Chapter 16 The First Store



In the park, the long corridors were lined with closed rooms on both sides, with house numbers arranged from large to small. There was a red tally board under the black rectangular house numbers.

The numbers displayed on them varied, some were three digits, some were only one digit, and most of the tally boards were two digits.

In front of a room with a three-digit house number, the number on the tally board counted down to zero, the door of the room opened, and the monsters that had not yet removed their mimicry rushed out of the door.

"Huh, it's finally time to get off work."

"Hurry up, hurry up, get out early today, let's go to the snack bar for breakfast! I've been craving wontons for a long time."

"Come on, let's go eat to our heart's content before the guard comes!"

Bai Ming was the last one to come out. There was no one else in the corridor. He lowered his head and took out a handful of miscellaneous things from his pocket, including banknotes, coins, some strange little notes, and even banknotes that looked like US dollars and Japanese yen.

After these things appeared in this world, most of them gradually darkened and turned gray, and then exploded and disappeared like soap bubbles.

Bai Ming was disappointed. They could contact the living through a special space, but they could not bring things from that world to the land of dreams.

After everything in his hand turned into soap bubbles and exploded, Bai Ming felt a slight heaviness in his arms. He reached out and took out a neatly stacked stack of red tickets. He remembered that he had snatched them from one of the challengers, and they had not disappeared.

At this time, the numbers on the counters in the two rooms next door returned to zero, the doors opened, and after all the NPCs on duty left, Xingzi and Xiaoqie walked out of a door respectively.

They both took out a bunch of paper slips from their arms at the same time. The result was the same as Bai Ming's. Most of the paper slips turned into bubbles and exploded, leaving only a pile of red tickets with heads.

The results of Master Qie's busy night's work were reduced by 95% in an instant. Xiao Qie knelt on the ground, deeply shocked: "Ahhhhhh, my money!!!"

Xingzi was in a similar situation. She picked out a few red bills from a pile of soap bubbles and pondered for a moment: "Ask Qi Chen if this is what the owner wants."

They have been here for a long time and have long lost the concept of currency. In recent years, they have learned about the changes in modern society from challengers and have searched for all the pieces of paper and objects that look like money in the game.

Bai Ming said firmly: "No need to ask, it must be."

After the bubbles exploded, there were not many things left, and the three of them were not very satisfied.

But it was already dawn and the store was about to open, so they had to go back to the store.

Lu Yao opened the door of the store, and three clerks stood neatly outside the door, and behind them were the park NPCs waiting in line for breakfast.

Bubble was the first in line, and when he saw her, he immediately greeted her excitedly: "Boss, I want some wontons and chive and egg pancakes." Lu

Yao stepped aside to let the clerks and customers in, and asked suspiciously: "Why are you here so early today?"

Bai Ming and the other two had not yet figured out how to hand the things to Lu Yao naturally so that she would not feel uneasy. After all, she worked hard to create a "local" persona and even learned illusion.

Xingzi wanted Qi Chen to confirm it, so they did not take out the things they had robbed last night, ahem, worked hard to get, but started to receive customers as usual.

Later, Qi Chen came.

Xingzi pulled him to a corner and pulled out a red banknote, "Is this what the owner wants?"

Qi Chen took the banknote and touched it, his face full of surprise: "Did you really get it from the amusement park?"

Xingzi knew from his tone that she had found the right one, and she was finally happy.

Next, she just needs to think of a way to save more, and then find a suitable opportunity to hand it over to the owner.

The morning is the busiest time for the snack bar, and there are a lot of customers.

However, the journey is long and she doesn't plan to increase the amount of ingredients blindly. It's too tiring and stressful, so she has to slow down. She

will stop work when the ingredients prepared every day are sold out, and sell tea and snacks in the afternoon.

Qing rushed from Area C to Area A early in the morning and took the elevator to the 99th floor.

Perhaps it was still early, and there were not many people queuing in front of the snack bar, compared to the long queues in the past.

Qing stood in the distance, staring at the snack bar sign, suppressed the desire to go over, turned around with a sullen face and walked towards the amusement park.

Be patient, come back to eat after the assessment is over, and try all the new products in the store.

Guard Captain Bai Jian stood by the window, watching Qing come up and walk straight to the amusement park, and he was satisfied.

A few minutes later, someone came out of the snack bar carrying several large bags of food, turned around and walked to the amusement park next door.

Bai Jian recognized the person as Du Chen, a guard at Qingshan Amusement Park in Area D. He used to be very strong, but later contracted amnesia and resigned from the amusement park.

Did he come here today to participate in the guard assessment? Is the amnesia healed?

Bai Jian's eyes fell on the food box in Du Chen's hand, and he frowned slightly.

"Knock, knock, knock--"

Someone knocked on the door, and Bai Jian returned to his desk and sat down, "Come in."

An NPC pushed the door open and reported, "Guard Captain, the candidates for this guard assessment have all arrived, a total of 29 people, and the assessment can begin."

Bai Jian: "Got it."

Downstairs, Du Chen came in and saw Qing from a row of guards with strong soul power, and walked slowly to him, "Why are you here too?"

The two were classmates who were selected for the guards of Qingshan Amusement Park. Qingshan Amusement Park is one of the only three parks in the district that can play restricted games.

When Qing and Du Chen both wanted to be selected, the two fought in the game for three days and three nights.

In the end, Du Chen narrowly won and was selected.

The 99th Floor Amusement Park can also host restricted games, but Qing later went to Area C.

He told Du Chen that he wanted to turn the cake shop amusement park in Area C into a large amusement park where restricted games could be held.

Du Chen did not expect that he would give up his original ambitions and come to participate in the 99th Floor Amusement Park Guard Assessment.

Qing lowered his eyes and glanced at the takeaway box in Du Chen's hand, then quickly moved away, as if he was not interested at all, and said lightly: "I want to test my current strength."

Most of Du Chen's attention was drawn away by the food in his hand. He nodded when he heard it, "You are still so competitive, but this time I also have a reason not to lose. See you in the game."

Qing nodded in silence and did not continue to speak.

Du Chen did not mind either. He found a corner with the takeaway box and was about to open it to eat something.

Bai Jian came down from the stairs, looked at him deeply, turned around and said in a cold voice: "All the reserve guards participating in the assessment, get ready, and enter the game after drawing lots. The rules are very simple, the strongest one who stays to the end will be the new guard of this park."

E District Nursing Home.

The nurses are working with the patients with amnesia. The director said that a cure for amnesia has been found, and there are already cured cases.

Lu Yao has already been contacted, and Shui Ninghua and the nurses thought that they just needed to send the patients over, but they encountered unexpected difficulties.

The patients were reluctant to go out, and they didn't believe that they had found a cure.

There are nearly a thousand patients with amnesia living in the nursing home, but they can't find five patients who are willing to go to District A with them for treatment.

Shui Ninghua spent the whole night doing the work, but the patients were completely indifferent.

Tired of being scolded, the patient lay on the bed with his back to her, motionless, and looked like he was about to die.

Shui Ninghua was angry and helpless.

By noon, they still hadn't set out.

Hong Chun hurried up from downstairs and opened the director's office. "Director, five patients have agreed."

Shui Ninghua immediately stood up. "How did you convince them?"

She tried every method, talking to the patients one by one from the first floor to the fifth floor, but no one paid any attention to her.

Hong Chun tilted his head and said, "These five patients saw the live broadcast of the snack bar yesterday. I said I would take them to the restaurant in the live broadcast for dinner."

It turned out that it was the temptation of the snack bar. Shui Ninghua didn't care to think too much. At present, being able to persuade the patients to go over would be half successful. She arranged: "You and I, call Lili to take the patients

and set off immediately." Five minutes later, Shui Ninghua and two nurses took five amnesia patients to the Luyao snack bar.

On the way, other people saw a group of people and automatically avoided them. The patients looked wooden and had no reaction to this. Like puppets,

they bought tickets and took the bus at the urging of the nurses. Arriving at the Paradise Station on the 99th floor of Area A, the patients followed the nurses down.

Chen Li walked in front. Area A seemed to be a little more lively than Area E. There were many people in the subway station and the noise was also very loud.

Xu Qinghe followed behind her, moving his feet step by step with difficulty. He felt very tired and didn't want to move at all.

There were too many noises here, and the noise made him irritated. He wanted to go back to the nursing home, but he felt that it would be troublesome to take such a long car ride.

He was upset and regretful. He shouldn't have been soft-hearted and followed the nurse out.

This world is empty and the snack bar in the live broadcast does not exist at all.

I don't want to leave, I don't want to move, and I don't want to think about anything. How about ending it here?

Xu Qinghe and the people around him who came with him seemed to be covered with a layer of gray, lifeless, and they might die at any time.

"We're here!" Hong Chun's resounding voice brought everyone back to their senses. Five pairs of eyes like dry wells stared at the snack bar sign not far away. Their emotions were calm, and they just felt that they could finally rest.

The snack bar closed in the morning, and there were no other customers. Lu Yao was in the kitchen, and Xingzi and Qi Chen were in charge of reception.

The five amnesiacs were arranged in five empty seats by the window, one table per person.

Chen Li came to the store for the first time, and when she saw the scenery outside the window, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes.

In the kitchen, Shui Ninghua found Lu Yao, "Manager."

Lu Yao was making the last dish, he looked up at her, "I told you guys were almost there."

Shui Ninghua folded her hands together, a little embarrassed: "Sorry to bother you."

The pot was steaming, the aroma was fragrant, Lu Yao stir-fried it for a few times, took a small spoon to scoop a little sauce to taste, confirmed the taste was good, then took it out of the pot and put it on a plate.

Lu Yao had already prepared, the patient arrived at the store and waited for less than ten minutes, and five special meal sets for amnesia patients were ready.

Xiaoqie lay on the glass, staring at the dishes that had just come out of the oven, the owner had made a new dish, it smelled sour and sweet, it must be super delicious.

Xu Qinghe sat in the store in a daze, disappointment and regret occupied all his thoughts, and he had no mind to look around.

He thought angrily that even if the food in this restaurant was edible, it was not medicine and could not cure diseases.

"Your set meal, please enjoy it slowly."

The clear and gentle voice of the girl sounded beside him. Xu Qinghe originally turned his head to look over, but suddenly smelled a good smell. He looked down and saw the steaming food. His gray eyes blinked, "What is this?"

Lu Yao explained simply: "The special lunch of the small shop."

Xu Qinghe swallowed his saliva. It smelled so good. Is this really edible?

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