...

Elorie didn’t know why she didn’t choose to break the door and run away immediately, maybe it was because the other person looked very attractive?

"Here, your coffee."

Lin Qing placed a cup of steaming latte on the coffee table.

"Thank you..." Elorie stared at her figure from left to right, trying to discern her background.

"What’s wrong?" Lin Qing put down the tray and sat cross-legged on the floor opposite her.

"N-nothing." The Angel turned her head a little awkwardly, "Your hair color... looks nice."

"Not bad, right? I like it too." Lin Qing brushed her bangs beside her forehead, "Color reflects mood, changing it often helps maintain happiness and well-being."

Elorie nodded, pity not everyone suits such bold colors. If she dyed her hair like that, she would definitely look like a high school dropout fool.

To maintain the image of an Angel, their every word and deed were taught by special etiquette teachers.

Taking a sip of coffee, the warm milk aroma mixed with the slight bitterness of coffee instantly spread in her mouth, causing Elorie’s tense expression to relax a bit.

"Your name is Elorie, correct?" Lin Qing said.

"Eh, how do you know?" She asked in surprise.

"Because you are a customer of this store, I naturally know something about you."

"Customer?"

Right... this person mentioned earlier that the store appearing here has a reason, and the source seems to be herself. However... Elorie entirely didn’t understand what connection she could have with the store, "But I... don’t know what I want to buy?"

"It’s quite late now." Lin Qing smiled.

At least judging from the outside corridor, it seemed the night was deep.

"Mm." She nodded gently.

"Then why aren’t you sleeping but wandering alone in the empty corridor?"

"..."

Though she didn’t answer, Lin Qing saw her hands suddenly tighten their grip.

This made her breathe a slight sigh of relief, thankfully, she wasn’t aimlessly wandering around at night.

"Because there is something on your mind, making it difficult to sleep. You thought to walk around, relieve some stress and anxiety, and then you saw this store—thinking it was just a coincidence, but actually everything is predestined, the troubles in your heart that are difficult to solve is the reason for the store’s appearance."

Lin Qing imitated Chen Xuan’s mystical tone and finished speaking in one breath.

Elorie widened her eyes, "Is that so?"

She smiled slightly, "You just said you didn’t know what you wanted to buy, that’s because you don’t yet know what this store sells. Simply put, this store sells abilities... and abilities that can help solve the confusion in your heart."

Though everything went smoothly until now, Lin Qing knew the biggest difference between her and Chen Xuan was that she was not the manager! She couldn’t use the computer—that seemingly outdated antique actually had very high anti-intrusion functions, even Lv couldn’t hack into it, nor did she have a scanner to show the other person the ability transaction interface.

Without solid evidence, gaining the trust of the counterpart would undoubtedly be more difficult.

Sure enough, Elorie said incredulously, "Abilities can be traded? I’ve never heard of such a thing!"

If Chen Xuan were here, just a scan with the gun would provide irrefutable evidence.

Lin Qing would have to think of another way.

"There are many things you haven’t heard of." She pretended to sigh, stood up from the floor, "Come with me."

She first went to the counter, took out room card 201 from the drawer, then led a very curious Elorie up to the second floor.

If it was someone else, Lin Qing definitely wouldn’t allow them into the core area of the store.

However, Elorie was a customer chosen by the Ability Store.

She talked about this with Chen Xuan casually, even though until now the manager still doesn’t know the criteria for selecting customers by the store, there was no doubt that the things these customers wanted from the store were not limited to just an ability. As for herself, she wanted to save the misled world to prevent humanity from being destroyed by a nanite disaster. Chen Xuan brought her to the timeline before the destruction and assisted her in combating the Dimensional Limit Mechanism, this help is unavailable elsewhere.

She believed Elorie was the same.

She used the room card to swipe open the door, and the Angel was astonished. "How is this... possible?"

Behind the seemingly ordinary door, there was a natural cave flowing with live water! Above this cave was an open atrium that could directly view the sky. Through the atrium, she saw a magnificent star river slowly spreading in the night sky...

This was different from those palace electronic screen windows, definitely not deliberately displayed special effects!

Not to mention the trickling stream from above the atrium, Elorie even could feel the fresh cool breeze blowing in from outside the cave.

"This is child’s play for us." Lin Qing crossed the clear pond and came to the back door of the room, "Come, push open and take a look."

Elorie carefully pushed open the door, finding that the other side was surprisingly a completely different room. This room was much more normal, square in shape, with furniture all in classic antique style. But she quickly realized, they weren’t imitating ancient styles but actually represented ancientness themselves.

Because through the redwood window sash, she could see outside the house was all in ancient style too, there were people cleaning in the yard, dressed uniformly in long gowns and jackets, vividly resembling ancient oriental people.

Elorie suddenly realized she had reached another world.

Lin Qing then took her to Fu Jiaolu’s room, peeking a vast Wanshan Wilderness — if the previous world could be explained by film sets, the scale of this world clearly defied logical explanation. Additionally, they clearly operated in their own timeframes, for instance, the ancient world seemed to be morning, while the wilderness backed with mountains approached dusk.

They weren’t even intrusion points.

According to the mechanism, as long as an ability user crossed an intrusion point, it would induce ripple-like fluctuations. However, she entered and exited several times without noticing any similar situation.

Moreover, how could two world’s intrusion points be so close to each other!

Amidst unparalleled shock, Elorie already believed one thing — her experience was indeed too limited, the myriad worlds truly had all kinds of wonders!

Just the means of this store in front of her exceeded her imagination.

No one would trick a Euro coin with a gold bar.

Although admitting this point was somewhat disheartening, she herself was that coin.

Returning to the coffee table downstairs, Elorie sat upright, staring at Lin Qing with an extremely serious expression, "I want to buy an ability."

"Mm."

"But I don’t know what kind of ability can solve the problem."

"That’s normal, problem-solving is also a service of this store." Lin Qing grinned, "First, tell us the trouble you are facing— or it can be a worry. We will customize the most suitable ability based on the customer’s specific situation."

Elorie took a deep breath.

"Um..."

Lin Qing quietly waited.

"Does consultation cost money? I don’t have much money right now..." The counterpart carefully asked.

She tilted her body and nearly fell, "Consultation is free, only ability transactions require the customer to pay an equivalent. Don’t worry about not being able to pay, anyone who can come to this store is certainly not a person with nothing."

Elorie was relieved, "I am an Angel."

Ah?

Lin Qing wanted to laugh but remained serious, "Opposed to Demons, right?"

"Yes!" Elorie was relieved, seeing she wasn’t mocked, "Of course... this is just a customary term, whereas in Jiang City they are all called Ability Users. I tracked a Demon to your world, then joined the Dimensional Limit Mechanism trying to seek help..."

She recounted her experiences in detail, most of which Lin Qing had known.

Until she talked about flying to the top floor and being swallowed by a black light, waking up to find herself in her hometown a century later and encountering two Wanderers, Lin Qing was suddenly invigorated!

"Talk about those two people." She casually asked, pretending indifference.