Of course, there isn’t a lack of good skins here.

For example, he unexpectedly found a skin themed around a prosthetic shop... complete with two prosthetic display cabinets, a bulletproof counter, and an open-style prosthetic surgery room.

Isn’t this exactly what Lin Qing urgently needs?

But upon seeing the price, Chen Xuan was dumbfounded. This skin was priced at a whopping 2,700,000 yuan!

If it allowed payment through any channel for 2.7 million, Chen Xuan in all likelihood would have purchased it. Even if it meant overdrawing on medicine money, or transferring funds from Walter Company, he’d immediately help Lin Qing get it.

The problem was it only allowed payment from the wallet funds!

Moreover, while money in the wallet could be withdrawn, it couldn’t be deposited. After taking out 500 last time, his salary had stayed stuck at 14,500 ever since.

If calculated at a monthly salary of 15,000, it would take him a full 15 years to afford this skin.

"This is just too much, how can they be so greedy!" Chen Xuan couldn’t help but curse in frustration.

"Who’s greedy?" Lin Qing looked over curiously.

"Uh... nothing, I was just browsing forums and reading posts."

"Oh." She went back to sitting cross-legged.

In short, with his current income level, there was no way he could afford this skin. I don’t know if the shop owner has any under-the-table methods to expand his little treasury.

Aside from the skin, the remaining items were quite unremarkable, such as "tickets" to promote the store, helping those in need quickly find it; cafeteria meal vouchers to get a self-service meal on the second floor; and a pair of "high-tech" glasses capable of face scanning after connecting to a scanner gun.

Chen Xuan thought for a bit and decided to buy a pair of glasses to test the waters.

After all, it was just 500 bucks.

Normal prescription glasses cost about the same.

Previously, when he interacted with Beitian Academy, he found pulling out the scanner gun to be quite a hassle. Not only did he have to watch out for cameras, but also utilize the blind spots in people’s vision to complete the scan in an instant. With this thin and light alternative that looked just like regular glasses, he would find things much easier.

After completing the payment, his salary became 14,000.

But he didn’t receive the item right away.

Seems like this thing, much like the wallet, couldn’t just pop out from the shop and still had to be delivered to him via mail.

After inspecting the new items brought by the Level 5 shop owner, Chen Xuan habitually clicked on the shop owner rating page to check the requirements for the next level.

Shop Owner Level 6 application conditions: 5000 achievement points; save a world on the brink of destruction.

Below was a note: The destruction of life signifies silence and eternity, which isn’t conducive to the spread of chaos.

Holy crap!

These promotion conditions are getting more and more ridiculous!

Chen Xuan instantly recalled that Steel World, where radioactive dust drifted everywhere—cold and desolate, as if time had stood still for hundreds of years. Exploring such a world was challenging enough, let alone saving it.

A world is destroyed due to the accumulation of numerous large and small factors that ultimately lead to that result. Trying to change it single-handedly is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

If he had that kind of capability, he wouldn’t be working as a mere shop owner in the Celestial Ridge District.

Chen Xuan shook his head repeatedly, casually closing the page. It’s better to focus on the world in front of him now, fellow comrades.

...

...

"BOSS, I’m here." Elorie knocked on the office door.

"Come in."

She entered the office and found three people inside. Xiao Canong was dressed in a sky blue suit today, sitting beside the desk. Another was the stern Wang Qianduan, standing with his hands behind his back behind the captain.

The last one was a woman with flaming red hair, leaning on the sofa to the side.

She immediately realized that this person was indeed one of the leaders of the Execution Team, Honglian.

Even though it was her first time seeing her in person, she had long heard of her from Wang Baihu.

This was Elorie’s fifth day after joining the Dimensional Limit Mechanism. The first four days consisted of administrative training. Today, the captain suddenly announced an interrogation for team members, serving as a warm-up before the official mission.

"Please have a seat." Xiao Canong maintained his usual smiling expression. "At first, I was worried about what to do if Miss Elorie didn’t understand Chinese. I couldn’t possibly assign a translator to the team, but your language skills surpassed my expectations, making my job much easier."

"Why not assign her to the overseas team then?" Honglian said coldly. "Given that the recruitment this time brought in a large batch of newcomers."

"We still need to consider the agent’s views. Elorie wants to work in the Jiang City branch’s Execution Team. Sending her abroad without consulting wouldn’t be proper."

"Did you ask her?"

"No, but I believe that’s what she wants." Xiao Canong looked at Elorie. "Am I right?"

Elorie paused for a moment and then nodded. "Yes... that’s indeed the case."

She did want to stay in Jiang City because the demon she wanted to hunt was in this city. However, she had never revealed this intention to anyone.

Because dealing with a demon required extreme caution, and she couldn’t disclose her mission without fully trusting this organization.

"See." Xiao Canong smiled. "Now... let’s talk about the main topic. According to your profile, you chose to stay in Jiang City after finishing your studies. May I ask what attracted you here?"

Does this question relate to the mission? Elorie didn’t quite understand but still replied, "I... think the scenery here is nice, daily life is comfortable, and if possible, I’d like to settle down."

Of course, that’s not true... Once she successfully hunted the demon, she would search for a way to leave.

"Hmm, what about your hometown? Don’t you miss it? Your parents, relatives, friends... what about them?"

"Uh... I would definitely return to visit them every year."

Honestly, she didn’t even know if there was anyone who cared about her.

But she still wanted to return to her hometown... After all, it was also a big city with everything familiar to her. Here... even though the city scale wasn’t small, it was still somewhat unfamiliar.

"No problem, the organization will reimburse the travel expenses." Xiao Canong’s lips curved upward. "Who is the person you care about the most? What are their characteristics or interests?"

"This..."

"Captain Xiao," Honglian frowned and interrupted. "This seems different from a normal interrogation."

"It’s alright, you can also get to know your team member better. After all, she’s from overseas." Xiao Canong said indifferently, "What happened, Elorie, does it take that long to think?"

"I apologize..." Elorie lowered her head with difficulty. "I don’t have anyone I particularly care about."

"Got it, that’s also a form of answer." The captain snapped his fingers. "Next comes the ability part... The type of ability is highly confidential, but Execution Team agents frequently need to collaborate, so generally, there has to be some disclosure. Let me ask this way: if you were to describe your ability in one sentence, what would you say?"

"Let me go first." Honglian stood up from the sofa and tossed the empty teacup she held to Elorie. "My ability can swap positions as long as it’s marked, allowing me to switch the positions of objects I’ve touched, or... switch myself with them."

The moment Elorie caught it, Honglian snapped her fingers, and the teacup suddenly returned to her hand.

What appeared in Elorie’s hand was now a lollipop.

"Eat it; this brand is quite tasty." She smiled gently, a stark contrast to her stiffness when facing the captain.

"Thank you." Elorie pocketed it. "I’ll try it later."

Even if she was dull, she could see Honglian’s gesture of goodwill. Ability was indeed critical, representing a person’s trump card, and her willingness to offer such detailed information demonstrated her stance.

"My ability is attack-type, with a range of about ten meters. Within ten meters, it can destroy even a car." Elorie stated somewhat conservatively.

"An assault type, is it? That’s great!" Honglian wore admiration on her face. "This is exactly the strength our team lacks."

If she had a teammate like Elorie in the underground prison, perhaps she could have made that wretched guy surrender.

However, thinking about the French hero she had to deal with and that the girl in front of her was French, Honglian’s smile suddenly stiffened a bit.

Elorie naturally couldn’t guess the leader’s thoughts. She couldn’t even spare the time to pay much attention to Honglian—as her full attention was on Xiao Canong. The captain’s lips curled into a smile, yet it inexplicably exerted an indescribable pressure on her.

As if that smile was merely his mask.