Chapter 152 Expulsion from the Marketplace (Unedited) This leads to death...
Liang Zhen's next plan is very simple.
All we need to do is get our hands on the money from these customers.
In any case, the only constant standard for the system to judge the task is the daily turnover stored in the cash drawer. So as long as each person can find 10,000 yuan worth of currency on these NPCs, they can be guaranteed to pass the level smoothly.
Liang Jun and her teammates stood at the very beginning of the line. She looked up, trying to see the other end of the winding line, but she couldn't see the end no matter what she did.
The maximum control distance of a manual telescopic cage is ten meters, which is exactly the length that about twenty people can line up.
If each customer only has 1,000 yuan, then twenty people together can raise 20,000 yuan—far exceeding the sales target required by the system. And Xin Sang just controlled at least two hundred people using the props, which is enough for them to complete this instance's mission, with some even left over.
Thinking of this, Liang Jun immediately pulled everyone away from the NPCs for the time being and whispered, "Do you see these props placed on the ground?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Now these NPCs are all immobilized by the props and can't move. We need to take this opportunity to persuade them to hand over all the cash they have."
Liang Jun arranged, "I need two more people to help me persuade them, two more people to count the amount behind us, and one more person to keep an eye on the situation in case of any unexpected events."
Luo Chuange was the first to raise his hand, "I'll maintain order. I'll let you know if anything happens."
Xin Sang gently patted Ge Lin's shoulder and said to Liang Jun, "Then the two of us will join you, Bao Bao! I believe that with the three of us being so eloquent, we can definitely make something of ourselves!"
After much back and forth, in the end only Qi Zhixia and Gu Keke remained.
Nevertheless, Liang Xun still wanted to confirm their opinions, "Can you two be in charge of collecting the money?"
"no problem!"
Gu Keke readily agreed, while Qi Zhixia nodded very steadily.
Seeing that the plan had progressed smoothly without any mishaps so far, Liang Jun finally felt a little relieved.
However, it is clear that now is not the best time to completely relax. They still need to pay attention to those deadly rules that are like high-voltage lines at all times. If they take a wrong step, they will fall directly into the abyss.
Liang Jun's phone had already been switched off due to a dead battery, so she couldn't check the current time and could only ask everyone, "How much time do we have left?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Zhixia reached into her pocket.
She uses her phone the least, so she currently has the most battery remaining. Qi Zhixia's gray-blue eyes darted around a few times, and she quickly deduced the answer.
“Half the time has passed,” she said calmly. “We only have one hour left.”
Once this one-hour workday is over, according to the rules, the player, acting as a cashier, must return to the cashier area.
Once the plan is exposed, the system will have ample time to develop a countermeasure. They might not even be able to find any new customers by the next day.
There is only one chance; otherwise, all efforts will be in vain.
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, everyone fell silent. The tense atmosphere built up to a point where people's pressure would explode.
Ge Lin paced anxiously, finally unable to hold back, and blurted out, "Since time is so tight, could we split up? For example, each of us could be responsible for a small area. That might greatly improve our efficiency."
Liang Jun had considered this idea before.
“But right now, everything is unknown. None of us know what the consequences will be if we deal with these NPCs in the current state.” Liang Xun paused for a few seconds. “The more critical the moment, the less we can afford to split up.”
Ge Lin pursed his lips into a line, and the newly sprouted hair roots stood out conspicuously on his blue buzz cut.
"I see."
Taking this opportunity, Liang Jun took a deep breath, and her hands, hanging at her sides, involuntarily clenched into fists.
"let's go!"
Liang Jun's method was simple, yet it was the most effective.
In any case, the mechanical task in the minds of these NPCs is simply to pay the bill. So as long as Liang Jun's starting point is to pay for them, the revenue will naturally fall into their hands.
At the head of the line was the old lady who had previously pulled a small cart to look for Liang Yan.
Her trolley, filled with organs, still stood beside her, but after a few days, its bright red had turned into a mixture of dark red and deep brown. It seemed the contents had begun to decompose, as a nauseating stench wafted from above the trolley.
Ge Lin covered her mouth and hid at the back. Xin Sang couldn't help but frown. Only Liang Xun seemed not to smell the odor, or perhaps she was already used to it. She walked forward without changing her expression.
"Do you remember me?" Liang Jun smiled sweetly at her. "We're here to settle your bill now."
The old lady didn't seem to recognize Liang Jun at first. After nodding blankly twice, she finally realized who she was and let out a long "Oh".
"That's wonderful! I've been waiting here for ages." The old lady's wrinkles trembled with her smile. "How do I pay? Do I need to take my things out?"
As she spoke, her ungloved hand prepared to reach into the foul-smelling cart.
Xin Sang, who was standing next to her, instinctively sensed something was wrong and decisively reached out to stop the old lady from making her next move.
Liang Jun remained unaffected. After seeing that Xin Sang had successfully intercepted the goods, she quickly added, "We have our own way of scanning the product codes. You just need to pay the money first." "Pay the money first?"
A hint of doubt flashed in the old lady's eyes. "When I came to buy things before, it never happened like this."
"We call this 'refund if there's an overpayment, and collect the underpayment', so you can rest assured."
Liang Xun and Xin Sang exchanged a glance, and the other immediately understood.
As expected of someone who has run an online store, Xin Sang instantly exuded the aura of a top salesperson.
"You pay us the money first, and we will settle the bill for the goods. If the total amount of the goods is greater than your payment, you will need to pay the remaining balance; if the total amount of the goods is less than your payment, we will refund the excess amount to you."
Xin Sang clasped his hands together in front of him, saying, "However, in most cases, we will return any extra money to you, so you can rest assured."
The customers here seemed to have never heard of this method before, and the old lady's eyes showed a rare hint of curiosity.
Seeing that the other party had softened slightly, Liang Jun turned around slightly and gave Ge Lin behind her a push.
One second Ge Lin was complaining about the smell of rotten meat, and the next second he was pulled onto the stage without any transition.
But he immediately got into character, speaking with great emotion, "This method can save a lot of time. My grandma is about your age, and she also loves shopping. Since she started using this checkout method, while others are still queuing up to scan their codes one by one, my grandma can already play several rounds of mahjong."
The old lady was completely bewitched. With trembling hands, she took out all the cash from her wallet and handed the thick wad to Liang Jun.
Liang Jun smiled and accepted it, then handed it directly to Qi Zhixia behind her without even looking at it.
Qi Zhixia quickly counted the paper and pen in her hand, then announced the amount, "Two thousand five."
Seeing the first sale actually credited to their account, the three people lingering at the front all breathed a sigh of relief. Ignoring the old lady's repeated questioning behind them, they turned directly to their second target—
Until they both received a customer complaint.
[Do you want to view the details of the complaint?]
[Grandma also wants to win by self-draw: This is outrageous! How could your store's cashier cheat an elderly person like me?! They said they'd refund or compensate me, but they took all my money and then ignored me completely, no matter how much I called them! How did your store hire such a blatant liar cashier?! Give me my money back immediately! Return my money immediately!]
Liang Jun suddenly paused as she delivered her sales pitch to the second customer, almost choking on her own saliva.
She turned around silently, only to find that the other team members didn't look too good either.
It seems that at this moment, customer complaints are directed at all members.
Even so, no one got to wait for the system to trigger the new hidden rules.
In other words, despite online complaints from customers, there are currently no rules or penalties imposed on the players.
In this rule-based world, "rules" are the highest level of survival principles.
Since the rules are now "tacitly accepted," Liang Jun and the others no longer need to worry about this.
In this way, amidst the constant threat of complaints, they pocketed all the revenue from several customers.
Gu Keke piled up all the money that Qi Zhixia had counted and kept calculating the total amount. "It's already over ten thousand yuan."
Liang Xuan nodded.
However, 10,000 yuan can only allow one player to escape successfully. If they want all their teammates to leave successfully, their plan must continue.
Just as Liang Xun was about to make her move on to the next customer, the system suddenly emitted an extremely sharp voice from deep within everyone's minds.
[Hidden rule triggered.]
2. As a cashier in the store, your performance is directly related to the customer complaint rate. If the customer complaint rate exceeds 50%, you will be dismissed from the store.
Real-time complaint rate: 52.38%
[The player will be evicted from the store in ten seconds.]
Almost reflexively, Leung Yung looked back at the customers whose cash had already been taken.
At this moment, they were like mechanical puppets wound up, staring blankly and persistently at the players who were about to be punished.
Expel.
This leads to death.
Liang Xun instinctively grabbed Xin Sang's hand, "Quick! Invisibility Cloth!"
Xin Sang didn't know what Liang Xun was planning to do, but she quickly followed the other party's train of thought and pulled out the invisibility cloth that she had bought but hadn't used before, just before the system started its countdown.
Liang Jun told Xin Sang to stay put, while she grabbed a corner of the invisibility cloth and ran back to the starting point of the team.
【10——】
She completely ignored the old woman's eerie gaze and pulled the invisibility cloth over her head.
Xin Sang understood immediately. The invisibility cloth, modified from modeling clay, could easily cover the NPCs. As the glitter on the cloth sparkled, the NPCs disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
【8——】
The Invisibility Cloth can only last for ten seconds.
Liang Xun shoved Gu Keke, who was still in a daze, and said, "Take this money and hurry up and settle your account at the bank counter!"
Gu Keke broke out in a cold sweat, and she gripped the banknotes in her hand tightly.
But she didn't dare to hesitate at all, and before she could even say a word, she ran straight towards the empty cash register without looking back.
【6——】
She didn't dare to gamble on whether she could use other people's passages, so Gu Keke could only use all her explosive power to run forward.
Because her counter was the second one from the top. In other words, to succeed, she would have to cross the entire store in five seconds.
That's simply impossible.
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Author's Note: I'm back with more random red envelopes!
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