BXBX NOVEL Chapter 44 - Crazy Blade's Guess
There were also forum posts mentioning that any ordinary food brought into a horror instance would be corroded by Yin energy the moment it came out and become inedible.
So, any food available in a horror instance generally had to be obtained from within the instance!
In the Yellow Spring Inn instance, although it was dangerous, it was still a beginner instance, where the proprietress provided “employees” with meals and lodging.
Of course, Lin Yu’s meal included eating a fierce ghost along with Zhu Jiang!
But in this Beyond Apartments instance, it was clear that “food and drink for survival” was also a problem to solve!
Ultimately, it all came down to “money”!
Luckily, neither Lin Yu nor Crazy Blade was short on funds!
However, “shopping” would also mean entering a new environment with new “rules” to follow.
Being a customer might be less dangerous than being an employee, but it still wasn’t completely safe!
After exchanging information, they both determined that the elevator was the safer choice!
So they took the elevator and soon arrived on the first floor!
During the ride, the sight of the elevator’s vengeful ghost nervously avoiding Lin Yu and not even taking their money made Crazy Blade regard Lin Yu with newfound respect.
This elevator vengeful ghost was not weak, and with the advantage of a confined space, it was certainly not something an average first-level ghost handler could handle!
“Brother Feng Du must either have a very strong vengeful ghost or a powerful yin artifact!
“No… he could easily produce nearly 3,000 ghost currency… maybe he’s hiding his true strength!”
Crazy Blade pondered this and felt even more admiration for Lin Yu.
When the elevator doors opened, they stepped onto the first floor of Beyond Apartments!
Though it was called an “apartment,” they noticed there was no exit to the outside world on this floor!
In the center, there was a large activity plaza with rusty, creaky outdoor gym equipment and a blood-stained playground with a slide and swings.
Five or six old fierce ghosts and over ten small vengeful ghosts were resting and playing in their respective areas, occasionally letting out chilling, high-pitched laughs.
But both Lin Yu and Crazy Blade understood that these ghosts were also bound by rules and wouldn’t pose a threat as long as they weren’t provoked.
The laundry room, supermarket, and food court — three civilian-like establishments — each occupied a third of the floor’s area.
“How about we check out the supermarket first?” Crazy Blade suggested, looking to Lin Yu for agreement.
Lin Yu nodded slightly, “Sounds good!”
With that, the two walked through the door labeled “Life Supermarket.”
The supermarket was quite spacious, with four checkout counters, each manned by vengeful ghosts in white uniforms.
The rows of shelves were neatly organized, with signs for “Convenience Foods,” “Fresh Produce,” “Condiments,” and “Toiletries,” among others!
If one ignored the dim red lighting throughout the store and the eerie products like severed limbs, eyeballs floating in glass jars, or soap bars that seemed to scream with human faces, the place wasn’t much different from a normal supermarket!
Lin Yu and Crazy Blade walked inside, where quite a few ghosts were shopping for “household items” and “food.”
Most were weak-looking ghosts resembling housewives or office workers, their heads drooping, with the strongest among them only reaching fierce ghost level.
Even seeing two living humans, they showed no interest.
The items on the shelves, whether food or toiletries, emitted a rotten stench, containing a trace of yin energy, but all of low quality.
As a result, the prices were quite low, mostly under ten ghost currency, with slightly better items going for twenty to thirty at most!
Crazy Blade frowned, browsing for a while before finally picking up three “moldy loaves of bread”!
Priced at fifteen each, it seemed Crazy Blade had planned his meals for the next three days.
Then he grabbed a bottle of murky mineral water priced at 20.
Compared to the other bottles, which were greenish or even had eyeballs and fingers floating in them, this one was relatively decent!
Lastly, he took a roll of… coarse sandpaper-like toilet paper!
Seeing its rough texture, Lin Yu’s expression changed slightly.
“Impressive, Brother Crazy Blade!”
This time, his compliment was genuine!
Crazy Blade, carrying his five items, looked at Lin Yu and asked, “Brother Feng Du, aren’t you buying anything?”
Naturally, Lin Yu wasn’t about to buy such low-quality items for himself, so he shook his head and replied, “I’m not in a rush!”
Hearing this, Crazy Blade didn’t press him further.
However, he had a hunch!
Perhaps Brother Feng Du’s 2,500 ghost currency was barely enough, and he didn’t have any left for food purchases!
Still, unless Lin Yu asked for help, Crazy Blade wouldn’t offer to buy him anything directly!
“All right, in that case, I’ll head back to put these away…
“What about you?”
Crazy Blade asked, and Lin Yu shook his head.
“I’m planning to look around a bit more!”
Lin Yu said, and Crazy Blade understood.
It seemed the young man was planning to quietly go earn some money for food!
“Young people and their pride!” Crazy Blade thought to himself but didn’t comment further.
“I’m staying in Room 1111… easy to remember! Come find me if you need anything!”
With that, he bid farewell to Lin Yu and left.