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Just as this question arose in her mind, the figure that was about to reach the center of the square suddenly changed.
Instead of waiting until they left the square to untie the tape as instructed, they secretly untied it while walking.
Two of them, now freed from their restraints, immediately took off running, while the remaining person turned around and raised their arms.
His eyes held a mixture of relief and resentment.
"not good!"
Yuwen Chaolu's pupils contracted, and she immediately cried out in alarm.
At this distance, the other party couldn't throw the grenade to the second floor, but if the grenade detonated at the main entrance of the mall, the entire mall would be surrounded by zombies.
However, the next second, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted in the center of the square.
The two men who hadn't run far were blown to pieces along with the bombardier.
Blood and entrails were splattered everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of burning flesh.
Then, a tidal wave of zombies surged into the square from all directions, surrounding him completely.
Inside the surrounding buildings, countless windows were shattered, and rotting bodies fell like dumplings being dropped into a pot, only to rise again and run forward.
The girls were completely stunned by what they saw.
Only Nie Qingyun remained completely unsurprised, silently turning around and giving Hanagami Junko's shoulder a meaningful pat.
"This is the last lesson of the day."
"Don't believe a single word the enemy says."
As he spoke, he took the lead and walked towards the location of the "gashapon machine" in the inner room.
The girl stared blankly out the French windows, her pupils still reflecting the firelight.
What happened in just a few hours has completely overturned her worldview.
Those men said they only wanted to live, but in the end they still chose revenge.
Nie Qingyun promised to spare their lives, but in reality, he had already modified the detonation delay of the grenade beforehand.
No one ever told the truth from beginning to end.
Chapter 178: The First Step to Becoming a Shared Boyfriend (2.7k)
The "Supply Station," which the girls call the "Gashapon Machine," is actually just a vending machine about the height of a person.
It doesn't look much different from the public facilities that are usually placed in crowded places.
However, this time it appeared in the innermost employee office of the store.
Such a position is clearly illogical, thus confirming Nie Qingyun's previous guess.
Gashapon machines are not transformed from something that already exists in reality; rather, they appear out of thin air, and their location cannot be deduced in a conventional way.
After regaining his composure, Nie Qingyun immediately placed his hand on the sensor area.
As the indicator light on the edge of the gashapon machine flashed, a menu of various products appeared in his mind the next second.
Although the operating method is the same as before, the sales list this time is much more extensive.
No longer limited to what's displayed in the shop window, it offers everything from food to all kinds of daily necessities.
Simply enter the item you want in the search box, and a list of corresponding products will appear below.
After trying it out for a while, Nie Qingyun found that the selection was quite extensive. When searching for keywords such as "bread" and "water," the results were not uniform. There were more than a dozen types of bread alone, but without exception, they were all very expensive.
Leaving aside those cakes that look glamorous and delicious, just one nail clipper costs 5 [Primal Crystals].
The price marked by the [Data System] must correspond to the actual value of the item. Based on the current situation, Nie Qingyun can only deduce that this thing is not for use by humans at this stage.
Even if someone buys something intentionally, it's usually to deal with some extreme situation.
After several successful searches, Nie Qingyun's mind started racing. After a moment's thought, he typed "two-dimensional foil" into the search box with a strange expression.
Finally, after a brief delay, the system displayed a new message.
[Permissions exceeded, unable to provide]
So there really wasn't one...
No, it's not that we don't have it, but that we can't provide it.
Nie Qingyun noticed the details in the description almost instantly.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. How could something that human civilization cannot create at present appear in a "vending machine" so easily?
After making a complaint, he typed in several more names into the search box, testing almost all of them, from the beam railgun that was still in the research stage at Sabak Military Industry to the thermal weapons that had already been used on various battlefields.
Without exception, none of the corresponding results appeared.
If I had to summarize it in one sentence, it would be that the items offered by the "gashapon machine" are not beyond the scope of ordinary people's lives.
Of course, more specific conclusions will have to be drawn after encountering more gashapon machines in the future.
After understanding the basic functions of this thing, Nie Qingyun stopped putting more effort into it and focused all his attention on the "gacha" function.
After all, this is the most helpful thing for improving oneself now, otherwise the girls wouldn't have named it "Gashapon Machine".
As his consciousness shifted, Nie Qingyun quickly recalled the remaining number of rare gacha pulls in his mind, just like last time.
Unfortunately, the rarest gashapon in this "gashapon machine" is only blue quality, and there are only two of them.
There are still 15 green-quality gashapon left.
Nie Qingyun rubbed his chin and couldn't help but say something unconsciously:
"Pity……"
Yuwen Chaolu peeked out from behind and asked, "..."
"What's a pity?"
"Ah, it's really nothing. After all, items of purple quality and above are extremely rare..." Nie Qingyun tilted his head slightly backward.
"It's not bad that this gashapon machine still has two blue and 15 green gashapon capsules left after it was discovered so long ago."
Bai Ye Lin Yin interjected:
"Um, isn't the color of the gashapon you get random?"
"Yes, it's random," Nie Qingyun replied simply, deciding to try drawing one first.
But the next second, his movements froze.
Then she slowly turned her head and looked at Shirayuki Rinne.
His intuition was always sharp, and he immediately noticed the flaw in the logic of the other person's question, so he asked in surprise:
"By the way, don't you guys know how many gashapon capsules of each color are in the gashapon machine?"
"How would I know..." Bai Yelin thought Nie Qingyun's serious expression meant he was about to say something important, so she said nonchalantly:
"These things only appear in gacha pulls after consuming [Primal Crystals], and you can only see them once they've appeared..."
Nie Qingyun didn't respond, but looked at the other girls. Seeing their expressions of complete indifference, he could no longer calm down...
His immense joy almost made him lose control of his facial expressions.
The girls would never lie to him about this, which means that only he can see how many rare supplies are in each [Supply Station].
This is no small matter!
This means that you always have more initiative than others, and the potential for future action is extremely high.
Nie Qingyun quickly suppressed his excitement, withdrew his hand, and then let the girls use the gashapon machine one by one to test it.
As expected, according to Shirayuki Rinne's description, when using the "gacha" function, she could only choose to pay, and there were no other prompts.
So does everyone else.
Nie Qingyun quickly covered her face with her hands, but couldn't hide the smile on her lips. So much good news today; happiness came so suddenly.
After much thought, I can only attribute this to the massive amount of data and analysis functions stored in the "Apocalypse Survival Guide".
Nie Qingyun moved her hand away and looked at the girls surrounding her, their faces full of curiosity.
Suddenly I realized that being with these guys is actually quite nice.
Although they don't understand anything yet and always look at things with naive eyes, they will gradually grow up.
Also, the fact that only he could see the quantity of rare gacha pulls should have been discovered from the beginning.
However, at that time, he didn't have anyone around him to discuss things with.
This is also the drawback of going it alone.
Perhaps because her wrist had been squeezed for a while, Bai Yelin felt a little pain, but this was the first time Nie Qingyun had taken the initiative to make such an intimate gesture with her, and she was reluctant to pull her hand away.
After waiting a moment, she tiptoed, whispered in Nie Qingyun's ear, and said with a slight blush:
"So, you like this kind of thing... Next time I'll prepare the props in advance..."
Nie Qingyun felt a warm breath on her ear and came back to her senses. She didn't say anything, but looked up with gentle eyes at the girls whose clothes were still stained with blood.
Even the usually cheerful Yuwen Chaolu blushed slightly under her gaze, and said in a coquettish tone:
"What are you looking at..."
"It's nothing, I just feel that you guys can be quite cute sometimes."
"There's no such thing as 'occasionally'! You're just naturally adorable!"
The girls immediately protested.
Having spent so much time together, they must have become quite familiar with Nie Qingyun, and they couldn't help but start joking around.
"Not only are they cute, they're also quite skilled at killing!"
It was meant to be a lighthearted joke, but as soon as the words were spoken, the previously cheerful atmosphere immediately turned somewhat heavy.
Clearly, "murder" is a very sensitive word for young girls, and it can involuntarily bring back bad memories.
Seeing this, Nie Qingyun chuckled lightly, straightened up a bit, and said:
"Kindness comes from the heart; it is a choice. When a person can no longer choose, he is no longer human."
"We'll experience many more things like this in the future..."
"Therefore, we must learn how to distinguish between enemies and our own kind."
The girls had already worked hard enough today, and Nie Qingyun didn't want to put any more pressure on them, so he suddenly took out all 1600+ Primal Crystals from the Data Space.
He generously distributed the food to the seven girls present, and amidst their astonished gazes, he said with a hearty laugh:
"My last task for today is to draw a big prize!"
"Wow!"
"Great!"
The girls suddenly burst into a joyful scream, then pushed Nie Qingyun aside.
The atmosphere in the room became lively again.
Nie Qingyun stood at the back, looking tenderly at the girls chattering around the gashapon machine, and couldn't help but scratch his hair.
He used to think that...
Life is a bundle of desires; when desires are not satisfied, there is suffering; when they are satisfied, there is boredom. Life oscillates between suffering and boredom.
But ever since she met the young lady, Senior Lingyuan, and this group of girls with unpredictable personalities.
Everything seemed to be getting better.
But... I really don't know how I'm going to explain this to Her Highness the princess when I take these guys back...
We can't just give up and become everyone's shared boyfriend...
Chapter 179: I also want fatherly love and milk!
Girls seem to be born unable to resist shopping and spending; on this matter, both the princess and the young women before us are quite consistent.
They said they would draw a prize together, but ever since Nie Qingyun handed over a large amount of [Primordial Crystals] to Yuwen Chaolu and the others, he was pushed to the side and couldn't even join in.
1600 [Primal Crystals] is no small amount. This is the first time the girls have received so much money. They had been wandering in the apocalypse for almost a month, and each of them had only collected a couple hundred crystals in total.
Not long after, several gasps of surprise suddenly erupted from in front of the gashapon machine.