Zuo Qingya took the keys. "Thank you."

Seeing that Zuo Qingya had a place to stay, Ling Ruo left.

"You can stay here for now. If you have any problems, come to the base lord's mansion to find me. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. Bye-bye."

"Um...bye-bye."

After Ling Ruo left, Zuo Qingya went up to the third floor, found room 306, and opened the door.

Zuo Qingya never expected that the room would be so small, given how big it looked outside. What impressed her even more was that despite its small size, the room was fully equipped with a toilet, a bathroom, a wardrobe, a TV, and a bed.

In such a small place, all of these things are included, so it's inevitable that it will be dirty, messy, and smelly. As soon as Zuo Qingya entered the room, she immediately blocked out her sense of smell.

After purchasing a substitute in the system and leaving a trace of divine consciousness in the substitute's body, Zuo Qingya directly entered her own consciousness space. As soon as she entered, she felt as if she had come back to life.

"Oh, Xiao Yaya's come in?"

"Little Ginseng, please stop calling me by different names. Sometimes you call me by my name, sometimes you call me Xiao Ya Ya. It's fine to call me by my name, but please don't call me Xiao Ya Ya. It's giving me goosebumps."

"Since you don't like it, then I won't call you Xiao Ya Ya anymore."

Zuo Qingya nodded, "Mmm..."

Do you like me to call you by your full name?

Zuo Qingya nodded, "I like being called by my full name. Xia Hua and the others call me by my full name."

The little ginseng asked in confusion, "Summer Flower? Who's that?"

"She's my best friend."

"Your best friend? Isn't she pretty?"

Zuo Qingya pictured Xia Hua's face in her mind, nodded, and said, "Beautiful, of course she's beautiful."

"When will you let me see you?"

"I'll show you when we get back. They're all in the City of Survival. I'm outside right now."

"Oh, okay."

Thinking back, Little Ginseng has never left since entering its own consciousness space. It hasn't even seen many of its own companions. Apart from Tiger, Blackie, and Elephant, who can enter its own space, it seems it hasn't seen any other friends.

"Little Ginseng, do you want to go out and play?"

"Going out to play? Is that okay?"

Seeing the little ginseng's expectant eyes, Zuo Qingya nodded, "Of course."

"If I go out, can I come back in?"

"sure."

Little Ginseng was thrilled to hear Zuo Qingya's answer.

"Shall we go out now?"

"So eager to get started?"

"Of course. Although it's nice inside, I haven't been outside for a long time, and I don't know what it's like outside."

"Alright then, I'll take you out after I've finished dealing with things here."

"Ah... I thought we could leave now, but we have to wait?"

"Otherwise, it's possible. This base is a bit special now. I'm living underground now, and I'm afraid you might not be used to it."

"How would I know I wouldn't adapt if I didn't go out? What if I adapted very well?"

"Okay, then. Since you want to go out now, I'll take you out."

As soon as the little ginseng came out, I sensed something was wrong.

"Zuo Qingya, what kind of place is this? It smells terrible."

"Does it smell bad? I've blocked my sense of smell, so I can't smell it."

"Then why didn't you tell me sooner?" she said, then started gagging.

"Is it really that smelly? It can't be that bad, can it?"

Zuo Qingya removed the shield and sniffed, "I can't smell anything? Is it really that smelly?"

The little ginseng was vomiting and felt a bit weak. "It really smells awful. Maybe you should send me back to your consciousness space, Zuo Qingya. It stinks so bad outside."

"Okay, then, is it really that smelly?"

"Really, it stinks. Can't you smell it?"

Zuo Qingya shook her head.

Seeing Zuo Qingya shake her head, Little Ginseng asked suspiciously, "Are you sure you've unblocked yourself?"

Zuo Qingya nodded firmly, "Of course, of course the blocking has been removed."

"How could that be? It's such a pungent smell, can't you smell it?"

Zuo Qingya was puzzled. She really couldn't smell anything. Although the room smelled a bit unpleasant, it shouldn't be so smelly that she would vomit.

Seeing Zuo Qingya's expression, Little Ginseng was also puzzled, "Could it be that there's something wrong with my nose?"

Zuo Qingya thought for a moment and said, "Can you smell where the scent is coming from, little ginseng?"

Little Ginseng covered his nose and pointed under the bed, saying, "The stench is coming from here."

Zuo Qingya looked at the spot the little ginseng was pointing to and scanned it with her divine sense.

Huh? Oh, I forgot, she can't use her divine sense here.

Zuo Qingya walked over, lifted the bed but found nothing. Puzzled, she put the bed down and knocked on it, discovering it was hollow. Zuo Qingya then violently dismantled the bed and found a small cloth bag inside.

Zuo Qingya took out the small cloth bag with a puzzled look.

"Yes, yes, the stench is coming from here."

"Um......"

Zuo Qingya opened the small cloth bag, inside which was a metal box.

What is this?

Zuo Qingya shook her head. "You'll know once you open it."

Just in case, Zuo Qingya took out a small array and placed the metal box inside before opening it. Unexpectedly, the small box was quite stubborn; after searching for a long time, she couldn't find a single crack.

"It's sealed so tightly, how does the smell get out?" Zuo Qingya asked, looking at the little ginseng.

The little ginseng gestured to Zuo Qingya to hurry up, saying it stank horribly.

Left with no other option, Zuo Qingya cast an isolation spell on the little ginseng, which finally put the little ginseng at ease.

"Phew... I feel like I'm finally alive again. It really smelled awful, it was so stinky."

"Let's just force it open?" Zuo Qingya said, raising her fist and starting to smash.

With a loud bang, the whole building shook, startling the landlady downstairs, who ran straight out of the lobby with a piece of bread still in her mouth.

Once outside, looking at my beloved building, my heart pounded, fearing it would collapse. But after a long pause, the building was still intact.

"Boss lady, what's going on? Why is it making such a loud noise? Could there be a fight going on upstairs?"

The landlady smacked the man on the head, "If you know where the sound came from, hurry up and find out who did it. He has to compensate me for my emotional distress. If he doesn't, kick him out. He's too spoiled."

"Okay, boss lady."

After everyone left, the proprietress muttered, "If I knew who made that noise, I'd skin him alive." Then she went into the lobby and continued lying down.

Bang bang bang...

"Open the door, open the door quickly, let me check."

Zuo Qingya ruffled her hair and opened the door without turning on the lights.

With a creak, the door opened, but there was no one in sight—no, it was just a standing figure in a skirt.