Chapter 16 Rules Convenience Store

Because of Qiao Song's reminder, Tang Xiaoxiao got up early and spent money to eat a bowl of hot ramen in the comfortable little house.

Although she was a day student in high school and never lived in a dormitory, she couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of this independent cottage.

Although the copy is full of pitfalls, this room is really comfortable. It has all the necessary food and drink. The lighting in the room can be adjusted at will. Although the bookcase in the room is empty, you can connect to the mall at any time to buy items to fill it up.

The same goes for the things in the refrigerator, they will appear as long as you buy them.

There is even a jacuzzi in the bathroom for a soak.

Except for the extra money, it's perfect...

Unfortunately, the selling price was ten thousand, and her salary at the convenience store plus the commission that Sister Qiao Song gave her as a thug that day were not enough.

Thinking of this, she, who had been timid for the past ten years, suddenly had an urge to follow her sister Qiao!

Ghosts aren’t that scary!

If only they could turn into white soul coins.

Qiao Song didn't know that she had unknowingly changed the values ​​of a young girl. She had already appeared in the warehouse at around five o'clock.

The two men led by Lao Ma yesterday must have returned empty-handed, because she saw several huge footprints on an empty box placed near the door, which seemed to have been kicked hard.

She could imagine Xin Boyu's resentment after he returned to the warehouse.

Oh, that’s so cool.

The angrier the other person was, the more valuable the wishing star card she felt she had obtained was.

Qiao Song came to the place where she loaded goods yesterday and tried the loading button. After finding that it still worked, she already had a rough idea in her mind.

[Convenience store rule 2: Please put the products on the shelves during the daytime break, and do not put the products on the shelves at night]

The night when products are banned from the shelves refers specifically to their working hours.

In other words, the machines on the shelves can be used before going to work.

Qiao Song tapped his chin with his finger, looking at the special computer on the shelf in the warehouse, a strange light flashed in his eyes.

Not long after, Tang Xiaoxiao came out. The girl looked around the warehouse and saw Qiao Song looking at something next to a shelf.

When Qiao Song saw her coming down, he raised a finger and made a gesture to silence her, and the latter then tiptoed towards her.

Aunt Liu, Lao Ma and Xin Boyu are probably still resting at this time.

Outside of working hours, players will not be protected by convenience stores. It would be fine if they meet a living person when they go out during the day, but if they venture out at dark and meet a ghost, then it really depends on whether they are lucky enough.

Anyway, according to Tang Xiaoxiao, her sister Qiao Song has a tough life and all the ghosts she has encountered have had a bad ending.

The two quietly pushed the door open and entered the convenience store through the employee passage.

It is already dark at this time, and it is not night shift time. The convenience store cannot use abilities and props. Humans and ghosts are equal, so there will be almost no living people in the store purchasing supplies at night.

As soon as they entered the bright convenience store, Qiao Song had already picked up a hammer, and Tang Xiaoxiao also had one in his hand, which they used for temporary self-defense.

"Search separately to see if there are any prop cards."

During working hours, employees cannot make purchases in the store, so they can only come out at this time to find what they want.

Moreover, Qiao Song speculated that certain prop cards would not only appear on the red shelf. The red shelf had an entry threshold and the items sold there were expensive, which was obviously the bulk of the convenience store's revenue.

The water ghost prop card she put on the shelf is not only cheap, but also has no special functions. As long as the convenience store does not want to damage its own reputation, it will not allow such things to appear on the red shelves.

so……

She carefully checked row by row, and finally pulled out a gray-white card from a candy and snack shelf.

[White-clothed ghost card, unknown function, there is a high probability of releasing a water ghost directly after use. (The person who put it on the shelf is a temporary employee of a convenience store warehouse)]

The pattern on the white card is a little water ghost with a sad face, looking pitiful.

Qiao Song sighed and touched the cards to comfort himself.

"We'll let you out in a bit, but you'd better do as we agreed last night, or you'll have to bear the consequences."

The white card flashed, and I wonder if the water ghost inside heard what she said.

After going to the front desk and spending ten dollars to pay for the goods, Qiao Song did not let him out immediately. This guy's ability is very special. She only guessed roughly yesterday that he should be able to escape into a void like a mirror.

She had checked and found that there were almost no mirrors in the warehouse. The only thing that could barely be used as a mirror was the reflective surface of the liquid in the pool.

On the contrary, the sliding doors of the refrigerators containing drinks in the convenience store at the front desk can all be regarded as mirrors.

So she still needs something to restrain this little devil.

She walked quickly to the front door of the convenience store. Under the white wind chime hanging at the door, it was not working hours yet, but the slowly spinning sunny doll still had its eyes open.

Qiao Song had seen the power of this sunny doll before. This guy probably existed just to protect the property of the convenience store.

Speaking of which…

Qiao Song quickly took out a 100-yuan soul coin, walked to the door of the convenience store, raised his head and said loudly:

"I wonder if this beautiful Miss Sunny Doll is interested in discussing a business deal?"

The sunny doll hanging in the white wind chime did not react at first and still kept smiling until Qiao Song took out another banknote.

"Can we talk about the price first? I won't let you break the convenience store rules."

This time, the smiling face of the Sunny Doll finally changed. In her two open dark eyes, a shocking red color could be vaguely seen.

As the jagged mouth opened and closed, a vicious childish voice uttered: "During the dungeon, we will not provide any additional help to the players."

What I mean is, don't waste my time.

Qiao Song pointed outside the convenience store and said, "Don't worry, it won't involve the convenience store copy. I'm just settling a small dispute outside, and I need the help of your wind chime line."

Sunny Doll's eyes moved slowly, as if he saw the card of the white water ghost in her hand.

Seeing that the other party showed signs of being interested, Qiao Song added another 100 yuan and the three bills spread out.

"I'll return the string before I go to work. It's just used to tie up a few ghosts. There shouldn't be many ghosts around here with a higher level than you, right?"

The sunny doll with a baby voice probably guessed what she was going to do and snorted, "You are a newcomer, but you are quite brave."

She had seen this human's methods in the past few days, and they were indeed quite interesting.

After thinking for a while, one of the wind chimes next to the door really slowly dropped down.

Qiao Song immediately took the initiative to hand over three banknotes. After the Sunny Doll used the string to hook back its reward and opened its bloody mouth to swallow the three banknotes in one gulp, Qiao Song also successfully got a ball of thin, long string in his palm.

She had seen the power of this thing before. When she tied up the old woman and put her on the soul vending machine, she could feel the power of the ghost's crazy struggle, but it was bound tightly by the string.

You have to take some good equipment when you go fishing, otherwise this bait called Xiao Ni will probably run away faster than anyone else.

After Tang Xiaoxiao found the White Ghost Card, she was already on standby. She didn't expect that her sister Qiao could do this.

After walking out of the convenience store, Tang Xiaoxiao, holding the hammer tightly in both hands, asked:

"Sister Qiao Song, can the Sunny Dolls from the convenience store also be traded?"

Qiao Song straightened the thread in his hand: "To be precise, it is someone who can be bribed."

They are all employees working in a convenience store, including Sunny Doll.

Since they are employees, they will also receive wages, which means that soul coins are useful to them.

Qiao Song added: "Why do you think Xin Boyu and Lao Ma can go to the front desk whenever they want and go to the warehouse whenever they want? They must have bribed the miser display screen a long time ago."

Tang Xiaoxiao realized that the display screen Sister Qiao Song was talking about was the convenience store manager.

She suddenly got angry: "And they also said that we were transferred to the warehouse because we were complained about!"

The clear-eyed high school student once again felt the dangers of society.

"I'm sure there will still be complaints, but convenience stores don't lose anything by complaining about their clerks. After all, we are one-time clerks who only work three days a week."

The complaint is just a reason to transfer the position, otherwise Aunt Liu has been working as a cleaner at the front desk for three days and has never moved.

However, the transfer back and forth did help her understand this copy more comprehensively.

Otherwise, you wouldn’t find so many opportunities to make money. So, it’s not enough to just work and get a fixed salary. To get rich, you can’t rely on the conscience of your boss, but you have to rely on your own vision to find a side job!

Qiao Song, who had a keen eye for heroes, released the water ghost who was determined to be a traitor tonight.

After a flash of white light, the water ghost card disappeared, and a wriggling jelly-like object appeared in front of Qiao Song. Just as he was ready to attack, Qiao Song quickly tied it up with a transparent fishing line.

So, the water ghost Xiao Ni, who had turned half transparent, once again faced the human and looked at each other. The air seemed to be still for a few seconds.

Soon, Xiao Ni's tears burst out like the water on his clothes, flowing down.

"Sister, I was wrong. I really didn't want to escape. I just wanted to test my ability. Please don't throw me into that machine again, and don't feed me to the soul selling machine, okay? I will lure my brother and the others out for you. Please let me go."

Qiao Song clicked his tongue: "Look at what you said, I'm not a devil."

Xiao Ni's crying suddenly stopped. He recalled what happened last night and thought to himself, "Don't you feel guilty for saying such things?"

Under the other party's eager gaze, his hiccups were frightened and stopped: "Just tell me, what do you need me to do?"

Xiao Ni closed his eyes: I'm sorry, big brother. I can't help it. It's the other party's fault for being so good at catching ghosts. You guys were not nice to me in the past. Let's just treat this as the backlash of bad karma.

Qiao Song ignored his inner thoughts and said, "From what you said before, your gang has stolen things together so many times, you should have a code to contact each other. If they haven't left, find a way to lure the ghosts here."

Erwuzi swallowed his saliva and said, "Big Brother and his friends are very timid. Except for dungeon time, they will not enter this kind of convenience store."

During the dungeon, using the rules to kill humans is the way for these little ghosts in white to survive.

Before the copy begins, there will be many powerful humans and ghosts wandering around. At this time, little ghosts like them in white dare not show up at all.

Qiao Song frowned: "The time outside the copy you are talking about is...?"

Xiao Ni immediately told everything he knew:

"Convenience store dungeons are special. They are usually interactive dungeons. During your working hours, low-level ghosts may enter here at any time, but no ghosts beyond the dungeon level will enter here. Ghosts like us only need to put pressure on players according to the rules. Once we succeed, we can share the food of the humans who broke the rules."

But after working hours, the convenience store will turn back into an ordinary resource point, and humans and other ghosts can come.

"Although the supplies in this small convenience store won't tempt high-level ghosts, once you leave the novice dungeon, all kinds of unknown creatures will roam the Infinite Highway. Even ghosts like us have to use some special means of transportation to travel. Outside the dungeon, both humans and ghosts have to be cautious in order to survive."

When Xiao Ni said this, he noticed that the human in front of him, who was frowning and thinking, gradually showed an excited look.

"So, you ghosts have your own cars too?"

Xiao Ni: I was careless...

He is really a fool. He says everything when he is anxious.

"That, that's the boss's stuff. We occasionally sell canned food and other things for money, and then buy supplies at different convenience stores."

There are not many copies that these little ghosts in white can go to. In order to ensure safety, they also have cars, but that kind of hearse is very special, and players should not be able to rob it.

It shouldn’t be possible, right?

Xiao Ni was a little unsure, after all, he had never heard before that a convenience store copy could turn ghosts into item cards.

The feeling of being compressed into a card last night was too weird, and the human girl in front of me was too unreasonable.

Qiao Song sorted out his thoughts: "So, your boss and his friends most likely parked the car nearby, somewhere that's not too far from the convenience store, but not too far from the Infinite Highway, right?"

Xiao Ni: Sweating profusely...

He stammered, "But normally, they really won't get out of the car. At most, they'll wait for me in the car for another night."

Although he did not steal the expensive can of brain flower this time, he obtained a very precious special prop card. If this thing is resold to human players through certain channels, they will be able to obtain more profits.

Qiao Song adjusted the position of the wind chime string and tied it around the waist of the water ghost, because the string was thin enough and could not be seen at all in the dim environment.

"Since you like to eat canned food, you must also like to eat living people."

Xiao Ni was a little nervous because of the murderous aura around his waist, fearing that he would be cut in half.

Hearing this, he slowly raised his head, only to see the human in front of him continue to say:

"You will be responsible for reporting the news later. Cooperate well and don't mess up, otherwise -"

The rope around his waist suddenly contracted, and the ghost derivative that was far superior to the level of the man in white made Xiao Ni tremble.

"I, I know!"

Ten minutes later.

A little further away from the convenience store copy, and gradually away from the eye-catching and dazzling white light of the convenience store at night, the dim and gloomy feeling unique to the Infinite Highway gradually spread.

Compared to the world in the convenience store copy that is always bright and clean regardless of day or night, the outside of the copy is filled with impenetrable fog and darkness.

It is like a big, devouring mouth that can drown any life that enters it at any time.

The street lights on the Infinite Highway are almost just decorations. The orange-yellow halo seems to be a barrier that only illuminates a small area below.

Before setting foot on the road, there is an almost deserted parking lot near the bus stop.

It is located in a very delicate position. You can immediately enter the dungeon world by opening the door from the inside, and you can also drive into the infinite highway in the dark night by turning the car around.

The silent parking lot was extremely empty, probably because there was only a new convenience store copy opened nearby recently. It was also night time, not daytime which was safer for humans.

So there is only one car parked here.

It was a somewhat shabby small van, with scratches all over its exterior. It was painted with black paint in a very uneven manner. One could vaguely tell from the edges and corners that its predecessor seemed to have been painted white.

One of the car's headlights was smashed and the bumper was crooked. Despite being in such a tattered state, the car's owners had no intention of repairing it. After all, half of their money was used to replace the car and the other half was used to buy a new license.

There was only a small red sign on the lower right corner of the car window.

【Ghost Alliance Vehicle Permit】

Inside the car, the water ghost with his legs crossed began to complain to the boss: "We have wasted another whole day here, brother, I mean, Xiao Ni is stupid. If he can't escape, should we continue to wait?"

The leader of the water ghosts, who was dozing off in the last row of seats, did not respond as he did in the past.

The other brothers around him started to complain: "If he had reacted faster, he could have rushed out with the canned food. Why did he just circle around in the convenience store? He was caught by that human in no time. He is really useless."

"I didn't even get half a can of food in one night, and I also wasted an opportunity to swipe my pass."

Their Ghost League passes are second-hand goods bought at a high price. The number of uses is limited and they have to be scrapped after 10 uses. During this period, they must get some canned goods at a high price and resell them, otherwise they will not be able to afford the next pass.

If canned brains weren't in short supply and hard to find, they wouldn't have come all the way to this remote place. The distance to the next resource point is not close, and if Xiao Ni can't bring back the card he stole, then they will really lose out this time.

The boss, who had been silent the whole time, couldn't help but kick the car door: "You are the only ones who know the most. I've never seen you guys so talkative."

The other ghosts suddenly didn't dare to speak.

The leader of the water ghosts snorted coldly: "Wait a little longer. If he still can't escape after tonight, we will think of other ways."

He was more hurt than angry. If he lost too much on this trip, he would have to offer something to the soul vending machine before leaving to lighten the burden...

"Hey wait a minute - Boss, listen! Is that Xiao Ni's voice?"

Everyone was complaining or chatting before, but as soon as they quieted down, a strange sound was heard outside the parking lot.

It sounded like something was dragging a heavy object against the ground, and before they could hear clearly, they heard a familiar cry.

"It's me, the boss! It's Xiao Ni, open the door quickly, let's go!"

Hearing the sound that was getting clearer and clearer as it got closer, the ghost in the front driver's seat immediately took his feet off the steering wheel. He did not open the door immediately, but instead leaned his hands against the glass and looked out.

They saw a familiar figure flashing towards them.

"It really seems to be Xiao Ni. Why is his invisibility so unstable? And is something chasing him?"

At this point, the others also became nervous and decided to wait and see for a while.

But at this moment, the water ghost Xiao Ni who was fleeing suddenly fell on the spot, and a golden object fell out of his arms.

The Water Ghost Boss, who had been thinking about this card all night, immediately sat up straight and slapped the back of the front seat hard: "Open the door quickly!"

If they could get that card and resell it directly, it would be more valuable than stealing three cans of brains in one night!

Seeing this, the other people in the car had already opened the door, but soon they saw something chasing after Xiao Ni. The water ghosts immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that some other powerful ghost was chasing Xiao Ni.

But they soon relaxed.

Because the one who chased after him was actually a human.

"This is the human in the warehouse who watched us earlier! I remember she seemed to be a new player who had completed the dungeon!"

The characteristics of new players are very obvious in the eyes of these ghosts, that is, they lack team logos, have never taken cheap buses, and have not been included in any human survival team.

The newcomer is really brainless. It's already night time, and he still dares to run outside.

Several ghosts suddenly became restless. Now was not the copy protection period, and this stupid guy ran out by himself. If they could capture him, they might even be able to have a fresh meal after a long time!

But the boss in the back row was still more sober-minded.

"That card is more important, bring Xiao Ni back first!"

The water ghost near the car door immediately opened it and just took a step down when he saw the human girl actually pounced on Xiao Ni.

"Give me back the item card! My teammate is almost dying trying to pay for it! Give it back to me!"

After several tugs of war, the golden card flew out again, and the girl seized the opportunity to grab it back in her hand.

And the usually weak little Ni, perhaps because he found the large group, suddenly burst out with tremendous strength, hugged the other person's waist, and then shouted for help towards the car.

"Hurry up, boss! Get the card, get the card!"

How could the water ghost in the car, who was already eager to move, miss such a good opportunity? This is a two-birds-with-one-stone opportunity!

Including the boss who was originally hesitant, after seeing the delicious human being so close and the extremely rare prop card that was about to be obtained, they couldn't help but get out of the car.

They were the only ghost car in the entire parking lot. Now was non-dungeon time, and they lacked the protection of the dungeon rules. As long as they could capture this girl, they would make a fortune tonight!

A group of ghosts rushed forward with their hands rubbing, some stretched out their hands to take out their cards, and some were ready to pull the girl's arm, thinking of taking a quick bite first.

The accident happened at this moment. Xiao Ni, who had just been holding on to the human girl, seemed to be pulled back by some force, and flew away with the gold card. The human girl seemed to have been seriously injured and staggered to catch up.

The group of water ghosts behind them saw the duck they caught fly away immediately and immediately chased after it. By the time they realized they were about to escape from the parking lot, it was too late.

A huge math book fell from the sky and knocked the three ghosts running in the front to the ground like slapping cockroaches.

The water ghost leader who fell behind had not yet lost the surprise in his eyes when he suddenly saw a black screen in front of his eyes. The human girl he had just been chasing turned back in an instant, her figure like a crescent moon, wielding a sledgehammer and smashing it straight at his head.

Boom—Boom—

Before his consciousness faded, he only remembered that pair of crazy eyes that seemed to be smiling.

After two hammer strikes, the water ghosts who were subdued by physics fell to the ground.

Xiao Ni, who was cooperating in completing the acting work, didn't feel anything about Tang Xiaoxiao who was using the math book. Instead, he felt great fear when he saw this woman who could smash ghosts into broken dolls with just a hammer.

Especially when Qiao Song, with his face splashed with black blood, tied up the subdued dead ghosts together with wind chime strings and smiled brightly, Xiao Ni swore that this was the first time he had seen a human being so close to the King of Hell since he became a ghost on the Infinite Survival Highway.

But when the King of Hell showed a very satisfied expression, rubbed his head, said that he would not feed him to the machine, and praised him for "doing a good job".

Xiao Ni discovered to his shame that he was not as scared as he had imagined.

After all, no one would ever praise him after completing the task. The water ghost boss and his gang would only snatch his spoils and then give him the smallest piece of food.

He knew that he couldn't leave the team, and if he left the car he would be devoured by other big ghosts.

So they can only cooperate, be exploited, ordered around, and treated as younger brothers. It was like this during life and it will be like this after death.

Until a bag of candy was put in his hand and he received a sincere compliment.

"Isn't this amazing? It wouldn't have been possible without your cooperation."

The human's hands felt warm, ruffling his hair.

The human girl said that the candy was a reward, and that she would give him other food later as long as he didn't have any bad thoughts.

Although they were not the eye-catching candies available on the red shelf, Xiao Ni still had a very subtle feeling of being valued for the first time. He carefully put the candies into his pocket with an expressionless face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Qiao Song, who was in a very happy mood, wiped the blood off his face and held the string of ghosts as if he was holding a string of garlic tied together in winter.

She waved her hand to call Tang Xiaoxiao who was hiding, and walked towards the convenience store.

"Come on, let's go change the money."