Opening a Shop

Chen Miemie coughed lightly, "Next is the second design concept."

Everyone sat neatly on the sofa, looking forward to his next idea.

"The second design concept, which I temporarily call 'Fleeting Shadow,' generates a structure similar to ice skates on the soles of the feet. It creates a moonlight track in the air and uses the smoothness of the moonlight to achieve short-distance gliding in the air."

Qinghua looked thoughtful. "This concept focuses primarily on speed and displacement?"

"Yes, it's mainly used for dodging and escaping.

Here's what I'm thinking. Currently, I'm not too afraid of dying at night; it's mainly during the day that I'm relatively weak.

With my current strength barely at 'Mystery' 2.2, no matter how I develop it, my lethality is ultimately limited. When encountering a strong enemy, the main priority is still survival. Even if I can't escape, with your help, I should try to drag the fight out until nightfall."

Hearing this, Qinghua, Loop, and Bobo nodded repeatedly.

None of them expected that Chen Miemie, who was usually so unreliable, would actually possess such wisdom and consider problems so thoroughly.

"This plan is also good. We support it."

For these familiars, if it weren't for the fact that they couldn't easily expose themselves, they would want to take care of all the fighting and killing themselves.

"Wait until I finish explaining the third design as well. The third one, I've named 'Moonlight Mark.' Roughly speaking, it creates a mark on a specific unit that the other party cannot detect or remove."

Loop immediately grasped the function of this ability. "To be used for tracking?"

"Not just tracking, it can also be used to deal with some invisible units. Furthermore, in the later stages, I want to upgrade the 'Moonlight Mark' to 'Eternal Moon Cursor,' using the target as a coordinate point to achieve spatial teleportation."

This third ability development concept was actually quite strong, but everyone's reaction was lukewarm.

Even though it had the greatest potential, it was too late-game. As long as it wasn't currently useful, the anomalies weren't very interested.

After some discussion, a consensus was reached.

The third concept would be temporarily shelved, and the first two would be developed simultaneously at this stage.

Just as Chen Miemie was getting ready for bed.

A knock came from the door.

Opening the door, the visitor was the driver from Room 1801.

"Sorry to bother you, I'm here to pay the rent."

"Don't be silly, come in and take a seat."

"No thanks, I still have some things to do. I'll leave after paying." The driver said, already slightly raising his hand to reveal his watch.

Chen Miemie's eyes shifted, and an idea came to him.

"By the way, how should I address you?"

"My name is Sun Lian."

"Oh, then I'll call you Brother Sun. My name is Chen Miemie, just calling me Little Chen is fine."

"Alright, Mr. Little Chen. How much is the rent?"

"Actually, it's like this. I just took over, and the previous few months weren't under my management, so you don't need to make up for the past. Starting from this month, we'll calculate it based on the surrounding market price, no deposit required, and rent will be paid quarterly. What do you think, Brother Sun?"

"Okay."

This arrangement was very favorable to the tenant, so naturally, Sun Lian had no reason to refuse.

Just as Sun Lian was about to transfer the money, Chen Miemie gently stopped him.

"Brother Sun, it's like this. I have a question I'd like to ask you."

"What is it?"

"It's just, how did you know this place was empty back then, and then choose to move in yourself?"

Sun Lian fell silent.

"Don't worry, Brother Sun. This is also just for me to familiarize myself with the work and get a feel for the situation. I guarantee it won't affect you."

Perhaps the preferential policy Chen Miemie just offered played a role.

After hesitating again and again, Sun Lian relented:

"I work in the sanitation department under the municipal government. About four months ago, I accidentally overheard colleagues from a higher-level unit chatting, saying that a batch of real estate had been acquired by the church and was currently temporarily vacant. At that time, I happened to encounter some difficulties, so out of desperation, I chose to move in uninvited. Please forgive me."

Chen Miemie quickly waved his hand. "I'm just a commissioned third party, I don't care about these things, nor do I understand the ins and outs of it. This job was introduced by my friend. By the way, the church you mentioned, which one is it specifically?"

"The Church of the Moon."

Chen Miemie closed the door.

In the empty living room, the figures of Qinghua and Loop immediately appeared again, and Bobo also stood up from a plate on the dining table.

"Did you all hear that?"

"We heard. This house belongs to the Church of the Moon."

"It seems that on the next Eternal Moon Night, it will be time to take a stroll to the church."

"Miemie, I suspect that our vicinity might be under surveillance." Qinghua proposed a new theory.

"How so?"

"If I were the person behind the scenes, knowing perfectly well that the killer didn't kill you, that you graduated smoothly, and even knowing that you went to Paradise Building 1803, then I would definitely find it strange.

Strange why you didn't react at all, strange why you didn't return to your original home, but instead continued to live in an unfamiliar place where you were almost killed.

Since it's strange, there would be action. Even if they didn't continue to strike, they would definitely set up informants around to observe your movements."

Chen Miemie slapped the table.

"That's right, I never thought about it from this angle. This is indeed the reaction the other party should have. Good thing you reminded me, Qinghua, you're amazing."

"Next, we need to start setting up our own measures to find this informant."

Chen Miemie thought for a moment. "Currently, the road at the entrance is ours. The problem is that Road Rage can only observe relatively large movements; it can't be omniscient about every single detail."

"It's okay, I have an idea." Loop looked at Chen Miemie's watch.

"Hmm? What idea?"

Loop smiled faintly. "Send one of me out to take over a shop downstairs and mind the store every day."

Qinghua immediately followed up. "Good idea. Those who can frequently see you, Miemie, are either neighbors on the same floor or people near the building's entrances and exits. As for neighbors, Joker and Driver Sun aren't highly suspicious for now, so there's a high probability the person is in a nearby shop."

Chen Miemie was also a decisive person.

"Alright. Tomorrow morning, Loop, you go and take over a shop. After negotiating the price, I'll have someone transfer the money remotely."

Seeing that Chen Miemie was about to adjourn the meeting.

Bobo quickly jumped out to offer a suggestion. "I have a great recommendation! How about our shop specializes in pineapple roast chicken?"