novelraw Chapter 116: Not even a hair was left
Chapter 116: Not even a hair was left
"What? You’re saying someone has taken over the second and third floors, and won’t let you go up?"
At the cash register, the supermarket manager listened to the chosen ones’ complaints with a slight frown.
This means someone has become powerful enough to dominate others, able to occupy two floors for a direct sweep. This isn’t unheard of, but it’s not good news for him.
If the chosen ones are too strong, they could kill the hunters.
Treasures and such are not a big deal, after all, the really valuable stuff is hidden underground, guarded by a ruthless expert, it’s definitely safe!
However, this instance, in essence, is just a promotion held by the mall in the thrilling world. Those hunters, apart from a very few who are mall’s ghost servants, are mostly long-term customers of the mall.
If a few die, no one will care, after all, this is the thrilling world. Customers knew before participating in the event that they might encounter danger.
But if too many die at once, it would be impossible to host such an event next time. Similarly, the business of the mall would also be greatly affected.
The manager looked a bit upset, but because of the rule, he could only stay here before the instance ended, he couldn’t personally step in.
As time went by, with the end of the instance approaching, many chosen ones who were afraid of missing out had already run back early to turn in their tasks.
Especially when there were only ten minutes left, even the chosen ones began to fight over merchandise. Anyone with good stuff in their hands, who thought their score was definitely above average, would naturally rush to hand in their tasks.
Soon, the number of people who had turned in their tasks had reached ten.
The highest score was 96 points, the lowest was 80 points, and the average score was as high as 90. Of course, this is only because those who came to turn in tasks are relatively confident ones.
"Look, it’s the Axe Group of Five, they’re coming!" Suddenly, a chosen one exclaimed.
Sure enough, the five-man group that had been stationed near the entrance of the second floor came over and began to turn in their tasks.
These five people, the highest score is the man who used the axe, his score was as high as 150. Even the lowest scoring one had a score of 120.
The average score increased by a large margin, many of the chosen ones who were quite confident before, their hearts also lifted up.
On the contrary, the manager breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that these five people were still sensible, not wantonly looting with their combined strength.
With less than ten minutes left, the chosen ones who didn’t have many points began to get anxious. Suddenly, a chosen one fixed his eyes on the group of five, as if thinking of something, and bolted towards the upper floors of the supermarket.
"Right! The five-man group came down, isn’t the second and third floor unguarded now! What a great opportunity!" The rest of them also realized, and immediately rushed towards the stairs to the second floor.
"I’m here to hand in my task!" Alexander didn’t care about the chosen ones who were rushing upstairs at high speed, instead, he quickly walked straight to the cash register, his tone was somewhat anxious.
He hadn’t expected the basement to have so many treasures, moving stuff took some time, and it was almost time for the appointment with these people.
By the time those chosen ones went upstairs and saw the empty second and third floors, and told the manager about the two floors being cleared, it wouldn’t be so easy for him to turn in his tasks.
"How come, didn’t you go to the place I told you?" Seeing Alexander come back alive, the manager was obviously disappointed.
"I did, I did! Manager, you’re right, there are indeed a lot of treasures! I just grabbed one!" Alexander said, directly taking out the cigarette he had gotten from the third floor.
A ghost smoke of evil spirit level, this is not from the third floor?This guy, he really is a coward!
The manager was a bit reluctant and said: "Kid, you didn’t chicken out, did you? I didn’t lie to you, there are countless ghost items of this level in the basement, I only told you because I liked you, you can take whatever you want!"
"Right right! I took it, and a lot more! Hurry up and let me submit my task!" Alexander glanced at the distant staircase entrance, there were no people in sight for now, but those chosen ones who had gone upstairs would probably come down soon.
"Coward!" Seeing Alexander refuse to go to the basement, the manager also put away his hypocrisy, took the ghost smoke from Alexander’s hand, scanned it, and threw it back to Alexander.
At the same time, Alexander also heard the prompt from the thrilling world: "After scanning, you have earned 230 points, currently ranking first, surpassing all current selected ones.
You can continue to submit items to earn points. If you pass with the current points, the evaluation of the instance is B."
Grade B!
Finally, I am going to get rewards below grade S!
Alexander had a feeling of tears welling up in his eyes, these dungeons were the best! Not only could they be swept clean, but rewards could also be manipulated.
He hoped to get a registration card, or something like a shopping coupon.
The latter could be used to continue stocking up, after all, the loot this time was so great, he was a bit addicted.
The former was simply for Alexander to save trouble.
Although he could directly enter the instance through Ghost Street, Ghost Street was too large, and he didn’t have a car. With this registration card, he could enter anywhere at any time.
While Alexander was thinking about these messy things, the chosen ones who had gone upstairs came back one by one in a desperate state.
Looking at the time, there was less than five minutes left.
These people had no intention of continuing to look for things, and they all started to submit their tasks.
"You all went upstairs, didn’t you? Five minutes, you might still be able to get some good things, why did you come down so soon?" The manager casually took over the items from a chosen one to scan and asked in passing.
"Don’t mention it! I don’t know why, but the second and third floors were completely empty, not even a hair was left! Not even the shelves are left, not a piece of wrapping paper left!" The chosen one said with a frustrated look.
"Heh, then you are really unlucky... What did you say? The second and third floors are empty?" The manager’s face still had a schadenfreude smile, but the next second, the smile suddenly froze on his face.
"Yeah! There’s not even a single hair, you guys must have done this on purpose, if you don’t want us to live just say it! The second and third floors are so empty that even the chandeliers were moved away, what the hell! It’s too much!"
This chosen one was clearly upset because of his low score and started to curse.
Second and third floors, empty? Even the chandeliers were moved?
The manager was stunned, what had happened to the second and third floors? Even the chandelier wasn’t left behind?
"The instance countdown is about to end, please put the unscanned search items on the bar for scanning!"
When there were only three minutes left, all the chosen ones received the same message in their ears.
The manager’s face was gloomy, but due to the rules of the instance, he could only quickly help all the chosen ones to finish scanning their items, then ignored the ten or so chosen ones who were left behind because of their low scores, and rushed towards the second floor at full speed.
"Ah... Who! Who on earth is it!"
Soon, a hysterical scream came from upstairs.
The entire second and third floors, let alone treasures, not even a piece of debris or a shelf was left behind, even the human-head chandeliers overhead had been taken away.
"Who did this! Outrageous! You’re not human! I FUCK@&^$@@!, %@..."
Sitting on the floor, the manager cursed.
After a long while, his eyes were red, and with red eyes, he ran downstairs:
"You damn bugs, I’m going to kill you, tear you to pieces!"
Apparently, he was planning to take out his anger on the chosen ones below.
Bang!
Just as he ran downstairs, the manager collided with a figure.
"Manager Tom, what a coincidence, ha..."
Chris, who was carrying a small bag, looked awkward.
"What’s this?" Tom didn’t lose his temper immediately as his power was similar to Chris’, he frowned at the small backpack behind Chris.
"Manager, I plan to resign. Please tell the Ghost Master when he comes. I plan to work at my relative’s place!" Although he was embarrassed, Chris acted quickly, and after he finished speaking, he turned into a wisp of black smoke and rushed towards the mall’s main door.
"What’s going on? Resigning a job, even using his innate ability, is it that urgent? Like escaping..."
Halfway through his sentence, Tom was stunned again.
Escaping?
Chris is a ruthless level expert! What could make him to the point of escaping?
Could it be that something happened in the basement?
In an instant, the anger on Tom’s face disappeared, leaving only immense fear.
He wanted to run to the basement immediately to see what had happened, but his legs were weak and could only move little by little, as if something terrifying was below.
Finally, after who knows how long, the manager slowly moved to the basement. However, the empty basement made him feel like he was instantly driven out of his senses.
"Chris!" After who knows how long, Tom’s teeth seemed to be about to shatter, he rushed out of the basement, his eyes were bloodshot as he looked around.
Obviously, Chris had already fled, and only a few security guards and those chosen ones who were left behind due to low points were left in the mall.
In the past, these chosen ones would be divided up by the hunters and become a grand feast.
But now, due to Alexander’s manipulation, the vast majority of the chosen ones can only stay in the first floor area of the supermarket.the three hunters on the first floor, who were not strong in the first place, were naturally beaten to death at the first discovery.
The hunters were all killed, the entire second and third floors were emptied, and more importantly, the real essence of the mall, the goods worth a million ghost coins in the basement, were gone.
These things were not entirely owned by their ghost masters. Many ghost items were also kept here for sale.
For example, that bottle of red wine! It was anonymously kept here by the city master, and now, it was lost along with it!
Kill these damned bugs and tear them to pieces!
In an instant, only this thought was left in Tom’s mind. He looked at those chosen ones with bloodthirsty eyes.
Boom!
Just as he was about to do it, the mall’s door seemed to be hit by a shell, and it exploded.
Tom looked towards the door, and his pupils shrank violently.
His bloodthirsty expression instantly turned into extreme fear. He started trembling all over his body and knelt on the ground.
"Your Highness!"
"Hee hee... I’m here to help little brother clean up!"
A somewhat enchanting, but also playful voice rang out.
Then, slender fingers gracefully lifted and lightly pointed forward.
A puddle of blood appeared out of nowhere in the center of the mall.
Blood lines spread out like spider webs, like blood vessels quickly covering the entire mall.
Then, the blood vessels began to rupture, and countless blood gushed out.
The floor was dissolving! The walls were dissolving! The chosen ones and Tom were also rapidly dissolving and becoming part of the sea of blood.
Countless blood seemed to have life, quickly wriggling and gathering, rushing towards the figure at the mall’s entrance, and finally, merging into her red skirt.
The woman turned around, slowly walked away in her high heels, and the mall behind her had disappeared.
Strangely enough, even the shops next door seemed oblivious to this.