Day of Imprisonment

“No need to rush!” Luo Xi didn't make a decision immediately.

Even if the atmosphere has been built up to this extent, sometimes, when the atmosphere is right, the desire and greed in the heart can make people lose their minds. Therefore, reason is easily destroyed. Fear can destroy it, and so can desire and greed.

Maintaining reason is a simple thing to say, but actually very difficult to do.

However, Luo Xi happens to possess [Absolute Reason], so he will never be swayed by emotions like atmosphere, fear, greed, and desire. He will only rationally consider the pros and cons, just like doing a simple math problem. Nothing can interfere with his judgment except reason and precise calculation.

“I need to familiarize myself with the supermarket's layout first. If I blindly participate in your challenge without understanding the distribution of the product areas, it will be impossible to complete. So, you'll have to wait a bit.” Luo Xi frankly stated his concerns and thoughts.

After getting far enough away from the silver shelves, Lin Qiqi whispered, “Are you planning to challenge that shopping game?”

“Yes!” Luo Xi nodded: “Besides the shopping coupons, that goat also has the cards I need, and he seems to know this, so he deliberately took out the cards I need to lure me.”

“Since you know this is bait, then why…”

“I can win. Perhaps he thinks it's impossible for anyone to win, but I can indeed win.” Luo Xi's answer was also very simple and direct.

Lin Qiqi nodded, but there were some things she definitely had to remind him of.

“This place is permeated with [Disease], but it's not a normal virus. I can see that these negative emotions can easily entangle with the soul, and once entangled, it's difficult to get rid of. You have to be careful.”

“According to your description, it's actually easy to summarize it into one term: mental illness!”

“…” Lin Qiqi pondered for a moment, and it seemed that this was indeed the case. The soul and the mind are one, so a disease that can only infect the mind and soul is just a mental illness?

At this time, An Zhiyan said: “Luo Xi, I saw Lin Yixuan before, and his condition is already very abnormal, probably because of being infected with a mental virus.”

Obviously, An Zhiyan's 'mental virus' was more formal.

“It's not just him, you and I were both a little abnormal just now.” Lin Qiqi reminded him. Just now, both she and An Zhiyan were dominated by their inner desires after seeing the card numbered 002 [Memory Retrieval], and made obviously abnormal moves.

But even if they calmed down now, as long as they were still in the supermarket, that kind of mental influence would continue endlessly.

Like dripping water piercing stone.

Now they can still use methods like interrupting the mental influence to restore reason, but after a long time, it's really hard to say that they won't be directly hit, and it will be the kind that is incurable.

“If that's the case, it's a bit difficult. I've inquired that it's very easy to leave Yongge Supermarket. That is, choose the product cards that just match the carrying weight of the shopping cart card album, and pay the corresponding shopping coupons, then you can check out and leave. But all of this requires personal operation, that is to say, if Lin Yixuan himself doesn't want to leave, no one can force him to leave.” Luo Xi had obviously explored the method to leave Yongge Supermarket.

Speaking of which, it's very simple.

For example, a shopping basket that can carry 10 kilograms only needs to select product cards whose weight adds up to exactly 10 kilograms, and have shopping coupons in hand that can pay for these product cards, then you can safely leave Yongge Supermarket.

But precisely because the conditions are so simple, there are very few people who can leave and are willing to leave.

Of course there are, but most veterans who enter Yongge Supermarket find it difficult to resist the temptation of cards numbered 003 and 002.

There's no way, this kind of temptation is too great.

So desire and greed are like two hands, firmly grasping these Memory Retrievers, and then relying on the 'disease' mechanism in the supermarket to continuously consume the cards on their bodies, because shopping coupons are necessary for survival here, even if it's just to satisfy the two most basic physiological needs of hunger and thirst, it requires the consumption of shopping coupons.

Then, there are games similar to 'challenge to win shopping coupons'. If you fail, you die, lose shopping coupons, and revive again and again.

The final result is the same as a gambler, losing everything and ruining the family!

“So the rumors you heard about Yongge Supermarket are very likely to be actively released by the managers here, it's advertising!” Luo Xi said while observing the passing shelves. He seemed to be just casually glancing at them and then continuing forward, but he didn't skip any shelves or areas.

“Are you recording the information of the product cards? But there are too many cards here, the types are the same as a real supermarket, about 3000 to 5000 kinds. It's almost impossible to remember them in a short time, you can only roughly understand the product areas.” An Zhiyan said at this time.

“That's indeed the case.” Luo Xi nodded, but he was still observing, carefully checking every shelf in every area.

Just then, the three stopped.

Another shelf different from the previous brass and silver ones appeared in front of them. This time, it was a golden shelf.

A monster wearing clothes with a human body and a chicken head was standing there.

This is a Chickenman?

The rooster held its proud head high, its comb as red as blood.

Coupled with that red outfit, it had an unspeakable temperament.

At the moment, several Memory Retrievers were gathered there, one of whom was frantically eating.

And on the table in front of him, there was still a lot of food left, including buns, steamed buns, hamburgers, and chocolate cake.

An electronic clock was also hanging on the shelf over there.

The countdown numbers were changing rapidly.

It looked like there was less than a minute left.

“Speed up, eat quickly, time is running out!”

“Eat, eat that one, don't chew, swallow it directly!”

“It's over, there's not enough time.”

Several Memory Retrievers around were roaring with wide eyes, each looking very excited.

And the one eating had reached his limit.

His mouth was stuffed with food, but he was still desperately stuffing it in.

And a few seconds later, he suddenly stopped, staring, clutching his neck and struggling violently.

He choked!

He quickly fell to the ground, and you could see that his eyes were bulging, full of bloodshot, and his neck and the back of his hands were covered with bulging veins. He twitched a few times and then remained motionless.

He choked to death!

“I'm sorry, the speed eating challenge, failed!”

With the rooster's announcement, the corpse on the ground immediately disappeared into a large patch of foam.

“You, who else wants to challenge? It only takes 100 shopping coupons to participate. It counts as a win if you eat all the food on the table in 5 minutes. If you win, you can get 500 shopping coupons and a chance to draw a card. It's a rare opportunity, and multiple people can challenge at the same time, the rewards are doubled!”

The rooster hawked with all its might.

Of the other Memory Retrievers, only one was eager to try, and the remaining few had no intention of stepping forward to challenge.

Although they had been infected with a lot of mental viruses, they were not stupid enough, because they had all tried it, some even more than once, but they had all failed. Of course, there were also successful cases, but not for them.

“Those three customers over there, don't you want to try? You can not only eat your fill, but also have a chance to win a big prize!” The rooster suddenly paused, at which time Luo Xi and the others had already walked closer.

Luo Xi curiously looked at the dazzling array of food on the table, and then looked at the golden shelf, but the cards on this shelf were facing outwards, and only the card backs could be seen, so he didn't know which card it was specifically.

However, the price marked below was as high as 300,000 shopping coupons.

The most expensive card encountered so far.

Luo Xi looked at the rooster.

“Hello Ding You, may I ask what cards are on the shelf?” Luo Xi asked.

The rooster tilted its head and looked at Luo Xi, and asked: “What do you think?”

“So expensive, is it card number 001, or card number 000?”

“Both are possible, but guessing the card is also one of my shopping challenges. Do you want to try it? The rewards are even more generous than the speed eating challenge!” Although the rooster's tone was tempting, what was strange was that this guy's expression didn't seem happy.

On the contrary, it was a bit dignified.

It was more like a routine statement, completely lacking the passion from the beginning.

“Not for now, I'm going to do another shopping challenge.”

“Okay, I wish you a happy shopping trip!” After the rooster finished speaking, it turned its head to the side, and only after Luo Xi and the others had walked far away did it breathe a sigh of relief, and then as if thinking of something, it tilted its chicken head and looked into the depths of the supermarket.

“That person is back!”

“What will happen next?”

“It's hard to predict, the outcome is unpredictable!”

Luo Xi walked through all the areas and all the shelves, and looked through them all.

In this way, he had a preliminary understanding of the situation of the entire Yongge Supermarket. There was no difference between here and many large supermarkets, maybe the only difference was that the various goods on the shelves were 'carded'.

Some places would set up some very eye-catching promotion areas, a display table decorated with bright things, and the cards neatly arranged there. For example, [Milk Flavored Biscuits] would be placed together, with more than hundreds of them, and [Chocolate Biscuits] would be placed next to them, arranged very neatly, followed by various drinks, juices, tea and coffee.

Continuing forward, they reached the furniture area, from large items such as beds, refrigerators, and washing machines, to small items such as razors, towels, toothbrushes, and batteries, truly everything was available.

There were extremely many types.

It wouldn't be a problem to figure out the general area in a short time, but it would be difficult to remember the location of various products.

In the process of exploring the entire supermarket, Luo Xi and the others also specifically went out from the entrance and deposited a shopping coupon worth 100 points into the lockers respectively.

The benefit of doing this was that if they died in the supermarket, they could immediately revive at the lockers.

“Let's go back!” Luo Xi already had a plan.

He returned to the side of the silver shelf, and the Goatman Ding Wei stared at him without speaking.

“I want to challenge your extreme speed shopping game, difficult mode!” Luo Xi said.