Humans were really resilient creatures.
The next day, everyone adapted to life in the candidate's resting area.
Although it wasn't a town, it was much better than the hunter's cabin.
There was food to eat, sleep, and no one would die when they went out. There were also no chickens chasing after them to remind them to collect their rolls.
There was a room opposite the resting area. It was three stories high and had heavy plastic curtains. The plastic was yellowed and opaque, only revealing a circle of incandescent light.
There was a wooden sign outside the room that said "Cang Buy".
"What's Cang Buy?" The twin girls asked in unison.
Lao Yu was very patient with the children and explained, "It's a grocery store that sells everything. Haven't you seen it before? "
Not only the girls, but a few people shook their heads and said, "We don't call it that where we come from."
"Really?" Lao Yu muttered.
He was more careful. When he followed everyone to buy things, he forced a few words with the shop owner and found out that he really was from the same hometown.
The shop owner's surname was Zhao. He was a very unfriendly fellow from the same hometown.
"Old bro, I'll call you old bro then," Lao Yu said without hesitation.
The shop owner was at most forty years old. He was definitely younger than Lao Yu. He had a strong body and a straight back. However, he shamelessly accepted this "old bro". With a cigarette in his mouth, he said half-dead, "As you wish."
Lao Yu said, "Old bro, you've been away from home for a long time, right? You don't even have an accent. Mine is considered light, but yours is even lighter than mine. If I didn't see the two words' Cang Buy ', I wouldn't even dare to recognize you. "
Zhao spat out smoke from his mouth. "Something like that."
"You've been running a shop here?"
Zhao: "Sort of."
Lao Yu said "Oh" and asked tentatively, "Old bro, from the way you're standing, you must have been in the army before, right? Why are you running a shop here? "
Zhao finally glanced at him through the smoke and said, "I've never been in the army. But from the way you're standing, you must have been in the army before, right? How did you get so fat? "
Lao Yu: "…"
Zhao Lianlian took a few big puffs and smoked until only his butt was left. He crushed the cigarette ash and said, "Don't try to get close to me. That kind of thing won't work here. You're still tearing up today, but you might be dead tomorrow. "
Lao Yu: "…"
"If you want to buy something, hurry up. If you don't, then leave." Zhao said as he took out a new cigarette and lit it.
·
The first floor of the warehouse was filled with smoke. The patient Zhou Jin almost coughed his lungs out, but he did not give up the opportunity to shop.
Because there were more things in the store than they had imagined.
It was more like a big supermarket with a shabby appearance. Clothes, pants, quilts, pillows, pots, bowls, ladles, cups, chopsticks, and medicine for internal and external injuries. It had everything that a supermarket had, but it did not necessarily have. It filled the three-story building to the brim.
There were several shopping carts on each floor, covered in a layer of dust.
Everyone had one in each hand. After wiping it casually, they began to sweep the goods like crazy. It was as if the devil had entered the village.
"Wait, these things don't have price tags!" Yu Wen suddenly shouted.
Zhou Jin took a few bottles of cough drops and a bunch of anti-inflammatory and painkillers. He said, "I found out a long time ago. Cough cough … This is just like a tourist attraction. The price must be doubled."
"It's normal to take advantage of everyone's fear of death to crazily rip off customers." Everyone agreed.
Everyone knew this, but no one took less.
When money could be exchanged for life, they did not feel bad.
Yu Wen still felt that something was wrong. He pushed the cart around to look for his brother and found You Huo in the corner of the third floor.
To his surprise, You Huo was also sweeping the goods.
"Brother, you're also pushing a cart?" Yu Wen followed.
You Huo glanced at him when he heard this. His expression seemed to say, "What kind of fart are you spouting?"
Yu Wen waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I'm just looking …"
Since even his brother was shopping, there should be no problem.
Yu Wen immediately felt relieved and rummaged through You Huo's cart.
He thought that he would see a bunch of emergency equipment, such as flashlights, batteries, ropes, knives …
In the end …
This big boss took a change of clothes and a black backpack.
That's all.
"Uh … brother, do you have anything else?" Yu Wen asked.
You Huo lined up in the clothes rack, took a black down jacket, and threw it into the cart. "That's about it."
Yu Wen suddenly felt that he, who took a bunch of light sticks, flashlights, and batteries … looked like a concert scalper.
·
When they returned to the first floor, everyone was almost done with their shopping and surrounded the checkout counter with their carts.
You Huo did not like to crowd, so he stayed away from the crowd and waited by the wall in boredom.
The old lady in the lead asked the shopkeeper, "That's all, please calculate the cost."
Zhao, who was smoking for the umpteenth time, glanced through the fog at the various shopping carts and snorted. "It's obvious that this is the first time."
Everyone was confused.
Zhao: "Most people who come here would only dare to pick this much."
He raised two fingers.
"What do you mean, brother? Two? "Lao Yu asked.
Zhao: "Yes, this is the most generous I've ever seen."
How f * cking expensive was this?
Everyone looked at their shopping carts in silence. Zhou Jin finally couldn't help but ask, "… Can I use WeChat or Alipay? Card is fine too. I didn't bring much cash. "
Yu Wen echoed, "I haven't withdrawn cash in a year."
Zhao: "You can't use WeChat or Alipay."
Zhou Jin and Yu Wen were the first to feel discouraged.
Zhao said again, "Cash is not allowed either."
Yu Wen: "Huh? Then what do we use? "
Zhao took out a card from under the glass counter. It looked exactly the same as the small hotel room card they all had.
"You all have this, right? Use this. "Zhao flicked the surface of the card. It was as if all the enthusiasm he hadn't shown before was gathered at this moment. He smiled and said, "Isn't the admission ticket on the back of the room card? There's a cumulative score on it, right? You have to buy everything here with points. "
"It's not expensive. Daily necessities, including clothes, are 0.5 points each. Food and medicine are 1 point each. As for knives, which can be used as weapons, are 2 points each. It's very easy to remember. Why don't you calculate the price first? "
Everyone was stunned on the spot. Their faces turned pale.
Their full shopping carts were enough to buy a negative score.
Zhou Jin looked at the cart full of medicine and immediately choked on a mouthful of cold air. He coughed heartbreakingly.
No wonder …
No wonder those shopping carts were covered in dust. No wonder even the most generous person only took two items.
The points in their hands were earned with their lives on the line. No one dared to say how they would fare in the next exam.
If they bought one or two more items here, they would be exactly one point short of passing the exam. They would probably commit seppuku.
Zhao was used to this kind of scene.
After he finished provoking people, he returned to his lukewarm attitude and said, "Come, check."
As soon as he finished speaking, the people around the counter took two steps back.
"You're not buying anything?" You Huo, who was waiting by the wall, suddenly said.
Everyone, including the shop owner, looked at him.
He straightened up and pushed the cart to the counter. He took out the room card from his jeans pocket and handed it to Zhao. "Check."
Zhao: "…"
He opened his mouth and looked at You Huo's shopping cart. The butt of the cigarette fell on his shoe.
You Huo waited for a while with the card between his fingers. He was a little impatient.
Zhao suddenly came back to his senses. He hurriedly flicked his foot and crushed the butt of the cigarette. "Let me calculate —"
The clothes, jeans, black bag, and down jacket were a total of 3 points.
You Huo heard the result and nodded.
He seemed to feel that the budget was more than enough. He glanced at the cabinet behind the shop owner and said, "Take another pack of cigarettes and a lighter."
Zhao: "…"
Yu Wen couldn't help but ask, "Brother, you don't smoke. Why are you buying these?"
You Huo put the clothes into the black bag and said without looking up, "Just in case."
Two minutes later, when You Huo returned to his room with a backpack on one shoulder, the cumulative score on his admission ticket had become 15. With the speed at which he jumped off the building, he became the lowest score in the group.
Yu Wen looked at the other's cold face and felt that his brother was really tough.
·
Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
On the last day, at 3: 12 p.m., all the people checked out automatically. Boss Chu personally kicked them out of the door.
"Go straight ahead. There's a crossroad 200 meters away. Go." Chu Yue waved at them and said, "Don't delay. The choice won't be good if you're late. I hope this isn't a farewell."
After she finished speaking, she closed the door of the hotel.
The light box with the words "Accommodation, Heating, Food and Beverage" flashed twice and suddenly went out.
The few houses were still standing in the snow and fog, but there was not a single light. It was like a dilapidated house that had been abandoned for many years.
"Is this really not a haunted house?" Yu Wen shivered.
You Huo remembered what he had asked the invigilator before.
He had asked if this was a supernatural event, and the invigilator had replied that it wasn't. At that time, the other party had wanted to add something, but before he could speak, he had received a violation warning.
So …
What exactly was this?
You Huo thought to himself that when the next exam began, he must find a chance to lie to the invigilator.
He hoped that the invigilator this time would be honest and gullible.
·
200 meters wasn't long.
Everyone quickly arrived at the place Chu Yue had mentioned.
It was indeed a crossroad. In the middle of the intersection, there was a lonely security booth. Outside the booth, there was a figure leaning against it.
When the person saw them, he struggled to stand up.
When everyone got closer, they saw that it was the tattooed man who didn't want to stay in the rest area.
However, his appearance had changed. His body was covered in blood, his left arm was hanging lifelessly, and one of his legs was lame.
"How did you become like this?"
Although everyone didn't like him very much, no one wanted him to become disabled or die. After all, he was originally just a stranger, and there was no enmity between them.
The tattooed man said in a hoarse voice, "It's good enough that I'm not crazy."
"How long have you been here?" Everyone looked at the security booth.
The tattooed man said, "Two days."
"Why didn't you go back to the examinee's resting area?"
The tattooed man's expression was a little embarrassed and a little angry. "When I went back, I was a coward, and … I couldn't find the way when I turned around. I couldn't find those houses even if I went back the way I came. There was only this place. "
"Then why didn't you continue walking?" Yu Wen asked.
The tattooed man glanced around and pointed at a few intersections. "Look at the road signs yourself."
After his reminder, everyone noticed that the intersection led to four directions, and there was a sign at each intersection.
Under normal circumstances, those signs would say XX Road or XX Street.
But not here.
Here, there were four road signs in the north, south, east, and west.
Foreign language
In the security booth, a small speaker suddenly sounded, and the familiar voice from the radio appeared here again.
[This round's exam system is 3 + 1 + 1. Congratulations on successfully completing one of the questions. There are four more questions to be taken.]
[Candidates have the right to choose and can arrange the exam order.]
[Please make your choice within 30 seconds.]
[Latecomers will be deprived of the opportunity to take the exam.]
Everyone: "…"
At this kind of intersection, they wanted to stand there until they died.
The lackey Yu Wen grabbed You Huo and said, "Bro, I'll choose whichever you choose!"
Everyone else also looked at him.
Who knew that You Huo would look around and say expressionlessly, "You have a choice? All four directions here show foreign languages. "
Yu Wen: "What???"
What was even more annoying was that in You Huo's line of sight, there was a figure at each intersection.
That person was very tall and stood with an umbrella in the snow, as if waiting for him.
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