Chapter 399 What Will You Choose?

Gu Xingjian's smile did not diminish, his attitude was humble, and his words were respectful enough.

But his hand with the ring never left Zhu Xiaoning's wrist.

This means that he can negotiate and request, but there is a bottom line.

Zhu Xiaoning, you can't die so simply.

Everyone present is smart, including Chen Hansheng, who seems to have low emotional intelligence.

He took back the two shadow puppets, and a look of contemplation appeared on his slightly silly face.

Everyone knows that Zhu Xiaoning of the tenth store is the most useless one, and her ranking on the Yin List has even been replaced.

Lan Yu had said before that Fang Shenyan had replaced Zhu Xiaoning's position.

So why did Gu Xingjian try to win over Zhu Xiaoning, and even negotiate with Li Yi for this, even at the cost of making enemies.

All of this should be thought-provoking. Gu Xingjian may not be after Zhu Xiaoning, but the tenth store.

Just because the tenth store is not in Shanming City...

This intention was shown by Gu Xingjian for the first time, and he didn't seem to be afraid of others seeing through it.

He just looked at Li Yi with a level gaze.

Li Yi lowered his hands and looked at Gu Xingjian indifferently for a long time, without refusing or agreeing, making people wonder what he meant.

The pure black crow on his shoulder turned around like a human being, and its dark eyes stared at Ji Li's direction.

Ji Li was relaxed, and he knew that he would not face a strong crisis in this mission.

But the crow's gaze at him made him feel full of oppression, as if it had a power far beyond the identity of a sinner just by standing on Li Yi's shoulder.

The female voice was a little frightened by this gaze, and she hung the oil-paper umbrella in her hand on her shoulder to block the gaze.

Ji Li turned his back to everyone, he didn't want to participate in what happened next, and looked at the dilapidated elevator entrance.

There was only one elevator in this building, but it was on the verge of being scrapped, and even the button had fallen off. Now it was wrapped with tape on the wooden board, and a simple mechanism for pressing it was made.

The elevator door was covered with advertisements, and it was hard not to imagine that if you took this elevator, you would die without a burial place.

It was not important whether Li Yi would give Gu Xingjian this face, but it was important that Gu Xingjian seemed to have some plan in the tenth store.

If Zhu Xiaoning died in advance, it would be very likely that his plan would get out of control.

Any normal person would not agree, but Li Yi was not.

So, in the shocked eyes of everyone, he nodded and let Gu Xingjian make his own decision.

Li Yi turned and walked to Ru Ru, who had been ignored by everyone for a long time. At this moment, Ru Ru seemed to have watched enough of the show, and walked forward silently with her head down.

This time, it was the turn of the other store managers to be nervous. Gu Xingjian was indeed very strong.

In everyone's mind, he was the second person in the ten branches, but he was still a person.

Everyone understood Li Yi's methods. He could kill anyone he wanted, without any conspiracy or trickery, just moving his fingers.

But Gu Xingjian couldn't do that. When it came to a hard fight, he still needed to win with sinful objects.

This is why even though Gu Xingjian is equally famous, he can be treated equally by other store managers.

All the store managers of the ten major branches are at the same level of combat power, and some are higher and some are lower. Only Li Yi himself is at the same level.

But apart from him, the fate of others cannot be determined by Gu Xingjian's words.

So, when Li Yi declared that he would not care, Xue Tinghai, Huangfu Jiajia, Su Chenghe and other members of the first branch stood together.

Luo Xian, Li Guanqi and Chen Hansheng, the three of them seemed to be in their own factions, but they were not far apart.

Only Xu Nan stood alone on the side, with a cigarette in his hand, looking at Gu Xingjian quietly with an unfathomable silence.

If one person had to be selected to be eliminated first, the best choice for Gu Xingjian should be Xu Nan.

Xu Nan did nothing when he entered this store manager task, and he didn't even think about understanding the task rules.

Just following Gu Xingjian step by step, his purpose was already very obvious.

If Xu Nan, the time bomb, is eliminated here, it seems to be a good choice for Gu Xingjian.

However, after Gu Xingjian used both hands to forcibly pull Zhu Xiaoning down from the air with the power of the sin object and half-knelt on her to suppress her, he waved to Huangfu Jiajia.

Huangfu Jiajia's face changed. She knew Gu Xingjian's methods, but she was a close person of the first branch after all. She didn't expect that the other party would directly point the spearhead at her.

That handsome face turned gloomy, and she clenched her fists and said coldly: "Manager Gu, what do you mean by this?"

When she said this, she also glanced at Li Yi. Although she knew that Li Yi would not help her, she didn't look at the monk's face, but looked at the Buddha's face.

In terms of emotion and reason, Gu Xingjian should not keep Huangfu Jiajia.

Gu Xingjian turned his head, still wearing a smiling mask on his face, and analyzed calmly:

"Miss Huangfu doesn't need to count on Manager Li, nor Manager Xue and Manager Su.

I know you have a sin object comparable to a four-star hotel, which may give you the confidence to fight me in desperation.

But I tell you clearly, I have a sin object that makes other sin objects ineffective and useless.

It's useless to find helpers and it's useless to confront head-on. Instead, it will further reduce your strength."

Huangfu Jiajia's face was extremely bad. She clearly felt that Xue Tinghai and Su Chenghe took a step back after these words.

Gu Xingjian put too much pressure on people, because no one knew what sinful objects he had and how many sinful objects he had. This sense of mystery was the most oppressive.

Huangfu Jiajia lowered her pretty face, not letting people see her struggle at the moment, but Gu Xingjian was right, she really didn't have the ability to resist.

But she was really unwilling to leave this store manager mission like this, because she had died once before, and if it happened again.

I'm afraid she would be the first store manager to be completely turned into a ghost because of the outbreak of the Yin body!

At this time, Gu Xingjian gave another seemingly equal solution:

"You withdraw from the store manager mission now. Although there are no new sinful objects in the account, I will give you a chance to follow me to set things right."

Gu Xingjian's expression became dark and profound, and he told a huge secret:

"I can take you back to July 1st. Whether you can get the reward puzzle depends on your ability."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, even Ji Li turned his head and looked at him.

Ji Li couldn't help but think that it was indeed the case. Everything was almost the same as he guessed.

The store manager's task was a time-limited task.

From July 1st to July 7th, there were seven Ruru mothers and seven reward puzzles.

This meant that if no one got the reward puzzle one day, they would miss it completely.

On July 1st, all eleven store managers died once (including the deputy store manager of the first branch), which meant that there was no chance to get the reward puzzle on July 1st.

The importance of the puzzle was self-evident. The biggest secret of the store manager's task was it.

The puzzle was not only the most special thing in the store manager's task for the store managers, but also a life-saving thing.

But all eleven store managers had died and turned into ghosts, but there were only seven puzzles.

Although no one said it explicitly, everyone knew in their hearts that the store managers standing here were destined to turn into ghosts and never be reborn.

Grabbing puzzles was grabbing lives. Under the premise of a fixed number, seven pieces were not enough.

Although Li Yi and Gu Xingjian had already got one each, they obviously had to continue to fight for it.

The puzzle of July 1st is a thing of the past, and there is no chance to get it again.

All kinds of special circumstances have made the already tight life-saving items even more scarce.

This is also the reason why every store manager is unwilling to withdraw from the store manager's task at will.

But now Gu Xingjian's words have given Huangfu Jiajia a choice:

Should I stay here and grab the fourth puzzle piece from Li Yi and Gu Xingjian, who are so powerful that they can only look up to them?

Or should I withdraw voluntarily and get a chance to return to July 1st and get the first puzzle piece again?