“Why are you still here, you?”
The boy looked at Luo Xiaoyu with an unfriendly expression, his face somewhat strange.
Relying on his status as a relative of the convenience store manager, he had grown accustomed to acting arrogantly and domineeringly in daily life, showing not the slightest intention of respecting others.
Even though the manager never actively stood up for him on ordinary days, in this barren world, the ability to control the inflow and outflow of necessary supplies indirectly gave one a voice in many matters.
Therefore the little boy was able to attend one of the few schools in Qiufeng City for normal studies, and he never needed to worry about trivial matters such as food and drink.
Some time earlier, several suspicious people had found the boy and requested that he spread word so that customers would not come to the convenience store today.
They promised him that he could take the opportunity to drive Luo Xiaoyu away, and that he could even become stronger, surpassing the manager himself.
So he had agreed.
Besides, the thin man among that group was his friend, and a friend would never deceive him.
He had already finished handing things over with the two lookouts.
After dealing with the matters inside the shop, he still had to go back and report the situation to them.
Regarding certain things that the officials of Qiufeng City and even the Human Federation kept hidden, he knew a little because of his connection to the manager.
Yet the boy felt that all of this was his own achievement, and being a relative of the manager was only a secondary condition.
“Didn’t I already say so? Today the manager passed word that the store was to rest for a day. I think I sent you a message, didn’t I?”
Hearing this, Luo Xiaoyu silently took out her phone from her pocket and opened it to check the messages.
There was indeed a message.
But that casually worded “resting today” had only been sent a short while ago.
The girl sized up the person in front of her.
The other party was short in stature, yet the look of disdain on his face was quite ostentatious.
The boy seemed startled by that direct gaze.
After a brief daze, he roared almost in a furious shout:
“What do you mean by that! I already said it was the manager’s order that the store rest today!”
The girl did not respond.
Even though the surroundings had grown calm once more, she had no intention of continuing the conversation.
She merely put the candle and flashlight she had just taken out back into the cardboard box one by one, then spoke softly:
“A customer came just now. I need to put these stock items away first…”
“How could anyone come! Are you trying to play a trick on me? I already said we’re resting today. There won’t be any customers! I was watching with my own eyes!”
There was no group chat among the customers of the convenience store.
The reason the phone in the girl’s hand still possessed communication functions was because the Qiufeng City authorities continued to operate the most basic services.
The varied modern methods of communication from before the Great Catastrophe—or rather, from the world Luo Xiaoyu had transmigrated from—did not exist here.
Therefore the other’s claim of having seen it with his own eyes meant that even if the boy was not the mastermind behind the appearance of the “Fog Person” just now, this matter was still inseparable from him.
Luo Xiaoyu fell into thoughtful silence.
Seeming to realize something, the boy’s questioning voice grew smaller and smaller.
Halfway through his words he stalled and fell silent, grinding his teeth as he stared at the ground.
After a long while, the boy walked straight out of the convenience store without saying another word.
Watching him leave, Luo Xiaoyu briefly considered chasing after him with questions.
If the information had not been so unclear, the girl truly would have wanted to resolve the source of the problem right then and there.
Yet she could not do so.
The system had given no reaction, which meant the other party was definitely not a Weirdness and could not be dealt with in a simple and brutal manner.
Even if she did deal with him, there would be no reward whatsoever.
This job offered decent pay and was quite easy, and moreover it had been arranged for her by Bai Mu.
Her older sister had recently been calmly preparing for an examination.
She had said that as long as she could obtain an official position in Qiufeng City, it would not matter even if Luo Xiaoyu never worked again and simply lay around at home every day.
But Luo Xiaoyu would never be happy doing that.
She had only just obtained the system, and there were still many things on that panel that had yet to be clarified.
Yet one thing was certain: if it could be used properly, it would definitely be able to play an extremely excellent role.
Ding—
The familiar system prompt sounded in her mind.
[Adaptability adjustment complete. New content has been written based on the current situation. This portion of concepts has been unified and placed in a specific section. Please check, Host.]
[Most Weirdnesses grow stronger by devouring the mysticism on a human’s body. Humans can likewise help themselves explore the path of mystery and walk farther along it through methods identical to theirs—by relying on specific means to awaken the mysticism within themselves and set foot upon a certain ascending path is a common method.]
Since she had encountered the extraordinary phenomenon known as “Weirdness,” it was no longer surprising that extraordinary power could appear on a human body as well.
Only then did Luo Xiaoyu feel that she had lifted a corner of the veil covering this world’s secrets.
In this light, the various bizarre phenomena reported in the news and the various “gas explosions” the authorities did nothing about finally had a reasonable explanation.
She wanted to learn more related content.
[Pathway]
Beneath this column of text, however, lay a very straightforward blank space.
[Please continue to come into contact with more Mysteries or Transcendents, Host, in order to learn more content.]
Looking at the prompt that had popped up, the girl did not grow anxious.
Instead she quietly closed the system panel without changing her expression.
Mysteries referred to Weirdness and mysticism.
Then where was she supposed to find the Transcendents she had never seen before?
After thinking it over, the simplest answer she ultimately arrived at was the Moon Church.
However, Luo Xiaoyu felt that Transcendents were not something one could encounter everywhere.
Either the majority of ordinary churches did not count, and only a small portion of internal members possessed the authority to come into contact with mystery.
Therefore next time, if she wanted to take the initiative and make some contact with the Moon Church, she could simply stroll around the place where they preached and wait for points and new clues to appear on the system’s account.
Yet all of that would have to wait until she had free time.
After a soft sigh, Luo Xiaoyu picked up the broom and dustpan that had been set aside and prepared to clean the store.
She would clear away a bit more of the noticeably increased dust so that no suspicious traces would remain.
Yet she still felt somewhat tired after all.
After resolving that Weirdness she had immediately continued packing things up without rest, and only then had she managed to restore the convenience store to a relatively tidy state.
If not for the point allocated to “physical attributes,” Luo Xiaoyu might have collapsed from exhaustion right after the first crisis ended.
[Remaining Points: 0]
[Current Values: Physical Attributes +1]
Even if she still had points right now, she would certainly not pour them all into physical attributes in one go.
At least until Luo Xiaoyu confirmed the benefits of doing so, the allocation of every single point required careful consideration.
“Hello—? Are you open for business right now?”
Luo Xiaoyu raised her head and looked toward the doorway, only to discover a pink-haired little loli.
A customer naturally had to be received, yet what the girl found strange was why the other party did not simply come inside.
Only when she personally went outside the door to welcome the other in did she notice that a “Temporarily Closed” sign had been erected at some unknown time beside the convenience store’s entrance.
Some of the strokes were written incorrectly, and the handwriting was crooked and twisted, looking extremely comical.
There was no need to even think about who had done it.
Luo Xiaoyu found it somewhat strange that the store manager almost never managed his relative’s behavior outside, and she also did not know why that arrogant and domineering child hated her so much.
Yet since the other party had dared to plot against her, she naturally would not simply let the matter rest.
Leading the other party to the counter, the girl discovered that the pink-haired loli possessed a mature aura that did not match her figure, and she kept smiling brightly, as though Luo Xiaoyu were the child instead.
“Hello… What do you need?”
Examining the appearance of the pink-haired girl, she only then noticed the conspicuous nun’s habit the other was wearing.
Perhaps because the style was not very similar to the one in her impressions, and because the other party was so young, Luo Xiaoyu had not associated it with that at all for a moment.
[Contact with Transcendent +1]
[Allocatable Points +2]
[New information regarding “Pathway” content has been recorded. Please check the related content in the specific section, Host.]