Day of Imprisonment

Hearing Luo Xi's words, the Goatman Ding Wei didn't seem surprised, as if he had expected Luo Xi to accept this challenge. Moreover, he seemed happy to see it happen.

It was as if two people, both holding back, wanted to use this method to determine the winner.

"I'm already looking forward to what flavor you'll taste like," Goatman Ding Wei said.

"I want 【Insanity】 and 【Bewilderment】. You can pack them in advance," Luo Xi said, taking out a shopping voucher and handing it over.

Goatman Ding Wei reached out and took it, then pulled out a piece of paper from the gap in the nearby shelf: "Extreme Shopping Game, Hard Mode. The rules are simple: find all 50 items listed within 5 minutes and bring them to me. If you find all of them accurately, you pass the challenge; otherwise, you fail. Understand?"

"This is Hard Mode. Then, what are the rules for Easy Mode?" Luo Xi asked curiously.

"Still a 5-minute time limit, but the item list only has 30 items. What? Are you regretting it?" Goatman Ding Wei smiled.

"No. Then, can we start now?" Luo Xi glanced at the shopping list in his hand. At the same time, the areas and shelves where these items were located appeared in his mind.

Goatman Ding Wei didn't waste any words. He took out a timer with a pre-set 5-minute countdown.

"Challenge, start!"

As he spoke, he pressed the timer button.

Tick, tock, tick, tock!

The timer's countdown started, and Luo Xi immediately sprinted away. As he passed a shelf, he grabbed a product card without even looking, then turned a corner and disappeared.

Lin Qiqi and An Zhiyan didn't follow.

Because this game was a solo challenge, no one else was allowed to help, otherwise it would be a violation of the rules.

The two women looked at each other at this moment, then held hands tacitly, communicating soulfully.

"5 minutes, 50 items, averaging 10 items per minute, which is 6 seconds per item. This is a bit difficult," An Zhiyan said, putting herself into the game to realize how difficult it was.

If it was just finding 30 items, although it would also be difficult, there would still be a possibility of completing it because the number of items to collect was limited.

Hard Mode was almost impossible to complete.

Unless, you really memorized the location of all the items.

But this was almost impossible.

The human brain is not a computer. Humans are good at creation and inspiration, but not good at recording and retrieving large-scale data.

Moreover, the time was so tight. If that Goatman listed some of the less common item names, it would be even harder to find them.

"Under normal circumstances, it's impossible to complete, because even the time spent on the road would be more than 5 minutes. And if you run around frantically to find them, you're likely to make mistakes in the rush. The rules require that all 50 items must be completely correct, even if one is different, it's considered a failure," Lin Qiqi carefully analyzed and found that this challenge was completely a scam.

It was impossible to complete.

Moreover, she also discovered a more serious problem.

"The choice of route and items is also a trap. If that Goatman deliberately disrupts the order of items that originally belonged to the same product area and mixes them with other items, then there will be repeated routes and wasted effort, which is also a waste of time."

"No need to think, he will definitely do that," An Zhiyan nodded.

Because she could think of this, there was no way the Goatman wouldn't.

"However, there is an exception!" Lin Qiqi said at this time, biting her slender finger, with a serious expression.

"What exception?" An Zhiyan asked.

"If you recognize the trap in the list order early on, you'll know to plan the route as a whole, that is, not to take detours and not to waste time in time and path traps. But this requires a premise, which is to know the location of all the items on the list, and also be familiar with the layout of the entire supermarket, so that you can plan a route that only needs to be taken once."

"Can you do this?" An Zhiyan asked Lin Qiqi, while also putting herself in the situation. If she was well prepared, she could do it, but in this situation, she definitely couldn't do it. Not only her, but most normal people couldn't do it.

As long as there is a problem in one link in the process, it will lead to a series of problems, like setting up dominoes, but you can't make a mistake once. If you make a mistake and accidentally knock one down, then all the links will collapse.

"I can't do it!" Lin Qiqi was very straightforward, but she quickly added: "But Luo Xi can do it."

Hearing this, An Zhiyan wanted to say something, but swallowed the words back.

Reason told her that when making judgments, she should not be influenced by subjective consciousness and should not make emotional judgments, which would be problematic, irrational, and not objective. But when she analyzed the matter of 'whether Luo Xi can do it' in a rational and objective way.

She was surprised to find that the conclusion she came to was actually the same as Lin Qiqi's.

That is, Luo Xi has never made a mistake.

Luo Xi also never acts on impulse.

Applying these two preconditions to the current challenge scenario leads to a conclusion: since Luo Xi accepted the challenge and prepared for it, given his consistent style and near-perfect challenge record,

he will succeed!

It's like a mathematical formula: substitute the conditions into the formula and derive the conclusion. Even elementary school students can do it.

In a daze, time passed, and the sound of the countdown ticking was like the sound of time running, without any pause, neither fast nor slow.

"He's nervous!"

Suddenly, Lin Qiqi's voice rang in An Zhiyan's mind.

"What? Who?" An Zhiyan didn't react for a moment.

"The Goatman, Ding Wei!"

"He's nervous? I didn't notice. " An Zhiyan specifically glanced at the Goatman standing upright. His white fur was like satin, forming a unified color scheme with the silver shelves beside him, dazzlingly bright.

"He's good at disguises, but the color of the soul doesn't lie. He is indeed nervous. Haha, he's afraid Luo Xi will complete the challenge. This guy looks strong on the outside but is weak on the inside." Lin Qiqi's voice was teasing. It was clear that if conditions allowed, she might have jumped out and laughed at him loudly.

"Also, this Goatman Luo Xi calls Ding Wei, and before that, the Chickenman, Luo Xi called Ding You, and the Snakeman on the bronze shelf, I guess, is called Ding Si."

"This is...?" An Zhiyan also reacted.

"That's right. If we add the Dragon King who rings the bell under the clock tower in the wilderness outside, I suspect he's called Jia Chen. Wouldn't that be the legendary Six Ding and Six Jia?"

"Well, the attribute of Yongge Supermarket is Earth Element, and it has reached level four. Scenarios with Earth Element attributes are generally related to traditional mythology and culture, such as Taoism and Buddhism. But even if we know this, what can we do?"

"Hey, are you really the vice leader of the Awakened Association? You're too weak, okay? Association, can't you infer from one instance? Since you know it's the Six Ding and Six Jia, then from beginning to end, you've only seen Jia Chen, Ding Si, Ding Wei, and Ding You. What about the others? Ding Hai, Ding Chou, Ding Mao, and Jia Zi, Jia Xu, Jia Shen. We haven't seen any of them. But Luo Xi and I have almost walked through the entire supermarket, and we haven't seen them. Wait a minute, wait a minute, that dog... Could it be that it's Jia Xu?"

Lin Qiqi was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up.

"Xu Dog?" An Zhiyan also understood.

"It must be. That dog is a good dog. It gave us 500 shopping coupons, but we haven't seen it since. Could it be that we can only see it in the newbie state? Or, that dog is hiding some clues. Damn it, I can't remember. What clothes was the dog wearing? Did it say anything?"

"It just barked."

"How many times did it bark?"

"..."

Footsteps interrupted the two women's somewhat chaotic conversation. Lin Qiqi looked up and saw Luo Xi running back.

It was obvious that he had been sprinting the whole time.

Looking at the countdown, there were less than 30 seconds left.

However, Luo Xi returned, and under the Goatman's gloomy expression, handed over the fifty product cards.

The Goatman reluctantly pressed the button, stopping the countdown.

"Check them!" Luo Xi wiped his sweat.

The Goatman's eyes stared at the stack of cards. Given that Luo Xi had returned before the time ran out, the only way to prove his failure was if he had taken the wrong or missed a product card.

If there was even one, he could immediately declare the challenge a failure and then eat him!

The Goatman began to grind his teeth, his black horizontal pupils staring intently at each card passing through his hand, while the other hand compared it to the list.

One card, one card...

When all fifty cards had been checked, the Goatman discovered that none of the cards had been taken incorrectly, and none were missing.

Just right.

And 100% correct.

He was unwilling and checked again, but this only proved that the result of his first check was correct.

"Congratulations, challenge successful!"

These words were almost said through gritted teeth.

"【Insanity】 and 【Bewilderment】, thank you!" Luo Xi stretched out his hand. The Goatman had no choice but to give him the cards Luo Xi had specified. In addition, there were 1000 shopping points. Holding ten shopping coupons in his hand still felt pretty good.

Luo Xi put away the two types of cards, thinking to himself: "An Zhiyan gave me 【Confusion】 and 【Pain】 before, and now I have 【Insanity】 and 【Bewilderment】. Although I'm still missing a few 【Bewilderment】 cards, in terms of types, I'm only missing one component card, 【Amnesia】. "

These are the component cards of Luo Xi's professional card 【Psychopath】. There are five types of card components in total, and now he has obtained four.

He is only one step away from activating his professional card.

This naturally put Luo Xi in a great mood, so he took out a shopping coupon and handed it to the Goatman, saying: "Excuse me, I want to continue the challenge, still in difficult mode!"

Goatman: "..."