Hell Game: Starting from Metropolis

"Heh, you'll find out soon enough."

The shop owner, too lazy to say much, waved him over, signaling him to come in quickly.

Liu Zheng took out his teething stick and held it in his hand before walking into the newsstand.

The shop owner saw it all, but didn't pay any attention to his little tricks.

Once inside the newsstand, it was a completely different world.

Although it's not as extravagant as Si Xue's cave, it's still about the size of a regular bookstore.

A dazzling array of books, magazines, and pamphlets are displayed on the densely packed bookshelves, and various posters are pasted on the walls and the sides of the bookshelves.

The books for sale were illegible, just like the ones outside, but the posters were in very high definition and uncensored.

The first thing Liu Zheng saw was a pink starfish, which was posing and preening in front of him.

Its head is that of an lanternfish, and its tail is that of a starfish.

Or perhaps its tail is that of an lanternfish and its head is that of a starfish.

What's on the lanternfish's head isn't a lantern, but a thick, curved strip of meat, with a button-sized round protrusion at the end.

Liu Zheng opened his mouth as if to speak, then stopped himself, then stopped again.

"Did you see it?"

The shop owner, who had walked over, raised an eyebrow.

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

He quickly denied it.

"That's right, this is what's popular right now."

"No! Don't say it out loud!"

Liu Zheng cried out in despair.

"A dual-use device for both male and female use, providing both physical and emotional comfort, and it's a special edition with a textured feel."

The shop owner, of course, ignored him and spoke out anyway.

"I can't hear you, I can't hear you, I didn't hear anything."

Liu Zheng covered his ear piercings and frantically tried to hypnotize himself.

Just kidding, if he accepts the existence of such cult toys, how will he be able to look at his collection the same way when he returns to reality?

He spent a lot of money and effort to collect those.

"You can't stand this? You're supposed to be human."

The shop owner said disdainfully.

"You... you really aren't."

Liu Zheng glanced at the shop owner and said.

Beneath the loose leather jacket, there was no torso or legs, but a huge, pure sausage.

There were some black dots on the surface of the sausage, which should be black pepper.

"The grilled sausage you just handed me"

He instantly made the connection.

"Yes, the cost of sourcing from food delivery services is so high."

The shop owner said matter-of-factly.

"Phew, that was a close call."

Fortunately, he didn't like pure meat sausages, so he asked the shop owner to switch to starch-based ones.

"Hey, do you guys have some kind of misunderstanding about humans? We humans have conservatives too, you know."

Liu Zheng felt it was necessary to vindicate his race.

"Yes, but you human conservatives are either in city hall or in factories. People like you who wander all over the metropolis would be dead by now if you were conservatives."

"That's what the shop owner said."

He guarded the newsstand, and quite a few strange residents came and went to buy things, so he was relatively well-informed.

"cut."

Liu Zheng found himself unable to refute the argument.

The things he did to survive, while not entirely without principles, were certainly devoid of any moral compass; even radicals would find them too radical.

"Come here."

The shop owner led him into a small room inside.

The small, cramped room was dark, with only the screen of an old-fashioned, bulky color TV lit up.

There were no images displayed on the screen, but rather the classic, colorful "big disc" pattern.

When Liu Zheng was a child, he didn't know what this was. Later, he looked it up online out of boredom and found out.

This is called a "television signal test diagram". The various colors and lines on it represent various parameters of the television picture tube, which can show the color difference, brightness and level of the television picture, making it easier for repair personnel to understand the situation.

Below the color TV was a DVD player, which looked to be not much younger than him.

To be honest, Liu Zheng does miss the days when he used to hunt for CDs everywhere.

He can still vividly recall the incident where he bought the wrong DVDs and took them to a classmate's house to watch, resulting in the classmate being beaten by both parents while he watched gleefully from the sidelines.

"Didn't you bring in a book? Why are you showing me a DVD?"

Liu Zheng put away his sly smile and asked.

"Who told you that DVDs can't play books?"

The shop owner looked at him like he was a country bumpkin.

".OK."

Don't ask, it's just a unique, cutting-edge technology from the metropolis.

The shop owner took out a cardboard box from under the DVD player, inside which was a stack of books with oil paper covers.

The cover was blank, except for some suspicious white stains mixed with red.

"Here, that's all. You can put it in the DVD player and it will play automatically. If you finish one magazine, I can sell it to you. If you finish three or more, I'll give you a 50% discount. If you finish five or more, I can sell you the non-sale items."

"What if I watch them all?"

Liu Zheng asked.

Although he wasn't sure how many books he could read, he still wanted to agree on the terms first.

"If you can read the whole thing, I'll give you a big treasure."

"That's what the shop owner said."

"You're not talking about that starfish, are you?"

Liu Zheng asked, his eyes narrowed.

"You want it? I don't even have any in stock. It's very popular, and every time I get a new shipment, it's sold out immediately."

"That's what the shop owner said."

"What is that? Let me inspect the goods first, otherwise I won't look at them."

He said.

He had little expectation for the things sold at newsstands.

"Look at your suspicious and paranoid appearance, you really are a human being."

The shop owner showed his contempt again.

Liu Zheng remained unmoved.

So what if people despise him? After entering this world, there are at least nine or ten people who despise him, so what difference does one more sausage make?

"Wait."

Seeing his resolute attitude, the shop owner had no choice but to say something.

He crouched down and rummaged around under the DVD player for a while, then found a box of discs.

"Give."

He handed the disc to Liu Zheng.

When Liu Zheng opened the case, he found a CD that was only half full, with no markings on it.

"what is this?"

he asked.

"A skills training DVD for temporary workers from the Public Security Bureau."

"That's what the shop owner said."

Why is it only half?

"Nonsense, I'd sell the complete one, but would you dare buy it?"

The shop owner rolled his eyes.

Liu Zheng pursed his lips and didn't say anything.

Who do you look down on?

If you're so capable, try selling it to him again in ten days. He'd take anything, not just a complete CD, but the entire police station.

"So what kind of skills are inside?"

he asked.

It would be ridiculous if it were something like fast typing or fast stamping.

"I don't know, but it should be aggressive."

The store manager shook his head.

How many skills does it have?

"I don't know. These kinds of scraps are all about luck, but you're guaranteed at least one."

"That's what the store manager said."

"alright."

Liu Zheng reluctantly agreed.

He was somewhat aware of the formidable reputation of the police department. Although he had only been arrested by the green-vested officers once, that was because the Bloody Restaurant was backing him up.

Otherwise, he would have been arrested by the police and given a severe memory restoration procedure after that incident in the sewers.

The skills the police use to train temporary workers shouldn't be too bad.

Moreover, Liu Zheng does indeed lack offensive skills at the moment.

"You're still not happy? Do you know how difficult it was to get this disc? If this batch of goods wasn't really important, I wouldn't have given it up as a reward."

"Okay. Let's begin then."

He said.

"Then go ahead and release it."

"Put it in for me."

Liu Zheng said.

"Why?"

"This is such a difficult job, I need to conserve my energy."

He said confidently.

"It's just a matter of lifting a finger, and you're still conserving your energy."