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Chapter 27: The Miserable Author Updates Online

To be honest, many people have gone grocery shopping in the middle of the night.

But given the current situation, very few people would dare to take a stroll through that newly opened supermarket in the middle of the night.

So when Gu Mian and her group appeared in the ticket booth, the NPC was somewhat surprised.

The fat man was terrified, even carrying a kitchen knife from Gu Mian's kitchen with him for self-defense: "Doctor, can't we go tomorrow? Why does it have to be so late at night..."

"Didn't they say that the number of supermarket tickets sold each month is limited?" Gu Mian looked like she was there to snatch up tickets.

Chu Changge pushed up his glasses: "It turns out that you're the only one who rushed to grab tickets in the middle of the night."

Gu Mian shrugged and looked at the NPC behind the ticket window: "Give me three supermarket tickets."

The NPC in this ticket booth is female, with a ponytail and an unremarkable appearance.

She looked up at Gu Mian: "One supermarket ticket is fifty points, three tickets are one hundred and fifty."

While speaking, they pushed out a machine that looked like a cafeteria card reader: "Put your hand on it and swipe it, the payment will be deducted automatically. Do you want to pay together or separately?"

Gu Mian looked at the card-swiping machine; it was quite advanced.

The fat man was somewhat surprised: "So expensive?"

Keep in mind that he only got ten game coins after completing the first dungeon.

The fat guy's game currency is all thanks to Gu Mian. He only got a thousand in compensation because Gu Mian destroyed the special Hearse instance.

Normally, one dungeon costs ten coins, so you'd have to complete five dungeons to afford a single ticket, and you'd still need to save money to buy things at the supermarket.

The NPC patiently explained, "Because this game has just started, everyone won't get too many in-game coins at the beginning, but it will get a little better later."

"If you don't have enough game currency, you can enter a dungeon first..."

The NPC's eyes gleamed as he spoke, seemingly eager for them to enter a dungeon.

Gu Mian knew that these ticket sellers also had performance targets, and she guessed that their performance targets were related to the players participating in the instance.

"No need," Gu Mian interrupted her, not wanting to take advantage of her, "Just deduct it all from my account."

"You'll take it all from me?" The NPC looked at him strangely. "That's not enough, is it?"

The game has just started, and it's difficult for a player to buy even one ticket, let alone three tickets.

She looked at the card reader suspiciously, and it even showed that 150 points had been successfully deducted.

Amidst the somewhat strange expressions on the NPC's face, Gu Mian received three tickets.

He looked down at the tickets in his hand—

[Game Supermarket Tickets]

This ticket is required to enter the game store and is a one-time use item.

[Valid until January 2019]

It's a one-time ticket, and you can't save it up; you buy it and use it in the same month.

Chu Changge took the ticket from Gu Mian's hand: "Actually, one ticket is enough. As long as one person goes into the supermarket, we can buy everything the three of us need."

Gu Mian was slightly taken aback: "I understand the logic, but don't you two want to go grocery shopping?"

The fat man shifted his body; he finally understood what the phrase "rich and willful" meant.

The NPC behind the window seemed to find it unbearable. She poked her head out and said, "You'd better save up your game coins first, and go into the supermarket when you have more money at the end of the month. Otherwise, even if you get in, you won't have any money to buy anything. There should be more people going to the supermarket at the end of the month, so you won't be easily spotted..."

Being targeted? Hearing this, the fat man was confused: "What does that mean?"

Chu Changge glanced knowingly at the door and said, "There should already be some small groups forming by now."

Even before this game began, there existed such a group in the world—

They idled away their time, spending their days gathering together in an attempt to gain something from others.

Of course, this is a rather euphemistic way of putting it. To use a less euphemistic way, you could simply call them hooligans.

A petty thug who robs people on the road.

In the past, these groups could at least be somewhat restrained, but now that the world is in chaos, no one has time to manage them. So they form gangs, just like guilds in a game.

As Gu Mian came out of the ticket booth, she saw a figure flash by in the distance, like someone keeping watch.

The fat man wasn't very smart, but he could guess something from the situation.

He leaned closer to Gu Mian, somewhat frightened: "Doctor... I just saw someone dart past over there, could it be... one of those robberies?"

The fat man usually browsed Qidian.com extensively and read many post-apocalyptic novels on it, so he had seen many of the plot points in post-apocalyptic novels.

"I bet it was someone keeping watch. They saw who bought tickets, went back to tell the boss, and then the boss brought a bunch of people to rob our stuff..."

As he spoke, he seemed to frighten himself, and shuddered.

Gu Mian didn't seem to care much about these things. He glanced at a supermarket not far away and said, "Never mind that, let's go in and take a look."

The fat man was immediately dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, two figures were huddled in the darkness not far from the ticket booth.

One of the slightly thinner ones is facing the panel, seemingly talking to a friend.

"Brother, this is Wang Xiaolong. There are three fat sheep around the driver's license testing center; they look pretty rich."

Within a few exchanges, the other party responded.

Only three? How do they look?

"Yeah, bro, there are only three. Only one of them, a big fat guy, looks strong. The other two are a doctor and a frail-looking one; they shouldn't be dangerous. They bought tickets and went straight into the supermarket, which isn't far from the driver's license testing center."

"You keep an eye on things, I'll take more men over there."

Wang Xiaolong felt a little relieved after receiving a reply from the other party.

In the darkness, he lit a cigarette and looked at his accomplice beside him: "The boss said he'll be bringing men over soon, and we two need to keep a close eye on them."

The person next to him looked a little nervous: "Xiaolong, do you think it's a bit unfair of us to do this?"

Wang Xiaolong immediately gave him a hard knock on the head.

"At a time like this, who cares about being kind or not? Just eat first. Besides, my middle school history teacher once said something like, 'Heroes emerge in times of chaos.' We need to choose sides first. What if our boss is the next hero? As for those we've set our sights on, well, they're incompetent. Even if we don't take them, someone else will. We might as well let them have them."

At this time, Gu Mian and the other two had already handed in their tickets and entered the supermarket.

Of course, the fat man's kitchen knife wasn't allowed inside, so it was stored in a locker.

The newly built supermarket in this game is no different from a regular supermarket; it's brightly lit, very large, and the sales clerks are all smiling and welcoming.

The only difference was that the supermarket was very quiet, with only the three of them there.

Gu Mian noticed that each waiter had the letters NPC on their head.

The first floor is the household goods area, which is further divided into many smaller areas, such as kitchenware, adult products, and anime/manga products.

The partitions are very comprehensive; everything you can think of is included.

The prices of the products were clearly marked above them, and the sales staff in each area were very enthusiastic towards them, like rain after a long drought.

"Come, come, hey chubby young man, look at my blankets, they're thick and soft, only ten coins..."

It seems these sales clerks also have performance rankings.

The fat man and Chu Changge were being fought over.

Gu Mian, on the other hand, was ignored; perhaps these NPCs have an innate sense of danger.

Gu Mian didn't care. He wandered around the first floor and ended up in the most secluded area.

"Machine tools and supplies area..."

The author has a fever, how awful!

Thank you to Lin Qi, I am a junior high school student, Gone-Dance Alone, Liu Liu Liu, Book friend with the last four digits 8114, I joined the group to urge for updates, Lin Feng Han, Mo Shang You Yue, Jun Zhi Zui Chu, and Yu Tian Wang San for their generous donations. (′‵)I L

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