Chapter 44: Fresh Slime Gel

Such an ordinary yet warm conversation instantly eased Cheng Shuili's tense heartstrings.

They didn't chat for long.

Cheng Shuili didn't stop either.

The shopping cart's speed is fast now; the mileage should have been done long ago, but today we lost a lot of time—a Snow Burial Corpse Ghost, a bathroom, and a crazy person driving a pickup.

Cheng Shuili was originally a bit depressed, but thinking that the problems of bathing and defecation have now been solved, she cheered up again.

This is actually one of only two major things when traveling outside!

Cheng Shuili boredly pressed the accelerator, stopping whenever she saw a supply crate. In an hour she opened three crates; only one contained supplies—a practical gift of two rolls of toilet paper.

As for the other two crates, one held a nest of small slimes; when Cheng Shuili opened the crate, these monsters blew toward her face.

Now Cheng Shuili is vastly different from before; she got ahead of those slimes and flattened them with a baseball bat.

After killing them, Cheng Shuili didn't immediately get back in the cart to continue; instead she stood where she was, puzzled.

Logically, these monsters should have dropped loot.

The monsters she had killed: the oil pollution monster dropped a core, and the Snow Burial Corpse Ghost dropped a silver bone.

Cheng Shuili used her dagger to rummage through the slime's mud for a while, but saw nothing.

As she stood up to leave, she suddenly realized: could this puddle of mud itself be the loot?

The more Cheng Shuili thought about it, the more plausible it seemed; she grabbed a winter glove and pinched the light‑green mud, and in the next instant a system pop‑up appeared before her.

【Fresh Slime Gel】

【Description: An extremely rare artwork! Slime gel is common, but note this prefix! It is the freshest of the freshest! Making this slime gel requires very skilled technique, using extremely precise force, so that the instant the slime loses its life it turns into gel!】

Cheng Shuili: "......"

Isn't it just beating them to death?

Putting it so loftily?

No, that's not what she wanted to see!

Cheng Shuili wanted to know what use these monsters' drops had; although she kept every one, she didn't know what any of them were for.

It always feels like she's putting trash in a ring...

After thinking it over, Cheng Shuili certainly wouldn't just throw these things away for no reason.

This was the first crate she encountered this afternoon.

The second crate contained a nest of rats.

Those rats, indifferent to her opening the supply crate, mercilessly gnawed at the only remaining corner of cake inside the crate.

Cheng Shuili could see the cake crumbs throughout the whole box.

The system even popped up a window to mock her.

【Unlucky survivor, you're late—next time be sure to open the crate earlier.】

She deserves a beating.

But Cheng Shuili didn't believe its excuse; she backhandedly slammed the supply crate's lid shut.

Probably this crate is just like that—whoever opens it sees this scene, and the system's reminder is deliberately a trick to mess with people's minds.

This damn system really is……

Too bad.

Cheng Shuili was thinking about her experience with the first three crates when she suddenly noticed a large black dot ahead by the roadside, obviously some kind of building.

She cheered up again—whether it's a gas station, trading post, garbage station, or beast‑man town, she could scrounge some supplies!

Actually she hoped it would be the beast‑man town or the trading post, preferably with a price bug appearing in the trading post.

The more people think, the more it's like making a wish.

Cheng Shuili laughed at herself for daydreaming, then honestly drove the shopping cart over.

Before her eyes the scenery gradually cleared; layers of small houses were neatly arranged, roofs covered in silver, while under the eaves hung lanterns of various colors, looking extremely festive.

On several main roads stood beast‑men wearing various animal heads, their bustling noise audible here.

It's quite obvious.

It's the beast‑man town.

Dreams come true.

Cheng Shuili noticed a fork in the main road; at the intersection she pressed down on the forklift, and the shopping cart glided a distance before coming to a steady stop.

First she tidied her extreme‑cold protective suit, confirmed the dagger was still at her waist, then opened the door and got out.

The trading post doesn't allow weapons inside; the beast‑man town probably doesn't have so many rules, right?

Regardless of whether they allow it, she'll try.

This place is completely different from the trading post.

The fork leads straight to the main road, and there's no beast‑man guard.

Cheng Shuili recalled Guanghui previously saying he didn't know how to enter; she fell silent, wondering if this fork was generated because she had a store employee ID.

The feeling of her feet back on solid ground gave Cheng Shuili a sense of reassurance.

She closed the shopping cart's doors, walked around the vehicle once to make sure nothing was missed, then turned and headed toward the beast‑man town.

The snow‑covered fork she stepped on left footprints, and following the small path she reached the very center of the beast‑man town.

This place is almost indistinguishable from the city where Cheng Shuili lived in her previous life.

Beauty salon, hair salon, 4S shop, various snack stalls, large mall, clothing store—from Cheng Shuili's position she could also see across the street the illuminated sign of the 'Town Central Hospital'.

This is practically everything one could need.

Before Cheng Shuili could decide where to go first, two beast‑men in police uniforms came to her door.

"Humans aren't welcome here; if you leave now we can pretend we didn't see you."

The bear-headed beastman spoke in a deep, resonant voice, sounding somewhat fierce.

"How are you speaking, Xiong Gu!" The wolf-headed beastman was noticeably gentler; after scolding his companion, he gave Cheng Shuili a formal smile and politely said: "Hello, we don't welcome humans without documents here; our task is to drive out all humans who mistakenly enter within three minutes."

The wolf-headed beastman smiled warmly, but Cheng Shuili heard the threat in his words.

You won't make things difficult for us, will you?

Cheng Shuili nodded, took out a store employee ID from the Abyssal Ring, and handed it with one hand to the wolf-headed beastman.

I have identification.

Cheng Shuili was calm and composed, and her posture while handing over the ID was also graceful and poised.

The wolf-headed beastman and Xiong Gu exchanged a glance; for some reason, neither of the beastmen took Cheng Shuili's ID.

Finally the wolf-headed beastman spoke: "We can't conveniently check this. If your ID is valid, you need to first go to our guard station to get a permit before you can move freely in the beastman town."

Cheng Shuili nodded again.

It wasn't because she was easygoing and willing to follow the two beastmen's arrangements, but because Xiong Gu had already extended his arm, blocking all her retreat routes.

She had no choice but to go.

However, the beastmen had no objection to the dagger at her waist.

Cheng Shuili followed the two beastmen on the road, attracting much attention from beastmen along the way.

She lowered her head in thought; the side effect of the 【Supreme King】 from her conversation with those two beastmen earlier should have taken effect.