Chapter 44 Underground Supermarket (4)

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Wang Linlin was completely stunned this time, but Yi Han was in no hurry to call her before finding the next frightening point. He carried her upstairs like a chicken, found a shopping cart in the supermarket, and stuffed her in.

The cart was a bit small. After Wang Linlin sat in it, her limbs were hanging outside, and her head was hanging on her chest, as if she was dead. Yi Han pushed the cart and walked around the supermarket with an expressionless face. He looked like a perverted murderer who was looking for the right tools to dismember a body...

After passing through several areas including vegetables and meat, milk and ice cream, and kitchen utensils, I quickly completed the exploration of this floor.

The supermarket exit is right in front of us. In front of the exit is a row of self-service cash registers. There are no manual cash registers and no supermarket employees.

Can I get out of this floor without finding a key?

Yi Han felt that it shouldn’t be that simple.

He reached out and searched Wang Linlin's body, then took her cell phone.

After unlocking the phone with my fingerprint and opening the app, I saw the system prompt I had received not long ago.

[You have arrived at the supermarket exit. Please place your purchased items on the counter. After checking out, go upstairs with your shopping receipt.]

Items purchased?

It turns out that players also have a task to purchase goods?

Yi Han was an assisting player and Jian Lin was a ghost player, neither of them received any relevant prompts. Wang Linlin never said anything, so they didn't know.

It seems that in order to get out of this underground supermarket, you have to get the correct goods as required.

Yi Han swiped through Wang Linlin's app again, and finally found the relevant instructions in the initial task instructions.

[You and your boyfriend are going to make a beef curry for dinner, so you go to the supermarket to buy ingredients together...]

When Yi Han entered the "closed classroom" for beginners, there was only one sentence telling him the time limit for clearing the level. Wang Linlin's description had this extra paragraph, and she probably thought it was just a simple background introduction so she didn't pay attention to it, but in fact, it was a reminder from the system for players to purchase goods.

"So you want to buy curry and beef?" Jian Lin came over and saw the message and asked.

"The curry is in the condiment area downstairs. I'll go downstairs again and get the beef when I come back up." Yi Han handed the cart to Jian Lin, went back to the escalator alone, and went downstairs.

After returning to the -2 floor, I quickly found the condiment area where I was originally located according to my memory.

Taking the curry from the shelf, Yi Han's ears moved and he suddenly heard some subtle sounds.

It was not yet 22:00, so it stood to reason that no truly lethal ghosts would appear.

Although this was just a novice level, Yi Han still remained cautious. After putting away the curry, he held the chain in his hand and slowly walked in the direction where the sound came from.

After passing a few rows of empty shelves, behind the condiment area are some bulk snacks and toys, and behind them are toiletries and some small accessories. The sound came from here.

The supermarket was quiet, with only some movement behind the shelf. The closer I got, the more certain I was that there must be something there.

Yi Han did not make any footsteps. The chain in his hand was taut, ready to shoot at any time.

However, after he turned around the shelf selling hair accessories, he saw...

Two petite female ghosts were putting on makeup in front of a small mirror on top of the shelf.

Yi Han was stunned, and the two female ghosts saw him.

The two ghosts were applying pale white liquid foundation on their faces. When they saw Yi Han appear next to the shelf, they did not make any attacking moves and even greeted him in a friendly manner.

Yi Han: ………?

This is Jian Lin’s colleague...

He suddenly remembered this.

It seems that the ghosts have figured out that he and Jian Lin are in cahoots, or maybe Jian Lin just explained it in the work group... Anyway, these two ghosts seemed to automatically classify Yi Han as a colleague's family member, and had no intention of targeting him at all. They were even quite polite to him, which made Yi Han feel a little embarrassed to beat them up...

"There are still more than ten minutes until 10 p.m., let's touch up our makeup first." Female Ghost 1 said to Yi Han while applying setting powder.

"Yeah, but you guys pass the levels really quickly. I don't know if you'll have a chance to show up for us." Female Ghost 2 also said. After applying the foundation, she took a bright red plasma bag in her hand and applied it under her eyes and nose.

"Ah, the hair at the back is tangled with the buttons. Help me remove it!" Female ghost 1 also finished applying the makeup quickly, and then draped all her hair in front of her face, but it was suddenly caught and she screamed.

"I have no hands now!" said the female ghost 2 helplessly, with blood all over her face and hands.

The female ghost 1 had no choice but to look to Yi Han for help.

Yi Han: ………

...I always feel like something is wrong with this situation.

Yi Han put away the chain and went forward to help the ghost girl untie the hair that was tangled in the button, but he had never done this before... and he hurt her by pulling it.

"Ouch, ouch...slow down, slow down."

Yi Han had no choice but to untie it slowly, removing his long hair bit by bit.

"Don't wear this dress next time. I feel like it gets tangled in my hair every time I wear it. It would be embarrassing if it gets tangled when I'm scaring players!" said the female ghost 2 earnestly.

"Okay." The female ghost 1 covered her scalp, tears welling up in her eyes due to the pain from Yi Han pulling her head.

After a few minutes, the hair was finally completely free of the button, but there were still a lot of broken hair that Yi Han had pulled off on the button.

Female ghost 2 came over to take a look, then gave female ghost 1 and Yi Han a sympathetic look respectively.

To the female ghost 1: I feel sorry for your hair. To Yi Han: I feel sorry for you, a single guy... After all, this unfamiliar way of combing hair shows that he has never had a girlfriend.

Yi Han: …………

It was almost time now, and more than ten minutes had passed since Yi Han went downstairs.

When he was about to leave, two female ghosts suddenly called him.

"It seems that a special item has been refreshed in today's game. You probably haven't got it yet? Come on, we'll take you to get it."

"Yes, I saw it refreshed upstairs before the game started. Good things should be kept within the family!"

Yi Han was stunned again, and before he could react, two female ghosts with makeup on were already leading the way.

NPCs cannot take this kind of special item that appears in the game, but if players take it, the NPCs will not be deducted points, so the two of them enthusiastically pulled Yi Han upstairs.

Three people(?) walked down the escalator and returned to the -1 floor.

After turning a few corners, we came to the refrigerated cabinet selling yogurt. One of the female ghosts recalled briefly, then moved a few boxes of yogurt, revealing a corner of glimmering paper underneath.

As NPCs, although they could help Yi Han find things because he was a colleague's family member, they could not really hand the special items to him personally. They could only guide Yi Han to get them in a roundabout way.

Yi Han reached out and took out the paper.

【Recipe: Oden】

Incorporate it into a blank recipe and you'll see its beneficial effect: increased affinity.

Seeing this buff, Yi Han suddenly thought of the Ring of Terror he got in the last game. After he came out of the "board game", he took off the ring, and later found a lanyard to hang it on, but because he didn't enter the game, he never wore it.

Now that he was in the level, the time seemed to be about right. Yi Han conjured up two ice creams and gave them to the two NPC female ghost girls as a thank you. After saying goodbye temporarily, he put the fear ring pendant around his neck.

Then he went to the fresh food area to get the beef, found a scale, weighed it, put a price tag on it, and then returned to Jian Lin. At this time, Wang Linlin was still slumped in the cart and hadn't woken up.

I put the curry and beef on the self-service checkout machine, and the screen showed that the two items totaled 20 points.

As a new player, Wang Linlin naturally had no points, but Yi Han did, but he certainly would not help to advance the payment. According to the normal process here, players are expected to complete some small tasks in the level to earn points before paying, but Yi Han thought it was troublesome to wait for Wang Linlin to wake up and then earn points, so he took the initiative to use her mobile phone to advance the payment. After the payment was successful, the two received the shopping receipt.

This round was considered completed, but it was still early and Wang Linlin's GPA had not been fully drained. Yi Han felt that he couldn't just pass the level like this.

The two discussed it for a while, hid the receipt first, and pushed the cart carrying Wang Linlin to the customer service center near the cashier area. This is both the exit and entrance of the supermarket, where they can deposit items for customers and find lost items. A middle-aged male NPC stood at the counter and greeted them warmly when he saw them coming.

Opposite the service counter is a row of snack bars. The signs say things like kebabs and hot dry noodles, but according to Jian Lin, this is the last scare point before players leave the level after successfully clearing it. The NPCs in the bars will make all kinds of scary food and sell them, such as spicy finger food, eyeball kebabs, etc...

It was just 10 p.m. and there were a few NPCs loitering behind the window. One of them, who was selling grilled squid, looked somewhat familiar.

Yi Han thought about it briefly and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen this person before.

At that time, he bought a door in the main god space and got a 10-minute chance to explore the outside world. He followed the crowd and found a night market near his residence, where he was given a portion of grilled squid by an uncle selling grilled squid.

Yi Han didn't eat the squid, but he remembered the enthusiastic boss's look... and the boss in front of him clearly recognized him and greeted him happily.

"Little brother, nice to see you again, would you like another serving of squid?"

"...Ah, the dark dishes that everyone made to scare the players were all fake props. In fact, normal meals can also be made here. We often eat supper here when we are on duty." Jian Lin hurriedly explained.

Yi Han nodded for some unknown reason.

They were now preparing to wait in the checkpoint until midnight. Since they were going to stay there anyway, the two of them sat down in front of the window. The uncle turned on the stove and started grilling squid for them.

Yi Han actually found it a bit strange, because when he first met this uncle, he had only passed the first one-star dungeon, and this guy was already a veteran player at the time... How could he die and become an NPC, and his duty station was actually in this low-level novice level?

He had a hunch that there was some hidden story, but it was not easy to ask about such things. The uncle saw his doubts but just gave him a mysterious smile.

In a few minutes, the squid was grilled. Yi Han and Jian Lin ate the grilled squid slowly while chatting with the NPCs.

In this eerie atmosphere where players and ghosts coexist harmoniously, the time comes to 11 p.m.

Wang Linlin woke up slowly.

Seeing this, Yi Han winked at the NPCs around him.

The ghosts immediately returned to their respective posts and tidied up their appearance.

The NPCs in the open are dressed like ordinary people, while the NPCs in secret are dressed like ghosts.

The ghosts took their positions, laughing sinisterly and fixing their eyes on the little white flower.

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