Bing Shan's stunned expression lasted only a second.
The next second, his gaze returned to the silence and coldness he had seen before, but with a hint of complex emotion that Luo Xiao Le couldn't understand.
"Where are you going?" Bing Shan's voice, however, was a magnetic, resonant deep bass that belied his cold exterior.
Luo Xiao Le was taken aback. She didn't seem to know him, so why was he asking about her destination?
His companion, who had just caught up and was gaping in astonishment, was equally stunned. Bing Shan had just casually saved him.
"No way, Mo Chen... you're actually talking to someone?" The boy's eyes were about to pop out of his head.
Luo Xiao Le pursed her lips, thinking how indifferent this "Ice Mountain" must usually be.
But she still answered obediently, "We want to go to the seventh floor."
"Follow me." Without another word, Mo Chen flicked his knife into his palm, strode towards the staircase leading to the seventh floor, and gestured for Luo Xiao Le to follow.
"This guy seems quite... kind?" Luo Shu rubbed his chin, exchanged an incomprehensible glance with Luo Xiao Le.
But a free escort was better than none.
If he had wanted to attack them, they wouldn't be standing here talking now. It seemed there was no danger.
So Luo Xiao Le and Luo Shu hurried to keep up.
With Mo Chen's combat skills and Luo Xiao Le's weapons, the scattered three zombies loitering on the three floors were no match for them.
Within minutes, Luo Xiao Le didn't even have a chance to properly face a zombie, and her "Stiffness" ability hadn't even triggered before the zombies fell one after another.
They quickly reached the seventh floor.
The resident Luo Xiao Le was supposed to trade with was startled to hear someone knocking!
But upon seeing an unusually thin girl, like a stick of firewood, through the peephole, they immediately relaxed.
They opened the window halfway, quickly completed the transaction with Luo Xiao Le, and then closed it again.
Luo Xiao Le and Luo Shu thanked Mo Chen and returned home safely.
What Luo Xiao Le didn't see was that Mo Chen, who had always been indifferent to everything, stared at her retreating back for a long time, as if trying to discern something.
Finally, with a self-mocking curl of his lips, he turned and disappeared into the corridor of the sixth floor.
...
Luo Xiao Le's trip out had been quite fruitful.
They had acquired a new half box of compressed biscuits.
After she posted a video of Mo Chen stabbing a zombie with his small knife in the group chat, the chat exploded like boiling water.
Of course, to avoid exposing Mo Chen, Luo Xiao Le had not only pixelated him but also only captured a close-up of him using a fruit knife to make a zombie's head bloom.
"Holy crap! There really are weapons that can deal with zombies!"
"Is it really that smooth?"
"Which god dropped this weapon? It's too awesome!"
People in the group chat started bombarding Luo Xiao Le with private messages, asking how much such a weapon cost.
Of course, there were also doubts.
"If you had this weapon, why didn't you bring it out sooner?"
"Is this staged? The zombie looks pretty realistic!"
Luo Xiao Le frowned uncomfortably, realizing that no matter where you were, there would always be trolls.
Being trolled really didn't feel good.
But in the next moment, her WeChat was about to explode with messages.
"Hello, hello, please, how much are your weapons?"
"Are there many weapons? I'll take them all."
Similar private messages were everywhere.
Luo Xiao Le smiled in satisfaction again. That's right, such powerful weapons were simply priceless, and she didn't have to worry about not selling them.
However, she had discovered last time that crafting weapons consumed a lot of mental energy, and she couldn't make too many per day.
"Each weapon costs 1000, and each person needs to pay 80% as a deposit." Out of necessity, she had resorted to collecting deposits.
She meticulously calculated, and with her current mental energy, she could only craft a maximum of 20 weapons per day.
So she set a limit: each person could only pre-order 10 weapons.
"Pay upfront? Isn't this a scam..."
"Still asking for money at this point? You're insane!"
As expected, some people grumbled and withdrew.
【Your account has received 48,000, balance 54,000 Mall Coins】
These were the deposits for the six orders that needed to be made in the next few days.
However, many people were willing to give it a try.
These deposits were enough for Luo Xiao Le to upgrade!
She rubbed her hands together in anticipation, directly summoned the system, spent 40,000 Mall Coins, and tapped on the skill panel.
【Congratulations to the host for officially activating the Enhancement Skill: Sharp Blade! This skill can be used permanently and without restriction.】
【Congratulations to the host for completing the novice mission, rewarded with 5,000 Mall Coins, current balance 19,000 Mall Coins.】
【Please accept the next mission, upgrade the Enhancement Skill to Level 2: World-Shaking Blade (100,000)
Skill effect: Can sever all living and non-living things.
Mission duration: 15 days.】
【Mission completion reward: 10,000 Mall Coins. Penalty for not completing the mission: Stiffness time will be extended to 15 minutes.】
Luo Xiao Le's face completely caved in like a bitter melon.
She had just painstakingly completed one mission, and the second one was already upon her.
This time she needed to earn 100,000...
Little bitter gourd-faced Luo Xiao Le felt the burden of the tasks.
With heavy steps, she searched her home, collecting everything that could be enhanced!
Then she retreated into her small, shabby room.
...
Three days passed in a flash.
"Xiao Le, what have you been doing lately? Aren't you going to look for supplies?" As Luo Xiao Le, looking exhausted, pushed open her door, she heard Wang Hao say.
"Wang Hao, have some conscience! You know Xiao Le is sick, why aren't you going to look for supplies!" Luo Shu said with righteous indignation, looking at Wang Hao as if he were hopeless.
"Exactly, how can you let us girls go find supplies... Xiao Le isn't well enough to go out either..." Zhu Hui said timidly, but also in agreement.
"I didn't mean anything by it. Don't you have those powerful weapons now? And you performed pretty well the last two times you went out, didn't you?" Wang Hao pouted, feeling a bit embarrassed.
He truly didn't intend to push Luo Xiao Le out, but he was naturally lazy and simply didn't want to do what others could.
Luo Xiao Le believed that one could be lazy, but it depended on the timing.
At a time like this, how could one choose to be a shrinking violet?
She immediately lost any good impression of Wang Hao.
Her footsteps quickly interrupted their conversation.
"Oh my, Xiao Le, have you been digging coal in your room for three days? Why are you so haggard!" Luo Shu exclaimed in surprise, covering his mouth with his small, chubby hands, seeing her emerge from the room.
Luo Xiao Le was disheveled, and she seemed to have lost even more weight. The oversized clothes on her person looked even more like she was floating in them. The others spoke in hushed tones, afraid that a gust of wind might blow her over.
Zhu Hui secretly tugged on Wang Hao's sleeve. "Is Xiao Le secretly practicing some weird cultivation technique?"
Luo Xiao Le waved her hand, forcing a smile with great effort.
Heaven knew how much mental energy she had expended over the past three days, constantly enhancing weapons in her room. She slept when she was tired and continued enhancing when she woke up.
Not only had she finished enhancing all the current orders, but her mental energy had also improved. She had additionally enhanced some weapons, the desk lamp in the utility room, even extra chopsticks from the kitchen, the pens in her pen holder, and the cups, all had been enhanced by her.
Although her balance was now a meager 4,000...
Her first batch of large-scale supplies was finally ready for delivery!
She could collect the final payments and continue making money to complete the mission!
Luo Xiao Le stretched her still sore limbs and peeked through the peephole.
She planned to find a way to go out and deliver the goods to the buyers.
"Oh right, Xiao Le, be careful these past few days." Luo Shu's chubby face suddenly furrowed seriously, looking rather comical.
"What's wrong?" Luo Xiao Le asked, surprised.
"Several people in the group chat have said that their neighbors seem to have mysteriously disappeared," Wang Hao said first, trying to ease the recent awkwardness.
"Also, a few people heard strange noises from next door in the middle of the night. It's making everyone uneasy," Zhu Hui added.