Paranormal Convenience Store: 20 Years of Professional Crime Solving

After strange phenomena invaded Earth, chaos ensued, people panicked and collapsed, and various pieces of evidence indicated the existence of ghosts in this world. Cold cases emerged one after anot...

Chapter 4141 Gray Cave Simulator

Chapter 4141 Gray Cave Simulator

Tu Lanxun was startled and was about to call N when his attention was attracted by the words appearing on the golden mirror.

——Don’t make any noise.

A classic example of a bad guy deceiving his victim.

——I know there is a male ghost around you and you are very afraid of him.

Tu Lanxun:?

This is strange. What kind of audacious ghost would dare to use N as an excuse? This person can be regarded as the living ancestor of all ghosts so far.

—I can save you and help you escape from him.

The ghost face behind the golden mirror stared at Tu Lanxun, but Tu Lanxun did not react. The line of words seemed to be branded on gold, and it itself carried a dazzling and intoxicating temptation, and was coated with the persuasiveness of gold.

Tu Lanxun was shamefully moved - that was impossible.

Let’s not talk about why this guy is relegated to the golden mirror, just look at the comparison between the two ghosts:

N has been with her for such a long time, and although they have been through thick and thin together, she has never let him down, and has brought her huge wealth. She is about to pay off her debts and rise again.

This is the first time we meet the ghost in the golden mirror. It looks suspicious and behaves timidly. If it can really compete with N, why doesn't it come out and fight head-on?

Can't she tell who she's on?

Ms. Tu Penglai once said: "Taking sides is an art form." Without core competitiveness at the poker table, the best course of action is to do nothing and simply follow the dealer's lead.

Even if N wanted to kill her one day, that would be a long time in the future, and there would even be room for negotiation. If she agreed to the Golden Mirror Ghost's proposal, Tu Lanxun would probably think that day would come much sooner!

But... this doesn't mean that Tu Lanxun would immediately betray the Golden Mirror Ghost. She remembered the location and number of the golden mirror and walked away naturally, as if she had never seen anything abnormal about it.

Before his peripheral vision shifted away, the Golden Mirror Ghost was still making his final effort;

——Don't go, I know N's weakness! If you don't believe me, you can verify it.

——There is a scar on his spine, which is his weak point!

Tu Lanxun's eyelids twitched. This guy didn't play by the rules. How could he start out with such a big bet? But could what he said be true?

The chubby boss smiled at Tu Lanxun and said, "Miss, the verification is complete. We can go through the formalities and make the payment."

The total price of all the gold was 794,000 yuan, just a fraction lower than the market price. The money was divided into several batches and readily deposited onto different cards of Tu Lanxun. Tu Lanxun said cautiously, "I hope there won't be any problems. You're taking such a large amount, what are your shipping channels?"

The boss's eyes flashed, and he waved his hand, his face greasy. "This is just the beginning. Don't worry, we won't be tracked down."

Tu Lanxun didn't want to delve into it, thinking it would be safer to ask for cash next time, so she pulled her mask up. Suddenly, she felt a sense of being watched, coming from a certain point outside the window of the gold shop, and she turned her head.

The street was sparsely populated, and a bus happened to pass by, blocking her view. When the bus slowly drove past, the feeling of being watched disappeared.

Being followed?

She thought of many possibilities in an instant: a thief who had robbed her, N's enemy, her creditor. The possibilities ranged from most to least.

No, there's another possibility. Tu Lanxun's mind snapped to life. She'd forgotten a possibility! Had the police figured out a connection between her and Tang Weining's case?

Tu Lanxun became alert and whispered this to N. N looked out the window, frowned, and shook his head slightly. He hadn't noticed either.

Tu Lanxun asked the boss, "Do you know where I can buy surveillance cameras?"

There was only one surveillance camera in the convenience store, and the camera outside on the street also had blind spots, so she prepared to be fully armed.

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After buying a camera from a store recommended by the boss, Tu Lanxun and N went to the hospital.

Originally, there was no plan to go to the hospital, but this morning during dinner, while Bai Chao was getting a drink, Bai Xiaoju quietly pulled Tu Lanxun aside and said, "Sister, can you help me check on Dad? Is his injury healed?"

Tu Lanxun immediately looked at the computer ghost in a reproachful manner. The ghost was very embarrassed and said that she had let it slip because she was playing the game too crazy.

"Sister, I have money, I won't let you go for nothing." Bai Xiaoju actually took out a piece of gold as big as a finger, with teeth marks on it, and stuffed it into Tu Lanxun's hand.

But looking at Bai Xiaoju's soft face, Tu Lanxun couldn't say no. She gritted her teeth and pushed the gold back, "Be good, keep the money yourself. Sister agreed."

N looked at Tu Lanxun sarcastically from the side. She realized that this ghost was tied to her schedule, and she was actually agreeing to run errands for him. So she moved Bai Xiaoju's hand towards N, "Here, give it to big brother, he can go too." If he has the nerve to take it.

Bai Xiaoju: "Oh, I forgot. Sister is the boss and has no shortage of money. Give it to brother then."

N raised an eyebrow: "Do you think big brother is short of money?"

Bai Xiaoju leaned on Tu Lanxun's arm and nodded, "Yeah, big brother works for big sister."

Tu Lanxun could barely contain her laughter, and the computer girl almost buried her head in her plate. Bai Chao then came back and asked, "What were you guys talking about?"

No one dared to answer. Everyone quickly started eating. N smiled and said, "Let's talk about work."

As he spoke, he picked up a piece of pork tenderloin with Sichuan peppercorns with chopsticks and placed it in Tu Lanxun's bowl. Tu Lanxun shuddered and was about to thank him, but saw N's chopsticks take away the pork tenderloin, leaving only a bunch of Sichuan peppercorns on it.

N grinned: "Eat it, it will wake you up."

So, when Tu Lanxun and N entered the hospital, their lips felt a little numb from the psychological effects. They found the floor where Tang Weining was hospitalized. He was no longer a suspect, and there were no police surveillance in the corridor. They quickly arrived at the door of the ward.

Tu Lanxun asked the nurse to take her to the VIP single room. Tang Weining was startled when she saw her, and was a little surprised: "Miss Tu, you are here."

He was much thinner than the last time they met, his face covered in bruised stubble, and his hospital gown practically hanging off his shoulders. Tu Lanxun and Tang Weining didn't really have much to say. When they mentioned Bai Chao and Bai Xiaoju finding a place to stay near the convenience store, Tang Weining nodded with red eyes, laughing and crying at the same time.

Tu Lanxun couldn't bear it, but still conveyed Bai Chaoxin's decision: "She plans to take Xiaoju with her... to reincarnate."

Tang Weining's eyes widened and his expression remained frozen for a long while, as if he had been struck by lightning.

Reincarnation among ghosts is a very common occurrence, and can be said to be a necessary process, which is also explained by N. Whether in the real world or the game world, as long as the ghost has resolved past grudges, even if the connection with the world is severed, it can be "reincarnated".

In human terms, reincarnation means re-entering the six realms of rebirth, but no one can prove the authenticity of this.

In the terms of the gaming world, reincarnation is the soul's return to the world's data stream, until another set of values ​​is extracted from the stream, giving birth to a new, young soul. This is something that N and other gaming world ghosts have witnessed firsthand.

But when Tu Lanxun asked N why he had two identities, one on Earth and the other in the game world, N sneered and said nothing.

In short, Bai Chao and his daughter's plan to reincarnate is feasible, their confidence is firm, but it is cruel to Tang Weining.

This means that he is the only one left in the world and no one has anything to do with him anymore.

Afterwards, Tang Weining's mind was completely confused, and her conversation with Tu Lanxun was irrelevant. She sat for a while and had to say goodbye and leave.

After leaving the house, Tu Lanxun slowly said, "Actually, Bai Chao wants to take Bai Xiaoju to reincarnate, and it's for everyone's good."

N said, "Yes, if Bai Chao and Bai Xiaoju remain in the human world for too long, without shelter, they will only be tortured by the cold wind and loneliness, and eventually become something... very unlike human beings."

The longer they are away from the lives of the living, the greater the difference between them and the living becomes. They lose the moral values ​​of humans and are left with only the survival logic of ghosts. They no longer have empathy for the living because they are not of the same kind.

This is also the origin of many indiscriminate killing ghosts in the world.

The reason is simple: it's crazy.

Tu Lanxun shook her head: "That's not what I'm talking about. Bai Chao is not only doing this for her and Bai Xiaoju's good, but also for Tang Weining's good."

N once again looked at Tu Lanxun with that intense gaze, to see what she could say.

Her voice was a little desolate: "This will ensure that Tang Weining doesn't commit suicide."

It's cruel, but giving up the thought may be the only way for him to live his life as usual.

The topic ended here, and N didn't respond. Tu Lanxun drank too much soy milk this morning and went to the toilet. The women's toilet in the hospital was well disinfected. She came out of the cubicle to wash her hands. A woman in her early forties, dressed casually, passed by and accidentally touched Tu Lanxun.

"Oh, I'm sorry." The woman apologized and smiled at Tu Lanxun. She had a hunch that the other person was a person of considerable status.

Few people can smile like that, regardless of gender. It is soft but hard, like a piece of tough, polished steel. It is not prickly, but has a leopard-like implicit power.

Tu Lanxun said it was okay and didn't think much about it. As soon as she walked out of the bathroom, she saw N standing in a daze in the corridor, staring at the doctor's introduction in the glass display frame. She realized that he was from the same industry.

Lucheng Oriental Hospital is the best private hospital in the province. Only Tang Weining has to be rich to stay in the VIP ward for a long time. The display frame is as transparent as crystal. The director is a handsome uncle with a kind face, which makes people feel trustworthy.

Alas, these days, if you are good-looking, you can even get medical treatment more easily than others.

The man and the ghost then drove back to the store and started another day of business.

The online store [Broccoli Store] is becoming increasingly popular, with orders increasing day by day. Tu Lanxun suspects that many of them are ghosts, but the addresses, whether in this city or other cities and counties, are all normal, XX community or XX express station, and they look very much like living people.

But at the same time, the post she had mistakenly posted on the Qinglan Blue Forum was widely praised, and many ghosts posted feedback pictures in the comment area, and the types of goods were very consistent with the backend orders.

Tu Lanxun finally understood that most ghosts disguised their shopping addresses, using live delivery lockers to steal items. Not everyone was like Bai Xiaoju, who openly wrote, "I live in row and number X in the cemetery."

One is to prevent the courier logistics from becoming suspicious, and the other is to prevent her, the seller, from knowing their actual location.

After all, an online store where ghosts can also shop is really new to these ghosts who are used to exchanging things or even bartering!

Especially the ghosts who died in the later years, they never experienced the joy of online shopping after death, okay? The ghost hand that just wanted to open the package could no longer be restrained.

But this also makes the ghost customers wary of the identity of the store owner Tu Lanxun: For a mysterious tycoon who can open an online store, it is safer to just keep the relationship as financial!

After Tu Lanxun finished processing the order, she rushed back to the second floor and lay down decadently. She changed into pajamas and threw herself into the "White Swan" mattress, letting out a satisfied sigh, but... she seemed to have stepped on something and hurt her.

It was the pocket of the pants I had taken off, and there was a keychain-sized thing in it, which looked like a USB flash drive.

When was it put in here? This wasn't something that belonged to Tu Lanxun. She was a little confused and was about to ask the computer ghost to help check if it was a virus when she suddenly froze.

There was a line of inconspicuous small words on the "U disk":

A simulator of the spooky game "Gray City Cave".