Dimensional Store: Welcome to the Apocalypse Apartment - Chapter 258

Chapter 258

When Gu Huaiwei looked through the Dean’s phone, Lulu stayed by her side the entire time, watching with her.

Her parents’ love had been one of her obsessions.

Gu Huaiwei did not know whether an Anomaly could be moved by things like this.

Lulu was far too calm.

She was different from Bella.

In the Gray Mist Library Instance, after Bella learned the truth, she had first let out a wretched howl, then vanished.

Bella had not completed her revenge, so her obsession had not disappeared.

But the black aura around Lulu was fading.

She became peaceful.

Along the way, Gu Huaiwei asked Lulu a few questions about the imitation drug for Mist Lung Disease. Lulu did not ask Gu Huaiwei for Lifespan before answering her questions.

The formula for the imitation drug for Mist Lung Disease was in the Director’s Wife’s hands.

Because Gu Huaiwei had formed a Contract with the Dean and brought him back, the Director’s Wife gave the formula for the imitation drug for Mist Lung Disease to Gu Huaiwei.

Once the Instance closed, Gu Huaiwei would have no way to form a Contract with the Director’s Wife.

The Director’s Wife remained alone in the Green Train Instance, watching her husband and daughter follow Gu Huaiwei into the distance.

Gu Huaiwei first brought the Dean and Lulu back to Oasis Sanatorium and checked them in.

After that, she brought Bai Miemie with her and returned to the Hot Spring Mansion Instance to pick people up.

At the Hot Spring Mansion charity gala.

The Hot Spring Mansion Director was warmly entertaining the Mayor of Gray Mist Town, who had returned from outside the town.

An Qiushui and Zhang Guoqing were still hanging on inside the Instance, so this Instance had not closed yet.

The resplendent main hall of Hot Spring Mansion seemed far too empty. Exquisite cold dishes were laid out across the long tables, while masked attendants wove between them, their movements so precise they looked like puppets programmed in advance.

Gu Huaiwei first found the Black-hearted Merchant, who was busy pitching Gray Crystal Ore to other people.

His whole heart and soul were in his ore business. Holding a bright red wineglass, he chatted with that group of faceless Anomaly and clearly had little interest in paying Gu Huaiwei any attention.

The next second, the uncooperative Black-hearted Merchant was dragged out of the crowd by Gu Huaiwei, who had him by the ear.

Gu Huaiwei took out the formula she had obtained from the Director’s Wife, handed it to the Black-hearted Merchant, and said, “This is the Formula for the Mist Lung Disease Cure you wanted.”

The Black-hearted Merchant did not even look at it before the fat on his face trembled and he said, “It’s fake.”

“…” This town had never had a cure for Mist Lung Disease in the first place. Even this formula had been nothing more than a tool the Black-hearted Merchant and the Hospital Director had cooked up together-one providing the funding, the other researching a fake formula-so they could join hands and rake in money from the outside world.

The Black-hearted Merchant should have known all the twists and turns better than Gu Huaiwei did.

He revealed a sinister smile. “You lied to me… ka-ka-ka… You actually dared to lie to me, trying to fool me with a fake…”

“What else did you expect? You wanted the real thing?”

“At Gray Crystal University, there is a medical research team studying a cure for Mist Lung Disease. Supposedly, they’ve already achieved some small results, but those results have not been announced to the public… ka-ka-ka… At the very least, you should bring back some useful formula from them, not use a fake to deceive me!”

“This time, you played me. Give me seven years of Lifespan, and I can forgive you. I will even give you another chance and seven more days… ka-ka-ka… Bring me back the real formula during that time, and I will form a Contract with you…”

“Seven years?” When Gu Huaiwei heard the Black-hearted Merchant make such an outrageous demand, she gave him a look of contempt.

He really thought highly of himself.

Seven years was eighty-four months, two thousand five hundred fifty-five days, sixty-one thousand three hundred twenty hours!

If she had that much Lifespan in her private stash, she would be better off adding it to her own life. What did she need the Black-hearted Merchant for? The Hospital Director would do well enough in a pinch.

The Black-hearted Merchant was sly as a fox.
At first, he had deliberately withheld that clue to lure Gu Huaiwei into the dangerous Hospital Instance.

But the Dean and the Director’s Wife couldn’t be found in the Hospital Instance at all. If she hadn’t transferred through the Green Train Instance, she would probably have made the trip for nothing.

If Gu Huaiwei returned empty-handed, that would count as breaking her promise. As long as the Black-hearted Merchant could beat her, he would be allowed to devour her.

If Gu Huaiwei brought back a fake formula, the Black-hearted Merchant could also fly into a rage and demand that she pay Lifespan to appease him, then give her one final chance to bring back the real formula within a limited time.

High-level Anomalies were not so easy to Contract.

For ordinary people, this was extremely dangerous.

Unfortunately for him, Gu Huaiwei made the round trip very quickly, and she fought back. She wasn’t like those Trial-takers who, after violating the Rules, simply let the Anomalies slaughter them.

The Black-hearted Merchant only wanted to get rid of Gu Huaiwei.

Seeing that Gu Huaiwei was completely unharmed, he guided her to the Gray Crystal University Instance instead.

Gray Crystal University was different from Gray Mist University.

Gray Mist Town had two universities in total: one private and one public.

Gray Crystal University was the public one.

Although its facilities were relatively shabby, most of the students admitted there were hardworking commoners, so its academic standards were comparatively high.

Because most of those students’ parents worked in the mines and suffered from Mist Lung Disease, Gray Crystal University’s virology program was especially famous.

“What a pain.” Gu Huaiwei brought the fake formula back. “Are you really unwilling to leave with me?”

The Black-hearted Merchant shook his head.

Gu Huaiwei stripped him naked on the spot, then pried every shiny thing off his skin and took them all away.

“Kakaka… hitting… you’re hitting me…” The Black-hearted Merchant couldn’t dodge, and the other Anomalies turned a blind eye.

“You’re not even human. What are you yelling for?”

Gu Huaiwei pinned the Black-hearted Merchant to the ground and slowly pried them off.

An Qiushui had said that these shiny things could be traded for goods inside Instances and were worth some Lifespan.

Gu Huaiwei stripped the Black-hearted Merchant completely clean.

Only this could make up for the loss of having to make an extra trip.

This was a charity banquet.

The Mayor of Gray Mist Town was doing everything he could to solicit donations and sponsorships, raising funds for Gray Mist Town’s new subway project.

The Director of the Hot Spring Mansion had originally planned to make a donation, win the mayor’s favor, and then obtain the status of councilman.

But before that could happen, Gu Huaiwei had already bound him with a Contract.

Gu Huaiwei told him not to take part in the charity banquet.

After privately negotiating with the Mayor of Gray Mist Town, she donated all the shiny things from the Black-hearted Merchant’s body.

Those shiny things were worth even more than she had imagined.

In one stroke, Gu Huaiwei became the guest who donated the most at this charity banquet.

Because of this, the Mayor of Gray Mist Town agreed to visit her Oasis Sanatorium and make a public endorsement for the Sanatorium.

Having gathered the Mayor of Gray Mist Town and three locally influential merchants, Gu Huaiwei drove the Apocalypse Armored Vehicle back to Oasis Sanatorium with the extra gains from the Instances-An Qiushui, Zhang Guoqing, and Lulu-in tow.

Gu Huaiwei handed the interviews, endorsement, and press release writing over to Lin She.

For this phase of the mission, she was still missing one final person.

That was the Great God ranked number one on the Heavenly Ranking.

Gu Huaiwei went to find Xiling You, who was already recuperating in the Sanatorium.

Xiling You was in the flower room, listening to He Xueyi preach his doctrine. Bored out of her mind, she toyed with the Green Fruit in her hand, her gaze fixed on He Xueyi’s holy, flawless face. She had no attention left for what he was actually saying.

Gu Huaiwei sat down beside her, propped her cheek in one hand, and asked, “Do you like him? Do me a favor, and I’ll have him give you a private lesson.”