Chapter 139 Blind Box Paradise
After choosing to enter a new copy, several options appeared in front of Qiao Song. He thought he could finally see the names of all the copies of the Twelve Committees, but this cunning system only showed a few names.
[Your current soul strength and clearance level have been detected. The following four copies are now unlocked: Blind Box Mall, Cyber World, Swordsman Villa, and Western House.
After selecting a copy, the map will automatically navigate for you. 】
In addition to the copies recommended by the system, Qiao Song noticed that there was a copy that suddenly lit up.
[You have received an invitation letter from Zootopia, which will be automatically unlocked after one instance]
The invitation letter was tied up with several gray strings, but it seemed that as long as she took the initiative to choose, she could still go to the next copy and enter Zootopia.
Among the options given by the system, the last two should be in the paper-drawing copies. The original copies where two of the villages are located, Qiao Song had just ruined other people's good deeds, so of course he would not take the initiative to enter.
I don’t know much about Cyber, but I do know two of the AIs in it.
Qiao Song decisively clicked on the blind box mall, and then a familiar scene appeared in front of him, which was the interior image of the shrine.
[It is detected that your shrine is empty, and there is only a guardian spirit that can be accommodated nearby. Do you want to accommodate the other party? ]
[Friendly reminder, the guardian spirits collected cannot be living things, and whether to enter the shrine requires the consent of the other party. After consent, the contract will be automatically generated. The guardian spirit cannot harm the owner of the shrine, and the owner of the shrine must bear the responsibility of raising the guardian spirit.]
Raising guardian spirits? Like raising those shells?
Qiao Song clicked to check the nearby guardian spirits that could be accommodated to see if there were really only boys and girls, but he was surprised to find that there were quite a few.
[Special paper creatures x2, staple food incense]
[Dungeon Derivatives: Fantasy Shells, Staple Soul, Can Be Fed with Soul Coins]
[Dungeon derivatives: Shadow (special form, car spirit), staple soul, can be fed with soul coins]
[Special ghost: Water ghost (paper-folding craftsman apprentice), main food is ghost snacks, please purchase them by yourself]
In addition, there are a few little ghosts that she has not completely dealt with.
Qiao Song finally realized that she seemed to have collected too many of these inhuman things.
In addition to the paper brother and sister, there were also the shells she kidnapped, and the ghosts she collected from other hearse copies, but she didn't expect that Xiao Ni was also within the search range of the shrine.
The things that Fan Xi and Fan Heng gave to Qiao Song could provide a good living environment in the shrine for the little paper man brother and sister, but Qiao Song did not want to let Xiao Ni in as well. The speculation about the player's identity made her feel that Xiao Ni entering the shrine was not necessarily a good thing.
Tong Yao and Tong Nan came into the game world in a special form in their mother's womb. It is still unknown whether they can transform into players or pass through that door and return to the real world.
But Xiao Ni was most likely a player.
She couldn't know the entire situation of the resurrection mission now, but she basically understood the second half.
After death, the player will be stuffed into the stomach of a paper beast. Multiple souls will travel a long distance to the village together, obtain skins from living people or players who have just died, and then obtain temporary identities.
In the Zhazhi Town, if you successfully obtain a temporary identity, you will become a butcher and need to complete the tasks in the copy.
In the Kaidan Middle School, or the Rule Convenience Store, the temporary identity might be a thief written into the rules.
This may be the reason why Xiao Ni’s skills are related to water ghosts rather than thieves.
The butcher returned to his original identity after completing the mission. Xiao Ni may have failed in the mission, and should have maintained the image of a water ghost thief. However, after staying with Qiao Song and others for a long time, the human nature was gradually stimulated, and he actually awakened new professional skills.
However, the memory still cannot be restored, and asking related questions will irritate the little guy.
Qiao Song tapped the table of the shrine with his fingers, and finally decided to bring in only the boys and girls.
[Ding——Invitation has been sent, please wait]
There was a flash of white light before my eyes, and the two little guys came in quickly.
Tong Yao turned her head and looked around, a little surprised: "The shrine that was just unlocked is actually so large, is your soul power so strong?"
This one is actually not as big as the underwater shrines in Zhazhi Village, and it doesn’t even have an altar, but it seems amazing for players to have a new shrine of this level.
Tong Nan was very happy: "It's so spacious, can we practice faster? Can I put the small house here?"
He held a small paper house in his arms, and the virgin also held one.
Fan Heng is a professional paper-folding craftsman. The small house he made is a two-story house that comes with electrical appliances such as an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a washing machine, and even a game room and a small yard.
However, no matter how hard they begged, they couldn't get a car for Tong Yao and Tong Nan to come in.
"From now on, just follow Qiao Song obediently, don't be willful, practice well, and listen to her." These were the original words of the second uncle.
The uncle was more direct: "I will contact Qiao Song regularly."
The threat is palpable.
Qiao Song asked the two little ones to place the little paper house in the shrine. From then on, they would eat and live here. Occasionally, they could come out directly through the shrine and follow the players into the dungeon.
But what made Qiao Song happiest was the childcare fee given by Fan Xi and Fan Heng: several large bags of soul incense.
If this thing is placed in the shrine, not only the two little guys can absorb it, but as the owner of the shrine, she will definitely get the biggest share.
Although the altar in the shrine was empty, there was a small incense burner on it. Qiao Song lit the incense immediately, and suddenly, the whole space was filled with a relaxing fragrance. She could even feel that the progress bar of her toolbox was slowly moving forward.
The progress bar this time is quite long. After it is fully unlocked, a good thing should come out, perhaps the sculpture that was used once before.
Qiao Song is quite looking forward to it.
After solving the problem with the shrine, Qiao Song came out and returned to the car.
After selecting the destination of the copy in the system, she was teleported directly back to the platform where she got off at Zhazhi Town. She also had an extra map in her hand. There was only one site on the map - Blind Box Mall.
No wonder it is said that some dungeons cannot be reached by players taking the bus, and cannot be reached by driving themselves, and special maps are needed to start again.
This should be the case for all copies of the Twelve Committees, but perhaps as long as you get the map of one of the copies and clear it, you can go to other copies of the Twelve Committees.
According to common sense, the more difficult the copy, the greater the reward. If there is a door back to the real world, it must be hidden in these copies. Why has no one found the way home yet?
Qiao Song organized his thoughts, waited for a while, and received a message from Tang Xiaoxiao.
A Little Candy: Sister Qiao Song, Jin Jiaqi has been pestering me. She has a lot of information about the blind box mall. I will chat with her for a while.
Although Jin Jiaqi had a lot of props, she somehow felt quite insecure. Finally, she met Tang Xiaoxiao, who was easy to control. She thought that she had been controlling this high school student quite well with her hairpins, and now she didn't want to let go.
Qiao Song said "Be careful" and then he heard a knock on the door.
It’s Aunt Huo.
From here on, it seems that players can only get on the same vehicle and reach the same destination after each of them obtains the map. In other words, if you don’t get the map, you can’t take a ride to other copies of the Twelve Committees.
"Lin Xuan has returned to his guild. I found the message he left behind."
Aunt Huo rubbed her forehead and looked a little tired. The kitten on her shoulder brought down a note.
[I'm leaving now. I have something to do at the guild. See you in Zootopia if there's a chance.]
Returning to the Dark Iron Guild?
Xiao Ni started to make tea again, mainly to give Aunt Huo some time to relax. The little orange cat came over with its tail erect and rubbed Qiao Song's chin, meowing non-stop, as if to say thank you.
"I was careless this time and scared them." Aunt Huo sighed and rubbed the kittens' chins with her fingers.
"The shrine can protect against the fog in the town. I heard a noise in the distance and wanted to go check it out, but I fell into a trap."
To be precise, Aunt Huo felt the vibration of the shrine and thought something was calling her at the border of the dungeon. Who knew it was a fight between several dungeon bosses who also had shrines?
"When my foot stepped on the petals, I knew something was wrong, but it was too late."
In an instant she was swallowed by the flowers. Fortunately, Xiaoju escaped and went to Qiao Song to report the news.
Otherwise, she would not even have the chance to choose and would be directly pulled into the dungeon called [Flower of Gu].
Qiao Song also remembered that when the system said that optional copies would be provided based on soul strength, it did not mention [Flower of Gu].
It seems that the dungeon level of the Gu Flower should be slightly higher, and players need to improve their soul strength a little bit when entering.
Those flowers were indeed very polluting, and she didn't dare to look at them for too long even while hugging the shrine.
"There are players in the dungeon who have cooperated with the dungeon represented by Nancun. They should be the ones who created the maze."
Qiao Song put down the tea, and the car door opened just in time. It was Tang Xiaoxiao who came back after dealing with Jin Jiaqi.
"Sister Qiao Song, I found out that the group of people are players from the Newcomer Alliance. They cooperated with the dungeon in order to obtain the qualification to stay in the guild."
Tang Xiaoxiao let out a breath and tied her hair into a ponytail neatly. Finally, she no longer had to pretend to be an innocent and kind high school student.
However, it was quite easy to get information from Jin Jiaqi after getting familiar with her. Perhaps the hairpin of the plastic sisters had expired, and she was afraid of letting her golden thug get away.
"Can the guild still be stationed in the dungeon?"
Aunt Huo also nodded at this time: "Some interactive copies will have an absolutely safe area where you can stay, and other copy bosses can even come to cooperate and do business."
Qiao Song remembered: This is a bit similar to the Rule convenience store branch in the Ghost Story Middle School. Speaking of which, the Blind Box Mall should also have their branches.
I haven't seen that display screen for a long time. I wonder if his injuries in hell have healed? If not, that would be great.
Tang Xiaoxiao added: "I also heard a piece of news that there are many guild bases in the blind box mall, and you can buy a lot of things there that you can't buy in the system mall."
Qiao Song had also known about this in advance, and they just happened to be going there to replenish a batch of props. Before Gao Chengcheng left, she said that it would be best to prepare a large number of props before entering Zootopia.
If you can go later, go later.
Qiao Song felt that the silk thread binding her Zootopia invitation letter was loosening. Perhaps the invitation letter would be opened in the next copy, and she would have to go in.
The same situation applies to Aunt Huo.
It seems that the brother and sister Fan Xi and Fan Heng helped out and suppressed the invitation letter, otherwise they would not even have the chance to go to the blind box mall.
In order to entrust the boy and girl to the care of others, Fan Xi and Fan Heng put in a lot of effort. Qiao Song also took a business card. After entering the blind box mall, the person they found would send some information and props, which could be regarded as a temporary place to stay.
A few of them chatted, analyzed and exchanged the information they got from the copy, and rested well in the car for a few days, finally recovering.
The car set off and automatically drove to the next destination according to the navigation. There were no stations along the way, and there was nothing but thick fog.
Soul coins are also consumed when driving a vehicle. Fortunately, Qiao Song's soul coin balance is not small. She also received a transfer from Fu Chunyou during the journey.
After many clever calculations, the rich man finally won the game, and he himself was amazed.
Unexpectedly, even though all the bonfire bases were gone in the end, he was still able to win the game. Although the shrine was only temporary and had a short lifespan, similar to a prop card, Fu Chunyou was well aware of the preciousness of this thing.
"My next stop is also the blind box mall. I have to go shopping with my daughter. Feel free to contact me if you need anything. I still owe you a request, so feel free to ask."
Qiao Song gave the wealthy brother Fu an OK expression.
When I looked up, I saw Xiao Ni was doing his homework with a painful look on his face.
Aunt Huo whispered softly while holding the cat and quietly supervising from the side.
Tang Xiaoxiao has finished the questions and is dealing with Jin Jiaqi's harassment.
Qiao Song: "Is she still trying to dig you out?"
It seems that Jin Jiaqi's plastic sister flower hairpins cannot be used continuously on the same person. Seeing that she could not use skills or props to trick the other party, Tang Xiaoxiao finally dealt with the other party by using words like "consider it".
"Her Yiwu small mall skills are quite compatible with the attributes of the blind box mall. It is said that she rented a store in it to do business of prop cards."
Qiao Song broke off half of the orange for her and slowly speculated, "So in addition to guilds and dungeons, NPC players can also open stores in the blind box mall?"
"It seems to be the case at the moment. Moreover, it seems that all the supplies in that mall can only be drawn in blind boxes."
Qiao Song's expression was strange for a moment.
Tang Xiaoxiao thought the orange was a little sour, so she took another one, broke it in half and gave it to Qiao Song.
When Qiao Song heard the word "luck", his eyes became vague for some reason.
"Xiao Xiao, have you ever drawn a lottery before? How was your luck?"
Tang Xiaoxiao recalled for a moment: "I had decent luck in exams. Every time I encountered a difficult new joint exam paper, I could get 60 to 70 percent of the points by guessing the answers to the big questions I didn't know how to answer."
Xiao Ni, who was paddling painfully in the sea of questions, suddenly looked up and said firmly: "This is definitely not luck, it's strength."
Aunt Huo smiled gently: "So you need to lay a solid foundation. After finishing this page, take a two-hour break and continue in the afternoon."
Xiao Ni let out a long sigh as if he had survived a disaster, and it seemed that the pain was even worse than that of going through the dungeon.
Qiao Song looked at the people at the table and felt that there seemed to be no one with good luck in their team.
I hope that the operating mechanism of the blind box mall is not the worst case scenario I imagined.
After five days of walking through the fog, the group had almost rested. Besides Qiao Song, the one who gained the most in the Zhazhi Town dungeon was Xiao Ni.
Although daily exercises make the little guy miserable, he has now learned the skill of paper-making and can make new shells for the little dinosaurs in minutes.
According to him, even if they encounter a closed copy in the future, as long as Qiao Song brings the paper man, he and Hei Dou and the others can go in. The only problem is that the paper materials are not enough and they need to replenish some.
Qiao Song also thought that the paper beasts were very useful. She shook the screen in her hand and said, "I have got the addresses of some shops in the blind box mall. They will produce some paper-tying materials, which are produced in the paper-tying town. We can go buy some when we run out of them."
Hiss, that’s not right. Maybe I have to buy blind boxes even when buying raw materials.
How do you draw a blind box for this kind of thing? Out of ten boxes, is it possible that only two boxes contain the ingredients?
Qiao Song suddenly felt that this copy seemed particularly unfriendly to non-Africans.
It seems that there is no one in their car who looks like an emperor.
Similar to the paper-zha town, the characteristics of this copy can be clearly seen on the roadside before approaching the blind box mall.
A large number of round, colorful, oval or spherical empty boxes are scattered on both sides of the road.
Some are shaped like giant Poké balls, with all kinds of strange little animal sculptures popping out of them.
Some are made to look like vending machines, with various objects painted on the shell and all kinds of strange electronic slogans written next to them.
[A dreamy blind box paradise, where you can find everything you want and everything you need! ]
[Minimum 10 soul coins for a blind box, from gray to gold quality, all props are available! ]
[This is the largest commercial and trade center on the Infinite Highway! This is the most harmonious place for gold mining in the dungeon! ]
The vehicle passed through the gradually widening streamlined overpass and drove into a glamorous commercial center with all kinds of strange signs floating on it.
This is a completely modern three-dimensional staggered building. After the slogans disappeared, they were replaced by various signposts. It is so complicated that it is hard to describe. It is like a maze. When you walk into any intersection, you will reach a new floor.
It was the first time that Qiao Song saw so many copies even in a parking lot.
Tang Xiaoxiao also poked her head out in surprise and counted them.
Xiao Ni’s eyes almost popped out.
"There are 188 floors in total? How can we go around all of them?"
The towering buildings reached the sky, and he could even see the buildings in the clouds by raising his head.
And this only counts the floors where the merchants are located. Each floor also has its own parking lot for players. Because it is outside the game range, it is not considered a blind box mall building.
Tong Yao, who had already come out of the shrine, found out that Qiao Song and the others might have to enter a dungeon and sneered, "Of course we have to take the elevator. You've never used a three-dimensional elevator, have you? You can go directly from the southeast corner of a map to the northwest corner."
It seemed that the boy and girl had been to this copy before, but they came in as customers to consume.
Tong Nan seemed to have thought of some bad memories.
"I remember that kind of elevator ticket was very difficult to get. We drew it almost 100 times last time before..."
Tong Yao covered his mouth with her hand.
"That's because you affected my luck. I'm very lucky!"
Xiao Ni took a breath when he heard this.
You need a special ticket to take the elevator, and you have to draw it 100 times to get one.
“Is it expensive to draw blind boxes here?”
"It doesn't look too expensive, but only for the European emperor."
Qiao Song had already seen the paid entrance to the parking lot in the distance.
Parking was free, but when she saw the receipt, it turned out to be a blind box receipt.
[Special three-dimensional elevator, parking lot directly connected to the merchant center, saving you a lot of time on the road, each card draw only requires 20 soul coins! ]
Xiao Ni also saw it and immediately turned to look at Tong Yao: "You spent 2,000 soul coins just to take the elevator once?"
Tong Yao glared at him: "I have money and I am happy to do it!"
Tong Nan muttered softly: "If you are unlucky, use your own pocket money. Don't use mine this time."
Obviously, the forced balancing mode for the virgin girl has left a psychological shadow.
Xiaoying in the RV controlled the vehicle and found the most suitable place to park it. Qiao Song generously took out a stick of soul-calling incense and lit it in the car.
Xiaoying twisted the back of the car happily.
Tong Yao sniffed and got out of the car reluctantly.
"How luxurious." He's so nice to a car spirit.
Qiao Song turned around and looked at the two of them: "When we are going through the dungeon, don't run around. I will send you a message after we pass it."
After entering the shrine, a very subtle connection developed between her and the two little guys.
In fact, Tong Yao was too embarrassed to say it, but when she and Tong Nan were with Qiao Song, their cultivation speed would unconsciously speed up, so they both liked to stay by her side.
She gritted her teeth and patted a small package on her body.
"Then let's go out and do some shopping."
The blind box mall is the place with the most merchandise in the entire Infinite Highway copy. Things for humans and ghosts, as well as weird things that players can't even think of, are all available here.
But you can’t buy it directly, you have to draw a blind box.
"Food, clothing, shelter, transportation, food, drink, entertainment, everything is available."
Qiao Song whispered the giant slogan at the entrance of the mall.
The moment they stepped into the mall from the parking lot, everyone heard the system prompt.
【Welcome to the blind box mall! Start drawing your first blind box now! 】
[Passing requirements: Collect any complete set of [mall’s own] series of blind boxes.
The minimum series requirement for blind boxes is 6 sets. There are currently 35,976 sets of blind boxes in the entire mall, and the types of blind boxes produced by each store are different.
Warm reminder, please spend wisely and clear the customs as soon as possible. 】
Qiao Song looked at the last line of words and felt that the clearance requirement should not be difficult. After all, there were players who kept replaying this copy twice or three times.
The key lies in the words "rational consumption".
If I draw blind boxes here, will I get more and more addicted?
There are many players queuing up at the exit of the huge parking lot. It is said that the shopping mall has 188 floors and each floor occupies a very large area. If you rely on your legs to walk, it will take a lot of time.
The thing called the three-dimensional elevator is a metal box standing in the center of the hall. It has a retro shape and exquisite workmanship.
There is a coin-operated area at the door with a circle of round buttons on it that looks like a dial.
Many people here don’t look like they are visiting the blind box mall for the first time. Some have even counted out the corresponding amount in advance and are ready to draw 50 at a time just to quickly reach the corresponding store.
Qiao Song thought about it and lined up at the end of the queue.
She planned to try out the elevator, so she went to the store address provided by Fan Xi to buy some paper-making materials.
Everyone in the line has started counting their money.
Aunt Huo took out 50 lottery tickets, and so did Tang Xiaoxiao. Xiao Ni was given some pocket money by Qiao Song, so he just came to join in the fun.
The boy and girl looked at each other, and after learning from their mistakes, they took the amount of 100 draws directly.
When the payment queue ended and everyone was waiting for the blind box drawing results, they found that Qiao Song, who was at the end of the line, had quietly prepared nearly 200 draws in cash.
An obvious question mark appeared above Tong Yao’s head.
Wait, isn't it me who is the most unlucky guy in this team?
The author has something to say:
Qiao Song: I said I was just preparing in advance, do you believe me?
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