Chapter 823: I’ll Deal with Jiang Ran
That was why her figure was on full display.
There was no need to rely much on imagination.
You could already see a curvy, sexy, and alluring body.
Perfectly complementing her face.
It wouldn't drag down her facial attractiveness just because of her figure.
She was wearing a black bikini, doing yoga on a yoga mat.
A woman's beauty requires hard work and sweat to maintain.
Even if your parents gave you a decent appearance, if you don't take good care of it later on,
you'll quickly sink into mediocrity.
The same goes for a person's inner self.
It needs careful tending, or else it'll spiral out of control.
Some people spiral into becoming the deranged serial killers that the public fears.
...
Building No. 1, Jia Tao's home.
Room 902.
Here were Jia Tao and his two companions—Ah Wei, and that mentally unstable, middle-aged man with his face painted stark white.
These three had also received the notification: as long as they killed Jiang Ran, their privilege level would be upgraded to 50.
Though it was tempting, every time these three thought back to their encounters with Jiang Ran and their mental understanding of him, the more they thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed.
That kind of guy—if anyone could kill him, they'd immediately become a legend.
Especially for someone like them, who had followed The Artist last time, dressed in White Ghost Face Mask attire, and ganged up on Jiang Ran only to barely escape with their lives.
Their fear of Jiang Ran was etched deep into their bones. That guy, facing off against a criminal group of dozens of people, could still slaughter them from all sides, directly scattering them. He was truly hard to imagine. Who the hell could kill someone like that?
Let alone Level 50, even Level 100.
It was useless.
The saying "heavy rewards bring brave men" completely didn't apply when the target was Jiang Ran.
Right now, the three of them weren't gathered here for anything else.
Just their daily routine.
Playing Dou Di Zhu.
Each of them, in the outside world, was what you'd call a so-called deranged criminal, a deranged serial killer. After being brought here by Alice Apartment,
even though they had escaped legal punishment and gained a certain degree of freedom,
the rule that they couldn't leave forced them to only entertain themselves within the apartment.
Every day, it was either eat and sleep, or sleep and eat.
When they woke up, they just found ways to kill time.
As for hunting down their ideal targets?
Don't joke around. Jia Tao's targets were couples. Were there any couples in the apartment?
Someone like Jia Tao, to put it bluntly, had a mental illness inside. If he were let loose in the outside world, he wouldn't be able to control the cravings of his heart and body. He'd go after couples.
But Alice Apartment had practically restricted him.
As for his two companions, their situations were pretty much the same.
"Let's play some games."
At this moment, Jia Tao pushed the cards in his hand onto the table.
He was already tired of playing Dou Di Zhu.
Ah Wei nodded: "Alright."
The two of them didn't plan to play mobile games. Instead, they went over to the two computer desks in the living room, sat down in the gaming chairs, and each opened a laptop.
The two laptops looked exactly the same, clearly a pair of twins. Each cost over ten thousand.
That was their living expenses for one month living in Alice Apartment.
The two played games. As for the over-fifty-year-old, white-powder-faced middle-aged man, he just sat blankly on the sofa.
...
"Hey, Manager, what's a lab rat? And this thing about killing a lab rat named Jiang Ran to get privilege directly upgraded to Level 50? Is there privilege here?"
It was now 7:30 PM.
Alice Apartment, Building No. 2.
First floor.
A young man in his twenties was standing in front of the management office window.
Staring at Manager Wu Meiling, who was inside listening to a novel and knitting a sweater.
He asked his question.
This young man had fairly long hair.
Kind of like the long hairstyle of many men in Cherry Blossom Country.
His clothing style was also leaning towards Japanese and Korean trends.
Furthermore, this young man was very peculiar.
His face had a relaxed expression, and his speech was filled with a sense of leisure and laziness.
Manager Wu Meiling, hearing this voice, looked up and stared at the young man.
This young man wasn't a lab rat; he was a deranged criminal and deranged serial killer who had just arrived this morning.
In other words, a new resident.
But generally, when this kind of new resident arrived at the apartment, they could only learn the following three pieces of information.
First: You cannot leave Alice Apartment, or you'll bear the consequences.
Second: Ten thousand in living expenses each month.
Third: You can do whatever you want inside the apartment.
Other than that, a free apartment with no need to pay water and electricity fees, property fees, internet fees, or any other miscellaneous charges.
As for anything else, if they wanted to know more, they'd have to use their own brains.
Of course, because Alice Apartment had sent out that message about successfully hunting Jiang Ran and getting privilege directly pulled up to Level 50,
the new residents also received this notification.
As for whether Manager Wu Meiling was interested or tempted by this Level 50 privilege...
Hmm... if she weren't the manager, she'd definitely be tempted.
Right now, she was the manager. Her current privilege was already enough for her to live comfortably in the apartment, so she didn't need it.
But just because she didn't need it, someone else definitely would.
What she never expected, though, was that a new resident who had just arrived this morning, who didn't understand anything yet and hadn't even gotten a grip on things, was already thinking about hunting Jiang Ran?
And what surprised her even more was that, although she hadn't been a manager for long, she had never encountered a new resident who was this kind of deranged criminal or deranged serial killer coming to ask her questions like this.
She looked at this young man with interest.
She smiled faintly: "This apartment regularly brings in lab rats. Lab rats are ordinary people from the outside world. Kill a lab rat, and you unlock privileges. The more lab rats you kill, the more privileges you get."
"As for Jiang Ran, he's currently the longest-surviving lab rat in this Alice Apartment."
"All you have to do is kill him, and you'll immediately surpass the old residents who have lived here for a very long time, and you'll even be in a leading position."
Manager Wu Meiling was clearly someone who loved to watch the excitement and didn't think it was too big a deal. She hoped this young man would go hunt Jiang Ran.
The young man slowly tilted his neck lazily and said: "I see. I understand."
"But if that's the case, killing one lab rat named Jiang Ran to get privilege directly upgraded to Level 50, surpassing all the old residents' privileges and even being far ahead, that means this lab rat should be very hard to kill. The challenge is extremely high."
Manager Wu Meiling listened and thought to herself, at least he's not an idiot.
Since he wasn't an idiot, then it wasn't interesting.
Smart people always act with hesitation and restraint.
The young man straightened up, standing still.
Although he was no longer leaning forward like before,
the way he stood up still carried a sense of laziness.
He said:
"Sometimes, people overthink things, to the point where solving a problem, they resort to very complicated methods. But in reality, no matter what problem you're solving, you can actually solve it with a very simple method. There's no need to complicate it."
"By the same logic, dealing with a person is no different."