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Lin Yan shook his head in terror. “Im- impossible…”

He had obtained a hidden task, and only needed to perform one last mass extinction in order to obtain a hidden item and move forward to the peak of his life; how did he fail? There had to be some mistake! npxwWd

Zhang Dong grinned, revealing teeth that were black from years of smoking. “I only give three chances; extras can stay and slowly take their time playing ba!”

Lin Yan suddenly understood. What free coupon? What extra round? It was just a trap!

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Misled by the meaning on the surface, players assumed that they could use the free coupon to skip one selection round. The coupons only took effect after all five were chosen by different players, to ensure that the players who had obtained them before wouldn’t realise that there was a problem. This was clearly the biggest death trap in the entire game!

And he had thought himself clever by having the others take the coupons first to test if it would kill them. Who would have thought that five people bound together would be a precondition for death. In this game where there were only three chances, an extra selection round simply didn’t exist. gCNdyU

He had underestimated Zhang Dong too much. This stingy and foolish-looking boss unexpectedly could set such a trap!

Zhang Dong watched gleefully as Lin Yan’s complexion changed repeatedly. Leaving him alone for now so that he could savour it later, Zhang Dong turned to the tattooed gangster first.

At Zhang Dong’s gaze, the tattooed gangster looked like he was seeing the scariest thing a human had ever encountered.

His eyes gradually widened and became unfocused. His mouth opened wide as he gasped for air, and his muscles turned taut and stiff. He looked like he wanted to flee, but was fixed in place by some invisible power, and his legs moved futilely.

“Geh…” The tattooed gangster made choking sounds. He stared into space as he reached up and clutched his neck. The veins on his arms bulged with the huge amount of strength that he was using. Even when he lost consciousness, the strength in his arms still didn’t fade.

Under everyone’s stares, the tattooed gangster throttled himself to death, just like that.

The bloodshot eyes looked like they were going to pop out of their sockets. After that, his corpse collapsed right in front of Lin Yan. Heedless of his fractured leg, Lin Yan tried desperately to crawl away.

Using his 2.75-fold speed, Lin Yan quickly crawled off to the side; the further away he was from the boss, the better. 1YWPlS

However, a pair of feet unexpectedly appeared in the only path he could take. The shoes on the feet were shabby and covered in stains. Lin Yan’s heart jumped. He lifted his head, and saw Zhang Dong’s white face as the latter bent down to face him. Their faces were less than a handspan apart, and Lin Yan’s nose was assailed by an unbearably putrid scent.

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A smile stretched across Zhang Dong’s face. He tipped his hat as he took it off, in a lousy imitation of a gentleman. “Allow me to introduce you to my new employee — Miss Mermaid!”

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The shattered top of a head followed, and then a face hidden by floating hair, shoulders… the person in the water tank slowly plastered themself against the glass and raised their head.

Lin Yan immediately felt as if he had dropped into an ice cave; he could clearly remember how the owner of this face had cursed him. This was — the face of the girlfriend!!!

He couldn’t help a cold shiver, and he turned around and ran.

As he crawled away, he shouted, “You killed yourself; it’s not like I killed you! Why are you coming after me?!!!” XNuYaI

There was the sound of water behind him again. The girlfriend’s hands stretched out of the water to an unimaginable length like a snake, then suddenly lashed out at Lin Yan. This pair of hands were extremely strong, and seemed as if they would crush his bones.

“Ah —” Lin Yan couldn’t help screaming. The girlfriend’s hands had just so happened to grab his broken leg. The moment she pulled hard, heart-stabbing pain shot through his broken leg.

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Previously, it was Lin Yan who had pushed the girlfriend lightly to the ground; now, it was the girlfriend who had become a monster and was dragging Lin Yan back with her overwhelming strength.

Just like this, the girlfriend forcefully dragged Lin Yan into the narrow glass tank. Lin Yan struggled violently in the water, but the water hampered his speed significantly. He clutched the sides of the glass tank in a death grip, and was in a deadlock with the girlfriend. z3f0Dm

Lin Yan said to Zhang Dong, “You were the one who gave me the hidden task, right?!! I only need to complete one more! Give me one more chance, make her stop!!”

Zhang Dong merely smiled and didn’t respond.

Right at that moment, another hand reached out from within the murky water and forcibly pried Lin Yan’s fingers loose one by one. The hand was big and carried traces of being broken; it was wearing a ring identical to the girlfriend’s.

Lin Yan’s eyes widened in despair as they dragged him into the murky water. The water immediately began to churn violently, before it became still a moment later, as if there was nothing in it. iH5xgl

Zhang Dong applauded, expressing praise for his new employees.

No wonder Lin Yan didn’t dare murder people during an instance; it turned out there was a chance that those who died could be assimilated and become NPCs in the instance. Imagine: just as you were about to clear a crucial moment, a NPC that wouldn’t die or take a break suddenly popped up to chase you; clearing the instance would probably become a lot harder.

But looking at this situation, even if you weren’t the one to personally murder the victims, players who turned into NPCs still bore a great hatred for the target who had the deepest impression on them before they died.

Zhang Dong turned to Xiao Lan and said, “Do you really, really not want to join us? We have a mermaid ah.” PbV70a

Xiao Lan: “…”

What was up with this tone of tricking a little girl into looking at goldfish? Moreover, a mermaid who had three love handles stung the eye too much, all right?!!

Perhaps the emotion in Xiao Lan’s eyes was too obvious, since Zhang Dong switched tactics. “Do you want a hidden task?”

Xiao Lan’s guard went up. “The one about digging pits for your teammates?” XE0cQk

Zhang Dong seized the opportunity to explain what the 【The star of mass extinction】task entailed.

After that, he added, “I give this task to every person in this supermarket who’s thinking about how they can kill off their teammates.”

Xiao Lan finally understood why Lin Yan was so obsessed with leading his teammates to their deaths; it turned out it was for a hidden item. However, for Xiao Lan who had already undertaken a hidden task from Zhang Dong and obtained a reward, he was willing to bet that this hidden item wasn’t anything good.

Xiao Lan asked curiously, “Can I ask what the hidden item is?” oc53H8

Zhang Dong waved his hands and proudly said, “My personal signature! Why, do you want it? Seeing that you’re poorer than me, I can just give it to you right now.”

Xiao Lan: “Thanks, but no thanks…”

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It was no better than an unmarketable envelope ne!

Sure enough, in line with Zhang Dong’s miserly style, he wouldn’t give out any useful items. Lin Yan, this pretender, had been completely pitted by Zhang Dong. 5xyrCs

Even Xiao Lan, had he not met Luo by chance, would have only obtained a random skill and an ordinary, unmarketable envelope. From what Luo said, there were a lot of random skills, and some were even pits; for example, 【King of Eating】, 【God of Bathroom Singing】, 【Opening Gourds Barehanded】and so on. The only thing a person could do when they ran into danger was die and turn cold.

【Poverty Is Unable To Restrict My Imagination】was in fact a skill that was a pit; most people might not even be able to activate it, yet unexpectedly, it just so happened to be randomly given to a penniless pauper.

“Ding dong —”

“Congratulations to player Xiao Lan for clearing the game ‘Terminal Supermarket’.” ILnzjo

The surrounding noise gradually faded as deep darkness slowly spread out, separating Xiao Lan from the supermarket setting.

Right before he sank into the darkness, the sounds of crowded shelves falling over rang out in the supermarket, followed by Zhang Dong’s skin-crawling roar. System notifications appeared in succession:

“Damaging setting prop, poverty value increased by 8,100″

“Damaging setting prop, poverty value increased by 26,000” 2scLOQ

“Damaging setting prop, poverty value increased by 11,700”

…

“Zhang Dong’s very angry, and wants to take back your gift.”

In complete darkness, Xiao Lan looked at the notifications which popped up endlessly, and like a hardworking old farmer who was taking inventory of his annual harvest, his heart was filled with the happiness of a bumper crop. n UcYd

He had become poorer, and also stronger.

Baobao Notes

Welp for some weird reason i scheduled wrongly, so no updates tomorrow <3 thanks for bearing with my messy updates