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Chapter 126 The Fifth Night, A Truly Unsolvable Dead End
"Use your eyes, while you still can, to get some clues."

The screen went black, and Ji Yi turned to the Eye of Data for answers.

Old Zhang loves collecting antiques, especially ancient coins. He always carries various kinds of ancient coins with him. Because of his exceptionally keen sense of smell, he can always spot old copper coins if they arrive within the convenience store's catchment area.

Cuihua, the owner of a convenience store, runs a store located on a special road that connects to another world.

Is that all?

Well, since I didn't see it with my own eyes, it's enough to get this information from just a dream image.

"The punishment for breaking the rules is really harsh."

They actually managed to attract the boss's wife.

But if we look at it another way, does that mean that any behavior is allowed as long as it doesn't violate the rules?

Even tampering with purchase orders is perhaps a tacitly accepted unspoken rule.

Even so, judging from the current situation, things are not looking good. The troubles of the fourth night are no less than those of the third night.

Gradually, he regained consciousness.

I opened my eyes and saw Miss Cat resting by the bed with her head propped up and her eyes closed.

Because of the backlighting, the facial features are not very clear, but judging from the face shape and hairstyle alone, they still look quite good, with a kind of hazy beauty.

Suddenly, I recalled that passionate kiss.

An indescribable feeling welled up inside me; it was complex and hard to explain.

Without thinking too much, I gently shook Miss Cat's arm.

She quickly opened her eyes and looked at herself calmly.

Ji Yi quickly grabbed the paper and pen from the bedside table. Five minutes was too short; he had to summarize the content as concisely as possible.

The house was quiet.

Aside from the deafening sound of the torrential rain outside, all that could be heard was the sound of a pen falling on paper.

As Ji Yi wrote, Miss Cat watched attentively from the side.

Soon, five minutes passed.

The two frowned and pondered as they looked at the contents of the paper.

The old man himself may not be scary, the problem is that he has vouchers, which violates the employee code of conduct.

This is the biggest problem.

Moreover, once the old man enters the convenience store, he will definitely find the old copper coin, no matter how he hides it.

Even hiding in the staff break room won't work; he'll knock on the door, and once the person inside wakes up, he can forcibly buy the old copper coins with vouchers.

It was a situation that seemed almost unsolvable.

The night was still long, enough for Ji Yi to think things through slowly.

To prepare for the latter half of the fourth night, Miss Cat didn't dwell on it and quickly lay down in bed, drifting off to sleep.

It's still raining outside, and I don't know when it will stop.

"Get your brain working! Think of something!"

It must be admitted that some situations, though seemingly difficult, are actually not simple at all.

Not all questions have answers.

It's like someone raising fish in a bottle; once the fish have grown big enough, trying to take them out alive without damaging the bottle is simply unrealistic.

If you can't achieve your goal within the rules, can you try methods outside the rules?
A plan was taking shape in his mind, and Ji Yi immediately wrote down the strategy.

It cannot be guaranteed to be absolutely effective, and the probability of failure is even very high.

"We have no choice but to try anything."

After writing this, Ji Yi sat on the edge of the bed, quietly waiting for the rain to stop.

While we're at it, let's think about whether there's a better solution.

Lost in thought, I glanced unintentionally at the comfortable cat on the bed.

To prevent you from peeking at her while she's sleeping, she specifically changed the sexy lingerie to a more conservative style.

keep?

Then I'll see just how conservative they really are.

He quietly and carefully unbuttoned the buttons.
Soon, he helped Miss Cat put on her pants, but he lost interest.

"When I helped her apply medicine and bandages at the Doomsday Hotel, didn't we already see each other? Isn't it normal for us to be completely honest with each other? Anyway, I definitely didn't mean anything by it."

【.】

I waved my hand, chasing away the long string of ellipses in front of me.

After thinking about the plan repeatedly and realizing that no more effective solution could be found, I simply stopped thinking about it.

I sat quietly until about 7 a.m.

Dengdengdeng.

A gentle knock sounded on the door: "Mr. Ji, the rain has stopped, you can come out now."

"Ah."

Ji Yi responded.

Then, the door opened, and there stood Yu Arima, who looked like a lump of something.

[You should have lost a lot of SAN points, but my Eye of Data has seen it all, my mental resistance is MAX.]

"You look really ugly. Go to the bathroom and wash the blood off yourself."

"okay."

Ji Yi walked out of the room and closed the door to the lounge.

He walked to the cashier and picked up the purchase list that Ma Yong had written in advance.

I picked up my pen and crossed out the item above.

Then, I rewrote something.

An hour passed quickly.

Ji Yi arrived at the lounge ahead of time and watched as Miss Cat gradually woke up.

Miss Cat's expression was calm, which gave Ji Yi a signal.

'Could it be that my plan succeeded?'

Logically speaking, if neither of them could survive the first half of the night, how could they possibly dream about what happened in the second half?
Perhaps future developments in the latter half of the night can provide feedback to the actual operations conducted in the first half of the night, leading to better solutions.

Miss Cat begins to write:
Peace was restored, and no one died.

Good, normally there shouldn't be a dead end that has to be solved every time. At least we've been given a chance to catch our breath.

Song Wanyao arrived; she was just passing by and chatted with you "sweetly" for a long time.

Ji Yi was taken aback. The word "sweet" shouldn't be used so heavily, just because I stole your best friend?

There's no need for that. Song Wanyao and Miss Cat have been friends for many years, while I don't have any deep feelings for Song Wanyao. When I said I'd be her male best friend, it was just a joke.

Miss Cat continues writing:
She must have shared a lot of information with you, and you even persuaded her to stay and act as your bodyguard for half the night.

But she must have had something to do; she left around 7:40 and didn't meet with me.

Ji Yi seemed to sense a hint of resentment in that last sentence.

Miss Cat stopped writing.

Seeing this, Ji Yi gave Miss Cat the plan he had come up with to deal with the ghost immortal.

Xie Jiayi's brows furrowed deeper and deeper as she looked at it.

Is this what you call a plan? It's utter chaos.
But since he had already made the decision, he could only bite the bullet and give it a try. If he succeeded, he would get through it peacefully; if he failed, Ji Yi would never see Song Wanyao again.

With that thought, she stepped out of the room.

When I arrived at the cashier, I saw that Ma Yong was a little wet.

When Ma Yong saw Xie Jiayi looking over, he smiled sheepishly and said, "The blood on my clothes had dried by the time it was cleaned up. It took me an hour to wash it off."

Xie Jiayi nodded: "There's a hair dryer over there. Just open the packaging and blow-dry it yourself. As long as you put it back after you're done, it should be fine."

Yu Ma nodded: "Oh, okay."

After watching Ma Yong enter the restroom, she finally turned her attention to the three new items that had arrived that day.

A dented bronze mirror, a red velvet thread, and A-Luo's stun gun.

【Name: A Luo's Electric Baton】

[Type: Weapon]

Attack Power: Medium

[Quality: Excellent]

[Effect: Will cause massive damage to elderly men, and also has a paralyzing effect]

[Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes]

[Note: I, A Luo, am a filial son, you know? I have to give my elders the respect they deserve. If my grandfather doesn't give me gold coins, I'll shock him with a stun gun.]

Hsieh Chia-yi: "."

This is the plan that Ji Yi mentioned.

Purchase a low-quality special attack weapon that's not restricted in Nightmare dungeons, and go directly to fight that old man.

As for the missing old copper coins...
According to Ji Yi, the old man Zhang always carried a lot of ancient coins with him. If you were lucky, you could find them on him, and you could even confiscate his vouchers.

A simple and direct strategy.

"If he doesn't have the required currency on him, then it'll all be for nothing." Besides, without the allure of old copper coins, it's uncertain whether he'll even enter the convenience store.

Now that things have come to this, there's nothing to complain about; we can only give it a try.

The only thing to note is that the old man's appearance and the ghost immortal's appearance are very close, almost one after the other.

Apart from that, there's no need to worry about things like the procedures for exorcising ghosts and spirits, as Ji Yi has written them down in detail in his notes.

Let's wait and see.
Ji Yi drifted off to sleep.

This dream was very different from the ones I had before.

Because he discovered that he could control Miss Cat's body in his dreams.

"Strange. They actually handed the initiative over to me."

This can be considered an advantage.

It's important to understand that there are very few variables that employees can generate in so-called precognitive dreams; the key lies in the diverse range of guests. Therefore, there's no need to worry that things won't unfold as expected.

"Not only did I regain control of my body, but the content of this dream was also incredibly real."

Touch, smell, and sight.

"Miss Xue, what are you thinking about?"

Ji Yi snapped back to reality. This time, even her hearing was back to normal. Before, she could only hear the sounds of objects colliding, but now she could even understand what people were saying.

Only such a prediction can be considered complete.

"I am fine."

Ji Yi spoke, her voice uttered as a woman's.

No wonder I'm not used to it.

"You stay here and keep watch for a while, I'm going to the bathroom to poop."

"Huh? Oh"

He seemed to be momentarily unaccustomed to Miss Cat's less-than-elegant wording, but he didn't seem to think much of it.

He went straight to the restroom.

He closed the door and looked at the woman's face in the mirror.

He raised his hands and touched his chest.

I felt the indescribable wonderful sensation in my palm.

"such a pity"

It's a pity that Miss Cat reduced her body measurements so much, otherwise it would definitely be even more different.

If the 98 is like this, then the 298 must be taking off!

Half an hour later.

Stepping out of the restroom, Ji Yi looked at Yu Ma Yong, who was still on duty: "Constipation."

Arima Yu: "."

He didn't intend to ask.

Ji Yi continued, "Nothing happened in the past half hour, right?"

Yu Ma nodded: "Everything is normal, not even a single customer has come."

Well, thankfully I didn't miss it; I almost forgot the time.

Stand firm at your post.

Time ticked by, but still no customer arrived.

This is normal; it's a remote and desolate place, so it's not strange if no one comes for half a day.

The time has come to 20:58.

Finally, the guests have arrived.

Moreover, it was an acquaintance, the faceless man from before, who was a pitiful person at the bottom of the otherworldly food chain.

But he was very different at that moment.

The Faceless Ones Who Have Gone Despair

[Danger Level: Extremely Dangerous]

Looking at the information in front of her, Ji Yi felt her head spinning.

His head fell off.

Looking up, one could see Ma Yong's body instantly shattered into pieces.

How could this be?
brush--

In the blink of an eye, he was back at the cashier's counter.

Looking at the clock, it's 7:59.

Ji Yi pulled out a blank shipping manifest, immediately crossed out several items, and filled in the rest:

Pistol (fully loaded), rocket launcher (with one rocket), plasma gun (please give me a legendary one, thank you).

Only after writing it down did Ji Yi have time to think.

"The dream has been reset? It actually gave me a chance to reload and start over, so doesn't that mean I have a lot of room for trial and error?"

Just as I was thinking of this, it was eight o'clock, and the goods appeared out of nowhere.

Look at the small pistol under the cashier's counter.

I glanced at the list again.

Sure enough, they failed to purchase the other two items besides the pistol.

This time, the reason wasn't "unable to purchase," but rather "dangerous items are not available in the store."

So, handguns aren't considered dangerous items?

He had no choice but to grip his pistol tightly and move to a blind spot inside the store.

This position is sure to be a successful ambush.

I don't recommend you do this, but if you absolutely must try, good luck.

"Spit it out if you have something to say."

This Faceless Man was once very powerful, but now he has completely lost his identity and fallen into despair. He no longer cares about violating the treaty against Faceless Men; he now only wants to kill the convenience store employees to achieve his revenge.

Moreover, he seemed to feel that killing one person was not enough.

Unless you can completely get rid of him, he'll probably come twice every night.

'After all that talk, you still haven't gotten to the point, so what are the chances of my ambush succeeding?'

[0%]

Ji Yi: "."

The time has come to 20:58, and the Faceless One has arrived as scheduled.

Bang bang bang!
After Ji Yi fired three shots, his head fell to the ground again.

brush--

Faced with another opportunity to rewind, Ji Yi acted even faster this time.

Since we can choose three items again each time, why not just get the item that can kill the Faceless Man?
Therefore, Ji Yi began to boldly experiment:
Drunkard holding a lone goose, can win even with feet, Zhuge light bulb.

At eight o'clock sharp, the three appeared out of thin air.

Seeing the three bewildered people, Ji Yi put his deception skills to use.

If Ji Yi himself were to persuade the three of them, they would never listen.

Unfortunately, he is now Miss Cat.

20:58, the same time again.

The three people who were waiting at the door were instantly turned into a jumble of severed limbs.

Ji Yi, using a cat-like voice, scolded coquettishly, "Oh, so this is the number one in the entire server?"

After he finished speaking, his head fell off again.

Consciousness returns.

Players can't be relied upon. Since population can be bought and sold, what's the point of this?
Himeko, Maeda Misaki, Hase Minako.

The time came to eight o'clock.

No one showed up.

Looking at the list of goods, they were all items that could not be purchased.

Ji Yi then summarized a new rule: the strong cannot be bought or sold.

And so, this time, he died without any controversy.

Death, return.

Death, return.

Death, return.

Ji Yi lost count of how many times she had tried, and according to the normal flow of time, she should have woken up by now.

Although she never succeeded, Ji Yi at least understood one thing:

"Buying anything will absolutely not help you defeat the nameless man. Hiding will only trigger Rule 5, and you'll be killed by the landlady."

This is a truly unsolvable deadlock.

(End of this chapter)