Above countless towering skyscrapers, the clouds reflect the faint sunlight, and on the aerial tracks formed by the rooftop platforms of countless skyscrapers, the silver-white spaceships are like streaks of light.
Above the clouds was not an endless sky, but a much larger screen that almost completely blocked people's view.
An advertisement is playing on the huge screen.
"There are thousands of roads, but safety is the first priority. Reckless driving will bring tears to your loved ones' eyes."
The woman's face on the screen was so magnified that it was almost bizarrely distorted. Gu Li looked at it a few more times, and a subtle dizziness instantly swept over her.
She stared at the huge image on the screen for a moment, her lips moved, and she uttered the name on it: "Yu Mingxi?"
Gu Li stopped below a track, dangling himself in mid-air with one hand, and only then did he look away from the huge image.
The dizziness she felt just now seemed to be just her imagination.
The woman on the giant screen continued to repeat the sentence with passion. The screen in the air divided her face into countless small squares, suspended above the sky with the support of technology.
It almost replaced the sun's position.
Gu Li sensed something was wrong, but He Shiyi's sudden disappearance from her perception brought her back to her senses, and her sky-blue eyes suddenly looked down.
Gone?
As soon as Gu Li let go of the rails, she began to fall rapidly, accelerating downwards until she was just before hitting the ground. Suddenly, she stretched out her cane and scratched a deep crack in the hard wall, stopping her fall.
With a soft "click," Gu Li landed lightly on the ground and leisurely looked up to observe the storefront.
Compared to those health product stores on the main street, this shop looks more dilapidated and more... unprofessional.
The storefront sign reads "Jingjing Health Store," but when the lights come on, it changes to "Riri Health Store."
She stopped at the door and watched a man in an old jacket walk out from inside, wrapped in his clothes, his eyes narrowed with an expression that... well, you can't say more.
Gu Li's expression was subtle. Had He Shiyi been recruited by someone else?
She stood at the door for five minutes, and at least six men and women came and went. Under their inexplicable gazes, she pushed open the sliding door covered with small advertisements, feeling a sense of mission.
As soon as you enter, a snow-white flyer falls from above. The flyer has only one line on it: Happy Home is looking for a partner.
That's all.
She blankly and politely placed the flyer back on the counter, making eye contact with the woman behind it. The woman, who was wearing a bright red fur coat, blew a smoke ring at her.
The face, made even more pale by the vibrant fur coat, smiled at Gu Li: "This isn't a place for a young girl like you."
Gu Li walked through the smoke rings, stood in front of the counter, and sniffed: "Why doesn't my stuff smell?"
The woman behind the counter paused slightly, her gaze falling on the girl with weak genes who was not much taller than the counter, and her pupils contracted.
The woman stared into Gu Li's sky-blue eyes for a long time, then suddenly smiled innocently and tapped the price list on the wall with the hand holding the cigarette.
"This is our price list. If you want to ask any questions, young lady, you should pay first."
Gu Li looked in the direction of the sound and saw a bright red price list for technicians. The font had faded a bit, but the prices on it hadn't faded with time.
"Level 1 technician: 100,000 points per hour; Level 2 technician: 200,000 points per hour; Level 3 technician: 300,000 points per hour..."
Gu Li checked the communication device on her wrist. It still contained the 1 million points that Eric had specifically transferred to her before the trip, which was used to purchase materials and for her living expenses.
Perhaps Eric and his group hadn't been out for a long time and were unaware of how much inflation had occurred in the outside world. Gu Li stared at the price list in amazement.
A full-service massage can cost at least 100,000 yuan.
She frowned at the woman: "I'm not here for a massage parlor; I'm here to get my things back."
"Pfft—cough cough cough cough!!!"
The woman behind the counter suddenly choked on her cigarette, coughed loudly while leaning on the counter, and then straightened up and gave her a disdainful look at her small frame.
"Young lady, we're a legitimate business here. A search for something costs 100,000, and an additional 100,000 for items from other districts. No refunds if we can't find it."
There seemed to be movement coming from the room behind the counter. The woman waved her hand, and the person inside stopped moving: "Young lady, if you have money, we can start right away after you swipe your card."
The woman squinted and sized up Gu Li's attire. Tsk, she's still wearing a dress from decades ago, though the fabric and the gemstones used for decoration are of good quality.
Especially that communicator, the latest model from Xigua, now worth the equivalent of a whole set of original organs, excluding the cost of the biomechanical organ replacement surgery.
He's a big shot.
The woman's smile became more genuine. Whether she was there to make a request or had something stolen and was looking for someone, she was determined to rip him off with a basic fee of 100,000.
Gu Li closed her eyes again to sense that after becoming He Shiyi's proxy, the connection between her and He Shiyi's true form was deeper than she had imagined.
Her thoughts gradually sank into her sea of consciousness, but her soul suddenly soared to a height of ten thousand meters. Gu Li "saw" He Shiyi's true form, which was dormant in the castle of the alien city, as well as a small section of the shop that disappeared in front of her.
Having confirmed the information she wanted, Gu Li began to look away, feeling a sense of unease as she passed the giant screen a thousand meters in the sky.
Gu Li frowned and opened her eyes; the thing on it saw her.
The pain, emanating from her very bones, swept over her again. She endured the discomfort, her pale face turning slightly blue.
"I know the thing is here. If you don't want to die, you'd better give it back to me."
The proprietress in red glanced at her with curiosity and tossed the sensor over: "I've been here for so many years, and this is the first person who dares to threaten me."
"Young lady, let me tell you, threats won't work. I'm a businessman, and it's hard to get things done without money."
After she finished speaking, she looked Gu Li up and down for a while, and then lightly lifted Gu Li's chin with the hand holding the cigarette: "Or do you want to be one of us?"
"drop!"
Gu Li's face turned even paler. She was in a lot of pain and didn't want to take the nutritional supplements from her suitcase in front of this person. She just wanted to finish the job quickly.
"I've already swiped it over, now give me back my headband."
Her voice was weak, and she looked like she was about to collapse, yet she still stood there swaying.
A hint of surprise flashed in the woman's eyes, then she looked at Gu Li: "This is an honest and upright shop of mine, so don't die here."
Gu Li stared at her with her eyes wide open and expressionless.
The woman unconsciously composed herself, shrugged, and called out to the person behind her, "Zhang Yu, give the things back to the young lady! How many times have I told you not to take things from the elderly, weak, women, or children!"
Gu Li calmly added, "It was theft."
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