Chapter 2 Convenience Store Rules

The manager's malicious words made everyone in the convenience store look even worse.

But seeing that Qiao Song was really a player, someone quickly handed her a printed white A4 paper.

There are a few eye-catching lines on it.

【Convenience store rules】

【1. You cannot purchase goods while you are still an employee. 】

【2. Convenience stores protect all rights of employees, but this only takes effect when you are at work. 】

[3. Goods on the white shelves are open to all customers, while goods on the red shelves are only open to customers with passes. If an employee sells the wrong goods, he or she will be fired on the spot.]

【4. All items that can be put on the shelves are considered commodities.】

【5. If a thief appears in the store, be sure to catch him, otherwise the lost goods will be compensated by the employees on duty that day. 】

[6. All goods in this store can only be settled with soul coins, but the store itself does not provide soul exchange activities. Please go to the corresponding vending machine. ]

Qiao Song finished reading the six rules in one breath, and then she heard the people opposite her asking her questions very seriously.

"You are new here, do you remember how you got here?"

Qiao Song thought for a moment and said, "I took the last bus."

The man opposite seemed to believe it very much after hearing this:

"It seems that he died in a car accident."

Qiao Song was slow to react: Who died? Me?

This group of people told Qiao Song that some people who died accidentally would come to this infinite game field and play one game after another in this dark world. If they could pass the game, they might have a chance to return to the real world.

"The only thing we can rely on in this game is the professional skills we acquired while alive. By the way, what was your profession when you were alive?"

Qiao Song, who had just entered college and had not learned any skills and still relied on part-time jobs to make a living, suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "Um... a vagrant?"

The middle-aged man with glasses was puzzled and turned his head to ask another person next to him: "Is there such a title in the career system?"

At this moment, a ding sound suddenly came from Qiao Song's brain, and the system that was activated half a beat later finally spoke: [Qualifications testing...]

【Player Qiao Song】

Occupation: Temporary worker

Skill: Universal toolbox

[They can do any job and take any responsibility, that's what temporary workers are all about. But in order to adapt to various occupations, temporary workers usually need a toolbox with all kinds of rags.

What? Do you really expect it to give you all kinds of useful tools? Don't dream. It's great to be able to drive a screw or a screwdriver. After all, you are just temporary workers.]

The middle-aged man with glasses lost his last bit of enthusiasm for her when he heard the name of this skill.

"Since you can do any job in your profession, you can go to the front desk. The rest of us have already divided up the remaining tasks."

The front desk staff at convenience stores only need to scan the code to sell goods and then give change, while other tasks, such as stocking goods, inventory and security, require specialized personnel.

Among the four players on this trip, one happened to be a warehouse manager, one was a company cleaner, and the middle-aged man who had been in control was an executive of a trading company.

The only one left, who was grouped with Qiao Song, was a high school student named Tang Xiaoxiao.

She seemed to be a newcomer as well, and had taken great pains to accept the current situation. But now, when she saw the weird store manager with the display screen on his head, she trembled and grabbed the hems of her clothes on both sides, looking extremely scared.

Everyone decided to let high school student Tang Xiaoxiao and temporary worker Qiao Song be the front desk cashiers.

"It would be best if each of our occupations could match the night shift assignment for tonight. There are a few points worth noting in the rule book, which involve the sale of goods and theft. We will keep an eye on the shelves in the merchandise area. On the first night, everyone should collect as much information as possible."

Having said that, being a front desk cashier who needs to face customers is almost the most dangerous job.

When Tang Xiaoxiao was half-pushed into the convenience store front desk, she had a sad face and looked like she could cry at any time.

Qiao Song adapted well and looked around, but he would occasionally frown when he looked at the store manager who sat at the door of the convenience store like a display screen.

A smiley face emoticon will appear on the other person's display screen, and finally a heart will flash, followed by a row of scrolling text.

[Remember to work hard]

Is this bastard the psychopath who sent her a message before?

She patted the still frightened little girl next to her and said, "They just said that everyone came to this world because they died. Then how did you get here?"

The little girl met her eyes and seemed to be infected by Qiao Song's calm and indifferent attitude. Finally, she wiped away her tears before speaking.

"I fell down in the hallway."

Tang Xiaoxiao sobbed as she recalled that she went home after evening self-study. She had a cold and her head was dizzy. The lights in the corridor were broken and she missed a step. When she regained consciousness, she was here.

As for the others, they either had heart disease, were too old to be treated in the hospital, or had a car accident on the road.

Except for Qiao Song, everyone could clearly remember that they came in dead.

So, she was the only one who came here after waking up?

She called the system several times in her mind before the guy who had just come online responded to her.

[I'm not dead, why did I enter this world? ]

System: [All rights of interpretation of this infinite survival world belong to the game, please try your best to pass it first]

Qiao Song refused to give up: [Can I return to the real world after completing the game? ]

The system's tone was much more serious this time: [The door to return to the real world is hidden in the dungeon. Only by constantly refreshing the dungeon and upgrading can you enter the dungeon world where the door is hidden.]

If I think about it this way, if I really came here because I was dead, finding that door would almost mean I could be resurrected.

Qiao Song looked at the sobbing girl in front of him and decided to finish the dungeon first. After all, it was just a job, so it didn't matter where he worked.

Thinking of this, she asked the girl again: "Did you receive the salary from the store manager before you started working?"

Tang Xiaoxiao nodded: "I received it after entering the convenience store, both are 210 yuan."

However, what the little girl received was not a transfer, but banknotes given to her by the store manager himself.

She took it out and showed it to Qiao Song.

This money was not the pink banknotes in reality, but a strange gray banknote with a portrait whose face could not be seen clearly on it.

The denominations are two 100-yuan notes and one 10-yuan note.

Qiao Song now has reason to suspect that the money in his mobile phone has also been converted into the same soul currency unit.

Everyone has seen convenience stores before. Most of the things in the store are no different from ordinary supermarkets. They are all food, daily necessities and the like.

The marked prices are pretty much the same as in real life. A large bag of potato chips costs five to eight yuan, and bottled water costs one yuan, two yuan, or three yuan.

If it weren't for the fact that the settlement unit is soul coins, it would be almost no different from a convenience store in the real world.

As for the white shelves and red shelves mentioned in the rules, only the former have appeared so far, and nothing marked as red shelves has been seen.

What is most alarming is what is mentioned in the rules but does not occur.

Qiao Song took a look at the cashier counter where they were about to work. In addition to the common supermarket cashier tools, there were also some small items for sale, and several very conspicuous sticky notes.

The first few sheets, like what was written on the previous A4 paper, are the rules that the convenience store must follow. There is also a timetable at the back, which is the working hours of the front desk cashier.

23:00 - 6:00 the next day

A total of 7 hours.

It is definitely not a good thing to pay wages before the work starts. The first rule clearly states that employees cannot purchase goods in the store during working hours. So what does it mean to pay money in advance?

Qiao Song glanced at the clock at the door of the convenience store. There were still a few minutes before work.

She asked Tang Xiaoxiao to stay at the counter to familiarize herself with the products and operations here. She also taught her how to scan codes and use the cash register, and then she slipped to the door of the convenience store.

The store manager with a color display screen on his head was sitting on a bench at the entrance of the convenience store. When he saw her coming, he raised a finger with his white-gloved hand and shook it.

"I only have five minutes left before work starts. It's best not to step outside the convenience store. I don't want to lose an employee before I even start business."

Qiao Song showed a standard business smile: "Before going to work, I will first familiarize myself with the environment here, such as places where customers often come in, and places that are not convenience stores, such as vending machines."

She pointed to a vending machine with small colored lights on, which was placed at the very edge of the convenience store door.

[Rule 6: All goods in this store can only be settled with soul coins, but the store itself does not provide soul exchange activities, please go to the corresponding vending machine. ]

Since the wages paid by the convenience store are soul coins, then this vending machine that seems to be able to exchange soul coins is a bit strange.

The store manager, who was sitting leisurely on a bench, shook the display screen, as if looking at her carefully. After a long time, he snapped his fingers in white gloves and said, "Go ahead. There are still four minutes left."

As Qiao Song walked past the vending machine, his eyes were fixed on the area of ​​the convenience store pointed out by the store manager, which happened to be the area of ​​the door tiles used for the store decoration.

The corridor outside the vending machine uses the same floor tiles as those inside the convenience store - blue and white checkered tiles.

[Rule 2: Convenience stores protect all rights of employees, but this only takes effect when you are at work. ]

But from what the store manager just said, is there a hidden unspoken rule here that only protects employees who are still within the convenience store field?

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been reminded that if she left at will before the game started, the convenience store might lose employees.

In other words, once she steps out of the area covered by the floor tiles, she will no longer be under the protection of the convenience store.

Qiao Song silently took note of this and arrived in front of the vending machine.

The entire vending machine was different from any she had seen before. It was not filled with a wide variety of goods, but instead looked like a black matchbox.

On the huge metal frame, only a huge speaker entrance was exposed in the middle.

There are three words written next to the trumpet: "Dispensing Area".

There is a small metal frame below, similar to a bank cash slot, with the words "Withdrawal Area" written next to it.

Qiao Song quickly recalled the sentence corresponding to Rule 6: "Convenience stores do not exchange soul coins. If you need to exchange, please go to the vending machine."

My goodness, this machine obviously relies on throwing in some large objects to exchange for money, right?

Soul Coin, Soul Coin, this name doesn’t sound very auspicious.

Can everyone, dead or alive, be thrown in there?

She tapped her chin with her finger and subconsciously glanced at the store manager sitting on the recliner with the display screen above him.

The store manager who was sitting with his legs crossed on the display screen suddenly turned around and looked at her. The rigid emoticon smiley face (＾－＾) inexplicably carried a murderous aura.

Qiao Song immediately put on a typical working-class smile: "It seems like I only have one minute left to get to work. I'll go to the front desk now."

She quickly ran back to the convenience store.

There are five players in total, two of them are at the front desk, and the remaining three are responsible for the sanitation and cleaning of the convenience store, warehouse inventory and shelf organization.

A middle-aged man wearing glasses is already on duty managing the shelves.

He saw Qiao Song just rushed out of the convenience store door and came back quickly. He did not directly ask her what clues she had obtained, but asked her to go back to the counter quickly.

Tang Xiaoxiao is quite smart. Although she was a bit confused at the beginning, she had already become familiar with how to scan codes and use the cash register before she officially started working.

Qiao Song also taught her some common convenience store greetings.

When the clock hit 11 o'clock in the evening, the entire world outside the convenience store seemed to be covered with a thin layer of fog.

The store manager who had been sitting at the door in front of the display screen in a nonchalant manner has disappeared. Instead, there are some black figures wandering around outside the convenience store.

They walked in the dark and seemed to be suddenly attracted by this bright convenience store.

The wind chimes at the door rang, the glass door was pushed open, and an electronic voice announced cheerfully:

"Welcome~Dear guest~Come and choose something~"

Tang Xiaoxiao twisted her fingers nervously. After she finally calmed down, she saw a bottle of drink in front of her. She didn't dare to look up. After scanning the code, she said in a trembling voice: "Hello, I will settle the bill for you now. The total is 5 soul coins."

At this moment, a hand handed over a fishy, ​​wet banknote. Tang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but looked up and glanced at the customer secretly.

A humanoid creature with a sardine head on its head was staring at her with wet dead fish eyes.

The fish mouth with a fishy smell showed an exaggerated smile: "Please give me the change, but I don't want banknotes, which are easy to get wet."