Hidden Corners

The sound quickly dissipated, and everything became quiet again.

Li Chengyi frowned, looked at the counter, and soon found a standing sign.

The brand is about the size of a palm, blue overall, and a black and white QR code is printed in the center, apparently for convenient payment.

"I scanned the QR code to pay." Li Chengyi said loudly.

Immediately, he took out his mobile phone and scanned the QR code.

tick.

The phone made a crisp sound, but it got stuck and did not jump to the payment program on UnionPay.

‘Is there no internet? ’ Li Chengyi narrowed his eyes and began to feel something was wrong.

He picked up his phone, dialed a few buttons, and scanned the code again.

Another beep.

The screen is still stuck on the code scanning screen, and a green light keeps scanning from top to bottom, but it does not jump to the payment interface.

He thought for a while, quickly exited the scan code, and clicked on the browser.

Swish, the browser opened, and it was blank. In the middle of it was a little yellow dog wagging its tail and sitting on the ground.

There is another line below: Sorry, your network signal is not good, please check and try again.

Li Chengyi tried several times and tried other apps, but there was no internet.

Press the AR glasses again, but there is also no signal.

call.

He exhaled, feeling bad, turned around quickly, ignored the drink, and walked directly to the exit of the small supermarket.

boom.

The glass door rattled as it was pushed.

Can't open it.

'Locked? ’ Li Chengyi's heart sank, and he pushed hard a few more times, but the door still only made a knock, and there was no sign of it opening at all.

Only then did he realize that the street outside the small supermarket had turned into darkness at some point.

There are no street lights, no streets to see, let alone any other shops outside.

Only darkness.

No. Still see a little bit.

Li Chengyi looked down and saw the concrete floor at the entrance of the small supermarket, reflecting the pale light.

That light was projected from inside the supermarket.

The cement slabs extend out for more than one meter, and there are three small steps.

Going down the steps, there is a small open space three meters long and two meters wide.

There is a rectangular green belt on both sides of the open space.

Further outside, it extends to the invisible depths of darkness.

The same is true for the green belts on both sides, and the periphery is completely dark.

The entire small supermarket is like the only light source in the silent darkness, and it is also like an isolated island suspended in the dark ocean.

Li Chengyi looked into the depths of the darkness, and the AR glasses silently entered the engineering mode and turned on the magnification function.

hiss.

With a soft sound, his field of vision has been magnified to 100 times.

But in the field of vision, it was still dark, and nothing could be seen.

'Turn on night vision. ’ he ordered in a low voice.

The AR glasses clicked a few times, and then swished, and the entire field of vision turned gray.

useless.

It was still dark in the depths of the darkness, and nothing could be seen.

Seeing this, Li Chengyi already understood that he had entered a dead end again.

Moreover, this blind spot seemed to be even milder than the previous omen, so that he didn't even notice it when he entered.

Standing at the door, he thought for a while, then suddenly raised his hand, and silently held a short golden sword in his hand.

Holding the golden sword, he stabbed fiercely at the glass door.

when.

The sword orchid blade, which is omnipotent, actually failed here.

"Sure enough. This is a blind spot." Li Chengyi finally confirmed it.

He put away the golden sword, no longer tried hard to go out of the small supermarket, but turned around and looked into the supermarket.

‘No wonder, when I chose to drink before, all I saw were brands I had never seen before. '

He kept his composure. As a skilled hand who had entered many blind spots, he knew very well that the most important thing in the blind spot was not to rush indiscriminately, but to collect clues and information.

Only in this way can we find the prototype of reality as soon as possible after going out, and find out the method of escape.

Standing at the door, he looked at the cashier again.

Behind the cash register, between two small shelves, a small piece of white wall is exposed.

There is a small light green door there.

The small rectangular door was ajar and unlocked.

From Li Chengyi's point of view, it can be seen that the inside is pitch black and the lights are not turned on.

‘According to the general distribution specifications, the door should be the storage room for the boss and employees, or the rest room. '

Li Chengyi stared at the small door.

'So. Do you want to go in and have a look? '

But soon, he dismissed the idea.

‘Collect the detailed information here first, and if there are no other breakthroughs, come here again. '

After making up his mind, he looked away and looked inside the supermarket.

Under the bright white light, a total of five shelves still stood in place, motionless.

There are several freezers and refrigerated beverage machines on both sides of the shelves against the wall, filled with various packaged beverages.

A dozen boxes of pure water with red lids and blue lids were piled up in a mess in the corner, all of which were brands I had never seen before.

Li Chengyi picked up the juice he had just selected, and looked at the packaging again.

This time, he looked very carefully.

After confirming that this was a dead end, he tried to get more information from the packaging.

The juice bottle is cylindrical and sealed with a green plastic cap.

There is a circle of green plastic paper wrapped around the waist. Apart from the logo, there are some anthropomorphic strawberries crowded together on the grass.

Among the bright red strawberries, there is a circle of small apples.

Above these patterns, there are a few lines of letters printed in black handwriting, but the strange thing is that these letters are all Li Chengyi has never seen before.

He adjusted the AR glasses and tried to analyze it, but the glasses didn't respond at all. Obviously, he couldn't call the database after entering a blind spot.

Li Chengyi's heart moved slightly, and he quickly walked to the drink area, and put the drink in his hand back to the place where he just took the drink.

Then he glanced all the way to check the entire shelf.

What made his heart tremble a little was that all the drinks on the shelves had five lines up and down, and each line contained packaging he had never seen before, words he had never seen before, and logos he had never seen before.

Li Chengyi stretched out his hand and took out bottles of drinks from the shelves one by one.

Although the text on the bottle is not readable, each row of the shelf has a label indicating the name and price of the product, as well as the date of production.

Li Chengyi glanced over one by one.

'Mixed vegetable juice, *yuan per bottle, production date: *year*month*day. '

Can't see clearly?

At first, Li Chengyi thought it was his eyes that were dazzled, so he moved closer to look.

But his face was almost on the label, and the writing on it was still blurred, as if it had been covered by scratched glass.

I can't see anything but the name.

Frowning, he scanned all the drinks around him and found that all the labels were the same.

Only the name, all other information is vague.

It's the kind that makes you feel like you can see it if you get close, but in reality, no matter how close you are, you can't see the writing on it.

After leaving the beverage area, he went to the freezer area and the daily use area, and found that they were all the same.

All labels are exactly the same.

Slap.

Suddenly, he seemed to step on something under his feet.

Li Chengyi lowered his head, bent down, and picked up the thing.

It was a piece of white paper that seemed to be torn from some book. There was still writing on the paper, and the handwriting was scribbled.

Fortunately, he knew the words on the paper.

'I don't know if I'm lucky or unlucky. This dead end is the type I've rarely seen before. A strange little supermarket, or convenience store. '

Li Chengyi was refreshed. This was obviously the information left by the dead man before, and he could definitely get more information from it.

He read on.

'I call this place the Quiet Shop. '

'If you see this piece of paper, it means that everything here has not been ordered. Looks like you're in luck. '

'Remember, the goods on the shelves may bring you great benefits, or they may bring you trouble and danger. I had guessed that they came from a different world, of course, maybe demon production, devils, angels, maybe aliens, some kind of monster in particular, who knows.

In short, they have many magical effects and functions. If you're lucky, you might be able to get a nice item.

If you want to buy them to take away, you can grab the items you want.

Remember, you can only choose one item at a time, put it on the cash register, and then wait for a minute with your eyes closed.

After a minute, the item is automatically labeled as pending.

Then you need to.'

The writing on the back was abruptly broken, and only tiny red blood spots were scattered on the white paper, which were clearly visible.

Crucial information suddenly disappeared.

Li Chengyi has already been interested in the content on the paper.

A small corner supermarket with all kinds of exotic goods? ?

So, what are the effects of the so-called exotic commodities?

He flipped through the content on the paper again, and after making sure that there was nothing missing, he turned his gaze back and looked at the shelf in front of him.

‘The goods here, what is the payment for? '

This is the key to everything.

'At the blind corner of Fog Street, every time the slot machine shakes, you need to use a certain part of your body as the price. If it is the same here, then I may have to pay a lot of risk, and it is not worth buying rashly. '

'But if other costs are used as currency'

Li Chengyi hesitated in his heart.

He thought for a while, and started wandering around inside the small supermarket, looking for clues from shelf to shelf.

He hoped to find the second reminder note.

But unfortunately, after turning around for at least ten minutes, no new clues were found.

Retrieving the mixed strawberry and apple juice he took out earlier, he stood in front of the cashier again.

Move the drink forward and gently place it in the empty space of the glass case at the checkout counter.

'Then, should you close your eyes and wait? '

He squinted at the back of the cash register, and instead of closing his eyes, he tried to find other clues to determine what the cash register mode was here.

Time passed by every minute and every second.

Slap.

Suddenly, there was a slight noise in the small supermarket.

It seemed that someone ran across from the other side of the shelf.

Li Chengyi's heart sank, and he turned to look to the left.

But his sight was blocked by shelves one after another, and he couldn't see anyone at all.

Boom! !

Suddenly there was a loud noise.

A loud noise came from the door on the right.

Li Chengyi turned his head to look at the glass door again, but there was nothing.

Nothing was seen outside the door.

Da da da da.

There was also the sound of hurried footsteps behind him, as if someone was approaching quickly.

Li Chengyi was terrified, and instinctively felt that there was a strong danger, so he turned around.

Like behind, nothing.

Hiss, a thin sound.

At this moment, the cash register also made a sound, as if someone was quickly checking him out.

Without hesitation, Li Chengyi put on the sword orchid flower scale clothes with a golden light shining on his body.

Wait for him to turn around.

On the counter, there was a white label on the outside of my bottle of drink.

It was clearly printed on the label: Waiting for checkout, ten minutes.

'ten minutes? What's the meaning! ? '