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On the way to Xijiang, the scenery I saw was no different from yesterday.

Most of the shops on both sides of the pedestrian street are still closed. But I don’t know if it’s because of the nice weather, but I can vaguely see a few figures with numb expressions, passing by like mechanical puppets.

The only way to come to Xijiang Park again...

As expected, Chen Ye saw the row of barbecue stalls, but there were more customers today.

People queuing up to buy barbecue snaked like a long queue from one side of the street to the other, and the street was suddenly filled with people. Looking up, the black shadow in front of me was full of numb-looking heads, as if they were instinctively rushing towards the barbecue stall.

Behind, there were a few scattered figures coming from the other side of the street, joining the large army one after another.

When Chen Ye's eyes fell on the wooden sign with the price written on it, he found that the numbers on it had changed again.

A skewer of barbecue, twenty copper coins!

Two skewers of barbecue, forty copper coins!

Three skewers of barbecue, one hundred copper coins!

"The price has gone up again?"

Chen Ye frowned slightly.

This time, he did not step away immediately, but stopped where he was and carefully observed the changes.

At this moment, I checked with the Eye of Luck and found that the colors of the barbecue at the barbecue stall were different.

Some are green and some are black.

The black color looks like ink, similar to the polluted Xijiang River, as if it is slowly squirming.

Compared with last time, the food at the barbecue stall seemed not so clean.

At the same time, he found that most customers purchased three skewers of barbecue at one time.

The ones I buy are basically green.

But if there are a few occasionally, what you buy is one or two skewers of barbecue, and what you get is dark barbecue.

Chen Ye narrowed his eyes slightly and judged in his heart:

"Green symbolizes safe food; black symbolizes dangerous food."

"You can buy one or two skewers of barbecue at a cheap price, but you can buy three skewers of barbecue at a more expensive price. It seems that you are getting the same thing, but in fact it is different?"

"If you spend twenty copper coins to buy a skewer of barbecue, there will be problems with the food you get..."

Soon, Chen Ye found a customer who spent twenty copper coins to buy a bunch of barbecued meat with a "jet black" halo. As soon as he got it in his hand, he took a bite.

Chen Ye immediately observed the changes in the opponent's luck aura...

At this moment, the halo of luck on the customer's head instantly turned into an abyss-like black vortex!

The strange blood-colored eyes suddenly floated above the head, and the pale pupils seemed to be staring at him, as if they were looking at a dead person.

After finishing the barbecue, the customer staggered away from the long queue and walked numbly towards the fog-shrouded old city.

Chen Ye vaguely remembered that when the other party came, he did not come from the direction of the old city.

It is another intersection from the pedestrian street close to Longhua Avenue.

The old town is the area where these barbecue stalls go when they close their stalls.

No need to think about it…

There must be something wrong!

But if the customer spends one hundred copper coins, which is enough to buy three skewers of barbecue, even if he eats it on the spot, he will not find any problem, and he will not walk towards the old city, and his luck aura will still remain normal.

"Equivalent scam..."

Chen Ye closed his eyes, and this word slowly appeared in his mind.

When he opened his eyes again, he could already see the strange patterns associated with these barbecue stalls.

Yes, the equivalent scam is a very common routine in the game system of "Strange Era".

The same product is given two prices——

Purchase a single item at a lower unit price;

But when purchasing multiple items, the unit price becomes more expensive.

As a consumable product, the price of food will change with market supply and demand, and there will be certain price fluctuations.

Depending on the ingredients, they can be sold lower or more expensive.

In an era when supplies are relatively scarce, even ordinary ingredients can be sold at sky-high prices, still complying with the law of equivalence.

As we all know, "Weird Era" emphasizes equal exchange. If enough chips are paid, the food purchased must be safe, edible, and of value.

But if the payment chips are insufficient and the law of equivalence is broken, then the food can be unsafe.

therefore……

The equivalent scam is a routine that seems to be equivalent, but in fact breaks the equivalence and buries holes in it, thus triggering strange rules.

Chen Ye instantly connected the previously obtained information into a thread in his mind and made an analysis:

"Currently, most of the safe edible ingredients in Linjiang City have been destroyed."

"So, the normal price of ingredients that are safe to eat now is one hundred copper coins to buy three skewers of barbecue."

"That twenty copper coins for a skewer of barbecue is just the price of ingredients, but it is not the price of ingredients that are safe to eat!"

"General players who pay enough copper coins to buy food will be protected by the principle of equal exchange, thereby avoiding risks."

"But if there are not enough copper coins, the corresponding [equivalent] will fall to simple ingredients. Only the devil knows whether it is safe or not!"

"In the past few days, the barbecue sold by these barbecue stalls was normal regardless of the price, and there would be no problem if you eat it. Therefore, most players will buy one or two skewers of barbecue and think that this is a matter of course. .”

"As everyone knows...the value will change. It is equivalent today, but it will not be the same tomorrow."

"Therefore, if you continue to follow your previous habit and foolishly buy a skewer of barbecue, you will fall into the equivalent scam and trigger the weird rules. It's hard to say what will happen then."

Chen Ye raised his head. When the figures were surging towards the old city, he saw that there was a rich blood that was brewing there.

The blood seemed to gather into a river, bringing a feeling of extreme danger!

At the same time, Chen Ye discovered that the aura of luck on the heads of the barbecue stall owners had changed.

Lines like dark tentacles connected their heads, hands, legs... like puppets on strings, condensed on the top with a rich blood light.

"This weird game is not that simple. It involves the price of the entire Linjiang City..." Chen Ye frowned slightly, his intuition telling him that these barbecue stalls were not as simple as he thought.

Look carefully again.

Suddenly, Chen Ye discovered that a faint streak of colored glaze had separated from the barbecue stall owners into mist-like threads, looming, connecting the three-color rings around him, as if they were connected?

His mind immediately moved: "Maybe these barbecue stall owners have the characteristics I need?"

"Liu Li" represents the extraordinary and is generally related to special items.

If you can kill other beings in "Strange Era", you can drop the opponent's core characteristic items!

What's more, these stall owners seem to have big problems. They may have the characteristics they need.

If you do it...

Maybe we can gather the materials for a second career change!

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PS: There will be another chapter added tonight