Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - Chapter 204

Chapter 204

He thought to himself that the customers he had brought back this time had solved the shop’s urgent lack of business. This should be enough to make up for his previous work error in the last Dimension, shouldn’t it?

“What reward do you want?” Gu Huaiwei still remembered her promise.

She would unconditionally grant him one request, as long as it had nothing to do with Paradise.

Gu Huaiwei had originally expected Lin She to propose some harsh or demanding condition.

Instead, he simply said, “Forgive my previous negligence.”

“Huh?” Gu Huaiwei couldn’t recall any negligence at all.

As far as she was concerned, Lin She hadn’t done anything wrong.

“Before the end of last month, I failed to completely eliminate that Half-finished Product.” Lin She had been brooding over this matter ever since. His dark green eyes looked even dimmer than usual. “It was my failure that led to you being attacked at sea. Miss Gu, please forgive me.”

Gu Huaiwei had always thought of Lin She as someone with a stubborn mouth. He would steal eggs to eat but refuse to admit it, and even when he was dying for a nap during hibernation season, he would still force himself to stay awake to finish all his work.

People like that usually had a lot of pride. Even if they truly felt they had done something wrong, they would typically stay silent about it.

Yet, Lin She had used his reward opportunity to humble himself and ask for her forgiveness.

This caught Gu Huaiwei by surprise.

“…It’s fine.” Gu Huaiwei felt a bit awkward receiving such a formal apology.

At the same time, humans are emotional creatures. In her heart, her level of trust in Lin She was indeed higher than it was for her other two Assistants.

Following the instructions Lin She had written on the note, Gu Huaiwei and Lin She disguised themselves as Anomalies wandering the outside world and stood guard beneath the Safe House.

Lin She had previously set up a sturdy wooden table there. On the table lay thick brochures for the Oasis Sanatorium and an old-fashioned radio playing music.

Before long, a new Trial-taker appeared in the Safe House and walked downstairs.

She was a middle-aged woman who looked like she had seen better days. She held a slip of paper in her hand and carried an injured man on her back.

She asked hesitantly, “Excuse me, how do I get to the Oasis Sanatorium?”

Lin She stood up. “Please follow me.”

Gu Huaiwei pulled out a brochure and placed it in the woman’s hand. “This contains descriptions of the Recovery Room types. You can take a look first.”

The woman was named Zhao Lianxin, and the injured man on her back was her husband.

No Trial-taker could stay in the Safe House for more than a day.

Zhao Lianxin’s husband had lost both his feet in an Instance.

In the Safe House, the medical facilities available for trade were only enough to stop the bleeding.

Just as she was reaching the end of her rope, she had found a new Rules slip in the Corridor.

The slip mentioned an Instance called the [Oasis Sanatorium] that had more professional medical staff.

To save her husband, Zhao Lianxin was willing to take the risk and enter a new Instance voluntarily.

She treated Lin She and Gu Huaiwei as the guides for the Instance.

With these last two guests arriving at the shop, the Oasis Sanatorium completed its first stage mission.

[Oasis Sanatorium: Two-star]

[Congratulations, Shopkeeper, for completing the first stage of the New Customer Acquisition mission. This upgrade consumes 100 Days of Yang Lifespan.]

[Current areas available for paid unlock: Intermediate Recovery Room, Intermediate Nursing Service, Special Dietary Service, Trauma Treatment Room.]

[Next stage marketing mission unlocked: Please bring back twenty new guests and sign service contracts of no less than one month with them. Ensure that at least five of the total guests are Non-humans.]
[Remaining Lifespan: 20 days.]

[Warning: Due to the rules of This Plane, once the Sanatorium reaches Two-star status, it will consume 1 Day of Yang Lifespan per day. The Sanatorium’s account balance must not reach zero, or it will be judged as a business failure.]

The original three-story building had expanded.

The number of Recovery Rooms had increased to thirty-three.

The most significant change was in the courtyard, which had previously been completely barren.

In the once-desolate yard, several lush, green willow trees had sprouted, and green grass grew from the black soil. A few new rattan chairs appeared under the willows, ensuring the Sanatorium no longer felt lifeless.

He Xueyi could now try planting Sunflowers in the courtyard.

Zhao Lianxin’s husband needed better medical facilities to treat his feet.

However, unlocking a separate Trauma Treatment Room required an additional payment of 200 days of Lifespan.

Staying in a Standard Recovery Room cost 10 days of Lifespan per person per day.

Zhao Lianxin stroked her husband’s pale face and said to Gu Huaiwei, “I’ll book a room for 20 days.”

Gu Huaiwei used the Lifespan from the booking to unlock the Trauma Treatment Room first.

Her husband’s feet were gone, and since the severed limbs hadn’t been recovered, he could only have prosthetics fitted. Fitting the prosthetics required an additional processing fee.

The cost was 300 days of Lifespan.

Zhao Lianxin hesitated for only a moment before agreeing.

She had handed over 500 days of Lifespan-nearly two years of her life-just like that. Her utter disregard for her own life made Gu Huaiwei see her in a new light.

Zhao Lianxin was already middle-aged.

She wasn’t young, and having only cleared one Instance, she hadn’t earned much of a Lifespan Reward.

“I know that in a world like this, acting on feelings is a foolish thing to do,” she said. “But I still can’t forget the vows we made at our wedding.”

For richer or for poorer.

In sickness and in health.

To stay by each other’s side.

Yet, Zhao Lianxin’s husband didn’t seem to deserve such devotion.

On the second day after he woke up, he spent his time trying to curry favor with Gu Huaiwei.

He repeatedly spoke of how grateful he was to Gu Huaiwei for saving his life.

Even when Gu Huaiwei emphasized that saving him was a trade made by Zhao Lianxin using 500 days of Lifespan, he still credited the merit to Gu Huaiwei, leaving her somewhat speechless.

With the twelve guest slots filled, Fang Zhao and the others did not leave the Oasis Sanatorium.

They discovered that this Sanatorium was essentially a luxury, paid version of a Safe House.

Initially, they had all worried that this place was an Instance.

But after staying for a night, they found that not only was there no contamination, but there was also free basic medical care and food. Compared to the fear of entering an Instance outside, this place was simply wonderful.

If they had known this earlier, why would they have needed an invitation from Gu Huaiwei?

They would have hailed a taxi and come here themselves.

In her room, the Learning Committee Member, Bai Yuzhen, used a toothpick to poke at a peeled apple. She leaned against the bed, frowning as she looked at the Trial-taker Communication Group.

Beside her, Fang Zhao sat on a chair, helping change the bandages for Xia Wenxin, who had suffered severe burns.

“Class Monitor, someone in the group messaged me privately asking about the Oasis Sanatorium.”

Fang Zhao didn’t stop what he was doing. “You can just send them a photo of the brochure.”

“But this person… seems to be a Great God from the Heavenly Ranking…”