Chapter 31 Platinum Supermarket So you like boys?
Lu Boyue arranged five rooms for them, and Lin Fengbai, as Shi Yu's assistant, also got a room by himself.
The VIP suite had more than one bedroom, so Lin Fengbai gave up his room and shared one with Shi Yu, citing work convenience as the reason. Lin Fengbai was Shi Yu's assistant, and Shi Yu had no objections. Lu Boyue also didn't say anything about it.
Of course, it's more likely that Manager Lu was simply too busy.
They rushed over to arrange rooms for them and then left in a hurry, having no time to attend to such trivial matters.
Shi Yu's room number was 1506. Both bedrooms had ensuite bathrooms. The first thing he and Lin Fengbai did after checking in was to take a shower. Then Shi Yu came out wearing the bathrobe provided by the hotel and sat down on the sofa in the living room.
He opened the game panel, and the friends list was empty, which once again confirmed his idea: friends only appear when you are in the same space as the player.
He and Shen Su were in different instances of the same game. This time, he couldn't use the game's built-in chat function, nor could he interact with Shen Su to exchange information.
Shi Yu knew the importance of teamwork, but he was better at independent thinking and quickly accepted his current situation.
A short while later, Lin Fengbai also came out after taking a shower, carrying a cardboard box containing folded origami cranes and unfolded colored paper. He sat on the sofa and continued folding origami cranes.
Shi Yu didn't disturb Lin Fengbai folding origami cranes. He mentally processed the information he had gathered that day: from Lu Boyue's words, he knew there were four players in this instance, including himself. Yang Qiwen was a newcomer, while Jiang Yan and Gu Heng were veteran players. Yang Qiwen seemed to be quite outspoken, saying whatever came to mind, while Gu Heng and Jiang Yan were more cautious. Regarding the instance, all they knew so far was that Lu Boyue couldn't bankrupt the supermarket due to some external force.
If they want more information, they'll have to wait until tomorrow for Lu Boyue to give them the materials.
After obtaining Lin Fengbai's consent, Shi Yu turned on the hotel TV and selected a documentary channel to watch. The natural scenery, such as tropical rainforests, glaciers, and lakes, brought a sense of peace to her.
After admiring the natural scenery for a while, Shi Yu noticed that Lin Fengbai had fallen asleep on the sofa. When he reached for the remote to turn off the volume, he accidentally woke him up. He suggested, "Why don't you go back to your room and sleep?"
Shi Yu had taken a nap at noon and wasn't sleepy yet, so he planned to watch TV for a while to pass the time.
Lin Fengbai nodded: "I'll go inside and sleep." After saying that, he disappeared on the spot. Then Shi Yu found that a mini version of Lin Fengbai's icon had appeared in her inventory.
Shi Yu: "..."
That's true, sleeping in the inventory is safer than sleeping outside.
Shi Yu leaned back on the sofa and continued watching the documentary, but she also dozed off as she watched.
Suddenly, a deafening sound pierced my eardrums.
Shi Yu was startled awake.
Yes, I was startled awake, and my heart was still pounding when I woke up.
The TV channel changed channels by itself sometime during the day.
As if haunted, the channel switched from a documentary channel to an entertainment channel, and the television screen changed from natural scenery to colorful lights, with a group of young men in stage makeup and shiny suits singing and dancing on stage.
But it doesn't seem like a ghost story.
The TV channel I switched to was just a regular talent show, nothing scary, no ghosts, and the boys on stage even danced quite well.
The theme of this instance should be something like "high society" or "business warfare," and it shouldn't have any supernatural elements.
Shi Yu ruled out the possibility of it being haunted.
Then Shi Yu found the remote control on the sofa, and the case was solved—he had fallen asleep and accidentally pressed his body against the remote control, changing the channel.
Shi Yu switched the channel back to the documentary channel.
After watching for only a few minutes, the TV automatically switched back to the boy group talent show.
Shi Yu: "?"
This time he was certain he hadn't touched the remote control.
Is it really haunted?
Viewers with a God's-eye view know that the so-called haunting is caused by a ghost called Shen Su.
It is in Room 1506 of the first instance.
Shen Su in the first instance also found it strange.
The TV turns on by itself? And then switches to a documentary channel and stays there? He changed the channel a few minutes later, and then the TV automatically switched back to documentaries? ???
Does this ghost like watching documentaries?
Well, but he's a ghost with good taste.
[The hotel has 32 floors, each with a dozen or so rooms, and they all chose room 1506! What an incredibly low probability that is! Don't ask, it's simply divine intervention!]
Why is Chen Su watching boy band auditions? I admit these guys dance pretty well, the kind of guys girls would like, but Chen Su is a guy! He's watching guys dance! So Chen Su is really gay!!!
[No, shouldn't your focus right now be on—why is their TV shared? Is it a bug?]
Whether it's a bug or not, both of them now believe it's haunted.
...
Shi Yu stared at the "haunted" television.
He switched the channel back to the documentary, then a few seconds later switched back to the boy group audition. Shi Yu switched again, then switched back again... The faster Shi Yu switched, the faster he switched back.
Shi Yu gradually realized that this was not something a ghost could do; perhaps it was a person?
Maybe someone shares a TV with him?
This actually makes sense. Since the game has many instances, the structure of each instance should be the same. This instance has the Lu's Hotel and room 1506, and other instances also have them.
He checked into room 1506, and other players from other instances also checked into room 1506. Perhaps it was players from other instances who were sharing the same room and were trying to take the remote control from him.
A player who enjoys watching boy group auditions?
Is it a girl?
Shi Yu was thinking, so she didn't touch the remote control. As a result, the TV was still showing a boy group audition. The stage had a different group of people. The boys were suspended by wires and descended from the sky, performing difficult moves under the stage lights. It was even more exciting than the previous stage.
That person must be watching too?
Watching intently?
Without further hesitation, Shi Yu grabbed the remote control and quickly changed the channel, switching from boy group audition to natural scenery and back to boy group audition, pausing for one second in between. Then he paused for three seconds and repeated the operation.
In Morse code, the letter "S" is represented by three "·" signals.
The initials of Shen Su's name in pinyin are "SS".
Shi Yu was exploring a possibility.
Although the possibility is extremely small.
The conditions did not allow him to transmit Morse code in a standardized way, and the recipient might not understand it at all, mistaking it for an escalation of "haunting".
Of course, the most likely scenario is that the other party is not Shen Su.
About half a minute later, the other party responded.
Shi Yu stared intently at the constantly changing TV channels. Three short signals were "S", one long signal, one short signal, and two long signals were "Y", the initials of Shi Yu's name in pinyin were "SY", and there was even a question mark at the end.
It's Shen Su!
And Shen Su also guessed it was him.
Shi Yu leaned back on the sofa and let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief.
It's a good thing it's Shensu. If a girl were to stay in this room, even if it's from a different instance, he would feel uncomfortable.
[Wow, what are they doing? Transmitting Morse code through a TV? Is that even possible? I've learned something new.]
[Please don't point the camera at the TV! I don't understand Morse code or anything, but my eyes are about to be blinded by the light!]
[Since Manager Lu can travel between several dungeons, and the TV here allows two people in the same location across different dungeons to connect, I suddenly have a bold idea!]
[Manager Lu is a dungeon boss and has certain privileges; players probably can't do that, right?]
Has anyone finished this game? Can you give me some spoilers about what happens next?
[No, really. [Platinum Supermarket] had been in public beta for two months and only officially launched this morning. My Mu Zhuo only started playing because it's a new game, there's absolutely no other reason. Some fans shouldn't overthink it.]
What does it mean to overthink things? Is it that these kinds of coincidences really make people overthink things?
Stop arguing! Is there anyone who understands Morse code who can translate what they're talking about?
...
What did Shi Yu and Shen Su talk about?
Chatting like this is actually quite tiring; my fingers get numb from pressing the remote control buttons, so Shi Yu didn't talk about anything unimportant.
He shared with Shen Su several key pieces of information he had learned in Dungeon 3, such as "there are four players in Dungeon 3," "the supermarket is prevented from going bankrupt naturally by some external force," and "Lu Boyue's relatives may be the breakthrough point."
After delivering the message, Shi Yu asked, "And you?"
In return, Chen Su should also share some information about the first instance with him.
To everyone's surprise, Shen Su was completely oblivious to social niceties, and his first question was: "What did you eat for dinner?"
Shi Yu: "..."
"French blue lobster, king crab, Australian abalone, bluefin tuna, and so on," Shi Yu finally answered, though he himself didn't know why he was answering such a meaningless question.
Shen Su: "What a coincidence, we're eating the same thing."
Shen Su then asked, "Was it Manager Lu who received you? Did Manager Lu take you to the tea room in his office to discuss and come up with a solution for him?"
Shi Yu: "Yes, this should be a pre-set program, and each copy is the same."
“That’s what I think too,” Shen Su continued. “There are four players on our side, one of whom is a pro. He said he would carry us to victory, so we’ve spent the whole day eating, drinking, and sleeping without getting any useful information.”
Shi Yu: "You don't seem like the type to suck up to others."
Shen Su: "You don't seem like the type to greet people proactively. You guessed that I'm the one who's haunted, so I'm special?"
"..." Shi Yu was speechless at these words, so he also threw out a question to choke Chen Su.
"You watch boy band dances, so you like boys?"
Instance 1, Room 1506.
Shen Su changed positions three times on the sofa while wearing a bathrobe. The sound of the electric drill from the renovation in the next room made him very irritable. He deliberately chose a channel with singing and dancing and turned the volume up to the maximum to suppress the sound of the electric drill.
He was planning to change rooms if he hadn't just received Shi Yu's Morse code message.
Boy group dance? I hadn't even noticed until Shi Yu pointed it out. The people dancing on TV were actually boys? I thought they were a group of cool girls.
As for...whether I like boys or not?
After hesitating for a moment, Shen Su asked, "Do you really want to know?", for reasons unknown.
"Never mind, I don't want to know," Shi Yu replied quickly.
Shen Su chuckled softly.
The television remained on the documentary channel, still showing natural scenery. No one changed the channel, and the two temporarily stopped talking.
It was already late at night.
Shi Yu was getting ready to go to sleep, and he was wondering whether he should say "goodnight" to Shen Su.
After thinking for three seconds, he simply turned off the TV.
On the other side, Shen Su was hesitating whether to tell Shi Yu "I'm going to sleep" or add two more words and say "I'm going to sleep, goodnight".
The TV screen suddenly went black.
Shen Su's face darkened further.
Shi Yu went to sleep.
I didn't say "goodnight" to him.
That's so heartless.
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