Chapter 51 Platinum Joy Supermarket: Shen Su is actually an ascetic. ...
The atmosphere in the room remained tense for a while before Shi Yu broke the silence and asked, "What happens if the safe house fails?"
"Everyone inside will be thrown out to continue competing for survival spots or wait for the system's death trial."
Qin Ke's words were ambiguous. Everyone he mentioned would be thrown out, including himself, but he was not included in the competition for survival spots or the waiting for the system's death trial.
However, at a time when everyone is struggling to survive, no one should look for loopholes in his words.
Just as Qin Ke was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Shi Yu looked at him and threw out another question: "And what about you?"
Qin Ke was taken aback.
"What would you do? Or rather," Shi Yu paused, "what do you plan to do after the safe house fails?"
Qin Ke hadn't expected Shi Yu to react so quickly.
Qin Ke looked at Shi Yu.
For the first time, he took a serious look at this player who had been ranked at the top of the appearance list by the system as soon as he entered the game.
Almond-shaped eyes, jet-black pupils, small yet full lips, paired with a clean, fair, small face—it's a very lively, cat-like appearance. Cats are often associated with women, but his high nose bridge and well-defined jawline balance out his overall features, making him beautiful without being effeminate.
Qin Ke was engrossed in watching when a figure blocked his view. Qin Ke was not short, but Shen Su was taller than him, and this figure blocked his view so he could no longer see Shi Yu's face.
He thought Shen Su had come over to say something, but Shen Su just walked back and forth in front of him, saying, "An eight-player dungeon is full, and a four-player safe house is overloaded. Should I say their dungeon and item quality is not good, or should I praise their system for being very authoritative!"
This is practically a compliment: "Your shield seems a bit weak, but your spear is incredibly powerful!"
Anyone would be angry if they heard that.
I wonder if the system will get angry?
Upon hearing this, both Lin Fengbai and Jiang Yan couldn't help but twitch their lips.
"Then, Mr. Qin," Shen Su suddenly changed the subject, his tone still relaxed, but his words were anything but, "are you going to break the contract and hand your life over to us, or abandon your mission?"
Before they cooperated, they had the system draft an agreement. They wouldn't touch Platinum Joy Supermarket, and Qin Ke would provide them with protection until the game ended.
If the safe house fails, Qin Ke will no longer be able to provide them with shelter, which would be tantamount to breaching the contract.
Shen Su reached out and patted Qin Ke on the shoulder, saying earnestly, "I think life is still quite important. Why don't you give up your mission and cooperate with us?"
“Even if I give up my mission to help you, the agreement says you can’t touch Platinum Supermarket. But in the current situation, compared to risking your lives to fight for a survival spot, it’s simpler to bankrupt Platinum Supermarket, so…” Qin Ke followed suit and patted Shen Su on the shoulder, “Let’s just cancel the contract on both sides.”
“I think Mr. Qin, you haven’t figured out something.” Shen Su slapped Qin Ke’s hand away, then patted the dust off his shoulder as if Qin Ke’s hands were dirty. He continued, “We have the option to let Platinum Yue Supermarket go bankrupt, but the safe house will expire in eight hours, which is beyond your control. Whether we break the contract or not is uncertain, but your breaking the contract is inevitable.”
In other words, whether Qin Ke likes it or not, he will be "forced" to break the contract eight hours later and then hand over his life to them according to the agreement.
Shen Su's words sound nice, like "cooperate with us," but to put it bluntly, isn't it just about getting Qin Ke to listen to them?
Therefore, Qin Ke now has only one choice—to obediently comply.
The only difference is whether he executes it now or waits eight hours.
"Alright." Qin Ke understood his current situation, and lay down comfortably on the sofa with his soda, resignedly asking, "What do you want me to do? Or rather, how many props do you want?"
Qin Ke was expecting them to make exorbitant demands, but Shen Su's words made him sit up abruptly.
“Alright then, we won’t kill you.” Chen Su sat down on the sofa and said in a casual tone, like friends chatting, “Just bankrupt Platinum Joy Supermarket.”
Qin Ke straightened up, stared at Shen Su for several seconds with wide eyes, and uttered, "You're trying to kill me!"
Shen Su raised an eyebrow, looking unconvinced. "That serious?"
"Yes!" Qin Ke emphasized.
"Less than eight hours left!" Qin Ke paced irritably in the living room. "Let me think of something. I promised to protect you until the end of the game, and I can't go back on my word. Let me think of something, let me think some more..."
What a ridiculous idea!
Qin Ke simply ran away.
Just two hours later, Qin Ke redeemed two immunity tokens and left a note—
The agreement was drafted by Xiaoling, so it's completely invalid!
I'm leaving, but Jiang Yan will remain.
Goodbye!
The handwriting is messy and illegible, and the layout is messy, making it painful to read.
It's also infuriating.
So the agreement was invalid?
However, they were too careless. Now that they think about it, there are many loopholes. The system sprite with the mature female voice seems to serve Qin Ke alone, so whether the agreement drafted by the sprite is effective is naturally up to Qin Ke.
It can't be said that Qin Ke was completely inhuman, after all, he took the only lady here out.
This also confirms Shi Yu's guess that Qin Ke and Jiang Yan knew each other in real life.
There were originally five people in the safe house, but after Qin Ke and Jiang Yan left, only three remained.
After everyone took a nap, Lin Fengbai noticed that the atmosphere between Shi Yu and Shen Su had become strange. The two, who usually clung to each other on the sofa, were now sitting on opposite sides of the sofa, not talking to each other, and not even making eye contact.
So it became like this: Shen Su would say a few words to him, he would turn around and relay them to Shi Yu, then Shi Yu would say a few more words to him, and he would turn around and relay them to Shen Su... and so on, endlessly.
In the end, Lin Fengbai couldn't stand the eerie atmosphere any longer and went to sleep in his inventory.
We usually make him a third wheel, but now we make him a messenger.
Why does he have to suffer like this?
He was just a spirit pet.
The large living room was now empty except for Shi Yu and Shen Su, who were sitting at opposite ends of the sofa.
The air was so quiet you could hear a needle falling to the ground.
"I think your analysis makes a lot of sense, please continue."
That's what Shi Yu said.
In fact, he didn't listen to Shen Su's analysis at all.
"No, actually I don't even know what I'm saying. I'm feeling really agitated right now..."
"I wonder if you've ever had that kind of time?" Shen Su looked at Shi Yu with a penetrating gaze, but Shi Yu wasn't paying attention at the moment. "It's like there are two little people arguing in my head. One is saying, 'Go! Don't hold back! Just do it!' The other is saying, 'No, you don't want this result...' Neither of the two little people can convince the other. They're just chattering away in my head, which makes me very annoyed and irritable."
Shi Yu felt that he seemed to understand something.
He turned his head and nodded at Chen Su with great understanding.
Chen Su: "?"
“There’s no one else here except the two of us.” Shi Yu didn’t blame Shen Su for what happened after he woke up; after all, he was a man too. He just felt a little embarrassed, so he decided to give Shen Su some advice on the two arguing voices in his head, and at the same time ease the tension between them. “The live stream can’t see what’s going on here, so why don’t you go and take care of it?”
Following Shi Yu's gaze, Shen Su glanced at his crotch, then looked towards the bathroom...
Shen Su: "…………"
After Shi Yu said this, Shen Su fell into an eerie silence.
Then, until the safe house failed, Shen Su didn't say another word to Shi Yu.
Shi Yu seriously reflected on herself.
Was his advice wrong? Perhaps he should have advised Shen Su to endure it?
It's hard to believe that Shen Su is such an ascetic.
At midnight, all surviving players received a system notification—
[Duplicate merge complete!]
The replica merge results are as follows: Replicas F and H are merged into replica A001.
[This is the final merge of the instances, therefore the game time is unpredictable. The game ends when 'Platinum Supermarket goes bankrupt' or 'four winners are determined by the players.']
[Friendly Reminder: Players have a certain chance to trigger hidden dungeons. Clearing hidden dungeons will reward players with rare items.]
At the same time, Shi Yu and Shen Su were also thrown out of the safe house.
The location where the system embarrassed itself was random. Here it was an empty alley, and the two of them were standing right under a street lamp.
The two timed it perfectly, taking a shower and changing their clothes before the safe house expired.
Of course, the clothes were borrowed from Qin Ke.
Qin Ke seemed to have used the safe house as a sleeping place; it was full of pajamas and robes, and the few everyday clothes he owned were all rather flashy. Shen Su, however, didn't seem to mind, wearing a pink suit. This was the first time Shi Yu had ever seen Shen Su in pink. The girl Shi Yu had a crush on in their first year of high school wore a pink dress when they first met, but Shen Su looked better in pink than that girl.
Shi Yu picked out a beige plain shirt from a pile of colorful clothes, only to find out after putting it on that it had a deep V-neck... It was too late to change it.
Shi Yu is the company boss. He usually wears a three-piece suit to the company, with the top button of his shirt fastened. Now, wearing such a low-cut shirt, he feels like the wind is blowing under his neck. He's not cold, but he's just not used to it.
Shen Su noticed this and considerately said while taking off his coat, "I can give you my coat."
"No." Shi Yu raised his hand to stop Shen Su's movement. "I don't like that color." He quickly added, "But you look very good in it."
Shi Yu originally went to press Shen Su's arm, but he pressed it off and grabbed Shen Su's wrist. In that instant, he felt Shen Su's stiffness, but judging from Shen Su's expression, there was no stiffness at all.
"This is the first time I've heard you praise me." Shen Su tilted his head at him, his two little tiger teeth showing a genuine smile. "Even though it's just a perfunctory compliment, I'm still quite happy."
Shi Yu said earnestly, "It's not just a perfunctory response."
Chen Su asked seriously, "So, do you think the clothes are prettier or the person is prettier?"
Shi Yu: "..."
Shi Yu fell silent.
The two were chatting happily, and the live stream chat was about to explode!
[YuYu, my wife! Ahhh, my wife is finally out! I'm here, wife, hehe!!]
Why is my wife wearing a deep V-neck dress in the middle of the night? Is she trying to seduce me? That neck, those collarbones, that waist, those legs—I'm in love!
[While it's not surprising that Shen Su and Shi Yu are together, their atmosphere is a bit odd. What kind of jacket is this? What do you mean, "You look good in this"? Is this flirting? What the hell happened after they went into a safe house?!]
The statement "It's not surprising that Shen Su and Shi Yu are together" is itself strange!
[And they had all changed their clothes, their hair was still wet, they had just taken a shower! Why did they take a shower?!]
What are you all thinking? Why are you changing clothes? Of course, you've already slept! Why are you taking a shower? Well, you've already slept, too.
These two instances of "slept together" have different meanings!
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[It's the final round! Shouldn't we be discussing the plot first? Jiang Yan and Qin Ke got out using their get-out-of-jail-free cards, but Shi Yu and Chen Su are still inside! And there's Mo Rugui, the great god, who's protecting two girls. Mu Zhuo, that bastard, loves to scheme. The four survivors from instance F are all murderers! Only four out of ten can survive, wake up, everyone!!!]
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Shi Yu and Shen Su had already left the alley and were heading towards Platinum Joy Supermarket.
They went around in circles and ended up going back to the old method—bankrupting Platinum Supermarket.
As they turned a corner, a familiar face suddenly appeared in front of them. Mu Zhuo was standing in the middle of the road, holding a gun. This road was the only way to Platinum Joy Supermarket, and it seemed that Mu Zhuo had deliberately waited for them here.
"Are you here to discuss cooperation with us?" Shen Su asked.
No wonder Shen Su asked that question.
Because every time I see Mu Zhuo, he's either plotting against someone or negotiating a collaboration.
"No." Mu Zhuo raised his gun, his eyes narrowing into slits as he stared at them. "I'm here to deal with you."
"Don't you want to know where Jiang Yan is? Don't you want to ask where we've been these past few hours?" Shen Su interrupted Mu Zhuo's actions.
Mu Zhuo didn't fire immediately, but the gun was still pointed at them as he asked, "Where is Jiang Yan?"
"She's already left the game." Shen Su said, unfolding a small note written by Qin Ke that he had casually picked up and showing it to Mu Zhuo. Qin Ke was unkind to them, so they shouldn't blame them for being unjust.
"Qin Ke." It seems Qin Ke's calligraphy is quite well-known. Mu Zhuo recognized him at a glance and sneered, "That's right, only he can afford to buy a get-out-of-jail-free card, and he even bought two at once."
"Now that Jiang Yan is safe, I have even fewer reservations. The sooner you die, the sooner I can get out of here. There are some things I need to say to Jiang Yan, and it won't be good if it's too late..."
Just as Mu Zhuo was about to fire, he could vaguely see seven or eight figures walking towards him from the dim streetlights on the other side of the road.
As the group drew closer, Shi Yu could see their faces clearly—walking in the middle at the front was a little girl with pigtails wearing a black and red Lolita princess dress. In stark contrast to her appearance, she was carrying a chainsaw on her shoulder. Walking to her sides and behind her were three burly men, each with solid muscles and covered in tattoos. One carried a hammer, one a knife, and one an axe. The little girl, standing among them, looked only about 1.5 meters tall.
However, this 1.5-meter-tall Lolita girl is the core and leader of the four-person team.
Qin Ke had told them that the little girl's name was Eve, which didn't sound like her real name. Everyone called her "Chainsaw Lolita." She and three other people were a fixed team. Since entering the game, they had basically killed anyone they encountered.
If Mu Zhu killed people simply to improve the accuracy of his props, then these four people killed people purely for fun, and their methods were extremely cruel. Any one of them had as many lives on their hands as Mu Zhu.
On the other side were Mo Rugui and the two girls he had saved from Mu Zhuo's gun.
The two groups came together.
This indicates that they have temporarily reached a consensus on their goals.
A group of people walked up to them.
"Since there's a second way, let's stop killing each other." As expected, Mo Rugui came to persuade them. His gaze swept over Shi Yu and Shen Su without any emotion in his eyes, but when he looked at Mu Zhuo, a murderous warning flashed in his hawk-like eyes. "Put down your gun, and I'll spare your life for now."
From this perspective, it seems that even those four serial killers were persuaded by Mo Rugui.
As expected of being ranked second, this Mo Rugui is quite something.
Mu Zhuo was outnumbered and had no chance of winning, so he put down his gun and temporarily reached a reconciliation with everyone.
"Mr. Mo, thank you." Shi Yu admired people like Mo Rugui, so he took the initiative to make friends with him. "My name is Shi Yu, and his name is Chen Su."
Mo Rugui and the other person nodded.
They weren't too surprised that they knew him, nor did they say much.
A large group of people headed towards Platinum Joy Supermarket.
However, when they arrived, they found the place empty.
It's not that the supermarket is empty, but rather that the area where the supermarket used to be is empty.
The entire supermarket has disappeared!
A few lines of crooked, ugly chalk writing were left on the cement floor.
I've moved the supermarket!
Surprised?
Isn't that exciting!
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