Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 490 - 485: This Place Is Too Strange

The attendant was taken aback, but soon replaced by a smile of happiness, "There’s no need to earn money here."

"Huh? Aren’t you working for free then?"

The attendant didn’t want to answer this question, his smile slightly unnatural, while the Wood Element Investigator looked at him with sympathy: "Sacrificing oneself willingly for capitalist 007 without expecting anything in return. Brother, you truly are a great philanthropist."

The best among the best of cow laborers...

Attendant: ...

As the Wood Element Investigator prepared to go out for a bath, the attendant’s gaze turned cold as he watched his back.

The Wood Element Investigator seemed unfazed, directly stepping into the bathtub already filled with water, relishing the shower.

Having gone over half a month without a change of clothes, he felt like he could drown a salty fish.

After washing a tub’s worth of water, looking at the darkened bath water, he sheepishly rose and called out to the nearby attendant, "How do I rinse this?"

The attendant immediately approached, pressed a switch nearby, and the dirty water gradually drained away. He then asked the Wood Element Investigator to step out and quickly refilled the tub with fresh water.

The Wood Element Investigator inquired, "Is there a shower? It’s too much hassle to bathe like this."

The attendant pulled open the curtain beside them, revealing a showerhead.

"Brother, you truly are a good person."

The attendant smiled and withdrew back into his position.

If one didn’t pay special attention to him, he’d almost transform into an invisible person.

The Wood Element Investigator showered while observing him through the nearby green plants within the room.

The attendant’s face bore a standard smile, his gaze directed towards the showering, akin to a motionless mannequin.

Honestly, it was somewhat creepy. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The Wood Element Investigator hurriedly rinsed off his body, too hurried to observe him further.

Just about to pull open the curtain...

The attendant had already appeared behind it, startling him, causing his pupils to shrink.

The attendant held a pristine bathrobe, smiling, "Your classmates are outside playing in the water, would you like to join?"

The Wood Element Investigator worked on calming himself, swallowed hard, and nodded.

He accepted the bathrobe from the attendant’s hand and wrapped himself in it, covering with goosebumps.

What a scare.

Besides Ji Ning and Huang Ying, nearly every investigator got a startled scare by them.

Inner radar buzzing.

Things here were far too eerie.

The maid serving Ji Ning seemed like the leader of these attendants.

Ji Ning noticed only she had a chip in the back of her head; the others didn’t, yet they were all Spiritual Ability Users.

In other continents, Spiritual Ability Users are a rare existence, but nearly everyone on Su Qiangwei’s private island is such.

Has the Eternal Life Sect gathered all those who have awakened spiritual abilities here?

The maid attempted to spiritually control her during bathing but was counter-controlled by her instead.

To prevent the maid from realizing and the pervasive Smart Brain from discovering her true identity, she used psychological suggestion and hypnosis.

Making the maid think she was already controlled, but in reality, it was the maid who was the controlled one.

Ji Ning extracted quite a bit of information from the maid’s mouth.

Among them was a surprising piece of news.

You Le turned out to be sought after by Ji Family Army’s temporary leader by name.

Ji Ning pondered over You Le’s background, an Immortal People’s grandfather, and missing parents.

If unsurprisingly, You Le’s parents might be among the right-wing forces.

Therefore, taking You Le had considerable value.

"What is a temporary leader?" Ji Ning asked.

"It’s the agent within Ji Family Army, responsible for leading all decisions within Ji Family Army before the Commander returns, acting as the highest official."

Ji Ning raised her brows, somewhat surprised, "Does the entire internal force within Ji Family Army listen to the agent’s orders?"

Currently, the internal forces within Ji Family Army don’t have a unified ideation, each force with its own little scheme, which can cause division.

"Yes, this is Ji Family Army’s founding purpose. Those who don’t heed the temporary leader are indiscriminately obliterated by organization members."

"If the Commander returns, would the agent willingly hand over the power?" asked Ji Ning, indifferently.

The maid hesitated for a moment and replied, "The agent must relinquish highest command power, or else they would be obliterated."

"How are they obliterated?"

"I don’t know." The maid slightly shook her head.

Ji Ning inquired a few other questions, but the maid knew very little, clearly having no access to high-level information of both Ji Family Army or Eternal Life Sect.

A 10th Rank Spiritual Ability User relegated here as a maid, not even as a manager; it seems the depths of Ji Family Army run very deep...

Ji Ning’s mind heightened vigilance.

***

After bathing and donning comfortable white clothes, a group of investigators was led to the dining hall.

The dining hall was large, with two very long dining tables placed right in the middle, resembling those in Magic Academy.

Exquisitely prepared food graced the white tablecloth, wafting aromas inducing a hearty appetite.

At this moment, many children were already dining in the restaurant.

Thoroughly well-behaved, each with a personal plate, they asked the servants for what they wished to eat.

No excessive noises during meals, only the sound of a servant playing the violin in the room.

The music harbored calming power, soothing and gentle, relieving anxiety and uplifting moods.

Warm lighting, dinnerware, decoration perfectly arranged from inside to outside, radiating resonating comfort, rendering oneself unwilling to disrupt the pleasant and beautiful scene in front of them.

Living in such an atmosphere long-term would make one reluctant to leave.

Ji Ning couldn’t help but glance at Ye Tong at the chief position, wondering if she’d resist such temptations.

Ye Tong smiled, set down the knife and fork, welcoming them in for a meal.

"Join us all together."

The attendants in the dining hall immediately pulled out the vacant chairs prepared for them.

Set the tables cloths and utensils.

Everything ran smoothly.

The attendants who waited on them for bathing also entered, preparing to serve them during meals.

Compared to the children at the opposite table, the investigators at this side were notably rough in actions.

Voices rang louder on this side.

One investigator crudely exclaimed, "Give me some rice, and drown it in more meat soup..."

Once this voice emerged, it wasn’t only the children at the other table who turned to look, even the nearby investigators were surprised by it.

Yet this northeastern-accented investigator maintained a calm facade, "What’s wrong? Isn’t there rice and meat soup?"

Ji Ning knew he was probing the people here, lightly choked, "I want a meat Bao Zi."

Ye Tong, at the chief position, glanced blankly at Ji Ning, and mildly told the attendant beside her, "Let the kitchen make meat buns and rice."

The food on the table appeared captivatingly exquisite but was predominantly Western cuisine, which for the northern Hua Continent citizens, lacked appeal compared to rice mixed with meat soup.

The investigators dined on only a little of what was before them, then stopped.

Who knows if the food contained drugs?

Only Ji Ning and Huang Ying ate with gusto.

These two didn’t have specific demands for food; Hua Continent or Western dishes suffice for them.

Ye Tong noticed most people in the hall finished dining and smiled while lifting a wine glass, "Children, let’s collectively welcome the new friends joining us."

The children at the opposite table uniformly raised their porcelain cups, smiling at them, collectively saying, "Welcome your joining."

The investigators paused momentarily, under the servant’s reminder, they correspondingly lifted their porcelain cups.

Yet a slight chill ran through everyone; these children’s expressions seemed too uniform, even their smiles appeared measured against a standard.

Either incredible brainwashing or subjected to specialized training.

"Children, go dissipate your meal. You two, come walk with me..."

Ye Tong’s sudden words drew collective side-glances.