Chapter 510 Black Shop

"Black, Endless Store..."

Several people looked at the eerie plaque at the end of the fork in the road and couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

The black Endless Store, unlike the white one, is not a window, but a dilapidated and rusty iron door. One can feel the ominous atmosphere at a glance, and it is unknown what will come out after knocking on the door.

"Want to take a look?" Ma Qiao looked at Yuan Lao and Luo Jun. The former is an old senior and a strong man, and the latter is just a junior, but he has been the one who gives advice along the way. Unconsciously, everyone has become dependent on him.

"Let's not do it..." Sun Xiaowei was a little scared: "Didn't the fat businessman warn us? We might get eaten..."

"The fat businessman may not be telling the truth." Yuan Lao shook his head: "For us, there are too many unknowns in this endless maze. I think it's better not to disturb it for safety..."

"But there may be other clues..." Luo Jun took out the gold ingot. He saw the treasures in the white shop from the product catalog. Except for the indicator, there are no other clues about the exit. At present, even with the indicator, the chance of finding the exit is very small. From this point of view, the death that Xiao Min saw may mean that she will be trapped in the maze...

The black shop is the only clue at present...

As for being eaten?

Two top-level fighters are here. If they can be killed, then this endless maze can't be a Class A mission...

"Then I'll go." Yuan Lao wanted to snatch the ingot, but Luo Jun dodged him: "Let's not fight for it. Let's go together to be safe."

"Together..." Sun Xiaowei took a look at the door that exuded an ominous atmosphere and couldn't help swallowing her saliva.

"You and Ma Qiao wait at the intersection. If there is any situation, you can respond at any time." Yuan Lao left them outside, not only to protect them, but also because he was worried that something might happen and cause trouble. Without these two people around, Luo Jun would have fewer concerns when he really needed to take action.

The master and apprentice came to the rusty door. Yuan Lao wore the Bagua brass knuckles to assist on the side, and Luo Jun took the ingot and knocked on the door.

To be safe, before knocking on the door, he still passed the dice that there would be no conflict. As a result, the difficulty was very low and he succeeded easily.

However, the difficulty was very low, but it was not impossible, which means that there is still a possibility of conflict.

After knocking on the door, there was a noise from inside. After a while, the iron door slowly opened, and the hinges emitted a harsh friction sound.

"Who is it?"

An old head popped out from inside the door, with sparse and messy white hair, wrinkles all over his face, cloudy eyes, and it was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman. There were also several tumors on his forehead and chin, emitting a disgusting stench.

"Is this the Endless Store?" Luo Jun directly showed the gold ingots: "I'm here to trade."

The old head saw the ingots, his eyes lit up, and nodded: "Come in."

Go in?

Old Yuan frowned. It would be fine to trade outside the door, but going in... would it be a trap?

"What? Are you worried?" The old head sneered: "Then I'm sorry, I won't receive you..." As he said that, he pretended to close the door.

"Wait..." Luo Jun grabbed the door: "Let's go in and talk."

Old Yuan looked at Luo Jun with some concern, and Luo Jun returned a reassuring look. The two followed him into the store and then closed the door.

"They went in?" Sun Xiaowei was surprised, "Will they not be able to come out?"

"It's okay, we have Old Yuan!" Ma Qiao encouraged, "It is said that he has the top-level combat power. Facing those monsters along the way is like cutting melons and vegetables. He will definitely be fine!"

Sun Xiaowei looked at the closed iron door with a worried look on her face.

After entering the house, Old Yuan and Luo Jun finally saw the whole picture of the old head. This guy was not a person, but a huge hand. The head actually grew on the tip of its middle finger. The other fingers formed hands and feet, supporting its body to move. It looked weird and disgusting, which made people shudder.

"Come and see my goods." The giant hand monster laughed creepily, and his eyes never left the gold ingot in Luo Jun's hand.

The room was very messy, full of dusty debris, cracks and bloodstains on the walls and furniture, and a strange smell everywhere, which made people physically uncomfortable...

"Where are the goods?" Luo Jun looked around, unwilling to believe that those messy things were the props he wanted to buy.

"It's really not convenient to look at it this way. Come, I have a product catalog here." As he said, the giant hand monster stretched out his index finger, and the end of the index finger split into five fingers, as big as an average person's hand. He took out a dusty book from the pile of debris and handed it to Luo Jun.

Luo Jun took the book and blew on it. The dust on it rose up, and it seemed that a sandstorm was blowing in the room. After shaking it off a few times, he finally saw the whole picture of the book.

This book seems to be sewn with some kind of leather, but it is not regular. The cover is full of messy stitching lines, and there are color differences between different leathers. Although it should be the skin of the same creature, it is obviously from different individuals.

Opening the album, you will see pictures and descriptions of various props drawn in black and dark red ink.

Like the white shop, there are also supplies here, but the food inside is all raw, cold and fishy. Some dead fish, rotten meat, and insects are still good, and some are twisted and weird, and you can't tell what kind of biological tissue they are. What's worse, some can clearly see the shadow of human organs... Although theoretically this thing is indeed edible, it's a bit...

The following, including various daily necessities, are also weird. For example, hand sanitizer made from the eyeballs of unknown animals, bedding made from bloody skin, and medical equipment made from worms such as maggots...

Looking further back, there are various weapons, which are also different from the standard equipment in the white shop. The cold weapons here are obviously made of animal bones or insect keratin shells. There are also hot weapons, most of which are rusty and twisted, and almost all of them are twisted shapes that are a fusion of metal and biological tissue... Although Luo Jun does not doubt the power of these weapons, to be honest, he doesn't want to use them even if they are given to him for free.

Let's take a look at the key special props.

Luo Jun flipped back directly, skipping those cheap items worth tens or hundreds of dollars, and began to look at those treasures with special effects.

There are offerings to summon monsters, and there are magic scrolls that can curse opponents... But Luo Jun is not interested in these battle items. What he really wants are those functional props for the maze itself.

Hmm? This can permanently demolish the wall?

Luo Jun noticed an interesting prop. The picture shows that this is a large glass bottle with thirteen blood-red beads in it. According to the instructions, take out a bead and throw it on the wall. After it explodes, the liquid inside can permanently corrode the wall, leaving a passage for people to pass through.

This function is similar to the prop that can open the door in the white store, but the difference is that the door-opening prop is disposable, and it costs one thousand yuan to open a door. And this bead, a bottle of thirteen beads, only needs five thousand yuan in total.

In this way, isn't this much more cost-effective than the white store?

Wait... It's not sure whether the currency of this black store and the white store is universal. At least gold ingots cannot be used in the white store.

Thinking of this, Luo Jun took out the banknote and asked the weirdo: "Can I buy something with this?"

The weirdo took a look at the things in Luo Jun's hand and laughed: "It seems that you have already contacted the guy who opened the window to do business... No problem, I accept everything here. Not only this kind of money, anything you find in the maze, anything you bring in from outside the maze, even yourself, can be exchanged for money here!"

As he said, he took another look at the gold ingot in Luo Jun's hand: "Of course, my favorite is still this. As long as you are willing to give it, I can exchange it for 10,000 yuan for you, how about it?"

This style of wanting everything is very black market style.

Luo Jun nodded: "Let me take a look at your goods."

As he said, he and Yuan Lao continued to flip through the product album and found that the functions of many props here overlapped with those in the white store, but the expression form was different.

In the white store, it was like an ordinary game skill, simple and direct. On the black store side, when the function was performed, it was usually accompanied by some disgusting and distorted special effects.

In addition to corroding the wall to open the door, there are also giant worms' big mouths for teleportation, and rotten smells for guidance, etc. In short, although the functions are similar, it is not so comfortable for you to use.

And there is another point, the props with the same function are usually used multiple times on the black side, and the price converted to each time is cheaper than the white side.

In this way, it is much more cost-effective to buy things on the black side... Luo Jun is a little itchy.

By the way, is there a portable map?

However, Luo Jun flipped for a long time and did not see a function exactly the same as the portable map. There is a similar map function that lasts for one hour, but it cannot indicate the encounter locations. In addition to being able to see the terrain, it can only indicate two things, one is the black store, and the other is the monster that can explode gold ingots.

This function is obviously encouraging players to collect gold ingots. In terms of convenience, it is much worse than the white side, and the price is also very cheap, only one thousand yuan for a map.

Although the price is very beautiful, it does not meet Luo Jun's requirements. He continued to flip back and tried to find props related to the exit.

But he didn't find any clues related to the exit until he turned to the end, and there was no replacement for the exit indicator in the white shop.

Luo Jun glanced at Yuan Lao and saw disappointment in his eyes.

"Do you have a way to find the exit here?" Since he didn't find it, he might as well ask directly.

"Oh, you want high-end goods?" The giant hand monster laughed and said, "Just unfold the last page."

"Unfold the last page?" Luo Jun opened the album, and with the monster's reminder, he found that the last page actually had a layer. If he twisted it hard with his hand, he could unfold a hidden page!

"This is..." Seeing the content of this page, Yuan Lao widened his eyes: "Do you have to use gold ingots to exchange for the things on this page?"

The giant hand monster laughed and said, "That's right, I saw that you only took a gold ingot, and I thought you couldn't afford good goods... This is my treasure at the bottom of the box. Although I can't help you find the exit directly, it should be helpful, right?"

The master and apprentice took a closer look and found that the price of the treasures on this page was at least one whole gold ingot. Correspondingly, the effects were also extremely powerful, such as a teleportation device that could be used multiple times and moved to a designated location at will, and a scroll that could directly summon a store in front of you. There was even a treasure that could exchange monster corpses for money, greatly improving the efficiency of killing monsters and making money!

Of course, the most eye-catching one among them was the last one.

Void Pass.

Within one hour after activation, it turns into a void state, ignoring any physical collision and not being blocked by walls.

This thing is a perfect match with the exit indicator on the white store!

One indicates the direction of the exit, and the other is the void itself, going straight through the wall. As long as the speed is fast enough, you will definitely find the exit!

And this Void Pass is the most expensive item on this page, and it costs ten gold ingots to exchange.

Is it equivalent to 100,000 yuan? Then it is the same price as the exit indicator on the other side... It seems that these two things are designed to be used together.

It seems that this is the way to leave the maze. The final solution is the indicator with a pass. Ten ingots plus 100,000 yuan can leave this endless maze!

The master and the apprentice looked at each other and saw excitement in each other's eyes.

Now that there is a goal, the money can't be spent indiscriminately. The two finally left the ingots and chose to leave this black shop. However, they spent 2,000 yuan to exchange for two maps before leaving. With this thing, it is not only convenient to collect gold ingots, but also to find other black shops.

Somewhat unexpectedly, the weird monster shop owner did not keep them too much, and cooperated to open the door and let the two leave. Although it looks scary and the shop is weird everywhere, it doesn't seem to be as dangerous as the white shop owner said.

Seeing Yuan Lao and Luo Jun coming out, Sun Xiaowei and Ma Qiao immediately came up: "Are you okay? Is it scary inside? Are there any monsters?"

The two briefly told the experience inside. When they heard that there was a way out, they were very excited!

Now that basic survival is guaranteed, saving money is just a matter of time. With 200,000 yuan, everyone can leave this hellhole!

"By the way, is the pass for individuals or for the group?" Sun Xiaowei discovered a blind spot: "If it can only make one person void, doesn't that mean everyone needs one?"

"We have confirmed this with the store owner." Old Yuan nodded and said, "This pass can be effective for the group. With one, everyone can get out."

"That's great!" Sun Xiaowei cheered.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Luo Jun shook his head: "If you find these two props, you can leave the endless maze, it's a bit too simple..."

"Is this simple?" Ma Qiao complained: "We worked so hard for so long, and only earned more than 20,000. 100,000 plus ten gold ingots, how can this be so easy?"

"But we have found a way to break the deadlock, right?" Luo Jun said: "Although the difficulty is still very high, I don't think this will make this maze a desperate situation that no one can overcome!"

Old Yuan frowned: "You mean..."

"I suspect that the big businessman is hiding something..."