Chapter 235: Strange Arrival 2
Just then, Chu Yian suddenly remembered the hint at the beginning of the game—
Pretend not to see him!
This pretense should be conditional, at least enough to fool the other party.
Her gaze didn’t shift, but her eyes had already unfocused, staring at a pillar behind the black-clothed man and muttering to herself, “Why is there a dent on this door?”
As she spoke, she had already stepped over the threshold.
The once smiling black-clothed man’s face twisted into resentment, staring fixedly at her as she gradually walked away.
Although she got out safely, it was her first time in such a game, and she was drenched in sweat from fear.
Who would have thought she’d encounter a Weird on the very first day of the game.
This round of the game was terrifying.
Oh, right, how is Zhu Shen doing?
Chu Yian stood in a place where the sun could shine, then used a purchased item to contact Zhu Tianguang.
“Zhu Shen, where are you? I’m coming to find you.”
“Big Chu, I’m currently in a bar. There’s a woman on stage doing a striptease. Is this considered indecent? Should I call the police?”
“You’d best shut your mouth, don’t talk to anyone, and give me your contact information first.”
The sun in this world was also very strange.
Even though Chu Yian was bathed in sunlight, she felt no warmth. An inexplicable, indescribable chill clung to her like a shadow. Chu Yian took out her phone, ready to open it, but saw a black shadow in the screen, not too far from her.
The moment she saw the black shadow, Chu Yian felt even colder.
She didn’t dare to look back.
She had to pretend she hadn’t noticed the black shadow at all.
Chu Yian lowered her head, fiddling with her phone, but was actually contacting Zhu Tianguang, “You need to pay attention to the shadows under people’s feet. Those without shadows are Weird. If you encounter one, you must remain calm. Pretend not to see it, and don’t interact with it in any way.”
“Big Chu, what you’re saying is a bit creepy.”
Zhu Tianguang couldn’t help but rub his arms, then looked up and scanned the bar, “The bar is too dim. I’ll wait for you outside.”
He then reported his current location.
Fucheng District, Queen Street.
Chu Yian immediately searched for directions there on her phone.
Luckily, there was a direct bus from the temple to her destination. She followed the navigation directly to the bus stop.
Perhaps because it was noon, there weren’t many people on the bus. When she boarded, she specifically checked that both the bus and the driver had shadows under their feet before dropping her coin and sitting in the seat closest to the door.
However, the driver might be normal, but not all passengers who got on were necessarily normal.
Chu Yian took out her phone, and the screen still reflected a black shadow. This shadow was only one empty seat away from her. When she realized the black shadow had followed her, she felt extremely uneasy.
Within half an hour of entering the game, she had already encountered a Weird twice.
Chu Yian lowered her head and set her phone to provide an arrival alert, then opened a mini-game to distract herself until the phone chimed with the arrival alert.
She got off the bus and took out her phone again. The black shadow behind the screen had disappeared at some point.
This finally allowed her to breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Zhu Shen came out of the bar and waited for her directly at the bus stop.
However, it was their first time meeting each other in human form, so neither recognized the other.
It wasn’t until they described each other’s clothing that they successfully met.
Zhu Shen was stunned when he saw Chu Yian in person. He had thought Big Chu was a woman with both a tough appearance and spirit, but he hadn’t expected that only her spirit was tough.
A girl who looked soft and well-behaved, yet could transform into a clucking chicken, wield a gun, and kill in all directions, or even incite a prey uprising. Most importantly, she was also ranked sixth on the Super Potential Value leaderboard. Truly, one cannot judge a book by its cover.
“Hello, Big Chu!”
Zhu Tianguang greeted her with excitement.
Chu Yian first checked the shadow under his feet, then smiled at him, “Hello, Zhu Shen.”
They had finally met.
But what should they do next?
Chu Yian asked Zhu Tianguang to first explain his current plan.
“I think since this round of the game is about the arrival of Weird, and Weird can appear anywhere, then we just need to avoid contact with outsiders, right? How about we rent a house and lie low for ten days?
The two of us together have four thousand yuan. It shouldn’t be difficult to live in a rented house for ten days.”
Zhu Shen’s idea coincided with Chu Yian’s.
However… “We have more than four thousand yuan.”
Zhu Shen had, after all, seen her treasure box, so Chu Yian naturally didn’t avoid him when she took the treasure box to pawn it.
When Zhu Tianguang watched Chu Yian exchange money and goods with the pawn shop owner, he was completely stunned. He hadn’t expected that while all players were economically struggling, Big Chu had already started pawning her game items.
Especially after leaving, the treasure box returned to her hand.
This was nothing short of getting something for nothing.
Could the game be played this way?
Chu Yian now had twenty thousand yuan in cash. She patted the money in her hand, “Let’s go, let’s rent a house.”
With money, to live for ten days, they definitely had to live in a good house.
At times like these, Zhu Shen was very articulate when communicating with the agent.
Houses directly facing building corners were not rented, curved roads were not rented, large building mirrored glass was not rented, because the malevolent energy was too strong;
Houses directly facing roads or utility poles were not rented, because the rushing energy was too strong;
Houses with insufficient light, unable to achieve the collection of wind and qi, were not rented, because the yin energy was too strong;
Houses located in remote areas, with sewage or smelly ditches nearby, were not rented, because the filthy energy was too strong… Chu Yian listened with a bewildered expression, but also felt it was very profound, “You also understand Feng Shui?”
“Just learned it.”
Zhu Tianguang handed her his phone, showing Baidu, “Just look for places according to what it says. We have money, so we’re not worried about finding a place with good Feng Shui to live.”
Applying knowledge flexibly.
Zhu Shen had some brains.
Finally, they did find a very good house, a three-bedroom in a luxury Residential Area, facing north and south with excellent Feng Shui.
Short-term rental for half a month, ten thousand!
That works.
After all, with Grandpa Treasure Box around, there was no financial pressure.
To successfully lie low for these ten days, the two of them busied themselves with purchasing supplies. The rented house already had a large refrigerator, but Chu Yian bought another freezer for food.
In the last round of the game, Chu Yian ate compressed biscuits and instant noodles for more than ten days. This time, she specifically bought all sorts of things she liked to eat.
On the way, they also encountered two people without shadows, both of whom they ignored. The two of them were already exhausted by the time they dragged their things to the door, so Chu Yian specifically called a small truck.
The sound of a horn came from the roadside; the truck had already arrived.
Chu Yian habitually looked at the truck’s shadow, but the truck happened to stop in the shadow of a large building. This made it impossible to determine if the other party’s truck was normal.
Both of them froze in place, hesitant to get in the truck.
And the truck’s horn sounded again, urging them to quickly get in…
