Chapter 47 p2
Even though Yu Chi knew that Mu Gui was the number one on the strength ranking, she couldn’t help but feel anxious and an unspeakable anger in her heart.
Mu Gui was strong, but at least he was not in a different league from the others. Those [Scavengers] were different from ordinary players. After the first round of assessment, their morality would at least drop by half.
“Besides this, I have something I want to give you,” Mu Gui took out a ring. He looked down and smiled, slowly turning the decoration on the ring.
It was a small blue gemstone fish, looking chubby, with four directions, front, back, left, and right, that could be turned.
Mu Gui held up Yu Chi’s left hand. She struggled slightly, inaudibly.
“This is a storage ring.”
Mu Gui helped her put on the ring. The original direction was the left ring finger, but he abruptly changed it to the little finger.
“Inside are the things I prepared for you a while ago,” Mu Gui admired it seriously, then praised, “It’s very beautiful. It suits Little Fish very well.”
Yu Chi pulled her hand back. “A relic? Or is it a dowry that you, as an older brother, prepared for your younger sister in advance?”
The smile on Mu Gui’s face remained, and even the curve of his lips did not change.
“Although I would like to say so generously, but Little Fish… will you be with someone else while wearing the ring I gave you?”
Yu Chi narrowed her eyes and immediately reached out to take off the ring. However, the ring seemed to be stuck to her little finger, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t take it off.
As expected, this guy—
Mu Gui said with a pained heart, “Don’t hurt your finger.”
Yu Chi smiled: “Crawl.”
Mu Gui smiled and looked at her. He had put a restriction on the ring that only he could remove. He had originally wanted to put it on her ring finger, but…
Yu Chi’s face was expressionless: “You said you wouldn’t die.”
Mu Gui: “I can’t bear to die.”
Yu Chi stood up and left. Mu Gui called out to her from behind, but did not speak. The private room was quiet for a while.
…What a crappy atmosphere. Yu Chi couldn’t bear it anymore and turned around. In the other party’s surprised gaze, she bent down and hugged him—in the memories of the past 10 years, Mu Gui’s presence was even stronger than her dad’s.
If it weren’t for that crappy relationship, they would be caring for each other without any scruples now, without caring about anything.
This hug was fleeting, not even reaching the ambiguous line. But Mu Gui sat obediently in his chair, his expression dazed for a moment.
When Yu Chi looked up, Mu Gui’s expression had returned to calm.
“Come back and take off this crappy ring for me,” Yu Chi patted his shoulder. This time, she did not stay and turned to leave the private room.
Mu Gui sat quietly for a while, dipped his finger in the tea, and drew a small fish on the table. The small fish quickly dispersed, and he drew another one.
He repeated this, never tiring of it.
When he left his seat, the table was full of half-dispersed small fish.
A robot came in to check and scan the room. After noticing the small fish on the table, the red light on its screen flashed, and finally, it seriously wrote two words under the information of this guest in room 307—fish-con.
When Yu Chi walked into the restaurant, she had already sorted out her mood. In any case, in this crappy world, no matter what, life-and-death danger could not be avoided. It was useless to think so much.
But…
“Where’s the food?”
Li Feng stood up from his seat and stretched. He pointed to a small plate on the other side. “It’s here.”
Yu Chi was silent. The original huge portion of each dish was only a little left, and it was served on a small plate separately.
She couldn’t help but close her eyes, her heart filled with sorrow.
Li Feng: “In our gang, those who can’t snatch food have nothing to eat. But you’re my good bro, so I saved a portion for you!”
It was not a small portion. If Yu Chi’s appetite hadn’t changed, she would have been full. But now… hehe.
“Thanks,” Yu Chi smiled. She couldn’t help but think that if the two of them had eaten together just now, would she have been able to snatch any food at all?
It’s very likely. Yu Chi hadn’t expected that she had still underestimated Li Feng’s appetite.
After eating half-full, the two of them began to go shopping. 20,000 plots of land in the fourth district had been sold. At first glance, it looked like a commercial street.
It was just that each shop looked different, and some were even strangely shaped and particularly ugly. She didn’t know what the owner was thinking.
There were many clothing stores on the street, and most of the men’s and women’s clothing were separate.
Both of them wanted to buy a few sets of clothes and shoes for themselves, but they felt that it would take too much time to shop with the other person, so they simply went their separate ways at an intersection and bought their own things.
Yu Chi first walked into the nearest shop and was instantly dazzled.
Whether it was jackets, long dresses, sweaters, hoodies, or shirts, T-shirts, vests, and shorts… there were almost all kinds of clothes. The clothing store was very large, and several robots were walking back and forth around the customers, their screens flashing with red light.
Of course, the most important thing was that the clothes were very cheap. The price of each piece was within a hundred crystals. You could buy a dozen or twenty pieces of clothes for a thousand crystals.
This was also because these clothes did not have any special functions. In a dangerous environment like the Sea Game, the consumption of ordinary clothes was too high, so they were not very valuable, and the materials used were also the most basic.
However, Yu Chi didn’t care about all of this. She just wanted to buy two sets of good-looking clothes for herself. As for defense, she could just cover it with [Smoke]. The effect might not be as good as special armor, but it was much better than ordinary clothes without any protection.
Yu Chi bought a few new sets of very cool combat uniforms, such as tactical bodysuits, camouflage uniforms, night suits, and so on. She chose the more cool and good-looking styles. She might not wear them, but she had been craving this type of clothing for a long time.
She also bought a few sets of loose sportswear, a jacket-style work shirt, and work pants.
Finally, she also bought a few beautiful dresses that could be worn indoors.
It was less than a thousand crystals in total, but her desire to shop was greatly satisfied.
Next was the shoe store. Yu Chi had a total of three pairs of shoes, two pairs of sports shoes for easy movement, and a pair of slippers from the real world. She was living a tight life.
After finding the shoe store, according to her shoe size, Yu Chi directly bought a few pairs of sports shoes, outdoor hiking shoes, hiking shoes, board shoes, functional shoes… all kinds of shoes.
The price of shoes was more expensive than clothes. In some aspects, although it did not need a very strong defensive function, the requirements for basic functions were more than clothes.
Yu Chi was falling in love with this street because she had found another small shop that sold daily necessities. The variety was very small, only the basic tissues, towels, and sanitary pads.
And the stock was not much. She didn’t know if it was sold out.
Yu Chi’s previous stock was not used up, but this did not stop her from continuing to hoard. After all, it was a long-term consumable. She thought for a moment and simply bought the entire stock.
The other shops had miscellaneous things, some were items that the owner didn’t need, some were used pots and pans, and so on. She was not very interested in these, so she went directly to the fifth district.
The fifth district was a place specially for setting up stalls. Most players couldn’t afford a plot of land and could only exchange the things they had here first. Of course, some players were just for fun.
Yu Chi bought toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, body wash, and some basic seasonings, as well as cleaning supplies. The quantity was not much, and the small stalls didn’t have much stock.
Actually, she had salt and chili in her hand. If she wanted to make oil, she could directly use some high-fat meat to make it herself. But Yu Chi found it troublesome, so she had to leave it to the vast number of other life-skill players.
It was impossible to be all-powerful. Being all-powerful would only make you more and more tired.
“This piece of broken stone actually costs seven thousand crystals?!”
Yu Chi was attracted by a sharp voice. She looked up at the source of the voice. It was a very ordinary stall with scattered items on it, including items and weapons.
A young man with a relatively delicate face pointed at a strange stone on the stall, his expression a little unhappy. “This is too not worth it!”
“If you can’t afford it, don’t buy it,” the stall owner rolled his eyes. “I’ve already said I don’t accept bargaining.”
The man’s face turned a little ugly at these direct words. He subconsciously touched the compass in his pocket, his expression uncertain.
He had opened a compass that could find treasures in a resource chest last time, but its grade was only excellent, so it was not particularly sensitive. Although it could find good things, most of the so-called treasures were not of a high grade.
However, he had found a few rare-grade items with this compass. He had just picked up two excellent-grade items at another stall.
7000 Purification Crystals could also buy an ordinary excellent-grade item. Spending so much money on a stone made him feel uncomfortable.
…It wasn’t that he didn’t have the money, but after tasting the taste of picking up a bargain, he wanted to lower the price a little more.
“How about 5000 crystals?” The man tried to squeeze out a smile, but the contempt in his eyes did not change. He just looked down on these people who set up stalls in the fifth district. They were all a group of weak and poor players.
“Anyway, no one is selling this stone of yours, and today is almost over…”
The owner was very impatient: “If you’re not buying, then get lost.”
What are you pretending for? The desire to buy in your eyes is about to overflow, and you still have a belittling look. To be honest, the owner wishes he would just leave.
The smile on the man’s face disappeared. Just as he was about to open his mouth and curse “what are you,” he thought of the stone that had been detected as a treasure and held back.
“Boss, you have to think clearly. If you don’t sell it today, the next time will be a week later.”
The owner narrowed his eyes and sneered, “I’m not short of money.”
The man was choked and held back his anger. Just as he was about to say something, he heard a crisp girl’s voice from the side.
“7000 crystals, right? Boss, I’ll buy it!”
He turned his head angrily. Yu Chi smiled at him and then said to the owner, “This stone looks quite interesting. Do I pay directly?”
The owner’s expression softened a little. He pointed to the machine on the table. “You can pay directly or swipe your crystal card.”
The crystal card installed on the white tower could be used directly on the entire central island, which was more convenient for payment.
Yu Chi nodded. Just as she took out her crystal card, she heard the man next to her shout, “Wait, I was here first!”
A true woman never hesitates in her actions. Yu Chi pretended not to hear and swiped her card cleanly. After paying 7000 crystals, she immediately put the stone into her backpack.
Yu Chi said thank you to the owner and then turned to the man, “Thank you too, big brother.”
Although buying things also depended on a first-come, first-served basis, since the other party had been hesitating to buy, the order naturally went back one place.
The man’s face instantly twisted. He hadn’t expected that it was about to be in his hands, but was intercepted by another person. He had originally thought this stone was dispensable, but now he was certain that this stone was definitely a good thing.
The things that were competed for were all good things. Even if it was really a broken stone, the man began to regret why he hadn’t paid quickly just now. It was just 7000 crystals. He even had a rare-grade item in his hand. Even 70,000 crystals was not much.
He subconsciously reached out to grab her. Yu Chi frowned and took a step back. “Big brother, you can’t fight on the central island.”
The man froze. “I didn’t mean to fight. I just wanted to ask if you can sell me that stone?”
Yu Chi smiled, and this time she really couldn’t hold it back.
“Don’t you just like good-looking stones? I have other stones here,” the man said, feeling that his statement made more and more sense. He said confidently, “You bought it for 7000. How about you sell it to me for 8000?”
Yu Chi felt impatient. She still wanted to go and see other small stalls.
“Not good.”
The man’s tone was not very good: “9000! 9000 should be fine, right? You can also directly earn 2000. It’s not good to be too greedy, little girl.”
Yu Chi waved at him. “Sorry, I’m not short of money.”
“Pfft,” the owner also laughed.
The two of them looked at each other. Yu Chi gave the owner a friendly smile and then directly left the small stall.
The man stood on the spot, regretting it more and more. He felt that he had missed at least a rare-grade treasure.
His face was as ugly as the bottom of a pot, and his fists were clenched so tightly that they cracked. If it weren’t for the fact that he couldn’t fight here, he would have killed both of them!
…
Yu Chi was in a good mood after buying things. She planned to go back to the small boat to study the blind box and this stone.
She also picked a lot of things at the small stalls in the fifth district, and by the way, she chose a few sets of clothes for her dad at the men’s clothing store. Mu Gui also picked two pieces, all as a return gift for the ring →_→
Yu Chi touched the small fish on her tail ring. She had just casually glanced inside the ring. The things inside were very scattered, of all kinds. Among them, there were many good things she had never seen before.
It seemed that the person who had prepared it had spent a lot of effort.
The sky had completely darkened. Yu Chi said something to Li Feng and then returned to the boat in advance.
The familiar environment made her spirit instantly relax. Yu Chi sat on the sofa and yawned, slowly taking out the blind box.
She didn’t know what would be inside.
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【Author’s Note】
Someone: Gently waves his sleeve, leaving behind a pile of small fish~
Fish-con confirmed [Laughing].
PS: The arena is the only place on the inner island of the central island where you can kill people. The trial field’s body is gamified, so it doesn’t count as killing (I’ve always been thinking about this point, maybe I forgot to write it out. I’ll add it next time [Hug]).