Ch 68: Illusionary Realm
Shen Mengting walked out of the hotel, unexpectedly, the people from the Jianghua City Base, as if they already knew the news, were standing at the entrance to greet her.
Everyone shouted, “Beautiful girl Shen Mengting! Shen Mengting, the great hero!”
Shen Mengting raised her head; she wouldn’t be complacent because of these idiots’ praise.
It seems that her reputation is about to spread throughout Jianghua City. Perhaps other bases will scramble to contact the Minister to borrow her.
“Sigh, who understands the pain of the strong? Although the people here are weak, they are quite insightful.”
Shen Mengting saw their plane had landed not far away. She really wanted to go back now; the bed here was very uncomfortable.
She wanted to take the Jianghua City analysis report back and keep it well; its humor was comparable to a joke anthology.
Zhuang Tu sat beside her on the plane, his face slightly flushed. College students these days really wear their emotions on their sleeves.
Unexpectedly, he, who always had the same expression, was actually shy because of her. Truly, only beautiful girls in this world can get special treatment.
“Xiao Ting, I think you are the most beautiful and powerful person in the base. Can you give me a chance…?”
“Tutu, are you serious?”
Hilarious, Zhuang Tu could be so proactive, but he wasn’t quite her type. However, she might as well try this type.
“Xiao Ting, I’m serious. You are the most beautiful person I have ever seen.”
Shen Mengting’s eyes narrowed into a line, and she unconsciously laughed out loud on the plane.
As if because of her good mood, even the boring flight passed in a flash. They had arrived in Jinglian City. Indeed, the world revolved around her.
The Leader and the Minister were already waiting outside the plane, with all the base Captains behind them.
They carefully studied the Jianghua City report and found that Subject 1 was the most powerful zombie, and anyone else would likely have been killed.
It was unexpected that the powerful Subject 1 could be killed by their own people, and she was the one who had achieved this great feat.
Everyone looked at her with adoring eyes; Shen Mengting even felt that she should be the base’s Leader.
“Mengting, you’ve worked hard. It’s because of you that the enemy of all mankind was eliminated. I want to appoint you as the Deputy Leader of the base.”
“Mengting, the Logistics Department has prepared a sumptuous victory feast for you today. Go eat now!”
“I want to go back to my room to wash up first. I feel like I’ve smelled bad the whole way with Brother Lin…”
Shen Mengting suddenly remembered, did she smell bad along the way…? She didn’t seem to have smelled anything bad.
She turned to look behind her. Wang Lin, Xia Lian, and Lan Xing were still standing there, but she found that the two zombies no longer had any smell.
“Could it be that I have a stuffy nose?”
Shen Mengting hurried back to her room. This room was much more luxurious than the one in Jianghua City. Although she didn’t smell anything bad, she was going to attend her victory feast soon.
A beautiful girl must smell sweet to be dazzling!
Shen Mengting hummed a little tune while taking a shower. She didn’t expect the Leader to appoint her as Deputy Leader. All her efforts along the way were worthwhile!
She dried herself with a soft bath towel and then admired herself naked in the mirror.
It was the firm softness unique to young girls. Thanks to this apocalypse, she could obtain such a powerful Special Ability.
She chose her most formal skirt and walked towards the restaurant.
Along the way, the base members marveled at her beauty, their eyes filled with admiration and enthusiasm.
The moment she reached the restaurant, everyone’s eyes followed her as she slowly walked to the center stage.
A pyramid of wine glasses was displayed there, and the Leader was looking at her with a smile, waiting for the ceremony to begin.
The Leader took her hand and smiled, announcing to everyone, “Shen Mengting is the most powerful person in the base. This time, she went to Jianghua City and eliminated the most dangerous Mutated Species. Her deeds are known to all bases. I announce that Shen Mengting will serve as the Deputy Leader of the Jinglian City Ability User Base.”
The applause erupted from the audience, and Shen Mengting smiled, accepting everyone’s praise.
She saw several handsome guys in the base crowding the front row, just to catch a glimpse of her beauty today.
Their eyes were filled with admiration, longing, confusion, terror…
What’s going on? Why are their eyes filled with terror…?
Not only the handsome guys in the front row, but everyone in the audience looked at her with the same look. The applause stopped, and only Shen Mengting was puzzled on stage.
The Leader beside her also looked shocked, as if looking at a monster.
Shen Mengting looked around; she didn’t understand what was happening. The pyramid of wine glasses reflected her figure, that of a sallow-faced middle-aged woman.
Shen Mengting was startled and hurriedly looked at her hands. They were no longer the soft, tender hands of a young girl.
Her joints were full of wrinkles from sagging skin, and she could even see faint age spots on the back of her hands.
As if remembering something, Shen Mengting frantically ran off the stage. Her high heels were very inconvenient at this moment. She threw off her shoes, revealing a pair of feet with thick calluses, and quickly ran towards her room.
As soon as she entered the bathroom, she closed her eyes and prayed constantly in front of the mirror, hoping that when she opened her eyes, the mirror wouldn’t reflect the familiar face.
She opened her eyes expectantly, a middle-aged woman with a haggard face, wearing a hairstyle that didn’t match her age and a girlish skirt, looking comical in the mirror.
“Ah!”
Shen Mengting grabbed the toner next to her and smashed it against the mirror. Although the mirror shattered, countless fragments reflected the image of a disheveled middle-aged woman.
“How could this be… Why did it revert!”
Shen Mengting tried to use her Special Ability on herself. This was the most valuable use she had discovered for her ability.
When she got 【Reorganization】, she tried many different ways to use it.
As she became more skilled, she could instantly eliminate her opponents, and because of the different reorganizations each time, no one could see through what she had actually done.
In the apocalypse, she met a colleague from her work unit, a girl who had just graduated three years ago.
She graduated from a prestigious university, had high emotional intelligence, and outstanding work ability. The company even let that girl take the position of Deputy General Manager. Shen Mengting had worked overtime day and night for this promotion!
Shen Cuirong barged into the leader’s office. She couldn’t understand why she had given almost all her time to the company, but that young woman ended up taking her place.
Unexpectedly, the leader only said that the girl was very excellent, and the Deputy General Manager often had to deal with clients; the company wanted to choose someone who looked better.
Shen Cuirong understood that men liked young and pretty women; her efforts were meaningless.
In the apocalypse, she used her Special Ability on that girl, “I want you to be fat! I want you to age! I want you to die ugly!”
As if venting her inner resentment, in the apocalypse, Shen Mengting did what she had always wanted to do.
Unexpectedly, she succeeded. The girl, still elegant in her misery, her body swelled under the effects of her Special Ability, her face filled with terror, wrinkles and dark spots making her no longer endearing.
Her hair turned from black to withered white, like an old woman in her twilight years, hunched over, her cloudy eyes filled with despair, she fell into a corner of the city, uncared for.
Shen Cuirong was extremely excited. Her Special Ability could actually reorganize cells. Since she could make someone age, could it also make her younger?
