The world has turned into Hell's Game, why should I stay human?
Chapter 189: Kill Once, Don’t Kill Again; Save Once, Don’t Hesitate to Save Again

Chapter 189: Chapter 189: Kill Once, Don’t Kill Again; Save Once, Don’t Hesitate to Save Again

"Is she still alive?"

Liu Zheng asked after a moment of silence.

"She should still be alive, usually they can survive for at least a month,"

the security guard said.

"And the longest?"

"The longest? The longest has lived for eight years. But can we really still call that living?"

The security guard didn’t know whether he was asking Liu or himself.

"Is there any way to transfer her to another post?"

"No, anyone assigned to the 11th floor never comes out,"

the security guard shook his head.

"Not even if she resigns?"

"Is this your first day on the job?"

The security guard looked at Liu Zheng, his tone mocking.

"In Metropolis, finding a job is difficult, and resigning is even harder,"

"Being sent to the 11th floor is already a punishment, who would sign off on her resignation?"

"That woman is foolish to the extreme, gave you the pesticide for just a cup of coffee. If it were me, I’d at least charge you two hundred thousand,"

"Then how much would it cost to transfer her out?"

He wasn’t angered by the security guard’s attitude.

"What’s the point of asking? If I tell you two hundred thousand, can you afford it?"

the security guard scoffed.

"I can,"

Liu Zheng nodded.

He didn’t have two hundred thousand on him anymore, but the shortfall wasn’t much; he could borrow a bit more from Niu Ma or Vampire Sister.

"..."

The security guard stared at him as if looking at a monster, goosebumps forming on his skin.

"Do you know that by you giving her coffee and her giving you pesticide, your transaction was completed?"

The security guard paused for a long time before speaking.

"I know,"

"What does her situation have to do with you? Do you have so much money that you don’t know where to spend it?"

The security guard raised his voice.

"And what does it have to do with you whether I should save her or not? Are you so free that you can get involved?"

Liu Zheng also raised his voice.

"Even if your sympathy is overflowing, you should just leave some money for her child. I can help you deliver it,"

the security guard picked at his ear as he spoke.

Does this kid think he has a loudspeaker in his throat, why is he so loud?

"She helped me, not her child,"

"I don’t kill twice, I don’t save twice,"

he said solemnly.

"Foolish to the extreme, you and that woman both,"

the security guard seemed agitated.

"Do me a favor, I’ll buy you a coffee,"

Liu Zheng offered him a cup of latte.

"Forget it, I don’t want to go to the 11th floor,"

the security guard rolled his eyes.

"Then I’ll have to play hard,"

he pulled out his boning knife.

"What? You think I’m one of those useless ones you see in the residential areas?"

The security guard put a finger against the tip of the knife and slowly pushed forward.

The alloy-made boning knife gradually bent, but his fingertip didn’t even break the skin.

"Don’t say it’s you, even if Niu Ma himself shows up, he can’t force me to do anything,"

the security guard confidently said.

"Isn’t that just perfect?"

Liu Zheng suddenly said.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I attack you, you act in self-defense to subdue me. In order to gain your forgiveness, I voluntarily offer monetary compensation, sounds reasonable right?"

He said with a smile.

"...So you really want to save her?"

"To be honest, if it was a life for a life, I couldn’t do it. But if a bit of money can buy peace of mind, it’s quite worth it,"

Liu Zheng said.

"Only those who seek peace of mind, lack peace of mind. You are just asking for trouble,"

the security guard said mockingly.

"Big brother, you were really eloquent there, did you do something else before being a security guard?"

"Hmph, I was an editor,"

the security guard didn’t hide it.

"Then why did you become a security guard?"

"Because all the authors under me never finished their stories,"

the security guard said resentfully.

"Ahahaha. Let’s talk about housekeeping then,"

Liu Zheng awkwardly changed the topic.

"Do you really want to rescue her?"

The security guard asked after a long silence.

"Yes."

"I have a way, but you have to agree to one condition,"

the guard said.

"Tell me."

"Help me kill someone."

"Kill whom?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"The person ordering food."

"What do you mean?"

"I will help that person order food, so you can enter the 11th floor legitimately. Whether you can rescue the janitor or not depends on your skills,"

the guard said.

"Okay, I agree. But first, I need to make some preparations."

He pondered for a moment and then said,

"Fine, take this, and call me when you’re ready."

The guard took something out of a drawer and recited his phone number.

Liu Zheng took the item, a white pill.

"Name: Ultimate Bliss"

"Type: Prop"

"Quality: Fine"

"Effect: Grants true death to the user when they desperately seek relief."

"Note: There is nothing there, no pain either."

"Can be taken out of the instance: No"

He stared at the item description for a moment and then stored the pill in the system space.

"Let’s go, I’ll take you inside."

The guard stood up and headed to the turnstile.

"Didn’t you say you couldn’t swipe me through?"

"That was then, this is now. It doesn’t matter anymore."

The guard said indifferently, then swiped open the turnstile.

"By the way, when did you start working as a security guard here?"

Liu Zheng asked casually as he passed through the turnstile.

"Eight years ago."

"Oh."

He didn’t ask anything else and headed straight for the elevator.

The elevator door opened, revealing the same comic-book style elevator operator as last time.

However, her makeup was slightly different from before.

If last time her style was more Marvel, this time it was closer to DC.

"We meet again. How about a cup of afternoon tea?"

Liu Zheng handed her an iced Americano and stuffed a chiffon cake into her hand.

"Thank you."

The operator hesitated but accepted his welcoming gift.

"Have you always been the operator of this elevator?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"Yes."

"Then does everyone going to the 11th floor have to take this elevator?"

He asked further.

"The other elevator can also go up, but most people are used to taking this one,"

she reluctantly informed him as she was softened up by the treats.

"I see... Hey, you dropped some money."

Liu Zheng patted her shoulder.

"Ah?"

The operator instinctively looked down to find two neat stacks of money lying on the pristine floor.

"This..."

She looked at the money, indecisive.

"You can pick it up first, if it’s not yours, you can return it to me later."

He kindly suggested.

"Okay, okay."

The operator crouched to pick up the money, meeting Liu Zheng’s teasing gaze as she stood up.

Her cheeks flushed red.

"Suppose I want to go to the 11th floor to deliver food, would you stop me?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"No, I was actually about to take you to the 11th floor,"

the operator said.

"Then let’s suppose further, if the food I’m delivering is very heavy and I need to use a vehicle to get it to the 11th floor, can this elevator accommodate it?"

He asked again.

"How big is the vehicle?"

"About the size of a tank."