Now, Lin Sanjiu was certain that the Veda had done something to the pocket dimension.
After the first potato chip cone's voice disappeared, the shelf full of puffy snacks fell silent. In the dim light, the bearded old man on the chip cone, the smiling spokesperson, the leopard munching on the corn chips … Rows upon rows of neatly arranged faces stared at her silently.
"What do you mean by the correct one?"
When Lin Sanjiu turned her head again, she could no longer tell which potato chip cone was the one that had grabbed her. She scanned the shelves again and again. Feeling like a lunatic, she asked in a low voice, "Tell me, how should I find it?"
The shelves were silent. There was no response.
Apparently, the Veda had deleted all the "rules introduction", but the pocket dimension still operated according to the same rules. Lin Sanjiu felt like she was taking an inexplicable exam. All the questions had been erased, and she had to write down the correct answers.
After some thought, she carefully lifted the basket and touched a bag of corn chips with the corner of the basket.
She did not touch the bag of corn chips on purpose. She wanted to see what would happen if she chose the wrong answer. The corn chip wobbled slightly, and the bag sunk a little before it filled up again. Lin Sanjiu waited quietly for a few seconds, but nothing happened.
Could it be that even if she found the wrong snack, it would work as long as she did not put it in the shopping basket?
Lin Sanjiu thought for a while and finally squatted down. She stretched out her hand and poked a corn chip with a rooster painted on it.
The bag clattered, and she quickly retracted her hand. She looked around nervously, but the shelves soon returned to silence.
"Seems like I'm right."
Lin Sanjiu let out a sigh of relief. She felt a lot more confident now. She scanned the shelves row by row. The puffy snacks were covered with a layer of dust, and even their color had faded. She had no idea how long they had been in storage.
"Could the correct one be the one that hasn't expired?"
She thought to herself as she stared at the shelves in front of her.
"If that's the case, I have to figure out what the date of today is in this store, and then compare it with the date of manufacture on the packaging. Wait a minute, isn't this too easy?"
Since she could only rely on guessing, she suddenly became a little paranoid.
But she still decided to give it a try. There was a magazine at the cashier counter. The magazine should be the latest issue. Just as Lin Sanjiu stood up, she suddenly froze.
Slowly she bent her head down again.
Just like in any ordinary store, there was more than one product on display. Usually, there would be at least a few bags, neatly occupying a small section of the shelf. It was the same for the shelf that she had just tested. There were black and red packaging bags lined up one after another on the shelf below. There was a large rooster on each of the packaging bags, and all of them were smiling at Lin Sanjiu from the side.
There was only one rooster on the sack that was facing Lin Sanjiu. Its enlarged beak was on top of the bag, as if it was trying to get out of the painting.
It was the packet that she had touched earlier.
Lin Sanjiu's heart skipped a beat. She quickly looked at the other packet of cornbread. The packaging of the cornbread that she had hit with her basket was still fine. It puffed up one side of its cheeks like its other companions. Nothing seemed out of place.
"What will happen if I touch it again?"
Even though Lin Sanjiu had that thought, she did not reach for the packet of cornbread again. The notification clearly stated that she had to choose the "correct packet of potato chips". So, after some consideration, she reached for the packet of potato chips that did not have any faces on it.
Her finger touched the packet, but she quickly retracted it. Her heart thumped a few times. She stared fixedly at the packet of potato chips, not daring to look away.
Nothing happened.
The second time, Lin Sanjiu's finger lingered on the packet for a little longer. Other than getting more dust on her finger, the result was the same.
After trying a few more times and seeing that nothing happened, she became more and more courageous. Finally, not only did she not move her finger away, she even tightened her grip on the packet of potato chips. Slowly, she took the packet of potato chips off the shelf.
Immediately, a deep black hole appeared on the shelf. Behind the outermost layer of products, there was only an empty shelf. Like an endless tunnel, a cold breeze blew out from the darkness. Lin Sanjiu glanced at the "hole". She did not put the potato chips back into the shopping basket. Instead, she turned the packet over and over again, trying to find the production date.
Soon, she saw a fading line of words on the seal: "So long?"
Lin Sanjiu was shocked. She did not expect the packet of potato chips to be older than her. She looked at it again and again, but she could not find the expiration date.
"Forget it, I'll put it back first," she thought. Since she could not leave the area of the shelf, she might as well try to call Puppeteer over. Even though he did not look like a smart person, it was better than thinking alone.
As Lin Sanjiu thought about it, she looked up.
In the dark, deep hole of the shelf, another face with blurry facial features floated up, and it happened to meet her eyes.
Before Lin Sanjiu could react, an arm stretched out from the depths of the shelf and grabbed her wrist. The arm was so pale that it looked like it would fall apart at any moment. However, even with Lin Sanjiu's strength, she could not resist it at all. She was dragged toward the shelf. Her hair stood on end. She wanted to summon her [Tornado Whip], but when she blinked her eyes, her vision turned black and everything went silent.
The face and pale arm that had been hidden behind the shelf seemed to have disappeared without a trace, as if it was just an illusion.
Soon, the scenery came into Lin Sanjiu's sight again.
The aisle, the shelf, the dim light, the dust floating in the air … It was exactly the same as before.
If there was anything different, it would be Lin Sanjiu's angle of view. She seemed to have turned around subconsciously, and now she was looking at the place where she was standing.
She tried to turn her head, but for some reason, she felt that her body was very sluggish.
After two seconds of silence, Lin Sanjiu slowly came to her senses.
She used all her strength to push her gaze to the left. She still could not see clearly. However, from the corner of her eyes, she saw rows of various kinds of puffy food placed beside her.
Not only her left, but also her right and bottom were neatly arranged snack bags and potato chip cones.
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