Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 10: Lava [Complete]

1167: The Most Reliable Team

Lin Sanjiu didn't notice it before, but there was a phone hanging on the inner wall of the payment counter. Just as she was about to slip into the tent, the female NPC, with an agility that didn't match her figure, quickly snatched the phone from the counter.

"Security," the female NPC said, her voice sounding as cold as a block of iron covered in frost, "There are outsiders in the payment counter. Immediately—"

Before she could say "expel," Lin Sanjiu quickly dodged backward, finally passing through the tent's zipper and sticking her head into the [Temporary Right Of Abode]. The NPC's words were abruptly cut off halfway as she held the phone, and her gaze shifted back and forth between the tent and the receiver. Perhaps witnessing such a situation for the first time, her voice weakened, and she stood with her mouth half-open, not saying anything.

Seizing the opportunity, Gardenia quickly crawled in using both hands and feet. As soon as she entered the tent, Lin Sanjiu raised her chin and said, "Say something quickly!"

At this moment, Gardenia's messy and disheveled hair floated in the air, and her skin had turned slightly red, looking extremely disheveled. Like a dog chasing its own tail, she spun around on three legs inside the tent, and quickly stuck her head out again, "W-w-wait, sis... Actually, we applied for permission from the management to come and visit."

The female NPC let out an "Oh" as if she were a computer just awakened. "Is that even allowed?" she said, full of doubts, slowly reaching out to hang up the phone. "This is the first time I've heard of it."

"Blame me, I should have mentioned it earlier," Gardenia said, her voice soft and weak. However, after hearing the sound of the phone being hung up with a "click," Lin Sanjiu's attention wasn't on the NPC anymore.

"Oh... I'll dismiss him first, and then we'll talk." The chubby NPC finally restored her usual lazy smile as she turned around and faced the red-faced man standing outside the counter. "What do you want?"

The man's entire face was smeared in red paint, making his eyeballs appear even more yellowish, as if he had contracted liver disease. His lips, on the other hand, were devoid of any color. Perhaps due to his advanced age, deep wrinkles on his skin were drenched in red paint, resembling thin red-black lines, almost like a bunch of threadworms crawling over his face.

As Red Face stared silently at the tent inside the payment counter, only half of his eyeballs were visible under his drooping, reddened eyelids.

Gardenia rubbed her face. "Their appearances are too eye-catching," she said, almost in pain. "All these people are too eye-catching."

"What do you want?" the female NPC asked again.

Red Face only then seemed to notice Gardenia. Slowly, like a snake following the scent of its prey, he turned his head towards her.

Sitting on the ground inside the tent, their view was blocked by the counter, and aside from Red Face standing condescendingly, they couldn't see what was happening outside. If they listened carefully, they could faintly hear the sounds of battle from afar, but they had no idea how Hei Zeji was doing now. Suddenly, Red Face bent down, and when he stood up again, the unconscious Wushi Ming was tossed onto the counter, along with a thin, silvery-white cane. Both of them shuddered when they saw the man's grin.

That wasn't a smile. It was more like a certain type of creature trying to imitate a human smile.

"We need to take him back," Lin Sanjiu whispered to Gardenia. "I need that old man for my plan to earn points."

"Easier said than done," Gardenia complained in a soft voice. "I lost my cane. It's a struggle just to stand!"

Indeed, even if she wanted to stand, she couldn't do it now. As soon as they left the tent, the female NPC would immediately call security.