Chapter 140 Blind Box Paradise

In card-drawing games, the European Emperor is always the most loved and hated character.

After all, not everyone has that fate.

But guys who are more unlucky than you are undoubtedly the perfect material for watching the fun.

After all, not everyone has that fate.

Tong Yao could never have imagined that she could actually watch Qiao Song's fun!

That was Qiao Song, who had made countless ghosts and players feel ashamed! Now he and his brother were forced to live under someone else's roof, and they had to depend on her for food.

Tong Yao picked up the blind box she had drawn, without even thinking about opening hers. She just leaned her head over to look at Qiao Song.

The blind boxes produced by the blind box mall are relatively smart. After entering the amount in the purchasing machine, you will only get one box for the time being.

The packaging boxes vary depending on the product. The one representing the elevator ticket is a rectangular and slightly flat metal package.

Someone is already opening a blind box next to you. By clicking the button on the blind box, you can choose to open one, five, ten, twenty, or even more at a time.

There is absolutely no hiding how low the winning rate of this crappy machine is.

Most of the players waiting for the elevator here are experienced, and the light spots of the holographic projection illuminate their calm faces.

As for drawing cards, as long as you do it a few more times, you will roughly know how many times you need to draw to win.

One by one, the rotating cards are accompanied by the whooshing sound of special effects.

Someone opened seven 10-draw drawers in a row and finally saw a golden ticket flying out from a pile of gray and white tickets.

Amidst waves of happy exclamations, the elevator door opened and those who had drawn tickets began to get on the bus one after another.

Only a large group of people were left in the waiting area, and they continued to draw blind boxes from the metal boxes in their hands.

How should I put it? It has a kind of magical beauty.

If it takes a short time, it means you are lucky.

Based on past experience and their own financial situation, most people would usually choose to spend 30 to 100 soul coins to get a ticket for a blind box that costs 20 soul coins.

Although no one has calculated the true guaranteed probability, it is basically a consensus that no matter how bad your luck is, you can get a ticket out of 100 draws.

After all, the mall has 188 floors and is so large that you have to take the elevator frequently. Anyway, a ticket can be used for 24 hours, so two thousand soul coins is not a sky-high price.

But there are also sky-high ticket prices...

"If I'm not mistaken, that light over there has been flickering for a while?"

The elevator leaves every 10 minutes, and the space inside can be changed freely, so there will be no situation where the elevator leaves when it is full. It basically departs from a fixed point.

At this moment, the players waiting in the elevator were whispering outside.

After all, I haven't seen such an unlucky guy for a long time.

He's also a very rich unlucky guy.

Qiao Song calmly chose the highest amount, 20 draws at a time, but he used up all his chances without seeing any trace of the receipt.

She stretched out her hand to draw the blind box, but Xiao Ni took the lead and handed over his iron box.

"Sister Qiao Song, why don't you use mine?"

Xiao Ni only spent 30 draws to get the ticket, making him one of the luckiest guys.

Tong Yao, who was watching the fun nearby, covered her mouth, not daring to laugh too loudly, and reminded them: "No, when you buy a blind box, the prize is already bound to the soul of the buyer, and it cannot be transferred to other people."

Tong Nan, who was standing next to him, added gloatingly: "Waste can be given away."

The waste product in the ticket blind box, also known as the non-ticket receipt, is a piece of grayish-white paper.

It says [Thank you for your contribution to the charity project of Blind Box Mall].

After drawing the blind box, there is usually a small delete button in the corner of the box, which can delete the waste with one click.

Some players once complained that such a huge shopping mall was probably built with the money earned from players drawing cards.

Aunt Huo and Tang Xiaoxiao had also finished drawing cards and had basically gotten their tickets.

Qiao Song, however, took his time, as if he was used to it, and silently continued to stuff the large bills into the small iron box.

For a series of blind boxes, you only need to queue up to buy it once. As long as no prizes are given out, the number of card draws for the box can be refreshed without having to queue up again.

A few minutes later, Qiao Song, who appeared to be calm and composed but actually didn't want to count how much money he had spent, finally entered the so-called three-dimensional elevator with the golden ticket.

Tong Yao didn't even dare to laugh secretly, the amount was so huge that she was afraid she would be beaten if she made a sound.

Clearing her throat, she took the initiative to tell Qiao Song and the others how to use the tickets.

"Don't you have the address given by uncle? Enter the coordinates and the elevator will teleport us directly there."

The three-dimensional metal elevator box is more like a subway car, and even has seats against the walls.

The elevator, which runs every ten minutes, slowly closes its door after the time is up.

Qiao Song entered the coordinate number that Fan Xi gave him, and a three-dimensional map lit up next to the metal door of the elevator.

[There are 26 destinations in this round of travel. Please hold on tight. The next stop is Shop 028 on the 13th floor, Mushroom Candy House. Passengers who want to get off, please be prepared in advance.]

[The elevator door is closing. Please sit tight and hold on to the elevator. Follow the civilized elevator rules. Do not run around or damage the elevator. Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences. ]

Elevators, like buses, will announce the next stop one by one.

Qiao Song and his friends were going to the auspicious paper-making shop at No. 44 on the 44th floor.

Xiao Ni, who came to the blind box mall for the first time, quickly chose a window seat as if he was riding on a sightseeing bus after being reminded by Tong Nan.

The three little guys sat side by side, and without knowing when, their relationship became much more relaxed than before.

Qiao Song and Aunt Huo also picked a seat.

The design of the three-dimensional elevator is more like a sightseeing elevator. Except for the metal corners, the rest of the area is made of transparent materials, so you can directly see the scene outside.

The elevator will count the floors and stops according to the ticket, first rise straight up to the target floor, and then glide forward in the long corridor like an indoor bus.

Qiao Song stared closely at the shops on both sides and could clearly see that the shops were very far apart from each other.

Each door is decorated differently, and except for one door, most of the walls are white.

At most, there will be a plaque next to it with the name of the store directly written on it.

Tang Xiaoxiao remembered that Jin Jiaqi had a very small shop on the top ninety floors.

"It would be nice if I knew how much soul coins were spent to rent it."

Unfortunately, Jin Jiaqi kept silent about the details such as the rent.

Qiao Song quickly deduced, "The higher up you go, the cheaper the rent should be. Since there's a charge for the elevator, that means most players have this need."

But you don’t necessarily have to spend the money.

Coming out of the parking lot, there is a traditional staircase, which means that you can find your destination by manpower, but the map is too large and walking on it is too tiring.

Soon, they arrived at the Mushroom Candy House at No. 028 on the 13th floor, and a player got out of the elevator and entered the store.

This store is just like its name. From the door to the counter, you can see a large number of colorful mushrooms scattered throughout the store.

Tang Xiaoxiao suddenly said: "The items sold in these stores seem to be materials produced in some copies."

As expected, those players started drawing blind boxes after entering the store, but the things they drew were obviously not props.

Are there so few stores selling props?

A man behind Qiao Song and the others suddenly spoke up: "The upstairs is different from the downstairs. The 100th floor mainly sells general items. If you need special items like props, you still have to go to the 88th floor downstairs."

Seeing someone looking back at him, the other person took off his hat and nodded, "Hello, I just noticed that this friend seemed to have spent a lot of money on buying tickets, so I guess this should be your first time to the blind box mall."

He put his hat on his chest and pointed outside with his chin.

"In fact, if you are unlucky, you don't have to insist on buying elevator tickets. Floors 0 to 5 are all shops selling transportation. You can go and buy some carriages, bicycles and other means of transportation."

Xiao Ni was dumbfounded: "Driving in the mall?"

The man explained: "There are special passages. Our elevator uses the elevator rail transit. There is a special bicycle passage over there, and there is also a flight tool passage."

Qiao Song suddenly asked: "Do we need to charge a fee to use these channels?"

The man clapped his hands and exclaimed, "You really guessed it right!"

"The right to use the channel also requires a blind box draw, but this one has at least a 50% chance of being produced, and the time limit for use is the same as the elevator ticket, which is valid for 24 hours."

"In the first five levels, buy blind boxes of transportation. The cheaper the items, the higher the chance of explosion. For example, if you buy a bicycle, the chance of explosion is at least 70%."

That's why he said that Qiao Song had wasted his money. If he had walked to the first five floors to buy transportation and then got a blind box for the passage, it would only cost a few hundred or a thousand yuan at most, which would solve the transportation problem.

Qiao Song looked him up and down.

"Just say what you want to say. I think you have done enough to prepare for it. If it's any later, we will have to get off the bus."

The man chuckled: "You are more open-minded."

He pulled open his leather coat, revealing that his entire body was cluttered with scrolls hanging on both sides.

“To be honest, I have a very detailed mall map here, which directly marks many low-priced blind box sales places. You don’t have to worry about wasting too much money. You will never suffer a loss or be cheated on high-priced and low-explosion blind boxes!”

Qiao Song reached out and picked up a scroll on his coat and took a look at it.

As expected, the cover wrote several life-type locations such as [food, toilet, sleeping area], which are the locations where the cheap blind boxes can be drawn.

But I can't open it and can't see the specific content.

Qiao Song took the scroll and put it back: "Name a price."

The man grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. "Well, I see you're not short of money. Would you like a complete life map? Including food, clothing, housing, transportation, and blind box markings of basic living supplies on the 100th floor. By the way—"

He stretched out his tone, as if sharing some secret, and then lowered his voice: "We will also give away some props blind box store coordinates on the 88th floor underground. Many players who play this dungeon twice or three times come here for this."

"You should know that in the blind box mall, you don't have to pay for anything except breathing air. You need to draw a blind box for food, daily necessities, and even if you want to find a bed to take a nap, you need to draw a blind box. Instead of wasting money on trial and error, it is better to just buy a useful map."

Tang Xiaoxiao blinked her eyes and looked very excited: "Uncle, how much does a map like this cost?"

The man seemed to think about it for a few seconds, and looked at Tang Xiaoxiao: "How about this, since you are a student, I will give you a discount."

"One price, only fifty-eight thousand soul coins!"

Xiao Ni had been nodding his head at first, but his jaw dropped immediately: "How much?"

"Fifty-eight thousand?!"

Qiao Song just drew the elevator ticket and spent nearly ten thousand yuan with an expressionless face. It was obvious that he was a big complainer who had plenty of money but bad luck.

The man didn't want to miss this group of people, so he said with a troubled expression: "A map that all of you can use. How about this, fifty-one, no less. This map was made by our team collecting information and it took a lot of effort."

Qiao Song spoke silently at this time:

"There should be a store selling maps in the mall. Can't you afford the rent, or don't you have the qualifications to open a store?"

The man who was ready to bargain changed his expression slightly:

"That's not true. The things sold in the store are definitely more expensive than mine. They also have to pay for renting the store."

Qiao Song glanced at the floor the elevator had reached and continued to ask:

"Then how can I confirm the accuracy of your map? There's not even a store. If there's something wrong with the map, how can I find you?"

The man seemed to have guessed what she would say: "Didn't you buy an elevator ticket? Within 24 hours, we can wander around the 100 floors above ground. The names of every store correspond to my map."

Xiao Ni also realized something was wrong at this time, and he chimed in: "No, what about the 88th floor underground?"

The man spread his hands indifferently: "Those coordinates are free, at least the props are definitely there. If I dared to lie, I would have been hunted down in the mall long ago. How could I dare to sit in the elevator and sell maps everywhere?"

Seeing the people on the other side were silent, the man licked his lips dryly and moistened his throat: "If you think it's too expensive, I can make it a little cheaper, but not too much cheaper. After all, the cost is here. You know, the maps in the mall are much more expensive than mine."

Qiao Song thought for a moment and said, "Then have one."

Seeing the man's happy face, she added, "Give me the cheapest supply map."

The man's face fell immediately. "That's all you want? There will only be places with extremely cheap prices, a lot of people, and extremely crowded places. Hey, you guys look like you're all high-level players. If you really want to waste your time going to that kind of place..."

[Ding, next stop is the 44th floor. Passengers who are about to get off, please prepare in advance]

The metal elevator closed again, sending off several more players who had arrived at the station.

Qiao Song knocked on the metal handrail.

"We're about to get off the bus, are you going to sell it or not?"

The man gritted his teeth and said, "That's fine. I'll sell it to you at a low price. Just as a friend, 8,800 yuan a piece."

Qiao Song said calmly: "Three thousand."

"I'll lose money if it's that cheap! Six thousand six at most!"

Qiao Song didn't even raise his eyelids: "Two thousand."

"No, no, your price is too low. You can't bargain like this. Three thousand eight!"

"one thousand."

"Didn't you say three thousand before? Three thousand is three thousand!"

"Eight hundred. If not, we will get off immediately."

With a ding, the metal elevator door opened.

Aunt Huo and Tang Xiaoxiao have already started moving towards the door.

The man's face turned pale and blue, and he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Eight hundred is eight hundred, I really lost a lot of money doing this business..."

The money was exchanged for the goods. After the deal was reached, although the man had a gloomy face, he still gave Qiao Song his contact information before getting out of the car.

As Qiao Song got off the car with the map in his hand, he saw people standing in front of the material shop.

"Sister Qiao Song, you are so good at bargaining!" Xiao Ni was the first to praise.

Tong Nan, who was standing by, saw that he was flattering him wholeheartedly and asked Qiao Song in confusion, "You can already tell that he is a liar, so why are you still buying maps?"

Qiao Song put away the map that Ba Bai bought first.

"The expensive ones may indeed be fake, but the cheapest ones are not fake."

She dialed the contact number and waited for the people in the paper-folding shop to come out to pick them up.

"Since that person was doing business in the elevator, and was targeting newcomers who had just come out of the parking lot and were riding the elevator for the first time, it was definitely not his first time."

There was one thing he said that was right.

"He dared to do business here, but he was not hunted down. At least he didn't cheat people in some places. There are many places in this mall where you have to spend money, so the people who buy cheap maps should be the most. He doesn't dare to fake this."

As for the most expensive one, I can’t say it’s fake, but it’s definitely a big scam.

Tong Yao smacked her lips and said, "You're quite smart. The map sold by that player should be cheaper than the one sold in the mall. After all, the rent in the mall is very expensive."

As for why I sold the expensive map but was not troubled, there are two possibilities.

"The detailed map of daily necessities he sold should be mostly correct, but the information about the shops with props on the so-called 88th underground floor is still questionable. If the seller is dead, of course we can't find any trouble with him."

Anyone willing to spend this money must have the ability to explore the 88 underground floors.

Qiao Song thought for a moment and said, "There must be someone who can make it through alive. As for why no one bothered him, could it be that he can't come up after going down? Or is it inconvenient to come up, and the cost of defending his rights and hunting him down is too high?"

Tong Yao stopped talking.

She silently exchanged glances with Tong Nan at the back of the team.

It’s decided that I won’t cause any trouble to Qiao Song anymore.

Although this guy is unlucky, his brain is scary.

The two stupid little paper figures decided that they would learn Xiao Ni’s survival spirit from now on.

Compared to the previous floor where the brightly colored candy house was located, the environment on this floor is relatively dark. It seems that most of the NPCs who opened shops here came from Chinese horror dungeons.

In the distance, you can still see red lanterns, and not far away, there is a wedding shop with suonas and sedan chairs hanging, but it doesn’t look as big as the paper-making shop.

After waiting for a while, they finally saw the locked door open.

The auspicious paper-making shop at No. 44 doesn’t seem to be open very often. Although it occupies such a large space in the mall, it seems to be busy with other orders.

The clerk was an old lady with a pale face, and the skeleton and structure of the paper man could be clearly seen.

"It's Yaoyao and Xiaonan."

"Hello, Grandma Yi!"

The boys and girls called out affectionately.

Compared to the appearance of the paper old lady, the boys and girls are now becoming more and more like humans. If you don’t get close, it is almost difficult to tell that the outer shell on their bodies is made of paper.

"Didn't you get punished last time? Why are you sneaking out to play again this time?"

The old lady making paper figures seemed to have been busy in the store. When she came out to greet a customer, she found a hole on her leg. She picked up a piece of paper from the side and covered her body with it, and the hole was immediately healed.

The boy and girl stammered about leaving home completely, and would have to travel through the dungeon with the players from now on.

The paper old lady made a few "oh" sounds, as if she also understood what it meant for them to follow the players.

"That's good too. Be good and obedient, and don't make the people who take care of you angry. Come, Grandma Yi will get you some snacks and incense."

After saying hello, Qiao Song got the list of materials and was checking what was needed one by one.

This store was not the traditional paper-making store she had imagined, with a large number of paper products piled up. Instead, it had a large number of transparent display cabinets like a clothing store.

There are many things on display that have strange shapes and are very familiar to them.

They're all paper beasts.

And it looks more exquisite than those in the copy.

However, the unified price below is one thousand soul coins.

Of course, it’s one thousand soul coins per draw.

Everything is a blind box.

"If you want that, you'd better not draw it from me. Go out and participate in the game. The chance of getting it will be higher."

Old Lady Yi packed a lot of snacks and incense to help the two little guys with their practice, but she didn't give them directly to them. Instead, she gave the things to Qiao Song amid the two little guys' frozen smiles.

Qiao Song pointed at the display case and said, "This should be considered a prop, right? Can I draw from the shops on the ground?"

Old Lady Yi: "It's because the 100th floor cannot sell items, so the drop rate is very low. No matter how much money you spend, you can't get it. This is just a display. I mainly sell materials here."

Qiao Song vaguely understood why they said that if they wanted props they could only go to the 88th floor.

"So does collecting all the blind box materials here count as clearing the level?"

"Yes, but there are a lot of blind boxes that have materials. For the blind boxes in our store, you need to collect 36 different materials in total."

"Okay, you can start drawing now. You can sell the unwanted items to me for recycling. After all, you are a guest of Fan Xi and the others."

Qiao Song transferred money to Tang Xiaoxiao. The other party spent 10,000 soul coins and got a small box that looked like a matchbox. He could draw once for 10 soul coins.

Tang Xiaoxiao, who was pushed out to buy things on behalf of others, said nothing. After turning the small box, a familiar picture of materials appeared in front of her eyes.

[Finished soul paper X456, general carving knife X2, bone bamboo X39, soul yarn X56]

She drew a thousand copies, and the remaining half was all incomprehensible garbage, including the grass at the entrance of the Zhazhi Village, unknown small stones, and other things that were obviously used to make up the number.

If this is included in the required 36 materials for a blind box, then it is neither difficult nor easy.

Qiao Song counted on the side and found that there were 12 non-repetitive junk materials in 1,000 draws, including the useful materials that had already been obtained. With 10,000 soul coins, he could collect almost half of the blind boxes needed to pass the level.

The blind box series of each store should be different.

But by this calculation, it is really not difficult to pass the level, you just need to spend money.

But no one comes to the blind box mall just to complete the game and survive for a week.

The most valuable things here are props.

The 188th floor, even if there are only 88 floors underground, can provide props with accurate explosion rates. Players who are not short of money are reluctant to leave this copy.

Tang Xiaoxiao also understood, with a strange expression: "No wonder the clearance tips say, be careful not to get addicted, spend wisely."

But that should only be for the European emperor.

Will non-Africans really become addicted to this shopping mall and be reluctant to leave?

Qiao Song, who had entrusted the purchase of materials to Tang Xiaoxiao, took out the map he had bought for a huge sum of 800 yuan without batting an eyelid.

"It's almost time for dinner, let's go to the dining area."

The properties of the goods on each floor of the mall are different. For example, the 44th floor has many things suitable for ghosts, as well as raw materials for players to make their own props.

Of course, the food for living people is on other levels.

The cheap map sold by the man in the elevator directly circled out the cheapest restaurants in the entire mall.

This means that there will be a large number of players who are willing to spend their money wisely and dine here.

It is a good place to inquire about information and explore the background of the copy.

There is also a car-calling button on the elevator ticket with a usage period of more than 23 hours. After pressing it, an elevator will come directly to the store door to pick them up.

To be honest, this money is well worth it.

It’s just that the cost-effectiveness of buying tickets for non-Africans is indeed much lower than that for others.

Aunt Huo has tried it. After entering the shopping mall, all the daily necessities in the space props were sealed. Except for the props, other things could not be taken out.

"It seems that this map was indeed created using the player's abilities."

Qiao Song spread out the scroll and could see small spots of light appearing on it.

It is a bit like the map of Infinite Highway. After clicking on the light spot, notes will appear next to it, and then arrows will indicate the direction, and the route and distance will be planned.

Xiao Ni complained: "Is that uncle's profession a map planner?"

"It's possible, but this map should have been made by a team."

Otherwise, just collecting information would be a hassle.

Qiao Song put away the map and while waiting for the elevator to come and pick them up, he couldn't help but start thinking about a question.

If you draw blind boxes while eating, what should you do if you draw too much food and can’t finish it?

The author has something to say:

Qiao Song: If I can’t pack it up, I can really make a significant contribution to public welfare. (He patiently takes out a hammer and prepares to demolish the house)

Blind Box Paradise: Crowdfunding builds buildings for capitalists.

Suddenly I saw some game companies that are supported by 168 card draws...