Their lips were tightly shut, and their jaws were white from clenching.

In the silent room, only their rapid heartbeats could be heard.

Gu Huaiwei’s preferred customers were definitely young humans.

Humans had long lifespans and were easier to communicate with.

Since she couldn’t find much intelligence about this Dimension on the computer, she had to learn about this world from these customers.

But these four people completely ignored her.

Gu Huaiwei was certain that the four of them had heard her speak; they were simply not answering out of fear.

What made them so afraid?

Gu Huaiwei shifted her gaze to the four Non-humans sitting across from them.

It had to be these four characters, right?

Gu Huaiwei walked around the table to the opposite side.

Sitting across from the Poor Student Wang Junru was a Female Staff member with a wax-white face. Her right ear had been torn off, leaving only a dark, hollow hole.

When Gu Huaiwei walked up to her, she couldn’t help but stare at that small hole where her right ear used to be; there even seemed to be maggots squirming around inside.

Having turned into something like this, she looked like a dead person no matter how one viewed it.

Oh, she understood now. This was a haunted world.

How does one sell the services of the Oasis Sanatorium to a dead person?

This problem was just as difficult as trying to sell a comb to a monk.

“Hello, miss,” Gu Huaiwei said, taking out one of the flyers she hadn’t finished distributing and placing it in front of the Female Staff member. “When you’re off the clock, would you consider taking a vacation at our Sanatorium? We have a professional medical room that can help with regular care for the wound on your ear.”

The Female Staff member’s head tilted over, her neck making a creaking sound like a stiff puppet.

“Click, click, click… Click, click, click…”

She opened her mouth, emitting a strange tone.

What did that mean?

Gu Huaiwei couldn’t understand her.

“Uh, could I trouble you to say that again in a human language? As you can see, I am an ordinary human.” Gu Huaiwei looked forward to this Non-human saying something she could actually understand.

“Click-click-click-click-click…” The Female Staff member’s vocalizations quickened. Although Gu Huaiwei couldn’t understand the content, the short, fast, and sharp sounds made her feel somewhat uncomfortable.

She couldn’t understand it, but she felt like she was being cursed at.

The Class Monitor, Fang Zhao, kept his head down on the newspaper, but his ears were pricked, listening to Gu Huaiwei’s movements.

Human? How was that possible?

He felt that Gu Huaiwei, like the Non-humans sitting across from them, was a high-level Anomaly performing in front of them to tempt them into violating the Rules on the slip of paper.

He sneered in his heart; such a little trick wouldn’t fool him.

He had already survived three Instances and witnessed countless people die before his eyes. He knew clearly that only the paper with the Rules written on it could save his life. No matter what he heard or saw, he would absolutely never break the Rules.

The Non-human Female Staff member had at least given Gu Huaiwei some kind of response.

Gu Huaiwei was thinking about trying to communicate further.

At that moment, a young man wearing a dark gray Mao suit walked out from the bookshelf area. He looked as if he had stepped out of an old movie, full of cinematic texture.

“She said her job doesn’t have vacations. Please do not disturb her.”