Chapter 53 Platinum Joy Supermarket has always favored his system, why not...?
After Mu Zhuo and Shi Yu disappeared on the spot, Eve was the first to react. She sneered and said sarcastically, "Mu Zhuo is really smart. If he can't leave, he takes the factors that can't leave with him."
Three big guys showed up to support them:
"Exactly! That kid's smart, if he doesn't run, I'll chop him into mincemeat!"
I'll smash his brains in!
"My axe is itching for a fight!"
"Shut up!" Eve said with a look of disgust. "Are you trying to make sure everyone knows you're stupid?"
The three burly men scratched their heads in unison and then fell silent.
Mo Rugui's expression remained unchanged. The two girls behind him were surprised for a few seconds, but then returned to normal and hid behind Mo Rugui without saying a word.
No one else showed much emotion, except for Shen Su, whose face was visibly grim.
If the temperature of a person's body were visible to the naked eye, one could see the climate around them shifting in an instant from the fragrant spring of summer to the snow-covered winter of winter.
Shen Su's arm was still suspended in mid-air, maintaining the posture of embracing someone, but his arms were empty.
Upon regaining his senses, Shen Su almost turned and left.
"Hey!" Eve, displeased with Shen Su's behavior, called out to his retreating figure, "Did you ask the people here for their opinion before leaving?"
Shen Su completely ignored her, as if he hadn't heard her, and didn't even stop walking.
This action thoroughly enraged Eve. She gave the big guy with the hammer a look, and the big guy obeyed. He swung his thick arm and smashed the hammer down on Shen Su's head.
The hammer was as big as a baby's head, and one end was attached to a chain as thick as an arm. When this hammer was swung, a person's head could be deformed and their brains would splatter.
Shen Su walked away into the distance with his back to this side.
As the big guy swung his hammer, he nimbly ducked to avoid it, and the big guy never had another chance to swing his hammer.
The other two large men also attacked Chen Su, and the outcome was the same.
The scene was so shocking that the comments section was filled with crimson text.
[What the hell just happened?! I didn't even have time to react! The battle's over?!!!!]
[Don't even mention you, Mo Dashen didn't react either. Mo Dashen seemed to want to come over and help, then realized that Chen Su didn't seem to need his help. Mo Dashen took a step forward and then moved back. I'm dying of laughter!!!]
[A man weighing over 300 pounds was like a lump of rotten meat to Shen Su. He wielded the man's hammer, axe, and machete with more ease than the man himself. To be honest, has Shen Su always been this ruthless in fights?]
[Didn't you see our infamous chainsaw-wielding loli turn on her chainsaw for a few seconds and then turn it off? Isn't that ruthless?]
[What do you mean, "brutal"? He was rushing to save his wife, of course he had to hurry!]
[Sigh, just an ordinary man anxiously trying to save his wife.]
[You call him unremarkable when he single-handedly took on three muscular men weighing over 300 pounds each?]
...
The three puddles of flesh on the ground were completely immobile, with only their eyeballs still able to move, proving they were not dead. All the wounds on their bodies were from their own weapons; if word got out, their ancestors would be so angry they'd crawl out of their graves.
Shen Su's gaze swept over the remaining people standing there, his tone revealing neither joy nor anger, "Anyone else? Come at me all at once."
Nobody went up.
Shen Su picked up a cloth from the ground to wipe away the blood splattered on his body, dusted off his hands, and turned to leave.
After walking a few steps, he noticed someone following him. It was Mo Rugui and the two girls who were with her. Chen Su stopped and asked Mo Rugui, "Are you going to fight?"
"I'll go with you to save him."
Mo Rugui remained calm, and his tone did not sound like he was joking. In fact, Mo Rugui was not a person who would joke.
But who is "he" in the sentence?
it goes without saying.
In fact, having an extra helper at times like this is a great help, let alone a heavyweight like Mo Rugui who is worth ten men.
However, Shen Su coldly replied, "No need."
He added, "Cherish the present moment, because I might make a move on you later."
Shen Su left.
The live stream chat is still flooded with comments:
[Doesn't Shen Su look scary? I can barely accept the ferocity he displays when he's hitting people, but the fact that he has no expression here is actually giving me the creeps.]
[When Shi Yu is around, Shen Su is all sunshine and rainbows, and he can joke around with anyone without a care. But when Shi Yu isn't around, Shen Su's face turns gloomy, like a villain about to destroy the world. Waaaaah, Yu Yu, come quick! Your husband is so scary when he's not here!]
What's so scary? It's just that I had to save my own wife.
However, his wife was kidnapped! Just imagine what will happen to those three big guys! Mu Zhuo, you're in danger.
[Mu Zhuo, in danger.]
[What's with the "danger" about Mu Zhuo! He accidentally teleported to a place right next to the hidden dungeon's teleportation stone! He's already inside the hidden dungeon! Rare items are right in front of him!]
【What the heck?! I need to check it right now!】
[I checked, it's true! I'm so jealous! How come Mu Zhuo is so lucky?!]
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Shi Yu experienced some motion sickness due to the teleportation.
He didn't even notice where he was teleported to. Just as he was about to squat down and vomit, a mysterious force pulled him into a mysterious space.
So, the first thing Shi Yu did upon entering the hidden instance was: "Ugh, ugh..."
Mu Zhuo glanced at Shi Yu with the look a city dweller would give a country bumpkin, then his gaze was drawn to a row of blind boxes flashing white light in front of him, which he estimated to be around thirty.
Both of them received system messages at the same time—
[Congratulations to the player for unlocking the hidden dungeon [A Surprise from Manager Lu]!]
[Those destined to meet will find each other even from a thousand miles away. Everyone who enters here is destined to meet. Manager Lu wants to play a game with those destined to meet.]
[Gameplay Introduction: Among the thirty blind boxes in front of you, one contains Shopkeeper Lu's blessing, one contains Shopkeeper Lu's curse, and the rest are empty. Opening the blessing blind box will grant you a rare random item, while opening the cursed blind box will cause the curse to devour your soul.]
Players take turns opening blind boxes until both the blessed and cursed blind boxes are opened.
[We hope players get blessed blind boxes, and please don't get cursed blind boxes!]
There is no sound in the system message.
However, the punctuation marks in the last message reveal the system's malicious intent.
Shi Yu didn't pay much attention to any rare random items, but instead focused on the words "cursed blind box". What does "opening a cursed blind box will cause the curse to devour your soul" mean? Will a person die if their soul is devoured?
The game stipulates that both the Blessing Blind Box and the Cursed Blind Box must be opened for the game to end.
In other words, one of them, him or Mu Zhuo, will definitely die today.
Mu Zhuo showed no discomfort whatsoever, and even rubbed his hands together eagerly before stepping forward. Before opening the blind box, he asked Shi Yu, "Do you want to go first or should I go first?"
The rules have been clearly explained.
I absolutely have to open this blind box today.
Shi Yu: "Either is fine."
"Then I won't stand on ceremony."
Mu Zhuo didn't bother to choose carefully or think it over; he just opened one randomly.
With his luck and the system's continued favor, he might be the first to open the Blessed Blind Box, while he'll never get the Cursed Blind Box.
The white light shimmered on the cube-shaped box, then the light faded and it slowly opened, revealing that it was empty.
Mu Zhuo comforted herself that it was okay.
After all, there are thirty of them, and this is only the first one. If he were the first to open a blessing blind box, it would be too obvious that the system is cheating him, and from the audience's perspective, the plot would be too predictable.
Shi Yu also casually opened one.
Empty.
After that, the two took turns opening the blind boxes. Mu Zhuo didn't think much and basically opened the one closest to him. Shi Yu did the same. In the blink of an eye, the two had opened more than twenty blind boxes, and without exception, they were all empty.
The chances of getting blessed and cursed blind boxes increase as time goes on, and the two of them open blind boxes at a relatively slower pace, but they always end up with empty boxes.
Finally, only two remained.
Both blind boxes were square and shiny with white light, and looked exactly the same.
However, one of these two blind boxes determined "life," while the other determined "death."
This time, Mu Zhuo didn't ask who should open it first. He suggested, "How about we each choose one and open them together?"
He opens the blessing blind box, Shi Yu opens the curse blind box; he gets a rare item, Shi Yu has her soul taken and dies. These two things have to happen simultaneously to be exciting enough.
When faced with a dying person, Mu Zhuo was very kind and even gave Shi Yu the right to choose first.
Shi Yu had no objection to the suggestion.
He didn't choose, but picked the one in front of him that was closest to him.
"I'll count to three, two, one, then we'll open it together."
Mu Zhuo remained calm as he faced the rare item he was about to obtain.
After all, this wasn't the first time he had obtained a rare item.
The comments section, however, remained calm.
[I can't watch anymore! I can't watch anymore! I can't watch anymore! Mu Zhuo is always so lucky, no matter which box Yu Yu chooses, he's doomed! Waaaaah!]
[That wasn't just good luck! How can anyone still think Mu Zhuo was lucky? He wasn't even targeted once in the system's death trial, and look at that backpack full of items—do you really think it was just luck?]
Yes, during the death sentence trial, it was as if they forgot about him; he was the first to benefit from any of the advantages.
[You don't dare to say it, huh? Fine, I'll say it: the system is biased!]
[No one thinks blind boxes are random, right? Putting these two blind boxes at the end is just to create maximum suspense and conflict, isn't it? Look how much the viewership in the live stream has surged.]
The system claims to be fair, but in reality, well...
[You guys have some nerve! Don't you want to live anymore?]
My wife is dying, what's the point of me keeping my life?
[Haha, system, well done! System, awesome! Awesome! I'm not crazy, haha, my emotions are perfectly stable, haha!]
...
Mu Zhuo: "Three, two, one."
The two opened the blind box together.
Shi Yu looked at the box after the white light disappeared, and inside was a note with a strange pattern drawn on it.
He wondered to himself, could this be a curse?
Shi Yu picked up the note and carefully examined it. From the scribbles, she could vaguely make out the words "blessing".
Mu Zhuo on the other side was completely stunned.
After a long pause, he finally spoke, his tone utterly incredulous: "Impossible...impossible! How could this be? There must be a mistake, a mistake...It can't be, absolutely impossible!"
Then, as if realizing something, he frantically covered himself with live armor.
After trying for a while without success, he realized that he had already used up his last two pieces of resurrection armor...
Other items!
Yes! He also has hundreds of props!
He quickly searched through the other items, but none of them had the function of preventing death...
Soon, it was as if something entered Mu Zhuo's body. In just a few seconds, he was completely drained, leaving only a skeleton and a skin. Even as he was drained, he was still in the posture of searching for props.
While his eyeballs were still inside him, his last appearance was one of wide-eyed disbelief.
It seems like I'll never understand it, not even until I die.
Why is the system that always favored him no longer favoring him?
At this moment, a weak comment appeared in the live stream chat:
[Um, you guys seem to have forgotten that the system favored Mu Zhuo because he was good-looking, but now the officially recognized top-ranked beauty isn't Mu Zhuo anymore.]
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