Chapter 14 [A new shop on the first floor of the underground city - Ice cream...
Three claw machines?
Zhu Yu looked at the three claw machine icons glowing in his backpack, and a little curiosity surged in his heart.
She glanced around, found an open space, and released them one by one.
With a buzzing sound, three claw machines landed steadily on the ground and were neatly arranged in front of her.
Their appearance is similar to ordinary claw machines in reality, with a wide variety of dolls placed under the transparent glass cover, but the type of dolls placed in each claw machine is different.
Zhu Yu walked closer with great interest and looked at the claw machines carefully.
The exterior of the first machine features a fruit-themed decoration.
The outer layer of the glass cover is covered with various fruit patterns: strawberries, grapes, lemons, pineapples, etc.
Through the glass, she saw dolls in the shape of various fruits placed inside.
There were cute strawberry dolls, orange dolls wearing little aprons, and Zhu Yu even saw a watermelon doll wearing sunglasses. Its cute and funny appearance made people laugh.
The second machine is animal-themed, with the body painted with various animal elements, and the interior of the machine is also filled with various animal dolls:
There are little bear dolls wearing bow ties, panda dolls holding bamboo, and one of the little cat dolls is holding a fish bone, smiling with its eyes narrowed.
This scene reminded Zhu Yu of Xiaoju whom she met in the first copy.
Of course, as his level increased, Xiaoju's body became several times larger than that of the cat doll.
The third machine is particularly unique.
Whether it is the exterior design or the doll shape inside, Zhu Yu can't see any obvious theme.
If she had to categorize it, she thinks the machine is more like a "hodgepodge of dolls."
Inside are lifelike croissant dolls, soft bread slice dolls, steaming coffee cup dolls, and small cactus pot dolls with cute expressions, etc.
Each doll is exquisite and beautiful, but the style is so different that it is difficult to put them into the same category.
Zhu Yu's eyes stayed on the machines for a while and he noticed that detailed claw machine rules were posted on each machine.
However, she looked at the time and realized that the flow of customers in the fruit tea shop was slowly increasing, and she had to go back as soon as possible.
Before leaving, Zhu Yu stood in front of the three claw machines and thought for a while. Considering their appeal and layout space, he finally decided to place them on the open space outside the third-floor supermarket, which would attract passing customers without hindering traffic.
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"Peng Yi, keep the receipt from the supermarket safe. Don't lose it, or you won't be able to get it reimbursed when you get back."
Qi Lecheng was walking in front carrying two large bags of shopping items, and he did not forget to turn back and remind Peng Yi.
"Got it - don't look back, watch the road carefully!"
Before Peng Yi finished speaking, he heard a soft "dong" sound coming from the front.
He looked up and saw Qi Lecheng standing in front of a claw machine with his hands covering his forehead, grinning at the glass cover that was shaken a few times by his collision.
"What is this?"
Qi Lecheng rubbed his forehead, with a bit of dissatisfaction in his tone, and turned his gaze to the claw machine in front of him.
“Have you never seen a claw machine?”
Peng Yi put the shopping bag in his hand aside, leaned over to take a look and said.
“Who doesn’t know this is a claw machine?”
Qi Lecheng rolled his eyes and muttered unhappily, "But who would have thought that there would be something like this in this copy? It's not like I didn't react."
Qi Lecheng felt a little depressed when he saw that his friend not only did not comfort him but instead looked mocking at him.
However, his attention was soon attracted by the three claw machines in front of him.
"Are these dolls different? Otherwise, why are they placed in different claw machines?"
There was some doubt in Peng Yi's tone.
"I don't know, let's try it first."
Qi Lecheng shrugged and glanced at the price on the machine. "It's not expensive. It's not too much to try it for a while."
He lowered his head and put a gold coin into the coin slot, and soon exchanged it for 10 game coins specifically for catching dolls.
The metal game coins made a slight clinking sound in his palm. Qi Lecheng stared at the coins, wandered back and forth between the three machines, and finally stood in front of the animal-themed machine.
"Why don't we let Erfeng out and see which doll it likes and let it choose one?" Peng Yi on the side suggested with a smile.
Normally, Qi Lecheng would basically let Erfeng stay outside, except for a few times when they were shopping in the supermarket, because Erfeng was too nagging, it made the players next to her impatient, and they complained directly to the robot in charge.
After the team was warned, Captain Zhao Shu simply ordered that, except for carrying out missions and in the apartment, Er Feng should not be released unless necessary, unless it could learn to abide by the rules one day.
Thinking of this, Qi Lecheng touched his nose helplessly and whispered:
"It's fine to let it go, but if it starts nagging again, I'm afraid the robot will blacklist us. When we go back, the captain's anger will turn Erfeng into a burning bird."
Peng Yi laughed and patted Qi Lecheng on the shoulder:
"Hey, don't be so nervous. This isn't the inside of a supermarket. It's not like it's disturbing anyone. Robots can't control this place."
He paused, sighed and continued:
"Besides, haven't you noticed that Erfeng has become much more restrained recently? There haven't been many missions recently. If we don't let it out to get some fresh air, it will probably go crazy."
Qi Lecheng glanced at the surroundings and was obviously still a little hesitant.
However, under Peng Yi's constant instigation, he finally nodded reluctantly: "Okay, okay."
He first gave Erfeng a few instructions before releasing it from the space.
Erfeng flapped her wings, obviously extremely excited that she was finally let out to get some fresh air.
"Hey, I knew it would be so noisy as soon as it came out."
Qi Lecheng complained, but he reached out and gently touched Erfeng's feathers, "Okay, stop flying around and be quiet."
Er Feng turned her head and gently touched Qi Lecheng's ear:
"Got it, got it, I'll just shut up, okay?"
Ever since it was nearly plucked of all its feathers for its bad mouth and was locked up in the summoning space for so long, it has learned its lesson.
At this moment, Erfeng obediently folded its wings and stood quietly on Qi Lecheng's shoulder.
"Erfeng, here are a bunch of cute animal dolls. Pick one and see which one you like. Then I'll help you catch it."
Qi Lecheng pointed at the various dolls in the claw machine and said.
After hearing this, Erfeng's eyes lit up. She flapped her wings and flew to the claw machine. She tilted her head and stared at the doll in the glass cover carefully.
A few seconds later, it tapped the glass with its wings, pointed at a brown dog doll, and then uttered a crisp "Woof".
Its peculiar imitation made Peng Yi burst out laughing:
"Hahaha, it looks like Erfeng has made her choice. This puppy is pretty cute. Let's catch it!"
Qi Lecheng threw a game coin, controlled the mechanical claw, and aimed at the position of the dog doll.
The claw slowly descended and accurately clamped one of the doll's ears, but just as it was about to rise to the exit, the doll suddenly slipped.
"Tsk, almost."
Qi Lecheng frowned and reluctantly threw in another game coin.
This time, he adjusted the angle more carefully, and his claws precisely clamped the waist of the dog doll.
The mechanical claw slowly rose and steadily sent the doll to the exit.
Peng Yi clapped and cheered: "We caught him! We caught him! You are quite capable!"
Qi Lecheng picked up the doll from the exit and handed it to Erfeng: "Here, it's for you."
Erfeng flapped her wings excitedly, immediately grabbed one of the dog doll's ears with her mouth, and then flew around the claw machine happily, obviously loving this new partner.
Just as it was spinning, there was a "snap" and a small card slipped out of the doll and fell to the ground.
"Hey, what is this?" Qi Lecheng bent down and picked up the card. After taking a closer look, he saw "Decoration Exchange Voucher" written on it.
He looked at the front and back of the card with some confusion, then shifted his gaze to the rules of the claw machine.
"It turns out this voucher can be used to redeem animal-themed decorations!"
After carefully reading all the contents of the rules, Qi Lecheng suddenly understood.
With this voucher, he can redeem a variety of animal-themed decorations, such as pet hats, small ponds, bird nests, mini houses, etc.
He pointed the card at the scanning screen of the machine. The next moment, the voucher in his hand disappeared, followed by a "dong" sound at the exit.
A bird egg pendant rolled out.
“This little thing is quite unique.”
Peng Yi came over to take a look with envy, and then not to be outdone, after exchanging the game coins, he walked to the fruit-themed claw machine and threw a game coin:
"Look at me, I'm going to come up with something good today!"
Peng Yi stared at the dolls in the claw machine with sharp eyes.
The mechanical claw moved flexibly inside the transparent glass cover. He aimed at a bunch of banana dolls that looked easier to grab, and grabbed them accurately with his claws, but they slipped on the way up.
“Come again!”
Peng Yi looked unconvinced and tried several times.
However, his ability to catch dolls was worrisome. After more than twenty attempts, he only caught four dolls in total.
When Peng Yi took out the last doll, he noticed a card underneath the doll.
He picked up the card and saw that it was a fruit tea discount coupon. With the coupon, he could enjoy a discount when buying fruit tea at the fruit tea shop on the first floor.
"This doll catching is much harder than I thought."
Peng Yi scratched his hair and turned to look at Qi Lecheng. After seeing him get another item from the third claw machine that could temporarily increase his mental strength by 1 point, he couldn't help but sigh:
"Fuck! How lucky are you? You can even get an item that improves attributes?"
Qi Lecheng raised his lips and was about to respond when he heard some comments behind him:
"Yeah, yeah, I didn't expect there were so many goodies hidden in this claw machine. Your luck is incredible!"
The two were stunned for a moment, then turned around and found that a group of players had gathered behind them, looking at the dolls in their hands with envy on their faces.
"Can I really get attribute items?"
A player who had just arrived asked the person next to him in a low voice.
"It looks real, but I think even if I'm unlucky and don't get the exchange ticket, it's pretty good to just get these cute dolls."
Another player rubbed his hands excitedly.
Qi Lecheng and Peng Yi looked at each other and felt a little awkward.
They were so engrossed in the game of catching dolls that they didn't notice when this group of people gathered around.
"Oh no," Peng Yi checked the time, "Isn't the time given by the captain for me to return to the team almost up?"
"Stop talking nonsense and retreat!"
Qi Lecheng quickly picked up the shopping bag and the doll on the ground, and squeezed out while holding Peng Yi with one hand.
The two of them lowered their heads and slipped out of the crowd, silently praying that the captain had not noticed their lateness.
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On the other hand, Zhu Yu had no idea how big a craze the three claw machines she placed had created among dungeon players.
At this moment, she was standing in front of the road sign, concentrating on synchronously updating the new store information.
Just now, the familiar system prompt sounded again:
[New shop on the first floor of the dungeon - Ice cream shop has been unlocked]
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