Chapter 122 Encountering Humans
Yu Qi stored all the treasure chests inside her vehicle. The level 6 vehicle had very strong protective capabilities, and no one but her could enter.
With the helper watching over things, this place is the safest.
She planned to return from the shopping paradise and then open the treasure chests she had collected that day. After all, there was still time in the afternoon, and perhaps those four golden fishing rods could catch up with new resource chests.
If you open them all at once, you can take advantage of the four-times critical hit bonus.
After doing all this, she took out the shopping paradise's gold card from inside the vehicle.
Click to enter, and the surrounding space instantly changes.
She suddenly found herself in a bustling market street, having left the bedroom space of the vehicle.
This market is similar to human markets, with an antique feel, except that it is mostly frequented by monsters.
Yu Qi also saw a few humans, but they were wrapped tightly in cloaks, with only their eyes and noses showing as they breathed.
Moreover, these people moved very quickly; they bought things in the market, slept, and left in no time.
Yu Qi wanted to observe for a while longer, but then she noticed that the group of people disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Judging from their skillful movements, they don't seem to be new players from this period. Could they be players left over from the previous round of the game?
Yu Qi's heart was pounding. She really wanted to grab someone and ask them a few questions, but she couldn't catch up with them at all.
Never mind, anything can happen.
In the monster world, there are also purely humanoid monsters. These monsters can control their size at will, and those few may not necessarily be players.
Yu Qi simply looked around the bustling street and felt somewhat disillusioned.
The name "Shopping Paradise" sounded so grand, she imagined it to be a brightly lit shopping mall, but it turned out to be a food street.
The road is paved with stones, and there are many monsters setting up stalls around it, including barbecue stalls, fried food stalls, and drink stalls.
She raised an eyebrow when she saw the ingredients these monsters used.
Inside one of the large iron barrels, there were several fresh, bloody squid!
These ingredients are all monsters with high health bars!
I have to say, the food made by the health bar monster is really delicious!
A variety of aromas, boldly blended together, filled the air with the scent of smoke and fire.
She looked at the grilled squid stall and asked curiously, "How much is a grilled squid?"
Looking up, I saw that the monster boss who was grilling was actually a giant squid, controlling a bunch of tentacles that kept turning over.
The shopkeeper glanced at her. "One, one thousand crystal coins."
"Roast my tentacles, two thousand crystal coins, want some?"
Yu Qi: "???"
She watched helplessly as the squid monster raised its tentacles, about to chop them off.
"Wait, I don't want to!"
The squid vendor had no choice but to remove the heavy knife, looking extremely disappointed.
Yu Qi quickly moved away from the stall, afraid that the owner might chop off the tentacles at the slightest provocation, and besides, the price was too expensive!
It's just a grilled squid, yet it costs 1000 crystal coins. Is this the price for everyone else?
Yu Qi looked to the side curiously and saw a strange customer walk over and ask how much the grilled squid cost. The owner actually answered 100 crystal coins each.
Yu Qi: "???"
Is this a case of treating people differently based on their status?
Is this how shopping paradises are, where prices are raised arbitrarily?
"Poor human, if you can't afford it, don't buy it!" The pig-headed monster that had just spoken sneered, grabbed a grilled squid, and wiggled its butt as it left.
Yu Qi was speechless when someone suddenly pulled her back.
The cloaked human who had appeared earlier reappeared at some point and pulled her to a street corner.
"Are you out of your mind? You came to this monster food street without a cloak, and all those monsters have already recognized you as a human. They're bound to kill you!" Nunuan's voice rang out.
Yu Qi turned her head and saw that the rather tall, cloaked person was actually a little girl with a round face.
The little girl was on stilts, and she was completely covered by a black cloak.
"You're not even eighteen yet, are you? Why are you here?" Yu Qi remembered that the system's initial manual said that humans over eighteen years old would be brought here as players.
The little girl on stilts looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and her fur instantly stood on end.
"I'm already eight years old, I'm mature! I'm very old!"
Eight years old...
Yu Qi muttered to himself, glancing at the little girl again with disbelief, because the little girl looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old.
"What did you eat to grow up?" she asked quietly.
The little girl blushed again and said seriously, "I'm warning you right now, did you hear me? Next time you come to this kind of monster food street, make sure you're completely covered up and don't show anything!"
"This is Monster Snack Street, humans are not welcome! And if they find an excuse to do something here, you might even be dragged out and eaten!"
The little girl puffed out her cheeks and patted her hand with a look of exasperation.
"Monster Snack Street? Isn't this a shopping paradise?" Yu Qi asked, puzzled. She had a gold card for the shopping paradise!
The little girl opposite nodded: "This area is indeed within the shopping paradise, but the real shopping paradise is inside that door. This area is full of small vendors."
The little guy pointed to a large red door at the end of the street: "Don't go in there easily, or you'll be swindled out of all the crystal coins in your pocket! To enter the shopping paradise, you have to buy things, or you'll be eaten!"
The little girl was baring her teeth and brandishing her claws, trying to scare people.
Seeing the little guy like this, Yu Qi couldn't help but smile.
"Are you a player?" she asked again.
The little girl shook her head: "I'm not a player, but my parents are. I'm not talking to you anymore. If I don't go back soon, I'll be found out that I sneaked out and I'll get a spanking!"
The little guy left in a hurry, and Yu Qi only had time to slip a green fruit into his hand.
He gazed thoughtfully at the figure in the black cloak.
It seems that not all the players from the previous game died; some remained in the monster city, living a life of hiding.
She even had a child and raised him to adulthood!
Wait a minute, this child is eight years old, so when will the game actually start?
Yu Qi felt like she was losing her bearings.
Seeing that the expressions of the monsters around her were becoming increasingly strange, she didn't linger there and went straight to the end of the monster snack street.
As soon as I arrived, there was a fox in uniform waiting for me.