My Endless Life.

Chapter 452: Strange Grocery Store

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As soon as Li Qi came back to reality, he heard the sound of someone shoveling snow outside, and at the same time, Old Wu's voice of command:
"Yes, yes, yes, a little more to this side, idiot, too far! Stop, yes! Right here!"

Without feeling sad for Sun Yu who decided to die in his dream, Li Qi took a last look at the spider in front of him whose breathing was gradually getting weaker, took a deep breath and walked out of the room.

Then he saw Old Wu directing the last member of the expedition team to dig a hole on the ground.

“…What are you doing?”

Li Qi looked at the two people busy outside with confusion, with a lot of question marks in his head.

Old Wu took out the cigarette he had rolled long ago, lit it with a match, and puffed on it. Then he said to Li Qi:

"Can't you see? Dig a grave for us."

"Dig a grave?"

"Yes, we are afraid that we will die here, so we should dig the grave in advance to avoid having no one to bury us after we die."

Old Wu said with a smile.

The last person in the expedition team, the sloppy young man, heard the voices of Old Wu and Li Qi, and suddenly raised his head to look at Li Qi, but said nothing, and soon lowered his head to continue working.

Li Qi's gaze lingered on the slovenly young man for a while, and he asked Old Wu:
"By the way, I haven't asked yet, what happened to him? Why was he able to break free from Dreamweaver's control?"

The reason why Old Wu is not affected by Dreamweaving is that he has glasses that allow him to see clearly between illusion and reality.

But what about the sloppy young people?

Old Wu said while puffing out cigarette smoke:
"What else could it be? It's a strange object. If you can't figure out anything in this world, you can attribute it to strange objects."

"So you mean, he also has a rare item?"

"Of course, I just don't know what it is, but the price should be mental loss. Hey, anyway, he is still alive, which is much better than many people."

Old Wu chuckled.

No matter what strange item the sloppy young man used and what the price was, at least now that the world's population is less than 1%, he has already made a profit.

Li Qi stared at the sloppy young man. Seeing that he turned a deaf ear to what Old Wu said to him, he just kept working hard with the shovel and asked curiously:
"How did you tame him? When I saw him, he looked like he wanted to kill me."

“How else can I tame him? Although he’s stupid, he’s not completely unable to understand human language. As long as you don’t intrude into his territory, he’ll be like some smart puppies. You can make him do things by giving him a little food.

"He beat you before, probably because you entered his territory and touched his things."

Li Qi was speechless after hearing this: "…I was moving in my dream."

"Isn't that moving too?"

"Fine……"

Li Qi didn't want to argue with Old Wu about this matter. He looked at the several large holes that had been dug on the ground, and after a long silence, he said to Old Wu:

"Actually, I have a strange object, a strange object that is like a refuge. If you want... you can stay at my place."

Li Qi invited Old Wu again.

Old Wu’s identity is still unknown, but since he was once one of the middle and senior management of the Ancient Monuments Association, he must know a lot of secrets.

Li Qi didn't want to let such a person go, at least he had to squeeze everything related to the Ancient Monuments Association out of him.

Moreover, Old Wu specialized in archaeology, and Li Qi just needed an archaeology expert to help him search for ancient monuments. Therefore, if Old Wu could take refuge in Dream Town, it would be the best thing for Li Qi.

What makes Li Qi regretful is that Old Wu and Sun Yu have no intention of going to the Dream Town.

He grinned, threw the cigarette butt into the snow, and said:

"Forget it. I don't have many years left to live anyway, so I won't bother you. I think it's pretty good here. The mountains are nice, the water... er, the snow is nice, and there's someone to keep me company. It's pretty good."

There was no reluctance or regret in Old Wu's words, as if he really meant it.

Li Qi stopped trying to persuade him. He was just saying it casually anyway. If Old Wu was willing to go with him, that was fine. If he wasn't willing to go with him, that didn't matter either.

After all, he still had the data tablet given by the knight.

"Okay, you stay here. I'm going to continue looking for ancient relics."

Li Qi stopped looking at the sloppy young man who was still busy digging the hole, and turned back to the room to wait for Sun Yu to die.

Only when Sun Yu died could he obtain ownership of Dreamweaver.

"Any clues?" Speaking of ancient relics, Old Wu also became a little interested.

Li Qi nodded: "Yes, maybe it won't be long before we find it."

"That's great, but I'll give you a piece of advice. If you find the ancient ruins and you think it's too dangerous, don't hesitate to run away immediately. The most important thing in the world is your own life. Sometimes the truth is not as important as you think."

Old Wu gave Li Qi some final instructions.

He seemed to be hinting at something, but when Li Qi looked at him again, he was no longer paying attention here, but went up to direct the sloppy young man who was digging the pit.

Perhaps it was Li Qi's illusion. After Old Wu left, he seemed to see a fleeting young shadow beside Old Wu.

……

Sun Yu survived for two days before dying.

She has been holding on for a long time, and in the last two days she used all her life and energy to use Dreamweaver. The fact that she can hold on until now is a result of her strong willpower.

Looking at Sun Yu's rapidly changing body, Li Qi could probably guess that a very long time had passed in the dream that Sun Yu had finally woven.

It was probably the life of an ordinary person, or even longer than a lifetime. This was enough for Sun Yu, so in the end, Sun Yu left this world without any regrets.

At the moment her life disappeared, the dream weaving on Sun Yu's head naturally slid off her head.

The Dreamweaver headscarf slipped off, and the spider silk wrapped around the entire house disappeared.

In the empty room, there were only two cold human mummies and a huge white spider.

“…I’m afraid Old Wu is going to dig a bigger hole.”

Looking at the giant spider, Li Qi made a cold joke.

But no one heard it.

No longer looking at the giant spider, Li Qi leaned over, picked up the turban-like Dreamweaver, and put it on his head.

According to Sun Yu’s last instructions, the ancient ruins are obviously hidden in the dream world.

This is consistent with Li Qi's initial guess about the traces of the ancient ruins.

Now that Dreamweaver has changed hands, Li Qi decided to explore the dream world. After all, he has been curious about the dream world for a long time.

It is not difficult to use Dreamweaver. Just put on the headscarf and close your eyes to weave your own dream like weaving cloth.

That's it.

The location in the dream will overlap with the reality, the general direction will not change, the only thing that changes is the environment in the dream.

So Li Qi doesn't have to worry about not being able to find the location Sun Yu pointed out after entering the dream.

As if entering a dream town, Li Qi closed his eyes and opened them again. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived at a sunny field.

This is a simple dream that Li Qi weaved for himself.

Sunshine, white clouds, blue sky, grassland.

It's almost the same as the previous Windows background wallpaper.

In this sunny world, Li Qi imagined a road leading straight to the distance.

The avenue was paved with cobblestones, with fragrant flowers on both sides of the road. There was no end in sight in the distance, and it extended in the direction that Sun Yu had pointed at last.

Li Qi walked towards the end of the road, as if he was on a picnic, or just taking an aimless walk.

Time in the dream passed by little by little, and Li Qi didn't know how long he had been walking.

It seemed like a few seconds, a few days, and a few months had passed.

Until Li Qi stopped on his own initiative.

It wasn't that he wanted to stop, but on his way forward, a shop appeared that completely occupied the entire road.

This is a small shop.

A grocery store that looks a bit old.

"..."

The grocery store that suddenly appeared in front of him was full of the 90s style that Li Qi remembered.

This was different from the descriptions of Xu Leying, Xie Yan and Sun Yu. For a moment, Li Qi even wondered if the grocery store he encountered was different from the one they encountered.

But the feeling of attraction coming from the grocery store still made Li Qi certain that the grocery store in front of him was the one he had heard about from Xu Leying and others.

Standing in front of the grocery store, Li Qi stopped for a long time.

In the end, he did not avoid or go around, but walked towards the grocery store and stepped inside.

Jingle Bell--

The sound of wind chimes after the door was opened was crisp and pleasant, and Li Qi's eyes were bright.

The inside of the grocery store was similar to what Xu Leying and others had described, with several rows of shelves filled with all kinds of strange and odd items.

Li Qi looked at the shelves in the grocery store, his eyes sweeping over one strange and bizarre object after another, and he could feel a strong attraction from these strange objects.

It seemed that every strange object here was attracting Li Qi and wanted him to take them away.

"anyone there?"

Li Qi's gaze did not linger on these strange objects. He walked to the cashier counter of the grocery store and shouted in the direction of the warehouse at the back.

But no one responded.

Li Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the low cashier counter, supported himself with his hands and jumped over, then he stood behind the cashier counter and waited quietly.

The surroundings were quiet, nothing strange happened, and there was no "security system" like Li Qi imagined, which threw him out.

It seemed as if the grocery store was not opposed to other people walking in.

This is clearly where the salesperson should stand.

Behind the cash register is the warehouse. Li Qi looked at the empty cash register without any coins and continued walking towards the warehouse.

The door of the warehouse was tightly closed. Li Qi put his hand on the door handle and tried to open it, but found that the door of the warehouse was tightly closed, as if it was fixed to the surrounding environment.

He continued to exert force, even using strengthening magic, but the door remained motionless.

"interesting."

The more stable the door was, the more Li Qi wanted to open it.

Seeing that he couldn't open the door using conventional means, Li Qi simply used force. He raised his foot and kicked the door hard!
(End of this chapter)