Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - Chapter 215

Chapter 215

Bonding? That was something from the previous Dimension.

Gu Huaiwei used the computer in the Sanatorium to pull up the surveillance footage from the shop.

Through the computer screen, she saw that at midnight yesterday, “Zhou Chuanning” had walked downstairs. He was stumbling, seemingly in great pain, as he clawed at his own face while repeatedly muttering a few sentences.

“What is this? Get out of my head!” He pounded his own skull before staggering and falling to the floor.

In the footage, Lin She stood by the second-floor railing, looking down with cold eyes.

The consciousness belonging to “Zhou Chuanning” returned. He looked up in a panic, glancing around and speaking to a specific point in the empty air. “What kind of hellhole is this? I have to warn Miss Gu that you have ill intentions toward her.”

He reached out, grasping wildly at the air.

“Damn it, Miss Gu was the one I set my sights on from the very first moment! Stay away from her!”

One moment, he was frantically wrestling with a person who didn’t exist in the air; the next, his head hung low as he muttered indecipherable words.

Finally, Zhou Chuanning walked to the front desk, bit his finger, and wrote those words on a slip of paper before quickly stuffing it into a drawer.

After writing the note, he stood still for a long time. About half an hour later, he looked up, picked up the small mirror Gu Huaiwei had left on the counter, and checked the forehead he had just bruised.

“Disfigured again,” the Half-finished Product complained softly. He brushed his finger over the wound, smoothing it over.

It seemed that because the Half-finished Product had devoured too many creatures from other Dimensions, his mental state was unstable. He was frequently dominated by other consciousnesses, leading him to do strange things.

Inside the Mine Instance.

Xiling You took advantage of a solo quest to avoid Zhou Yizhi and the others.

In a deserted area, she pulled a pre-cut paper doll from her pocket. Using blood, she drew the symbol of the Paradise Ferris wheel on it and activated the paper doll to search for Gu Huaiwei.

However, the paper slip meant to find the person floated toward the Head Overseer’s room.

Taking advantage of the gap in the Head Overseer’s patrol, she slipped into the room and saw the paper doll land on a woman whose ankles were bound by chains.

Having found its target, the paper doll burned into ash.

The chained woman looked up, her sinister eyes sweeping over Xiling You. She reached into the pillow behind her and pulled out a rusty knife.

Xiling You, however, observed the woman before her with some surprise.

“Are you also a child raised outside by Paradise?”

The woman gripped the knife tightly, sitting on the bed in her tattered clothes. She didn’t understand what Xiling You was saying, but she knew of Paradise.

Seeing that the woman on the bed remained silent, Xiling You sighed. She walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, stroking the cold chains. She offered a gentle smile to soothe her. “Don’t be afraid. I’m here to take you away.”

Oasis Sanatorium.

[Oasis Sanatorium: Two-star]

[Paid Unlocked Areas: Trauma Treatment Room]

[Current Residents in the Sanatorium:

Humans: 11 → 14

Non-humans: 1 → 4]

[Phase Two Recruitment Quest:

Total New Guests (6/20)

Non-humans (3/5)]

[Remaining Lifespan: 4,518 days.]

During the two days Gu Huaiwei was at the Mine Instance and Bai Miemie was monitoring the Library Instance, Lin She had not been idle either.

The total number of new guests included both humans and Non-humans.

Among them were three new human guests whom Lin She had recruited from the Safe House over the past two days.

The account balance was temporarily sufficient.

Gu Huaiwei unlocked the Intermediate Recovery Room (1,000 Days of Yang Lifespan), Intermediate Nursing Service (800 Days of Yang Lifespan), and Special Dietary Service (600 Days of Yang Lifespan).
The three items cost a total of 2400 Days of Yang Lifespan, and it would take twenty-four hours for the upgrades to complete.

After unlocking the new projects, the remaining Lifespan on the balance changed to 2118 days.

There were no new employee rooms in this Dimension, so Gu Huaiwei planned to sleep in the lobby for the night. She intended to meet up with Bai Miemie outside the Library tomorrow morning to find the remaining Anomalies needed for the second phase of recruitment.

No matter how the Dimension changed, the Childhood Dream Theme Room and the Employee Dormitory for Lin She and the others would follow her to the new world as special rewards.

Just as Gu Huaiwei finished setting up her bed, she heard movement coming from the Childhood Dream Theme Room.

The door was slightly ajar, and someone seemed to be inside.

Gu Huaiwei followed the sound, gently pushing open the half-closed door.

Lin She stood with his back to Gu Huaiwei, his dark silhouette blending into the dilapidated room.

In the corner of the room, there had originally been a pile of tattered children’s dolls. They had been tossed there like trash, blackened and unrecognizable.

Now, at some point, that pile of dolls had been tidied up.

Lin She stood next to a pink crib, holding a patched-up black snake doll in his hands.

The doll’s tears were mended with clumsy yet incredibly dense stitches, showing the care put in by the person who had sewn it.

His head was lowered, and his smooth black hair fell along the sides of his pale face, obscuring his narrow, cold eyes.

He gently placed the little black snake doll into the crib, his fingers softly straightening its crooked body before smoothing out the wrinkled pillow.

There was no extra expression on his face, but his meticulous and focused demeanor was unlike his usual indifferent self.

The crib had originally reeked of rot and was crawling with maggots, its sheets and bedding covered in filth. However, although the Childhood Dream Theme Park Room was still worn down, those disgusting Worms, cockroaches, and spiderwebs were gone. With a bit of tidying, it was actually habitable.

“It’s late. Has Miss Gu not rested yet?” Lin She’s voice was light, yet it carried a hint of softness.

It was an obvious question that required no answer.

Gu Huaiwei asked, “Did you clean this room?”

“I cleared out the Worms. As for the stains on the wooden floor, that was Bai Miemie’s doing.” Lin She didn’t take credit for the work of others.

Gu Huaiwei looked around. The walls had peeled over time, revealing a dull gray base. The wooden floor was damaged, but now that the Worms hiding beneath had been cleared out, it was barely presentable and functional.

“Is there any way to repair the floor and the peeling walls?”

“Old things preserve memories of the past. Isn’t it better to keep the room as it was?” Lin She turned his head slightly, revealing his cold features. The moonlight from the window stretched his shadow long and thin, carrying an indescribable sense of loneliness.

Gu Huaiwei could sense that Lin She had been in a bad mood lately. He was always gloomy, like a persistent rainy season-damp and cloying.

She didn’t want to guess what was on his mind.

It was better to pretend she didn’t understand and play dumb.

Gu Huaiwei’s gaze lingered on his face for a moment before she looked away. “Let’s leave it like this for now, then.”

She walked to the lobby and dragged her simple iron-framed bed inside. The legs of the bed scraped across the floor with a creaking sound.

“Lin She, give me a hand.”

“At your command.” His expression was submissive.

Gu Huaiwei set down the bed frame and pointed to a pile of furniture nearby, smiling as she gave her orders. “Help me move these cribs, tables, and chairs to the side. I’m going to set up some new furniture. I’ll be living here from now on.”