Everyone's playing hide-and-seek: This crazy beauty has maxed-out third eyes.

The fire escape stairs led downwards into complete darkness, but thankfully she was a cat and could see everything clearly.

At the corner, a tin box was embedded in the wall, with most of its green paint peeling off.

It's an electrical box! Twelve switches, neatly arranged in two rows, all facing downwards.

Lin Sui'an stared at the row of switches for two seconds, then flicked his cat tail. The game even arranged the power outages in such a meticulous way? The lights weren't turned off by supernatural forces; they were actually switched off by physical means.

Her claws touched the edge of the electrical box, then she pulled them back.

It cannot be opened now.

The game has just begun, and the cats are splitting up to hunt, with screams echoing throughout the mall. Turning on all the lights now is like telling the ten cats or the game that someone has tampered with the basement level, which might cause some changes in the game.

She memorized the location of the electrical box, turned around and continued down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs, two iron doors were ajar, and a mixed smell wafted from the cracks.

The taste of grains, flour, rice, oil, and the sweetness of fruit.

Lin Sui'an's cat head squeezed through the crack in the door, its ears pressed flat against the door frame, and with a twist of its body, the whole cat squeezed inside.

The sight before her made her cat-like eyes widen – it was a supermarket! Rows and rows of shelves stretched from the entrance to the horizon.

In the snack section, cookies, potato chips, chocolates, and other snacks are neatly arranged in their packaging bags.

In the fresh produce section, the vegetables were fresh and glistening with water droplets, while pork, beef, and chicken were cut up and displayed in the freezer, with a basket of eggs next to them.

In the rice, flour, and cooking oil section, 50-pound bags of rice/flour were piled up like small mountains, and barrels of rapeseed oil were placed side by side.

The fruit section has apples, bananas, grapes, watermelons...

Lin Sui'an squatted in front of the shelf, the cat's mouth slightly open, and a drop of crystal-clear saliva slid down from the corner of the cat's mouth.

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In the Dragon Kingdom's live stream room, the barrage of comments scrolled faster than a cat could run.

momo: My God, this supermarket is making my stomach protest like crazy.

Never eaten vegetables before: Fresh vegetables!! Really fresh vegetables!! I've lived for fifteen years and never eaten vegetables before!!

Another day has passed: There are restaurants on the third floor and supermarkets on the basement level, all filled with food. Can't we move this game mall back here?

A native of Zu'an: I'm drinking nutritional supplements while watching calming videos and shopping at the supermarket. Is this considered mental torture?

An Shen's Little Fan: You can also look at the supermarket to stop yourself from feeling full.

Never eaten meat? I'll show you the game, it'll make you drool, but you can't take it with you anyway.

An Shen yyds: It's okay if you can't take it with you, let An Shen eat inside! Eating is a bonus! If all else fails, I saw there are suitcases on the second floor, when the game is almost over, An Shen can pack a suitcase and bring it back!

Dragon Kingdom Strategic Command Center.

Jiang Lai stared at the supermarket on the screen: "It really does have a basement level."

Chen Zheng was recording data nearby: "There are no markings on the guide map; the map is hidden."

"A supermarket doesn't just randomly appear in a game."

Jiang Lai's gaze followed Lin Sui'an's cat-like figure: "It's either a trap or a key item."

"Chief of Staff, she went to the hidden area, but the game and the weird cat didn't react at all! Could this be independent of the game? Could it be the key to completing the game?" Chen Zheng couldn't help but look forward to it.

"I don't know. Keep a close eye on the ten cats' movements. If any cat returns, notify An'an immediately."

"yes!"

Lin Sui'an strolled around the supermarket. She walked past the snack section, through the daily necessities shelf, and stopped briefly in the condiment section.

Salt, vinegar, soy sauce, chili powder, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and further on, frozen dumplings and glutinous rice balls lie in the freezer.

All the items were normal, and none of them triggered any game prompts. She walked around for most of the way, but no item prompts were triggered.

Not right.

The game hides this supermarket outside the map and even deliberately conceals the entrance to the basement level; it's impossible that it's just a place to put a bunch of ingredients.

She went back to the fresh produce section, jumped onto the top of the refrigerated display case, and scanned the entire supermarket layout through the peephole. She refused to believe she couldn't find any key information!

On the second floor, in an outdoor equipment store, Li Yu was also observing. She lay on the ground, blinked, and tried to look out through the gap under the roller shutter, but she couldn't see anything except pitch black.

Inside the shop, only one camping lamp was still on. Lina sat on the floor by the cashier, hugging her knees and listening intently to what was happening outside.

Screams came from the first floor, intermittent, from both men and women; some sounds were far away, while others were so close they made one's scalp tingle.

A dull thud as something heavy fell to the ground.

Lina tightened her grip.

Sergei stood directly below the ventilation duct, his trekking pole held upright beside him.

Lydia picked up the citrus perfume, walked to the roller shutter, patted the fish, and after the fish got up, Lydia sprayed it three times from the bottom edge.

The perfume scent is a strong, pungent mix of orange peel and other notes.

None of the four people spoke.

Another scream came from afar, trailing off for a long time before it stopped.

"Awooo!" A cat's meow came from outside the roller shutter door.

All four people were tense.

"Meow!!"

A sharper, closer meow exploded out, filled with resentment and anger.

Then came the sound of bouncing, and with a "whoosh," the claws kicked against the roller shutter door, and the sound quickly faded away.

Lydia, clutching the perfume bottle, listened for a while longer before turning to the other three and whispering, "Let's go."

Lina lifted her head from behind her knees and let out a long breath.

Sergei's shoulders relaxed slightly.

Li Yu's lips curled up slightly. An Shen was truly a brilliant strategist! But then, realizing something, she quickly suppressed her joy, afraid that the silver gradient would notice.

The four of them quieted down again, but their heartbeats had not yet returned to normal.

I waited for about three or four minutes.

"Lina, Li Yu, open the door." Lin Sui'an's voice rang out from outside the door.

Lina looked up abruptly, a look of surprise flashing across her face, and stood up to walk towards the door: "Sui'an's back!"

Lydia stood up as well, and Sergei quickly stepped forward. They couldn't stay outside any longer; they had to get Lin in quickly.

"Wait!" Li Yu held his hands in front of him, blocking the three adults.

Lina was stunned: "What's wrong?"

Li Yu's voice was very low, but each word was pronounced very clearly: "No."

"What's wrong?" Sergei's hand froze in mid-air.

"An Shen calls me Little Fish." Li Yu's eyes were fixed on the roller shutter door.

"She told us to open the door; she couldn't possibly call me Li Yu."

Lina withdrew her hand, but then spoke up again: "Wait a minute, cats hate the smell of oranges. If it were a cat, it probably wouldn't come near, right? Like that cat just now."

Lydia held it up, thinking, "I just touched up my perfume, it hasn't even been fifteen minutes."

"It's possible that some cats don't like it, and some don't hate it! And hating it isn't going to kill you. What if it's a cat with super tolerance? Perfume and orange peels aren't game props!" Li Yu didn't believe that An Shen was outside.

The voice outside the door rang out again: "Open the door quickly, I've made a new discovery."

His tone was urgent, and his intonation and timbre were exactly the same as Lin Sui'an's.

Li Yu took a step back, her voice more certain: "It's a calico cat."

Lydia's pupils contracted slightly, and the four of them retreated deeper into the shop, none of them daring to utter a sound.

There was a two-second silence outside the door.

"Lina?"

"Small fish?"

"Lydia?"

"I've found a clue to the game's ending, and I need your help now. Open the door quickly."

It was still Lin Sui'an's voice, but this time he changed his words. Li Yu felt a chill run down her spine and clutched the whistle in her hand.

It is correcting its own mistakes.