Although today’s battle made her realize the importance of an increased mental power limit, for now she didn’t need to constantly face dangers like mutated giant beasts.
Xiang Ge still knew too little about the Pure Crystal’s abilities, and she needed to continue exploring.
Whether it could unlock other abilities or expand her spatial storage, either outcome would be more meaningful to her right now.
The blood-stained Pure Crystal slowly melted in Xiang Ge’s hand, eventually transforming into a pale white, slightly translucent soft sheet.
Xiang Ge spread it out carefully and examined it.
“…A face mask?”
The object looked very similar to the facial mask sheets she had used in the past.
“Don’t tell me it’s something that just makes your skin better…”
Her expression twisted with clear disgust. This was the wasteland world—becoming prettier only meant attracting more trouble, with no real use at all.
【Disguise Mask: Apply for five minutes, then remove it to randomly change your appearance. Washing your face with clean water will restore your original appearance. It also has whitening and skin-enhancing effects.】
A good item that could temporarily change one’s appearance!
Snap.
In the next second, the mask was already slapped onto Xiang Ge’s face.
Good things should be used immediately—this was one of Xiang Ge’s life principles.
And honestly, she really did need something like temporary disguise right now. This “blind box” had landed right in her heart’s sweet spot.
As for whitening and skin care, she simply treated them as side effects of the disguise mask.
Five minutes later, Xiang Ge removed the mask and took out her small mirror to look.
The mask could only change facial appearance, not bone structure.
She touched her face. Her eyes, nose, and mouth were still the same, but the skin texture and subcutaneous fat distribution had changed. Her complexion was slightly darker, and with deeper nasolabial folds and fine lines at the corners of her eyes, she looked ten years older.
If her real parents saw her, they might still recognize something—but with her current social circle, this disguise would easily fool anyone.
She washed her face with a basin of clean water, first gently splashing water onto her skin. The facial patterns seemed to loosen slightly, though not obviously.
She scrubbed harder, gradually rubbing away the discoloration in the lines.
Only after washing her face three full times did she completely remove the disguise.
Xiang Ge was extremely satisfied. The difficulty of removal, for her, was a plus—she wouldn’t have to worry about accidental rain or water exposure ruining her disguise.
Carefully storing the disguise mask into her spatial storage, her excitement still hadn’t faded.
With the ability to disguise herself, there was so much more she could do.
The mission to kill ants in the potato field had not yet been scheduled by Aoguang, meaning the timing was still uncertain.
Before that, she could fully complete the system task that required purifying ten people to a healthy radiation level in exchange for one Pure Crystal.
So far, she had opened two Pure Crystal “blind boxes”—one gave her space, one gave her the disguise mask. Both were priceless items that couldn’t be bought anywhere.
More importantly, Pure Crystals could also be used as energy to increase her mental power limit. To Xiang Ge, they were priceless treasures—she would never have too many.
On top of that, she could earn money by purifying people’s radiation levels while also collecting Pure Crystals from the system. Two incomes at once—pure profit.
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. Poverty made her unable to stay at home any longer.
Without hesitation, she used the disguise mask again, changed into an unremarkable appearance, and returned to the underground city with her backpack.
The underground city was a lawless, ownerless place where anyone could set up a stall.
Xiang Ge used her last dozen points to buy a piece of white cloth, a thick black marker, and a bottle of 100 vitamin pills.
At this point, she was completely broke—but she wasn’t worried.
She calmly found an empty spot, laid out the cloth, and wrote a large line:
【Paid radiation reduction service, priority for levels below 70.】
Xiang Ge only had 100 purification points.
If she treated high-radiation individuals, she would run out of points after just two or three people, making it impossible to reach her goal of ten.
So it was far more efficient to treat low-radiation individuals down to a healthy level. It would also let her reach the system reward faster.
In a place like the underground city, putting out such a sign was bound to cause a sensation—Xiang Ge was already mentally prepared for chaos.
She even planned what to do if someone used force: she would run.
If she couldn’t run, she would pretend to comply and escape later using her phoenix-like companion in a deserted place.
In short, anyone who captured her wouldn’t likely kill her—they would want to use her abilities.
And honestly, if the price was right, being “used” wasn’t entirely unacceptable.
She was fully prepared.
But reality proved she had overthought everything.
Not only did no huge commotion occur—after sitting there for half an hour, she didn’t even get a small ripple of attention.
Plenty of people passed by, but after reading her sign, most walked away expressionless.
A few even shot her contemptuous looks.
Xiang Ge didn’t understand. Xiang Ge scratched her head.
Finally unable to hold back, she asked the vendor across from her what was wrong with her business.
“Young lady, you’re so young—why do something like this scam business?
You’re selling purification medicine, right? Probably from some black market source?
In the underground city, there are eighty or a hundred people like you. Too many scammers, not enough fools left,” the aunt said angrily.
“Oh, I see. Thank you, auntie.”
Xiang Ge understood.
So there were too many fake purification sellers, and people assumed she was one of them.
She thought for a moment, then added a few more lines to her sign:
Not selling purification medicine. Only genuine formula. Works immediately. Tenfold compensation if fake!
The aunt across from her looked at the new text and shook her head silently.
Sigh. Young people these days just don’t listen.
This time, Xiang Ge’s stall finally attracted customers.
“Hey, another new scammer. And tenfold compensation too. Brother Biao, should we deal with her?”
Two burly men stopped in front of her stall.
“Little girl, you really aren’t selling fake purification medicine?”
The man called Brother Biao asked in a rough voice.
“I really don’t sell it. Big brother, want to try it? Guaranteed effect. No success, no payment. Tenfold compensation.”
Xiang Ge didn’t care about their suspicion and eagerly tried to attract customers.
Her purification points could cleanse radiation in seconds—everyone who used it said it was good!
Though so far, only she and Lu Changting had used it—but still, everyone said it was good!
“Fine. Since you say so, I’ll try it. How much?” Brother Biao decided quickly.
“No success, no charge. And if it works, you even get paid,” Xiang Ge said.
He wasn’t a hesitant man. With that deal—no risk and even possible profit—there was nothing to lose.