The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 118

Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Is This Progress Broken? Why Isn’t It Moving?

Shen Lu threw herself against the warehouse door, making it rattle with a loud CLANG.

Even then, the company’s alarms hadn’t gone off. Shen Lu figured the intruder must have disabled the security cameras in this area.

The person who had snatched the nutrient liquid fired something at the window. With a BOOM, the glass shattered, and the company’s alarm finally blared to life.

Shen Lu glanced back at the man and saw that he didn’t leave through the broken window. Instead, he headed up to the second floor.

’A feint?’

Shen Lu got to her feet. She didn’t have time to worry about what someone else was up to. The most urgent task was to get out of the pharmaceutical company.

Otherwise, she’d be caught in the act. After all, she wasn’t the real janitor, and any questioning would surely expose her.

After a moment’s thought, Shen Lu headed for the second floor as well.

She planned to slip past the security guards responding to the alarm and walk right out the back door as if she belonged there.

While on the second floor, Shen Lu happened to glance out the window and saw that the janitor she was impersonating had actually returned!

’Damn it, I can’t use this identity anymore.’

Fortunately, the Nanometer Super Realistic Mask wasn’t fixed to one identity and could be changed at will during use. Shen Lu could just switch to a different face.

The sound of countless footsteps echoed up from the first-floor warehouse, and some were already heading for the second floor.

The thief who had gone up ahead of her to steal the nutrient liquid was already gone. Clutching her wildly pounding heart, Shen Lu slipped into an unlocked room.

It was a breakroom. A table against the wall was laid out with various small snacks, tea, coffee, and other items.

Shen Lu steadied her nerves and quickly thought about whose face she should switch to.

She hadn’t seen many people since entering the pharmaceutical company. The only ones she remembered clearly were the female janitor and the researcher who’d asked her to move the nutrient liquid.

After a moment of indecision, Shen Lu chose the former.

’Low-level staff like that are the least conspicuous.’

There was a security camera in the breakroom, but only one. Besides, the cleaning staff wore uniforms with hats and masks. Shen Lu had deliberately avoided the camera when she entered, making sure it didn’t capture her face.

Shen Lu quickly changed her face, and her physique shifted to match.

The female janitor’s build was similar to the male one’s, just a few centimeters shorter. Without close observation, no one would notice anything was wrong.

Just as Shen Lu finished her transformation, the breakroom door was thrown open.

"Who’s in here!" A company security guard strode in, roughly spun Shen Lu around, and tore off her mask.

"I... I came to clean the breakroom..." Shen Lu feigned fright, her voice trembling.

’I have no idea what the real female janitor’s personality is like. I hope I’m not breaking character.’

The guard frowned and tossed the mask back at her. "Nothing to do with you. Get back to work."

"Yes, of course."

’Looks like he didn’t notice anything was off.’

Shen Lu kept up the act. After the guard left, she waited a little longer, then put her mask back on and walked out.

Carrying a bag of trash, she walked out the back door right under the noses of the searching guards.

Shen Lu didn’t dare let her guard down even after stepping out the back door. Only after tossing the trash into a dumpster did she find a deserted spot and deactivate the mask.

"Phew..."

Shen Lu let out a long sigh of relief. Her forehead and back were drenched in cold sweat.

She had thought this would be a simple, uneventful reconnaissance mission. But then a thief showed up to steal nutrient liquid, and if that wasn’t enough, he had to cause a huge commotion that nearly got her caught.

She couldn’t stay here any longer. Shen Lu prepared to head back to the Lower City District.

She checked the progress of her hidden mission. To her utter disbelief, it was still at 5%!

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