Chapter 40: Police Officer Sang Became a Commodity

Hagiwara, seeing Fuu's slightly stunned expression, immediately changed the subject: "Right, let's open [My Shelf] first and figure out the rules for listing items here!"

"There's only one shelf indicating that survivors can only put one item up for sale at a time." Matsuda glanced at him, then speculated in agreement, "I wonder how the items sold in this trading area will be traded. Will it be barter? Or will there be a currency?"

Feng Xingshou was also curious about this, and quickly clicked on the shelf section that appeared on [My Shelf]. As the shelf section opened, a series of product images appeared on the shelf options.

To the three's surprise and astonishment, all the product images on the shelf were items that were already in the vehicle, including items other than the parts already used on the vehicle. There were even photos of Hagiwara and Matsuda. However, the items in her backpack were not on the shelf.

Hagiwara was astonished by this scene, and asked in an ambiguous tone, "Are Kojinpei and I considered commodities?"

"Tsk! This game is openly buying and selling people!" Matsuda was so angry at this discovery that he almost laughed. He really wanted to arrest the guys who organized the game immediately.

Upon seeing the images of the items on the game trading shelves, Feng Xingshou couldn't help but feel a chill. -_-||

If what she saw after her first death wasn't an illusion, then this game must indeed be a program by a civilization with a higher level of technology than Earth, entertaining themselves by live-streaming Earthlings struggling to survive in their game.

After being revived, she never saw those comments again, nor did she see the game organizers deliberately targeting her because of her skills. Even when she brought Hagi out of the dungeon to help her cheat since she couldn't drive, it was assumed that she had successfully cleared the game.

Later, when Matsuda was brought out again, the game did not judge it as a foul. It seemed that the game did not notice the abnormality at all, and did not do anything like cleaning up a virus, such as creating a death crisis for himself to eliminate a bug.

This led her to believe that perhaps her game skills had powerful effects she hadn't discovered, and that the game's unfavorable scenarios were being broadcast live to the alien civilizations watching the show, which is why her skills weren't removed and were considered a bug to be cleaned up.

It wasn't until she saw full-body photos of Hagiwara and Matsuda displayed on the shelf as product images that she realized she had been too optimistic; perhaps she hadn't been hiding any secrets at all during the game livestream.

The game's organizers simply didn't care about their own 'little tricks,' letting them use their abilities as they pleased, and didn't care if they changed things that happened in the past, which led to their self-righteous delusion.

Their audience might even find it more interesting and entertaining that a seemingly useless cannon fodder character suddenly possesses abilities, and they wouldn't care if he used this ability to 'foresee the future' for the major nations of Earth...

With such confidence, how far ahead is Earth's technology? Can Earth even protect itself from such a high-level civilization's invasion? If Earth is preoccupied with its own problems, what will become of her, an ordinary citizen of the nation? Just thinking about these things sent a chill down her spine.

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Just then, two slender hands suddenly touched her face and gently rubbed it a few times, revealing a bright smile to her: "Feng-chan, don't be so nervous. We're not worried that you'll sell us."

“But… I always thought the game organizers didn’t know you existed.” Feng Xingshou looked at Hagiwara’s calm and composed expression, and his body, which had been cold from fright, clearly felt the warm and strong hand on his cheek slowly recovering.

But deep down, I was still filled with panic and worry: "Since the game..."

Knowing of your existence and still treating you as commodities, what if it does something even worse to you later? No, we need to send you back to reality as soon as possible.

"Don't panic! Being impatient is a big no-no." Matsuda then realized that she was frightened by the fact that he and Hagi had identified each other as products on the game panel, so he raised his hand and patted her head.

The way he comforted her was still a bit sarcastic: "Heh... You can also think about those AI idiots in the real world. You say east and it says west, you take a square and it judges it as round."

Calling the automated customer service hotline only results in endless repetition of "Please describe your problem again..." Ugh! Maybe it's some kind of AI that mistakenly identifies living people as objects!

"Pfft!" Even though he was panicked and worried, Feng Xing Shou couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing that she could still laugh, Hagiwara breathed a sigh of relief, but also glanced at his childhood friend with great vigilance. He was very annoyed inside, o(￣ヘ￣o＃) He was so fierce, yet he was so good at making girls happy.

Jinpei is indeed a big threat. Are felines really that popular with girls? Jealousy made him forget that he is the more approachable and popular type.

Eager to show off his charm in front of his sweetheart and win back Fuu-chan's smile from Matsuda, Hagiwara deliberately lowered his head and made close eye contact with her.

He launched a flirtatious offensive, saying, "Feng-chan's smile is so beautiful! Don't make that face again! No matter what happens, I'll be there for you!"

─━ _ ─━ This way of speaking, like a peacock spreading its tail, and deliberately using the retroflex ending to increase cuteness, made Matsuda show a disgusted face. How come he never noticed before that Hagi was so jealous and could be so shameless?

"Ahem..." Feng Xingshou was at a loss for words after being caught off guard by Hagiwara's direct and ambiguous remarks. She had no idea how to respond, and she certainly didn't trust a young and handsome man.

It's possible that the capable police officer Sang Huizhen is interested in a middle-aged woman like her, but if she were to have a serious conversation with him about these words, she would feel like she's just being presumptuous.

So she had no choice but to resort to her old trick, clearing her throat and changing the subject: "I'll just pick an item at random and see how this trading area works!"

After speaking, she avoided the pictures of Hagiwara and Matsuda in the product images, picked through the other pictures, and simply chose to put the Silver 10 Units, which she had left over from opening the Silver Treasure Chest and upgrading her vehicle, into the listing.

After she selected the item to list, a new interface immediately popped up in the game: [Request the survivor to select the type and quantity of the item to be traded.]

Along with this new interface, various product names are displayed, including various supplies such as food, water, beverages, and medicine, as well as blueprints for car parts upgrades, various materials needed for car upgrades, and various blueprints and materials needed for car interior decoration...

"Feng Jiang! The level of the silver treasure chest should be quite high. The materials obtained from dismantling the silver treasure chest—silver—should also be quite valuable. You can choose to trade items that are valuable but not scarce."

This way, you won't lose money, and you can also get an equivalent item for your goods, such as this cold medicine, this blueprint..." Hagiwara Mifumi was dazzled by the wide variety of trade options and didn't know where to start, so she simply pointed out suitable items to her.

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So, on Hagiwara's suggestion, she simply chose cold medicine and car tire upgrade blueprints as her trade options. Sure enough, after she made her selections, a new prompt appeared on the screen:

Please enter a name for your product. There is a character limit; words exceeding the limit will not be displayed.

Seeing this, she exchanged a glance with Hagiwara and the others, and asked somewhat uncertainly, "What should I write on our products?"

"Write whatever you want."

"What's there to ask?" Neither Hagiwara nor Matsuda wanted to interfere with her with their own ideas. They believed that it was better for her to make independent decisions, otherwise she would become more and more dependent on others to make decisions and would gradually lose confidence in making her own choices.

Seeing that the two of them were acting so casually, Feng Xingshou thought of what Matsuda had just said, and realized that with his skills and spatial backpack as a cheat code, it seemed that even if he revealed some of their discoveries, it wouldn't affect his survival in the game.

They simply wrote in concise Chinese on the product descriptions that the road route corresponds to the past, present, and future, and that the nighttime dungeons would drop various features that would upgrade vehicle interiors.

As for anything related to herself, she didn't write a single word. After all, her father had passed away early, and her mother had disappeared before she even had any memories, taking the compensation money her father received from his company after his death. Her only brother also completely disappeared when she was 25. Considering her brother's job, perhaps...

After she finished writing the content and clicked "Confirm," the item was indeed listed immediately. However, a message popped up afterward: "[Each item listed on this shelf will be available for 24 hours. If no one purchases the item within 24 hours, it will be automatically removed from the shelf. Survivors are requested to relist the item at that time.]"

Seeing this, the three exchanged glances. Hagiwara carefully examined the trading area interface and chuckled, "So, they don't have the authority to adjust the listing and delisting of products at any time. They have to occupy the shelf for 24 hours after listing something and no one buys it!"

"Tsk!" Matsuda clicked his tongue in disbelief: "This game seems to really enjoy making survivors angry."

"Doing things this way isn't very appealing, and it won't make people like you! Oh well, it looks like no one will buy anything for the time being, let's make breakfast first!" Hagiwara wasn't bothered at all, and after looking at it, he didn't care anymore.

Instead, she stretched her arms to dispel her drowsiness as she spoke, and continued, "I didn't sleep well in the driver's seat yesterday. I'll catch up on sleep in the car after dinner. Feng-chan, wake me up when the dungeon is about to start."

"Xiao Jinping, could you please teach Feng Jiang how to drive this morning? She's been learning traffic rules, lane changing, overtaking, and other basic knowledge these past few days. Just make sure she doesn't move the car."

That being said, Hagiwara had a bad feeling, as he felt that the giant boar monster that spawned last night might not be due to the nighttime dungeon changes that occurred on the seventh day of the game.

Perhaps the roads change over time, with new rules... I hope this is just my imagination, and that Xiaozhen gets back smoothly! -_-||

He had thought of all this, and Matsuda Jinpei, who had already shared information with him, naturally knew as well. However, he wasn't too worried. In his opinion, even if unexpected changes occurred on this trip back,

They didn't enter the correct time, but as long as the highway always connects to the time replica of Japan, they can accurately calculate the ratio between the new time and the highway, and then find the replica time they left at again.

Even if the dungeon breaks down, a day or two won't matter. He has confidence in Beika Town, this magical town. After all, it's a crime hotspot where he was transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department's Major Crimes Division, Section 3, and didn't get off work for seven days. Several major cases happen every day there's no going home.

Among them were serious and heinous cases such as murder, arson, and cover-up of corpses. He didn't think it was a problem to open dungeons in the game every day, but at least once every two or three days. He thought about it and agreed, "OK!"