Dorm Manager's Secret Recipe Candle

"There's such a thing?"

"A temporary worker? Sigh, I wish I could be a temporary worker too."

"Working here, the wages keep getting lower. If it weren't for the fact that I can't quit, I'd definitely go to Scarlet Preferred."

"Haha, if that happens, this living person might be assigned to my dorm."

"Heh heh, that's true..."

Mu Rufeng sized up the employee who had enlightened him.

This person wasn't tall, only about 1.65 meters.

Their entire body was wrapped in white bandages, with only one eye exposed.

From their physique, he could tell it was a woman.

Although her voice was a bit hoarse, it could still barely be recognized as female.

Mu Rufeng could also smell a strong scent of burning from her.

It seemed this employee was preserved in the state they were in when they died by fire.

"No need to thank me," the bandaged woman replied and turned to leave.

Mu Rufeng glanced at the time and found it was already 6:20.

There were only forty minutes left until 7:00.

Mu Rufeng immediately grabbed a lot of instant noodles and food from the vending machine.

The vending machine trembled as it prepared five bowls of instant noodles for Mu Rufeng.

This time, Mu Rufeng didn't sit at the dining table to eat. Instead, he sat beside the vending machine.

While eating, he got news from Scarlet Preferred through the vending machine's mouth.

After finishing dinner, Mu Rufeng only felt eight-tenths full. Then, he drank a bottle of Scarlet Eyeball, which made him feel a bit stuffed.

Immediately, he picked up a 1.5-liter bottle of Scarlet Eyeball and headed towards the dormitory building.

Although Mu Rufeng had sold out all the items from the vending machine, he had kept a little for himself.

The dormitory building wasn't far, only a three-minute walk from the cafeteria.

On the way, many employees were heading to the dorms, just like him.

Of course, there were also quite a few who, believing themselves to be powerful, seemed to be preparing to hunt at night?

It could be said that every night, the number of employees in Scarlet Preferred decreased.

Coupled with the current intense competition and the difficulty in recruiting employees, Scarlet Preferred had started recruiting living people from the real world.

And this was just an experiment. If it proved truly feasible, they wouldn't be recruiting just one living person at a time.

This was all information Mu Rufeng had obtained from the vending machine.

Although some of it might not be entirely accurate, he estimated about eighty percent of it was true.

Mu Rufeng had also curiously asked, "Since it's so dangerous at night, how do you avoid those employees?"

The vending machine replied, "I am a vending machine. I'm different from them. As soon as it's 7:00, I can shut down and sleep. During shutdown, I am public property of Scarlet Preferred."

"Even at night, they wouldn't dare damage Scarlet Preferred's public property, otherwise..."

The employee dormitory building was a seven-story structure with a considerable footprint.

It was entirely enclosed, with even the first floor completely sealed by sturdy iron bars.

Mu Rufeng estimated, counting them, that each floor had twenty rooms.

And judging by the appearance, the doors seemed to face each other, meaning the number of rooms would be doubled.

This meant each floor had forty rooms, and with seven floors, there were a total of two hundred and eighty rooms.

He didn't know yet how many people lived in each room, but it definitely wasn't a single room.

At the entrance to the dormitory building, there was an L-shaped extension.

Mu Rufeng ignored the gazes of the other employees and walked into the dormitory building.

The main entrance of the dormitory building had a barred gate, but it was currently open.

As soon as he entered, Mu Rufeng felt a gust of cold wind, causing his hair to stand on end.

He wasn't wearing a shirt right now. If he wasn't resistant to the cold, he would definitely catch a cold by tomorrow.

Upon entering, the first thing he saw was a dormitory manager's office.

The window of the dormitory manager's office faced the main entrance.

And on the other side of the window, a plump landlady was looking at Mu Rufeng.

"You're a new employee, aren't you? Come here." The dormitory manager, a stout woman, raised her chubby hand and beckoned Mu Rufeng over.

Mu Rufeng responded and quickly walked to the window.

With that, he could see even more clearly.

He saw that the lower half of the Dorm Manager's body wasn't legs at all, but a plump ball of flesh.

Mu Rufeng sniffed, a greasy smell filling his nostrils.

"Huh? You're alive? A Temporary Worker? Heh heh."

"Let me see which dorm to assign you to."

The Dorm Manager licked her lips, then took out a booklet and began to flip through it.

"Oh right, you must have just settled your wages, right? Want to buy some candles?" the Dorm Manager suddenly said.

"Candles? Can I see them?" Mu Rufeng's heart stirred, and he quickly asked.

"These are good stuff, they can save your life," the Dorm Manager quickly handed him a yellowish candle.

[Dorm Manager's Secret Recipe Candle]: A candle refined from the fat of the Dorm Manager.

Effect: When lit, it can emit the Dorm Manager's aura. While lit, any anomalies weaker than the Dorm Manager will retreat.

Note: While lit, there is a certain chance of attracting the Dorm Manager.

Mu Rufeng just felt his hands were greasy and a bit disgusting.

While it was called good stuff, it really was good stuff, but it would attract the Dorm Manager.

This Dorm Manager's strength was definitely extremely powerful. He estimated that as long as it was lit, his safety would definitely be guaranteed.

However, if the Dorm Manager was attracted, then what would happen next was unknown.

"Sister Liu, how much are these candles?" Mu Rufeng glanced at the name tag the Dorm Manager was wearing and asked.

"One hundred yuan each, three for a 10% discount, five for a 20% discount," the Dorm Manager said.

'Uh,' Mu Rufeng was speechless for a moment.

One hundred yuan each? Was that expensive?

Very expensive.

One hundred yuan, and the basic salary for these employees was only fifty yuan.

Only some specific positions had commissions; most just had a fixed salary of fifty yuan a day.

Buying a potentially dangerous candle with two days' wages, Mu Rufeng thought the Dorm Manager's business must be terrible.

"If you don't have money, you can use your flesh and blood as payment. Don't worry, even if I cut off your arm, I can quickly heal the wound for you."

The Dorm Manager said, as if this was her true intention.

"Sister Liu, just give me five," Mu Rufeng took out the cash and handed it directly through the window.

The Dorm Manager was stunned for a moment, then her face lit up with ecstasy, and she immediately reached out and grabbed the money.

"Good, good, good! Haha!" The Dorm Manager burst into happy laughter.

"Come, come, here are your candles. I just opened for business today, so I'll give you one extra for good luck, six-six-six!"

The Dorm Manager took a plastic bag, put five candles in it, and then handed it to Mu Rufeng.

Mu Rufeng immediately took it and put the candle he was holding into the plastic bag.