"Su Bai?" Feng Ling could hardly believe her eyes.
She instinctively glanced around-the metal plating on the walls was still sturdy, and the patrol was slowly making its way around the perimeter, but their expressions betrayed their surprise as well. Clearly, no one knew where the man who had suddenly appeared in the center of the Base had come from.
Perhaps because he was going to see old friends, Su Bai had made a special trip back to the Mist Shop before setting out. He had washed up as quickly as possible and changed into clean, fresh clothes before leaving the Rest Room.
Before leaving the Mist Shop, Su Bai had also taken a look at the self-service vending machine by the entrance. Thinking of the "advanced technology" he had learned from the "Roasted Aroma Memory Coffee Company" instance, he had made a few more upgrades to it.
Although Su Bai had hardly managed this unusual shop himself lately, the vending machines, which he had subsequently increased to three, had remained in operation all along.
Su Bai only occasionally glanced at the sales figures on the computer behind the counter, but he knew the shop's operations had maintained a certain steady order.
The most obvious change was in the transparent jar on the counter that represented power.
Xiao Wu had placed that jar there at the very beginning, and the amount of "gravel" stored inside represented the power the shop had gained through its operations.
Since Su Bai had never drawn on that power, only now did he discover that the gravel had long since filled the transparent jar, even forming a slight mound above its rim.
After taking as little time as possible to freshen up, Su Bai had rushed to the Nameless Society's Base at top speed.
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