Chapter 2: The First Guest.
【Name: Claire Charlotte】
【Race: Witch】
【Level: Unknown】
【Faction: Unknown】
【Evaluation: A rare existence in the hell world, possessing peerless beauty while also being the most mysterious thief. If you encounter her, please stay as far away as possible in the fastest way. Otherwise, she will steal everything from you—your identity, your memories, your very existence, including your responsibilities!】
【Additional Information: Officially became the new store manager of the grocery store at Undead Street No. 111 two minutes ago, and feels dissatisfied with the unpalatable food prepared by the student ‘White Sugar’.】
“Teacher, are you not satisfied with the dinner your student prepared?”
White Sugar sat on the floor, tilting her head upward. Her large eyes blinked repeatedly as a trace of doubt appeared appropriately on her calm face.
“But isn’t this your favorite food, Teacher?”
Unlike being caught peeping where she could still maintain composure on the surface, White Sugar’s heart had already been thrown into turmoil.
She was not only shocked that her original teacher had completely changed into a different person, but more importantly, she instinctively felt no sense of wrongness about it at all.
It was as if her teacher had always been the young girl before her, rather than some unfamiliar night demon uncle.
Memory tampering? Or cognitive modification?
This world was simply too dangerous!
Looking at White Sugar sitting on the ground, the witch lady remained expressionless, showing no intention of explaining. She walked past her with bare feet.
She headed alone toward a nearby shelf, seemingly familiar with the placement of all items, and skillfully rummaged deep inside to pull out a sealed can of dried frog leg jerky.
She chewed the jerky, producing crisp crunching sounds.
When she turned around again, White Sugar had already stood up from the floor and was conscientiously sweeping the mess with a broom.
It wasn’t for any other reason. White Sugar only knew that in this hell world, Earth’s rules no longer applied.
Previously, even as a grocery store employee, if White Sugar disobeyed, she would definitely be eaten by the store manager.
This fact would not change just because the new manager was a beautiful girl.
All her caution was merely for the sake of survival. This was the reality for humans—the lowest existence in this hell world, even lower than wandering soul-level anomalies.
“Before opening for business, remember to wipe the floor as well. Don’t approach my room unless it’s important.”
“Yes, Teacher.”
Just before finally entering the room, the witch lady paused her steps for a moment. Her peripheral vision glanced at White Sugar.
‘Bang—!’
Only after the room door closed again did White Sugar loosen her grip on the broom. She looked down at her palms, which were covered in a thin layer of sweat.
Her entire arm was trembling slightly.
She wasn’t mistaken. The new girl teacher was even more dangerous than the previous uncle teacher!
But there was good news too!
White Sugar repeatedly closed her eyes and opened them again. The corners of her mouth couldn’t help but curve upward. It wasn’t an illusion—her Eye of Breaking Delusion had just seen brand-new information that had never appeared before.
【Congratulations on surviving 30 days. As a human born weak, your caution has earned you the chance to continue surviving in the hell world. From today onward, the Eye of Breaking Delusion will unlock all its functions for you!】
【Host: White Sugar】
【Race: Human】
【Age: 18】
【Level: LV2 (Wandering Soul Level 1~10)】
【Strength: 3 (Human average 5, max 10)】
【Agility: 4 (Human average 5, max 10)】
【Constitution: 2 (Human average 5, max 10)】
【Intelligence: 8 (Human average 5, max 10)】
【Charm: 9 (Human average 5, max 10)】
White Sugar was momentarily dazed. Previously, her right eye’s ‘Eye of Breaking Delusion’ had no way of viewing her own information.
It was completely just an illustrated handbook that only consumed her mental energy, made her tire more easily, and held no practical value.
Before White Sugar could fully digest the information,
【Your teacher ‘Witch’ has issued you the task ‘Clean the Grocery Store’.】
【Task Requirement: Please complete the floor cleaning before the first customer of the night arrives at the grocery store.】
【Task Completion Reward: Experience +5, Ghost Coins ×25.】
To survive, she could not reveal even a trace of fear. Living in this small grocery store, she spent every day in anxiety.
Finally! She finally had the capital to survive in this constructed hell!
White Sugar excitedly clenched her fists and punched the air in front of her a few times. Her snow-white teeth bit down hard on her lower lip as she tried not to make any noise, lest she disturb the teacher in the room.
In the following time, even mopping the floor was filled with vigor.
【Congratulations on completing the task. You have received Experience +5, Ghost Coins ×25.】
After finishing everything and returning the bucket and rag to their original places, feeling the ghost coins that had appeared out of nowhere weighing down her pocket, White Sugar finally gained a real sense of task completion.
She glanced at the wall clock.
0:05.
Only then did White Sugar remember that the old clock had a five-minute time difference.
Realizing it was exactly midnight, the girl sat back on the stool on tiptoe, placed her hands on the counter, and quietly waited for tonight’s customers to arrive.
She did not wait long before the first customer arrived.
A sudden strong wind rose outside the grocery store. The open shop door was repeatedly slammed against the wall, producing irregular ‘bang bang’ sounds.
Just as White Sugar was thinking whether the noise would disturb the teacher resting inside the room and considering finding something heavy to prop the door, the human-skin lantern hanging on the iron hook outside suddenly went out.
The area outside the door fell back into darkness.
A two-and-a-half-meter-tall figure hunched its neck, held onto the doorframe, and stepped into the grocery store with heavy footsteps.
Its clothes looked like tattered denim picked from a garbage dump. The exposed skin on the back of its hands was loose and wrinkled in layers, resembling dried tree bark.
Disheveled and unkempt, its messy black hair was like dense rusted iron wires, covering half its face. The only exposed right eye had no sclera; the pitch-black eyeball was utterly hollow.
When it opened its mouth, a foul stench assaulted the face.
“Is it still open? I want to buy something.”
At the same time, the figure’s information was fully displayed before White Sugar through the Eye of Breaking Delusion.
【Name: Nicholas Powell】
【Race: Thousand-Handed Demon】
【Level: Malevolent Ghost Level】
【Faction: Chaotic Evil】
【Introduction: A local resident living at Undead Street No. 1670. Cunning personality, bullies the weak and fears the strong, loves taking small advantages.】
Looking at the grotesquely appearing Thousand-Handed Demon, White Sugar’s expression remained calm. No trace of panic could be seen on the surface.
“Of course!” As a server, White Sugar would not disdain any customer. “It is currently the grocery store’s business hours. Sir, please take a look. What would you like to buy?”
The Thousand-Handed Demon stepped closer to the counter, leaving two rows of black shoe prints on the freshly polished floor. It approached extremely close. The shadow cast by its tall body completely engulfed and swallowed White Sugar behind the counter.
Seemingly surprised that the one receiving it was such a frail-looking human girl, the Thousand-Handed Demon used its withered left hand to brush aside the black hair covering its left eye. It carefully examined White Sugar behind the counter with its left eye, which was crawling with dense black blood vessels around the socket.
Swallowing the saliva secreted in its mouth, the Thousand-Handed Demon raised the corners of its lips without concealing its malice.
Humans… really need to be eaten, huh~
“I want to buy… time!”