59: Chapter 59 The Girls' Great Adventure

Just then, in the deepest shadows of a corner in the living area, a nearly imperceptible spatial ripple suddenly appeared.

Immediately after, a stunningly beautiful figure with breathtaking curves, clad in a translucent optical stealth combat suit, emerged silently.

It was Night, the demi-human assassin who had just finished her guard duty in the master bedroom and had been granted special permission by Su Chen to move about freely.

The pair of furry black cat ears atop her head twitched keenly, and a cold glint—a mixture of laziness and bloodthirst—flashed within her heterochromatic eyes, one blue and one yellow.

"Master's property shall not be coveted by any filthy rats."

"I'm going too."

Night's voice possessed a unique, raspy charm. Though she spoke only a few words, the girls present felt a scalp-tingling pressure typical of a top-tier assassin.

With Zhang Man, a human tank capable of rampaging through a frontal battlefield, and Night, a reaper who could hide in the shadows to deliver a one-hit kill at any moment...

This combination of top-tier bodyguards—one overt and one covert—was more than enough to not only browse an underground black market but even wipe out the base of a medium-sized player faction.

"Great! With you two powerhouses escorting me, this housekeeper is going to empty out all the good stuff in this black market today!"

Su Xiaoxiao confidently patted her specially made radiation-proof backpack, which was filled with various forms of "hard currency."

The four girls, each with a distinct personality yet all possessing top-tier wasteland beauty, walked down the alloy gangway of the [abyss roarer] fully armed.

As soon as they stepped out of the train's climate-controlled protective shield, a gust of turbid air—a mix of heavy rust, low-grade alcohol, and pungent sweat—hit them like an invisible wall.

What appeared before them was a massive, deformed camp built entirely against the colossal rock walls of the Abyssal Ghost Tunnel.

Countless crude shacks, haphazardly cobbled together from scrap metal, rotten wooden boards, and even monster skeletons, were embedded into the damp, cold rock walls like layers of dense wasp nests.

Multicolored, low-quality neon signs flickered wildly due to unstable voltage, emitting a bizarre aesthetic—a forced fusion of cyberpunk and primitive savagery—in this dark abyss that never saw the light of day.

This was the heart of underground trading for the entire East China Region—the [Troglodyte Dungeon].

An anarchic gathering place for outlaws, completely free from the constraints of the official Heavenly Dao System's rules and filled with betrayal, slaughter, drugs, and filthy deals.

Although the four girls all wore oversized, tattered black cloaks to try and conceal their overly conspicuous looks and perfect figures...

...their light steps, the faint aura of high-level espers they exuded, and the occasional glimpse of snow-white, delicate skin still acted like a blinding light in the darkness.

Countless filthy wasteland thugs, crooked merchants, and scavengers hiding in the shadows cast greedy and lecherous gazes at the four outsiders.

However, when they saw Zhang Man walking at the front of the group, wearing a set of oppressive dark-silver exoskeleton armor and carrying a gleaming bone blade...

...most of those who had the desire but lacked the courage wisely swallowed their foul-smelling saliva and forcibly withdrew their restless gazes.

In this lawless Underground City, someone with high-grade armor was definitely a tough character that bottom-tier lackeys like them couldn't afford to provoke.

Su Xiaoxiao was long accustomed to this. Like a proud little peacock, she led Ye Qingyu through the crowded and filthy black market stalls with practiced ease.

"Don't miss out! Freshly prepared Frenzied Armored Hound thigh meat! Take it home for just two Level 1 energy crystals!"

"Selling a low-grade Bronze rusty iron sword with a tetanus enchantment! Trading for ten liters of clean drinking water!"

Various crude shouts rose and fell around them, filled with the desperate struggle of the lowest people in the wasteland trying to survive.

Soon, Su Xiaoxiao led the group to a stop in front of a large stall piled with various scrap mechanical parts and oil drums.

The stall owner was a middle-aged fat man with a large beer belly and a greasy face—a profiteer at first glance.

"Boss, how much for your primary coolant and high-grade mechanical lubricant?"

Su Xiaoxiao intentionally lowered her voice, adopting the posture of a seasoned buyer as she asked coldly.

The fat boss's mouse-like eyes, sunken in fat, darted around as he scanned Su Xiaoxiao and Ye Qingyu's petite figures wrapped in cloaks with extreme boldness.

"Heh, little sisters, clean coolant is a rare commodity these days, not to mention lubricant that can maintain high-end firearms."

The fat boss stroked the few sparse hairs on his chin, revealing a greasy and greedy smile.

"Since you're new faces, one price: a hundred liters of coolant and ten liters of lubricant for fifty jin of fresh high-grade mutant beast meat, or... come have some fun with uncle in the tent back there, and I can give you a twenty percent discount."

Hearing such reckless and foul language, a flash of tyrannical killing intent instantly crossed Zhang Man's eyes, and the high-frequency vibrating bone blade in her hand emitted a sharp, low hum.

But Su Xiaoxiao calmly raised her small hand, stopping the about-to-erupt Zhang Man.

"Fifty jin of mutant beast meat? You fat pig, you really have the nerve to ask for the moon. Why don't you just go rob a Heavenly Dao System supply crate?"

Su Xiaoxiao sneered, a mocking look of disdain appearing on her cute little face.

She calmly reached into her specially made radiation-proof backpack and, under the fat boss's puzzled gaze, slowly pulled out a small, beautifully packaged plastic bag.

"Open your mouse eyes and look closely. This lady isn't using beast meat to trade with you today; I'm using this!"

The moment that pink plastic bag, printed with a cartoon flower and perfectly sealed, appeared in the air...

...the fat boss, who had been arrogant and lecherous just a moment ago, nearly had his eyeballs pop out of his head!

Several nearby stall owners also let out cries of disbelief, as if they were looking at some rare treasure.

"Is... is this... a female hygiene product... left over from the Old Era?!"

The fat boss's greasy voice became sharp and trembling with extreme excitement.

In this desperate wasteland world where even a sip of clean drinking water could spark a bloody conflict...

...the menstrual hygiene of female survivors was practically a life-and-death ordeal they had to face every month.

Due to the lack of clean hygiene products, countless women contracted fatal wasteland mutant bacteria during their periods and died tragically.

Therefore, these ordinary sanitary pads, which could be bought in large packs for a few dollars in the Old Era...

...had a value that far exceeded an equivalent weight in gold or silver in this extremely resource-deprived underground black market!

This was a luxury among luxuries, fit only for the leaders of top-tier factions to bestow upon their most beloved women!

But since Su Chen's [abyss roarer] opened a massive number of blind boxes every day, such daily necessities had long since filled several large storage lockers.

"Pure cotton material, extra-long for overnight use with side-leak protection, and it's in absolutely sterile, vacuum-sealed packaging."

Su Xiaoxiao, acting like an auctioneer presenting a legendary weapon, casually flicked the pink packaging, making a crisp sound.

"Just this one pack for all the coolant at your stall and those three barrels of high-grade mechanical lubricant. Do we have a deal or not?"

"If you don't know its value, I'm sure there are plenty of big bosses in this black market willing to trade heaps of supplies just to please their women."

As she spoke, Su Xiaoxiao intentionally made a move to stuff the sanitary pad back into her backpack.

"Deal! I'll trade! My lady, please don't go!"

The fat boss no longer had even a hint of his previous arrogance; his obese body lunged toward the stall like a pug seeing a bone.

He knew very well that by presenting this pack of sanitary pads to the leader of the largest faction in this Underground City, he could definitely land a cushy job or even get a precious Gene Evolution Potion!

This trade, seemingly absurd yet perfectly logical in the wasteland, was successfully completed without a drop of blood, thanks to Su Xiaoxiao's perfect psychological tactics.

A few ordinary sanitary pads not only emptied out all the liquid supplies at the stall but also made the fat boss throw in over a dozen boxes of Old Era antibiotics.

"Hmph, with that little brain, you actually thought you could rip off this head housekeeper? You really don't know how to spell the word 'death'."

Su Xiaoxiao proudly tilted her delicate face and directed the fat boss to move the heavy oil drums onto a small cart pushed by Zhang Man.

And while Su Xiaoxiao was showing off her diplomatic negotiation skills...

...Ye Qingyu, who was usually uninterested in these daily supplies, had her gaze firmly captured by an inconspicuous, tattered stall nearby.

It was a small stall specializing in selling various broken parts dug out from scrap machinery piles.

Ye Qingyu's lively eyes, which seemed to contain a sea of stars, were fixed intently on a metal ring covered in black grease that looked completely unremarkable.

Relying on the freakish intuition granted by her S-rank talent [Mechanical Resonance], she saw through the thick layer of grime to the shocking technological marvel hidden beneath.

"Boss, how much for this scrap iron ring?"

Ye Qingyu forcibly suppressed her racing heart, trying to make her voice sound as if she were asking about a piece of worthless junk.

She knew very well that it wasn't some ordinary scrap iron ring, but an extremely rare [High-precision Quantum Bearing]!

This was a precision core component that could only be produced in the top military industrial laboratories of the Old Era.

With this quantum bearing, she could completely solve the metal overheating issue generated by Zhang Man's [Valkyrie Exoskeleton Armor] during extreme micro-propulsion!

This was definitely a super treasure that could lead to a qualitative leap in the performance of the exoskeleton armor!