107: Crazy money! Losing san is worth it
Inside the hall, there was a sudden silence; everyone had been thoroughly frightened by the thrilling scene just now.
Lin Fei and Lin Mengzi exchanged a look, and both could see a trace of gravity in the other's eyes.
Lin Fei asked the person beside him, "Old man, what the security team just mentioned, the Subspace Evil God, what is that?"
"Shh! Young man, that name must not be mentioned carelessly.
He can hear everything.
He hears it all!" The old man shivered. Looking at his dark eye circles, it was clear that he was also someone whose sanity was somewhat weakened.
Lin Fei narrowed his eyes.
It wasn't just the old man; many people on the floor mats had bloodshot, pitch-black eyeballs.
A question inevitably arose in Lin Fei's heart.
What kind of world is the Hive, anyway?
How are there Evil Gods here!
After entering this world, the System didn't provide many prompts, and many things required him to explore on his own.
However, he now knew that this was a world where extraordinary powers and Evil God corruption existed.
If one's Sanity drops too much, there is a possibility of going berserk or suffering pathological changes!
"Sister, it seems that Sanity in this world is even more important than we imagined," Lin Fei said in a deep voice.
Lin Mengzi nodded, her pretty face slightly pale. "Yes, the environment here is too poor. If we stay here without resting well, it's very easy for our mental state to have problems.
It seems we can't just save money blindly; we must find a better place to rest."
Satiety, hydration, and Sanity—these are all things that cannot be underestimated.
They currently had a total of 620 star coins left. Lin Mengzi had originally intended to save them for emergencies.
But now it seemed that some money could not be saved.
The two no longer hesitated and immediately left the depressing public rest area to head to the service desk to inquire about accommodation.
After spending 300 star coins, they finally found an Elementary standard room on a relatively quiet floor.
The room was not big, but it was clean and tidy, with two separate single beds and a small, independent bathroom that even had separate wet and dry areas.
Unfortunately, there were no windows.
But it was much better than that stinking public rest area where people could crazily demonize at any moment.
"Phew, finally, I can catch my breath properly."
Lin Mengzi relaxed completely and collapsed onto the soft bed.
"Rest well tonight. Tomorrow, we'll think of a way to earn more star coins," Lin Fei said, while handing Lin Mengzi a relatively cleaner nutrient meal he had brought back from the cafeteria.
"Sister, if you get hungry at night, eat them to replenish your energy."
This nutrient meal cost them 30 star coins; it contained a chicken wrap and a serving of mashed potatoes.
Compared to the mush in the lower-level cafeteria, the ingredients were much fresher, and the taste was much better.
"Mhm."
Lin Mengzi took the food, her eyes curving into crescents, looking very satisfied.
After a simple wash, Lin Mengzi lay down on the bed.
"Xiao Fei, I'm going to sleep first. You should rest early too."
"I know, you go to sleep first."
Lin Mengzi soon drifted off into dreamland.
Due to the Law of this world, if one does not rest for a long time, one will tangibly feel a deep sense of exhaustion.
Lin Fei sat quietly by the bed, watching his sister's peaceful sleeping face, his eyes filled with gentleness.
After confirming that his sister was fast asleep,
the gentleness on his face gradually faded away. He gritted his teeth, and it was replaced by a cold killing intent.
"You bastard, cheating me out of my money—just watch how I screw you over!"
...
10:00 PM.
Although for the Starship, there was no obvious distinction between day and night.
However, the people living here still operated according to the schedules they had on the planet before.
The entertainment area on the Starship was filled with bright lights, wine, and singing and dancing.
A high-end establishment named "Stardust Bar."
This was a place on the Starship where people with a little bit of money came to squander and amuse themselves; a single glass of ordinary alcohol cost over a hundred star coins.
That Group Leader who had skimmed Lin Fei's wages was currently holding a scantily clad dancer, twisting his body wildly amidst the deafening music.
He was carrying the generous reward he had received from the factory manager for transporting special steel—a full 12,000 star coins.
Yet, he had only given Lin Fei 200 star coins, which showed just how dark-hearted this person was.
The Group Leader was preparing to have a good time tonight.
Soon, he was drunk, his eyes blurry and his consciousness muddled.
Lin Fei, wearing a hood, arrived at the bar counter.
"You dog, daring to provoke me."
"Then don't blame me for causing trouble while wearing your face."
Lin Fei ordered a mojito and drank it at the bar, while observing his surroundings.
The bartender was a round-faced, bearded man wearing two white socks.
Around him were many round-faced men who looked just like him.
These people looked as if they had been carved from the same genetic module, possessing a high degree of similarity.
The people around them, as if they were taking a postgraduate entrance exam, were complimenting the bartender, with a poem for every sentence.
"Round face, crew cut, bearded, you are Lin Xinru of Starship Sector Two."
"White socks, glasses, silver ear studs, you are Fan Bingbing of Stardust Bar!"
"You're so annoying." The bartender giggled, teased by those around him.
Lin Fei rubbed his nose, feeling a bit surprised.
However, among these people, his target was there!
Subsequently, Lin Fei noticed that the bartender would, every 2 hours, put the night's revenue in star coins into a box and take it out.
Lin Fei waited for several hours.
The other person finally went to the restroom alone.
Lin Fei followed him.
Just as that person was about to close the cubicle door,
Lin Fei placed a hand on it.
When that person saw it was Lin Fei, he immediately put on a flamboyant expression.
"Little brother, you've been watching me all night."
"F*ck! Watching your mom!"
Lin Fei instantly got goosebumps all over his body.
"Go down!"
Lin Fei pressed one hand onto the other person's head and directly activated the Rakshasa Soul Searching Art.
A large amount of unbearable memories flooded into Lin Fei's mind.
Lin Fei was speechless and even really wanted to wash his brain thoroughly after this trial ended.
However, very quickly, Lin Fei still obtained the intelligence he wanted.
The innermost private room was the bar's vault.
He also obtained the password for the vault where today's money was stored.
Good, good, good!
The thing he wanted was in hand.
Lin Fei let out a long breath.
"Damn, you guys are truly twisted—the way you people play is just sickening!"
With a direct blink, he silently passed through the wall and entered the inside of the vault directly.
Inside the vault, rows of alloy safes were neatly arranged. If one tried to force them open, the dye packs inside would explode, rendering all the star coins inside useless.
Lin Fei's target was the safe that held today's money.
That was where the bar's revenue for the day was stored.
He entered the password, and the safe door opened directly, revealing the piles of star coins and several precious items inside.
"As expected, the fast ways to make money are generally illegal."
Lin Fei was overjoyed.
There were at least over 200,000 star coins inside.
If he relied on being a porter, it would take two or three years to earn this much.
Lin Fei directly swept all the star coins in the safe, along with a few glowing props, into his backpack.
【 You obtained 223,000 star coins 】
A full 200,000+ star coins!
A huge harvest!
After doing all this, Lin Fei did not leave immediately.
He walked under an inconspicuous surveillance camera inside the vault, wearing the face of that Group Leader, and a curve hooked onto the corner of his mouth.
He faced the camera, extended his right hand, and made an extremely arrogant international friendly gesture—he gave the middle finger!
Only then did he leave the bar.
After Lin Fei finished this series of framing operations, a deep sense of exhaustion surged up like a tide.
Long periods of intense mental concentration, as well as the previous high-intensity physical labor, had brought his body and mind to a critical point.
What was worse was that his Sanity, due to staying up late and continuous negative emotions, had unknowingly dropped quite a bit.
"Buzz... rustle..."
Whispering sounds, fine and fragmented like the flapping of flies' wings, began to sound faintly in his ears.
At first, it was very faint, but as time passed, the sound became clearer and clearer.
It was as if countless invisible mouths were murmuring meaningless syllables deep within his cochlea.
The scene before his eyes also began to show slight distortion and swaying.
The patterns on the walls seemed to come alive, like wriggling insects; the edges of the distant lights also rippled with overlapping colors.
His vision began to blur!
"F*ck! The impact after Sanity drops is too severe!"